Land Sharks Threaten Oregon Homesteads at Siletz Reserve
A Newport to Oregonian special reports homesteaders rushed to the Siletz reservation to stop a raid by squatters backed by Portland attorneys. They claim land filings stalled four years due to nonresidence, fees paid, and hearings denied. Squatters allegedly paid about 400 dollars per claim and new entrants press to reopen entries, prompting a fight led by distraught settlers and Congressman Bilis to Washington.
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Oregonian
Newport
Siletz Reservation
Portland
Lincoln County
the Land Office
Washington
Bilis
States move to break up lumber trust in yellow pine
Attorneys general of Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Texas coordinate probes into a St Louis formed lumber trust. They seek temporary injunctions and possible forfeiture of corporate rights if the deal to fix prices, limit production, and restrain trade goes into effect. The salt involves Missouri firms and the Chicago Lumber and Coal company with a combined capital of 300 million dollars, aiming to extend control over yellow pine output across the Midwest and beyond.
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St. Louie
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Toast Gateret
Kansas Ciy
Texas
Texas Salt [S Ready To Cie
Attorney General of
Gearn
the Trust
Kansans
Jackson
Chicago Lumber & Coal Company
Kanes
Middle West
Woman Found In Ministers Room Sparks Scandal
Rev Stephen B Shipman, pastor of a Washington Methodist church, says a Mrs Carow tempted him after finding him in her husband Thomas Carow's home. He was beaten and spent the night in a corn field fearing further danger. He maintains innocence and asks for prayers while asserting he was tempted.
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Stephen B. Shipman
Sentimerit
Washington
Herlock
Washington Methodist
Thomas Carow
Shipman
Carow
Trouble for Roads Alleged Rate Hikes by SP and Santa Fe
Santa Fe Evade Laws and Southern Pacific raise freight costs with extra switching charges, merchants plan to file charges with the interstate commission next week. Robbers' association will join merchants in contesting the legality of these extras.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Interstate Commission
Robbers' Association
Strikes Halt Danish Newspapers Across Copenhagen
A mass strike by typesetters in Copenhagen on August 10 caused all Danish newspapers to suspend publication. The action, described as serious, halted printing and distribution across the capital.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Judge and wife murder suicide near Yellowstone
A dispatch reports Judge A. Swanson of Ishanoca Wyoming killed his wife and shot himself after meeting through a matrimonial bureau. In Lincoln Nebraska on August 10 Hrgan finished a draft for a Des Moines tariff speech and began preparing a speech for Kern’s notification.
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Denver
Col
Lincoln
Neb
Hrgan
Des Moines
Kern
Two Boats in Fatal Collision Off Halifax
The Gloucester fishing schooner Maggie and May, captained by Erick McCathran, was sunk by the German school ship Freya 40 miles southeast of Halifax at 11:30 PM Saturday. Captain McCathran and eight crewmen drowned. four crew survived. Dense fog hindered rescue as Freya altered course but could not avert collision. Freya remained nearby and reached Halifax by morning. United States Consul General Wilbur notified. four survivors to be landed.
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Maggie
May
Lost Vowel
Vog
Halifax
Gloucester
Mass
Erick McCathran
Haas
McCathran
Gus Lauder
Monmouth
N. D
United States
Onsul
Wilbur
Automobile Over Embankment Near Sylvania Kills Two
In Toledo on August 10, a car plunged over a steep embankment on Mitchell road, two and a half miles west of Sylvania. Charles W. Pohlmann, a Cleveland merchant tailor, and Father George Vahey, pastor of Columbkille’s parish, were killed instantly. Mrs Pohlmann, her daughter Florence, and F C Detzel escaped unharmed. The car overturned at the embankment’s bottom. The priest’s head was crushed.
