Government Attorneys Seek Rehearing On Standard Oil Case
Attorney-General Bonaparte after a conference with leading government prosecutors announced plans to seek a reargument and possible modification of the US circuit court of appeals decision in the Standard Oil of Indiana case. The action, unanimous among five officials including H M Mare and Frank B Kellogg, aims to press trials on rebates charges and related prosecutions at the earliest opportunity.
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Lenox
Mass
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Bonaparte
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Todiana
H. M. Mare
Washington
Eawin M. Sims
Chicago
Typhoon Devastates China and Hong Kong Coast
Reports from Canton raise the death toll to over 12,000 with thousands homeless among the coolie class. Hongkong suffers widespread destruction including wrecked public gardens collapsed houses and sunken ships. British and French gunboats sustain heavy damage while the Pacific Mail building and ships endure severe losses.
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Hongkong
China
Canton
Whiting
Robin
Argus
Vigilante
Pacific Mail Company
Pacific Mail
Persia
Kowloon
Mongolia
Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company
Nuomantia
Japanese Camps Reported Hoarding Firearms in California
In San Jose and nearby areas Japanese camps are said to store rifles shotguns and pistols with Americans blocked from inspecting most sites a San Jose resident with trust access reports substantial arsenals across camps. In San Francisco Sutro estate holdings worth vast city portions to be divided among six heirs ending years of dispute.
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San Jose
Cal
San Francisco
Adolph Sutro
Engagement Near Cometack Border Reported
Dispatch from El Paso, Texas, notes fighting across the border in Mexico between revolutionists and troops and civilians. Two Americans were fed. Casualties believed on both sides, with several killed or wounded among combatants. details remain uncertain.
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Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Cometack
Texas
Ex Governor Budd in stable condition in Stockton
Ex Governor James H. Budd remains in practically the same condition in Stockton California with family at bedside and physician visits four times daily. He is conscious and recognizes close relatives but is too weak to speak.
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Budd
Stockton
Cal
James H. Budd
Government probes Harriman rail merger to curb antitrust risk
Agent Ralph M. McKenzie widens inquiry among city shippers and traffic men to gather evidence on Harriman railroad holdings. The investigation, tied to a Sherman Act challenge, mirrors the Northern Securities case and aims to support a government suit to disrupt the merger.
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Wi Cornette Cae
Harriman
Sherman
Northern Securities
Hill
Immigrant Bureau Fraud Allegations Reach National Spotlight
San Francisco report says a yearlong probe led by a presidentially appointed commission uncovers alleged collusion by immigration agents in smuggling Chinese and Japanese workers. Investigators, aided by Chinese detectives, expose an underground network across the Mexican border and Pacific ports. A formal Washington report is expected soon.
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San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific Coast Immigration Bureau
United States
Pacific
Washington
California
Illinois Manufacturers Seek Levy Mayer Opinion On Asiatic Export
Chicago July 31 The Illinois Manufacturers association discusses the Asiatic export problem and asks Levy Mayer for guidance. Statewide alarm prompts plans to use legal and other measures to alter the situation. Railroads resist tariff rules affecting ocean carriage and tramp steamers.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Levy Mayer
Canadian Pacific
Commission
California Gains in Value Prompts Civic Improvements
California promotion committee reports for the fiscal year that county assessors to the state controller show impressive gains in taxable property across most counties. Bond elections in many cities favor civic improvements, signaling statewide growth and development.
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California
San Francisco
California Promotion Committee
Bulletin of Progress
Three States Fight Trust Over Lumber Prices
Attorney General Jackson filed in Shawnee county district court a quo warranto and injunction suit against the Yellow Pine association of St. Louis. Attorneys general of Missouri Texas and Oklahoma also filed similar suits in their states in a concerted effort to break up an alleged illegal lumber price fixing combine.
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Topeka
Kan
Jackson
District Court
Shawnee County
Yellow Pine Association of
St. Louis
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Indians Steal Railroad Property Leaders Jailed at Florence
Fourteen Pima Indians, described as the leading men of a village on the Pima river built largely from railroad ties, were taken to the county jail at Florence yesterday to serve a term for theft of railroad property from the Southern Pacific company.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Florence
Southern Pacific Com Company
Pima
New Buildings and Faculty Added at University of Oregon
At the last board meeting the University of Oregon authorized a frame building for six to eight rooms at $5,000 on nine Fairmount lots to be used as a shop next year. President Campbell to travel east to hire geology, economics, civil engineering, psychology and library staff. New faculty include I R Alderman Hugo Koehler Ella Pennel R C Clark Haines Curry Mozelle Hair Mabel Cooper Miriam Van Waters. $10,000 in books ordered for the library and Mary Spiller home for girls to be finished and furnished. Assistant in public speaking postponed.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
the of Regents
Fairmount
Campbell
I. R. Alderman
Hugo Koehler
Ella Pennel
R. C. Clark
Haines Curry
Mozelle Hair
Mabel Cooper
Miriam van Waters
Mary Spiller
Fruit Inspector Warns of Strict Enforcement on Wormy Apples
Salem County fruit inspector Armstrong says the state law prohibiting marketing wormy and scaly apples and other fruit will be rigidly enforced this year. He notes abundant yield and urges growers to avoid bad fruit. The movement will be statewide under state horticulturist W. K. Newell of Portland and district commissioners.
