Money Men of Pendleton Visit Northwest Power Firms
Eastern financiers representing Pacific Power & Light and Electric Bond & Share arrive in Pendleton to survey holdings in Oregon Washington and Idaho. They meet Portland bankers and plan routes to Milton Freewater Walla Walla and The Dalles before Portland return. Directors and officers of the merged Pacific Power & Light are named with Talbot Cookingham Sykes Dame Buehner and others.
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Pacific Power & Light Company
Electric Bond & Share Company
Portland
Walla Walla
Bggest
Oregon
Washington
Metropolis
Northern Pacific
Milton
S&s Z
Mitchell
Marden J. Perry
Portland Gas & Coke Company
Astoria
Idaho
Milton-Freewater
Milton and Freewater
Pasco
Sunnyside
North Yakima
Wallula
Dalles
Hood River
Pacific Northwest
Paramount Directors of
the Pacific
Power & Light Company
New York
Z. Mitchell
Guy W. Talbot
H. ©. Lucas
F. G. Syke
F. ‘l L. Dame
A. Grenier
George F. Nevins
Niel A. Weathers
Edward Cookingham
F. G. Sykes
F. J. Dame
B. W. Hill
E. P. Summerson
Lewis A. McArthur
Columbian Power & Light Co
Yakima-Pasco Power Co
Abtoria, Electric Co
Dalles Electric Co
Old Bellman Walks From New York to San Francisco
John Ennis aged 68 reached San Francisco after a cross country walk from New York. He handed Mayor McCarthy letters carried from Mayor Gaynor and said the journey proved elderly walkers can endure long distances, noting a time 23 days faster than a prior benchmark set by Weston.
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Ban Francisco
John Ennis
New York
McCarthy
Gaynor
Ennis
Weston
Modern Woodmen Camps Gather for Philadelphia Log Rolling
Rolling in Philadelphia as Modern Woodmen of America camps send large delegations to the annual log rolling event. A moonlight river excursion is planned, with drills, a Willow Grove visit, and Saturday officer elections. The order now claims about 1,200,000 members, originated at Lyons, Ta with twenty two initial members.
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Philly
Philadelphia
Modern Woodmen of America
Willow Grove
Lyons
California State Fair to Open as Coast’s Largest Exhibit
Sacramento, Aug 25. California’s annual state fair opens in a week and promoters say it will be the biggest exhibition on the Pacific coast. A special Panama Exposition day is set for Sept 6 to boost interest in the 1915 San Francisco world’s fair.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Duel Between Air and Watercraft War Test
The War Department plans a sham battle between a warship and an airship. The monitor Talla hnes e is chosen to face aerial bombardment. It will be towed from Washington and hung with bomb proof armor over gun rooms holds funnels and vulnerable points. Volunteers will shoot at the airship, then drop explosives from airships onto the monitor.
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Washington
War Department
Monitor Tallahnese
Monitor
State Fair Exhibition Draws Iowa Regions
Des Moines reports all major Iowa products from towns and farms, including insurgents, gathered for display at the State Fair today for an eight day run across Des Moines.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Eastern Maine State Fair Opens With Large Bangor Crowds
Bangor Maine reports a large crowd attending the Eastern Maine State fair today. Tomorrow is expected to bring another big turnout as the Maine Agricultural Society fair schedule moves forward toward Lewiston with the state fair running September 5 for four days.
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Bangor
Maine Agricultural Society
Lewiston
Princess Jeanne Bonaparte dies in Paris at 49
Napoleon era grandniece Princess Jeanne Bonaparte daughter of Prince Pierre Bonaparte sister of Prince Roland Bannaparte died in a Paris nursing home at age 49. She married Margulis de Villeneuve in 1882 and was a noted Parisian social figure with famed receptions at her Rue de Prony residence.
