Two men fired on while boarding Duncan freight train
Early reports indicate two white men were fired on by train guards near Duncan while attempting to board an eastbound freight. Sheriff officials hold no arrests as a nationwide hunt intensifies with detectives arriving from Portland and Squaw Creek searches underway to trap the escapees soon.
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Duncan
Leonard
Grand Jury
No. 17
W. R. Taylor
Monroe Reformatory
Washington
Posse
Poucemen
Mayo
Umatilla
Hayes
Cayuse
Meacham
Dencean
Meacham Creek
Desert Cal
la Grande
Moe
Sheriffs
Frei ®Elwer
di In
Cayuse Sterns
Sxellaw Creek
Murder or departure mystery grips Ukiah area
Rumors swirl over Wan Joo Williams of the White country. A letter said to be from Williams and a livestock bill of sale mailed July 2 on the O W & N train tie to a murder theory. Coroner and local officials probe as reports of burned remains and missing bonds surface.
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Wan Joo Williams
Whiah
Thie le
Elbie
Ukiah
A. M. Schlorbeum
Albee Mercantile
Albee
Williams
Jetter
Williame
Schlorbaum
East Oregonian
Paria
Vas
Church workers urge steel conference plan
Washington July 28 AFP President Wilson considering a recommendation from the inter church world movement commission to appoint a special committee on a steel industry conference. The panel studied the summer strikes and warned that without key changes a renewal of conflict seems inevitable.
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Washington
Wilson
Interchurch World Movement Commission
Weather report from Major Moorhourne observer
Weather data reported by Major Lee Moorhourne shows a high of 109 and a low of 5 with a barometer reading 29.60 inches.
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Major Lee Moorhourne
Transcontinental air route flight planned from New York
Three aircraft are being used in Central Park to launch a flight to San Francisco to map an air route. The return leg includes a stop at Omaha with one more leg scheduled. The transcontinental airmail service is expected to begin in early September.
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Central Park
San Francisco
Omaha
Apple yield outlook in Milton Freewater area
County agent Fred Bennion reports severe winter weather hurts fruit crops in Milton Freewater area. Apple crop near zero in east end except Stanfield and Hermiston high ground. 110 percent in west end. No peaches. pear 80 percent of normal. tomatoes 60 percent with 110 percent condition overall.
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Milton Freewater
Stanfield
Hermiston
Fred Bennion
Exet
Thut
Riot resumes in Japanese Diet amid clashes and guard action
The Japanese Diet session descended into pandemonium as opposition members demanded expulsions and accused cabinet ministers of stock gambling. Police reinforced the hall while rioting erupted with blows exchanged and intervening guards. In Darlington a woman and her three year old child are found dead in a gas-filled room, suspected burglary.
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Pilliam Iever
Haren Talahachi
Fiet
Onarde
Diet
Tokio
Bolquical Party
Darlington
Mia
Alfred Miller
Allies Endorse Reparations Commission Handling Coal Indemnity
At Boulogne on July 26 British and allied representatives said the reparations commission would manage the German coal indemnity with notes maturing May 1, 1921. The first payment of one million marks is due September, with subsequent monthly installments. Lloyd George sent a note to the Soviet government urging postwar peace with Russia before formal recognition, and asserts allies have no ties to General Wrangel. Warsan reports Russian attacks continue south of the front.
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Boulogne
Germany
Lioyrd George
Britain
Russia
Con Vormal
Washington
Rusia
Wrangel
Crimea
Townley denied new trial in war disloyalty case
Fairmont North Dakota July 24 A C Townley president of the national nonpartisan league and Joseph Gibert former league organizer were denied new trials on charges of conspiracy to encourage disloyalty during the war They are under 60 day jail sentence.
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Fairmont
North Dak
A. C. Townley
National Non-Paritaan League
Joseph Gibert
Wheat Market Fluctuates Amid Mixed Signals
Wheat opened at 2.38, slid to 2.34 as December and March bids showed gains and losses. Reports from Overbeck & Cooke signal strong export demand yet a soft overall tone, with cash prices edging higher at times and declines persisting into the session amid hedge activity and anticipated crop scares.
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Overbeck & Cooke
Chicago
Clowe
Joy
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Henrith
Indianga
Ohio
Ilinois
Missouri
Corm
THINK VILLA TO BECOME RANCHMAN AFTER SURRENDER
Reports say Villa surrendered to the new government and will retire from public life. He conferred with military leaders at Torreon and plans to proceed to Mexico City to arrange a private life as a ranchman with hundreds of followers likely to be reassigned.
