Lytle Reappointed as State Sheep Inspector Board Reorganizes
The Oregon state board of sheep commissioners met in Portland. Dr W H Lytle was reappointed state sheep inspector for two years. Dan P Smythe was reelected secretary while A L McIntosh of Crook County became board president. Pendleton remains headquarters.
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Poru
Pendleton
A. L. McIntosh
Crook County
Smythe Walves
Liis
W. H. Lytle
Dan P. Smythe
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
State Board
Portland Yeaterday
Pauline
Charles Cleveland
Smythe
McIntosh
Portland Journal
Oregon
Gresham
A. I. McIntosh
S. W. McClure
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Idaho
Achdla
Willamette Valley
Onat
Lytle
Board of Commissioners
Still No Report From the Jury in Local Option Case
The grand jury has not reported yet while physicians are summoned to testify on the local option liquor issue. Pendleton druggists face investigation as evidence points to sale of liquor by drug stores. Charles Flash's trial for robbery complicity continues with witnesses tying him to the Parr Bros. saloon incident and Willets’ $60 relief.
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Dragelets
Pendleton
Charles Flash
Peter Willets
Willl
Willets
Parr Bros
Joe Parr
Sam Gaston
Charles Flush
Flush
Floth
Patten's Corner Wheat Pit Turmoil at Chicago Market
Reports from Chicago describe a Patten led effort to stabilize the wheat pit after a sharp selloff. May wheat plunged from opening levels to around 1.02 and July to 1.12 amid heavy bear raids. prices then recovered slightly while an elderly visitor pleaded for restitution of her son’s large losses.
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Chicago
Patten
May
Bears
Jeffries to defend title in comeback bid
Undefeated heavyweight champion Jeffries announces plans to reenter the ring and defend his title against any eligible challenger, likely meeting Johnson if he defeats Ketchel, with talks already underway as clubs vie to stage the bout. He says he can be in peak condition within ten months to a year and has regained speed and strength after shedding twenty pounds.
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Pugilist
Wil
Johnson
Ketchell
Styg
New York
Jeffries
Ketchel
Johnson Ready to Meet Jeffries in Two Weeks
Pittsburg April 20 Johnson declares he will fight Jeffries two weeks after his bout with Ketchel. He expects to beat Ketchel in ten rounds and insists Jeffries is afraid of him, predicting a ten round domination.
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Pittsburg
Johnson
Jeffrins
Ketchell
Jeff
Panama Canal Defense Unrealized by Professor Starr
Chicago April 26 professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago ridiculed the government for claiming the Panama canal would be a commercial success. He said the canal is built as a military necessity and that the government, while protesting peace, always seeks military protection.
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Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Million Dollar Company to Manufacture Oil Products
Los Angeles April 20 A million dollar company organized to manufacture 48 by products of California crude oil plans to erect a refinery. The International Oil Refining Company will ship its output to Japan and Hawaii. Principal stockholders are Los Angeles men.
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Los Angeles
California
International Oil Refining Company
Japan
Hawaii
Lane Likely to Succeed Himself on Commission
WashingtonApril 20 Franklin K Lane of California is expected to succeed himself as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Though his term does not expire for two months, several Democrats reportedly eye the berth, according to friends who express confidence in his reappointment.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon Line Officials Arrive From Portland
William Bollows division engineer of the Oregon division of the O R N arrived from Portland last evening to join other officials who have been here and in the vicinity since Saturday morning.
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William Bollows
Oregon
Portland
Moornini
Siege of Constantinople Deepens as Sultan Seeks German Help
April reports from Constantinople state Grand Vizier Tewfik Pasha resigned and meets the Sultan with a plan to surrender to the Young Turks. Invading forces surround the city. the Sultan negotiates for German aid, hoping to delay capture for several days. Salonica notes say 40,000 troops are within a day’s march, trapping the capital.
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Sultan
Germanny
Por
Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha Ie
Germany
Salonica
Turkish prince Kopasis Effindi shot in Smyrna
Dispatch reports the Turkish prince of Soames Kopasis Effindi assassinated in Smyrna on April 20. Details from the dispatch are not available locally.
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Smyrna
Kopasis Effindi
Soames
American Cruisers to Turkey for Protection Mission
Armored cruisers North Carolina and Montana were ordered to Axelandretta Turkey to safeguard American lives and property. They are now at New Gunania and expected to reach Turkey within seventeen days.
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Turkey
Washington
North Carolina
Montana
Axelandretta
New Gunania
Shoulkd
Iside
Senate debate on Philippine independence and tariff free sugar
Washington April 26 Senator Stone of Missouri argued national honor requires aiding the Philippines toward independence via a self governing state. He opposed a tariff bill clause limiting Philippine sugar duty free and an amendment for absolute free trade. He said Filipinos should gain independence after fifteen years.
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Washington
Senate
Stone
Missouri
Philippines
Rulings All Favor Gordon's Contentions
Spokane April 20 motions to confiscate grand jury notes or dismiss the jury were made by Gordon's attorneys The deputy prosecutor who took notes is to be placed on the stand The hearing adjourned to this afternoon Every ruling so far favors Gordon's contention An attempt is expected to block further inquiry
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Spokane
Root- Gordon
Gordon
Heney Declines San Francisco Mayoral Candidacy
San Francisco April 20 Francis Heney, the city prosecutor, said he cannot consider a mayoral bid or allow his name to be used for any office in response to reports he might run in the spring primary.