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Napoleon
Parle
Jeanne Bonaparte
Pierre Bonaparte
Roland Bannaparte
Paris
Margulis de Villeneuve
Rue de Prony
Compromise Reached in Enschede Cotton Mill Strike
A wage dispute between mill owners and workers in Enschede Holland ends in a compromise. About 10,000 workers affected as mills reopen August 16 after a lockout and disputed August wage adjustment.
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Enchede
Holland
Originality as sin, a bigot's stance noted
A provocative remark cites originality as a sin, labeling it a target of bigotry. The comment frames creativity as controversial, reflecting social tension around ideas and conformity and prompting debate over who defines acceptable originality.
Wreck of the Chicago Montreal Express at Durand causes multiple deaths
Durand Michigan August 26 six women one man and a child die as the Grand Trunk line wrecks after Train No 4 fails to display signals and crashes into the rear of the burning express. Rescue hindered by intense heat and fire. Eight to eleven passengers of Train No 4 missing, feared burned.
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Durand
Michigan
Mich
Graham
Express
Frontier Celebration Opens in Cheyenne With Roosevelt
Wild West showmen cowboys and Indians arrive as Cheyenne gears up for the Frontier Celebration. Beginning tomorrow the city hosts a week of events described as bigger and grander than ever, culminating Saturday with verbal pyrotechnics by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, famed Rough Rider.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Theodore Roosevelt
Catholic Prelates Sail for Eucharistic Congress Tour
A large contingent of Catholic clergy and laypeople from Italy Spain Austria Germany France Belgium Great Britain and Ireland began their Atlantic crossing today aboard the Empress of Ireland. They travel to Montreal to attend the Eucharistic Congress opening early in September.
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Montreal
London
Italy
Spain
Austria
Germany
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Ireland
Hunters Alvin Edmisten and Guy Cook Return Home
Alvin Edmisten and Guy Cook returned from a grouse hunting trip to the Meacham country, reporting a morning outing completed without incident.
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Alvin Edmisten
Guy Cook
Meacham Country
Roosevelt on tour to rally insurgent support across the West
Roosevelt’s train tour with The Outlook crew heads from Dunkirk to Cheyenne then Denver and Omaha. He addresses crowds at Cheyenne Frontier Celebration and Denver Spanish War Veterans, attends a cowboy luncheon, and speaks at Ossawatomie dedication in Kansas. The trip aims to energize insurgent-backed support for his policies after New York defeat.
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Roosevelt
Tle
New York
The
Outlook
Cheyenne
Denver
Wyo
Wyoming
Mile High Town
Denver Press Club
el Jebel Temple
Kansas
Africa
Stubbs
Ossawatomie
John Brown
Omaha
Taft
Roosevelt heads West on insurgent political tour
Col Roosevelt departs New York on a westward swing to rally insurgent Republicans and defend his policies. He plans speeches in St Paul Denver Ossawatomie Kan and Indiana supporting Beveridge and opposing Taft forces, aided by figures from Garfield and Pinchot and backed by The Outlook private car.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Empire State
lHnboker
Malloy
Roosevelt
West
Col. Roosevelt
Taft
Beveridge
Indiana
St. Paul
Denver
Ossawatomile
Kan
Garfield
Pinchot
Outlook
Col. Roose
Portland Days At Pendleton Fair To Feature Round-up
Portlanders will attend the Pendleton bicentennial fair during the big Northwest round-up September 29 to October 1. Portland plans an excursion, the Portland Commercial Club backing the trip as Harry Gray promotes broad support. The event, led by Northwestern Frontier Exhibition Association, promises broncho busting riding roping and cowboy races not seen since the wild west era. The Dalles shows strong local interest and Pendleton leaders drive a highly ambitious showcase.
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Portland
Umatilla-Morrow County
Pendleton
Oregon City
Harry Gray
Portland Commercial Club
C. Chapman
Gray
Northwestern Frontier Exhiibition Association
West
Dalles
Northwest
Ballinger Defends Conservation Policy in Public Statement
Secretary Ballinger rejected the attack on his policies calling it hysteria and outlined his conservation concept. He favored development of conservation under rational laws without violence to just views and opposed withholding any lands from public domain that could aid community upbuilding.
