Sensation in Warner Young will contest introduced new evidence
A dramatic letter purportedly written by J W Young less than a month before his death was presented in the Warner Young will contest. It names beneficiaries, accuses Clara Young and others, and promises May will receive dollars. The letter’s provenance remains disputed. No depositions were taken in today’s hearing.
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Warner
Young
Mra. Warner
Mr. Young
Clara Young
Fred Young
Mabel Young
Mra Warner
Weuler Mra. Warner
Pstate
Watts
Rodgers
Phillipines
Fred
Norah
Mia
Pickard
May
Grace
J. W. Young
Killed Unloading Logs in Hoquiam River
Hoquiam on June 5 Henry Foote prominent citizen was killed while helping unload logs from a car. He was struck by a log andThrown into the Hoquiam river. The body had not been recovered last night.
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Hoquiam
Henry Foote
Ciizen
Hoquiam River
Pendleton Heira Contest Faces Early Challenge
Pendleton will likely push to set the first order of business as contest proceedings begin. The measure signals a swift start to the docket with potential implications for local leadership and governance.
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Pendleton
Heira
Roosevelt Car Van Heads Into Burning Desert Relief Route
Roosevelt plans a weeks long expedition into the Lumbwa district with a 125 gallon water carrying caravan. Natives give a royal farewell as the party faces a scorching march across the arid belt toward Sothk.
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Kijabe
Roosevelt
Lumbwa
Colone Rooosevelt
Sothk
Keene Arrested During Lyons Prize Fight Inquest
In Austin Texas on June 6 George Keene is arrested as an inquest into the death of Edward Lyons, a pugilist killed in last night’s prize fight. Lyons died from an uppercut in the eleventh round as the sheriff and police chief witnessed the bout.
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Austin
Tex
George Keene
Edward Lyons
Lyons
Train Wreck Near Powder River Ditches Five Cars
A Norfolk Western style report: train No. 6 from Pendleton derailed near North Powder on a sharp Powder River curve by the steel bridge. Five coaches and the tender left the track while the engine stayed on rails. No injuries reported. Clearance time estimated at ten to twelve hours. Passengers to Pendleton diverted via La Grande.
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Steel Bridge
Powder River
Telecaset
Pendleton
North Powder
la Grande
Car Strike Ends After Conference With 22 Cents Hourly Rise
Philadelphia reports a strike settlement after a lengthy conference. Workers accept 22 cents per hour and a ten hour workday, with strikebreakers deported. The old swing system is abolished, and a grievance committee will resolve disputes. If profits allow, further raises may follow.
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Philadelphia
Juny
Porcy
German Naval League Meeting Demands Larger Navy
Kiel June 6. Delegates advocate accelerated German naval buildup to contest England and win world naval supremacy. Admiral Koster leads fiery speeches warning the international crisis may push Britain toward war as Germany seeks naval dominance.
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England
Germany
Kiel
German Naval League
Great Britain
Koster
Senator and Others Accused of Conspiracy
Indictment reportedly returned by Emerald county grand jury names officers and directors of Pittsburg Silver Peak and Florence Goldfield Mining firms and Rawhide bank managers. United States Senator George Oliver of Pennsylvania among accused. charges allege criminal conspiracy to defraud by issuing false bullion reports to the assessor to downplay mining profits.
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Goldfield
Emerald County Grand Jury
Pittsburg
Silver ,Peak
Florence-Goldfield
Rawhide Bank
United States
George Oliver
Pennsylvania
William Flynn
T. J. Crump
John 8. Woller
J. G. Splain
Britain to Build New Dreadnoughts After Kiel League Session
London reports a sensational Kiel session of the German navy league prompts Britain to begin immediate construction of light new dreadnoughts. The government aimed to delay ships due to heavy public finances but now proceeds.
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England
London
German Navy League
Kiel
Taft Doubtful About Alaska Visit This Year
President Taft said his wife is not in condition to travel and it is doubtful he will visit Alaska this year. He plans to travel to Seattle and visit as many places as possible en route. He told Representatives Tawney and Cushman he did not want $25,000 appropriated for travel expenses and then be forced to disappoint the people.
