Dead engineer hero of wreck near Yakima
Engineer William Gordon of Ellensburg stayed at his post and pulled the air brakes as Engine No. 280 left the main line near Selah station. The locomotive toppled the embankment. Gordon and Fireman Meyers of Pasco were crushed to death, the mail car overturned, and two Seattle clerks were slightly hurt. Conductor Churchill stated the train was moving about 20 miles per hour when the crash occurred.
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North Yakima
Wash
William Gordon
Eliensburg
Selah Station
Gordon
Meyers
Pasco
Seattle Mall
G. F. Churchill
Saya
Selah
Balloons Wrecked in England and Germany Blimp Crashes
Berlin reports Zeppelin II is wrecked near Wellberg after detaching from moorings. One soldier fatally injured after being carried aloft in the runaway airship. Repair costs exceed one hundred thousand dollars. Farnborough also records England’s new dirigible balloon wrecked during preparations for its maiden flight.
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England
Germany
Berlin
Farniseborough
Eng
Hermiston Defeats Umatilla 7–0 In Oregon Baseball
Special correspondence from Hermiston Oregon reports Hermiston trouncing Umatilla seven to zero in a ball game at Umatilla. Hermiston batters Phelps and Wilson led the attack while Umatilla’s Bush and Connell held the battery. Pitching and fielding details note Hermiston four strikeouts to Umatilla’s twelve.
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Hermiston
Ore
Umatilla
Battle in Bulgaria Near Sofia Drives Troops to Aid
Reports from Sofia and the Chernolleva mountains tell of thirty thousand Albanian rebels clashing with forty Turkish regiments in a narrow defile. The battle outcome remains uncertain as more government troops rush to support. Mr and Mrs R C Hager returned home near Gibbon after visiting relatives in the city.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Albania
Chernolleva
R C. Hager
Gibbon
City
Paulhan to attempt prize flight from Manchester to London
London April 25 M Paulhan the French aviator will try for the Lord Northcliffe prize of fifty thousand dollars for a flight between Manchester and London He arrived last evening and today busily engaged in preparing his bi plane for the voyage White the British aviator who nearly completed the trip Saturday will try again next week It is rumored he and Paulhan will race to Manchester
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London
Ene
M. Paulhan
Lord Northwlffe
Manchester
White
Paulhan
Pacific northwest aims to lure homeseekers to forests
Denver April 26 Secretary Wilson through the forest service launches a campaign to induce American homeseekers to take up homesteads in national forests rather than emigrate to Canada. Assistant district forester Paul Redington says western states including Montana Oregon Washington Idaho and California are target locales for this plan. Burns claim a Ponca Nebraska cottage fire killed Jerry Miner and five children as the father barely saved his two year old, with others not surviving.
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Denver
Colo
Pacific Northwest
Wilson
Forest Service
Canada
Paul Redington
Graves
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
California
Ponca
Ney
Jerry Miner
Here
Miner
Hermit Woodcutter Found Dead in Bed
John Eddy long lived in forest cabin near town found dead in bed likely a month old. Coroner Folsom ruled natural causes. Eddy, about 70, lived alone, never married, no kin, kept to himself and never read papers or letters. Nearby recluse William Bond who once worked for W. B. Ross also died by self harm recently.
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Join Eddy
Meachim Woodghopper
T& Tonely
Folsom
William Bond
Moreham
W. B Rows
Harvard Professor Works as Laborer in Cambridge
Harvard professor Hugh W. Ransom, a mathematics and civil engineering scholar, took a ditch digging job at $1.50 a day for a Cambridge subway project. He said book learning is no substitute for practical experience and sought insight for a contracting firm. The crew includes Lyons, Homer, Routenberg, Bates, and McKnight from local universities.
