Evidence Mounts in Will Forgery Case at Trial
City Attorney J Roy Raley testified in the Warner Young will contest aligning with Spokane handwriting expert E H Thompson who declared the first will signature a forgery. Raley argued the mark was reproduced via copy press and later traced, while Toland supported forgery claims on four pencil signatures. Further testimony will focus on the fourth will and denounced letters as the case unfolds. Read the Want ads today.
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J. Roy Raley
Warner-Young
Raley
E. H. Thompson
Spokane
James W. Young
Thompson
F. J. Toland
Puterland
Portland
Young
Mabel Warner
Touland
Toland
Thoempeon
Fred Young
Warner
W. W. Williams
M. A. Albin
Willams
Albin
J. W. Young
Fee
Phelps
Jalue
Pendleton Reports Heavy Rain and Health News
Heavy rain swept the Meacham Creek area as attorney Dan P. Smythe and livestock buyer H. A. Walker returned from two days at Smythe sheep camps on upper McKay creek. McCourt, once Pendleton lawyer now in Portland, is ill with typhoid fever though friends hope for a milder course.
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Meacham Creek
Dan P. Smythe
H. A. Walker
Smythe
McKay Creek
McCourt
John McCourt
United States
Pendleton
Portland
Commissioners Visit Farn To Inspect County Farm
County Commissioners Lee and Walker inspected the poor farm this morning to review management and conditions and plan a district boundary board meeting for this afternoon likely concluding the court’s business for the term. Henry Develin, St Paul fire department’s first assistant chief, arrived in Pendleton today noon as guest of his brother James A. Develin the local cigar maker. The visiting fireman is en route to Seattle and will proceed to Portland after a week with the Develins.
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Farn
Lee
Walker
District Boundary Board
St. Paul
Henry Develin
Minnesota
Pendleton
James A. Develin
Seattle
Portland
County Sees Near Thousand Fishing Licenses Issued
Nearly 1000 anglers have secured fishing licenses this season in the county, with 839 licenses already issued. Officials expect the thousand mark to be reached before summer ends, and doubts remain that any other county will exceed this record. The robust fishing season is blamed for the surge in licenses.
New School District Aims to Form in County
A meeting of the district boundary board was held in the commissioner's room this afternoon to act on creating a new school district near the county end. Petitioners J. W. Saling T. E. Brasefield and W. O. Whitsett presented their claims. No objections were raised and creation is anticipated.
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J. W. Saling
T. E. Brasefield
W. O. Whitsett
Wheat Test No 1 Raiser Hall Wheat Sample Results
Charles Chaney farmer on the William Temple ranch northwest of town brought in a sample of wheat threshed yesterday for testing at the Puget Sound Warehouse company. The sample tested at 60 pounds to the bushel, two pounds above the threshold for grade No 1.
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Charles Chaney
William Temple
Puget Sound Warehouse Company
Death of Harley Caplinger in diphtheria tragedy
The six year old Harley Caplinger son of Mr and Mrs Will Caplinger died at 2 o clock this morning at the family home on McKay creek ten miles from the city. The body was interred this afternoon in Olney cemetery with no funeral permitted. The source notes the disease mystery and that other family members have not yet been affected.
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Harley Caplinger
Will Caplinger
McKay Creek
Olney
Gwinn Returns From Seattle Pythian Week
J. H. Gwinn arrives home after attending Pythian week in Seattle with Oregon Pythians including Grand Chancellor Manefee L. R. Stinson G. K. RL. S. Past Grand Chancellor Moser and others. They saw the Tila team from Dayton Ohio whose display Gwinn calls beautiful and spectacular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gwinn
Seattle
Oregon
Clarence Kearney Improving After Injury
Clarence Kearney former police officer slowly recovers after a serious fall from a train at the local station. He recalls the incidents leading to the near fatal episode, and his mind previously remained blank from boarding in eastern Washington until waking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Kearney
Washington
Company L to Entrain for N. G. Camp Tomorrow
Captain Dan P. Smythe leads Company L with Lieutenants Lee D. Drake and D. B. Bailey as they entrain on No 6 at 11 and 4 for the annual encampment. Over 40 enlisted men and officers will depart, camping near Clackamas station between Oregon City and Portland.
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Dan P. Smythe
Lee D. Drake
D. B. Bailey
N. G
Clackamas Station
Oregon City
Portland
Ford Lectures at Chautauqua in Gladstone Park
Dr. T. B. Ford of First Methodist spoke at the Willamette Valley Chautauqua session in Gladstone park on the Paramount Issue in American Politics. His topic drew only audience members who heard the talk, with no tariff, tax, or inheritance clarification provided publicly. He returns home tonight to resume pulpit duties tomorrow morning and evening.
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Ford
Chautauqua
T. B. Ford
First Methodist Church
Willamette Valley
Gladstone Park
Newberk Cannery Opens to Hire 160 Workers
The Newberk cannery has started operations and will employ 160 hands. Local officials praise the move as a boost to employment and the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberk Cannery
Maddened Cow Rampages Through Bailey Farm
Walla Walla Washington July 10 a cow owned by G W Bailey on Eckle mountain ran wild for hours after the owner left the premises It damaged barnyard pigs horses and cows Mrs Bailey and the children hid in the house The cow gouged its eyes out and charged the doorway Mr Bailey returned and fired to stop the blinded beast Mrs Bailey suffered a nervous collapse Critics believe a new cattle disease may be spreading in the area The incident marks a third similar case in the neighborhood
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Walla Walla
Wash
G. W. Bailey
Eckle Mountain
Mr. Balley
Mra. Bailey
Woman goes insane after pet kitten dies
New York July 10 Charlotte Aralter a voluntary prisoner in the Yorkville police court prison for five years is now insane in Bellevue hospital. She kept a kitten as her sole companion and after its death she cried and lost her mind permanently doctors say. Once refined and educated she hid in the prison by choice but never explained why. She was first committed for six months as a vagrant and upon each expiration was recommitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charlotte Aralter
Yorkville Police Court
Bellevue Hospital
Eskimo Youth Starts for the North Pole
Mene Wallace a 20 year old Eskimo youth linked to explorer Peary sails to St Johns aiming for Greenland and a flag planting at the North Pole. Peary club required him to vow not to carry arms or return to the United States amid bitter claims he was mistreated.
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New York
Greenland
North Pole
Mene Wallace
United States
Peary
St. Johns
Jeanie
Peary Arctic Club
Club
Corporation Wins Big Damage Suit In Seattle Area
Olympia July 10 The Puget Sound Electric Company loses a damages suit after Conductor Henry Sipes made Manager W. J. Dimmick a party defendant for injuries from a collision. The jury ruled against the company, but the supreme court orders the judgment for the plaintiff set aside and the case dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Henry Sipes
W. 3
Dimmick
Puget Sound Electric Company
Supreme Court
Fire explodes in well. man dies of gas suffocation
In Spokane on July 9 Alfred Bunker detonated dynamite at the bottom of a well he was digging, then climbed down to inspect loosened rock. Nearly an hour later his body was recovered at the well bottom, the gas having suffocated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Alfred Bunker
Scholl Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder
Spokane report Edward Scholl who killed Henry Falkatraw yesterday near Colbert pleaded guilty to first degree murder in court today.
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Scholl
Spokane
Edward Scholl
Henry Falkatraw
Colbert
Man Bores Well to 150 Feet for Water Near Newberg
A man on a nine acre tract near Newberg had a well bored to more than 150 feet to avoid drinking surface water. A strong vein of water was found at that depth, rising to within 16 feet of the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberg
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