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Washington
Taft
Alaska
Seattle
Tawney
Cushman
Mother slays children then commits suicide in Corsican
In Corsican Texas on June 1 Mrs J M Green killed her two sons aged 7 and 2 and her daughter aged 12 before shooting herself. Despondent over domestic troubles and presumed madness after her husband left for work, the tragedy ends in a family crisis.
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Corsican
Texas
J. M. Green
Woman in San Francisco in critical condition after morphine overdose
In San Francisco on June 6 Mrs Emma L Martin said to be wife of Portland businessman Fred Martin lay in the Central Emergency hospital after swallowing several morphine tablets. A note asked for her clothing to be sent to Mrs Lewis of Eugene Oregon and said she was lonely. She had registered at a hotel two weeks earlier.
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San Francisco
Central Emergency Hospital
Emma L. Martin
Fred Martin
Portland
Lewis
Eugene
Ore
Earthquake Shakes Manila for Two Hours
Manila June 5 Beginning at 2 46 oclock and lasting until 6 02 oclock yesterday morning seismographs at the observatory registered intense disturbance An earthquake estimated at 2000 to 3000 kilometers distant shows records similar to February 1909 Java and Sumatra event.
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Manila
Java
Sumatra
Pasco Fire Destroys Bon Ton Lodging House and Stores
A midnight blaze in Pasco destroyed the Little Gem restaurant and spread to Riggs & Whithorn general mercantile, Newman & Marks furnishing goods, Bon Ton lodging house, a saloon, and three Chinese restaurants. The Cunningham building was threatened but intact. A man may have perished in the Bon Ton, though details were unclear.
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Bon Ton Lodging
Cunningham
Bertholet
Northern Pacific
Little Gem
Riggs & Whithorn General Mercantile
Newman & Marks
Bon ‘Ton
Bon Ton
Townsend Starts 63 Day Chain Gang Term for Employer
Seattle reports A K Townsend who advertised as a stenographer employer begins a 63 day chain gang sentence after a va grant charge. A complainant testified she paid Townsend 60 dollars for a position that never materialized.
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Seattle
A. K. Townsend
Chain Gang
Townsend
Fia
Unknown Dead Man Found Floating in Columbia River
Coroner Ralph Folcom and Frank Barnhart left noon to investigate a naked, full grown male body found in a rough oblong wooden box in the Columbia River. The box with the body was dragged to shore three miles above Cold Springs landing, and no identifying clues are visible inside. The case remains unsolved as investigators assess the circumstances.
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Columbia River
Ralph Folcom
Frank Barnhart
Fred Barnheart
Cold Springs Landing
France Not Decadent Says Jusserand In Speech
French Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand rebutted David Starr Jordan’s claim that France is decadent in a San Francisco address to about 6000 local French residents. He argued France invented the first airship and submarine, leads in wartime arts, and that French thought remains vigorous and active.
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San Francisco
David Starr Jordan
France
Jean Jules Jusserand
Aa Ville
Lumber strike paralyzes business in Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Washington June 6. No change in the lockout strike among mill workers. Business interests are nearly paralyzed as mills refuse to fill orders amid Aberdeen trouble. Hoquiam mills now run day and night. Aberdeen yardmen seek a 26 cent daily wage increase and appear inclined to compromise.
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Aberdeen
Wash
World rulers urged to toast San Francisco Spirit
President Taft considers a toast to San Francisco Spirit and will write and propose it at high noon on October 19, the Portola festival date. Festival commissioners seek a promise from European rulers to drink the toast at the same hour.
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Washington
Taft
San Francisco
River flood forecast for Portland and The Dalles
District forecaster Edward Beals reports Portland river stage rising from 18.5 feet Sunday to 21 feet on Wednesday. The Dalles measures 82.3 feet with flood stage at 40. Change in last four hours is 3.66 feet.
