Hose Company No. 3 Denies It Is Dead
Hose Company No 3 denies claims of inactivity and vows to prove it remains active amid talk of removing their hose cart from the north river bank. W F Taylor ex foreman defends the unit noting 15 members with seven exempt, and says lack of fires elsewhere hides their activity. they suggest paying foremen for monthly meetings and challenge other units to better records before a paid department is created.
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Hose Co. No. 3
W. F. Taylor
North Side
Down Town
Mesars
Eli
Vaughan
Two Drown While Going to Celebration
Cloverdale Oregon July 6 Warren and James Johnson drowned when a rowboat capsized on the Nes tucea bar as the brothers headed for Nekowin. The bodies have not been recovered.
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Cloverdale, Or
Warren
James Johnson
Nestucea Bar
Nekowin
Proctor Made Murder Plans In Walla Walla Note Found
Walla Walla July 6 The murder of Ada Proctor and her two children by her former husband Artillery Sergeant Jay R Proctor who killed himself followed planned actions. A July 4 note on the Cosmopolitan hotel bed states his intent and references burial by John Lewis Camp No 13. The discovery counters insanity theories and ties to divorces on January 18. Continued on page five.
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Walla Walla
Ada Proctor
Jay R. Proctor
Proctor
West Poplar Street
Ada
John Lewis
Jay F. Proctor
Fort Worden
Port Townsend
126Th Heavy Artillery
Mary Hanes
Hennessey
Defeated General Orozco to Concentrate in Sonora
General Orozco, leading the Mexican rebel army, plans to halt at Juarez briefly en route to Casas Grandes and then move west to Sonora to wage organized guerrilla warfare against the Madero government. About 2000 rebels arrive, bringing refugees who camp homeless in Juarez streets.
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of Sonora
Hoe
el Paso
Texas
Orozco
Juarez
Casa Grandes
Sonora
Madero
Mex
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua City
Pasqual Orozco
Saux
Chihuahua
Liner Olympic Goes Aground Off Ellis Island In New York
The White Star liner Olympic ran aground on the upper bay near Ellis Island to avoid a collision with the steam yacht Viking. Tugs aided but the vessel settled on a mud bottom at high tide with no immediate danger. Continuation noted on Page 6.
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New York
Olympic
Ellis Island
Viking
Girl Implicated in Liquor Cases on Reservation
Miss Lela Dupris and Thomas Mckeave were arrested and charged after testimony by Fred Beck and S B Reed. Four alleged offenders faced a preliminary hearing before S A Newberry. With one exception all were bound to the federal grand jury under $600 bonds. Dupris released on own recognizance.
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Fred Beck
S. B. Reed
Lela Dupuis
Thomas Mckeave
S. A. Newberry
U. S
Miss Dupris
Heat Takes Lives in Eastern Cities
Philadelphia and Chicago report multiple deaths from an ongoing heat wave. In Philadelphia two people died early today, with total heat-related fatalities reaching eleven, while many prostrations were noted. In Chicago the heat continued, many prostrations reported, and officials cautioned that more deaths were likely.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Auto collides with horse near Walla Walla
Charles Munsil driving toward Walla Walla last night struck a horse four miles east of the city. The horse died and the buggy was demolished. Dow, who drove the horse, was shaken as were the car occupants, but no injuries were reported. Front of the car damaged. Dow claims he did not see the automobile lights.
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Walla Walla
Charles Munsil
Mi] Creek
Claude Dow
Dow
Eugene Thompson
Eugene Thompson Ranch and According To Munsil
Condition is Unchanged in Mrs Decker by July report
San Francisco July 6 no channel reports today on the condition of Mrs Sarah Flatt Decker the noted Colorado suffragist who underwent surgery for intestinal trouble. The message says Mrs Decker is so well we can be expected to recover but details remain scant and uncertain.
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San Francisco
Sarah Flatt Decker
Mars
Decker
Bumper Wheat Crop Expected With Good Prices
Farmers in Umatilla county anticipate a bumper wheat yield with prices rising toward 70 to 75 cents per bushel, barley at 1.25 dollars, and early contracts filling small orders. Local activity likely small until month’s end as harvest delays from favorable weather shift. Some wheat may move east to Chicago as inland shipments rise, stabilizing market demand.
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Umatilla
John Montgomery
Puget Sound Warehouse Company
Chicago
Five Hundred Thousand Damage Suit Filed Against O W R N Co
Mrs Nettle Loudenslager of Hermiston sues Oregon Washington Railroad Navigation Co for 360000 damages claiming injuries from a May 26 1911 collision between a Pendleton Hermiston motor car and a freight train. She alleges spinal injuries brain concussions and incurable invalid status with eight months bed confinement. Judge S A Lowell and John Winter represent her.
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Nettle Loudenslager
Hermiston
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
John Winter
Pendleton
Stanfield
Cummins Breaks With Roosevelt Backers At Chicago
Iowa Senator Cummins progressive Republican rejected Theodore Roosevelt led party movement. He pledged allegiance to the old party and argued bosses cannot be escaped by forming new parties. He warned that fraud in renomination rumors do not justify a new party.
