Forged signature questioned in Young will case
Handwriting expert Crom spo kene testified that James W Young's signature on the alleged original will is a forgery and that several letters presented as genuine were forged by Dr Watts whose wife would benefit if the will stood. He demonstrated tracing and erasure attempts under magnification and said many letters were forged or tampered with while in Mrs Warner's custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Warner
BH. Thompson
Crom
James W. Young
Alea
J W. Young
Fld. Watts
Nora Watts
Aonlere
Warner
Parkes
Peck
Mra. Warner
Thompson
Jones W. Young
Aftornoon
Sage Watts
Young
Rockefeller Receives Gift From Standard Oil Directors
Returning home from Jersey City, Rockefeller received a birthday present worth 1,440,000 dollars. The gift represents his share of Standard Oil. A board meeting yesterday valued gasoline at a cent a gallon.
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Cleveland
Jersey City
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Notes at Dr Watn case point to Torsed as writer
Witnesses tested the characters of five individuals including Knox as they described letters and the signature J W Young, detailing how the writer concluded that the notes dated day before were authored by Torsed while examining every word and motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Watn
J. W. Young
Anti-Gigarette Law Struck Down in Tacoma Test Case
July 9 Tacoma Judge Milles Clifford in superior court declares the lat legislatures anti cigarette law unconstitutional. State vs TL BE Snook and TR Murphy held the law restrains interstate commerce and violates the constitution. Case moved from police court to higher tribunal for test. first major ruling on this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Washington
Clifford
Helens
Milles Clifford
TL BE. Snook
TR. Murphy
Tom Taggart Takes the Witness Stand
Chicago reports former Democratic National Committee chair Tom Taggart testified in the Ella Gingles case. Gingles is accused of stealing from her employer Miss Agnes Furholt. Testimony referenced a planned trip to French Licks Springs and Taggart’s connections to Miss Barrett with limited involvement in the Gingles matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wic
Tom Thegart
Democratic National Committees
Ella Gingles
Misa Agnes Furhelt
Miss Gingles
Mike Barrett
French Licks Springs
Ind
Tagwarts
Taggart
Miss Barrett
Gingles
Tagtart
O'Donne
Vancouver to bar white girls from teaching in Chinatown
Police commissioners of Vancouver plan measures to stop young white girls from teaching in Chinese missions. Acting Mayor Prescott brought up the issue spurred by the Elsie Sigel case, and police will report any white girls teaching in Chinatown missions. Some women currently teaching in small missions will be asked to give up their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
T. C
Chinatown
Elsie Sigel
Prescott
Lommel Wins Beef Steak Eating Title At Club Outing
New York July Phillip Lommel weighing 270 pounds wins championship medal as a beef steak eater. In a contest with Max Meyers 275 pounds at a position club outing Lommel gored himself with 10 pounds of beefsteak without rising from the table while Meyers managed 3 to 4 pounds. A crowd of several hundred watched with bets placed on the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Phillip Lommel
Max Meyers
Lommel
Meyer
Bishop Scadding May Direct Holy Land Tour
New York July The proposed Winter cruise of cler gymen and students to the Holy Land may be directed by Rt Rev Charles Scadding Bishop of Oregon The tour to be known as the Cruise of the Students League will leave New York January The trip will include visits to many points of interest Bishop Scadding invited to lecture before travelers on church history
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New York
Clerazymen
Holy Land
Charles Scadding
Oregon
Kevpt
Palestine
Students’ League
Bishop Scadding
Tariff Conference Sparks House Criticism in July Session
Washington July 9 Considerable unfavorable comment rose among house members over the senate move to appoint conference for the tariff bill before sending the amended measure back. Aldrich says the step saves time but many feel insulted. Senate conferees named after passage last night, first conference expected tomorrow. Key figures include Aldrich Burrows Penrose Hale Cullom Republicans and Daniel Money Bailey Democrats.
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Conference Committee
House
Aldrich
Washington
Senate
Burrows
Penrose
Hale
Cullom
Daniel
Money
Bailey
Payne
Dalxzell
Mocnil
Boutell
Calderhead
Secretary
Beveridge
Indiana
Wrinton
Kansas
Brown
Nebraska
Turkett
Clapp
Minnesota
Yawford
South Dakota
Cummins
Towa
Dolliver
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Nelson, Minesota
Meknery
Louielawn
Senate Bill To Conference On Tariff Adopts Voice Vote
The House adopted the previous question on a rule to send the tariff bill to a conference by 174 to 154. Seven Republicans voted against the question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Passes Philippine Tariff Bill
Washington July 9 The senate today posed the Philippine tariff bill as it advances toward enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lane County Wins Cherry Fest Sweepstakes and Cup
Lane County took the sweepstakes trophy and a $150 prize at the Oregon Cherry Fair in Salem this morning. Marion County presented the awards for best exhibit of multi variety commercially packed fruit. Lane County entered thirty boxes of flawless fruit, marking Albany Day at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Lane County
Oregon
Marion
Albany
Alleged Bigamist John Madson Married Dozens of Wives
Los Angeles police pursue Christian C Johnson alias John Madson as twenty four women claim he swindled them with marriage promises. Ten widows report marriages since 1906 to 1909, with funds and jewelry taken. Suspect, 62, has used multiple aliases and is believed linked to cases in St Louis San Francisco Hanibal Stockton Iola and Springfield. Police have seven additional suspected duped women and continue tracing his movements.
