Lawson Attacks Financiers in Ottawa Address
Thomas W. Lawson arrived by special car in Ottawa Kansas to a 16 000 strong crowd as he denounced the present financial system calling financiers robbers and predicting a collapse if ownership and profits are not redirected He urged municipal ownership and the return of wealth earned from stocks and trusts to the people and promised to give his fortune to the public.
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Lawson
Rockefeller
Itv America
Lawson Wass
Fight hopes fade as permit stalls Britt Nelson bout
In San Francisco July Jimmy Futit rejected a $20,000 puree offer plus $19,000 for picture privileges for a 60 round bout with Nelson. He said he fed up with the Western Athletic club which had signed Britt and Nelson to fight in July but failed to secure a permit. The Western club said it will arrange a Nelson versus Britt showdown next month.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Futit
Nelson
Western Athletic Club
Britt
Western Club
Tuscan Forces Retreat Northward Along Rail Route
Toklo reports July in Fenghwa Kaiyuen Kwaneping roads as scouts clash occasionally between aides of opposing sides. Enemy forces are progressively driven northward along the railroad.
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Toklo
Oyama
Fenghwa Kaiyuen Kwaneping
Japs Attack Saghalien Island In July Raid
Reports from St. Petersburg dated July describe a Japanese squadron of 15 vessels attacking Saghalien Island on July 6. The land batteries repulsed the forces, government buildings and several guns were destroyed, and the fleet retired to the north.
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St. Petersburg
Saghalien Island
Schonleber Paroled on Slaying Charge Near Walla Walla
Schonleber, convicted of manslaughter in the Dudley Cully killing on June 6, yesterday received parole under a law passed in the last legislative session. Judge Brents set a $1000 bond and ordered parole for the five year term if secured. Attorneys’ motion for a new trial was denied. The judge suggested N. R. Norman of East End Ashton may face accessory charges for lending the revolver.
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Walla Walla
Brents
Ihew
N. R. Norman
East End Aatoon
Behonleber
Investigators Probe Mutual Life Insurance Company in New York
Under the state department of insurance three examiners are investigating the Mutual Life Insurance company. The probe will be thorough with a large clerical force. It stems from concerns about insurance company statutes after the Equitable case disclosures.
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New York
State Department of Insurance
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Equitable
Sutton Wins All England Ladies Tennis Title at Wimbledon
Miss May Sutton of Pasadena, California, defeated Miss Douglas in the grand challenger round to take the all English ladies championship at Wimbledon.
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London
May Sutton
Pansadena
Cal
Mise Douglas
Damaging Testimony Ties Williamson Trial to Timber Entries
Damaging testimony in the Williamson trial implicates Campbell Duncan Greet Beard and Henry Gard as admitting they hid nine timber entries at Van Gerner's request who supplied funds. They claim $70 for emblems and that Van Gerner indicated land to be entered. Henry Beard acknowledged perjury in final proof. A Van Gerner letter advised Beard to acknowledge the claim and avoid trouble.
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Portland
Williamson
Ty Campbell Duncan
Greet Béard
Henry Gard
van Gekner
Emblnas
van Gerner
Honey Bard
Bioweis
Bear
Trowbie
State Lands and Water in Yakima Valley Project
North Yakima meeting between Yakima valley representatives State Land Commissioner EB W Row and Governor A B Mead led to a plan to withdraw from Mead in Carey lands selections. They urged the Interior Secretary to withhold approval until government reclamation investigations finish, allowing Reclamation Service entry. Ellensburg Prosser Mabton Sunnyside and North Yakima attended. Ross and Mead pledged alignment with the delegation.
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Olympia
North Yakima
Yakima Valley
W. Row
A. B. Mead
Mead
Secretary of the Interior
Ross
Governor Mead
Mr. Ross
Carey Lands
Th. Investigationa
Ellensburg
Prosser
Mabton
Sunnyside
Potemkin Mutiny Sails Abandoned as Parties Debated
Mutineers of the Potemkin surrender to Romanian authorities at 1 pm in Kustenji Romania after preliminary talks. Sailors will be sent to a frontier of their choosing with blocks removed from gun breeches as a pledge of good conduct. Two deserters are ashore, while locals express strong sympathy and await Bucharest guidance.
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Kustenji
Romania
Joana
Bucharest
Har- Hothere
Submarine tragedy claims crew in Tunis waters
A submarine named Furfadel sank on Thursday in Tunis waters. Crew members Enalyn Robin and two others perished, remaining aboard until the wreck was raised. The wreck recovered this morning confirmed all aboard had died.
