Prominent Financiers Called Into Bank Sunday
Report on the suspended Farmers & Traders National Bank will be ready Tuesday. Three judges plus receiver Walter Neidner will assess and value bank property, with secrecy maintained until released from the comptroller's Washington office.
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la Grande National
Fred Holmes
M. & M. Company
Guy E. McCulley
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Comptroller
Department
Washington
Southern Pacific Workmen Get Extra Payday Boost
In Oakland on November 7 the Southern Pacific railroad discovered extra pay envelopes for gate workers. An accompanying notice announced a possible wage increase that had been sought for over a year, affecting several hundred employees.
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Cal
Witil
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Tm Thair
Mining interests win appeal in Coeur d Alene case
In San Francisco on November 7 the United States circuit court of appeals sustained a circuit court ruling dismissing the complaint by Idaho agricultural interests against mining operators. The farmers claim $400 000 in crops and livestock were harmed by silt from mining, while miners put the value of their operations at $12 000 000 and say closing mines would hurt the state’s industry. The higher court ordered dismissal without prejudice. Harvard 17 Carlisle 0 Dartmouth 10 Princeton 0.
Elopement Ends in Death Shrouded in Mystery
Theodore Van Vlack sheds light on the elopement of James H. Gibson and Vesta Van Vinck from La Grande Oregon to San Francisco where Vesta died. Gibson, a carpenter, was known as an upright neighbor but is now under arrest amid conflicting reports and uncertain burial clearance.
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Bay City
la Grande
James H. Gibson
Vesta van Vinck
Cove
Theodore van Vinck
Madison Avenue
Hymen
Criti
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Portland
Vesta van Viacck
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van Viack
van Vinck
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Three Victims in Pittsburg Tragedy at East Pitburg
In East Pittsburg a triple tragedy unfolds as Mrs William Casey is found murdered in her bed with her throat cut, her daughter severely harmed, and her son-in-law Hartwell Hartsell found in a trunk with chloroform. Police say Hartsell killed the two women and then died by suicide using chloroform.
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Pittsburg
East Pittsburg
Wiliam Casey
George Harteell
Hartwell
Hartsell
Royalty Fun With Aviator
Berlin reports Crown Prince Wilhelm joined Count Zeppelin and 12 others on a Zeppelin ascent toward Friedrichshaven. The craft intercepted a Vienna bound special train near Augsburg, dipping within 100 feet of the ground as the emperor watched from the car window and expressed envy to be aboard.
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Prince Wilsin
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshaven
Beartis Heenigesss
Vienna
Augusburg
Campaign fund contributions to be published November 16
New York treasurer Sheldon of the Republican committee announced that all campaign fund contributions will be published on November 16 in sworn statements bearing his signature. In Berkeley California leading UC rights pledge to remain unshaven if the football team loses to Stanford in the annual rugby match.
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Sheldon
Republican Committee
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Stanford Universi
Forest Service creates new administrative district
The Forest Service in Washington on November 7 announced a new administrative district to handle all business after December 1. The district will include stations at Denver Ogden San Francisco Portland and Missoula.
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The
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Denver
Ogden
San Francisco
Portland
Missoula
Divorce Action Seeks Justice for Bryan Family in Kansas City
Mrs Lewvitt May sue Artht husband for divorce. The Bryan household case arose as a former member filed information, noting a former artist with a wit in Paris was revived today.
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Lewvitt
Paria
Bryan
Confesses to Bank Theivery by Half Moon Bay Cashier
Li M. Contente, cashier of the Half Moon Bay bank, confessed to stealing 3000 by falsifying entries. He said he used the funds to support his family and cover other bank accounts. President Goldman uncovered the shortage after noting a missing 1000 deposited by a depositor.
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Cal
Li M. Conténte
Bank of
Goldman
Contente
Labor Delegates Gather for AFL Convention in Denver
Delegates from U S and Canada arrive in Denver for the 28th AFL convention opening Monday. Rumors circulate that attempts to depose Samuel Gompers may occur, though he has said he will not seek reelection. Also noted on this date in Ithaca New York is the 8th anniversary of Dr Andrew Dickson White, founder of Cornell University. Plan for a Pacific Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau is announced in San Francisco with regional bureaus to coordinate, inspectors to be paid by shippers and importers.
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Canada
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Ithaca
N. Y
Andrew Dickson White
Cornell University
Germany
San Francisco
Cal
Lumber Inspection Bureau of the
Pacific Coast
Merchants Exchange
Oregon
Washington
Pendleton Heavier Visitors Clash In Town Football Match
Pendleton high school faces La Grande in a heavily anticipated town football game. Officials report Pendleton's heftier side with eight of eleven players large and active, while La Grande counts two or three lighter players. Attendance was the largest on the new grounds as fans filled the stands, under orderly supervision. The first half ended tied 0 to 0 as teams prepared for the second.
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Prof. Landers
la Grande
Messrs
Mark Moorhouse
Clarke
Union
Mickelson
Mansager
Wolds
la Granda Chapman Y
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Boa Hinderman
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Ley
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Gompers Predicted to Win AFL Presidency Unanimously
Walter McArthur editor of the Pacific Coast Seamen's Journal predicts Samuel Gompers will be re elected unanimously to head the American Federation of Labor. He says the Pacific coast will send a solid delegation to Denver for the federation convention opening Monday.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Diay
Walter McArthur
Pacific Coast Seamen's Journal
Pacific Coast
Denver
Gomepers
Railroad Magnate Dead in Chicago Hotel Room
Union Pacific vice president William B. Cornish, a leading western railroad figure, was found dead in his Auditorium hotel room in Chicago. He traveled from his New Jersey home the day before.
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William B. Cornish
Union Pacific
New Jersey
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