County Directors Urge School Money Reform Convention Held
Second annual gathering of Umatilla county senior directors debated revising school funding. County Superintendent Welles urged basing support on teacher counts rather than pupil enrollment, while Ackerman favored per teacher apportionment. The well attended meeting drew 160 attendees from across the county.
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Ackerow
Frank K. Wellen
Hinchler
Welles
Umatilla County
Mintum County
Ackerman
J. H Ackerman
C. J. Smith
Pendleton
Ruef to be sentenced next Thursday in bribery case
San Francisco judge postpones Ruef’s sentencing to Thursday after a heated defense by attorney Dozier who argued the transcript was unfinished. The court warned Ruef’s team to be ready with a motion for a new trial or arrest of judgment, or Ruef faces the impending sentence.
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San Francisco
Lawler
Ruef
Furey
Dozier
Capt. J. W. Combs Dies Veteran of Shiloh and Donelson
Capt J W Combs a Civil War veteran died at his Ballard Seattle home at 1 40 today age 78 born Clark County Indiana November 3 1833 leaving a widow and six children Born November 3 1833 in Clark County Indiana his death leaves a widow and six children.
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Coombs
Seattle
Wash
J. W. Combs
Shiloh
Donelson
West Fifty-eighth Street
Ballard
Clark County
Indiana
Couple Returns After Visit To Wal lington Family
Co. W. Mumford and his wife came back to their home at Wallows after a pleasant visit with Mr. Mumford’s father J. B. Mumford and the wife’s sister Mrs. J B Montgomery in this city.
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Co. W. Mumford
Wallows
President Castro Prepares for War in Venezuela Move
Berlin dispatch reports President Castro opening talks for arms purchase after Vice President Gomez declared himself Venezuelan president. Negotiations target 60,000 rifles and other munitions.
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Berlin
Germany
Vincente Gomez
Venézuela
Castro
United States Steel chairman asks for publicity and government control
Tyakiston December 19. ER WL Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, told the House Ways and Means Committee that protesting competitors would invite public scrutiny and urged public publicity of affairs and government oversight, insisting he spoke for the steel industry overall.
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Tyakiston
D. C
United States Steel Corporation
ER WL Gary
House
Whys and Means
Steel Corporation
City Marshal Steals City Funds in Petaluma Calif
Petaluma California city marshal and ex officio city tax collector Ward is accused of embezzling 1400 dollars. He has announced intentions that imply self harm as a potential consequence of exposure or action related to the case. Authorities pursue investigation and potential charges.
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Petaluma
Calif
Dee
Ward
Fulcido
Blue Jackets Quell Mutiny in Spanish Honduras
A letter from Munerto Cortes reported that drunken sailors from the US gun boat Dubuke mutinied in Spanish Honduras last week. About 500 soldiers fired at the town, Américain Consul Brickwood Jr warned the mutineers, and a landing party had to restore order.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
Munerto Cortes
Honduras
United States
Dubuke
Américain
Brickwood, Jr
Woman Given Life Sentence in California Dynamiting Case
Isa bella Martin is sentenced to life imprisonment for masterminding the dynamiting of Judge Ogden’s home in Oakland. Her son Johnny Martin testified she compelled him to place the dynamite. She claimed his acts were under her influence during a dispute over a lawsuit.
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Oakland
Calif
Isabella Martin
Ogden
Lfe
Wells
John" Martin
Johnny
Weaverville
California
Taft Naming Ho Cabinet Speculation Big List Named
Washington Dec 14 Much speculation is being indulged today regarding the probable choice of attorney general by Taft after the announcement that Senator Knox will be secretary of state The candidates include Frank Kellogg Charles Nagel Henry M Hoyt George W Wickersham and George Knight Also named for the commerce and labor portfolio are William R Wheeler William Loeb and Judge Shehard A Ballinger
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Coles
Taft
Senator Krox
Pennsylvania
Tate
Frank Kellogg
Charles Nagel
St. Verall
Henry M. Hoyt
Ohio
George W. Wickersham
New York
George Knight
California
Commerce and Labor
William R. Wheeler
Californian
Straus
William Loeb
Wehard A. Ballinger
Seattle
Lucky Baldwin Down With Typhoid Pneumonia
Los Angeles notes that famed racehorse owner Lucky Baldwin is seriously ill with typhoid pneumonia. He contracted a heavy cold while watching horses work at Santa Anita Park last Wednesday, and despite initial fever, he returned home to Baldwin's Ranch near the track.
