Kidnapped Edna Domengine Narrates Mountain Escape
Coalinga Cal July 1 Edna Domengine describes being awakened by gunfire and flames as bandits looted her home and abducted her in night clothing. Pursued by a heavily armed posse led by Tony Loveaul father of the captured man Rogers, she survived while Rogers fired to shield her, with the kidnapper thought to be Loveaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalinga
Cal
Edna Domengine
Freeny County
Tony Loveaul
Warthen Canyon
Hila
Rogers
Lovenl
Cuban cargo rule forces masters to mail ship manifests
Washington July 1 noting a new Cuban government ruling requires every vessel master arriving in Cuba to, upon landing, send by registered mail a true copy in Spanish of the ship’s manifest to the Cuban auditor in Havana. Failure to comply will incur a heavy fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
Havana
Suffragist Threatens Bomb Attacks in Court
London July 1 Mary Leith a suffragist sentenced to two months for breaking windows at Prime Minister Asquith's house exclaimed to the court I throw stones this time next time I will throw bombs. Several attendants seized her and dragged her from the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mary Leith
Asquith
Publishers Rush Roosevelts Africa Hunting Trip Story
Oyster Bay July 1 8 Roosevelt hosts McClure and Whitney editors as publishers seek to secure Roosevelts Africa hunting trip account. It is rumored he will write travel pieces for magazines and may command the biggest single series payment yet offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
McClure
Casper Whittney
Out
Roosevelt
Africa
One
WALTER BARTNETT SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS
Walter Bartnett, former attorney for the wrecked California Safety Deposit Trust, was sentenced to 10 years in San Quentin for hypothecating Colton securities. The judge ruled the jury had no right to recommend leniency, and Bartnett appeared to be losing his mind as attorneys seek appeal. A separate note from Atlanta reports a near beer ordinance imposing a 200 yearly tax on sellers, seen as likely to close many outlets, and bans free lunch with near beer.
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Walter Bartnett
San Francisco
Californian Safety Deposit & Trust Company
Colton Securities
San Quentin
Bartnett
Conley
Atlanta
Rehearings on Holka Death Sentence Set Today
Harrisburg July 11 A rehearing in the case of Mike Holka condemned to death for killing Policeman J B Meehan will be held today before the board of pardons The Austrian ambassador has shown interest in Holka case and will try to secure a commutation to life imprisonment.
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Harrisburg
Mike Holka
J. B. Meehan
Board of Pardons
Holka
San Jacinto Adopts Strict Prohibition Ordinance
San Jacinto California July 1 The temperance board and city trustees passed the most stringent prohibition ordinance in the area and it becomes effective today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto
Cal
Temperance Board of City Trustees
Fire Destroys 16 Acres of Wheat in Umatilla County
A grain fire near Cayuse station on the O R N destroyed 16 acres of wheat owned by Robert Kirkpatrick. Fire started by the railroad and burned against a breeze until reaching green wheat halted progression. Loss valued at 520 bushels with insurance through Oregon Fire Relief, Coutts & Bittner.
