Smith Pleased With Progress In State Legislature
Senator C J Smith discussed Salem work and county interests during a day home from the session. He cited progress on the Umatilla project and branch asylum bills, noted a governor’s veto on a district fault appropriation, and described senate votes on armory and artesian well measures amid intra-county conflict. He opposed salary advances for county officers, urged constituent support, and backed a bill shaping how counties may be divided without a full state vote.
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C. J. Smith
Oregon
Smith
Salem
Umatilla
Seasion
Senate
Athena
Weston
Chamberlan
Warehouse charge reduction for wheat debated in Oregon
Inland Grains growers association discussed a proposal to cap warehouse charges at 0 cents per ton for wheat in Oregon. The plan would cover handling, storage, and weighing, potentially cutting costs by about one third from the current 70 cents per ton rate. Warehouse operators warned the move would erase profits and question the feasibility of storage without profit. The matter was referred to President Hilary Taylor by George Permnaker and originates from a Washington law draft via Walla Walla. (Continued on Page Eight.)
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Inland Graingrowered Association Today
Hilary Taylor
Taylor
George Permnaker
Walla Walla
Car plunges down embankment injuring twelve in Ohio
A car on a hillside in Cineianati, Ohio, broke loose and sped down a steep grade before dropping over a hundred foot embankment. Twelve passengers and Milligan of Mireet were seriously hurt, Milligan was reported dying as the vehicle was demolished.
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Cineianati
Ohio
Jana
Motone Min Milligan
Miréet
Milligan
Convict Benjamin Stanton Escapes Then Rejoins Prison
Ealem Oregon January Benjamin Stanton jailed for one year for shooting Corn eilman Goode during a quarrel escaped yesterday and enjoyed time with townsmen before returning to the prison this morning on the first city car. He had been allowed outside as a trusty and had planned to be released in May with two months off for good behavior. Since the escape he will now serve until June. He had annoyed two married Goode daughters prior to the clash that left Goode injured but not fatally.
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Ealem
Ore
Benjamin Stanton
Corneilman Goode
Stanton
Goode
Blizzard Claims It Victims and Worst Midwest Storm
Three are dead and three fatally injured as a blizzard rages in Chicago for two days. The storm, described as the worst in the middle west, has crippled wire communication in all directions with reports of great damage in Nebraska and a boy believed frozen in the California mountains. The storm extends to Connecticut and an unknown ship foundered near St. Louis, Missouri.
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City of St. Louis
Chicago
Nebraska
Boy
California
Connecticut
St. Louis, Mo
Middle West
Quake Claims Romara Deaths and Wider Damage
A major earthquake in Romara caused about one hundred deaths with tremors felt along the Morrouowin coast. Madrid reports Barcelona largely spared a related tidal wave. Southern and eastern Spain including Murcia and Tetana saw minor quakes and some wall damage with few casualties. Coutt and Romara face the heaviest losses.
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Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
Murcia
Tetana
Ne Ives
Coutt
Romara
Labor Union Subscribes 2000 for Contempt Case Defense
The carpenters and joiners union of America announced at the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis that it has subscribed 2000 dollars to support the labor contempt case involving Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell and related actions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Carpenters and Joiners’ Union of America
United Mine Workers of America
Gompers
Morrison and Mitchell
Substitute measure on land ban for Japanese in California
Sacramento report says Assemblyman A M Drew with Governor Gillett drafted a substitute anti alien bill prohibiting Japanese land ownership. It was to be introduced in the house today but Speaker Stanton Drew delayed it at the request of Roosevelt’s pending letter to the governor. The letter is expected to arrive tomorrow.
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Sacramento
Calif
A. M. Drew
Gillett
California
Stanton Drew
Roosevelt
Missing 15-year-old Theo Lauhle Lost in Snow Near Willie Mountain
Ukiah California reports Theo dors Lauhle aged 15 disappeared four days ago while hunting with a big dog and a gun in the Willy mountain country seven miles west of town. Authorities fear he perished from cold amid the snow waste surrounding his home.
Burial in blizzard for Cheney and wife in New Haven
In a driving blizzard on January 30 New Haven buried Arthur Cheney the late American consul at Messina and his wife who perished in the earthquake.
Unknown steamship foundered near Diamond Shoals Lighthouse
Elizabeth North Carolina reports a wireless message today that an unknown steamship foundered off Diamond Shoals lighthouse. The fate of the crew and passengers remains unknown.
Gibraltar Jan 80 Killed in Romara Landslide Belief
In Romara a landslide after a quake is believed to have caused many deaths. Early reports say the greater number of those killed were foreigners, and the loss is feared to be heavy.
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Romara
Gibralter
Jan
Deep Murder Mystery in Sacramento Burglary
Police seek Floyd V. Carter after Vertia Carter is found dead in bed from a gunshot wound. She and Carter, a picture crime solicitor, had been married six months and argued prior to her death. The scene shows bruises, dragging, and a pistol found on clothing with ties to Decatur and Cincinnati. They wed at St Michael's Church Vancouver in July last year.
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Sacramento
Sally
Theody
Vertia Carter
Floyd V. Carter
Carteria
Decatur
Cluicinnati
St. Michael's Church
Vancouver
B. C
Icebound rivers hamper New York ferry and rail service
New York on January 30 reports Roasting and North rivers filled with moated ice. Ferryboats struggle to reach docks and ice rushers are in use. Telegraphic and telephonic service is crippled. Suburban trains face major snow-related trouble to operate.
