Ruef to Seek Withdrawn Plea In French Restaurant Case
Abraham Ruef plans a motion on March 12 to withdraw his May 15 guilty plea in indictment No 305. He alleges misrepresentation and undue influence by district attorney Langdon assistant Heney Byrne and backer Rudolph Spreckels, seeking a not guilty plea and dismissal. The filing also claims the judge Dunne implied the plea could be withdrawn.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Henry Act
Frank J. Murphy
M. ©. Chapman
Dunne
Ruef
William H. Langdon
Francis J. Heney
William J. Byrne
New York School Fire Clears Building Calmly
A five story city school on One Hundred Ninth Street near Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway sent 2,000 pupils outside during a morning fire drill. Fire alarms summoned help but there was no panic as students sang America while orderly exits proceeded and parents were kept back by police.
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New York
One Hundred and Ninth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Broadway
Parente
America
Secrets of Torpedoes Arrest in Brooklyn
The E W Bliss company claims it secured the arrest of William Esser a Brooklyn mechanic charged with stealing brass models of torpedo components in secret government projects Detectives anticipate further arrests of men accused of offering government secrets for sale Federal authorities may pursue prosecution Esser was held on $1000 bail at arraignment with no government representative present.
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New York
E. W. Bliss Company
William Esser
Broolyn
Gale
Esser
Petition Czar Mercy Petition for Tsarist Mercy in St. Petersburg
March 7. M. Tachai koveky, awaiting trial for revolutionary utterances, was visited by physicians to assess health. She plans to present an English petition to Premier Stoly pin pleading for her husband, signed by 300 clergy and nobles. Count Benkendorff refused to forward it. A general English petition will follow.
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St. Petersburg
M. Techaikoveky
Tachaikoveky
Stolypin
Count Benkendorff
London
Police Judge Frees Salmin for Gambling Conviction in Oakland
Police Judge Smith of Oakland sentenced August Salmin for selling pools on horse races to a $300 fine or 150 days in jail. He condemned gambling as prevalent in Oakland and cited seeing two young girls studying a dope sheet in a war store.
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San Francisco
Smith
Oakland
August Salmin
iNegal Fencers Fined in Montana Case
Helena Montana March 7 United Judge Hunt fined four well known Montana fencers and ranchers who pleaded guilty to illegal fencing acts. Penalties include fines of 250 dollars each and imprisonment. Individuals named include Frank Laird Nelson Bingham James Bingham.
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iNegal
Helena
Mont
United Judge Hunt Today
Montana
Folph
Frank Laird
Nelson Bingham
Tragedy unfolds as Lake View disaster toll climbs
Cleveland reports twenty four hours after the Lake View school fire that about one third of Linwood's children perished. Of 137 identified at Lake Shore morgue, 27 remain unrecognizable. Search continues at the ruined school while coroners and the Collinwood board investigate doors, exits, and fire drill failures.
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Cleveland
Linwood
Lake Shore
Lake View
Collinwood School Board
Lumber Case Arguments Reopen Before Interstate Commission
Washington March 6 The Pacific Coast lumber case was resumed before the Interstate Commerce Commission. J D Kerr representing Hill roads said Northern Pacific and Great Northern have reached capacity and demand more capacity or new roads. He warned no new lumber roads would be built without a guaranteed remunerative rate. Kerr claimed lumber firms would profit even with rate increases and cited Booth Kelly Oregon and St Paul Tacoma Lumber Tacoma profits to support his position.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
J.D. Kerr
Hill Roads
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Northwest
Kerr
Booth-Kelly Company
Oregon
Etil
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Tacoma
Forest Preservation Focus At Lumber Dealers Convention
Washington March 6 concluding banquet of the 16th annual National Wholesale Lumber Dealers association centered on forest preservation. The forestry committee reports shortages in timber supply coming soon and that dealers are leading efforts to protect forests while supporting a government reserve policy and repeal of homestead law as it applies to timber lands.
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Washington
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association
New Willard
Committee On Forestry
Miners on nonunion basis in Alaska mines
Seattle dispatch reports nineteen operators on Vault Creek to switch from eight hour to ten hour days paying five dollars, effective March 10. Workers are arriving along the trail and being sent to the mines. More miners are working nonunion, many operators joining the Mineowners association, with a bright seasonal outlook.
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Seattle
Wash
Ie Post-Intelligencer
Fairbanks
Alaska
Vault Creek
Bank Law Reform Considered by San Francisco Bankers
Representatives of the San Francisco Banking Association appeared before a special legislative committee on banking laws to propose amendments. The primary recommendation calls for separating trust, commercial, and savings bank activities to improve regulation.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Raving Bank Association
Legislative Committee
Lawa
Restore Surveyor General Pay in legislative bill
Washington March 6 the senate subcommittee on appropriations agreed to restore the provision raising surveyors general salaries to 3000 dollars in the legislative bill.
