New Breeder Wins at Plymouth Rock Poultry Show
D C Gurdane of Heppner wins top Barred Plymouth Rocks at the armory show on Court Street. Judges praise Columbian Rock entries. Gadwa of Pendleton upsets in Bluff class with Maples strain. Williams of Milton dominates Buff Plymouth Rocks, while Elliott and Rice place in Barred divisions. Final awards to be announced after two more days of scoring. Continued on page.
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M. H. Rice
Milton
Plymouth Rock
W. S Gadwa
Pendleton
Gadwa
Hamley Harness Company
North Pendleton
B F, Williams
Mra
G. W. Coutts
Buff
Plymouth Rocks
P. C. Elliott
Ore
Pinchot Comments On Ballinger Verdict In Alaska Case
Washington December 14 Pinchot arrived for a National Conservation meeting and said the Ballinger committee majority report justifies his ideas. He warned Ballinger is the most dangerous man conservationists know and urged Congress to act on Lane while noting delay and no final results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Cunningham Alaska Cou Lands
Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Eselon
National Conservation Association
Intercat
Lorimer
Washington
Congress
Lane
Judge Madison
Is United States Prepared for War The Report Suppressed
Washington December 14 The War Department reply to Representative McLachlan on national preparedness for war was attempted to be kept secret. Speaker Cannon and parliamentarian Asher Hinds noted the document was marked confidential and could not be openly received or demanded for publication. The report remained with Hinds after the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Dickinson
War Department
House of Representatives
Cannon
Asher Hinds
Hinds
Hind
Bailey and woman tied to Olathe murder case arrested
Samuel Bailey formerly on the Barnhart farm and a woman claiming marriage to him were arrested in Kansas City on a state ment by John Feagles, an arrested suspect, who said Bailey and the victims had quarreled. Barnhart hat blood stained overalls and a money sack were found in Bailey's possession.
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Kansas City
Samuel Bailey
Barnhart
Olathe
John Feagles
Bailey
Shakeup Won by San Francisco Police Chief
San Francisco California December 14 The police face a mass reshuffle affecting more than 600 officers after Chief Seymour says crime is not rising but he seeks fewer incidents through stricter enforcement and changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Seymour
Burglary Strikes Home of Ed Marsh on Bush Street
The home of Ed Marsh was robbed last evening as burglars rifled bureau drawers and took jewelry and clothing. Mrs Marsh, frightened by the intrusion, had already fled with ongoing burglaries reported in the area. James Dunham assisted in entering the house but no burglar was found. The missing overcoat added to the day's losses amid rising local break ins.
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Ed Marsh
Bush Street
Gome
James Dunham
Marsh
Carnegie plan to end war by peace fund donation
Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie donates ten million dollars in five per cent bonds to the New Peace Foundation to promote international peace. Taft is honorary president, Root active president. fund to support arbitration and eventual abolition of war, with a 0.5 million annual disbursement for peace efforts.
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Washington, D.C
Andrew Carnegie
New Peace Foundation
Taftig
Root
Carnegie
Taft
Peace Arbitration Society
House Spending Six Million An Hour
Mathematicians report the House is spending about six million dollars per hour during the current session. In seven working days the chamber appropriated 191 million dollars for rivers and harbors, Indians, and Persian bills. Overall, 31.5 hours of session yield an average of six million per hour.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
House
Mrs. Schenck to Plead Insanity in Trial
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 14 an affidavit sworn by Mrs Laura Schenck claims her great grandmother grandmother father and two sisters suffered insanity. Attorneys filed a motion to continue and indicate her plea will be insanity when the trial for the alleged attempted performance on her husband a millionaire proceeds today.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Schenck
California railroads kill 306 people in year
San Francisco reports state railroad commission figures show 306 persons killed and 2175 injured in the year ending June 30. The 1908 09 fiscal year saw five deaths and about four hundred more maimed.
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California
San Francisco
Conservatives Gain One Seat In Late Returns
London reports from scattered constituencies show a conservative gain totaling one seat. Current standings list Conservatives 251, Liberals-Laborites 268, Nationalists 62, O'Brienites 8.
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London
England
Federals Claim Victory Over Rebels Near Guerrero
Mexico City dispatches from the War Department report seventy rebels killed and 150 wounded, with fourteen federal troops killed and fifty wounded after a two day battle near Guerrero. Three hundred insurgents faced five hundred government troops under General Navarro. rebels briefly held trenches before government forces recaptured Guerrero. William Jennings Bryan comments on the Colonel’s potential to aid reform.