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Fagle Pash
Potti
Villa
Torreon
Eagle Pass
Mexico City
Oix
General Mart
Huerta
Plane flight plans near Portland and La Grande
Airplane service from The Dalles and La Grande was discussed as pilots from a Le Grande company planned to operate five planes once a landing field is established. A Lincoln Standard plane with Hispano-Suiza motor circled Pendleton seeking fuel, then landed near a state hospital after being directed to a field east of town due to fuel constraints.
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Dalles
le Grande Aleion
Ch Newell
Christie
Mr. Newell
Dp. m
Portland
la Grande
le Grande Corporation
Tedacae
Pendleton
State Hospital
Thare
Ted Prebel
Lotal
C. Bittner
Labels for illicit booze traced to Seattle printer
Federal agents search Seattle for the printer allegedly producing counterfeit whiskey labels used on moonshine. Donald A. McDonald, federal prohibition director, says labels imitate genuine articles and imply wood aging. A Chehalis woman exposes shipments said to head toward Portland, warning that the illicit liquor may contain most of the original form.
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Seattle
Wash
A. P
Anid
Donald A. McDonald
Lelaure Janet
Chehalis
McDonald
Portland
Poison plot ends in deaths at asylum in Nashville
George Litthal 28 confessed he and a young woman planned to murder his insane wife to marry. The plan led to the death of Mrs Liezle Brooks and two asylum attendants after a poisoned candy was sent to Mrs Littral who tasted but refused more. Detectives traced the scheme to several months back.
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Nashville
Tenn
George Litthal
Wretheart
Liezle Brooks
Littrual
Realeharp
Evlum
Labor leader backs Kansas court for labor relief
A. J. Fleming state AF of L organizer and Labor’s free endorsement of the Kansas labor relations court appeared in a letter to union men. Fleming urged workers to resist the clamor against the court and said it has done much good for labor.
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Pera
Kane
A. P
Kansas
Coal Crisis Shuts Down Midwest Mills
The article reports widespread plant closures in the midwest due to coal shortages. Gary Indiana steel mine and the Calumet region cut production, with water rationing threatened in some areas. Labor officials and the Secretary of Labor are active, seeking settlement through wage talks as union calls and government actions unfold.
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Chicago
Middle West
Gary
Ind
Calumet Region
Motorcycle Racers 10 Reach Here Tomorrow
Contestants in the annual four day North Pacific sectional endurance run will arrive in Pendleton Thursday evening after traveling Portland to Pendleton to Spokane and Seattle and back to Portland a total of 1 042 miles. The Firestone Co will provide free dinners at points along the route and J M Galloway will oversee dinners and check machines. The schedule includes various handicaps by day and machine type with penalties for altered numbers. total prize money is 1 000 dollars.
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Pendleton
Portland
Spokane
Seattle
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
J. M. Galloway
Territory
Cyreclints
Pendieton
Bpokane
Italy Abandons Avolna Amid War Talks
Rome reports that Italy and Albania agreed to abandon Avolna, with the move tied to immediate hostilities cessation and a prisoner exchange. The accord comes as discussions continue between the Tinian and Albanian governments.
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Italy
Avolna
Rome
Avolra
Mente
Markets Unchanged Portland PS Duly 2 Te
Markets remained steady as Portland PS reports no change in the latest trading session. Prices for key commodities held firm with modest activity across sectors.
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Portland
Ulsterite Engineer Ends Troop Train Delay
Dublin June 24 twelve hundred railway workers idle due to refusal to troops. A small garrison at Dungtol as relief party delayed by the engineer willing to ruin their tran. Sinn Feiners sit on tracks. a corporal of an Essex regiment reportedly shot.
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Dublin
N. Pj
Dungtol
Essex Regiment
Woman found in trunk identified as Mrs Katherine Laroy
In New York on July 24 the body of a woman found in a trunk is positively identified as Mrs Katherine Laroy of Detroit by Mrs Leo Trumbull of Detroit.
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Washington
Post Office Department
New York
San Francisco
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittburgh
Loule
Chicago
New Yor
Atlanta
Mra
Katherine Laroy
Leo Trumbull
Bergdoll Rumored Hidden in Northwest Region
Federal officials patrol the northwest after a tip on Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the Philadelphia draft evader. A jurist reports Bergdoll departed from a Kane to Seattle trek, with a man matching Bergdoll seen nearby. details remain unclear as authorities pursue the case.
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Seattle
Jnly
A. P
Northwest
Grover Cleveland
Bergdell
Philadelphia
Kane
Bergdoll
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