Welles Reports County School Year In Review
Frank K. Welles county school superintendent files annual state report with tax, enrollment, staff, and funding figures. County taxes rose to 60,028.07 from 27,706.28. average levy to 5.6 mills. enrollment 6,300. teachers 182. new certificates 12 examined, 18 failed. Daily attendance 2,018. private schools 22 teachers, 416 students. Total school value 194,980 building and grounds, 27,620 furniture. Expenditures total 162,082.59 despite rising costs. Also notes 1,100 county children not attending. Delegates arrive at Rio Janeiro for Pan-American congress.
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Frank K. Welles
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Molly
le West
Welles
Formule
London bank tangled in financial trouble amid insurance links
ENGLISH FISCAL ALARMS reports that a leading London bank with London American ties is in trouble but has temporarily weathered the storm. There are rumors a prominent British insurance company is financially involved, signaling broader risks in the sector.
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London
Arrest Looms for Rockefeller in Toledo Golf Case
Will arrest Rockefeller in Toledo if he reaches Ohio, says Attorney William David. He warns the magnate must submit to arrest or appear and give bond to facing the charges, even on his own golf links.
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Wiliam David Wave
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Bond
Lanover
Republicans Open Campaign of Statistics and Arent
Washington July 21 The Republican congressional campaign committee gears up for the opening of the campaign in the states with headquarters in New York and other cities. They plan to use the first session record of the fifty-ninth Congress on campaign literature while arguing for party control of the house. Prominent orators include Speaker Cannon Secretary Taft Vice President Fairbanks Senator Beveridge and Representatives H M N of Connecticut and Payne of New York.
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Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
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Payne
Cuba's Plenipotentiary Plans Tour of Latin Nations
General Ruiz Rivera, Cuba’s former interior and treasury secretary, now special minister plenipotentiary, leaves to tour capitals of Central and South American republics with no prior Cuban diplomatic presence. He will visit Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, then Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and finally Rio de Janeiro to proceed to Europe, returning in eight months.
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Gold Spring bid rejected delays irrigation dam project
Secretary Wireback of the Interior rejected bids for the Cold Springs government irrigation dam and reservoir. Only two bids opened in Portland on June 28. Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Seattle bid 462,054.05 and Holmes & Sweeney Portland bid 415. The delay delays completion to late next year.
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Portland
Cold Springs
Wirebook
Interior Department
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Ogaly
Porthand
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company
Settle
Holmes & Sweeney
Dreyfus Restored to Honor in Legion of Honor Ceremony
July 21 reports Major Dreyfus returned in a new uniform as major to receive the Legion of Honor in a formal decoration before assembled troops. In Shoshone Wyoming Warren Moody town attorney and son of the late Senator Moody was shot from ambush and killed. In Dubuque Iowa Senator Laliison’s last witness era ends as he slowly declines.
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Dreyfus
Legion of Honor
Wyo
Woarren Moody
United States
Moody
Allison
Dubuque
Towa
Laliison J
Washington
Land Commissioner Implicated in Oregon Land Fraud Case
In Portland on July 21 the trial uncovered Charles Nickell former land commissioner at Medford in a conspiracy to defraud. Witnesses included George Inlow an Ashland victim who described a fake Wee contract signed by Nickell and others. Testimony cited bogus contracts printed by Nickell’s foreman Charles Doughty and FF. W. Bigger, with additional victims named.
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Ore
Charles Nickell
Medford
Wos
George Inlow
Ashland
Wee
Nickell
Charles Doughty
Nichkell
FF. W. Bigger
Adan Croford
FF. Winkler
Lucy Langley
Revolution Ots Be Terrorized By Army Control
Petersburg reports indicate troops have entered the city to quell disorder as rioters are dispersed with force. Government leaders admit the army dominates and fear a proclamation could trigger wider conflict. British ministers warn India policy must be safeguarded against domestic political pressures.
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St. Petershure
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Delong
Doumna
Omr
War Predicted and Mexican Conference Amid Rising Tensions
Reports from Fort Worth July 21 describe growing alarms over potential war between the United States and Mexico. Governors from Mexican states head to Mexico City for a conference as jealousy and unrest spread with Sonora seen as a hotbed for revolutionary activity. A Central American peace agreement was noted, along with canal bond allocations and prisoner exchanges under U.S. mediation.
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J. Mather
Ohio
Mexican Nathoramatical
United States
Mexica
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al Pono
Mexico
Mextern City
Ding
Sonora
Investigating Theft Binds New York Suspects
In New York on July 22 Mrs Ethoniath Melletry and Alfred King were remanded to the Tombs to await a hearing Monday on charges related to a jewel theft valued at 57,000. Mrs Corwin, accused of stealing the gems, appeared in court but fled, concealing losses.
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Ethoniath Melletry
Alfred King
Koontz Gift Lets Pendleton Academy Add Dormitory
Mr and Mrs J H Koontz of Echo donate the C E Jackson residence at 406 Jackson St to Pendleton Academy for a girls dormitory. The mansion will be furnished and opened in September with a domestic science department, a music studio, and added rooms planned. The Koontz Hall naming honors the donors as the academy expands to serve distant students and widen its Inland Empire reach. Transfer handled by E T Wailo & Son.
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Pendleton Academy
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Governor commutes Bradshaw death sentence to life in prison
Walla Walla report says Governor Mead commuted Oecor Bradshaw to life imprisonment for the killing of Chris Nelson at Pasco last year. Bradshaw, 19, and co defendant Kellett plotted a robbery. Bradshaw testified he fired as Nelson reached for a possible weapon. The ruling followed petitions from friends and Bradshaw family, with the commutation effective immediately.
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Whitman County
Navy to establish wireless stations in the Philippines
The Navy Department plans six or seven wireless telegraph stations in the Philippines. One is already at Cavite, with a second soon at San Fernando Point. In northern Luzon, the service will be gradually expanded.
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Mavy
Philippines
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Cavite
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Mystery of Two Murders and a Family in Wyoming Camp
July 21 in Wyoming reports reveal two deserted bloodstained wagons and mangled bodies of a man and boy. Identification links them to Archite Irvine of Cohoto OK along a Cheyenne family en route from Baker City Oregon. The crime likely committed by tramps, with a woman from the party traveling to Oklahoma by train. Nearby wagons show a pursuit and return toward Hanna Nebraska area.
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East Court paving taxes set by adjourned meeting
An adjourned council session approved paving East Court Street and widening the west sidewalk on Cottonwood Street to ten feet at residents’ request. A full list of property owners and assessment amounts is provided to fund East Court paving. Main Street paving estimates were not finalized due to incomplete figures.
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Carl Weistert
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Mary Siebert
Barnhart & Ogura
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Harlee Rohrman
George FE
Peringer
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William Rowech
Sophia Byers
Umazina County
Harry Folsom
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Pacific Press Plant Fire Destroys Mountain View Facility
San Jose July 21 The entire plant of the Pacific Pres Publishing company at Mountain View burned at midnight. Damaged by the earthquake, it was the best equipped religious plant west of Chicago. Conducted by the Seventh Day Adventists Loews 300000 a
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Pacific Pres Publishing Company
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