Oregon Governor refutes battalion disband claim
Salem Aug 14 Governor West clarified that only officers and enlisted men who refused to obey orders were dismissed after a mutiny at Gate Washington maneuvers. The Second Battalion of the Third Infantry Oregon National Guard is not abolished. a public hearing is set for Aug 30 to consider the dismissals.
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Ore
Oregon
Wret
Gate
Wash
West
Une
General Staff
Inc
Seattle Teacher Dies in Mountain Climb Accident
Miss Charlotte Hunt, a Seattle schoolteacher, fell from Pinnacle Peak during a mountain climbing party near Paradise Valley Tacoma Washington August 14. Her body was recovered 600 feet below and transported from the mountain in a pallet of alpenstocks and blankets. The other climbers were shaken and assisted down the slope.
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Helen Hant
Pirtecle Peak
Tacoma
Wash
Pinnacle Peak
Charlotte Hunt
Seattle
Paradise Valley
Miss Hunt
Lvex
Tamu
Iowa
Taft Plans Summer Vacation at Beverly Hills
President Taft has drafted plans for a summer vacation at Beverly, though rest is not expected. He sent a congratulatory message to the Chicago executive committee as western campaign headquarters open, signaling continued political activity despite respite.
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Kent
Taft
Beverly
Tutt
Chmpialen Plains
Chainmin Hilles
Senst
Washington
Plains
Executive Committee
Chicago
Western Canada Needs Help in Wheat Harvest
Western Canada faces labor shortages as Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta struggle to recruit needed workers for the wheat harvest. Alberta and Manitoba require about 20 000 to 26 000 laborers plus crews for railroad camps while harvests advance two to four weeks earlier than in prior years with general harvest by week’s end. Across the border at Duluth Minnesota a peace bid seeks arbitration in the freight handlers strike as strikers demand 450 cents an hour and 40 cents for cement handling.
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Western Canada
Winnipeg
Mann
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
West
Canada
Duluth
Minn
Northern Pacific
Shippers’ Association
Johnson ready to prove critics wrong in looming bout
Chicago August 14 Jack Johnson heavyweight champion plans a match with Joe Jeanette arranging with the McMahon brothers of New York after critics claimed he was all in Johnson says he will start training immediately once the contract is signed and weighs 247 pounds, lighter than before the Flynn bout. Florence Lawrence present at the Cosy today.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Johnvon
McMahon Brothers
New York
Mitch
Joe Jeanette
Bunk
Jeanette
Jim Flynn
Newsy Notes of Pendleton Captures Porcupine at Market
Pendleton news reports Elmer Turner Buckaroos chief router captured a forcipine today and the animal was exhibited at the Oregon market on Main street near the Sturgis residence. Police Court session heard women charged with drunkenness given fines, and one case for drink and disorderly conduct required to pay $10.
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Elmer Turner
Oregon Market
Main Street
Porky
Sturgis
Sesson
Fite Gerald Ha
School Board OKs Burroughs Fuel Bid for Year
At last evenings school board meeting the panel accepted Ben L. Burroughs bid for fuel for the coming year. The contract covers 75 tons of Rock Springs lump coal at 7.88 dollars per ton and 50 cords of fir four foot wood at 5.90 dollars per cord.
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Ben L. Burroughs
Rock Springs
Paving Work Resumed on West Court Street
Paving work on West Court street was resumed today by Warren Construction Company after a labor dispute. Bitulithic sprin klers returned to work at 25 cents per hour. company continues operations with crews to Blyve de Mien relief.
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West Court Street
Warren Construction Company
Labor Trea Wies
Coach Race Entry Letter Reaches Round Up Secretary
Jack Keefe secretary to the round-up reports a letter from C M Howard of Canyon City saying a cord stage will enter the big stake coach race. Howard plans to bring 12 or 16 prospective performers to the frontier show with him.
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Jack Keefe
C. M. Howard
Canyon City
Howard
Threshing Not Stopped by Light Forenoon Shower
A light thunderstorm moved through about 19 o clock and a short sprinkle fell over the wheat belt. Harvesting continued with no suspensions as H W Collins of Boalfour Guthrie reports seeing threshers in operation during the rain.
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H. W. Collins
Boalfour-Guthrie Company
Wisit Caruse
Bechbach Bruce Company Moves Ditch Work to Mesa Washington
After finishing the drainage ditch at Stanfield the Bechbach Bruce company shifts equipment to Mesa Washington near Connell. The firm, under contract with the Northern Pacific, plans to land gear at Stanfield today, per H H Hamlin, superintendent for the contracting company Paris.