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Mexico City
Mexico
War Department
Guerrero
Navarro
Roosevelt Comes Back to Promote Radical Reform
Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt spoke to New Haven chamber of commerce about the need for broad reform. He urged regulating corporations, defending labor rights, and balancing national and state rights in a republic, stating he is a radical desiring radical reforms carried out by conservatives.
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New Haven
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
Simeon F. Baldwin
Baldwin
Colonel Roosevelt
West
Roosevelt
Republic
Twenty two miners killed at Tacoma Virginia mine
Bluefields West Virginia December 14 Twenty two miners were killed and twenty three entombed at the Green Mine at Tacoma Virginia after a massive explosion Rescue parties rush to the scene with reports on fatalities not yet confirmed Bristol Tennessee December 14 reports say twenty six entombed miners are dead five bodies recovered Judge B B Richards and wife of Athena arrived on the Spokane train yesterday and remain in the city
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Bluefields
W. Va
Green
Tacoma
Virginia
Bristol, Tenn
B. B. Richards
Athena
Spokane
City
German, IR rivals the Jungle
A London report reviews a December magazine article on German living conditions. It details Freibank, a market for the poor where near destitute buyers obtain meat from disenced animals sterilized by certain methods. The writer notes worsening conditions in Germany.
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London
Germany
Freibank
Salvage plans uncertain for wrecked Olympia at Blight Reef
Victoria reports the Olympia wreck off Blight Reef remains uncertain to salvage. Captain Daniels at Valdiz says the holds are filling with water and the ship is fast on the rocks exposed to breakers and winds, with likely pieces breaking apart if no effort starts soon.
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Victoria
Olympia
Blight Reef
Alaskan Steamship Company
Daniels
Valdiz
Interurban Wreck Injures Sixteen Near Sumner
Dense fog caused a head on collision between two Puget Sound Electric inter urban trains north of Tacoma. Sixteen seriously injured, many passengers bruised, 18 total injured with five left hospital soon. Mrs W S Stimson believed fatally injured but expected to recover. Property loss reported disastrous.
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Tacoma
Fannie Paddock Hospital
W. Stimson
Seattle
Sumner
Puget Sound Electric Railway
Canada and United States near pelagic sealing pact
Victoria reports dispatches from Ottawa state that Canada and the United States are close to an agreement to end pelagic sealing. Talks since 1905 aim to grant Canadian equity in the Pribilof seal herds and to regulate sealing under strict limits.
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Victoria
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Roberts couple return from Midwest trip
George Roberts and his wife have returned from a monthlong journey through the central states. The trip centered in Iowa where they visited relatives and friends.
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George Roberts
Middle Western States
Iowa
Luetta Smith Linked to Pendleton Trial and Alleged Burke Plot
Luetta Smith testifies in a sensational Santa Rosa trial against Dr Willard P Burke head of a sanitarium accused of dynamiting a tent to kill her and her child. The witness recounts her Pendleton years as a stenographer nurse and public secretary and Colonel J H Raley says her Pendleton record was clean despite defense insinuations.
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Burke
Santa Rosa
Luetta Smith
California
Pendleton
Miss Smith
Willard P. Burke
Portland
Oakland
Raley
J. H. Raley
Lu Etta Smith
L. B. Reeder
Explosion Claims Two Miners in Ravensdale Wash
A mine explosion at the Northwestern Improvement Company property in Ravensdale Washington yesterday killed two miners Ivan Gale and L Maurish and left two more dying John Ash and Andrew Johnson. Four other men were rescued from the shaft amid ongoing recovery efforts.
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Ravenedale
Wash
Ivan Gale
L. Maurish
John Ash
Andrew Johnson
Northwestern Improvement Company
Explosion Injures Hermiston Merchants At Local Store
A noon explosion behind the Hermiston Produce and Supply Co. injured two men, Thomas A. Campbell and Charles Benson, in Hermiston Ore. Campbell suffered a badly fractured arm while Benson lost several teeth and sustained body bruises. Both men were near an acetylene tank supplying gas to the store. A crowd gathered as townspeople heard the blast and rushed to the scene.
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Hermiston
Ore
Hermiston Produce and Supply Company
Thomas A. Campbell
Charles Benson
Campbell
Benson
Os Ely
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D.C. Burdane
Gup
Heppner Poultry Raiser
Gimlin
Columbian Tock
D. C. Gurdane
Heppner
Pinghot
William Jennings Bryan
Baltimore News
Hoosevelt
the Jungle
Columbia
Uncle Sam
Treanm
Ravensdale, Wash
Nermiston Merchant
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