Letters Found Tie Mulhall to 1908 Indiana Campaign
In Indianapolis letters written by Mulhall were located in the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers association files. They illuminate the 1908 governor race influence, while the association states it will not publish the letters now. Also in Washington, William Whitman testified as the first lobby witness, detailing wool tariff lobbying since 1875, with 26 000 Mulhall letters turned over for committee use.
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Indiana Manufacturers and Shipyrers' Association
Probers Cotttme
Indianapolis
Mulhall
Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers’ Association
James Watson
Indiana
National Association of Manufacturers
Indiana Association
Washington
William Whitman
City Should Help Webb It paving plan urged by mayor
Mayor W. F. Matlock says the city should aid West Webb street property owners with paving costs and will bring the proposal to the council with an audit recommendation. Proponents argue the street serves a cemetery and heavy country traffic, while residents in limited means would bear the burden.
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W. F. Matlock
West Webb Street
Matlock
Bulgars Seek Peace Terms as War Weariness Grows
From St Petersburg and London reports dated July 10, Bulgaria seeks immediate peace terms. King Ferdinand orders Bulgarian troops to withdraw from engagements with Greek and Servian forces. General Savoff may be removed for provoking the war, while Russia’s intervention is reportedly sought to prevent further bloodshed.
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ST. Petersburg
Balkans
Foreign Office
Ferdinand
Bitile
Savoff
London
Bulgaria
Woman Confesses Fire at Sir Lever’s Home and Bomb Plot
July 10. Edith Bleby wife of a prominent physician confessed setting fire to Sir W H Lever’s residence and planting a bomb in the Liverpool exchange cellar. She said the outrages followed instructions from suffragette leaders and was remanded to jail.
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Sir Lever
Taverpool
Edith Bleby
W. H Lever
Liverpool Exchange
Johnson to Stay in Paris Says Havre Report
Havre dispatch of July 10 states Jack Johnson arrived by steamer Corinthian and announced he intends to live in Paris and not return to America. A Chicago report on July 19 quotes Attorney Bachrach saying the Paris home plan is a press agent stunt for Johnsons Paris fights and he will return to Chicago.
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Havee
Jack Johnson
Corinthian
Parte
America
Chicago
Paris
Bachrach
Johnson
Havre
Farmer James Bliss Killed in Runaway Near Nye
Word reached here of the death of James Bliss a 62 year old farmer from the south end of the county killed in a wagon runaway near Nye yesterday afternoon. His body was found in a field by his father in law Latimer and he is believed to have fallen from the wagon striking his head. Funeral services will be held today at Pilot Rock and his brother George Bills of Ukiah is named as next of kin.
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James Bliss
Pa Ranchway
Nye
Latimer
George Bills
Ukiah
Pilot Rock
Aviator Cle Starts Michigan City Run After Damaged Craft
Chicago July 10 An aviator named Cle began a bid for Michigan City at 12 45 in the Chicago to Detroit relay race. Glendon Martin’s craft was damaged and Cle did not expect to depart until the day after tomorrow.
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Chicago
Frian Cle
Michigan City
Chilcago
Detroit
Glenn Martin
Quee
Armstrong Denies Crooked Payoffs In City Jobs Case
Portland July 10 A P Armstrong county superintendent of schools reaffirmed his innocence in the civil service probe. He asked to testify before the grand jury about allegedly soliciting or accepting money from applicants for city positions. He said he was lenient with grading papers but did not take money. Craddock may have loaned him money, but he insists nothing changed for hire decisions. Former Police Chief Slover testified as the inquiry began.
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Portland
Civil Service Commission
A. P. Armatrong
Civil Service
Slover
Armstrong
Craddock
Beere Charged With Mailing First Class Newspapers
Portland July 10. R M Beere of Pendleton faces federal charges for sending four copies of a Pendleton newspaper bearing all‑caps wording under fourth class postage. Assistant District Attorney Johnson says Beere promised to appear and plead guilty within days. Offense carries a potential fine.
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Portland
Orc
R. M. Geere
Beere
Pendleton
Johnson
Young Man Killed as Lumber Jams on Freight Lift
Seattle July 10. H Lewis Schearer 19 captain of Lincoln High football team was killed in an Elles Music House elevator shaft where he worked as a carpenter. He loaded lumber on the freight elevator and moved toward the fourth floor. The lumber jammed, throwing him against the wall and crushing him between the elevator and shaft wall, his body dropping from the third to the shaft.
