Local Men Secure Fair Concessions
By action of the Morrow-Umatilla county fair association directors three top concessions for the fall fair were awarded. Alex Manning keeps the country store booth, Frank Quinlan gets the candy shop, and Paul Hemmelgarn secures the Pendleton soda works stand. A lunch counter concession is still open for applications as pavilion work nears completion with a fresh paint job and a stretched roof to welcome crowds.
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Morrow-Umatilla County Fair Association
Alex Manning
Frank Quinlan
Delta
Paul Hemmelgarn
Pendleton Soda Works
Ibson & Cole
100 Alabama Convicts to Secure Freedom
Montgomery Alabama prison gates may open to about 400 county convicts doing hard labor after the state court of appeals upheld a 1907 code provision fixing pay at 75 cents per day, overturning a 40 cent per day ruling. The habeas corpus verdict from Birmingham shortens terms and grants liberty to many.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Court of Appeals
Birmingham
Interurban Cars Bump Injures Dozens in Everett
Everett Wash Aug 17 Several people were severely injured when an interurban car crashed into a car halted by a trolley mishap on a Snohomish Everett run. Both cars crowded with circus bound passengers. rear and forward vestibules crushed. standing car shot forward about 300 feet.
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Everett
Wash
Snohomish
Chicago Girl Adds Discredited Fiancé
Washington, D. C. President Taft considers the case of Passed Assistant Surgeon Ansey 4H. Robnett, U. S. N., convicted in the Boston navy yard court martial a year ago. Robnett ejected Dr. E. S. Cowles from a Charleston home dance for alleged attentions to Miss Dorothy Hessler of Chicago. He testified he was engaged to Hessler, corroborated by her. He was sentenced to two numbers in grade and Congress may review if Taft does not restore him.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Ansey
Robnett
Boston Navy Yard
Robinett
Auld
E.S. Cowles
Roosevelt
Howard F. Amés
Charleston Navy Yard
Dorothy Hessler
Chicago
Hessier
Congress
Youngsters Arrested for Safecracking at Denver Office
Police say two barefoot boys aged six and seven, described as the country’s youngest cafecrackers, cracked a stable safe at a stonecutting company office during noon hour. They allegedly knocked off the safe knob, rifled desks, and were caught while leaving with their loot, then turned over to the juvenile court.
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Denver
Stonecutting Company
PoAL Band Conspirator Indicted in Liberty Case
A federal grand jury in Ta-Samn returned indictments charging Charles Hourton and John Hii kek with conspiring to defraud the government by fixing coal prices. The conspirators, linked to the Poolfiy Count Coal company, were seized on warrants at Seattle. The case involves alleged price manipulation of coal deliveries to Alna fie and follows a government probe.
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Seattle
Charles Hourton
Mancest
Poolfiy Count Coal Company
Bali
John Hiikek
Pétion
Crronel Durvin
Federal Grand Jury
Pendleton notes: attachment suits in bank collection
Hermiston Bank & Trust seeks to collect a sum from W. GL. BR Webster with proceedings filed yesterday by Johnson & Shrable. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Dethridge of Portland on August 15, formerly Grace Bryson of this city.
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Hermiston Bank & Trust Company
W. GL. Br, Webster
Johnson & Shrable
Bert
W. N. Dethridge
Portland
Detridge
Grace Bryson
Tyee Indalf Again Held for Thirst and Fines
Tyecune, an Indigenous man with a history of trouble, once more lands in the city jail over an unpaid fine. He remains detained after failing to pay, languishing for three days as authorities address the case.
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Tyee Indalf
Tyecune
Ygain
Indian divorce suit cites multiple temporary husbands
Edward Chapman files in circuit court alleging his wife Annie Chapman refused to live with him for over a year and has had nearly a half dozen temporary husbands. Both parties are Indians.
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Annie Chapman
Edward Chapman
Circuit Court
Path
Longtime Iowa Marriage Ends in Divorce Suit
Mrs. Rachael E. Overdale sues Z J. Overdale after 59 years of marriage in Iowa. Complaint filed yesterday before Judge James A. Fee alleges dereliction of duties and desertion by the husband over many years, initiating divorce proceedings.
