Pendletonian Gets Fortune From Madrid Scam
A Pendleton groceryman receives a long Madrid letter claiming a relative in a Spanish prison has 450000 in English drafts. The sender asks the man to shelter the 14 year old daughter and later share the fortune, while a chaplain allegedly supports the prisoner. The tale, dated July 16, centers on 1998 600 pounds rumored stash and a guarded plan to redeem the drafts, with an appeal for a return reply.
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Crystal
Ray Crystal
Peoples Warehouse
Bury
Madrid
Spain
Pendleton
Medford
Oregon
Lula Rodiques Crystal
Mary Crystal
Klinswoman
London
England
Mall
Plane crash at Bethany Plains injures aviator and 17 others
In Rhelniw on August 26 an aeroplane driven by Henri Fournier buckled and somersaulted in front of a large crowd. Ground rescue saved Fournier and 17 others injured. Goodwin had declined to join the flight the day before.
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Bethany Plains
Henri Fournier
Fourier
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
Oregon store clerk entangled in forged letter scheme
Cryst fakes a letter and creates two envelopes for a joke in which the inner envelope is sent to the letter writer and the outer to Don Manus Marue, the privon chaplain. The clerk, unaware of his ancestry, remains at his local job while fielding questions about his supposed good fortune.
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Don Manus Marue
Privon
Cryst
Chunco
Oregon
Eistern
Spain
Disappears after confession in Vernon hotel arson case
Victoria police seek Andrew Smith who vanished after leaving a written confession claiming he torched the Okanogan hotel. The fire caused twelve deaths, five injuries, and the building’s destruction. Smith, once owner and later a bartender, allegedly acted from eviction pique and threatened suicide, a motive investigators deem a blind to conspirator links.
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Victoria
B. C
Andrew Smith
Vernon
Okanogan
Smith
Great Storm Wrecks Homes Across Dakota and Minnesota
A violent wind and rain storm sweeping southeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota causes widespread damage. Hundreds of houses and barns wrecked with thousands in losses. A fatal injury to Peter Sohe and serious injuries to his wife and three daughters occur near Caledonia. crops destroyed and rail traffic blocked amid reports from Foeville Beltram Barnesville Glinden and Mentor.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Peter Sohe
Caledonia
Foeville
Beltram
Barnesville
Glinden
Mentor
Detalla
Governor Hughes Stumps at York State County Fair Tour
Governor Hughes opens a campaign swing through Oswego County and Syracuse addressing direct nominations. He plans numerous county fair appearances this fall to push for the direct nominations bill, with Syracuse hosting him during state fair week and President Taft’s planned stop nearby.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
York State
Oswego
Sandy Creek
Syracuse
Summit Park
Assembly
Taft
Johnson Begins Training for Kaupe man Match
San Francisco on Admission Day Jack Johnson began training for his fight with Al Kauffman. Philadelphia challenger O'Brien was eliminated from the bout, disappointing fans. Johnson aims to provide a stronger draw and a larger purse, hoping to prevent delays in payment and secure the event.
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San Francisco
Jack Johnson
Wors
al Kauffman
Philadelphia
O'Brien
Kauffman
Johnson
Harriman Talks Health and New York Central Tie Interest
Railroad magnate E H Harriman, abroad for rest after a health trip, confirms health is fine and details camera tests using bismuth and rice during medical exams. He dodges questions on a potential controlling NY Central stake and notes skepticism about new laws creating more office holders.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
la Ferstand
Harriman
New York Central
Ers
Federal judge curbs Interstate Commerce Commission power
The United States circuit court ruling in the Seaboard Missouri River case permanently enjoins the ICC from enforcing the seaboard rate to Missouri river points. Judges Grosscup and Kohilstat endorse limiting the ICC to policing discriminatory practices, with Baker dissenting. The decision argues Congress did not intend such broad authority.
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Grosseup
Kohilstat
Congress
Suidge Baker
Seaboard-Missiouri River
Chicago
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Parkersburg
Mississippi River
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grosscup and
Kohiletat
Baker
Supreme Court of the United States
Spokane Officials Blamed in Idaho Rail Collision
A Spokane Coeur d Alene investigation finds Assistant train master Cook Motorman Campbell and Conductor Whittlesey responsible for the Spokane Coeur d Alene electric road wreck near LaCrosse Idaho on July 31 which killed sixteen. The report says Cook signed Whittlesey into the register disobeyed orders and Whittlesey failed to provide the brakeman with orders that could have averted the crash.
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Spokane
Cook
Campbell
Whittlesey
Spokane-Coeur d'Alene
LaCrosse
Idaho
Chambers of Commerce
Coeur d'Alene
Moors Prevent Spanish Moves Near Melilla
Lisbon dispatches report heavy fighting as General Marina attempts to push outposts near Melilla. Moors repel advances while shells hit a battlefield hospital. Casualties include 250 Spanish soldiers and 600 Moors. Spanish force strength listed as 26,000.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Securo
Melilla
Marina
GIVES UP SEARCH FOR MISSING MEN
Seattle Aug 25 A Portland man T Y Callaghan arrived exhausted from searching Mt Tacoma for his brother T Y Callaghan and companion J W Stevens. He said further search would be folly and endanger others, believing the two men lie in ice caves in the crater.
