Land Restored to Public Domain for Settlement
The Interior Department restores several tracts withdrawn for irrigation projects to the public domain. Idaho Belxe district 43 980 acres set for settlement September 17 entry October 17. Arizona Phoenix district 3200 acres set for settlement September 19 entry October 19. Coeur d Alene and Pend d Oreille forests Idaho agosto 22 settlement September 21. Pecos National forest New Mexico 21 582 acres set to settle August 16 entry September 14. Locations Bonner Latah Kootenia Santa Fe Rio Arrita counties.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Service
Belxe
Idaho
Phoenix Land District
Arizona
Coeur d'Alene
Pen d'Oreille National Forests
Bonner
Lath
Kootenia
Pecos National Forest
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Rio Arrita
Spokane Merchants Push for Immediate Action on Rates
Spokane merchants will go before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago to seek a preemptory order making new westbound rate class rules effective on October or November. A. W. Donald of the Spokane Chamber argues current rates are high but acceptable in part and notes legality of a 75 percent rate from eastern points to the Pacific with a Spokane local return. Negotiations with railroads and officials in the east and west continue as shippers anticipate tariffs becoming effective, potentially curtailing shipments.
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Spokane
Wash
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
A. W. Donald
Interstate Commerce Committee
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Misgitas-ippi
Ocastern
Pacific Coast
Mr. Doland
Trans-Continental
East
Weal
MacWhorter Auto Sold at Court House Auction
The R. H. MacWhorter automobile sold this afternoon at the courthouse auction. Claims totaled 1216 dollars while A. A. Cole bid 600 dollars to take the machine. The mortgage is in Cole’s favor and he will obtain possession after paying 215 dollars in mechanic’s lien.
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MacWhorter Auto
R. H. MacWhorter
Court House
A. A. Cole
Cole
Berlin Audience Riots At Wagner Opera The Kobold
Berlin theater crowd split after the second act of The Kobold. Supporters praised the work while a counter demonstration erupted in the parquet. Fists flew and seats were torn as guards restored order. Critics today regard the fairy tale opera as meritorious though not distinguished.
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Herlin
Siegfro Wagner
Kobold
Royal Theater
Roosevelt Speech To Deliver Indiana Victory For Beveridge
In Indianapolis on July 9 political managers for Beveridge claim one Roosevelt speech equals 10,000 votes. They predict Democratic candidate Kern will be swamped. They note Roosevelt's large personal following, citing a 1904 Indiana majority of 90,000 and Taft's narrow margin in 1908 to secure Indiana electors.
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Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Beveridge
Kern
Indiana
Taft
La Grande Man Killed Working Under Car by Engine
A 32 year old car repairer named Jack Boreland was killed in La Grand e Oregon when a switch engine bumped into a car he was under in the OR&N yards near the station. He had recently married and lived in La Grande. Coroner Dr Hall was summoned to take charge of the remains and conduct an investigation.
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Roveland
Hall
Baroness de la Roche Survives 240-Foot Fall Injuries
Baroness de la Roche may recover from internal injuries after a 240 foot fall from an airplane. Both arms and legs were broken. She is conscious today and receiving treatment.
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Baroness DE LA Roche
Khelmes
Aviator Fatally Injured In Plum Tree Field Flight
Newburyport Mass July reports a biplane accident 75 feet above Plum Teland A. le Pfitzer fell from his machine and was fatally injured. Witnesses aided the aeroplane and the body was removed. In Chicago, heat claims another life as temperatures hit 96 with 94 heat deaths this season and more prostrations reported.
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Newbury
Mass
Plum Teland A
le Pfitzer
Chicago
Seorese
Paris Faces New Flood Fears After Heavy Rains
Daily rains over six weeks flood plains and crops across Paris. Hay crop ruined and Champgne District losses officially pegged at $2,000,000, sparking fears of further floods and agricultural damage.