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Cambridge, Mass
Hugh W. Ransom
Harvard Summer School
Cambridge Sibway
Rinsom
John Lyons
George Homer
Harvard
H. W. Routenberg
Yale
D. FR. Bates
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jack McKnight
Holy Cross
Farmer Punished for Throwing Away Money
Geneva reports a Fabourg farmer argued with his wife over a trivial matter. He threw 21 banknotes worth 420 into the fire and was later declared prodigality by a court, losing civic rights. He contends he earned the money and may dispose of it as he pleases. Our acts make or mare we are the children of our own deeds.
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Geneva
Fabourg
vVictor Hugo
Teddy Roosevelt Hosts Paris Aviation Meet For Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelt family spends Sunday in Paris with church services and social gatherings. Colonel Roosevelt attends an aviation meet near Paris arranged by the Academie Des Sports honoring him as honorary vice president. He dines with General Berger, goes to the opera, visits St German, and spends the afternoon with ambassadors and officials. He does not visit French polling places, noting he has no time to judge French matters and trusts their election machinery.
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Roosevelt
Aly
Teddy
Aeronauts
Organimino
Paris
Isey Lis Moutineaus
Academie Des Sports
Rloosevelt
Berger
Roosevelt Paxeed
Paria
Ambassador Bacon
Rue de Berr
Viktor
Chauncey W. Goodrich
Hoosewelt
Kermit
Miss Ethel
Avenue de Palma
Moorevere
Mme Jinsserand
Pre Mier Briand
France
United States
Gang of Oregon Crooks Captured in Spokane
The Spokane arrest of a gang headed by Edilie Johnson is claimed to crack a crew that spread from Spokane to northern Washington. The sheriff believes the Johnson gang committed bold highway robberies and other offenses in this city and beyond. He asks Spokane to hold the suspects if not yet prosecuted, while noting a call for inner reflection in a religious aside.
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Portland
Sher Ws
Porthridg
Spokane
Edilie Johnson
Tits Ctty
Washington
Johnson
Spring Blizzard Damages Wide Crop Losses Across States
Cold spring blizzard lightens with ongoing frost, risking a total crop loss estimated at fifty million dollars across Kansas Missouri Kentucky Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio and neighboring states. Fruit belts suffer severe damage with apples and berries hit hardest. Wisconsin Michigan report fruit crops near half normal. Weather bureau warns continued cold and potential late April impacts.
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Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Illnnis
Indiana
Ohio
Koneas
Missionippi
Tennessee
Arkanene
Frost Bites Central Ohio Crops and Poultry
Heavy frost damaged crops and fruit on Saturday night in central Ohio. The temperature dropped to 20 degrees, harming small fruits and vegetables and even hardy tree leaves. Grapes suffered heavily and there was notable mortality among young poultry.
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Columbus
Ohio
Severe early April storm hits Missouri and Illinois
Record cold snap and heavy winds swept Missouri and southern Illinois last night. Lebanon Missouri reported farmers abandoning crops as frost lashed the region. Peach and berry crops may be ruined though a warming trend could salvage some. Cairo Illinois experienced a severe storm with low temperatures around 25 degrees and similar readings across a 150 mile radius.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Lebanon
Cairo
Baron de Caters Flies Farman Record Run Across France
Paris reports Baron de Caters in a Farman biplane set cross country records flying Mourmelon to near ten miles beyond Dijon totaling nearly 140 miles. No independent confirmation yet. relatives doubt the claim.
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Paris
Dijons
Baron de Caters
Farman
Mourmelon
Beurge ot Rand Says Local Indians Are Hard to Count
George Strand, census enumerator for the Umatilla reservation, reports extreme difficulty counting locals. He and an interpreter work about 14 hours daily, averaging one Indian per hour, with many Indians fearing the census and delaying data. Amos Pond and other elders oppose answering, warning of taxes and road openings, while educated Indians fear the process. Strand enjoys $6 per day but calls the work a tougher workout than football practice.
