Scriber to Plead Insanity in Bank Fraud Case
Portland report states J W Scriber the Farmers Traders Nat Bank La Grande plans to plead insanity at arraignment to avoid prison. U S Attorney McCourt will prosecute, bond set at 40000, with four related cases looming as details of forged bank entries are outlined. Miss Margaret Ody of Elgin visits Mrs C R Craig.
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J. W. Seriber
Farmer's & Trader's National of
la Grande
United States
Scriber
High Finance
McCourt
Margaret Ody of
Elgin
Mra. C. R. Craig
Lord Mayor Takes Oath In Great London Ceremony
Sir John Krill, elected Lord Mayor on Michaelmas Day, takes the oath before the Lord High Chancellor. The oath completes tomorrow with a state procession to the courts and presentation to the lord chief justice and the exchequer barons. A city holiday and grand banquet follow with ministers, ambassadors, and judges as guests. Sir John, a Catholic like his father Sir Stuart Knill, who was Lord Mayor in 1902.
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John Krill
Hle
Barons of the Exchequer
Guildhill
John
Stuart Knill
Special Train to Carry Industrial Workers to Spokane
Spokane news reports a paid escort of a special train carrying more than 400 industrial workers from Sound to Spokane. Officials say funds remain ample for the war against city leaders while the Industrial Workers of the World push legal action, including another damage suit against the city.
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Sound
Industrial Workers of the World
Fire Tragedy in Brooklyn Factory Sparks Panic
In New York on November 8 a massive blaze at a Brooklyn toy goods factory killed nine people including eight workers and a boy. An explosion on the second floor triggered a panic, with workers leaping from three story windows to the street below and many injured.
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Celebl
Brooklyn
Roberts Tift for Pendleto visit noted
Roberts Tift yesterday visited Pendleto briefly with his son, according to local notices.
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Roberts Tift
Pendleto
Baker City football clash drew mixed claims from press
The Baker Democrat accuses La Grande players of cheating to steal a game while Baker City supporters deem the contest largely clean. The Baker paper claims it reflects a smear that readers may remember for years, while the Baker City Herald is expected to report the game as comparatively clean and gentlemanly.
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McKim
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la Grande Boys
Baker
Conference of Eastern Oregon
Astor Divorced. Society Feels Shock in New York
Mrs. John Jacob Astor obtained an absolute divorce in New York behind closed doors. Justice granted the divorce and sealed the papers. The public inquiry centers on a co respondent, while Astor was away cruising in Southern waters.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Four Hundred
New feeder road links Rondowa to Wallowa county farms
Rondowa Oregon to host a county feeder road connecting Promise Grossman Powwatka and surrounding farms to a railroad. The project backed by settlers with 2000 dollars shortens travel to rail for fruit and stock shipments, boosting La Grande Union County trade and easing transport for remote northwest areas.
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Wallowa County
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la Grande
Union County
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Lookingglass
Darior
Ogden Fight Offer Lands in New York for January Bout
Telegraph messages report Jimmie Dunn offering 80 000 dollars to pugilists Johnson and Jeffries for a January bout in Ogden Utah amid the National Wool Growers Convention scheduled from January 4 to 9.
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Utah
Johnson
Jeffriocs
New York
Jimmie Dunn
Masons In Savannah Gather for National Grand Councils
Masons from many states converge on Savannah Georgia for the tenth triennial assembly of the general grand council Royal and Select Masons and the thirty fourth triennial convocation of the general grand chapter Royal Arch Masons. Sessions run through the week.
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General Grand Council
Royal and Select Masons
United States
General Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Fifth Maryland Conference of Charities and Corrections Opens
Baltimore hosts the Fifth Maryland Conference of Charities and Corrections with topics on reforming “bad boys” care of the insane child education and public health conservation discussed as the event opens today.
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Maryland Conference of Charities and Corrections
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