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Lon Angeles
E. A
Baldwin T
Santa Anita Park
Artadia
Baldwin
Ohio Governor Herrick Named as Taft Treasury Secretary
Augusta Gh. Dee reports that former Ohio Governor Herrick is slated to become secretary of the treasury in Taft's cabinet, according to the latest dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Dee
Herrick
Ohio
Knox Discusses Appointment as Secretary of State
Senator P Knox announces he has accepted Taft's invitation to join the cabinet as secretary of state. He notes leaving the Senate with reluctance after serving Pennsylvania and receiving broad approval for his public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P. (. Knox
Taft
Vania
Senate
Pennsylvania
Hundred Thousand Dollars For Aid Of Education
Dr Leon Elbert Landen announced that a wealthy New Yorker placed a hundred thousand dollars in his funds to be drawn as ten thousand dollars yearly. The grant aims to gather reports on the phage of school work that forms executive ability in children, rather than merely filling heads with theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leon Elbert Landen
Applied Science and Arts
Los Angeles
Bellingham Merchants Victimized by Confederate Counterfeits
A well-dressed man passed Confederate currency in Bellingham Washington on December 14, targeting merchants. He rendered a $10 note at a dairy station, then a loaf purchase with change, later passing a $20 bill. The bills bear Georgia Bank stamps dated 1860.
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Bellingham
Wash
Secret Service
Hank of
Georgia
Ban Placed On Christmas Trees by New York Underwriters
New York December 18 The board of fire underwriters issued a circular prohibiting holiday displays in residences and public buildings where policies are held They warn that if machines or other inflammables are introduced into insured locations the extra hazard will render the policies void and voids are reported for noncompliance
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New York
Board of Fire Underwriters
Nas
Pullman College Faces Closure Over Funds Shortage
Olympia Dec 19 The Washington supreme court weighs a mandate petition from Pullman state college regents to force the state treasurer and auditor to honor regents orders for funds beyond the last appropriation. Regents warn 1290 pupils may be dismissed and the institution shut without payment to bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Supreme Court
State College
Pullman
Eugene City Council Enjoined Over MacKenzie River Plant
Citizens of Eugene filed an injunction to stop the council from building a power plant on the MacKenzie river. Mayor J D Matlock is named as a defendant. The suit follows voters’ October 1 rebuke of the half million dollar bond measure to fund the Ritchey Creek gravity water system.
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Arene
Ore
Eugene
Mackengzie
J. D. Matlock
Ritchey Creek
Woman threatens to kill husband in Baker City
In South Baker a tense scene unfolded when Mrs. Lizzie Fuller armed a revolver and declared she would go downtown to kill her husband. Police shadowed her to prevent harm after a history of domestic trouble and a recent failed suicide attempt.
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Baker City
South
Baker
Lizzie Fuller
Fullers
Christmas Note to Mother Ends In Sudden Death
Ruth Weaver eight year old Tacoma student at Mount Carmel mission died suddenly in Seattle from brain congestion within an hour of writing a Christmas note to her mother. Several physicians treated her but could not save her.
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Seattle
Wash
Tacoma
Ruth Weaver
Mount Carmel Mission
Dutch Aid to Venezuelan Revolutionaries
Hague reports Hollashd will aid revolutionists opposing President Castro as the movement grows in southern Venezuela. Dutch wittships ply Venezuelan waters ready to assist when the uprising succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollashd
North German Lloyd Eyes World Span With Trans-Pacific Freight Pact
In San Francisco on December 19, North German Lloyd officials reportedly negotiate with Western Pacific for a trans-Pacific freight traffic agreement. The line plans to run ships from New York to San Francisco and then to the Orient after Panama Canal completion, expanding its world girdling service.
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San Francisco
Lioyd Steamship Company
Western Pacific Railroad
tran-Pacific
Panama Canal
New York
Orient
Cosgrove Qualification Question To Be Tested
The Washington supreme court is expected to decide if Governor-elect Cosgrove must return to Washington to qualify. His advisers say he can qualify outside the state. Others argue his physical presence in Washington is required.
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Seattle
Waeh
Queston Ae
Cosgrove
Paso Robles
Supreme Court of Washington
Washington
Desperadoes on Tour In Auto
Lincoln reports a gang dubbed automobile desperadoes robbed state banks within 24 hours. Ceresco bank taken for 2000, with prior Keene and Gibbon raids totaling around 20,000. Three robbers stayed for the Ceresco job while six were seen fleeing in the auto, and James Boyle was tied to a chair during the break in.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ceresco
Here
Keene and Gibbon
Gibbon
James Boyle
Congress Adjourns for the Holidays in Washington
Both houses adjourned today until January 1. Many representatives or senators will return home to spend the holidays. Others will remain and participate in minor committee deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Taft Inauguration Preparations Announced by Senate
Washington December 19 Vice President Fairbanks announced a senatorial committee of Senators Knox Lodge and Bacon to cooperate with the house committee in making preparations for Taft's inauguration.
