Britton Cabine Takes Hand In Industrial Struggle
London dispatch reports Premier Asquith convening a cabinet session to avert a general labor war across England. Royal Engineers may operate railroads under government supervision if talks fail. Rioting continues in Liverpool with troops firing on rioters. two killed and many injured as thousands await orders to strike.
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Britton Cabine
Liverpool
London
Eng
Board of Trade
Asquith
All England
Imperial
Royal Engineers
Engand
England
Round-Up Train Service Set for Pendleton Festival
Special daily trains will serve Pendleton during the three day Round-Up with morning departures from Pilot Rock Umatilla Dayton and Baker and evening returns at 7 and 10 30. Dayton riders go to Howles Junction for a special to their town, with a final 10 30 trip extending to Walla Walla. This plan aids crowd flow and lodging.
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Pendleton
Ow, Br, & N. Company
Jack O'Nell
J. H. Gwinn
Pilot Rock
Umatilla
Dayton
Baker
Howles Junction
Spokane
Walla Walla
Indictment Tied to Coal Land Fraud Near Tacoma
Tacoma August 14 speculation rose over the man indicted by a hurried federal grand jury. United States District Attorney Todd admitted the indictment concerns Alaska coal cases and not the Havey murder. The case points to persons connected with the J. J. Gesenen company or the Guggenheim syndicate. the warrant has not been served.
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Tacoma
United States
Todd
Alaska
Havey
J. J. Gesenen Company
Guggenheim Syndicate
Cholera Outbreak Grips Marseilles Asylum
Fifty five cholera cases are reported in Marseilles on August 16 with a total of 65 cases and thirty deaths at St. Pierre asylum in this city.
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Marseilles
France
St. Pierre
Indictment Delayed for Slayer of Husband in San Francisco
San Francisco August 16 The grand jury refused to indict Mrs Langley the 19 year old who shot and killed her husband after fifteen months of support. She is free on a $100 bond and staying with her parents while recovering from a nervous breakdown after questioning.
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San Francisco
Calif
Langley
Secretary Fisher Opens Alaskan Tour by Steamship
Seattle August 14 Secretary of the Interior Fisher boarded the steamship Admiral Sampson for Alaska with plans to visit Cordova Juneau and Seward Controller Bay and coal fields under investigation. He says he has ideas on Alaska matters but declines to reveal next steps.
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Seattle
Fisher
Admiral Sampson
Alaska
Cordova
Juneau
Seward
Controller Bay
Washington
Fiener
John Spain to Bring Wild Bucking Horses to Round-Up
John Spain, winner of last fall’s wild horse race, will attend the upcoming show with ten bucking horses and a notorious steer named Little Snake. Spain says the steer has thrown 32 riders and calls it a humdinger. Sheriff Taylor plans to stock 30 vicious bucking animals, with fresh mounts daily to keep riders from drawing tame horses.
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John Spain
Gwinn
Spain
Silk Stockings and Rare Coins on Hobo
Sheriff T D Taylor seeks owner of a cache found with John Miller a transient nabbed in the Jungles near the city 66 coins rare from several countries deemed stolen property also found were a bead collarette and silk stockings Miller claims he found the cache and took the items investigators doubt this and he is held in the county jail pending inquiry
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T. D. Taylor
John Miller
Miller
George Strand
Ira Hughes
Idaho
Pope Improves. He Receives Few Callers
The pope is much better today in Rome and received only a few callers.
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Rome
Trust Members Sentenced To Jail In Poultry Conspiracy Case
New York Aug 16 thirteen members of the Live poultry association were sentenced to three months imprisonment and fined 2500 each after being convicted under the state conspiracy in restraint of trade law. The court continued the matter, indicating a fall term might follow. Originally eighty members faced charges, but thirteen were targeted as controlling 95 percent of the trade.
