Weiser violators face trial in probate court
June 4 probate court bound over Fiarl Monroy to await action of district court for bringing intoxicating liquor into Washington County. Charges against Monroy and Danile Barton involve transporting liquor across country in a buggy from Crystal to Weiser. Officers seized several bottles of whisky at the bridge to Oregon and Idaho. Barton escaped while Monroy was captured and prosecuted under the 1909 state law. prosecutor James Harris vows to pursue all similar cases.
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Weiser
Fiarl Monroy
Distret Court
Aquor
Monroy
Danile Barton
Washington County
Oregon
Tizho
Rls
Barton
Monroe
Prosecutor Targets Bootleggers With Rewards in County
Timoiry reports he has prosecuted 17 men for bootlegging with convictions in 14 cases. Seven others with warrants fled and have not returned. A countywide crusade against liquor traffic continues with a $75 reward for evidence leading to convictions. Monetary bond set at 301 dollars for appearance.
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Timoiry
Mon- Tce
Washington Women Urge Health Legislation on Marriage
Washington society women and sociological workers urged health certificate production for marriage license applicants and sex hygiene education at a Monday conference. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. J. W. Bryan attended. An organization may form to conduct a national sex hygiene education campaign and compulsory medical examination before marriage.
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Washington Society
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
J. W. Bryan
Rebels Destroy 40 R. R. Trestles Near Juarez
El Paso June 4 Forty railway trestles on the Mexico Northwestern line south of Medanos between Juarez and Casas Grandes were torn down by Maximo Castillo and about 150 mutineer federalists in retaliation for refusals of immunity payments by American and Canadian owned officials. Castillo and his group then moved toward the Mexican Central railway. He is not clearly aligned with federal or insurgent factions. The district lacks active federal troops aside from ex-rebels under General Salazar, from whom Castillo recruits. Salazar has not acted against him.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico Northwestern
Medanos
Juarez
Casas Grandes
Maximo Castillo
Castillo
Mexican Central Railway
Salazar
Castillos
Counterfeiters Flood China Prompt US Inquiry
Chinese envoy Lian Ngouton arrives in San Francisco with Hong Kong bankers to study US currency and banknote practices. He cites a forged money flood traced to a Japanese printing plant, with $10,000,000 in counterfeit notes tied to Japan and Hong Kong distributors, and several Japanese suspects already captured.
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San Francisco
China
United States
Lian Ngouton
Republic
Hong Kong
Siberia
Lino
Washington
American Banknote Company
Lian
Spurfus
Japan
Rag Wilts in Spite of Ban Says Youth Will Have Its Way
June 4 report quotes Relee June Arkwright Mur ton of Spokane arguing for substitutes to rag dancing. She defends modern evolution in dress and dance, urging morality without prohibition and calling for broadminded allowances for youth while municipal authorities denounce rag dancing.
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Relee
Oler
Ives Mre
Balxe
Tomer
Arbitration treaty with Britain expires today
Washington June 4 The arbitration treaty with Great Britain in force since 1908, governing Newfoundland fisheries disputes and the Alaskan seal controversy, expired today. A new treaty will likely be considered immediately by British and American diplomats, potentially the first during W J Bryan's tenure as secretary of state.
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Washington
T'nele Sam
Great Britain
Whith
England
America
W. J. Bryan
Pendleton Update: Bishop Claretree Confined by Illness
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports Claretree Bishop of Pendleton Woolen Mills confined to bed with illness. County Court holds June meeting at the courthouse, auditing bills occupying most of the day. Christian church social postponed by Rev. Weaver to next Friday evening.
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Clairence Bishop I
Claretree
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Court House
Weaver
The
Christian Church
Local notes and notices from Pendleton area
Mrs. Charles Greulich underwent a serious operation at St. Anthony’s hospital and is resting as expected. Mickey Madden was sentenced to a $10 fine or five days in jail for assaulting a Chinese worker at a Boston restaurant. Mrs. William Slusher reports the first sweet peas in bloom at Jefferson Street with hundreds of flowers. Royal M Sawtelle unveils a new carved sign for his jewelry shop in the Odd Fellows building, red and gold letters on black. Former Pendleton resident Mrs. William Shisher has a Rhine River trip card from Cologne.