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Seattle
T. YY. Callaghan
J. W. Stevens
Tacoma
Callaghan
Portland
Stevens
Foreign office leases Delstein villa for Persian shah
The foreign office has leased the Delstein villa at St Ivesann for a residence for the deposed shah of Persia.
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St. Petersburg
The
Foreign Office
Delstein
Ileesann
Persia
Indian chiefs to provide data on reservation history
Two prominent Umiatilla leaders left for the Crow reservation in Montana under Major Swartelander’s escort, funded by Dr Jonesy K. Tuixen the Philadelphia historian. They will supply information on the history and current state of affairs, with interpreters aiding as they visit Pendleton and Billings before proceeding to Crow lands.
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Waitin Tahtian
Crow
Montana
Swartelander
Jonesy K. Tuixen
Philadelphia
Wll
Atffaire
Ty-tieniet Wu
Lio Sampéon
Tichen
Swoirtelander
de Dixon Nut
Woman suffragists meet at Marble House Newport
Newport R I Aug 25 Unique summer event gathers National Woman Suffrage Association figures at Mrs O H P Belmonts Marble House for votes for women speeches by Dr Anna Howard Shaw Julia Ward Howe and Mayor Boyle. Tickets and souvenirs net nearly 1590 for the cause.
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Newport
R. 1
Marble House
O. H. P. Belmont
National Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
National Association
Julia Ward Howe
Belmont
Boyle
Judge Ranford Blasts Officials Over Prisoner Care
Federal Judge Hanford condemned King county officials for stating they cannot care for United States prisoners. He said if the county cannot house prisoners, it is unfit for a U S court to try cases and ordered transfers to another county. The marshal will arrange moving cases to a county able to handle prisoners.
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United States
U. S
Seattle
Hanford
District Court
King County
Alice 18 Criticised For Smoking Cigarettes
Yocemite Aug 24 The claim Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth inspired cigarette use drew sharp criticism from Mark Keppel LA schools chief at a convention. He said her example demoralized women and fueled the habit as debate over a bill to ban pupil tobacco use in state supported schools continued.
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Yocemite
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Mark Keppel
Los Angeles
Keppel
James D. Graham
Long Beach
Argentine government orders probe into Montevideo harbor collision
Buenos Ayres Aug 26 The Argentine government ordered an investigation into the sinking of the Columbian at Montevideo harbor entrance after it collided with the German liner Schlesien. Dozens of excursionists died and vessels search the harbor for bodies.
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Buenos Ayres
Montevidito Harbor
Tatp Asks For Report Of Land Case
Washington report notes President Tat requests a field report from Interior on the Cunningham Alaska coal sand tees matter. Ballinger reportedly prepared a statement but was not yet released. Mrs. Frank Johnson of Wallin Walmm and the Quest of Pendleton friends appear in fragmented text.
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Washington
Tat
Department of the Interior
Cunningham Alaska
Ballinger
Frank Johnson
Wallin Wal
the Quest of
Pendleton
Will Try Out Sleuth in County Prohibition Case
The injunction suit by Charles Cunningham and Frank Michiel to prevent payment for a detective who secured a prohibition violator’s conviction heads to trial September 8. Attorneys marshal testimony as the county defends the bill of 266 pounds, arguing extraordinary necessity justified the expense.
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Charles Cunningham
Frank Michiel
Kim
Cunningham
Michael
Holy Rollerism in Chattanooga Sparks Court Case
Justice Parks in East Chattanooga finds Henerar Trim’s services a nuisance and binds him in $250 bond. Neighbors testified the meetings ran late with loud shrieks and curses. A mob once threatened Trim, who says his work is commanded by God and plans to depart after a Holy Spirit directive. Deputies guard the group nightly.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
East Chattanooga
Henerar Trim
Holy Rollers
Trim
Taft to discuss Aldrich plan for new financial system
Beverly Mass Aug 24 President Taft Secretary McVeagh and Senator Aldrich will hold the summer conference to discuss Aldrichs plan for a new government financial system. Taft said he will not sanction anything likely to cause a business upheaval. The anticipated financial bill should be ready for Congress early in December.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
McVeagh
Aldrich
Congress
Sutton's Body Wilt Be Interred At Arlington
Washington Aug 25 The grave of Lieutenant James Sutton at Arlington will be opened at his mother's request to check if his arm was broken and to decide if interment should occur in holy ground. It is believed Carding Gibbons will permit reinterment, aiming to remove the stigma and have his name honored.
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Washington
Janies Sutton
Arlington
Tregle
Annapolis
Carding
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Northwest
Thoes
Billiex
Pacife
Craw Reservation
Howe
Ranford
Alice
Tapt
Sleuth
Phelps
Tennessee
Sutton
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