Murder Sews Tragedy As Mother Kills Daughter Then Herself
New York May 7 Miss Agatha Waters a society figure admitted to the Four Hundred was shot by her mother Mrs Mary E Waters wife of a prominent banker and leader in society The mother then killed herself the cause given as insanity In Chicago thieves looted the Levi Leister estate vault of securities valued at 150000 and are at large Williamsport delegates from across Pennsylvania attend the eighth annual Knights of Columbus convention with many distinguished members present
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Sorlips News Associat
New York
Agatha Waters
Mary E. Waters
Scripps News Association
Chicago
Borgulars
Levi Leister
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Knights of Columbus
Order
Assassination in Elizabethstag and Political Notes
Reports from Odessa and Washington detail a governor general’s assassination by a revolutionary bomb in Elizabethstag, plus senators meeting President Roosevelt over a railroad rate bill. Other items note elections in Guadaloupe, Chinese plans to recruit teachers in Pekin, and Oakland banks reporting large deposits since resuming business.
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Scripps News Association
Odessa
Russia
Elizabethstag
Revoluionist
Seripps News Association
Washington
Carter Flint
Perkins
Ankeny
Roosevelt
Mastea
Scrippa News Association
Oakland
Holy Roller Leader Creffield Shot In Street
Franz E. Creffield, leader of the Holy Rollers sect, was killed by George Mitchell of Portland who says Creffield ruined two of his sisters. Mitchell, recently released from Oregon penitentiary, claims revenge after Creffield caused a sensation two years ago in Oregon.
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Scripps News Association
Seattle
Franz E. Greffield
Holy Rollars
George Mitchell
Portland
Creffield
Oragon
Mitchell
Dam at Casha C 9 Slips After Landslide
A landslide formed by May 6 near Casha C 9 weakened the dam and caused gradual slippage. No flood danger unless the dam reforms.
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Orippa News Association
Sacremento Cal
Casha C
Mathews Post Invites Forest Grove For May 30 Events
The James 3. Mathews post of the G A R extends an invitation to civic societies and the public to join decorations day and memorial services on May 30. A Measles relapse appears in Nelson where a twelve months old child of Mr. and Mrs. C A Nelson is noted. The funeral will be from the home near the brick yard with interment at the I O O F cemetery. Old Town sees ongoing building and improvement as La Grande plans a premier residence district.
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Forest Grove
James 3. Mathews
Nelson
C. A. Nelson
Feme
Old Town
la Grande
Indictment in Oregon land fraud case targets 21 men
Federal grand jury returned an indictment after 36 hours, detailing a large Oregon land fraud plot. Warrants will be issued for 21 men including Crarley M. Elkins, Jock Combs, Benjamin F. Aller, and other officials and lawyers from Oregon Washington and Arkansas.
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Oragon
Fadaral Grand Jury
W. GC. Bristol
Northwest
Crarley M. Elkins
Jock Combs
Peneville
Benjamin F. Aller
Portland
Elkins & Co
M. E. Brink
Penevilla
Donald F. Steffa
Prineville
Crook Gouty Journal
Almond G. Palmer
H. Judd Palmer
E. Dorgan
Francis J. Davina
John J. Collins
E.dorgin & Co
Albany
Malcom McAlphin
J. W Hopkins
Vancouver
Wash
W. W. Brown
Seattle
Thomas H. Watkins
Erickson & Watkins, Prineville and
Edgar
White
Ara
F. W
Speaker Cannon's Birthday Reception Sparks Presidential Boom
Washington May 17 The 17th birthday of Speaker Cannon is celebrated tonight with a House reception at the Arlington hotel where the pen beam for the presidency will be opened. The aged speaker says he will not refuse the nomination though no man can afford to be a candidate. he says the boom is not bothering him. In Nebraska reports note the first time in the Roman Catholic Diocese services embraced primitive simplicity with congregational singing and male voices. Bishop Scannell orders no solos or instrumental displays to honor Pope Pius wishes for plain worship. The move aims to curb display and influence a broader return to simple forms of worship, anticipated to spread nationwide.
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Washington
Cannon
Arlington Hotel
Scripps News Associa
Omaha
Scannell
Pope Pius
Prosecution Against Standard Oil Intensifies in Ohio
Columbus report says Attorney General and President Roosevelt unite against Standard Oil. The special counsel's report accuses the company of operating in Ohio under five names to pirate and undersell independents, crushing competition.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Standard
Shamokin Miners at Work Resume Repairs in Pa
Shamokin area workers returned to the collieries to repair facilities in readiness for an early restart of coal mining. New Haven hard coal price dropped one dollar per ton locally.
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Shamolin
New Haven
Medford Seeks Dry Town Vote On June 1
A petition circulates in Medford Oregon this week to place the saloon license issue before voters at the June 1 election. The Ministers association plans a 10 day Davis opera house speaking campaign. Saloon men vow strong opposition, splitting business leaders and heightening the local political contest after a dry ward last election.
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Medford
Ministers Association
Davis Opera House
GGAR MAKERS STRIKE Boston May 7
Boston cigar makers walkout affects twelve hundred workers. Forty employers sign the wage scale and five hundred workers return. Remaining workers have not yet agreed to union demands.
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Scripps News Association
Boston
General Corbin's Plans Reported For Summer Move
The Lieutenant General of the Army leaves Washington for Wilmington to visit his daughter, then Cincinnati, French Lick Springs, and St. Louis to assume command of the Northern Division. Aides Moss and Horton proceed to St. Louis ahead of him as they await his arrival. He plans a several week rest at Indiana resort and will attend West Point graduation in June before a division inspection and retirement list report. He then returns to Washington to take residence at Cherry Creek with a new home under construction.
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Scrippa News Association
Washington D. G
Washington
Wilmington
Corbin
Cincinnati
Uhey
Fransh Lick Springs
Ind
St. Louis
A. Moss
W. E. Horton
Gorbin
Indiana
St Louis
West Point
Gen. Gorbin
Cherry Cease
Chess tournament fatality shocks St. Louis leader
St Louis, May T, prominent chess figure %-Max Judi a former minister to Austria died of heart disease during a chess tournament in progress here. He had ignored medical warnings not to participate, succumbing to exertion during the event.
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Scripps News Association
St. Louis
Max Judi
Austria
Water Ways Committee Recommends Niagara River Limits
Washington May 7 The international water Ways commission for the preservation of Niagara Falls reported to Congress today. It recommends limiting the amount of water taken from the river and negotiating a treaty with Canada to curb diversion of the current.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
International Water Ways Commission For the
Niagara Falls
Conerina
Canada
Dock at Seattle Damages and Fire Threaten Waterfront
May 7 Seattle reports a near total loss of the Allington dock after a blast of cartridge explosion. The Army transport Sherman docked nearby was saved by crew effort and flooding controlled the blaze. Damaged stock included stored ore and materials bound for shipment. Canyon City Oregon notes local Republican central committee electing J. E. Marks president A. D. Leedy secretary with plans for active campaign.
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Scripps News Association
Seattle
Wash
Allington
Canyon City, Or
Republican Party
Grant County
J. E. Marks
A. D. Leedy
Local option likely to carry in Heppner Oregon
May 7 report argues June local option vote will pass despite saloon opposition. Saloon men concede defeat and predict earlier closure leads to reopening later, while fruit districts like Fruitdale and Maypark display signs of a forthcoming crop.
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Heppner
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Hai
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Union County
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Cassitiers
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