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Umatilla County
Cayuse Station
Robert Kirkpatrick
Oregon Fire Relief Association
Coutts & Bittner
Decisive Battle in Persian Revolt at Tebria Flares Up
News from St Petersburg reports the first decisive battle in Persia's revolt at Tebria in northern Persia. Shah's forces surround the besieged city, over 200 rebels and civilians killed, with reinforcements arriving from the south. Northern provinces and Russian soldiers purportedly join the malcontents as field artillery batter walls and cut communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Persia
Tebria
Tabria
Edison Light and Power Cuts Rates to 12 Cents
Boston July 1 the Edison Light and Power Company reduced rates from 15 to 12 cents per kilowatt hour on the recommendation of the gas and electric light commission. A further reduction is expected to be demanded by the commission within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edison Light and Power Company
Gas and Electric Light
Commission
Helena hosts four day Lewis and Clark carnival begins
In Helena Montana on July 1 a four day carnival opened to honor the Lewis and Clark expedition route through Montana to Idaho culminating in a major Fourth of July celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Lewis and Clark
Montana
Idaho
Engineer to Run First Engine Over Idaho Bridge
The engineer for the Lewis ton Grangeville line may earn between 1000 and 2000 dollars for running the first engine over the bridge at Lawyers Canyon Idaho. The bridge is built to carry the heaviest trains yet a steel flaw risk exists. Forty ton locomotives will operate on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawyers Canyon
Idaho
Lewiston
Grangeville
Bowers vs Cotterell suit decided for plaintiff in Boise
In Boise Idaho Monday the suit of Mrs. Sarah A. Bowers against Mrs. May Belle Cotterell was decided in favor of the plaintiff. Cotterell, a daughter of Bowers, was alleged to have secured deeds to property unlawfully. Cotterell is now jailed in Spokane County on a charge of raising a check from $126 to $666 drawn by Col. D. P. Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Boise
Idaho
Sarah A. Bowers
May Belle Cotterell
Cherries Shipped From Lewiston-Clarkston Areas
About 26 carloads of fancy cherries have been shipped from Lewiston Clarkston and Snake River orchards. Cherry picking and packing are at their peak and the yield in the region is estimated to exceed 200 carloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston-Clarkston
Snake River
Lewiston Cadet Thompson Cleared For Annapolis Service
Robert R. Thompson of Lewiston Idaho has passed the medical for admission as a cadet at the Annapolis academy and will begin eight years of service. Four years will be at the academy and the remaining four aboard ships in active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Thompson
Lewiston
Idaho
Annapolis Academy
Robbers Blow Safe In Kelso Post Office Heist
In Kelso Washington on Sunday morning robbers forced open the post office safe and obtained about four hundred dollars in cash. Officials believe professionals conducted the robbery. no stamps or money orders were stolen.
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Kelso
Wash
Tacoma poised to prosecute social clubs over Sunday liquor sales
Steps are taken at Tacoma to prosecute the management of several social clubs for violations of the Sunday law. It is claimed they are in the habit of selling liquor to members and their friends. It is probable the clubs will combine and fight on one case to make a test of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Murder Mystery Involving Socially Prominent Names
The naked body of a woman, believed to be Mrs. E. B. Thompson, was found in a lodging house room in Chicago. She wore two diamond rings and a diamond stick pin, was tied with a cord around the neck, gagged with a sheet, and brutally beaten. Police seek J. W. Raymond, who rented the room, as he vanished after promising to return. The case is expected to develop into a sensational scandal implicating socially prominent individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mre
EB. Thompson
J. WH
Raymond
the Litciandy
Mae Wood Indicted on Perjury Charge in Platt Assault Case
New York on July 1 Mae Wood was indicted on perjury charges tied to a sensational assault against Senator Platt. This marks the second charge against her, and she will be arraigned Monday on the two counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coroner's jury verdict on Lindstrom death in Salem
In Salem Oregon a coroner's jury concluded Lindstrom died from a fall after leaning forward and tumbling from a window. The session was held late yesterday, with the verdict ruling accidental death.
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Salem
Ore
Lindstrom
Htle
Man from Junction Ends Life By Own Action
John Bloomquist a young laborer of Junction Jefferson county Waeh disappeared Thursday afternoon. Officials found two notes to relatives in a woods camp stating he would end his troubles by death by own action and that his remains would not be recovered. The body was blown to bits and trace could not be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bloomquist
Junction
Jefferson County
Waeh
Passes Examinations for West Point Admission
Insurance Commissioner J.H. Shively, aged 21, has passed the mental and physical tests for admission to West Point. Twenty others of his class failed. Hugh, born in Lucknow, India, where his father served as a missionary, was educated in this state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.H. Shively
West Point
Hugh
Lucknow
India
Fis i
Bar Proprietor Held for Saloon Killing in Kennewick
William Howell, owner of a Kennewick bar in Washington, is held for the killing of Henry Williams, a Black man. Williams was knocked down in the saloon Thursday night and dragged to an alley. he died after being jailed by the marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howell
Kennewick
Wash
Henry Williams
Williams
Cougar chase near Colbert ends in hunt
James Patterson, a mall driver, was chased by a large cougar through the Cedar Swamp near Colbert Washington on Monday. A party of hunters then pursued and killed the animal, which measured 7 feet 10 inches from tip to tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Cedar Swamp
Colbert
Wash
James Patterson
Mall
New Town Lamont in Whitman County Washington
The town of Lamont is established in the extreme northwest corner of Whitman county Washington. It sits along the Spokane Portland and Seattle railway line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman County
Washington
Lamont
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
Vancouver Growth Noted in Population Rise
Vancouver British Columbia shows a white population increase of at least 16 607 since Henderson’s directory of 1907, reflecting substantial demographic change in the city.
