Dirigible Service Proposals Stir Seattle Promoters
A Seattle commercial club investigates a Pan American dirigible route from Seattle via San Francisco. Promoters Brumaugh and Heseltine plan the largest dirigible to carry a thousand passengers and may relocate to Seattle if coast voyages prove profitable. War Secretary Garrison ends wartime lure ads and will present plain enlistment facts plus training opportunities.
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Seattle
Aug
Panama
San Francisco
Seattle Commercial Club
C. KR
Heseltine
C. L. Brumpaugh
Brumbaugh
Sulzer 18 Victor Before Probe Committee
New York Aug 6 The Frawley state legislative committee investigating Governor Sulzer made little headway adjourning until tomorrow after a bid to prove Sulzer had an account with Wall Street brokers Fuller and Gray during the gubernatorial campaign failed to produce results.
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New York
Frawley State Legislative Committee
Sulzer
Fuller
Gray
Wall Street
Sun Yat Sun Flees Canton for Tokio Refuge
Dispatches report Dr Sun Yat Sen, recognizing the rebellion's collapse, fled Canton and is en route to Tokyo seeking asylum. The message notes the likely departure from the city and a hoped refuge in formalities.
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Tokio
Canton
Sun
War Secretary to Visit Walla Walla
Secretary of War Lindley M. Garri son and party will arrive at 7:45 a.m. from the Northern Pacific to inspect fort grounds abandoned years ago due to troop concentration policy. The fort committee of the Commercial club led by Robert Allen plans breakfast at the Grand Hotel with invited business men.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Lindley M. Garrison
Northern Pacific
Commercial Club
Robert Allen
Grand Hotel
Balkans Stand Firm Against US Covenant Demands
Peace delegates from the Balkan combatants in Bucharest rejected a US plea that the final peace treaty include guarantees of civil and religious liberty across the territory involved. The American State Department note urged the guarantee but was met with no reconsideration.
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Bucharest
Balkan States
United States
American State Department
Planted fish reported dead in Pine Creek
Thousands of fish planted in Pine creek last week are dead as children scoop them up for fun. The fish, sent from Portland, probably could not survive the cold creek water. Fish sent last year are thriving.
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Pine Creek
Baker, Ore
Portland
Pendleton considers adding State Hospital and Riverside to city
Pendleton’s commission charter discussions turn to enlarging city boundaries to include the Eastern Oregon Hospital and Riverside district. Support grows for the inclusion due to benefits in mail and school services, with population expected to rise. A report on officials and voter qualifications favors no property ownership requirement, only citizenship and two years of city residence for officials. the subcommittee will revisit this next.
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Pendleton
Commission
Eastern Oregon Hospital
Riverside
General Committee
State Hospital
Commission Government Charter
Wilson awaits Lind in Mexico as mediation chance grows
President Wilson waits for John Lind, his special emissary, in Mexico City amid Huerta threats. Senate Foreign Relations Responds to Lind’s trip while State Department reports no confirmation of five Pearson workers’ imprisonment. Bryan probes the reports as Lind says he will not accept a permanent Mexico post and plans to return to Washington after completing his task.
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Washington
Wilson
John Lind
Huerta
United States
Mexico
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lind
Mexico City
State Department
Pearson
Chihuahua City
Bryan
Minneapolis
Priest Calls Bryan a Great Moral Leader
Philadelphia August 6 Rev Father OCallaghan opened the total abstinence convention praising President Wilson and William Jennings Bryan. He denounced saloon men and urged society to educate to solve the drinking problem. The priest hailed Bryan as one of the greatest moral leaders in the world.
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Philadelphia
Bryan
Father O'Callaghan
Wilson
Washington
Forest Fire Rises Across Massachusetts Woodlands
Hyannis Massachusetts Aug 6 Fifty square miles of wooded land are stripped by forest fires as more than four thousand firefighters and volunteers battle the flames. Damage is estimated at $200,000 with fears of wind shifts threatening forests near Hyannis and South Yarmouth as residents abandon cottages and offer automobiles to fire crews.
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Hyannis
Mass
South Yarmouth
California Forest Fires Devastate Riverside County Pastures
Brush fires south of He Met sweep mountains destroying over ten square miles. Cattle losses run into hundreds and thousands of beehives are reported burned. Reliable reports confirm heavy damage to cattle raisers and apiarists in Riverside California.
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Riverside
Cal
Hemet
Twin Fires Wreak Losses At Pendleton Academy and Nearby Homes
Fire last night destroyed Pendleton academy main building once valued around 12000 dollars with insurance of 6000. Engine room and top story of Domestic Laundry damaged. replacement costs may exceed 31000. Second story dwelling at 508 Thompson owned by Jessie S Vert, occupied by E L Power and family, destroyed. loss insured. Furniture and household goods of E L Power damaged by water with no insurance.
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Pendleton Academy
Thompson
Jessie S. Vert
E. L. Power and
E. L. Power
Auto turns turtle. one woman drowns
Fresno California August 6 Miss Nellie Stinson aged eighteen drowned in an irrigation ditch when pinned beneath an automobile which turned turtle. three companions escaped.
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Fresno
Calif
Nellie Stinson
Prediction grows that currency bill passes by Sept 15
Washington Aug 6 Representative Ragsdale says the house will pass the administration currency bill by September 15. He opened a fight in the house banking and currency committee in charge of the measure. The caucus is expected to continue all next week as pressure builds around an agricultural currency plan.
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Glass
House
Ragsdale
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Two Federal Appointments Nominated for Senate
Washington Aug 6 The president sent to the Senate two nominations Preston McGoodwin of Oklahoma to be minister to Venezuela and William N Sawtelle to be federal judge of the district of Arizona.