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Washington
Senator Cumming
Iowa
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Cummins
Tata
Religious Indians Celebrate New Order Among Cayuse Encampment
Indian celebrations pace Cayuse riding races and dances while religious Indians host a Fourth of July banquet at the old agency. About 125 to 150 natives camped there and 174 people, including some whites, sat to the meal as afternoon games entertained observers.
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Cayuse
Old Agency
Pendleton Round-up Cowboy Band Wins Walla Walla Contest
Pendleton Round-up Cowboy band arrived home from Walla Walla with first prize in the open band contest, taking a handsome loving cup. Athena band took second. The event drew hundreds as bands played two selections each and results were decided by lot. The group has future engagements in Portland for the Elks convention and Freewater peach festival, with Calgary Stampede negotiations underway.
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Pendleton
Walla Walla
Athena
Hell On
Court House Square
Lot
Weston Ladies
Dad Maxwell
Abe Seehniffner
Tom Bruce
1Oco
Elks
Portland
Freewater
W. Fletcher
Calgary
Stampeie
Seattle
Elks’ Convention
Northwest
Wreck on Ligonier Valley Line Claims Dozens
A freight train collision on a Ligonier Valley line branch in Latrobe and Ligonier, Pennsylvania, left at least seventeen dead and about thirty injured, with responders describing an overloaded passenger coach crushed by a double headed coal car train. The line is owned by Melton interests and may involve Pennsylvania Railroad control. cause under investigation.
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Ligonier, Pa
Ligonier Valley
Latrobe
Ligonier Valley Railroad
Ligonier
Melton Interests
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilven Branch
Pendleton to parade with 250 horses in Portland Elks event
The Portland Telegram reports Pendleton will join the Elks celebration with a grand parade display. Some 250 saddle horses are to be shipped, riders from Pendleton to wear full cowboy rigs, including sheep skin diapparajos and sombrero hats. Two to three trains may carry the 600 plus visitors from Pendleton, who aim to arrive ahead of the parade.
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Pendleton Lodge
Pendleton
Portland
McDonald Injured in River Crash Near Bingham Springs
Reports from Bingham Springs say McDonald of Athena was seriously injured when his Ford swerved to miss a chuck hole, hit a rock and plunged over the embankment into the river near Thompson mace between Gibbon and Bingham. Exact injuries and details were unavailable at press time.
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Bingham Springs
McDonald
Athena
Gibbon
Bingham
California Republicans plan electors pledge for Roosevelt
Sacramento reports Governor Johnson says the nomination by legislature hopefuls who would vote for Roosevelt if elected will be the method for California Republican progressives to keep up the fight against Taft and the steam roller.
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Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
Johnson
California
Taft
Mob hanges Black man at picnic near Plummerville
July 6 report from Little Rock details John Williams a Black man killed by a mob near Plummerville while authorities attempted to stop a Black person picnic. Officer Paul Nisler was fatally hurt as the mob seized Williams and hanged him from a tree.
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Little Rock
Ark
John Williams
Plummerville
Williams
Paul Nisler
Heir Presumptive to Hawaiian Throne Identified
Vancouver BC July 6 An heir presumptive to the Hawaiian throne Victoria Elizabeth An elle Nalulani is revealed as the daughter of Dr and Mrs Racherley. The child's mother is a granddaughter of former Queen LiMoKalini who was deposed. The report notes the challenge of proving inheritance and references a substantial house and estate.
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Vancouver
B.C
Victoria Elizabeth Anelle Nalulani
Racherley
LiMoKalini
This Is the Chief Subject of Interest to People of Country
Gov Wilson calls the main issue of concern for the nation the chief subject arousing public interest across the country. The statement frames current policy focus and invites civic engagement from citizens and leaders nationwide.
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Gov. Wilson
Tariff central in campaign says Governor Wilson
New York July 6 Governor Wilson declares tariff dominates all campaign issues and is tied to trust questions. He will carefully scrutinize all Democratic campaign contributions noting unsolicited funds from across the United States and that most gifts ranged from five to a hundred dollars.
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Sea Girl
N. Y
Wilson
United States
Campiaign
American shatters old Olympic record in Stockholm
Stockholm July 6 American athletes opened the Olympic Games with strong preliminaries. Five Americans qualified in the 100 meter dash and eight in the 400 meter dash. Donald F. Lippincott of the University of Pennsylvania lowered the Olympic 100 meter record from 10.7 to 10.4 seconds, tying the world mark. J. J. Courtney of Seattle Athletic Club was eliminated in the 100 meter semi finals, while Clarence Edmundson of Seattle Airways qualified in the 400 meter dash.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Donald F. Lippincott
University of Pennsylvania
Olympia
J. J. Courtney
Seattle Athletic Club
Clarence Edmundson
Seattle Airiates Cio
Tyler
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Hose Company NO. 3
Walla Wala
Sen. Cummins
T. R
Pennsylvania
Adams
Portland Telegram
Roy Bishop
Ellis
Hawaits
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