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Hinerta
Tunis
Furfadel
Thureday
Enalyn Robin
Edwin F Holmes dismissed for grafting in cotton reports
Edwin F Holmes a statistician in the agricultural department is formally dismissed from government service for using cotton reports for speculation. A secret service report alleges he received 73000 dollars from brokers in a disguised payment for mining stock alleged to be worthless. No prosecution will follow.
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Edwin F. Holmes
Agricultural Department
Government Service
Secret Service
Holmes
Mutinous Potemkin Arrives For Surrender Talks
The mutinous battleship Potemkin reached the port at midnight and the port captain conferred with the crew. A loyal Russian gunboat and a morning deputation met the authorities to arrange surrender of the battleship and accompanying torpedo boat.
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Estensi
Roumantt
Potemkin
Black Sea
Deserters Surrendered and Separated in Roumania
Crews informed they would be treated as foreign deserters if they surrendered. The surrendered men have been landed and are being dispatched in Amal parties to different places in Roumania.
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Kustenji
Roumania
Banker linked to bank scandal commits suicide in store
Spokane reports 85 year old H C Boyd, assistant general agent of the Hamburg Hremen Insurance Co, bought a revolver at a second hand store and shot himself during change. he had heavy interests in Big Bend National Bank of Davenport. Mays, bank president, was arrested in Boston Miss yesterday.
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Spokane
H. C. Boyd
Hamburg Hremen Insurance Company
Boyd
Big Bend National Bank of
Davenport
Mays
Boston
Miss
Harvester 3 Fatally Hurt Near Stage Gulch Ranch
Baxter Loughead a Stage Gulch farmer was run over by a combined harvester at Andrew Peebler’s ranch twelve miles northwest of Penticton. He was knocked down by the reel and wheel and dragged under the machine, thought fatally injured but survived with possible concussion and remains conscious. He is 40, a bachelor, and had lived in Stage Gulch for some time.
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Andrew Peeblier
City
Baxter Loughead
Andrew Peebler
Peebler
Penticton
Lovehead
Loughead
Dru
Smith
Stage Gulch
Dufur Trip Proceeds On Great Southern Road Plan
The Dalles Chronicle reports Judge Lake and Commissioners Stoughton and Hibbard joined by Attorney Joseph rode the completed section to Wickman place, observing construction by ninety workers. They learned a bid to extend to Dufur by August 18, with the Great Southern seeking rights of way and options to branch from the R and N line to serve the city.
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Joseph
Great Southern
Judge Lake
Stoughton
Hibbard
Wickman Place
Dalles Chronicle
Dalles
Dufur
O. R. & N. Atockyards
Olmstead Appointed Associate Statistician at Agriculture
Washington July Victor H Olmstead is named associate statistician in the department of agriculture to succeed Edwin Holmes who has been discharged.
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Washington
Victor H. Olmstead
Department of Agriculture
Edwin Holmes
Idaho Stage Robbed Near Resort Station
A lone highwayman robbed the Warren to Meadows stage about three miles from Resort station last evening. He forced the driver and two passengers to surrender money and valuables at gunpoint, then calmly fled toward Warren. The robber, unmasked, used a professional cane and left no clue to the amount taken. Postal authorities have been notified and a vigorous search will be conducted.
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Warren
Thunder Mountain
County road plan from powder house toward brewery grade
The court discussed a feasible half mile county road project from the powder house to roughly one third the way down the brewery grade. It would follow the hillside, and the current road has never been satisfactory, likely earning broad approval.
Horse Thieves Reported Active Across State and East Oregon
Caldwell News notes many horse thieves operate in the state and eastern Oregon with daily reports from Silver City Jordan Valley Burneau Welser Ontario missing stock inquiries. Thieves even entered the Ivory stable of Dave Weir in Jordan Valley and took a fine span of roadsters.
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Oregon
Silver City
Jordan Valley
Burneau
Welser
Ontario
Saya
Caldwell News
Dave Weir
Bears in Carson region draw frequent visits to cook tent
J T Williamson received a letter from Joe an assistant cook at the Career mines. He reports bears are very thick in the Carson region with two or three seen at a glance. One old fellow has become friendly and visits the cook tent each morning to eat from the slop barnel.
