Heney Gains Heavy Write-In Vote In San Francisco Primary
San Francisco on August 17 reports a strong direct primary turnout with more than 40 000 of 84 000 registered voters participating. Francie J Heney appears to lead a heavy write-in vote for district attorney across parties while the Republican candidate also runs on a write-in ticket under California's new direct primary law. A full city and county ticket will be chosen in November, with heightened candidate activity and broader fields than prior elections.
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San Francisco
Francie J. Heney
Atorney
California
Intense Heat Claims Many More Victims
Reported from St. Louis and Omaha on August 17 as heat wave worsens. Seven deaths overnight and twenty prostrations in Missouri and Illinois, with hospitals crowded. In Omaha three more fatalities bring daily heat toll to seventeen while temperatures near one hundred.
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St. Louis
Omaha
Explosion wrecks dynamite house kills five in Vancouver
Vancouver. B C Aug 17 Word received today that an explosion wrecked the dynamite house of the Western Explose company at Tuns tal Bay yesterday killing Wm Sallers an American and also four Chinese.
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Vancouver
B. C
Western Explose Company
Tunstal Bay
Wm. Sallers
Katherine Elkins Match Goes Smoothly Along
Rome reports the royal family has lifted objections to the match between Katherine Hiking and Duke D Abruzzi. They plan marriage once he returns from Asia.
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Katherine Elkins
Rome
Katherine Hiking
Duke D'Abruzzi
Asia
Million Dollar Fire Strikes Glasgow Business District
Glasgow August 17 A million dollar fire swept the business section before control. Falling walls damaged the fire headquarters and 49 firefighters narrowly escaped death as the blaze raged through the area.
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Glasgow
Gliegow
Wally
Four Canyonville Girls Stranded 80 Feet Below Cliffs
Bertha Neel Fay Weaver and two Petit girls wandered near a cliff to view a cave and slid 80 feet to a rock below. Trapped for 13 hours they survived fright and cold as a searching party began at 8 pm and rescued them by rope haul at nightfall.
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Canyonville
Ore
Bertha Neel
Fay Weaver
Myrtle Creek
Indian lad Dhingra hanged as crowd marks martyrdom
Nadar Lal Dhingra, the Indian student, was hanged at Pentville prison at nine o'clock for the murders of Sir Curzon Cylne and Dr Calvas Lai Caca. Authorities awaited the impact of his execution on India while thousands of natives in London held a solemn religious rite deeming him a martyr.
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Curzon Cullie
Cawlas Lai Caca
London
Hase
Nadar Lal Dhingra
Curzon Cylne
Calvas Lai Caca
Pentville
India
John Garrett at Congress Opens in Denver Stage
Trans MissI s s i p p i congress opens with welcome by city officials in Denver. John Barrett expected to speak. Gifford Pinchot rumored in city though not yet seen publicly. Government suit against Judge Beaman of Colorado Fuel and Iron seeks return of coal lands alleged fraudulent acquisition. Delegates from Denver Arizona and Texas attend. discussions cover railroads conservation irrigation ports and statehood aims for Arizona and New Mexico.
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Trans-Mississippi
Pincho
Congress
Pinchot
Denver
Trans-Mississippi Congress
John Barrett
Gifford Pinchot
D. ©. Beaman
Beaman
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Consular Service
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Seattle A C to Send Strong Team to Frisco Games
Seattle Aug 17 Seattle A C members, after a near sweep at the Amateur Athletic Union championships here this week, prepare to send a crack crew to San Francisco to compete in the Portola week games.
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Seattle
Amateur Athletic Union
Seattle A. C
San Franciso
Los Angeles Bids for Big Fight
Promoter Tom McCarey offered 62000 for the Jeffries Johnson bout but Sim Berger said final arrangements will hinge on securing Jim Coffroth of San Francisco before the match. Coffroth expressed little interest as San Francisco waits for a clearer bidding or match plan.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Sim Berger
Jeffriey
Jeffries-Johnson
California
Tom McCarey
Los Angeles
Jim Coffroth
Berger
Alleged Walla Walla swindler charged with breach of promise
William B Mason, tied to a Walla Walla fraud, faces a breach of promise claim amid evidence of swindling a Chicago widow, Mrs Wea ver, who tracked him from Portland to Pendleton. She seeks part of the 375000 he claimed as his estate while pursuing other charges.