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Washington, D. C
Fairbanks
Knox
Lodge
Bacon
Howse
Taft
Meeting of Great Importance in Central Oregon Development
Judge Stephen A. Lowell reports the Oregon-Idaho development league convention at Yale as crucial for interior expansion. Delegates from Oregon and Idaho discussed rail, harbor, irrigation, and stock raising needs with over 250 prominent figures in attendance. Baker City heard the irrigation congress praise and endorsed water legislation by the state conservation commission.
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Oregon
Oregon-Idaho Development League
Yale
Stephen A. Lowell
Interior
Idaho
Lowell
Baker City
State Irrigation Congress
State Conservation Commission
Laborer wins large damages from road accident
Portland Oregon December 19 The jury in the case of George Light who sued the Southern Pacific for 26000 because of personal injuries received the previous year returned a verdict giving him 11750 He was working as a bridge repairer when struck by a projecting timber on a freight train The cars cut off a leg
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Portland
Ore
George Light
Southern Pacific
Saint Register of Yakima Land Office Named
Washington December 19. Roose Velt appointed Harris Y Saint as register of the land office at North Yakima Washington. The appointment confirms him to oversee land records and operations in that district during his term.
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Saint Register OF Yakima Land Office
Washington, D. C
Roose Velt
Harris Y. Saint
North Yakima, Wash
Portland man convicted of murder in fraternity degree
Portland, Oregon, December 19. Harry Taly was convicted of murder in the first degree for the November 16 shooting of Harry Kenney in a north end saloon. Daly claimed insanity as his defense.
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Portland
Ore
Harry Taly
Harry Kenney
North End
Daly
Recruits Quarantined Amid Measles at Fort Worden
Forty recruits sent to Fort Worden for artillery units are in quarantine after en route illnesses. Enlistments occurred in Columbus Ohio and cases of measles and mumps developed during the journey.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Fort Worden
Columbus
Ohio
New Jersey card broker shot in New York office
Harry B. Suldam a Plainfield New Jersey card broker was fatally shot today by a man named John C Lunsden inventor. A witness said Lunsden spoke with the broker in the office and then fired. Motive unknown.
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New York
Harry B. Suldam
Plainfield
N. J
John C Lunsden
Lunsden
Moody syndicate plans irrigation era land sale near Umatilla
Spokane based Moody Land Company led by H L Moody reportedly heads a syndicate that has contracted for several hundred acres along the Umatilla river near Barnhart. The plan is to divide bottom land into small tracts priced around 15 dollars per acre, irrigate from the river, and promote settlement and profitable investment in the area.
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H. L. Moody
Moody Land Company of
Spokane
Umatilla
Moody Land Company
Spokane Capital
Umautilla County
J. E. Smith
Barnhart
Moody
Erb Murder Trial Set in Media Pa for Monday
Two women, Mrs M Florence Erb and her sister Mrs Catherine Bessel, face murder charges in the death of Capt J Clayton Erb at Red Gables near Village Green. Prosecutors seek murder plus voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Erb free on bail. Bessel jailed. Both wore mourning at arraignment.
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Media
Criminal Annals of
Pennsylvania
M. Florence Erb
Catherine Bessel
J. Clayton Erb
Red Gables
Village Green
Erb
Berty
Portugal May Have No Ministry Amid Turmoil
Lisbon December 19 prime ministers Ferrierado and Ramaral said they will ask the cabinet to resign tomorrow after two days of heated debate. Observers say their move reflects belief the ministry bears blame for revolutionary troubles rocking the kingdom.
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Yisbon
Portugal
Ferrierado
Ramaral
Judge frees jury in Fitzmaurice perjury case. new trial set
Pomeroy Washington December 18 Judge Canfield discharged the jury after reporting their inability to agree A new trial is set for January 6 Fitzmaurice is placed on a $750 bond furnished by W F Leonard and BE W Giteon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy, Wash
Canfield
Fitzmaurice
W. FL
Leonard
BE. W. Giteon
Vancouver man nearly dies after belladonna incident
John Krieger, aged 63, drank an ounce of carbolic acid in John Hastings' livery barn loft, found unconscious by Loren Clapp, a night driver. He was rushed to the hospital and, after hard work, regained consciousness.
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Vancouver
John Krieger
John Hastings
Loren Clapp
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