Umatilla Extension Feasibility Keeps Project Alive
A Washington dispatch says the Umatilla project extension is not abandoned and a decision awaits Army Engineers report. Dr Andrew C Smith has sought water rights and maps, but government holds west side rights and could still proceed with public reclamation. If the army board’s report favors feasibility, construction could begin this season or next. if adverse, funds may go elsewhere and Smith’s private plans may advance independently.
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Andrew CC. Smith
Umatilla
Oregon
Portland Oregonian
Washington
Board of Army Engineers
Hermiston
Oregonian
Andrew C. Smith
Portland
Army Engineers
Interior Department
Ballinger
Reclamation Service
West Side
Army Board
Smith
Census Estimates Put U S Population At About Ninety Million
Washington reports the census will show the U S population between ninety and ninety one million with the Philippines added likely reaching one hundred million The net gain from 1901 to 1907 was about 4 202 000. a couple of millions moved to Europe and did not stay in the United States.
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Washington
U. S
Duran
Philippines
Europe
West Side Reclamation Project Proves Feasible
Ines states engineers confirm feasibility of the reclamation plan. The key issue remains expediency and cost versus government return. Adjacent underwater lands fetch $200+ per acre, suggesting western river lands could bear building charges. An unofficial figure hints at $60 per acre as a ceiling.
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Ines
Reclamation Sersce
Army Board
Woman publishes letters written by F. Augustus Heinze
Mrs. Lillian Hobart French released endearing letters allegedly from F. Augustus Heinze to her after accusing him of jilting her after years of affection. She claims he authored the notes and may run for U.S. senator from Montana. She plans to sue for breach of promise and vows political retaliation if he runs.
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New York
Lillian Hobart French
F. Augustus Heinze
Montana
Actress Returns to Stage in Until Eternity at Tacoma
Margaret Alington, once retired after marrying Bowes the real estate dealer to knit socks, tonight returns as star of Until Eternity in Tacoma. All seats sold.
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Tacoma
Margaret Alington
Bowes
Lfe
Eeternity
Cheyenne Frontier Celebration Awaits Roosevelt Arrival
Crowds flood Cheyenne as Theodore Roosevelt’s pending visit dominates the Frontier Celebration. The city is decorated with images of Roosevelt, flags, and bunting, while cow punchers and townsfolk anticipate a historic showdown meeting him tomorrow. The event unites rival groups in eager anticipation of the Rough Rider leader.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Taft
Wyoming
Bad Man
Tenderfoot
Roosevelt
Chicago
F. G. Bonfils
Denver Post
Kansas City
Khartum
Mr. Roosevelt
Jackson Hole
Edna Goodrich Denies Divorce Rumors
New York August 26 Edna Goodrich wife of actor Nat Goodwin denies plans to seek a divorce. She says separation stems from divided theatrical engagements and she is traveling to California to meet him, accompanied by her mother. She paid five hundred dollars in customs duties on twelve trunks of dresses.
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New York
Europe
Edna Goodrich
Nat Goodwin
California
Edna
Bigger oat crop estimates reach 785 million bushels
Chicago Aug 26 estimates put the oats crop in Timeis Indiana Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota and Texas at about 785 million bushels, against 661,407,000 bushels in the same area last year.
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Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Roosevelt Fight Sparks New York Advertising Clash
William Barnes Jr replies to Theodore Roosevelt criticizing his speeches as personal advertising. Barnes says he will oppose the old guard at the Saratoga convention and resists turning demagogic theories into campaign issues. He adds Roosevelt and he oppose crosks and regrets the New York rift that could hinder post convention conciliation.
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Hoosewelt
Old Guard
Barnes
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes, Jr
Roosevelt
Saratoga
Fires Ablaze Report Death Toll Tops 160 In West
Spokane August 26. Forest service revised the dead and missing list from Idaho Montana fires. About 160 dead with 300 missing yesterday, including 50 fire fighters and settlers in St Joe county. Weather cool and cloudy as ember rains ease and rain expected, reducing the crisis.
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Montana
Rain
San Francisco
Spokane
Idaho
Forest Service
St. Joe
Roosevelt Express in Iowa Amid Enthusiastic Welcome
Colonel Roosevelt travels aboard the Roosevelt Special with two carloads of correspondents. He tours Iowa today amid hearty greetings and delivers several rear platform addresses while discouraging clamors over a thin term.
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Teddy
Roosevelt
Iowa
Continuous Ovation Across Iowa Greeting Colonel
The colonel’s statewide trip drew large crowds from Marshalltown to Ames and Boone with about two thousand at Marshalltown and fifteen hundred at Boone. Senator Cummins joined the party to Cornell Bluffs where Roosevelt spoke on public honesty.
