Fire Rips Fashionable Boston Suburb Hotel Melvin
A rapid blaze devastated the Hotel Melvin in Allston, Boston suburbs, trapping guests in 30 kitchenette apartments. Seven dead, one missing, several injured as flames forced escapes to stairways and balconies. The Power family and Mrs. Bemis among the victims. total loss around 100000 dollars.
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Boston
Melvin
Allston
EF. G. Bemis
F.C. Beharrell
J. Power
Alice Shackford
Social Hygiene Meetings Tonight At Two Schools
Two more parents meetings tied to a social hygiene campaign will be held at the Washington and Hawthorne school buildings at 8 oclock. Principal A C Hampton will speak from a layman’s viewpoint and Dr F E Koyden from a scientific angle at Washington while Judge J W Maloney and Dr R K Ringo will speak at Hawthorne. A questions and answers dialogue will follow.
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Social Hygiene
Washington School
Hawthorne
Washington
A. C. Hampton
J. W. Maloney
Rk. E. Ringo
Petition for Parole of Dupuis in Circulation
Following Dupuis conviction for perjury and a thirteen month sentence to McNeil Island a parole petition has begun circulating. The convicted man’s father is circulating it and some are signing while many refuse due to Dupuis’s unsavory record. sympathy for the family moves some to sign.
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Jim Dupuis
McNeil's Island
Dupuis
Reed College President Declines Eastern Presidency
Portland April 4. W T Foster president of Reed College announced he declined the offer to become president of one of the Atlantic coast’s largest universities.
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Portland
W. T. Foster
Reed College
Atlantic Coast
National Banks Seek Reserve Stock in New System
National banks in Union County have been notified to apply for capital stock in the Pacific Coast reserve bank as part of a new currency law. Subscriptions total about seventy thousand dollars for county banks, with Pendleton institutions contributing the heaviest shares. Payments are staged: one sixth now, one sixth in three months, one sixth in six months, and the final half on demand.
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National Banks OF County
Pacific Coast Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
First National Bank of
Pendleton
American National Bank
Milton
First National Bank of Athena
Oregon
Union County
First National Bank
Reserve Association
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Indictment Expected From Milton Freewater Grand Jury
Investigation of moral conditions in Milton and Freewater is under way by the grand jury. J. G. Kilpack of the Boys and Girls’ Aid society testified, with a 17 year old girl reportedly confessing to implicate a dozen local youths. Arrested earlier, Earl Frazier and Elmo Coe are due to appear, as are several other girls. Grand jurors include Frank Frazier, Clark Nelson, M. G. McKern, W. T. Perrin, E A Dudley, Carl Jensen and E. H. Richmond.
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Milton
Freewater
J. G. Kilpack
Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society of
Portland
Copperfield
Kilpack
Mr. Kilpack
East End
Grand Jury
Earl Frazier
Elmo Coe
Bill Vetoed on Foreign Medical Society Animal Research
Governor Fielder vetoed a bill letting foreign medical societies experiment on animal diseases in New Jersey after a public hearing. The proposal had backing from the Rockefeller Research Institute.
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Trenton
N. J
Fielder
Rockefeller Research Institute
Businessmen Boost Good Road Proposal from Pendleton to Umatilla
A delegation of about twenty Pendleton businessmen left by automobile for Hermiston to join an afternoon meeting on a proposed hard surface road linking Pendleton to Umatilla as part of the Columbia highway. The drive was led by Commercial association president J. W. Tallman, with attendees including County Judge J. W. Maloney and figures like J. F. Robinson, Leon Cohen, Marion Jack, and Dr. F. W. Vincent, among others, signaling broad county support.
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Hermiston
Pendleton
Umatilla
J. W. Tallman
Commercial Association
Columbia River
J. W. Maloney
J. F. Robinson
Leon Cohen
Marion Jack
F. BE. Judd
E. & Aldrich
Sam R. Thompson
Thomas Thompson
F. W. Vincent
Higgins Sentenced to Life for Wife's Murder
In Valedo I April 14 Judge Olmstead sentenced Robert Higgins to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife. The case drew attention as local authorities described the crime and the court proceedings.
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Valedo
Robert Higgins
Olmstead
Atlantic Meet Ordered to Tampico Speed
Seven die in fashionable Boston apartment fire. Thaw habeas corpus petition upheld. Whitman predicts Tecker reconviction. Grand Jury probes Milton moral conditions. Howard jailed over dog license. Pig-traps offered for sale as city districts. Local business leaders visit Hermiston on Pendleton-Umatilla road plan. National banks seek reserve stock. Pendleton horseshoe match Helix battles Pendleton. Rev Fawcett now Pendleton presbytery moderator. Parents hold social hygiene meetings tonight. High school schedules many track meets.