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Bechbach-Bruce Company
Mesa
Washington
Connell
Northern Pacific
H. H. Hamlin
Com- Paris
Moving Thay Chessman Opens New Home in Pendleton
The East Oregonian city editor and sports authority M. KR. Chessman is off duty today as he moves. He and his wife will occupy the Switzler cottage at the Water and College streets corner, a residence previously occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alexander.
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M. KR. Chessman
The
East Oregonian
Sporting Authority
Chessman
Switzler Cottage
Water and
College Streets
Roy Alexander
Grouse Season Opens Amid Varying Reports
The grouse season opens tomorrow and hunters nearby expect good sport. Reports on stock vary with rainfall. some say heavy rain reduced numbers, others claim wet conditions have little or no effect. Many sportsmen plan to hunt and secure birds.
Cow Causes Alatim in Prohibition Panels
A Virginia farmer faced prohibition officials after his cow allegedly drank fermented corn stalks and became intoxicated on raw bourbon. The incident reportedly worried the farmer for his household's conduct, despite his claim the animal's behavior was not his concern.
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Washington, D. C
Virginia
Workmen Burned by Nitric Acid Carboy Breaks
Three workers were seriously burned when a carboy containing nitric acid dropped during unloading from a barge in the East River. The liquid splashed over the men who fled to the dock edge and leapt into the river. Companions rescued them and they were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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New York
East River
New Sultan Proclaimed in Morocco After Abdication
In Bate Morocco on August 14 Mulay Yusseff was officially proclaimed sultan following his brother Mulay Hafid’s abdication, marking a transfer of royal power.
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Morocco
Mulay Hafid
Mulay Yusseff
Sultan of
Fever Wager Wins Wife as Divorces Marked the Day
In New Haven Connecticut Cornwell a former commander of the Connecticut naval militia and Ebenezer Hill Jr. arranged a wager three months after Til's wife divorced him to see who would marry first. Cornwell contracted typhoid fever visiting Mrs Martha Beach at Woodmont and slowly recovered. A minister and nurses kept the secret that a marriage license had been obtained and Cornwell would wed Beach to win the bet, despite his illness. He declared he would not marry on a sick bed but was allowed to rise briefly to wed. He then quipped that he expected his strength to return and to pay the bet.
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Conn
Frink
Cornwell
Connecticut, Naval Militia
Ebenezer Hill, Jr
Til
Marth Beach
Woodmont
Joseph Andersen
Wonilvont
Fibenezer Hill, Jr
Mrs. Beach
Cornwall
Tim
National cars enter races by private owners
Phuvaee owners enter National cars in minor events after the factory retires from racing for the season. George M. Dickson, National general manager, says owners defend their car choice in clubs and some enter to prove their car’s prowess, though the factory currently does not enter any cars.
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George M. Dickson
Bee sting cure for rheumatism widely adopted in 1900s
Harrisburg reports that bee sting therapy, once tried by State Economic Zoologist Surface on Redseeker Young of Middletown, claims permanent relief for rheumatism. Physicians nationwide reportedly adopted the method, noting bees as potent stingers. A Cumberland doctor uses opic acid extracted from bees, injecting it to treat patients.
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Harrisburg
Surface
Redseeker Young
Middletown
Mr Young
Cumberland Galley
Single fly delays Thain in Wied Texas incident
A fly delayed a Houston & Texas Central passenger train in Wied Texas leading to the arrest of a Pullman porter and prompting at least six passengers to threaten suit for damages. The porter, after a dispute over a coffee cup with a fly, was jailed for disturbing the peace as the car was left in disarray and angry passengers blamed the railway.
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Wied
Texas
Houston
Texas Central
Progressive plan for party campaign discussed at conference
Oyster Buy Aug 14 reports plans for the progressive campaign were discussed at a conference between Roosevelt Senator Dixon and George W. Parking. Roosevelt announced plans to stump in six states and begin a long western tour with a Labor Day speech at St. Paul.
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Dixon Wd
George W. Parking
St. Paul
Not Like Other Girls at Cosy today Florence Lawrence sings
Florence Lawrence headlines not like other girls in a Cosy theater program today. Movie star appearance draws local crowds and fans expect an engaging performance and a brief onstage talk.
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Florence Lawrence
the Cosy
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