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Seattle
H. Lewis Schearer
Lincoln
Elles Music House
Chearer
Iti
President urged to avert eastern railroad strike
On July 10 representatives of railroad companies and trainmen brotherhoods plan to meet President Wilson to seek immediate passage of Erdman act amendments. An effort to move the Erdman act expansion through the House is set for Saturday, with Senate approval already granted. The aim is to settle the wage dispute involving eastern railroad trainmen and conductors.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Board of Arbitration
Senate
Judiciiary Committee
Eastern Railroad
I. W. W. Men Placed On Trial In Oregon City
Fifteen Industrial Workers of the World members are on trial in Oregon City for inciting riot. They face charges tied to a strike at Crown Columbia and Hawkeye Paper mills last month when a midnight march forced shutdowns.
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Oregon City
Ore
Industrial Workers of the World
Crown Columbia
Hawtey Paper Mills
Permits Denied to Two Portland Firms in Salem
Salem Oregon July 10 Corporation Commissioner Watson refused permits to the Inter-Continental Salvage Co. and the Photo Zingograph Co. of Portland. Both firms have patent pending and will not receive permits until patents are secured and further satisfactory showings are made to the corporation department.
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Salem, Ore
Corporation
Watson
Inter-Continental Salvage Co
Photo Zingograph Co
Portland
Corporation Department
Forest Fires Near Control At Mount Tamalpais
July 10 report from Mill Valley says winds easing may bring brush fires on Mount Tamalpais under control before night. About 2500 regular soldiers are stationed in canyon and slope areas, with 1000 militiamen to join. Official reports deny five soldiers lost in the flames.
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Mill Valley
Mount Tamalpas
Tames
Burglary at Clarke Hardware Seized in Store Room
A burglar hid in the Clarke Hardware Co store room yesterday evening and, after being locked in, stole 76 pearl handled knives a large number of stag horn and bone handled knives a 41 Colt revolver two 38 Caliber Iver Johnson revolvers and one 32 caliber revolver many Western dollar watches and a large quantity of ammunition. He escaped through the storeroom door aided by a removed padlock. Police notified.
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Atore
Clarke Harware Co
Crick
The Dalles in Chaotic Condition Amid Police Standstill
In The Dalles two sets of police officers hold sway as municipal affairs remain chaotic. Mayor Anderson accepted the governor's offer to appoint state special agents to back his police appointees, despite council refusal to confirm.
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Salem
Ore
The
Dalles
Anderson
Prominent Eugene Woman Edna Baxter Found Dead
The body of Edna Baxter, 22, who had disappeared Tuesday, was recovered from a deep Willamette River hole by Sheriff Parker. The young woman, well known in Eugene, either fell or leaped to her death after a period of illness.
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Eugene
Willamette
Edna Baxter
Willamette River
Parker
Wife shoots self as husband returns home
In Bellingham Washington on July 16 Mrs Frank Chase 28 shot herself through the heart at midnight after her husband came home and found W Young in the house with her Young leaped from a window and was arrested.
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Bellingham
Wash
Frank Chase
W. Young
Young
Prosecution of Lamar May Be Made New York
July 16 Deputy United States Attorney Marshall admitted an investigation into David Lamar as part of a lobby inquiry at the national capital. He aims to present findings to the grand jury if warranted, studying statutes including a $1000 fine or three years in prison for falsely assuming the authority of a United States officer and extorting money or valuables.
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New York
United States
Marshall
David Lamar
National Capital
Grand Jury
Guthrie Banquet Planned in Frisco for Japanese Post
Plans were completed for a large banquet in Frisco to honor George W. Guthrie former Pittsburgh mayor arriving en route to his new post as ambassador to Japan. The event will be one of the largest in recent memory with mayor and state officials invited to speak. Guthrie sails from Frisco on the Mongolia July 16.