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New York
New York Weather Bites City With Harsh Winter Storm
With heavy blizzard conditions gripping New York on January 80 the city faces halted elevated road service and widespread transit disruption. Streets are nearly impassable and shipping circles report damage from the high winds and snow.
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New York
Oregon man jailed after firing at street preacher
Oakland California report says HW Burton of Riddles Doug ass county Oregon fired a shot at an itinerant street preacher who kept him awake. The bullet shattered a window opposite Burton’s lodging. the preacher is missing and Burton is in jail.
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Oakland
Calif
HW. Burton
Riddles
Dougass County
Oregon
Burton
Billy Sunday to Address Legislature in Olympia
Arrangements are in place for evangelist Billy Sunday to appear in Olympia Washington with about a hundred local option supporters from Spokane. Senator Hutchi nein plans a large mass meeting for Sunday and his followers ahead of Monday legislative sessions.
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Billy Sunday
Oympia
Spokine
Hutehinein
Sunday
Wireman Killed in Collision with Car
Tacoma Wash Jan 20 Fireman Daniel Moonan died this morning after a runaway electric car collided with a hose cart as the department answered an alarm. Fireman Reilef Deivex J Taylor was seriously injured the car struck the rear wheel of the cart throwing the occupants.
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Tacoma
Daniel Moonan
Rannway
Reilef Deivex
J. F. Taylor
Rumor of Pu Yi Death Discredited Says Local Paper
San Francisco January rumor of the six year old Chinese emperor Pu Yi dying was challenged as false by local observers who stated they would have heard if such an event occurred. The report was deemed unsubstantiated and not credible by the press.
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Sin Francisco
Pu Yi
China
Kiliantown
China den
Anarchists Kill and Maim In Russia Bomb Blast
Bake Russia January 30 a bomb tossed into the shop of Maeriff a wealthy merchant who refused to pay the anarchists 10000 roubles killed one man and injured eleven others in the blast authorities say the attack targeted the store and its owner as tensions rise in the period of unrest.
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Bake
Russia
Maeriff
Anaarchists
Sullivan and Kilrain to Reunite in Ring After Twenty Years
Seattle report says John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, who fought 20 rounds at Richburg, will appear in local theater for a week starting February 14. Sullivan tours the world. they plan visits to Spokane on February 7, then Tacoma and Portland.
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Seattle
Wash
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Richberg
Mise
Sullivan
Spokane
Tacoma
Portland
Bodies of quake victims reach America
New York dated Jan 30 reports the bodies of Arthur Cheney, the American consul at Messina, and his wife, killed in the Italian earthquake, arrived in New York and were sent to New Haven, Connecticut, their former home, for burial.
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New York
Arthur Cheney
Messina
Italy
New Haven
Conn
Accidental Shooting Bill Introduced in Compin
In Compin Washington on January 30 Lambert introduced a bill addressing the accidental shooting of a human by a hunter. The measure seeks to specify manslaughter charges for such incidents and frame penalties.
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Compin
Wash
Hous
Lambert
Oakland man held in attempted murder of Oakdale marshal
James Frazier of Oakland is held in the county jail on suspicion of involvement in the attempted murder of Oakdale City Marshal George T. Morrison. Morrison was shot in Oakdale during a morning duel at the Southey Pacific depot with a supposed gang of ltsampa.
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Tramp
Mojesto
Calif
James Frazier
Oakland
George T. Morrison
Oakdale
Southey Pacific
Merchants of Country to Labor With Caliporsta
New York January 0 An appeal from the local board of trade urges merchants in New York and eastern cities to cooperate in impressing upon California residents the folly of discriminating against Japanese people The merchants fear anti Japanese agitation could disrupt the truce between the United States and Japan
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New York
Jan
Board of Trade
California
United States
Japan
Commercial National Bank Closes. American National Takes Over
With close of business today the Commercial National Bank formally passed out of existence and its books papers and office staff transferred to the American National Bank. W S Badley becomes assistant cashier along with Wm McKinney joining bookkeeping. American National officers include Morris Sloan Thompson Montgomery Radley Lambert Mickleson La Fontaine and McKinney among others. Checks and accounts payable now issued by American National and old certificates may be exchanged or mature and paid by the new bank.
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Commercial National Bank
American National Bank
American National
W. S. Badley
Reorganized Bank
Will McKinney
T. P. Morris
A. D. Sloan
W. L. Thompson
T. G. Montgomery
W. S. Radley
Arthur Lambert Exchange Teller
Claud Hille
Wm. McKinner
Wm. Mickleson
George la Fontaine
Miss McNett
Oregon Senate eyes health checks for marriage licenses
Dr W G Cole returns from Salem to push a health certificate bill but backs a county payment proviso for the poor. He also supports a high school fraternities measure and opposes broad salary hikes for officials, forecasting fights over eight hour day and labor laws while focusing on education pay. Local option beer exemption and hop interests spark more debate as Mrs Armine Roble visits Pendleton with business.
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State Senate of
Oregon
Marridge
W. G. Cole
Salem
Senate
Cole
Portland
Local Good Roads Association Drops Political Talk
A local good roads group rescinded a resolution seeking county judge salary raises and voted to stay out of politics. The meeting authorized sending a second nonpolitical letter to Salem, while city council pledged to fix roads into the countryside and near the cemetery and hospital. J A Borie was welcomed as a new member.
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Anil
Tts
Salem
Henry Taylor
Esectation
Ita Bukiiews
Sam Thompson
Sister's Hospital
J A. Borie
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