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San Francisco
Francis Heney
Wool sales concluded for Baker County growers
Baker City August 20. Baker county wool growers report the last of this year’s clip contracted to a Texas buyer at 16 cents a pound. The state wool growers association sale days are largely formal with no real business transacted. Growers largely act independently and prices this season are better than last.
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Baker City
Baker County
Toston
Stite Wool Growers Association
Coun
Japanese planners study Tokio ahead of 1916 exposition
Hikojiro Wada general of the International expedition to be held in Tokyo in 1916 and Tokutade Sakai a representative of the Prime Minister travel to Santile to study industrial economy conditions and review new exposition methods.
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Hikojiro Wada
Tokio
Tokutade Sakai
Santile
Child Swallows Medicine and Dies in Everett
In Everett today three year old Morris Love, son of BR G Love of Everett Light, found a box of strychnine and belladonna pills and swallowed the contents. He died before a physician arrived.
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Everett
Morris Love
BR. G. Love
Everett Light Company
Coroner's Jury Clears Kalem Murderer Suspect
Seattle April 20 The coroner's jury ruled Henry Kalem was killed by the Northern Pacific while temporarily insane. The husband, his brother, and nephew arrested during the inquiry were released on the jury's recommendation.
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Seattle
Henry Kalem
Stuck
Oregon Colleges Denied Rockefeller Fund Share
Portland reports Dr. Wallace Buttrick, chairman of the General Educational Board, says Oregon schools within a fifty by one hundred fifty mile area cannot share in a 45,000,000 Rockefeller fund. He contends the seven institutions including the state university, McMinnville College, Willamette University, Pacific University, Dallas, Albany and Pacific colleges are too closely located and their conflicting interests prevent a distribution without moving or expanding schools. No Oregon college is ready to alter itself to obtain funds.
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Portland
Colleges
Oregon
John D Rockefeller
Wallace Buttrick
General Educational Board
General Board
State University
McMinnville College
Willamette University
Pacific University
Dallas
Albany
Pacific Colleges
Probation Officers Enforce Discipline At Depot
Probation officers to round up boys who linger at the depot during train time and jump on and off trains. Agent Schuyler reports to Judge Gilliland that the youths are troublesome and at risk of injury. Halley to notify the boys and parents that conditions must change.
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Schuyler
Gilliland
Halley
Three Bankruptcy Cases Heard By Judge FitzGerald
Three bankruptcy matters came before Judge FitzGerald an referee this morning. Creditors meeting for Nelson D. Parkes and Charles F. Pord was postponed to tomorrow with times listed. Johnnie Campbell hearing was delayed to 2 p m and later in progress. Creditors allege assets shifted to relatives before filing. Tendleton Conk and Built store stock approved for sale and likely to reopen Saturday. Wesley Matlock traveled from Portland to Nevada after visiting his parents.
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FitzGerald
Nelson D. Parkes
Charles F. Pord
Johnnie Campbell
Creditore
June FitzGerald
Victory for entrymen in land grazing case decision
A La Grande ruling by Register Bramwell and Receiver Eberhardt favors entrymen on grazing land formerly in the Umatilla reservation. The Roberts case and 30 to 40 similar suits hinge on whether land users must prove grazing usage. Government may appeal to the commissioner general for further hearing.
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William Roberts
Brough
la Grande
Umatilla
H. T. Jones
Raley, Richards & Raley
Roberts
Department
Roberts Et al
Bramwell
Eberhardt
Land Office
Umatilia
Commissioner General of the Land Office
Children Offered to Portland Aid Society
Robert E. Allen of Freewater brought his two nephews to the juvenile court to be committed to the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Portland. He said their mother is dead and their father is dissolute, having abandoned them. One boy is 18 and the other seven. Allen cannot care for them and asks the court to place them. The society is expected to find good homes for both.
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Robert E. Allen
Freewater
Boys
Girl's Aid Society of
Porland
Allen
Benson Trial Opens Over Timber Bribery Charges
Washington April 20 John A Benson of San Francisco stands trial on bribery charges for allegedly defrauding government forest reserve lands in Washington and California. He waived indictment reading and seeks to escape trials by citing acquittal on a prior conspiracy charge.
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Washington
John A. Benson
San Francisco
California
Benson
Steamer Eben Ward Strikes Ice Flow Five Drown
Five men died when the steamer Eben Ward hit an ice flow while en route from Milwaukee to Pere Marquette with a grain cargo near Wackinaw City in early April. The accident halted traffic and prompted rescue efforts.
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Wackinaw City
Mid
Eben Ward
Milwaukee
Pere Haran
Great Northern derailment rescue attempt saves crowder rails
In Bellingham on April 20 a southbound Seattle train derailed and coal wrecked. Tob Christensen, the repair man, crawled to the wreckage and bravely pulled a frightened rider from the track, saving a life after the crash.
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Bellingham
Seattle
Great Northern
Todas
Rea
Christiansoy
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St. Francis
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Will
Panama Canal
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Lane
Amself
Heney
Baker Bunty
Japa
Isition Weld
Rockefeller
Wesley Matlock
Mia
WF Matlock
Nevada
Portland Aid Society
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