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J. T. Williamson
Taft Embarks for Philippines Aboard Manchuria
Taft and Miss Roosevelt lead a congressional party aboard the steamship Manchuria as it sails from San Francisco for Manila. Thousands gather on docks as fortifications fire official salutes. Miss Roosevelt, recovered from heat illness, waves to cheering crowds from the stern.
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San Francisco
Manchuria
Taft
Miss Roosevelt
Congressional Party
Manila
Raf
Roosevelt
Russian Workmen Will Strike at Beginning of July
St. Petersburg reports that at a meeting this afternoon the workswomen decided to inaugurate a strike on July 2. The action follows mounting labor tensions and seeks better conditions and pay in the city plants.
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St. Petersburg
Artful Wins Brighton Beach Handicap in Brief Race
In Brighton Beach handicap, Artful took first place with Ortwell finishing second and Beldame third. The race recorded a time of 2004-5.
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New York
Artful
Ortwell
Beldame
Rock Island to Acquire Maxwell Land Grant in New Mexico
The Maxwell Land Grant company of Holland owning 170000 acres in Northern New Mexico is conveyed to the Rock Island for 4 million dollars. The Eaton coal fields cover 800 square miles on the tract, the largest coal body, and Rock Island plans a 126 mile extension from Colorado & Southern toward Texas and on to San Francisco.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Maxwell Land Grant Company of
Holland
New Mexico
Rock Island
Eaton
Colorado & Southern
Texas
San Francisco
Paul Jones Coming Home From Cherbourg
The coffin of Paul Jones was moved in Cherbourg to the Brooklyn for transfer. An escort of American and French personnel accompanied the body to a torpedo boat and then to the cruiser. Rear Admiral Sigebee and Francis B. Loomis led the procession as the casket was loaded onto the Brooklyn and a catafalque prepared for it. Preparations began for the American squadron to sail home.
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Cherbourg
Paul Jones
Brooklyn
Sigebee
Francis B. Loo Mis
Breoklvn
Helena mining man Mose Manuel killed in mine blast
Mose Manuel a wealthy Helena mining man and discoverer of the Home stake mine in Deadwood South Dakota was killed at the Minnesota mine in Corbin today by the explosion of a macoline engine.
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Helena
Mont
Mose Manuel
Homestake
Deadwood
Minnesota
Corbin
Debs Ousted as Leader in IWW Convention Shakeup
The Western clique led by David Coates won a decisive election at the Industrial Workers of the World convention in Chicago, ending Debs and his followers hope for affiliation with the Socialist Party. Officers elected include Sherman of Chicago as General President and Will Trautman as secretary treasurer with a five-member executive committee. The gathering represented 199 unions and about 142,000 workers.
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Debs
David Coats
Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World Today
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
David Coates
Sherman
Will EB
Trautman
New York
Charles Moyer
Frank McCabe
Chas Kirkpatrick
F. W. Cronin
John Treardan
Well Known Author Dead in Manchester New Hampshire
Walter Kittredge poet and songwriter of Tenting on the Old Camp Ground died at his Reed's Ferry home today due to old age. He leaves a widow and one daughter.
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Manchester
N. H
Walter Kittredge
Reed's Ferry
Germany and France Settle Morocco Crisis
Official notice issued this evening states an understanding was reached between Germany and France on the Moroccan situation, signaling a diplomatic settlement between the two nations.
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Paris
Germany
France
Gifts to libraries reveal Huntington million dollar gift
The Librarians' association in Portland heard a report on gifts and bequests from June through December 1904. Archer M Huntington made the largest single gift of 1 million dollars, amid 253 gifts totaling 116062 volumes and 58 miscellaneous items including endowments and buildings.
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Andrew Carneele
Mr. Carnegie
Archer M. Huntington
United States
Contemptible Man Taken In Hand by Marshal Wood
J W Stapleton, called a manque, was arrested under last legislature’s law banning living off a prostitute’s earnings. In The Dalles, Recorder Filloon arraigned him, he pled not guilty, with $200 bond set and jailed. This morning his preliminary hearing bound him over to the circuit court in $200.
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Marshal Wood
Dalles Chronicle
J. W. Stapleton
Filloon
Etreult
Masked men raid jail corridor in Irenton murder case
In Irenten Mo this morning masked men overpowered Sheriff Marshall and forced entry into the county jail corridor. They shot William and Arthur Spaugh who were held for Sheriff Polk's murder. neither prisoner was fatally wounded.
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Irenten
Marshall
William
Arthur Spaugh
Polk
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