Two Injured as Streetcar Jumps Ditch in Walla Walla
Three men were hurt and two young girls escaped death when a Prospect Heights streetcar left the rails and rolled into a ditch. Conductor Kroll suffered a broken nose and other injuries. Motorman Wiseman was badly wrenched back. A Chinaman passenger, Leon Lee, was injured after staying in his seat. The car lay in the ditch beside the track after another curve threw it off. The two girls were unhurt. Esper rates complaint urged over pears freight charges by Southern Pacific in California versus Oregon.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Prospect Heights
Kroll
Wiseman
Leon Lee
Eye Loss Fatality Report in Vancouver Wheel Accident
Bird Hammond 40 midwright for Ryan Allen was struck by a flying bolt fragment when an emery wheel shattered. He sustained a severe skull wound and lost an eye, later taken to a hospital in Yacob. Doctors fear death. Hammond’s parents reside in Hopewell, Washington.
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Bol
Vancouver
Wash
Bird Hammon
Ryan Allen
Betwen
Hammond
Yacob
Hopewell
Saloon Issue Up Again in Dayton Washington
Dayton will vote in November on saloon licensing for the third time. A petition circulated by Moritz shows 500 signatures, far above the required amount, signaling a heated municipal fight as the current council remains dry. Saloons were first voted out in December 1905, with a narrow dry victory in a March election.
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Dayton
Wash
Morltz
le Dry
Idaho's Primary Law Upheld by State Supreme Court
Idaho's primary law was sustained by the state supreme court on Thursday. The court ruled that voters must cast a second choice when more than two candidates run for a position and that publicity for the measure must be provided.
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Idaho
Ralse
Supreme Court
Hindu Flood Halted by Immigration Restrictions
Assistant Secretary Benjamin S. Cable of the Department of Commerce and Labor advocates broader use of law to curb Hindu immigration. He warns of a potential Hindu flood from Calcutta to the Pacific coast and says the department can extend restrictions, though it cannot ban immigration outright. He cites Canada and migrant labor needs, stressing solutions lie beyond migration limits.
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Washington
Benjamin S. Cable
Department of Commerce and Labor
Calcutta
Pacific Coast
America
Cable
East Indies
Department
Haltel
Tattooed by Lightning in a Swiss Thunderstorm
Geneva farmer Herr Lehmann was struck by lightning while returning home to Wilen in Thurgovia. His left side bore detailed leaf prints of oak, chestnut, and fir, burned on his panama and clothing, while the right side remained untouched. He recovered and was soon fairly well.
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Geneva
Herr Lehmann
Wilen
Thurgovie
Lehmann
Alfalfa Hay Boom At Hermiston From 200 Acres
Special correspondence from Hermiston Oregon reports Colonel Newport's 1908 1909 seedings yielding 1000 tons of alfalfa valued at $10,000 from under 200 acres. Two crops harvested with a third in stack and a fourth to come by late September. Net profit $40 an acre after costs, with prospects rising as land matures. Other tracts show similar returns and the project may reach 1600 acres in alfalfa soon. The land on Umatilla project is praised for sandy soil and long growing seasons boosting value per acre.
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Hermiston
Oregon
Newport
Newports
Hermiston Valley
Umatilla
Colonel Newport
Family Torn Apart By Deportation On Transatlantic Voyage
A Hungarian immigrant family faces separation as immigration authorities deport mother Victoria Schlederen and her two younger children from New York after she returns from Hungary with trachoma. Father Gaston Schiederen and two other older children remain, marking a poignant scene aboard the French liner La Bretge bound for Havre.
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New York
Havre
Victoria Schlederen
Gaston Schiederen
America
Claridge
Pennsylvania
Hungary
Chicago
Ellis Island
Germany and Britain urged toward naval arms agreement
Berlin reports that the press favors following England and entering an agreement with Britain on warship construction. If Prime Minister Asquith’s remarks are well received, newspapers urge a formal understanding to end rumors of secret shipbuilding.
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Bull
Kaiser
Berlin
Germany
England
Asquith
Barrymore license fuels marriage rumor
New York actor Jack Barrymore and fiancee Katherine Harris obtained a marriage license on Thursday amid claims by friends they may have wed quietly already. Harris said they would marry later, perhaps in a Catholic church, with a small, simple ceremony and no elaborate plans.
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New York
Jack Barrymore
Katherine Corre Harris
International News Service
Harrie
E Brayton
Madison Avenue
Canada
Pious Poseurs Accused of Peddling Others Phrases
A witty remark notes that many men claim piety while merely repeating others words. The line underscores skepticism about self styled virtue and the danger of hollow rhetoric.
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Edwin Clapp
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Alfred Benjamin
Chesterfield and Society
Seventh
Stark Street
Park Street
Portland
Park
Pendleton Iron Works
Pendleton, Oregon
Marion Jack
Pre
A.F. May
Mgr. M. L. Abas. Sec
Treas. i
Northwest
Salem
Rogue River Produce Company
Medford
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific
California
Barrymore
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