Lodge Directory and Brotherhood of American Yoeman Notices
Lodge Directory invites visiting neighbors to meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays at the Third Street hall led by J. W. Edwards and R. EB. Hawley with Hawley as clerk. Brotherhood of American Yeomen meets Hawley’s Hall on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. Charles B. Sampley is foreman and Harriet Hemmingway is the correspondent.
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Third Street
J. W. Edwards
R. EB. Hawley
Yoeman
Hawley’s Hall
Chas. B. Sampley
Harriet Hemmingway
Lumber Combine Not Encouraged
Washington Attorney General Wickersham refused to judge the legality of a tidewater lumber merger of Oregon and Washington mills or to say if it would violate the Sherman act. Ex Senator S H Piles and H J Pierce pressed for admin stance and asked for assurances of nonattack to secure New York financing.
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Washington, D. C
Wickersham
Tidewater Lumber Mills
Oregon
Washington
S. H. Piles
H. J. Pierce
Piles
Pierce
New York
Pacific Coast Lumber Co. Merger Faces AG Refusal
Seattle officials report a major setback as Attorney General Wicker refuses to pass upon the incorporation articles of the Pacific Coast Lumber Co. The proposed merger would unite about 60 tidewater saw mills across Oregon and Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
Tidewater
Oregon
Washington
Wickersham
Pacific Coast Lumber Company
Chinese Leave Colleges Cut Off by War Support
One hundred fifty Chinese students in American colleges lose funding from Manchus due to war and plan to return to China aboard the Persia on November 29. Forty hail from California schools while others come from eastern institutions. the students may engage in revolutionary government organizing upon return.
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San Francisco
America
China
Persia
California
Aegean Sea Bombardment Report From Rome Memos
Reports circulated in Rome claiming action has begun in the Aegean with bombardment in progress, despite official war news from Paris stating restrictions. The Milan Secolo dispatch echoes currrent rumors about naval activity in the region.
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Paris
Secolo
Milan
Rome
Aegean Sea
King of the Opium Ring Arrested After 2 Year Pursuit
John Edwards known as the King of the Opium Ring was arrested at his Fillmore Street home after a two and a half year chase by the California State Pharmacy Board and police. A fierce struggle occurred as officers seized the largest single haul of morphine cocaine and opium ever found in one man. In his attic they recovered pounds of opium both smuggled and stamped, plus 135 ounces of morphine and four ounces of cocaine hidden in a crate.
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San Francisco
John Edwards
Pacific Coast
Fillmore Street
State Pharmacy Board
Edwards
Sutherland
Graham
Jury Convicts Editor Axtell of First Degree Murder
Stockton jurors find S. B. Axtell guilty of murdering Charles Sellars with a verdict of first degree murder and life imprisonment recommended. Insanity raised as the defense.
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Axtell
Stockton
Cal
S. B. Axtell
Charles Sellars
Oaxaca Declares State Autonomy Amid Madero Rift
The Oaxaca Legislature and Governor Benito Juarez Jr formalize non recognition of the federal government after President Madero refuses to allow federal troops to back the governor in suppressing local insurrectionists. Crowds march voicing vengeance on Madero and the central government, pledging to defend Oaxaca sovereignty.
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Mexico City
Oaxaca
Benito Jaures, Jr
Madero
Reverend Joseph Lambert resigns from ministry to pursue business
Reverend Joseph Lambert, who conducted the marriage of John Jacob Astor to Miss Madeline Force, resigns due to adverse criticism and plans to enter business ventures.
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Joseph Lambert
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force
England Faces Possible General Strike Threat
Brief news notes report fear of a general strike in England amid labor unrest. It also mentions wage data nationwide, urban governance, and upcoming policy discussions.
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England
United States
Noted Figures in Labor Suffrage and Crime News
News item summarizes key events: Samuel Gompers reelected head of the AFL. McNamara murder trial continues with jurors excused. Ex senator John F. Dryden dies, founder of U S life insurance system. Lady Constance Lytton and Lady Sybil Smith jailed for suffragette protests. Henry Clay Beattie Jr. dies after confessing to murder. Miss Mildred Sherman wed to Lord Campys. Dr Simon Flexner named honorary member by German institute. Taft orders transfer of Charles W Morse to Fort McPherson hospital for observation.
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John F. Dryden
United States
New Jersey
Constance Lytton
Sybil Smith
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Richmond
Mildred Sherman
William Watts Sherman
New York
Lord Campys
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York City
William of
Germany
Royal Institute For Experimental Therapeutics
Banker's Fictitious Entries Highlighted in Trial
Kalama expert accountant John Y Richardson testified that H C Phillips president of the defunct Commercial Bank of Vancouver forged bank records. He said Phillips created two $50,000 certificates of deposit and made other fictitious entries to secure loans during a 1907 panic period. The defense argued the deposits aimed to aid the bank during hard times and caused no harm.
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Kalama
H. C. Phillips
Commercial Bank of Vancouver
John Y. Richardson
Richardson
Reading rooms and roof garden planned for Tacoma dock
Tacoma plans include reading rooms a roof garden and an arrangement to cash checks for workmen to avoid patronizing saloons. The features proposed by the new social service board will be considered by the city commission.
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Tacoma
Municipal Dock
New Social Service Board
City Commission
Splawn Retires as Police Chief in North Yakima
Mayor A J Splawn who held health and public safety commissioner acting chief of police and acting police magistrate retires after under three weeks service. He will appoint M B Milroy, local attorney, to the post.
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Splawn
North Yakima
A. J. Splawn
Riot at Aberdeen Broken by Fire Hose Stand
Industrial Workers of the World in Aberdeen staged street meetings that nearly sparked a riot over denied street access. A mob rushed the jail before city firefighters doused the crowd with water, averting troops and further violence.
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Aberdeen
Fire Department
Hay
Pacific Coast Steamship orders two new steamboats
Seattle General Manager Ford confirms from New York that Pacific Coast Steamship plans construction of two steamers costing $850,000 each, finer than the Governor and President, to expand the fleet.
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Seattle
Ford
Pacific Coast Steamship Com
New York
Plain Frocks Are Graduates' Choice
Simple white summer dresses costing not to exceed ten dollars will be worn by the senior A class of the Lewis and Clark High School girls at the January commencement.
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Spokane
Lewis and Clark High School
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Lodge Directory
Brotherhood OF American
F. Michels
Lynden Auto & Cycle Works
Good Common
Acme Realty Company
Pacific Ave
Tacoma, Wash
F. P. Cruikshank Jeweler and Optician
Lynden
Apaley
BOYD
Lynden Dept. Store
Tribune
Aegean
Pharmacy Board
Secedes
Maly
Turkey
Italy
F. K. Lane
Interstate Commerce
Ainsworth
Goveror Johnson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
McNamara
Taft
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
United States Army Hospital
Fort McPherson
Washington State
South Bend
Raymond
Walla Walla
Whitman College
Supreme Court of the United States
E. J. Smith
Thomas Devell
Thomas Burke
George Turner
Whitman
THE
Lynden Theatre
Banner Creamery
Morse Hardware Co, Inc
Elk St. Bellingham
Winchester and
Remington
Bank Bock
First National Bank
W. Purdy
John Kallsen
J. J. Donovan
John H. Cole
Ass’t
Canital
Bellingham
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