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New York
Live Poultry Association
Waters Of Byers Mill Race Claims Year Old Boy
A nine year old boy, Clifford Eugene Dupuis, drowned in the Byers Mill race in the city while attempting to retrieve a dead chicken. Companions alerted Charles Wortman, who pulled the body from murky waters within ten minutes but failed to revive him. The drowning occurred near Railroad and Franklin streets around 46 oclock. coroner Folsom deemed no inquest necessary. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Byers
Clifford Eugene Dupuis
Clifford Dupuis
Gan
Charles Wortman
Mill Race
Railroad
Franklin Streets
Folsom
Frisco graft cases again taken up
San Francisco officials discuss asking for a rehearing of trolley franchise graft cases before Judge William P. Lawlor and the district attorneys. A writ of mandate directs Lawlor to dismiss indictments against Patrick Calhoun Tirey Ford and other United Railway officials on bribery charges. Lawlor cites delay as prudent, while appellate court calls it meaningless. Trials extended over fifty six days across 558 days.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
Wm. P. Lawlor
Fickert
Herry
District Court of Appeals
Lawlor
Patrick Calhoun
Tirey Ford
United Ailway
Juidge
Tacoma Considers Henry George Single Tax Plan
Tacoma may adopt a Henry George single tax system as city commissioners who favor the plan push for a study. Commissioner Pettit plans to introduce a resolution to appoint a committee to confer with city officials and explore steps toward inaugurating the single tax in the state, citing Vancouver, B C as a model.
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Tacoma
Henry George
Vancouver
B. C
Pettit
Tragic New York Wedlock Fatal Shot Ends in Self Destruction
After four weeks of marriage Roscoe Caruso shot his wife Anna age 19 in their New York home and then killed himself. The couple's quarrel over a petty matter sparked the tragedy reported last night.
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New York
Roscoe Caruso
Anna
Four Killed in Demonstration Accident Near St Petersburg
A dispatch from Kars Trans-Causasian reports a cannon demonstration gone wrong when a grape shot discharged. Four people were killed and 14 wounded as soldiers watched. The incident occurred during a company demonstration in the region.
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St. Petersburg
Kars Kars
Trans-Cascausin
Veto Stand Shapes New Mexico Arizona Statehood Path
Congressional actions push for statehood compromise amid Taft veto dispute. New Mexico and Arizona move toward statehood after a five member sub committee proposes a bill to soothe recall provisions and gain passage. Democratic senators weigh timing of tariff measures as Underwood wool bill clears Senate and moves to Taft for veto.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Washington, DL
House Committee On Territories
Senate Territories Committee
Congress
Taft
House Committee
Washington
Chocus
Underwood
Senate
House
Senate Election Committee Names Subcommittee
Washington Aug 14 Chairman Dillingham of the senate election committee appointed Senators Sutherland Bradley and Paynter as a sub committee to investigate Senator Stephenson s election.
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Nand
Washington
Dillingham
Senate Election Committee
Sutherland, Bradley and
Paynter
Stephenson
Portland Man Held on Fraud Charge
Portland, Aug 16. John Bullock, president of Linge and Bullock Inc and former Sesnon Coal president, was arrested by a federal marshal on a warrant charging defrauding the government of 540,000 on car contracts. Indicted by a Tacoma grand jury Saturday night amid Wickersham Alaska controversy. Bullock says he is innocent and that politics are involved.
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Portland
John Bullock
Linge and Bullock Company, Incorporated
Sesnon Coal Company
Seattle
Alaska
Tacoma
Wickersham
Bullock
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Brainerd Resigns as Seattle Post Editor
Brainerd resigns after seven years as editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He will be succeeded September 1 by Scott Bone, formerly editor of the Washington Post and Washington Herald in Washington, D. C., and president of the Gridiron club.
Development League Honors Local Man
Astoria Aug 16 The Oregon Development league re elected Theodore Wilcox of Portland as president and chose La Grande as the next convention site. Bruce Dennis Dan P Smythe Pendleton and Wm Bodingson Baker named to the executive committee. Resolutions condemn the referendum against state educational appropriations. The convention adjourns tonight and launches a good roads campaign.