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State of
Iowa
Rachael E. Overdale
Z J. Overdale
James A. Fee
Mrs Hohbach Improving After Overwork Stress
Friends of Mrs Otto Hohbach learn she is improving rapidly at St Anthony's Hospital. Reports of brain fever are denied by Dr Ringo, who says the condition is a breakdown from overwork rather than illness.
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Hohbach
Otto Hohbach
St Anthony’s Hospital
Ringo
Redmen Return From Portland Session
Pendleton delegation arrived home from Portland where the Redmen grand camp met. Local members were J A Deviln grand keeper of wampum R W Ritner BH F Hamlin and J A Donavan of Hermiston. Next grand camp session will be in Portland during the Elks grand lodge meeting.
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Redmen
The
Order of Redmen
Portland
J. A. Deviln
Wampum
R. W. Ritner
BH. F. Hamlin
J. A. Donavan
Hermiston
Elks Grand Lodge
Two Arrested In County Jail Over Liquor Charge
Frankie Glenn and Ed Cook, a pros titute and her paramour, were arrested for selling liquor to a minor. They are held at the county jail awaiting a police court appearance and possible charge of attempted horse stealing. They remain in custody at the county hall pending a hearing before the justice of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Glenn
Cook
Justice of the Peace
Merchants' Protest Pushes City to Enforce Main Street Stands
At a regular meeting, the council ordered police to enforce the ordinance barring drugs, express wagons and cabs from main thoroughfares. The mayor had begun this action at summer’s start, but drivers eventually returned to the streets, worsening conditions.
Murphys To Visit Salem On Asylum Plans
Captain C A Murphy and Mrs Murphy depart for Salem to consult with the state board on branch asylum buildings. Bills for construction have been requested and will be opened at Salem soon. they will be away for several days.
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State Board
C. A. Murphy
Salem
No Gallery For Grand Theatre Petition Denied
The city council denied the management of the Grand theater permission to construct a gallery. No significant business was conducted beyond adjourning after denying the petition and addressing a merchant protest. A prior firehouse item was referred to the fire committee for action.
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Grand Theatre
Ciand Theater
Wollery
City Fathers
Boethes
Merchanta
Howe
Pioneer Obsequies Honor Local Resident At Adams
Milling friends of BH A Mirqula dur Migbie tife gathered at Adams on a sunny afternoon to pay their last respects to an honored pioneer. The body was taken to Athena cemetery to rest beside his wife. Services were conducted by the Odd Fellows with G W Bradley in charge. Attending from the city were Attorney Will M Peterson JL Rothrock and Will and Roe Ferguson.
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Will M. Peterson
JL © Rothrock
Will and
Roe Ferguson
Victim Kangarooed in Mock Court at County Jail
Irwin Brooks, a University of Oregon student, spent the summer at First National bank and was jailed after a mock kangaroo court. Deputy Sheriff Jodo Strand escorted him through iron bars to face the improvised tribunal for jallbreaking.
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Irwin Brooks
University of Oregon
First National Bank
Prince of Joiners
Jodo” Strand
Short Jail Sentence Revealed By Court Judge
A convict received a severe sentence including a one dollar fine and forced labor. He was immersed in the jail bath tub, made to launder, and wash breakfast dishes for prisoners. He remained behind bars about an hour and a half and enjoyed the joke.
Harriman Lines Set New Wheat Rates to Puget Sound
Seattle August 17 Effective within a0 days the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation company will apply the same grain rates as other northern lines to wheat shipments from eastern Washington and Idaho to Tacoma and Seattle. Previously Harriman lines did not use these rates due to a 185 mile longer haul to Portland. Grain from the wheat belt to Puget Sound will now be routed via Northern Pacific from Wallula Junction Washington to the coast.