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Walla Walla
William B. Mason
Taylor
Wila Weaver
Chicago
Pendleton
Portland
Gurdane
Nadvine
Mason
Chcago
Nampa
Idaho
Uncle Sam to War Against Alaskan Vice
The steamer Senator from Nome brought 11 women and four men from Fairbanks who are held as undesirable aliens. Immigration will deport women from Monren and prosecute men for importing women for immoral purposes. A raid at Fairbanks sparked by a government campaign aims to wipe out vice in Alaska.
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Seattle
Alaska
Senator
Nome
Fairbanks
Monren
Alaaka
Immigration Department
Open Bids for Philippine Bonds Appeal to Investors
Washington reports the War Department opened bids for 1.1 million dollars in Philippine Improvement bonds redeemable in 10 years and payable in 30 years. The Treasury will accept at par as security for public money deposits. It marks the third issue in a 5 million series authorized February 1908, following 2 million in 1908 and 1.5 million in 1907, with most issuances going to Fisher & Robinson and the Mercantile Trust Co of St. Louis.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Fisher & Robinson
Merchantile Trust Company of
St. Louis
Sutton Testimony Reforders Navy Inquiry Into Sutton Death
Washington Aug 17 acting secretary of the navy R Beekman Winthrop reviews the board of inquiry verdict on Lieut Sutton s death findings to be announced in days it is expected to be accidental death strong sentiment for a broader probe of Navy and Marine Corps conditions at time of Sutton s death
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Washington
R Beekman Wintrop
Secretary of the Navy
Lieut
Sutton
Winthrop
Navy
Marine Corps
Johnson turned away by Salt Lake hotels protest
Salt Lake Aug 17 Jack Johnson the negro pugilist appeared at police headquarters complaining hotels in the city refused to admit him. He asked police to help find a room but they declined and he left in a rage. It is not known where he spent last night.
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Salt Lake
Jack Johnson
Pinchot Baliinger Dispute Quiet in Interior Dept
Washington Aug 17 The Pinchot Baliinger controversy shows itself in silent interiors. The land office records are under dispute with the land attorney and officials refuse to discuss the matter. A United Press request to examine records was denied today by interior department officials.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Forestry
United Press
Land Office
Department of Interior
New York Mayor Charged With Graft
New York City August 17 Mayor McCielan faces graft accusations from the Republican club campaign committee alleging the city overpaid 75 million dollars for property valued at 30 million, with 45 million deemed graft in the administration’s dealings.
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New York
McCielan
Republican Club
Search Continues For Men Lost In Blizzard On Mount Tacoma
Tacoma August 17 a rescue party of ten men equipped with ropes began a search to locate T Y Callaghan of Seattle and J W Stevens of Trenton N J who were lost during a blizzard while attempting to climb Mount Tacoma a five hundred dollar reward is offered for Stevens body recovery
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Tacoma
T. Y. Callaghan
Seatte
J. W. Stevens
Trenton
N. J
Mount
Steven
Posse Chases Two Bank Robbers in Oklahoma
Tulsa Oklahoma Aug 17 A posse pursues two robbers who after attempting to rob the Klefer bank shot Cashige Webling and killed Town Marshal Inford in the street in a late battle. Webling will probably die.
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Tulsa
Okla
Klefer
Cashige Webling
Inford
Webling
Zeuske case reversal in Oregon supreme court decision
In Salem Oregon August Zeuske appeals to the Oregon Supreme Court from a Umatilla county circuit court ruling over a disputed ranch title. Justice Eakin writes the opinion with Justice King dissenting. The case concerns whether the ranch paid for by Ed Zeuske’s estate was settled. Local attorneys Moers Lowell Winter for August Zeuske and Foe Slater for Emma Zeuske.
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Eakin
King
Salem
Ore
August Zeuske
Emma Zeuske
Circuit Court
Umatilla County
Supreme Court
Justice Eakin
Justice King
Bean
Ed Zeuske
Weston
Messrs. Foe & Slater
Seven Men Rescued From Angry Waves Near Long Beach
New York reports seven marooned sailors aboard a two masted schooner driven ashore off Long Beach New Jersey in a gale. Debris and heavy seas thwart rescuers as two hundred yards remained to the vessel, believed Arlington of Boston, with eight feared dead. Life savers reached close but were driven back by 70 mile per hour winds. Sailor Charles Pierson washed ashore at Rockaway Beach near death, while Captain Small refused to abandon ship and was brought ashore after being bound by rescuers.
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New York
Long Beach
NX. J
Arlington
Boston
Charles Pierson
Rockaway Beach
Small
Rescue of marooned sailors on Arlington schooner
Seven men marooned for hours on the sinking schooner Arlington were rescued this afternoon by life savers off New York. The dramatic incident underscores the perilous conditions at sea and the swift response of rescuers.