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John Madson
Los Angeles
Christian C. Johnson
Madson
John CC
Anderson
Alice Richardson
St Louis
Katherine Baumann
St Lous
Maggie E. Bloom
Hanibal
A. Farran
Thochport
McBier
Sylvia Polard DeBennett
San Francisco
Johnson
Henrietta Leopold
Jessie Treatheway
Stockton
Calif
Mary Wiggins Downs
Springfield
Mausa
St. Louis
Leopold
Tretheway
Pendleton Land Boom Under Umatilla Project Spurs Local Purchases
Many Pendleton residents invest in land under the Umatilla project with notable buyers including Dr. G. S. Hoisington purchasing 160 acres of the Templeton estate and George Hartman Jr taking 10 acres. Additional local owners acquire 10 to 60 acres, while outside buyers also enter. In Hermiston, the Boosters club held its second meeting to plan a publicity campaign.
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Umatilla
G. 8
Hoisington
Templeton
George Hartman, Jr
Rod Bros
G. W. Phelps
J. F. Robinson
TR Alexander
George Roberts
Mrs. Leon Cohen
T. JD. Taylor
TR. J. Slater
Miss Myteling Finker
W. JL Furnish
BR. J. Murphy
W. Bradley
Prisoner Holds Two Wives in Mysterious Case
A prisoner, claimed to be named Mundeon or Cartier, admits to marrying two women. His identity remains uncertain as investigators note the unusual details and mixed acronyms in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundeon
Cartier
Men to Watch Apple Box Legislation
At the state horticultural society meeting in Salem a committee was formed to select a representative for Oregon and Washington next year when apple box legislation is tackled in congress. The members are L. T. Reynolda and H. B. Thielson of Salem, E. H. Shepherd of Hood River, Charles Meserve of Medford, and Professor C. I. Lewis of Oregon Agricultural College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
State Horticultural Society
State Board of Horticulture
Oregon
Washington
Congress
L. T. Reynolda
H. B. Thielson
E. H. Shepherd
Hood River
Charles Meserve
Medford
C. I. Lewis
Oarsmen to Stage Junior Events at Lake Washington
Seattle July 9 The junior event of the two days regatta under the North Pacific association of amateur oarsmen will be pulled off at Lake Washington at 2 30 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
North Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Lake Washington
Man in Idaho shoots farmhand after five year grudge
Ed Scholl aged 45 killed Henry Falkstraw a bachelor farm hand near Colbert Washington after a long running feud. Scholl claimed Falkstraw threatened to kill him at a farm gate and that the shot from a horseback rider ended the dispute. He was captured by Sheriff Doak and a posse and confessed to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Scholl
Henry Falkstraw
Scholl
Spokane
Colbert
Wash
Doak
Falkstraw
Oregon Day at the Seattle Exposition
Oregon Day at the Seattle Exposition featured a bustling Oregon building with 45 counties represented by clubwomen. Archbishop Alexander Christie and Governor Henson spoke at 11 o’clock, followed by a reception and dinner planned in the New York building for Oregon commissioners’ wives and clubwomen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Oregon
Alexander Christie
Henson
Oregon Commissioners
New York
Auditor Refusal to Pay Detective Burns Sparks Legal Threat
San Francisco July 9. Repeated refusals to approve claims of Detective William Burns and other employees may trigger legal action against the city auditor and district attorney. William Cook says the auditor acts from hostility to the graft prosecution and will seek a writ of mandate from the supreme court or sue the auditor’s bondsmen for damages due to delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Burns
William Cook
Auditor Way
Cook
Supreme Court
Mangled body of veteran found on railroad track
North Yakima July. The body of Levi R. Leduc a Civil War veteran was found on the Northern Pacific main line. A restraining order from Yakima County Superior Court prohibiting him from visiting the home was found in his pocket. It is believed the old man may have died by his own hand after a marriage strain and pending divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Yakima
Levi R. Leduc
Northern Pacific
Superior Court
Yakima County
Whisky Belief Briefs For Whisky Labels To Taft Secre
Briefs on whisky label questions are to be in the hands of Taft's secretary by tomorrow as per the president's memorandum. Copies will be available for interested parties to inspect, with replies due on or before the specified deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Corner Main and Water to Host Knights and Elks Lodge
Architect T F Howard drafts a two story corner building at Main and Water for Knights of Pythias and Elks with a basement three rentable rooms and a 30 by 36 banquet hall on the second floor. Frontages are 73 feet on Main and 75 on Water. bids to be invited today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Water Street
Elks Club
Main and
Knights of Pythias and Elks Lodges
T. F. Howard
Joint Building Committee
Main Street
Clit
First grain offers at Pullman for bluestem and oats
Fred Hungate who owns 1800 acres in Whitman and Garfield counties received 90 cents for bluestem wheat 1.10 per hundred for oats and 1 for barley but declined to sell. Harvesting will start with a combined machine first in Garfield county Monday and then in Whitman county a week later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Wash
Fred Hungate
Whitman
Garfield Counties
Garfield County
Whitman County
Seattle Senate Visit Proposed for Exposition
Washington July 9 Acceptance of the invitation to visit the Seattle fair was prepared in a resolution by Senator Piles of Washington. He urges the creation of a Senate committee to represent the body and an appropriation to cover expenses. The motion was referred to a committee for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senvice
Seattle
Piles
Senate
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Harry Beach
Beach
Calis
Tom Taggart
Tanife Gill
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Cherry
C. C. Johnson
C. Johnson
Pendleton
Lonely Road
Seattle Exposition
Detective Burns
Knights of Pythias and Elks
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