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Portland
Edward Beals
Dalles
Expenses Orders Hit San Francisco Mint Workforce
Panic sweeps the San Francisco mint as Washington orders expense cuts. Superintendent Sweeney says reducing staff is the only remedy, with as many as eight hundred workers potentially laid off.
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San Francisco
Washington
Sweeney
Heney May Run for District Attorney
San Francisco reports that Heney will enter the race if the nominee for district attorney does not meet his standards of honesty and efficiency. He is endorsed by the San Francisco Democracy club.
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San Francisco
Heney
San Francisco Democracy Club
Governor to Uphold Anti-Betting Law in Horse Races
Denver reports Governor John 8. Shafrer announced he would use state power to halt betting on horse races in Colorado. Racetrack officials planned to test the anti-betting law at minor suburban meets to gauge the governor's response.
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Denver
Colo
John
Shafrer
Coloraio
Hearts Die Together in Hotel Room Pact
In San Francisco on June 6 Emma Riley a hotel employee and John Morgan were found dead together in a hotel room. They were reportedly engaged to be married. Police believe the deaths resulted from a self inflicted pact.
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San Francisco
Berlin
Emma Riley
John Morgan
Portland Girl to Wed Claus Spreckels' Son
Mary Adele Case of Portland Oregon and Claus Spreckels Jr of San Francisco are to marry in New York soon after their arrival according to reports received here today.
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New York
Mary Adele Case
Portland
Ore
Claus Spreckels, Jr
San Francisco
Children’s Day at Seattle Exposition Opens With Large Attendance
Seattle June 6 Officials designate today as Children’s day and expect the biggest crowd yet at the fair. The program started at 10 30 a m in the amphitheater with a chorus of 1700 school children.
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Seattle
New Mexico Fight Center eyed by Cimarron Club
Denver June 5 The Cimarron Athletic Club of Chimarron New Mexico plans to turn the state into a fight center with bouts tonight headlined by Bill Pettus a colored heavyweight meeting Denver Geyer in a twenty round clash.
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Denver
New Mexico
Cimarron Athletic Club
Chimarron
N. M
Bill Pettus
Denver Geyer
Oregon City Tragedy: Father Bombs Home Killing Himself
Bert Garrett of Marquam aged 35 detonated a blast under his kitchen during breakfast, killing himself and two daughters, injuring another and wounding his wife. Edith Bene lah and Lovilla died, Gladys survived, as authorities assess coroner's report and suspect mental illness with a planned act.
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Oregon City
Ore
Bert Garrett
Marquim
Here
Edith
Benelah
Lovilla
Garrett
I Asane
Marquam
Euelah
Lavilla
Gladys
Becuse
Embezzler Turner Sentenced for Three Years in San Quentin
Charles Turner former secretary of the Grand Parlor of Native Sons of the Golden West pleaded guilty to embezzlement and received a three year term in San Quentin. The shortage exceeded 96000 dollars. friends made good the amount but the grand officers chose to prosecute. Daniel Ryan vice president acted as special prosecutor while seeking leniency.
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San Francisco
Charles Turner
Grand Parlor of
Native Sons of the Golden West
San Quentin
Turner
Daniel Ryan
Order
Ryan
Exposition Attendance Surpasses 150000 Mark
Seattle report shows total exposition attendance since opening topped 150000 by noon today, with 35000 attending the exposition on the day.
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Seattle
Long Lost Cousins Meet Again After Many Years
An unusual case of family reunion unfolds as A Ruppe, a well known wheat raiser, meets two cousins from Armstrong County Pennsylvania for the first time in Pendleton. A L Ruppe and Burton Espey discover they are second cousins to A Ruppe, and Espey shares kinship on his mother’s side. The Pennsylvanians, visiting Rev W H Blenkeny, find a coincidental tie with a daughter named Bernice in both families. The trio are pleased by the reconnection before continuing to Beatle for the A P exposition.
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A. Ruppe
Mr. Ruppe
A. L. Ruppe
Burton Espey
Armstrong County
Pennsylvania
Pendleton
W. H. Blenkeny
Mr. Blenkeny
Ruppe
Beattle
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