Fire Fighters Report in Clearwater Reserve
Lewiston August 24 6 All but about a quarter of the 500 fire fighters in the Clearwater reserve are heard from They are surrounded by fires but not in danger The general situation improved owing to cool weather and the cessation of the wind.
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Lewiston
Clearwater Reserve
A&he
Montana Fires Dying as Firefighters Withdraw
Montana dispatches report fires dying down in Aug 26 and crews withdraw. Several details of men left to watch embers remain, with responders continuing to monitor smoldering sections.
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Montana
Misouri
Mont
Red Flag Waves in Danish Capitol
Copenhagen reports the International Congress of Socialists opening with banners and speeches. Delegates from a score of nations attend as Germany shows growth, France debates leadership, and America sends William D. Haywood among its prominent representatives.
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Danish
Copenhagen
International Congress of Socialista
Germany
Socialist Democrats
Berlin
Jean Jaures
Cham Lon
Herve
Guesde
Socialiste of
France
America
William D. Haywood
Fires near Frisco scorch timber in San Mateo hills
Timber and brush fires raged all night in the San Mateo mountains twenty miles south of San Francisco as a pall of smoke covered the peninsula Ten companies of militia fought the fires in the vicinity today guarding the area and battling the blaze.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
San Mateo Mountains
San Mateo
Pinchot Praises Fallen Forest Fire Fighters
Gifford Pinchot in Washington August 26 praised ten west coast forest fire fighters who lost their lives protecting property. He called fires preventable and said losses are needless if crews fight fires promptly when they start.
Fire Near Spokane Sparks from Distant Lands
Fires broke out today in logged off lands six miles from Spokane. The fire department is ready, but there is no danger to the city except possibly from flying sparks. Several other fires are reported nearby as smoke obscures the sun.
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Spokane
Fires Near Portland Ravage Borie and Surrounding Areas
A score of conflagrations east of Portland near Borie Bandy and Gresham burn out of control at first. National guardsmen deployed yesterday and today are containing the fires. Several settlers loot homes and much cordwood and forest are burned, while Portland remains shrouded in smoke obscuring the sun.
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Portland
Borrie
Bandy
Gresham
Seversl
Wealthy Union Ladies Sued For Damages
New York August 26 Miss Inez Milholland daughter of a wealthy millionaire and member of the Woman’s Trade Union League is named defendant in several suits for damages totaling 206000 dollars. Plaintiffs are New York shirt manufacturers alleging they suffered losses from their strike against employers and naming league members Mrs O H P Belmont and other socially prominent women as co defendants.
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New York
Inez Milholland
Muttmillionaire
Wonuns Trade Union League
League
O. H. P. Belmont
Woman shoots lover then tries to take own life in New Orleans
Katherine Fritch, enraged by alleged betrayal, shot Frank Mischler and then thrust a hot pin through her throat before attempting to pierce her heart. The case follows Mamie McTaughlin's acquittal for Hugh Smith's death, with Plea you me editorial urging harsher penalties for killings by lovers.
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New Orleans
Katherine Fritch
Frank Mischler
Mischeler
Mamie McTaughaiin
Hugh Smith
Pleayune
Display Dog Aristocracy at Chestnut Hill Kennel Club Show
Philadelphia observers the Chestnut Hill Kennel Club dog show opening at White City Park. Sanctioned by the American Kennel Club it ranks among the Easts biggest exhibitions this summer with many prominent American fanciers serving as judges. The show runs through tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
Chestnut Hill
Alleged Wreck Sparks Probe Into Incompetent Empl
Durand Mich Aug 26 The Grand Trunk wreck that killed 12 yesterday drew inquiries by railroad county and state authorities. The railroad seeks to counter claims of incompetence after a strike. State railroad chairman Glasgow warned prosecution if incompetence is proven. Sources say crews on both trains were alleged strikebreakers.
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Durand
Mich
Grand Trunk
Glasgow
State Railroad Commission
Hitchcock to Back Regulars in Washington Campaign
Seattle reports expected arrival of Postmaster General Hitchcock to rally Burke and Wilson supporters in Washington. Regulars have pressed administration to deploy its top exponent to influence the senatorial race as Victor Murdoch the insurgent gains ground ahead of the September primaries.
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Seattle
Ostmaster
Hitchcock
Burke
Methodist conference ends ban on dancing in Victoria
In Victoria on August 26 the Methodist general conference voted a 4 to 1 decision to remove the long standing ban on dancing and other amusements after a debate. A 35 member discipline committee urged repeal and the conference adopted it, offering admonitions to members to live a Christian life without enforcing prohibitions on dancing theaters and similar entertainments.
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Victoria
Methodist General Conference
Wife of bank wrecker seeks clemency for husband
Atlanta, Aug 26 Mrs Charles Moree wife of the former ice king now serving 15 years in federal prison for bank wrecking said she had thousands of names for a petition for her husbands release which she will present to President Taft once every section of the country is represented on the petition.