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Washington
Senate
Surveyors General
Oregon State Tems of Interest
At a San Grago society meeting in the opera house Dr. James Withycombe head of the experiment station described the Oregon Agricultural college as a semi industrial college. He contrasted European models stressing intellect versus industry and noted a shift toward intermediate industrial colleges balancing humanities and practical training.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
San Gragl Society
Opera House
James Withycombe
Europe
Armericans
Owners Protest Taxes On Klamath County Lands
The California & Oregon Land company and the Oregon Military Land Grant company sue Klamath county over 1906 taxes. They contest assessed values of 3 and 5 dollars per acre, claim region arid and undeveloped, and seek relief to avoid sale of delinquent lands. The 1907 valuation is 75 cents per acre, which they deem fair.
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Klamath Falle
California & Oregon Land Company
Oregon Military Land Grant Company
Klamath County
Noland & Smith
J. P. Lee
Board of Equilaziation
Salem University funding dispute sparks extravagance charges
The debate over raising the annual appropriation from 47500 to 123000 accuses the State University of misrepresentation and extravagance. Critics point to a 23 percent enrollment rise versus a 300 percent funding request, claim alumni tables are false, and note high faculty salaries amid uneven per pupil spending between the university and common schools.
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Salem
State University
Secretary of State
Pendleton-A T Hill to join Heppner shear crew this spring
Pendleton-A T Hill who broke the world deep shearing record at Beardsley Arizona will join a 30 man crew in Heppner about March 15. He also notes Hill’s 325 sheep in nine hours surpassing Jack Wynn’s 310. The crew sheared 6572 head in nine hours.
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Pendleton
A. T. Hill
Beardsley
Arizona
Umatilla
Morrow
Heppner
Hill
Jack Wynn
New Mexico
Southwest
Mill
Pendleton Seeks Demonstration Of Diversified Farming
Pendleton leaders back O. R. & N. diversified farming plan and form a committee to push Harriman lecture trains into the area. The group aims to secure a modern experimental farm locally to show that summer fallow wastes land and to demonstrate practical farming methods.
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Pendleton
Commercial Association
Harriman
Residents seek wagon mail route to Dufur and Kingsley
In Wasco county The Dalles region residents led by FE Bolt demand a wagon mail service. They want mail moved from The Dalles to Dufur by wagon after train transfer, then onward to Kingsley Tygh Valley and Wapinita to cut delivery time by about a day.
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Dalles
FE. L. Bolton
Kingsley
Wasco County
Dufur
Great Southern
Daller
Dafur
Tygh Valley
Wapinita
Farmers push extension of Arlington Coneon branch to Buckhorn
Gilliam county farmers in the southern district unite to extend the O R N line 15 miles south to Buckhorn country. They cite wasted time hauling Buckhorn grain each fall and winter and note Buckhorn farmers can make a single trip to station and warehouses in one day.
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Condon
Gilliam Counry
Arlington-Coneon
New Wing Fast Track at State Insane Asylum
Superintendent R E Lee Steiner reports to the governor that a new annex wing at the state asylum will be finished within 30 days. The institution plans to occupy the new ward for the criminal insane next week. Monthly cost per patient runs to 12.37 dollars or about 42 cents daily.
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Bulem
R. E. Lee
Steiner
State Insane Asylum
Governors appoint board of visitors for state normal schools
Governor Chamberlain names RK Turner of Grants Pass J M Powers of Salem and A Churchill of Baker City to observe and investigate the condition of schools under the law passed in the last legislative session.
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Salem
Chamberlain
Echoola
RK. R. Turner
Grants Pass
J. M. Powers
A. Churchill
Baker City
January Accidents Reported by Railroad Commission
The January report from the railroad commission records one employee and one tramp killed, and one passenger and one employee injured during the month.
Copper Strike Near Eagle Mountain Property Raises Interest
Baker City reports a new copper strike in Goore creek district about three miles southeast of Eagle mountain and 14 miles from Poorman mine. Development shows 40 feet of ore with potential ledge width 70 to 80 feet. Discoverers are C. C. Cox Frank Keating both of this city and M. T. Weam of Minneapolis. Ore samples display strong copper values prompting mining excitement.
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Baker City
Goore Creek
Eagle Mountain
Poorman
C. C. Cox
Frank Keating
M. T. Weam
Minneapolis
La Grande Market Day Fails to Meet Expectations
La Grande saw its first market day struggle as live stock sellers pulled out as prices lagged. Merchants worked hard to offer value to visiting farmers with bustling bargains throughout the town streets drawing hundreds of country people.
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la Grande
Large Umatilla County Farm Sells for 42000
The Cooley farm in Cold Springs country near Pendleton and Athena sells for 42000. A 1120 acre ranch with 500 acres of growing grain transfers to Arthur Scott of Athena. The buyer brings years of grain growing experience in Umatilla county to the deal.