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Washington
Senate
Venezuela
Preston McGoodwin
Oklahoma
District of
Arizona
William N. Sawtelle
May Lose Voice Through Choking Mystery Incident
In Spokane on August 6 Harry Hamblin aged 38 was choked and left unconscious by an unidentified man who suddenly sprang on him near Stevens street. Hamblin may lose his voice and police describe the case as highly unusual and mysterious with no provocation clear and the attacker fled.
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Spokane Wash
Harry Hamblin
Hamblin
Stevens Street
Hambliin
Americans win at International tennis doubles match
Tacoma Aug 6 Joe Tyler and H Brain of Spokane defeated H C Evans and A Milne of Vancouver in the International tennis doubles by six four nine seven ten eight. Victoria saw a surprise as the opponents were favored to win.
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Tacoma
Joe Tyler
H. Brain
Spokane
H. C. Evans
A. §. Milne
Vancouver
Victoria
Pendleton Academy Building Burned and Changed Hands
The Pendleton academy building, erected about ten years ago after the move from East Webb street, burned last night. Funds were raised by donations and title held by the Presbyterian church. After extinction of the academy, the church kept the property, then it passed to Albany college, later sold to Thomas Hall of Walla Walla via Henry T. A. La Grande.
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Pendleton Academy
East Webb Street
Presbyterian Church
College Board
Albany College
Henry T. A. la Grande
College
Thomas Hall
Walla Walla
Lustig Refuses to Name Restaurant Shootout Suspects
New York Aug. 6 Willam Lustig, who admits knowing the four men who shot him at Humpty Jackson's restaurant, has refused to reveal their names. Lustig, whose brother is attached to District Attorney Whitman's office, was lured to the restaurant by a woman.
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New York
Willam Lustig
Whitman
Lustig
Suffragettes Barr Entrance of Albert Hall Medical Convention
London August sixth suffragettes paraded outside Albert Hall blocking the entrance with sandwich boards reading What do doctors think of women torture. The protesters did not hinder physicians from entering the session.
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London
Albert Hall
Mulhall Questioned as Senate Probe Opens in Washington
Chief Counsel Emery for manufacturers testified before the senate probe committee and clashed with member McCarter over specific questions. Mulhall, worn from days of testimony, protested he could not continue without a rest and sought time to sort fifteen more letters of political information. The committee planned to send an assistant to Mulhall's Baltimore home to help.
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Washington
Emery
Senate
McCarter
Association
Mulhall
House Committee
Garrett
Baltimore
Destructive Storm Strikes Ferry Canyon Country
A severe storm hit Gilliam county on Saturday with strong winds large hail and rain. Ferry Canyon suffered major damage including a tornado like gust at Lewis Couture's ranch where a burned barn and machine shed were destroyed and machinery damaged. Grain losses were reported on farms of Johnson Farrar Beck Maley Couture Peugh and Shiremsan with wheat ready for harvest badly shattered. Several fields considered among the county's best were severely damaged by wind and hail.
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Condon
Ore
Gilliam County
Ferry Canyon
Lewis iCouture
H. C. Johnson
W. K. Farrar
EF. N. Beck
E. C. Maley
L. Couture
Charles Peugh
N H. Shiremsan
Baker Teacher Arrives As New Superintendent In Baker
A. C. Strange, named city superintendent of Baker public schools, arrived with his family and will stay with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Smith on Court Street until a home is found. He says no radical changes are planned and he will study local conditions before modifying plans left by Professor J. A. Churchill and previously used in Salem.
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Salem
Hood River Recallers Target 600 Signatures
Hood River Oregon Aug 6 Those in charge of petition circulation report more than 200 signatures collected on the first day They aim for about 75 to 600 names for the recall and plan to sandwich in around 60 names before filing A meeting of the Barrett District Taxpayers League will meet next Saturday to discuss county tax matters, in the district where the recall movement began.
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Hood River
Orc
Barrettt District Taxpayers’ League
Germany and Britain to Send Athletic Teams to SF Expo
New York Aug 6 It is reported that both Great Britain and Germany will send athletic teams to the San Francisco exposition. James Sullivan secretary of the American Athletic Union has started to complete the arrangements.
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New York
Great Britain
Germany
James Sullivan
American Athletic Union
Berlin
Wallowa Bear Scares Woman and Horse
In Enterprise Oregon on August 6 a small bear crossed the road while Mrs. W W Fowler rode with her horse bolting in fright the animal keeping up until nearly exhausted The incident occurred as the couple campers gathered huckleberries near G W Humphreys ranch with Mr and Mrs C C W Amoy present
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Enterprise
Ore
W. W. Fowler
North Woods
Old Academy Destroyed by Incendiary Blaze
A destructive fire swept through a domestic laundry and another building, leveling the Old Academy. Fire crews battled flames for hours, with officials citing an incendiary start. No injuries reported as the cause remains under investigation.
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Old Academy
Two Fires Ravage Pendleton City Overnight
A pair of major blazes hit Pendleton last night. The Domestic Laundry on Thompson street burned from the engine room upward, delaying water supply due to a damaged plug, with insurance covering most losses. Simultaneously the old Pendleton Academy roof caught fire, razing the interior while Brown Hall and nearby homes were spared. the Power residence suffered severe top-story damage and will need rebuilding, though most furniture was saved. Incendiaries are suspected at the academy.
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Pendleton
Thompson Street
A. C. Power and Family
Pendleton Academy
Academy
Brown Hall
Power
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