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Paris
Champnene
Annie Ff. Smale Goes Ashore Near Point Reyes
The coal carrying schooner Annie Ff. Smale bound for San Francisco went ashore near Point Reyes today. The crew was rescued, and no injuries were reported.
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Conler
San Francisco
Cal
Annie Ff. Smale
Point Reyes
Jeffries Seeks Rematch With Johnson After Training Strain
James J. Jeffries told a United Press representative he may fight Jack Johnson again. He cited fatigue from long training as a mental and physical burden and said he discussed the possibility with close friends. Berger added that had Jeffries entered the ring earlier he might have stood a better chance, though he does not concede Johnson's superiority.
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James J. Jeffries
Reno
Jolson
Sam Berger
Brody
Los Angeles
Cal
Jack Jonnson
Berger
United Presse
Johnson
Jefe
Borger
Jeff
Jeffries
Tagtes
Rickard Comments on Jeffries Meeting Request
San Francisco July report quotes Rickard saying he is not surprised that Jerriies pursued another meeting with Jollineon. He notes those linked to sexual conviction cases know Jeffries did not mobilize the force he is capable of.
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Rickard
San Francisco
Tex Ricker
Jerriies
Jollineon
Jeffries
Pen Rich to sue California governor over Reno move
San Francisco July 8 Tex Tickard says he will file a damage suit against Governor Gillett for losses caused by moving the battle to Reno. He waits for affidavits from easterners who heard Gillett promise no interference with his plane in California.
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San Francisco
Tex Tickard
Gillette
Reno
Gillett
California
Alekcared
Fire Threatens Santa Cruz Grove of Giant Trees
July 9 report from Sat Lorenge river HQ states the Santa Croux grove seven miles from Santa Crus is endangered as a fire consumes seven acres of second growth redwood. Numerous backfiring fires burn near King creek, threatening the forest giants.
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Santa Crus
Santa Croux
Sat Lorenge
King Creek
Firefighters Reinforce Sequoia Park to Save Giant Trees
May Be Saved Cisana Calif July 1 Reinforcements were pushed to Sequoia park to aid the Wornout fire which threatens the world’s largest grove of giant trees. The blaze jumped the Kaweah north fork and burned a wide area adjacent to the forest. If the wing does not shift the big trees can be saved.
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Cisana
Calif
Sequoia Park
Kaweah
Mob Lynches Detective After Bar Raid in Newark
Newark Ohio July 9 Sheriff Line Keim and deputies hunted mob leaders who lynched Carl Etherington a 22 year old detective for the Anti Saloon League after a raid on the Last Chance restaurant during a dry county crackdown. Etherington begged for troops as the jail doors were stormed and was dragged to a trolley pole where he was killed. His body was sent to Harrisburg Ky.
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Newark
Ohio
Line Keim
Carl Etherington
Anti-Saloon League
Verbrecht
League
Licking County
Last Chance
William Howard
Etherington
Ellerington
Htherington
Harrisburg
Howard
International reformers target scrap film exhibition in San Francisco
The Inter- Hithonal reform bureau plans to oppose the showing of fight motion pictures in San Francisco. Founder Dr Wiltur Crafts arrived from Washington to organize a California stanch and craft plans for anti footage action.
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San Francisco
Inter- Hithonal Reform Bureau
Wiltur Crafts
Bureau
Washington
California
Two Aviators Make Long Flights With Passengers
July 9 report from the international aviation meet notes Monet in a Bleriot monoplane carried two passengers flying 58 miles in 1 hour 22 minutes and another flyer piloting a monoplane 14 miles in one tour and 22 ...
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Rhelms
Monet
Andrun Verreing
Voter Registration Call Across Elections
Citizens urged to register and participate in upcoming elections. Advocates emphasize accessible options to cast ballots, stressing the duty to engage in the democratic process and ensure representation.