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Seattle
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Northern
Washington
Idaho
Tacoma
Harrimin Lines
Puget Sounds
Portland
Seatttle
Point
Northern Pacific
Wallula Junction
Wesh
Lovett Denies Rift in Harriman System Amid Pressure
New York Aug 17 President Lovett issued a statement denying any dissension among Harriman system directors or lack of harmony in management. He also denied any change in the dividend rate under consideration due to pressure in the stock market on Orion Pacific.
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Lovett
New York
Orion Pacific
Harriman
Wiley Charges Cabinet Aid to Corn Products Firm
Dr. Harvey Wiley testified that three cabinet members helped the Corn Products company bypass an adverse ruling by the food and drug Inspection board by allowing glucose to be sold under the label Corn Syrup. The Washington hearing took place on August 17 with Wiley detailing the alleged political influence.
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Wiley
Washington, D. C
Harvey Wiley
Corn Products Company
Food and Drug Inspection Board
Taft Examines Papers on National City Money Trust
President Taft received the papers on the National City company the new money trust from Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and will consider the legality of the concern himself in Washington on August 17.
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Money Trust
Washington
Taft
National City Company
New “Money Trust
Wickersham
Treasury
MacVeragh
Professor Farnsworth Heads Colorado Springs Visit
Colorado Springs report notes Professor John Jayne Farnsworth of the British academic community arriving for lectures and meetings in the city, with engagements at local universities and museums. Far reaching research interests and ties to UK institutions highlighted.
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Colorado Springs, Colo
John Jayne Farnsworth
Fossil Bed Expedition Heads to Asia After Research
A museum team and three assistants conduct study in the Floris Sant fossil beds thirty miles west. The deposits predate the global period by millions of years and are among the most extensive in the United States, surpassed only by Germany’s Black Forest sites. They will then proceed to California, then China and India.
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Florissant
United States
Black Forest
Germany
California
China
India
Orozco Executes Raids Tightening Martial Law in Juarez
General Pascual Orozco arrived from Chihuahua with 200 men and raided Juarez gambling houses, closing them and cordoning patrons and proprietors. He declared martial law in the city. Mayor Medina, an ex lieutenant colonel, was arrested and jailed for failing to close the establishments per Chihuahua governor orders.
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Juarez
Mex
Pascual Orozco
Chihuahua
Orozco
Medina
Insurrecto
Three Men Arrested In Mob Murder Case In Coatesville
Coatesville Pa Aug 17 three men were arrested and charged with murder over the burning death of Zachariar S Walker Sunday night Authorities say one suspect is a mob member Kennedy Boyd a lineman was the first man taken into custody in the investigation and charged with complicity in the death
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Coatesville
Zachariar S. Walker
Kennedy Boyd
Lack of clarity in lynching release noted
A fragmented line states that with the lynching, was released yesterday afternoon, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear subjects or context.
Miss Lydia Hop King converts dollhouse into kennels
San Francisco society figure Miss Lydia Hop king has turned a childhood dollhouse at Sherwood Hall in Menlo Park into a doghouse for eighteen toy poodles. The "kennels" include electric lights hot and cold water bathtubs beds and linen with a parlor dining room bedrooms and a kitchen. Miss Hopkins boasts the best equipped kennels in the world.
War clouds deepen as Berlin demands spark Moroccan talks
London reports Paris and Berlin dispatches indicating a deadlock in Moroccan negotiations due to Germany's greed. German war office activity rises and rumors spread that Germany may land troops at Agadir as a step toward permanent occupation.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Germany
German War Office
Agadir
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Pendleton
Frank O'Gara
Bernard O'Gara
Troas
LOGAL
North Beach
T. J. Potter
Ash Street Dock
Hassalo
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Oregon
Wm. Vicmurray
Ore
Nest Service
Chicago Girl
Poal
Liberty
Bal
Alta Street
Newsy
Boston
Harriman Lines
Gilatn
Colorado
Dale
Rothwell
Optomethist
W. E. Hanscom
Madam Bloom
Water St. Pendleton
Mdleton Dye Works
Alta
Jeweler
Pendleton, Ore
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