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Atlantic Meet
Tampico
Boston
Thaw
Whitman
Tecker
Lawal
Grand
Milton
Howard
Hermiston
Pendleton-Umatilla
National Banks of County
Jim Hender
Helix
Pendleton
Rev
Fawcett
Stanfield
Pendleton Presbytery
Whitman Predicts Becker Convicted at Second Trial
New York April 14 District Attorney Whitman said Frank Cirofici's testimony yesterday would help convict Becker in the second trial for instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal. He noted Cirofici’s statement contradicts no key parts of other witnesses and supports Jack Rose’s account. Whitman plans to move Becker’s trial to May 4, and Becker’s lawyer Joseph Shay may withdraw after a Tombs interview.
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New York
Whitman
Frank Cirofici
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Chofley
Bridgie Webber
Harry Vallon
Jack Rose
Vallon
Cirofici
Rosenthal
Chofiel
Portland Game Postponed In Coast League Opener
Portland and Oakland opening game in the Coast league was postponed due to rain.
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Portland
Ore
Oakland
Thaws demand for release upheld in habeas ruling
Concord New Hampshire April 14 Henry Thaw's bid for release under habeas corpus was upheld in an 80 page federal opinion by Judge Aldrich. The decision criticizes New York officials for extradition efforts while noting the state’s right to extradite does not apply in alleged insanity cases. No formal discharge order was issued to allow New York time to seek Supreme Court review. New York attorney William Travis Jerome said he would appeal to the Supreme Court, insisting Thaw was criminally responsible for escaping Matteawan.
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Concord
N. H
Harry Thaw
Aldrich
New York
Thaw
Matteawan
United States Supreme Court
William Travis Jerome
Supreme Court
Dog-Catcher Sues for License Payment
Complaint filed against Theodore F. Howard a pioneer architect, charging him with keeping a dog in city limits without a license. Hart the dogcatcher seeks license fee enforcement and declares intent to take case to the Supreme Court if needed.
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Theodore F. Howard
Harry Hart
Supreme Court of the United States
Howard
Hart
Secret burials tied to a Pacific coast tire maker and hospital case
Police search hospital records to learn if Myrtle Allison was only patient buried at Goetz private plot in United cemetery. Goetz says at least 69 buried there with unconfirmed reports many from the maternity hospital. Royal Nicholson arrived with detectives in the Meredith case. Savage Tire Co. opens a Portland branch, first auto mobile tire factory on the Pacific coast.
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Pittsburg
Myrtle Allison
Savage Tire Co
Pacific Coast
Portland
Quoit Players Engage In Famous Old Sport Today
Pendleton quartet John S. Baker Van Simmons William Duff and Ed Terney depart by auto for Helix to contest a quoit pitching match with a Helix team. The foursome cherish the ancient horse shoe game as their favored pastime and view it as a lasting local sport beyond baseball’s reach.
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QUOIT
John S. Baker
van Simmons
William Duff
Ed Terney
Pendleton
Helix
U S Prestige At Stake Navy Orders Admiral Badger to Tampico
Secretary Daniels directs Admiral Badger to sail all Atlantic fleet ships to Tampico. Hancock, with 800 marines, sails from New Orleans. South Carolina and Nashville headed for Tampico. Tacoma and torpedo flotilla also ordered to prepare for voyage. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan back Mayo’s stance to secure a federal salute to the American flag amid Huerta’s resistance.
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Washington
Daniels
Badger
Tampico
Hampton Roads
Hancock
New Orleans
South Carolina
Santo Domingo
Nashville
Tacoma
Boston
Pensacola
Wilson
Bryan
Mexico
Mayo
Pryan
Lind
O'Shaughnessy
Mexico City
Huerta
Tampico Federals
Flac
John Lind
Vermont
Arkansas
New Jersey
New Hamonshire
Delaware
Benhanm
Cummings
Wright
Cassin
Parker
Battleshine
Kansas
Michigan
Ilinois
Mieoer
Philadelphia
North Dakota
Ohio
Wyoming
Louisiana
New Yor
Tampi
Wets Triumph in California Liquor Question Vote
April 14 in San Francisco reports wets won the liquor question across Sacramento and San Joaquin valley towns. Returns show a majority in regions where prohibition issues dominated Monday’s elections.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
San Joaquin Valley
Cascade Lumber drives 20 million foot log on Yakima
North Yakima, Wash. April 14. A 20,000,000 foot log drive is being brought down the Yakima river by the Cascade Lumber company. It is expected to reach North Yakima in three weeks.
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North Yakima, Wash
Yakima River
Cascade Lumber Company
Ita
North Yakima
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Tome
Hope
Mexican
N. S
Matlock
Kearney
U.S
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Badger
Qo'shaughnesy
Wets
Yakima
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