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Atlanta
Charles Moree
Taft
Immigrant Officers Nab Five In Pendleton Smuggling Case
Four Japanese women and one Japanese man were arrested in Pendleton on accusations of bringing women for immoral purposes. Trailed from Walla Walla by Immigration official E. L. Wells, they were detained with local Japanese Association help at Garden street. One suspected third member escaped to Walla Walla. The group had been landed in Seattle and moved to Walla Walla before Pendleton arrest.
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Pendleton
Walla Walla
E. L. Wells
Japanese Association
Garden Street
Big Corn Crop in Mexico and Argentina
From Mexico City Aug 26 reports indicate a bumper corn yield across the republic easing a six month famine as planters fear price declines. In Buenos Aires Aug 26 the agriculture department shows Argentina maize this year at 4 600 000 tons with improved quality offsetting lower quantity.
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Mexico
City of
Republic
Buenos Ayres
Department of Agriculture
Argentina
Northwestern Electric Light and Power convention sails Seattle
In Seattle on August 26 the Northwestern Electric Light and Power association began its annual convention aboard the Queen. The ship will tour the Sound for four days, offer Cape Flattery excursions, and showcase an extensive electrical apparatus exhibit powered by onboard generation.
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Seattle
Wash
Ufe
Northwestern Electric Light and Power Association
Cape Flattery
Intermountain
Pentecostal Camp Meeting Opens on Hudson River Site
New York August 26. A national gathering for the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene began with a tabernacle on a Hudson overlook near Mattenwan. Wealthy adherents will build cottages for summer homes, signaling an annual camp meeting. The current session runs until September 5.
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New York
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
Hudson
Mattenwan
Witnesses allegedly given liquor before questioning during Browne bribery case
Detective Kelley testified that witnesses for the state were deliberately given intoxicants and then pressured with questions on orders of the state attorney in the See O Neil Browne legislative bribery case in Chicago. He also said Representative Becksmeyer claimed coercion and said he was forced to testify against Browne or face prison.
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Kelley
Ram
Becksmeyer
Chicago
See O' Neil Browns
Kelly
State Attorney
Browne
Pirate Edward Wood Believed To Reach Shore
San Francisco Aug 46 United States Marshal Elliott believes Edward Wood the pirate who leaped from the Buckman wreck after killing Captain Wood may have reached the Oregon coast It is feared he fled toward eastern Oregon or Idaho circulars are issued and officials alerted for his capture.
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San Francisco
Cal
Elliott
Edward Wood
Captain Wood
Oregon Coast
Oregon
Idaho
Eastern men to testify in Spokane rate case
New York dispatch says D Ives and other eastern commercial representatives will attend the interstate commerce commission meeting at Spokane on September 13. They will testify in support of Spokane shippers against the Spokane rate case decision.
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Spokane
New York
Ives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baldwin Plans Flight Across Golden Gate Bridge
In a 449 pound aeroplane Captain Bake win, ex United States balloon service, will attempt tomorrow to fly from Fort Baker to the Presidio in a machine of his own construction. He aims to cross the Golden Gate in San Francisco California.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bakewin
United States Balloon Service
Golden Gate
Fort Baker
Japanese Consul Tawa Recalled From the Philippines
Manila dated Aug 26 reports the Japanese government recalled Consul Tawa due to pernicious activity following a request by Secretary of War Dickinson. The move signals heightened wartime friction in the region and ongoing diplomatic strain between Japan and the United States during the period.
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Manila
Tawa
Dickinson
Southwestern Young Women's Conference at Corpus Christi
Scores of young women from the Southwest converge on Corpus Christi Texas August 26 for a ten day general conference focused on Bible and mission study with social and educational events. Delegates from all Young Women's Christian associations attend this summer series finale following gatherings from Ashville Silver Bay Capitola and other locations. About 6000 girls have attended these conventions nationwide, each spending roughly ten days in study and recreation.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Southwest
United States
Ashville
N. C
Silver Bay
N. Y
Capitola
Cal
Canada Exhibition Opens in Sherbrooke Record Bite Promises
Canada’s Great Eastern exhibition in Sherbrooke Quebec opens tomorrow August 16 and aims to set records for exhibits and attendance. The event runs through all of next week with extensive displays and crowds anticipated.
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Teddy
Montreal
Canada
Sherbrooke
Que
Steamer Harvest Queen Turtles at Sea Rescued Near Azores
Bremen reports the steamer Harvest Queen overturned in mid ocean and was brought to port by the liner Koenigen Louise. Passengers and crew were rescued by the Louise in small boats off the Azores.
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Bremen
Koenigen Loul
Louise
Azores
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F. Augustus
William Barnes Jr
Baldwin
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