Youthful youths nab two alleged juvenile thieves
Three boys aged 11 and 12 face Juvenile Court on Monday after a river swim theft. Floyd Reed Loren Reed and Chester Calloway allegedly stole a gold Waiteh and chain a dollar watch and 26 cents from Ralph Campbell and Harry Kriser. Detectives caught the culprits after their pawn attempt at Bowlsby Second Hand Store.
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Tidge Gilliland
Floyd Reed
Loren Reed
Chester Calloway
Ralph Campbell
Harry Kriser
Spitoh
Mark Patton
Cospie Street
Calloway
Columbia Lodging House
Senator Lodge Opens Headquarters in Massachusetts Campaign
Senator Lodge, confident of re election, opened his political headquarters in Massachusetts yesterday for the first time in years. He faces challenger Butler Ames as the campaign intensifies with appeals to voters and renewed party activity.
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Boston
Lodge
Massachusetts
Butler Ames
Fifteenth Blackhand Victim Dies in Chicago
Leonardo Dellehin became the fifteenth Blackhand victim in two years. Shot five times as he left his home for work, the killer, an agent of the society, escaped. Dellehin had received numerous threatening letters.
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Chicago
Leonardo Dellehin
Dellehin
Society
Taft Enjoys Golf and Yachting on July Day
Taft golfed and then went yachting today while Mrs Norton wife of the president's secretary, recently operated upon for appendicitis, is improving and will soon recover.
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Taft
Beverly
Norton
Bills To Be Placed Before Voters In November
Oregon petitions for direct legislation total thirty two with sixteen constitutional amendments. Measures cover new counties highway funding taxation decentralization and liquor control. Several proposals seek state infrastructure and local government changes plus expansion of suffrage and representation.
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Salem
Secretary of State
Ume
Oregon
Eighth Judicial District
Nesmith
Monmouth
Otis
Cinckamas County
Multnomah
Williames
Clites
Clark
iL OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL TRANSMIT ACCOUNT OF FLIGHT
Walter Wellman and Melvin Van Inman plan to cross the Atlantic in the airship America this fall. The craft, built for polar work, carries six crew, a wireless operator, and 1600 gallons of gasoline. Two engines power it, with fuel designed for a full transatlantic run if winds are favorable.
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Walter Wellman
Melvin van Inman
America
Atlantic
Chen
Arctic
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Artic Ocean
Spitsbergen
New York Times
Chicago Record-Herald
London Daily Telegraph
Atlantic City
Europe
Eason
Aeronaute
Wellman
van Inman
Dr. Cook Sought on Witness Stand in Francke Case
German process server pursues Dr. Cook as a witness in Rudolph Francke's $10,000 damages suit against Peary. A German provincial court judge issued a subpone today, believing Cook’s presence would aid the trial.
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Bornin
Cook
Rudolph Francke
Peary
Village Saved After Long Forest Fire Fight
Holcombe in Chippewa County and surrounding timber areas faced a nightlong blaze danger. Fire swept through Chippewa Rusk and Sawyer counties threatening structures and mills with substantial timber losses likely.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Tulsa
Holcombe
Chippewa, Rusk
Sawyer
Porter Charlton Not Granted Liberty Trial To Assess Sanity
Jersey City July 9 Prosecutor Galvin Sild announced Porter Charlton would be tried by a court of insanity commission rather than released. The self confessed killer’s plea of insanity is challenged as an evasion of technicalities and an affront to American courts.
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Jersey City
Porter Charlton
Italy
Galvin Sild
Court of Insanity
New Air Record Sets at Raheims and LaRone Flight
In Rhelns July 9 a Froham aeroplane at LaRone in An antoinette broke the continuous flight record for four hours fifty minutes and also set a long distance speed mark of 214 miles in four hours seven minutes achieved by the pilot Rhelns.
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Froham
LaRone
Wheat crop down 6.5 percent from last year in July bulletin
Washington reports a July bulletin from the department stating the general average of the wheat crop in the United States on July 1 was 6.5 percent lower than a year earlier. West crop conditions sit 3.6 below last year’s average and 4.8 below the general average.
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Washington
Department
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