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Charles Greulich
St. Anthony's Hospital
Germany
William Shisher
Pendleton
Mrye
W. E. Carter
Gent
Cologne
River
Rhine
Mickey Madden
Boston
FitzGerald
William Slusher
Jefferson Street
Royal M Sawtelle
Odd Fellows
Sawtelle
Ida Bird Setstle Bad Check Case In City Jail
Mrs. Ida Bird or Ida Brous flooded the city with bad checks Saturday afternoon and is settling with merchants who were stung. It is expected she will not be prosecuted. She remains in the county jail after being confined in a cell, ending a period of unrest for fellow inmates.
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Ida Bird
Ida Brous
Sues to Quiet Tide in land dispute near Section 26
J T Hoskins of Echo filed suit against Frank Sloan and Deda Sloan to quiet title to the northwest quarter of Section 26, Township 2 North Range 27. He alleges 1891 sheriff W J Furnish erroneously sold the land for delinquent taxes to F Brownfield, who then transferred it to the Sloans. G W Coutts represents the plaintiff.
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J. T. Hoskins
Echo
Frank Sloan
Land Sloan
Deda Sloan
W. J. Furnish
F. Brownfield
Sloans
G. W. Coutts
Real Estate Transfers Involving Several Buyers
Western Land and Irrigation Company sells 10 acres in section 16 township 4 north RB 28 to Charles H Crandall for 800 dollars. Inez Stanfield sells 1 2 of northwest and 1 4 of section 71 township 3 north R 28 to Gilet Fr Warner for 990 dollars. W D Kelly and wife transfer 40 acres in section 29 township 5 north f 87 to Charles E Demaris. T L Diggins and wife sell 120 acres in section 18 township 4 north R 37 to W O Millikin for 1200 dollars.
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Western Land & Irrigation Co
Charles H. Crandall
N. RB
Inez Stanfield
Gilet Fr. Warner
N. R
W. D. Kelly
Charles E. Demaris
T. L. Diggins
W. OO. Millikin
Leaves for California to join ill brother in Stockton
Mrs. Leon Cohen left this morning for California to join her husband already in Stockton due to his ill brother Jesse Cohen. A message yesterday said the brother would depart for Carlsbad Germany for health reasons and urged Mrs. Cohen to join her husband and another brother Albert Cohen for a motor trip through the Yosemite Valley.
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Leon Cohen
Stockton
California
Jesse Cohen
Yeatrday
Cohn
Carlsbad
Germany
John
Albert Cohen
Yoremite Valley
Two Marriages Today In Pendleton
Two weddings scheduled for today involve well known local people. Mike Emma Richardson, a Pendleton high school graduate, will marry Edward C Tweet, a Spokane civil engineer. Miss Wilma Burmester will wed Roy T Bishop this evening. Burmester has been a stenographer for Carter Smythe and Bishop is a Pendleton Woolen Mills manager.
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Mike Emma Richardson
Pendleton High School
Edward C. Tweet
Spokane
Wilma Burmester
Roy T. Bishop
Burmester
Carter & Smythe
Mr. Bishop
Pendleton Woolen Mills
New Freight Trains Must Carry Three Brakemen
A new law requires freight trains of over forty cars to have three brakemen. Trains passing through this region today show the extra man. Agreement between the trainmen’s union and the company mandates three brakemen for mountain runs, while two suffice in valleys if the train has 40 or fewer cars.
Joking attempt to end life ends badly in Baker Oregon
Baker Oregon June 4 A man Thomas Bailey jokingly pointed a supposedly empty 22 caliber revolver at his stomach after returning from a hunt. The weapon, broken and snapping together, discharged and pierced his intestines twice, lodging in the bowels as his wife watched in shock.
