Mabel Warner testifies in West on Will Mystery in Weston
Mrs. Mabel Warner recounts life with her uncle James W. Young and asserts she did not forge the three wills. She describes living with her uncle, learning his business, and being named heir, while denying involvement in alleged forgeries. The case hinges on the contested wills and handwriting questions.
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J. W. Young
James W. Young
Mabel Warner
James A. Fee
Phelps
Weston
Weston Normal
St. Joseph's Academy
B. B. Hall
Warner
Iias
Horse Thief In Prison Inherits $825,000
James Murphy, serving six years for horse stealing in the state penitentiary, inherits $25,000 from a Los Angeles relative. A campaign will be launched to gain his parole. The report notes the Sacramento bequest tied to the July 14 release context.
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Sacramento
James Murphy
State Penitentiary
Los Angeles
Mardi Gras Style Elks Parade Dazzles City
A massive July 16 parade in Los Angeles honors visiting Elks attracting thousands. Floats gleam with flowers and bright colors while bands from Temple Block lead the procession. Elks officials observe the review of an allegorical pageant with varied California scenes.
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Los Angeles
Elkhom
California
Temple Block
Ofolock
Walla Walla Life Convict Inherits $75,900
In Walla Walla Washington a convict in the state penitentiary was informed he stands to inherit about $76,000 from an uncle who recently died. Convict No 6842 will not have his name released. The crime and imprisonment details remain unavailable.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Famous maker of Indian pictures pitches camp on reservation
Edward S. Curtis, famed photographer of Native Americans, plans a weeklong camp on the Umatilla reservation to gather material for The North American Indian. He travels with W. Myers and Harold Curtis with Major Lee Moorhouse introducing him to local Indians. The project aims for 20 volumes, eight more years to complete, with Frederick Webb Hodge as editor and a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Patronage comes from J. Pierpont Morgan.
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Indian Pictures
Edward S&s Curtis
Seattle
Umatilla
W. (. Myers
Mr. Curtis
Harold Curtis
Cayuse Station
Curtis
Avalatant
Cuortle
Lee Moorhouse
Curtle
Frederick Webb Hodge
Theodore Roosevelt
J. Pierpont Morgan
De Wolfe to face state bar on supreme court charges
Tacoma attorney Herbert N. De Wolfe, who leveled sensational charges against Washington Supreme Court members, will be asked to substantiate them at a state bar association meeting. If he fails, disbarment actions may follow. The association also seeks proofs from Judge J W Robinson and inquires into Judge Miln Root’s retirement and Judge Gordon’s embezzlement case.
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Tacoma
Washington State Supreme Court
State Lawyers Organization
Aberdeen
State Bar Association
Herbert N. de Wolfe
Supreme Court
House Committee
J. W. Robinson
Olympia
Miln Reot
Spokane
Gordon
Great Northern
Root
Supreme Bench
Strikers Send Tile Office Employes Home
Pittsburg July 14 Cars bearing the office employes to the plant of the Pressed Steel Car company at MeKtes Rocks were stopped today by the workmen striking against the company. Other methods were used to prevent the corporation from continuing business. No violence occurred and most of the office staff left for home. A fifteen member committee was formed at a mass meeting to present grievances to officials.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
MeKtes Rocks
Wheat at Record Price in Portland
Portland reports record high new crop wheat prices with initial quotations from local mills at 1.05 a bushel for blue stem 1.00 for club 0.80 for red Russian and 1.026 percent for forty fold several small lots sold near these levels outpacing previous coast prices.
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Portland
Pacific Coast
Greatest crowd in history of exposition in Seattle
Seattle on July 14 is crowded with the greatest throng to invade its borders. It is Tacoma day at the exposition with visitors pouring in by boat and train. Practically every Tacoma business house is closed today as about 20,000 arrive before noon.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Washington editors arrive in Seattle for convention
Seattle July 16. Three hours of sightseeing this morning opened the entertainment program for the Washington State Editorial association and their families who are here to attend the convention. The first business session was at 2 30 this afternoon.
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Seattle
Washington State Editorial Association
Armour and Patten Move to Dominate September Wheat
Chicago July 16 wheat prices rise as July wheat holds near 1.22. Traders expect Armour and Patten to orchestrate a large September wheat purchase after their heavy buying today.
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Chicago
Armour and Patten
Jack Johnson Narrow Escape in Auto Accident
Crown Point Indiana July 16 pugilist Jack Johnson had a narrow escape after an auto collision near here. Both cars were wrecked and Johnson disappeared immediately after the crash leaving no injuries known.