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Pendleton
Cooley
Umatilla
Cold Springs
A. B. Cooley
Mue
Arthur Scott
Athena
Citizens and farmers plan cannery at local site
An enthusiastic meeting of citizens and farmers last week decided to pursue a cannery here. A follow up gathering will be held at the opera house with cannery experts, Oregon Agricultural College professors, and other speakers to discuss cannery prospects while a committee reports on progress.
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Opera House
Oregon Agricultural College
Portland Markets Wheat and Produce Prices Listed
Market listings show Wheat-Club 82c, blue stem 840, valley 2c, red 8c. Burley-Feed 26 per ton. Date-No. 1 white 27 per ton. Corn-Whole 32.50 per ton, cracked 33.50. Hay values vary by region and type. Apples 13 per box. cranberries 4 11 per barrel. Vegetables include taripa 75c per sack, carrots 6f per sack, beans 20e per pound, cabbage 14ge per pound, celery 4.25 4.75 per crate, peppers 17 ge per pound, onions 2.50 per hundred. Potatoes 50¢ per hundred delivered Portland. Butter 30 35c per pound. Poultry prices listed for hens, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks. Eggs Reach ranch 18 18g per dozen. Wool Eastern Oregon 18 20e per pound. Mohair 20.
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Oregon
Portland
Venezuela Refuses Separate Arbitration on Five Points
Washington reports Venezuela will not arbitrate the five disputed points with the United States separately. The State Department noted Minister Ruel presented each issue for arbitration, clarifying that no separate arbitration is acceptable. The deadlock is to be presented to the Senate along with State Department records. The United States preferred The Hague or any proper tribunal if arbitration fails.
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Washington
March de Venezuela
Castro
State Department
Ruel
Venesuela
United States Senate
Venezuela
The
Hague
Bold Bank Robbery in Chihuahua Vault Theft
A Chihuahua bank robbery netted 205000 pesos from the Banco Minero vault under Governor Creel in a Sunday break in. Detectives suspect inside help and have arrested the watchman porter and several unknowns as American investigators join the case.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Banco Minero
Enrique C. Creel
Anarchist Averbuch Planned Mayor O'Brien Death Plot
Chicago officials say Lazaron Averbuch carried out a commission from anarchists to assassinate Chief Shippy. Investigations show the act was not solo but part of a conspiracy targeting Mayor Bute and Detective Captain P D O'Brien. Averbuch was chosen at a meeting of anarchists last Thursday.
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Chicago
Lazaron Averbuch
Shippy
Schuettler
Anarchista Also Plotted, According To Information In the Dann
Bute
P. D. O'Brien
Detective Bureau
Aaid
Averbuch
Rush Work on Collier Prometheus in Mare Island Yard
Vallejo Cal March 4 In an effort to set a record at Mare Island navy yard the collier Prometheus valued at 1 550 000 is being rushed for completion in ten months by construction and repair. February production topped 120 tons weekly and progress is over 88 percent with a launch planned in eight months.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Taland Navy Yard
Cabinet approves 4000 more troops to Morocco
The cabinet votes to deploy 4000 additional soldiers to Morocco to sustain the aggressive policy and provide relief for troops weary from recent fighting. Parliament will be asked to appropriate funds for general relief and improvement work in Morocco.
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Paria
Morocco
Vermont towns vote on liquor issue with Burlington shifting
The March elections across 26 towns show 24 voting for prohibition last year and two towns, Barre and Saint Albans, moving from wet to dry. Burlington is reported as remaining dry, while Montpelier and other towns show varied outcomes.
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Vermont
Montpelier
Burlington
Keenne
Barre
Alebane
Tragic School Fire Kills Many Children in Suburban Hall
A disastrous blaze swept a crowded public school in a Cleveland suburb killing nearly 200 children aged 6 to 15. Narrow hallways and inward opening doors trapped pupils as smoke and heat forced a frantic, deadly stampede to exits. Fire crews and workers raced to recover bodies and identify victims amid ruined classrooms and makeshift morgues.
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Cleveland
Ylingwood
Collingwood
Great Wood
Leight Pumber
Colomna
Lake Bhar
Peacti
Leenie
Bintman
Vermont Senator Proctor Dies After Illness
Senator Proctor of Vermont died in his apartment on March 5 after a week of illness believed to have started with grip and developed pleurisy. He was 77 and had been hospitalized briefly before returning home.
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Proctor
Washington
Redfeld Proctor
Vermont
Senator Proctor
Chan
Hiss
Law to Deport New York Bill Introduced in Congress
March 5 report on a Bennett bill proposing deportation measures. Commissioner Watchorn explains that no clear path exists to deport the anarchist implicated, as the law faces uncertain passage and debates over deportation authority.
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New York
Bennett
Ton Watchorn
New York Sparers Vote on Public Punishment Proposal
March 6 report from New York notes the board ofOLA approves a proposal to joint punishment in the public city.
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New York
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