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San Francisco
Ballinger
Unwritten law blamed for man killing wave in New Orleans
New Orleans aug 25 after Mamie McLaughlin was acquitted on unwritten law grounds for shooting Hugh Smith police report an epidemic of man killing by disappointed girls. Katherine Fretech, from an old family, shot Prank Mischier last night amid threats and planned acquittal hopes. Several men report threatening letters and some hire bodyguards as police monitor the trend.
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New Orleans
Mamie McLaughlin
Hugh Smith
Katherine Fretech
Prank Mischier
New Ipswich Church Marks 150th Anniversary
The New Ipswich Congregational church in New Ipswich New Hampshire celebrates 150 years since its formation. The first minister Rev Stephen Barrar of Concord Massachusetts began his pastorate at age twenty and served fifty years guiding the congregation.
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New Ipswich N. H
New Ipswich
Sherman to Lead West Campaign Tour for Republicans
Sherman will visit the West on an extended tour as part of the Republican congressional campaign committee. He has placed his services at the disposal of the committee from Aug. 25 until Sept. 20.
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Sherman
Stump
New York
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Firefighters Missing In Idaho and Washington Blaze
Spokane reports crews from the St Joe range feared dead after two bands of 156 firefighters went missing in the hottest flames. Debris from Grand Forks to Pine Creek shows multiple fatalities while new blazes erupt near Grimly Creek as relief parties search Wallach. Total timber losses mount to substantial value across Idaho and nearby states.
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St. Joe Comuntry
Idaho
Clark County
Washington
Spokane
Frost
Weigle
Wallach
St Jee
Wallace
Grand Forks
Avery
Better Creek
Dubion
Boulder Creek
Pine
Five missing in Idaho timber region seek news of party head Jos Halm
Spokane report states five travelers led by Jos Halm of Spokane are missing after three days of fighting near the St Joe headwaters. Desperate communications efforts have failed. Forestry experts estimate 18 million dollars of timber destroyed in Idaho.
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Spokane
Jos Halm
Wallace
St. Joe
Idaho
Forest Fires Threaten Clark County Settlers in Washington
Vancouver Wash Aug 2 Forest fires in Clark county have caused substantial damage and threaten hundreds of settlers. Eleven men at Bad Boy camp are missing. Eureka is surrounded by fire. Yacob communications are lost. Twin Falls Logging company reports 250 employees hemmed in by a ravine. Shanghai village with 80 houses destroyed last night.
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Vancouver
Wash
Clark County
Bad Boy Camp
Eureka
Yacob
Twin Falls
Shanghai
Snow and Rains Help Montane Fire Situation
Helena August 25 Governor Norris will likely not order more troops unless conditions worsen. Winds moderate as snows and rains confine the fire to burned areas. Troops kept ready. The Thompson Falls Clark's Fork valley region is most threatened. A steady downpour aided the Mathead area and snow aided the Gallatin forest.
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Helena
Norris
Thompson Falle
Clark's Fork
Mplathead
Gallatin Forest
Ashland Fire Threat Diminishes Amid Firefighting Effort
Ashland and Medford reports describe Little Prospect menacing the area as one hundred soldiers and fifty civilians race to contain the blaze. The Ashland situation shows improvement though danger could return if winds rise.
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Ashland
Medford
Burroughs Wins Pendleton Coal and Lumber Contracts
Ben L Burroughs was awarded the Pendleton contracts to supply one car load of screened coal at 8.25 per ton and one car load of bridge lumber at 17 per thousand. The sewer project on the west end is deferred due to funding gaps. Near beer saloon regulation was discussed but no action taken.
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Ben L. Burroughs
Pendleton
Cummins Pushes Direct Primary for Vice Presidential Nomination
Senator Cummins of Town announced a bill to nominate the vice president by direct primary when Congress convenes. He framed the move as natural and a product of progressive currents asserting themselves within the Republican Party.
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Deamoines
Cummins
Congress
Republican
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