Oil land stock venture forms in Castle Rock region
A new oil development company forms with 1.5 million shares at 1 each, trading at 10 cents. Directors include Beardsley, McAllister, and Cary, backing a 2000 acre land tract near Castle Rock with aims to drill like Beaumont and Spindle Top. Madrid Medical Congress delegates named by Secretary Hay include Drs. Senn Crile and Doug las.
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Graham
Rosssey
Co- River Development Company
Castle Rock
Beardsley
Mrey
George
Bank At
Poor
Willow Creek
Campa
W. H. Colwell
M. McDonald
WI Smith
Rees Beardsley
Charles McAllister
Trout
James Cary
Prosser
Board of Charters
Columbia
Beaumont
Xas
California
Madrid
New York
Hay
United States
Europe
Richard Dougles
Nashville
Nicholas Senn
George W. Crile
A Wyeth
Addite
United
Generel O'Reilly
Army
Navy
Damages Sought Over Fire Damaged Car Ad Sale
Salt company sues the West Shows company for 1498 damages claiming losses when their advertising car burned while in transit. Plaintiff alleges careless handling led to the fire. Case file notes a July 24, 1909, date reference. Mohair pool sale in Pallas Ore cites pounds of mohair offered with bidding.
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Ililea
Falo Oarshe] West
Tec - Co
Polk County
Mohair Association
Boon
William Brown
Conte
Shamrocks win first official trial race over 62 mile course
Two Shamrocks, first and third, started together on a 62 mile triangular course in Weymouth. Shamrock won on time allowances with the crew taking the prize. Shamrock III later damaged after a collision and Matador spectators photographed along the course while the race was underway.
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Weymouth
Shamrocks
Shamrock
Call for Bank Statements in Washington
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for statements of the condition of national banks as of the close of Thursday's business, to be submitted for review in Washington.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Strikes Illegal in Holland Passed by Two Chambers
The Hague April 11 The first chamber unanimously supported the government anti strike measure. It was passed by the second chamber at Rotterdam early in the week making it illegal for employees on public conveyances to walk out and effectively ending the current strike in Holland.
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Rotterdam
Hague
Holland
Non Union Labor Organization of Muncie Formed
Indianapolis April 11 Non union Labor Organization of Muncie filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state to protect non unionists who refuse affiliation. The group reports about 50 members in Muncie.
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Muncie
Indianapolis
Nonunion Labor Organization of
Cuty
Northern Securities Appeal Likely Delays Proceedings
St Paul April 11 The Northern Securities case will be appealed. Judge Young for the company notified Clerk Lang of the U S circuit court that an appeal from Thursday's decision will be filed at an early date, which will act as a stay of proceedings. It is not believed a decision will come before October.
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Northern Securities
Circuit Court
St. Paul
Young
Lang
United States Circuit Court
Forces Beat Moros in Mindanao Battle and Fort Assault
Major General Davis reports the Moros of Mindanao resisted with defiance in Bacolod, firing on Pershing’s troops and wounding two Americans. The fort was attacked on April 8, trenches crossed, walls scaled, and by 2 PM American forces held the fort. Casualties total 11 with Moros killed during the engagement and road work toward Marashun progresses for wagon access within a month. In Albany, Oregon, Sam White urges unity as A. E. Reames is named the Democratic first district nominee for Congress with party leaders emphasizing harmony and a strong campaign structure.
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Pershing
Washington
Davis
War Department
Mindanao
Bacolods
Perah
Marashuni
Marashun
Albany
Binger Hermann
Sam White
State Central Committee
First District
Chamberlain Woon
J. W. Weatherford
Charles W. Galloway
A. E. Reames
Oregon
Panic in Wheat as Armour Bid Lifts May to 77.5
Armour caused a market upheaval on the Chicago Board of Trade by bidding May wheat to 77.5 cents from 76 cents and lifting July wheat briefly. Shorts rushed to cover but Armour unloaded, dropping prices from 74.4 to 97 cents. Profits are estimated around $250,000.
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Armour
Chicago
Board of Trade
Leiter
Shorts
Leader of Manufacturers Advises Meeting Unions Half Way
Thomas Egan, a leader of the National Manufacturers' Association, says unions deserve consideration and that better judgment prevails among educated workers. He cautions against blaming all for agitators, and deplores President Parry's policy. The speech precedes the association's meeting in Cincinnati on Tuesday.