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Baker
Ore
Thomas Bailey
Bailey
Man Injured In Ranch Shootout Near Baker
The victim was shot, carried to St Elizabeth hospital, and spent two hours on the operating table as surgeons searched for the bullet. Despite a grave condition, doctors believed recovery possible. Bailey, 22, a Baker resident, had been tending his mother's ranch and married four months ago to Emily Geddes.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Bailey
Emily Geddes
Baker
Man Executed for Police Officer Killing
Auburn news reports Michael Goslinki aged 22 was electrocuted at Auburny prison after a three-contact execution. He murdered police officer George Claus in Buffalo.
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Auburn
Michael Goslinkl
Auborny Prison
George Claus
Buffalo
Seventeen Year Old Revolter Faces Treason Trial
Trieste Austria June 4 A seventeen year old student identified as M Sterle issued a manifesto urging Trieste inhabitants to revolt and form a republic. He received a five year term for high treason while noting Oberdank, hanged thirty years ago for attempting to assassinate Emperor Franz Joseph.
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Trieste
Austria
Sterle
Republic
Oberdank
Franz Joseph
Grass Toppers Do Damage In Many States
Washington reports grasshopper invasions across New Mexico California Idaho and Kansas with New Mexico described as suffering the worst infestation says Professor F. M. Webster head of entomology. Officials are assessing impact from limited reports received so far.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Eveat
New Mexico
California
Idaho
Kansan
FL MM. Webster
Textbook body selects seven books for state high schools
In Salem Oregon on June 4 the state textbook commission announced definite selections for use in the coming six years and tentative choices for others. New books chosen include Hopkins physical geography Hunter biology Forman civil government and Bottsford ancient history. They adopted a revised Wells and Hart algebra and rereadopted Websters high school Arithmetic Lyons and Carnahan Hook keeping and Myers Medieval and Modern history.
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Salem
Ore
State Textbook Commission
Hopkins
Hunter
Forman
Bottsford
Oregon Debating Team Defeats Washington Women
Oregon's girls debate team beat the University of Washington group in Eugene with a unanimous judges decision. Beatrice Littlefield, Aldous Oberholtzer, and Cecil Sawyer argued that the immigration of unskilled laborers should not be prohibited as too drastic, keeping Oregon undefeated in eight western states.
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Washington
University of Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Oregon
University of Washington
Robert Aiken
Salem
Professor Horner
Oregon Agricultural College
William Parsons
Busene
Milas Beatrice Littlefield
Minam
Misa Aldous Oberholtzer
Spokane
Cecil Sawyer
Brownaville
United States
Immigration Commission
Naval Academy June Week opens with awards
Annapolis June 4. June week at the naval academy began with award announcements. Midshipman J M Hall of Charlottesville won the annual sword for general athletic excellence, while Midshipman S N Gillette of Chicago earned the Thompson trophy for greatest influence for good in athletics. Buried children survive after sand incident at Atlantic City. Three young city children were rescued by parents when five feet of sand covered them on the beach. A man believed insane is charged with burying the children and battling rescuers.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
J. M. Hall
Charlottesville
The
Athletic Association
SN. C. Gillette
Chicago
Atlantic City
Helen Monday
Trial in Cox fraud case nears closing this afternoon
The prosecution in former boss Cox's fraud case is set to wrap up as the defense seeks to remove the case from the jury. They argue the £250,000 note Cox allegedly abstracted from the bank’s assets was not valid and that the trust company did not exist when the alleged act occurred, backed by witness Moch’s testimony that the company did not exist on December 11, 1911.
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Ineiniath
Cox
M. E. Moch
Course to Introduce Novice to Farming
A basic agronomy course led by Dr. M M McCool aims to teach novices foundational farming techniques and agronomic concepts. The program focuses on soil, crops, water use, and practical farm management principles for beginners.
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M M. McCool
Oregon Agricultural College Summer Session Introduces Farm Science
The program plans to acquaint novices with farm fields crops and mechanics and to present agriculture as a science through broad scientific study and investigation. It covers soil origin moisture heat air processes plant nutrients drainage irrigation farm machinery care and a survey of state agriculture along with an agronomy course on seeds of Oregon including wheat barley oats corn clover alfalfa and grease.
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Oregon Agricultural College
George Hyslop
Oregon
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