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New York
Arlington
Citizens kill Veggman during attempted bank post office crime
Lawrenceville August 17. An attempt to rob the post office and bank at Lumber Falls was frustrated when citizens killed Veggman and pursued several others. The dynamiting of the safe alarmed the town, a posse formed, and a running battle followed.
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Lawrenceville
Yegeman
Black Hand Suspect Probe Tied to Spokane Stabbing
Spokane authorities and federal agents investigate five Italian suspects after a stabbing affray. Leading Italians claim they are members of a Black Hand gang operating locally. A ciphered code was found in a book the floral detectives cannot decipher.
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Spokane
Northwestern League Results From Portland and Tacoma
In Portland Aberdeen 0 Portland 2 and in Tacoma Spokane 6 Tacoma 1 with Spokane and Portland securing wins over Aberdeen and Spokane respectively.
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Northwestern League Desults
Portland
Aberdeen
Tacoma
Spokane
Coast League Results Los Angeles Postponed Game
San Francisco beats Los Angeles 9 to 3 in a coast league matchup noted as postponed at Los Angeles venue.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Primary nominations of aupges likely to pass
Olympia Aug 17 The Campbell bill providing for nomination of Supreme Court judges by direct primary will likely be reported favorably today after approval by the house committee on privileges and actions tonight.
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Olympia
Campbell Oi
House Committee On Privileges and Actions
Cretans Lower Greek Flag as Warships Arrive
Rome dispatch says Cretans lowered the Greek flag amid fears of violence. The unexpected arrival of Italian and French warships helped prevent bloodshed and maintain order on Crete.
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Rome
Cinoa
Harriman Lawsuit Opens Over Deschutes Right of Way
In Portland, Aug 17, Harriman forces filed affidavits challenging the Hill interests claim to the Deschutes canyon right of way for the Oregon Trunk line. A cross bill asks Oregon Trunk to refrain from operating in Oregon as Harriman asserts fraud in survey notes by Nelson and Gregory. Affidavits allege the notes were false to force payment for the right.
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Harriman
Deschutes Canyon
Portland
Erate
Oregon
Hill
Oregon Trunk Line
W. F. Nelson
L. I. Gregory
Deschutes Road
Japan to Stop Japanese Seal Poachers in Alaska
Consul General Naga said Tokyo informed the Japanese government will end depredations on Alaska seal rookeries. Subsidy withdrawn, poachers may quit the unprofitable work. Many poachers were arrested by U S revenue cutters, with cages awaiting trial in Alaskan courts.
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San Francisco
Naga
Tokio
Japan
Alaska
American Revenue Cutter
Soldiers press five thousand strikers in Pittsburg riot
Rioting resumed at the Pressed Steel Car plant in McKees Rocks where about five thousand strikers gathered. A striker fired upon strike breakers entering the plant, prompting the constabulary to charge, disperse the crowd, and arrest numerous participants.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Cocks
Trial of Iowa mayor over alleged drunkenness begins
Marengo Iowa August 17 The trial of Mayor Henderson, targeted by a faction seeking his removal for alleged drunkenness, opened with a crowded courtroom and tense mood. Henderson did not deny drinking but claimed voters knew of it when they elected him.
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Marengo
Thea
Henderson
Senator Borah Seeks Marriagable Man For Chicago Woman
Senator Borah of Idaho is sought as a match by Grace Hartman who asks him to find her an Idaho husband. She wants a working man wearing overalls and rejects dressed up suitors, noting Chicago men seek wives to support them.
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Chicago
Borah
Idaho
Grace Hartman
Elk chase by auto thrills Col J H Raley and Dr Sommerville
Col J H Raley and Dr B J Sommerville chased a herd of elk in an auto along a Birch Creek road. Five elk, including a large bull, kept pace along the road for about a hundred yards near the Blue Mountains west of the summit, about 24 miles from Pitot Rock.
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Col. J. H. Raley
B. J. Sommerville
Col. Raley
Birch Creek
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Francis J. Heney
Dhingra
Revolutionary Party
John Garrett
Trans- Mississippi
Frisco
Mison
Wally Walla Bunco
Uncle Sam
Secretary OF Navy
Jack Jomlinson
Salt Lake Hotels
Inger Pight Astor
Oklahoma
Levgee
Veggman
Sape
Hvidence OF Black Hand
Aupges
Ocretans Ave
Deschutes
Gol, Raley
Sommerville
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