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Manufacturers’ Association
Cincinnati
Thomas Egan
National Manufacturers’ Association
Parry
Lone highwayman robs Wells Fargo express box on Nevada City stage
A lone robber halted a stage between Nevada City and Downieville seven miles from Nevada City. Five women and two men rode aboard. Three shots were fired but no one was hurt. The Wells Fargo express box was robbed. the amount inside is unknown.
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Wells-Fargo
Nevada City
Grass Valley
Nev
Downieville
Strike at Los Angeles Unions Stop Work on Non-Union Jobs
In Los Angeles on April 11, a citywide strike order for Building Trades Council affiliated unions to halt work on projects with non-union labor was widely followed. Employers yielded on about 80 large contracts. the Chamber of Commerce building is now unionized. Many small contractors capitulated. Pressmen, waiters, and cooks threaten action during the fiesta and Roosevelt visit. About 1,000 workers are out, with all expected to leave by Monday.
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Los Angeles
Building Trades Council
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Anarchy in Monastir and Goebel Trial Proceedings
Consular reports from Monastir describe worsening anarchy with rising assassinations of Christians and Mussulmans. In Prilop district last week at least 60 Christians were killed by Mussulmans. In Frankfort, Ky., the Howard trial resumes as Arthur Goebel, brother of the governor, is called for the defense.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Prilop
Howard
Frankfort
Goebel
Arthur Goebel
Des Moines Laundrymen Convene to Seek Lower Rates
Des Moines on April 1 reports laundrymen from the Middle Western states will meet early next week to discuss pricing and press expresses for reduced rates. The group aims to ease prohibitive charges that deter out of town patrons from using Des Moines laundry services.
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Des Moines
Middle Western States
Chamberlain denies autumn visit to America
Birmingham April 11. The Mull prints an authorized denial of the report that Joseph Chamberlain will visit America in the autumn. Notre Dame University debating team arrived at Oberlin College for a forensic joust with Oberlin’s debaters. This first contest between the two schools draws keen interest as Oberlin upholds the affirmative while Notre Dame argues the negative on the Philippines question.
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Joseph Chamberlain
America
Birmingham
the Mull Today
Chamberlain
Obertly
Apiil J
Notre Dame University
Oberlin
Oberlin College
United States
Philippines
President Studying Elks in Camp near Yellowstone
News from the president reports he is in camp studying elk about 40 miles from Yellowstone. John Burroughs could not go far on the first day due to severe cold but rejoined him today. Chicago Wheat prices are noted with slight movements.
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Elks
Cinnibar
Elk
Yellowstone
John Burroughs
A Pedagogic Campaign Conference in Columbia
A group of state leading educators met at Superintendent of Education Martin's office in Columbia to discuss strengthening rural public schools as the principal topic of the conference.
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Columbia
Martin
Riots in St Petersburg as Troops Suppress Unemployed
Rioting by unemployed people broke out in St Petersburg on April 11. Troops were called out to restore order after demonstrations that disrupted the streets and led to clashes, with authorities suppressing the unrest.
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St. Petersburg
District Attorney Osborne Out in New York
April 11 reports mark the last day in office for Assistant District Attorney Osborne who resigned to return to private practice. He served since 1902 and argued many famous prosecutions including the Molineux Kennedy and Patrick murder cases.
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Osborne
New York
Jerome
Molineux
Kennedy
Albert T. Patrick
Kansas Supreme Court rules club liquor use a nuisance
The Kansas Supreme Court held that a club where members pool funds to buy liquor for personal use violates the prohibitory law. The ruling sustains the lower court conviction of an Octoplan Club steward for liquor selling and carries wide implications for club practices statewide.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Burdick Murderer Probe Hints at Full Inquiry
Buffalo April 11 Attorney Coatsworth said in the Pennell inquest that only a non-committal verdict was possible yesterday and that the search for Burdick's murderer would continue as investigators pursue all possible channels for facts.
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Coatsworth
Buffalo
Pennell
Burdick
Senators Confess in Alum Scandal Ties Revealed
St Louis April 11 State Senator Farris and another senator testified before the grand jury about their connection with the alum bill scandal in the state legislature. Both men confessed involvement and offered details of their roles in the affair. The disclosures come as authorities pursue full accounting of the graft allegations surrounding the alum bill.