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Astoria
Oregon Development League
Theodore Wilcox
Portland
la Grande
Bruce Dennis
Dan P. Smythe
Pendleton
Wm. Bodingson
Baker
Report on money trust delayed in Washington
Secretary of the Treasury Mac Veagh will not have his legality report on the National City Company of New York money trust ready for several months. When released, the document is expected to impact the banking and currency system nationwide and may strain cabinet relations due to tensions between Mac Veagh and Attorney General Wickersham.
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Washington
Miss Force Breaks Down Amid Astor Nuptials Protest
New York reports that Madeleine Force, fiancée of Colonel Astor, suffered a breakdown amid nation wide clergy protests against their engagement. Friends deny severity, while ministers vow to denounce the match until the planned wedding proceeds despite public sentiment.
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New York
Astor
Mias
Madeline Force
Miss Force
Kelly
American missionary among victims in Mount Alma Yama eruption
Tokyo dispatch reports a volcanic eruption on Mount Alma Yama killing Reverend Hall, Jr. and two Japanese locals, with several others injured. Initial death toll figures were revised downward as more details emerged.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mount Alma Yama
Hall, Jr
Arrest in Coatesville lynching case leads to arrests
In Coatesville Pennsylvania August 16 Kennedy Boyd lineman for Cheater Valley Electric Company was arrested in connection with the burning of Zack Walker. He reportedly named several others who will be taken into custody. The coroner jury finished its hearing and returned a verdict with no other names named.
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Coatesville
Zack Walker
Kennedy Boyd
Cheater Valley Electric Company
Boyd
Ione King
McCabe Agreed With Wiley On Whiskey Policy
Washington reports portray Dr. Harvey Wiley chief of the agriculture bureau denouncing the drug inspection board as ineffective. He testified before the house committee on expenditures asserting McCabe sided with Dunlap, overruling two thirds of about 1500 cases costing roughly 200 dollars each. He denied contracting Dr. Busby to work a set number of days for 1600 pounds, a basis for a legal charge.
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Washington
Scalleiter McCabe
Harvey Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
Drug Inspection Board
Chemistry Bureau
House Committee On
Dunlap
McCabe
Wiley
Busby
Two Birdmen Fall Victims At Aviation Meet
In Chicago on August 16 two aviators Avindes, William R. Badger of Pittsburgh and St Cross Johnstone of Chicago died during an aviation meet. Badger crashed in the arena before a crowded grandstand while Johnstone plunged into Lake Michigan as his monoplane failed, witnessed by his young wife.
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Chicago
Trngle
Avindes
William R. Badger
Piiteburg
St. Cross Johnstone
Ema
Badger
Amy Johnstone
Lake Michigan
Hem
Johnstone
Johnnstone
Witness Arrested in White Slavery Case in Reno
Secret service operatives arrested Cora Faber in Reno Nevada on August 16 after she testified before Portland Oregon federal authorities against John De Sota in the white slave case. She had vanished after an indictment and was found in male attire at arrest.
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Reno, Ney
Secret Service
Cora Faber
Portland
Ore
John de Sota
United States Commissioner
Federal Grand Jury
de Sota
Umatilla County Negro Attacks Lady in Series of Assaults
John Major, a parolee from the penitentiary for burglary, allegedly tried to assault Miss Patton while she rode a bicycle, then attacked Mrs. Minnie Jorgensen near the river. Hunted by bloodhounds and pursued along the river bank, Major finally freed himself and fled to his home before deputies arrived.
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John Major
Polk County
Umatilla County
Portland Journal
Major
Miss Patton
Salem
Joel
Jesh
W. E. Truit
South Salem
Minnie Jorgensen
Henry Foulkes
Foulkes
Probe for Harvester Trust in House Investigation
Washington Aug 16. Congressman Foster leads inquiry into the International Harvester Company to determine if it is a trust. A special nine member committee would be empowered to conduct a full investigation.
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Harvester Trust
Washington
House
Foster
International Harvester Company
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Development League
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