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Beurge OT Rand
Tor
Umatilla Reservation
George Strand
Strand
India
Swartslander
Amos Pond
Walli Wallas
Amos
Sott
Baker City
Will Assist Settlers to Get Square Deal
Spokane April 26 Fifteen hundred settlers from 25 states and four Canadian provinces will gather at Coeur d Alene Idaho in early May as the Indian reservation lands open for filing Judge J W Witten of the interior department who oversaw last Augusts drawings will preside The Coeur d Alene Reservation Settlers Association led by William M Mass Jr of Spokane has collected data on locations and values and may become a permanent body to aid settlers in developing the reserve Three Spokane residents are association members Every ticket holder will receive land in the reserve and take up homesteads at once.
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Spokane, Wanh
Canada
Coeur a'Alene
Idaho
Tere
Landa
J. W. Witten
Department of the Interior
Cosur'Alene Reservation
Mass Saye
Spokane
Tite
Pendleton Citizens Seek New Telephone Company
Indignation over Pacific Telephone rates and service prompts petitions urging Pendleton city to invite another carrier. Voodoo tone calls Pacific a vampire as residents want a franchise or home-initiated company to enter the field and counter current charges. District officials plan talks with commercial interests to sway council.
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Pacific Telephone Company
City Recorder
van Houtte
Eompany
Raley
the Commercial Association
Pendleton
Oregon
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Genemc
Walla Walla Boy Drowns After Bank Slump
John Schiffner Jr., 12, of Walla Walla, was drowned yesterday afternoon when a steep bank collapsed into the river near his home at Touche. His friend George Gradwell alerted authorities, but the swift current hampered efforts to recover the body before nightfall.
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Walla Walla
John Schiffner, Jr
John Schiffner
Touche
George Gradwell
McCutcheon Returns to Honolulu After Asia Voyage
Chicago cartoonist John T. McCutcheon arrives on the Asia in Honolulu. He says Theodore Roosevelt would again become president, noting Roosevelt avoided political talk in hunting camps though he spoke of other duties awaiting him in coming years.
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McCutcheon
Honolulu
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Asia
Coronel Roosevelt
Pendleton Woman Suicide by Laudanum at Empire Lodging
Mrs. James Hazleton aged 28 resident four years in Pendleton died after taking laudanum at the Empire lodging house last evening about ten. The note left gave no reason and officers could not determine motive. She had recently stayed with F H Griffin in Vancouver and formerly with James Hazleton. Witnesses indicate she was alone briefly before drinking the poison. Joe Sweeny of the city brewery was nearby and several whisky bottles were found. She had supported herself by washing and other work, most recently at the W G Love boarding house on Johnson Street.
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James Hazleton
F. H. Griffin
Empire Lodging House
Pendleton
James Hameton
Dan May
Idaho
la Grande
F. E. Gritfin
Frankie Griffin
Joe Sweeny
City
Jack Johnson Goes Tin for High Art in Legal Fight
New York reports Jack Johnson has entered a legal battle over a $209 piano and a $2600 piano, with Chicago attorneys consulted before leaving for the West. He plans to spend much of his earnings after July 4 on painting. Johnson cites Napoleon and Hamlet as favorite literary figures and praises Battling Nelson, while noting he prefers history and mathematics to novels.
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New York
Jack Johnson
Jack
West
Chicago
Johnson
Napoleon
Hamlet
Allus
Nelson
Mark Twain Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery
Elmira April 25 Mark Twain lies in Woodlawn Cemetery amid tributes from friends. Interment yesterday under a tent amid rain, Rev Samuel Eastman of Park Church conducted the simple services. Only family and newspaper men present.
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Elmira
N.Y
Mark Twalh Biee
Woodlawn
Samuel Eastman
Parkchurch
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Yakima
Raila
Paulnman
John Edldy
Heart of Forest
Orpgon
God
Leary
James Hazeton
F., H. Griffin
Min
Jack Jotinson
Mark Twain
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