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Salem—County
Armstrong
W. K. Newell
Portland
Open Bids at Klamath for Seven Mile Main Canal
Bids opened for extension of the South Branch canal of the Klamath project in Klamath Falls. The seven mile main canal will connect with the Adams ditch near Merrill. Two bids for the entire contract and additional bids for portions were received. Engineers will award soon and bidders are ready to begin work. water for the Adams system may run through the main next year.
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Klamath
Klamath Falls
Adams Ditch
Merrill
Board of Engineers
Kalich Giant cherry variety found by Salem growers
Salem reports a new Kalich Giant cherry variety, a Lambert and Bing cross originated by Kalich of Woodlawn Portland. The fruit is larger than both Bing and Lambert and colors between them. It is expected to have value due to later ripening, with a store display sparking local interest.
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Salem
Lambert
Bing
Kalich
Woodlawn
Portland
Homesteaders Lose In Lakeview Land Office Decisions
United States land office in Lakeview rules against homesteaders in several contest cases with timber and stone filings. In Newton vs Boyd-Yaden the entry was refused due to heavy timber and lack of residence. Filing had been five years ago, land lived on and commutation made, but patent not issued.
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Klamath Falls
United States Land Office
Lakeview
O. B. Newton
Nell Boyd-Yaden
State normal school board approves Drain inventory and Briggs resignation
At a meeting of the executive committee of the Salem normal school board of regents Secretary C L Starr was authorized to travel to Drain to inventory state property. President A L Briggs announced his resignation, with no announced destination for him.
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Salem
Normal School Board of Regents
C. L. Starr
Drain
Board of Regents
A. L. Briggs
Briggs
Drain School
Railroad Accidents in June Reported in Salem
According to reports at the railroad commission in Salem four persons were killed in June in the state. No passengers or employees were among the dead. Thirteen passengers were injured, along with one trainman, one yardsman, two other employees and one more person. One passenger train derailed, two freight trains derailed, with two collisions involving a passenger train and a passenger train freight train. The June summary is comparatively low.
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Salem
Railroad Commission
Will Drain Union Lands
The Oregon Agricultural College board of regents met at Union to plan scientific drainage in the valley. They will invite estimates to drain and tile 100 acres at the experiment farm, marking the first wetlands drainage attempt on scientific plans in West Union and the valley.
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Tia Grands
Board of
Regents
The
Oregon Agricultural College
Union
West Union
Teachers Institute Dates Organized Across Oregon Counties
Dates announced for regional teachers institutes in multiple counties. Coos at Myrtle Point August 18 19 20 21 Walla Walla Enterprise August 26 27 28 Van County The Dalles October 6 7 8 Columbia Rainier October 6 7 8 Washington Polk Dallas October 14 15 16 Klamath Falls October 21 22 23 and more counties listed.
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Salem
Coos County
Myrtle Point
Wallawe County
Enterprise
Vane County
the Dalles
Columbia County
Rainier
Washington County
Polk County
Dyllas
Klamath County
Klamath Falls
Albany Jacoba Bros Eyes Albany Wool Mill Revival
Albany Jacoba Bros owners of the Oregon City woolen mills visited the site of the old Albany mill destroyed by fire in 1904 and announced plans to rebuild if local capital backs the project, aiming to establish a large mill.
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Albany
Jacoba Bros
Oregon City
Bandon to Print 10000 Booklets for Commercial Club
The Bandon Commercial club will have booklets and related literature ready for delivery about August 20. Warren Publicity Company of Portland helped raise funds and the committee surpassed the goal, leading to a doubled order of 10 000 booklets.
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Bandon
Bandon Commercial Club
DC. H. Warren
Warren Publicity Company
Portland
Warren
Commercial Club
Rich Mineral Prospector Plans August Return
Bandon mining expert HB C Merrill, after prospecting in Curry county, has gone to San Francisco and will return in August with a crew to develop two mineral veins. He notes Curry county shows extremely promising mineral prospects and expects the area to become a great mining region.
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Curry
Bandon
HB. C. Merrill
Curry County
San Francisco
Vale Welcomes New Lumber Yards at Vale
Vale The Vale Lumber company has completed lumber yards at Vale with mills from Union and timber to last 50 cars at current cutting rate. The firm is strong and will boost Vale's business significantly.
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Vale
Vale Lumber Company
Union
Bandon Launches Publicity Campaign For River Valley
Bandon has formed a publicity fund funded by the commercial body and local citizens. The drive aims to promote the Coquille river valley's rich resources including coal timber and agriculture through booster efforts led by civic leaders.