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Jack Johnson
Crown Point
Ind
Johnson
Straw Day Aims to Improve Pendleton Roads with Straw
President Taylor of the Good Roads Association urges a Straw Day to lay straw on roads into Pendleton. A September date is eyed. subcommittees would solicit farmers to haul straw, with road foremen overseeing distribution and aiming for even effort across routes.
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Taylor
Good Roads Association
Pendleton
H. J. Taylor
County Good Roads Association
W. L. Thompson
C. E. Roosevelt
F. E. Judd
C. B. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Umatilla
Tayley
Stranger suicide at State Hotel shocks city patrons
Ed Fawcett, a city transient, took strychnine in his room at the State hotel on Webb and Cottonwood Street shortly before 4 this afternoon. He left a note to his mother Mrs George Over of Denver and was found dead by hotel staff.
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Ed Fawcett
State Hotel
Webb and
Cottonwood Street
George Over
Denver
Shah Flees as Nationalists Seize Tehran
Teheran July 16. The shah seeks refuge at the Russian legation while General Linkhoff negotiates surrender terms. Nationalist forces attack the south gates and gain full control of the city.
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Teheran
Linkhoff
Earthquake Death Toll in Elis Province Surges
Athens July 14 report from Reparta states the death list from yesterday's quake in Elis province southern Greece will exceed the initial count of 20. The disaster site faced extensive damage as authorities assess casualties and relief needs.
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Athens
Elis
Greece
First day on Flathead reservation draws thousands
Missoula reports a record registration on the Flathead Indian reservation with six thousand signed in and ten thousand arriving. Notaries work around the clock as crowds pour in from Butte Helena and eastern states. Police monitor theft while railroads note rising eastbound arrivals. A chamber bureau posts daily room availability.
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Missoula
Flathead
Butte
Helena
Montana
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt slays a three ton hippo near camp
Nallasha July 16. Colonel Roosevelt killed a hippopotamus weighing three tons last night. He was alone with no white companions when he spotted the hippo near the camp. It is the largest hippo killed in this region in many years.
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Nallasha
Roosevelt
Camp
Major MacFatridge Refuses New Post at Grande Ronde
Major A. E. MacFatridge, recently reassigned from the Umatilla agency, refuses to accept the Grande Ronde post. He and his family will visit Indiana for a few weeks, then return to Pendleton with indefinite plans. He criticizes the reservation conditions and notes the agency’s isolation and lack of resources.
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Pendleton
A. E. MacFatridge
Umatilla Reservation
Valentine
Grande Ronde Reservation
Oregon
Indiana
Maidy
Grande Ronde
Grand Ronde
Portland
Seaside
Wealthy contractor shot. two men named in report
Portland police failed to prove Rae F Brackett's claim that John M Main and Louise Quimby shot him. Quimby was in Victoria B C at the time and Malin reserved a room at Ashland hotel but did not stay. Brackett’s condition improves and his wife is at his bedside. Brackett has not publicly spoken.
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Portland
Vancouver
Ashland
Rae F. Brackett
John M. Main
Louise Quimby
Seattle Today
Quimby
Victoria
B. C
Malin
Brackett
R. M. Brown
Portland man sought in Portland shooting linked to hotel Oregon
Ashland July 16. Manager Mc Roberts of the hotel Oregon says a man naming himself J M Main of Portland registered for a room Wednesday morning and planned to occupy it that night. The description matches the suspected Provestin allbs from Brackett in the Portland shooting.
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Seattle
Quimby
the Washington
Fred L. Webster
Allis Company
Webster
Essex
Victoria
Portland
Exposition Grounds
Ashland
McRoberts
Hotel
Oregon
J. M. Main
Brackett
Portland Brackett shooting tale prompts police check
A caller to the Oregon Journal on July 14 claimed the Brackett shooting was a mis take and that the intended target was three blocks away when the gun fired. Police received the information for investigation.
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Portland
Oregon Journal
Brackett
Crane Accepts Chinese Ministership
Washington reports Charles Crane an elevator manufacturer from Chicago has accepted the ministership to China. The White House says the department is consulting the Chinese government regarding the acceptance.
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Washington
White House
Charlies Crane
Chicago
China
Barley Sells for Record Price at Adams Mill
Barley in Pendleton opens harvest with prices from 1.20 to 1.60 per hundred. Adams Chop Mill bought 300 sacks near Sparks Station at 21.50 per hundred, freight paid to Adams. Victor Lidwell sold 1200 sacks at 1.20. Others around 1.25 to 1.30. Wheat market not yet opened. buyers expected to pay high, though farmers seek dollar wheat amid July Chicago price of 1.29.
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Pendleton
Adams
Sparks Station
Pilot Rock
Sparks
Victor Lidwell
Chicago
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Walla Wataa
AK DE Wolfe
Shah
Mfatridge
Seatle
Charles Crane
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