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Toledo
Ohio
Mitchell Road
Sylvania
Charles W. Pohlmann
Cleveland
George Vahey
Columbkills Parish
Plorence
F. C. Detzel
Car crash claims two men as gears trap driver and priest
A collision left driver Mr. Pohlmann fatally crushed in the steering gear while Father Vahey died instantly. Pohlmann survived less than a minute, with his neck probably broken, after the wheel crushed his crest in the wreck.
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Pohlmann
Father Vahey
Mr. Pohilmann
Brooklyn Heir Seeks Share Then Plans Marriage
New York reports Godfried Probst, heir to a $50,000,000 estate, waiting in a Brooklyn restaurant while he prepares to travel to Germany to claim his share and vows to return to marry a waitress. In San Francisco, Col Marcum P. Mays assumes command of the Department of California U S A, succeeding Funston who moves to Fort Leavenworth as commander of the Gulf department.
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New York
Godfried Probst
Brooklyn
Probst
Germany
San Francisco
Marcum P. Mays
Department of California
Funston
Fort Leavenworth
Department of the Gulf
Anglo American alliance urged in Pacific race politics
Auckland reports strong maritime sentiment favoring an Anglo American alliance to defend white interests in the Pacific. Sailors welcomed as brothers revel in language ties while editors claim the United States will not accept a secondary role, citing Honolulu Pagopago and the Philippines as strategic harbors.
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England
Pacific
Auckland
The
Herald
United States
Honolulu
Splendid
Pagopago
Philippines
Fortune to girl who jilted Tim
Los Angeles Aug 10 special. Mollie Morrill once betrothed to Alfred Kinney. After a quarrel in a theater they parted. Mollie married Frank Wagner who died leaving her poverty. Kinney later died, his will found naming Mollie as beneficiary of $35,000. sister’s death exposed the bequest. dressmaker’s sign removed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mollie Morrill
Alfred Kinney
Mollie
Frank Wagner
Mr. Kinney
Goldfield
London Trolley Crash Kills Two and Wounds Eleven
Two people died and eleven others were harmed when a trolley derailed in London on a busy street. The car was reportedly moving rapidly before leaving the tracks, sending passengers into the roadway where several sustained fatal and serious injuries.
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London
Oregon Wool Brings Higher Prices in Montana Sale
A Baker Montana dispatch reports over 1,000,000 pounds of wool sold Friday and Saturday at an average of 18 cents, the Northwest season’s highest. About half the clip came from Oregon sheep shorn in Montana ranges, with Montana prices higher than Oregon for the spring and summer, despite Oregon wool not being washed and carrying sand.
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Oregon
Paige
Montana
Northwest
Forsythe
Passengers Drowned After Amstelland Fire Off South Africa
A dispatch reports many passengers drowned when the Dutch ship Amstelland caught fire off the South African coast on August 6. The exact death toll is unconfirmed.
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London
South Africa
Outing Draws 1000 Picnickers to Looking Glass Creek
One thousand excursionists from Union Umatilla and nearby counties enjoyed a railway picnic at the mouth of Looking Glass creek fourteen miles north of Elgin. Two trains from La Grande carried picnickers who fished climbed and toured the canyon all day. The event, under the La Grande division of the Order of Railway Conductors, sold about 1600 tickets with two bands providing music. Local notables attended and the party returned on train No. 8 after a day of scenic beauty and recreation.
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la Grande
Looking Glass Creek
Union
Umatilla
Elgin
Wallowa County
Northwest
Looking Glass
Oregon
Oreer of
Interstate freight rate rise hits Texas common points
Houston Aug 10 A 10 percent increase in interstate freight and steamship rates applies to Texas common points starting today due to a filing delay with the Interstate Commerce Commission The seaport cities Galveston Houston and Beaumont are not affected until next month
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Galveston
Beaumont
Ten Killed in German Train Collision
Eckernfoerde Germany Aug 10 Ten persons were killed and a score hurt today in a collision of passenger trains on the Feinsburg Kiel road.
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Eckernfoerde
Germany
Feinsburg Kiel
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