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San Francisco
George W. Guthrie
Pittsburgh
Japan
Guthrie
Mongolia
First Shot at Gettysburg Veteran Colonel Ruge Dies on Train
Washington veterans train returns to Tacoma with the body of Colonel C S Ruge 73 who claimed to fired the first shot on the Gettysburg field. He said heat would finish him and died as the train crossed the Idaho Washington line after 26 months in Anderson prison.
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Tacoma
Washington
Gettysburg
CS. Ruge
Hirfore Field
Rugg
Idaho-Washington Line
Anderson
Webb Street Improvement Contract Approved by Council
After weeks gap due to injunctions the city council approved a contract with Warren Construction Co. to improve west Webb Street from Cosble to Tutulla. A bid for Raley Street was accepted and east Webb and College Birel pavements were approved on engineer and street committee reports.
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Warren Construction Co
West Webb Street
Cosble
Tutullla
Raley Street
East Webb and
College Bircel
Pendleton man swindled by bunco game in Los Angeles
T J Jenkins a Pendleton Christian Endeavor delegate offered forty five dollars as a loan security plus an $850 check for security. The check drawn on Any Old Nation Bank bore a rubber stamp signature of Inland Empire Traction Company official William Bowman. Jenkins reported the check as spurious to the police.
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Los Angeles
Cal
T. J. Jenkins Christian Endeavor
Pendleton
Io Security
Old Nation Bank
Inland Empire Traction Company
William Bowman
Jenkins
Pendleton man not T. J. Jenkins in Los Angeles tale
The article clarifies that the man is J. Jenkins of Pendleton, not T. J. Jenkins. It notes Charles J. Jenkins, Civil War veteran, left Pendleton for Los Angeles recently, reportedly to enter the old soldiers home, and states he was not a delegate to the Christian Endeavor convention.
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Los Angeles
J. Jenkins
Pendleton
T. J. Jenkins
Charles J. Jenkins
Cooperative plan would lease half coal lands to individuals
A Senate bill proposes moving Panama canal construction machinery to Alaska for government use in a coal mining project. It includes cooperative features to let government mine employees and consumers of government mined coal profit equally and would lease half the coal lands to individuals.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Alaska
Senate
Poindexter
Visit by Weston veteran Baker after 16 years
M A Baker of Weston, longtime Weston postmaster, visits Pendleton for the second time in 16 years. He tours Court and Main streets with Mayor Matlock and Leon Cohen and remarks on Pendleton’s progress. He plans to visit Salt Lake City and Montana before returning home.
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Weston
M A. Baker
Pendleton
Athena
Court
Main Streets
Matlock
Leon Cohen
West Court
Baker
Salt Lake
Montana
Two Fishermen Drown at Peacock Spit near Astoria
Astoria Oregon July 10 The report of two fishermen drowned Sunday at the mouth of the Columbia has been confirmed The accident happened at Peacock Spit as a heavy swell ran The boat capsized before life savers could reach them One man is believed to be Terner Road a boat puller The other man is unknown
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Astoria
Ore
The
Columbia
Peacock Spit
Lfe
Terner Road
Foot and leg found on Granger Lake near Benton Harbor
A woman's foot and leg washed ashore at Granger Lake near Benton Harbor on July 10. Authorities believe they were severed from a body less than two days earlier. Report says a man and a woman quarreled at a nearby Granger Lake resort Sunday night and campers heard a scream for help.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Granger Lake
City Accepts Offer of Railroad to Lease Ground Near the Depot
The city council unanimously accepted O W R N Co's offer to lease vacant ground north of the depot for park purposes for fifteen years. A parking fund was proposed to beautify the area, with any surplus to aid the Civic club. The plan includes converting the levee into a promenade, using dirt from the high school building project where possible, while finances require city labor.
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CITY
Civic Club
O.W. R., & N. Company
Cale
Civile Club
J. W. Tallman
The
Commercial Association
Civle Club
Mr. Tallman
Leon Cohen
I. Yo Temple
J A. Fee
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National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Whitman
Congress
Aldrich
Allison
Dingley
Webb
Dinand
Trax
Balkan
Belgrade
Athens
J. Johnson
Crook
Clarke Hardware
Lamar
New Post
Webb Street
Bunco Game
Pendleton Man
Mallock
Sstreet Committee
Pris
Tallman
Lases
Temple
Claders
Cohen
Thomas FitsGerald
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