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St. Louis
Farris
St Ill
Grand Jury
Winds Court ruling bars unions from ordering strikes without breach
A New York dispatched report states the appellate division of the supreme court decided a labor union cannot order members to quit work when wages are paid and no nonunion labor is sought, even if the dispute centers on employer recognition of the union’s representative.
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Chicago
Tribune
New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Rita Representative
Death ruled accidental in Cayuse Indian fatality
Investigation findings show the Indian man near Cayuse died accidentally after being struck by a train. A 14 year old witness testified the victim walked on the trestle away from the approved footpath, fell after being struck, and died about 20 minutes later. The man, about 66 years old and weighing around 225 pounds, was not believed drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayuse
Letlum
Swaggaert Buys 160 Acres by McKay Creek for Hogs
Alfalfa and Hoge A L Swaggaert of Athena purchased 160 acres on McKay Creek from H C Dum. Rihorn and Swaggart conducted the sale. One hundred forty acres are to be put to alfalfa. Swaggaert plans stocking the property with thoroughbred hogs, his business in Athena.
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A. L. Swaggaert
Athena
H. C. Dum
McKay Creek
Rihorn & Swaggart
Baseball Conference Delegates Gather in Walla Walla
Baseball Conference delegates from Dayton Colorado Walla Walla Pendleton will attend in person or by representation tomorrow. The exact list of participating delegates is not yet decided, with multiple locations expected to be represented.
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Baseball
Jand
Walla Walla
Dayton
Colfax
Pendleton
Fire Fiend Bert Prout Captured Near Portland
Bert Prout, charged with setting the Victoria Dock fire, was captured after being taken from an eastbound Portland train. Sheriff Storey departed with Prout at noon for Portland. Prout, a white man about 30, had previous jail time here for forged checks and is alleged to be wanted in Idaho for embezzlement with ties to the Miller Mine Company.
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Idaho
Hert Prout
Portland
Sherif Storey
Multnomah
Prout
Pendleton
Miler Mane Company
Sheriff Storey
Rhia
To Search for His Brother in Montana Mountains
W Baa of Chicago arrives at Kalinpell to renew the search for his brother, Superintendent Egan of the Great Northern, who was lost in the mountains last fall while hunting. The report places the missing official in a remote hunting region during the autumn tragedy.
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Hutte
Mont
W. Baa
Chicago
Kalinpell
Superintendent Egan
Great Northern
Be Williams Wins Declamation at High School Event
Be Williams claimed first place in the declamatory contest judged unanimously by T G Halley F A Clapton and C W H Carter. Fred Hartman took second with a close result over Effie Smith Glen Scott Clarence Allen Chas King Myrtle Divney Edward Jay Albert Warner Milton Shaw Elmer Baker Nell Jay and others. Titles included Regulus to the Carthaginians The Deathbot of Arnolds The Polish Bay Antony's Oration Cataline's Defiance Zaxonyl's Charge and The Royal Archer. Williams will represent the high school in the Interscholastic debating contest at Walla Walla on May 2.
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Fred Hartman
Be Williams
Walla Walla
Mr. Hartman
Effie Smith
Glen Scott
Clarence Allen
Chas, King
Myrtle Dianey
T. G. Halley
F A. Clapton
C. W H. Carter
Edward Jay
Albert Warner
Milton Shaw
Elmer Bayher
Neil Jay
Discourmen
Regulus
Arnolds
Eile Benth
Polish Bay
Cilen Scott
Apartacus
Gladiators
Antony
Chas
King
Cataline
Myrtle Divney
Mister Shaw
Zaxonyl
Elmer Baker
Nell Jay
Annual Pendleton Academy Debate At Presbyterian Church
Next Saturday nightPendleton Academy will stage its annual debate at the Presbyterian church. Contestants include Junita Engdah Mabiel McDill Grace Crockett Ethel Forbes Nell Whittemore presenting declamations such as Mary Queen of Scots The Curse of Reg lua The Ratuing of Jarra s Daughter and The Death Bridge of the Tay.
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Presbyterian Church
Pendleton Academy
Junita Engdah
Mary
Queen of Scots
Mabiel McDill
Reglua
Grace Crockett
Jarra
Ethel Forbes
Nell Whittemore
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First Chamber
Gen. Davis
Bacolod
Anarchy
Oberlin and
Notre Dame
Ome
Bert Prout
Victoria Dock
K. Pendleton
SE Williams
Pendleton Academy Studentsa Te
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