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Vancouver
B. C
Henderson
Orchard sentence commuted to life imprisonment
Boise July 1 The death sentence of Harry Orchard for the assassination of former Idaho Governor Steunenberg was commuted to life imprisonment by the board of pardons. Orchard expresses dissatisfaction, as he had expected to be hanged on Friday, the scheduled execution day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Board of Pardons
Orchard
Mexican Government Grants Monopoly to Local Steel Makers
The July 1 policy imposes a largely increased duty on steel, effectively prohibitive, giving Mexican steel manufacturers a monopoly of the home market. The measure will strike a heavy blow to the United States steel trust as Mexican demand shifts away from American imports shipped across the border.
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City of
Mexico
United States Steel Trust
United States
Republic
Pacific Coast Coal Price Cut Announced
San Francisco July 1 Western Fuel company, controlling coast coal supply, announced an 83 a ton reduction. Retailers will sell coal to customers for 9 dollars instead of 12, with retailers promising pass along the cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Western Fuel Company
Saloonmen Lose Nolte Case Prohibition Decision
Circuit Judge H J Bean denied the injunction and upheld prohibition elections in the Nolte case late last evening. The 30 page decision settles the legality of the election, with saloons now closed and appeal impractical due to timing and extended delays in higher court review.
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H. J. Bean
Nolte
Bean
Beckwith
Supreme Court
Prohibition closes most saloon spaces in city shift
As the wet era ends many saloons convert to cigar stores and amusement venues. Saloons like Forgy and Ogg are becoming cigar shops, Louvre adds a lunch counter, and the Medernach site becomes a moving picture show. Corner Hotel Bowman to house a new office. overall, few empty premises remain. Quiet close with minor drunken brawls and one arrest.
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Pendleton
Louvre
Forgy
Bogart
Old State On Loon
Bowman
Navy solicitor office created separate from judge advocate
Washington July 1 by law the office of the solicitor of the navy was separated from the judge advocate general and a new distinct office the solicitor of the navy department organized Edwin P Hanna named head of the new office Major Henry Leonard of the marine corps serves as Hanna's principal assistant
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Edwin P. Hanna
Henry Leonard
Marine Corps
Hanna
Three New Colliers to Be Built for Navy
Bids will be opened at the navy department today for three new steam colliers each capable of 7200 tons dead weight and cost not more than 525000 dollars. The vessels must be delivered to the government complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Probable Prohibition Vice Presidential Nominee Named
Harold King Rockhill, Tacoma newspaper reporter, is discussed as a likely vice presidential candidate on the prohibition ticket. Formerly an editorial writer in Cleveland, Ohio, he has played a prominent role in prohibition party affairs in the eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold King Rockhill
Tacoma
United States
Rockhill
Cleveland
Ohio
Prohibition
Commission Fixes Railroad Values in Oregon
The Oregon railroad commission in Portland fixed valuations for O R N branches. The Pilot Rock line is 14.21 miles valued at 22151 dollars, the Condon line 46.81 miles valued at 97350, and the Columbia Southern Shaniko line 69.46 miles valued at 147869 dollars. The panel will next set values for the remaining O R N routes to establish fair freight rates. Tax Agent J W Morrow and Attorney A C Spencer of O R N are assisting in a rapid valuation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Rock
Oregon Railroad Commission
Condon
Portland
Ceed
J. W. Morrow
A. C. Spencer
O. R. &N. Company
Commission
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