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Bandon
Coquille River Valley
Portland market prices for grains fruits and livestock entries
Portland markets list prices across categories including Wheat-Club at 86c, Barley 23.50 per ton, Oats 26.50 per ton, Hay Willamette valley 14.15, fruits with cherries 2 10c per lb and Bartlett pears 1.75 per box, berries 1.10 per crate, melons 2.50 per crate, vegetables with diverse per sack or per dozen rates, Butter 25c per lb, Eggs Oregon candied, Poultry mixed chickens 12 % per lb, Veal 84c, Pork 70c per lb, Mutton 79c, Wool and mohair prices, all reflecting varied Oregon markets.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Oregon Alexander
Walley Sboe
Four Block Fire Destroys Large Part Of Portland District
A major blaze in North Portland destroyed about $225000 in property and scorched nearly $1,000,000 more as flames raced through five blocks. Origin traced to Oregon Transfer at Fifth and Glisan with theories ranging from incendiarism to spontaneous hay combustion. Firefighters battled northwest winds, stopping the spread by 6:30 PM as the district suffered extensive damage to brick and frame structures including the Barr hotel.
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Portland
Oregon Transfer Company
Fifth
Glisan
Northern Pacific Wagon Works
Union Meat Company
Glisan Street
Diamater
Gliain
Hoyt
Flanders
Sixth
Sultan Abdul Hamid I Declares Constitutional Monarchy
Constantinople July 29 reports a sweeping reform decree where Abdul Hamid I ends autocratic rule and becomes a constitutional monarch, promising to live as a citizen on the streets. A second decree states imperial princesses must observe monogamy and serve as queens in their households.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Abdul Hamid I
Abdul Hamid
Abdul
Imperial
Independence party names Hisgen Graven and Graves at first convention
Chicago July 29 President Thomas L Hisgen of Massachusetts and Vice President John Temple Graves of Georgia head a ticket nominated by the Independence party at its first National convention on the third ballot. Milford W Howard of Alabama and Reuben Lyon of New York were among rivals. William R Hearst had 49 supporters on the first ballots.
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Chicago
Thos. L. Hisgen
Massachusetts
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Independence Party
Mr. Hisgen
Milford W. Howard
Alabama
John Temple Graven
Reuben Lyon
New York
William R. Hearst
Steamship Trust Talks on South American Passenger Trade
Representatives of major steamship companies meet over formation of a community of interest management to handle South American passenger traffic. Delegates from German English French Dutch and Spanish lines discuss plans for short contracts as an experimental approach.
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New Steamship Trust
Hamburg
Community of Interest Management
Imiliar
Good Stroke of Business Opens Factories in London
London reports a surge of employment as over 8,000 men were hired when many factories opened under the new British patent law effective today. Capital output is estimated in the hundreds of millions, with figures ranging widely in initial tallies.
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London
Hinl Lines abandons marine share in trade with China
Aug 1 in St Paul, Minn, reports that the Hinl Lines have abandoned the marine portion of their trade with China. James J. Hill of the Great Northern defends the move, saying the Pacific carrying trade failed to pay and railroads would risk heavy losses if they kept ships. He argues liberal subsidies and policy must aid domestic carriage and that America must compete without a seafaring nation advantage.
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St. Paul
Minn
Hinl
China
James J. Hill
Gre Northern
Pacific
Hill
Labor War Deepens as Government Plans Arrest Leaders
In Paris on August 1 the labor conflict grows dire as the government vows to arrest leaders of the General Federation of Labor after calls for a general mason strike. About half the masons have quit work, typesetters face a dispute over press control, and officials say the typesetters' contract blocks a strike. Riots and industrial unrest loom amid government actions against union leadership.
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Paris
General Federation of
Federation of General Strike
Mason Aptere Ae Masons Pre
Ite
Sultan Grants Liberty and Forms Reform Council
Constantinople Aug. An official communication announces a council formation to draft a constitution immediately. The body includes Kinamel Pasha and the foreign affairs ministers with the sultan as head and legal adviser to the port. Young Turkey leaders push methodically to secure the new regime and restore state finances and official pay.
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Constantinople
Connel
Kinamel Pasha
Isters
Young
Turkey
Cache of Bombs Found Near El Paso in Border Area
A cache of bombs was discovered yesterday four miles beyond the Rio Grande from El Paso near the area where New Texas and Mexico meet. The devices were made from tomato cans packed with scrap iron and dynamite sticks with fuse and percussion caps. The find is linked to correspondence about revolutionaries involved in a trial.
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el Paso
Texas
Rio River
New Texas
Women employment crusade by store league in New York
Thirteen men formed a committee of the W league of the Store of Wee to seek jobs for unemployed women. They plan to contact business firms through letters to promote employment and call a Prosperity Day. More than a dozen firms have agreed to employ women.
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New York
W League
Store of Wee
Petition Aims to Overturn Standard Oil Fine in Circuit Court
United States Attorney Sima said the petition for a hearing before the circuit court would be filed within days. The petition seeks a hearing to argue that the circuit could be persuaded to reduce the 18 000 000 fine imposed on Standard Oil by Landis.
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Chicago
United District
Sima
United States Circuit
Landis
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Immigration Bureau Fraud
Appeal
Ilinois
Teachers’ Institute
May
Sultan
Hisgen
Lawa
France
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