Ash Buried Northland Natives Question World Destruction
Reports from Cordova Alaska say Cold Bay Trading Point owned by Captain Lathrop was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The Manning reports no life loss on the island, but mainland settlements near Mount Kattmal face severe food shortages with all provisions lost. Refugees aboard the Manning gain hope as some search ruins for homes and prepare to reach Koklak farm for food.
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Cordova
Alaska
Cold Bay Trading Point
Lathrop
Koklak Harbor
Mount Kattmal
Kodlank
Revenue Cutter
Manning
Koklak
Captain Perry
Squirrel Attack At Overton Park Baffles Police
In Memphis Tennessee a mad squirrel bit a 16 year old girl from Overton park as she fought for escape. She fled to a nearby home and fainted on the doorstep. Two local boys reported a similar attack prompting police to search. Edna Smith was treated with rabies suspicion.
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Memphis
Tenn
Overton Park
Edna Smith
Los Angeles Strike Demands Closed Shop Enforcement
Fifteen hundred union men affiliated with the Building Trades Counsel walked off jobs in Los Angeles on June 13. They were the open shop workers called out to pressure enforcement of the closed shop.
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Los Angeles
Building Trades Counsel
Action on Street Paving Postponed
City council adjourned meeting due to city engineer’s delay in final West Court paving plans. A final vote on gravel bitulithic West Court Street improvement is expected Saturday at 9. An ordinance to license rinks at 15 dollars per quarter passed. Finance committee authorized a 3000 dollar sinking fund loan. The council directed Medau to lay a concrete walk or lose the contract.
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Ecity
West Court
West Court Street
Webb Street
Cole
Street Committee
Charles Johnson
Blaine and
Washington Street
MH. O. Moussu
Hoe Counell
Medau
Hanford Impeachment Authorized by House Judiciary
The House on June 14 authorized Chair Clayton of the judiciary committee to investigate allegations against Federal Judge Hanford of Seattle. The committee was empowered to conduct a thorough inquiry and a subcommittee led by Representatives Graham, McCoy and Higgins will travel to Seattle to take testimony.
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Washington
House
Irrigation by Electricity Trialed at County Poor Farm
The county will test water pumped by electricity for irrigation at the county poor farm this summer. The Pacific Power & Light company furnishes the line to the county hospital free of charge, as the current is provided free to promote future business. Farm areas along the Weston to Pendleton line are urged to adopt the method after observing the demonstration. Perennial irrigation for the institution's bottom land will be supplied by the installed pumping plant.
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Meine
Tulce
Pacific Power & Light Company
Weston
Pendleton
Sword of Washington blesses wedding cake tale
Philadelphia story recounts how John La Bree instructed his daughter Edna to cut her wedding cake with Washingtons sword for luck. The blade descended from John Hewston to Hewston’s son, then to the bride, a gift from Washington to a loyal friend. The eighteen inch blade features ivory handle and silver band with cross and anchor motifs.
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Philadelphia
Edna
Washington
John la Bree
Harold A. Smith
John Hewston
General Washington
Hewston
Scouts to march from Guthrie to Oklahoma City
The Rev John Fr Chernathy pastor of the MBE church south of Guthrie and head of the local Boy Scouts will lead fifteen scouts on a 385 mile walk to Oklahoma City to attend an Epworth League and Sunday school workers convention. Only boys aged 12 to 14 will participate as the older scouts stay behind.
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Guthrie
Okla
John FR. Chernathy
M. BE
Boy Scouts
Oklahoma City
Epworth Leaguers
Pipeline Rates Cited In Interstate Commerce Ruling
Washington June 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that common carrier obligations apply to pipelines engaged in interstate transport even when built on private rights and moving their own oil. Carriers must file rate schedules with the Commission.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Republic Pool Smashing In Seattle Missionary Report
Seattle, The Rev Herman FE Voss and United Evangelical missionary report from Hunan China that the new republican government seizes Buddhist temples and turns them into schools. Altars and idols are sold or destroyed. common figures are demolished while finely carved images fetch high prices from collectors.
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Seattle
Herman Fe, Voss
United Evangelical Missionary
Hunan Province
China
Golleetons
Congresswoman Declares Leading Colorado Suffragette Promised Nomination
Denver Republic claims Colonel Roosevelt’s suffrage endorsement aims to win the women’s vote. It says Judge Ben Lindsey would be Roosevelt’s running mate and Mia Sarah Platt Decker would back Roosevelt Lindsey ticket, with Decker promised a Colorado congressional nomination and Roosevelt’s personal support.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Republican Today
Roosevelt
Ben Lindsey
Mia
Sarah Platt Decker
Lindsey
Decker
Republican
Colorado
Colonel Roosevelt
New County Road Planned To Link McKay Creek To Pendleton
The county court plans a new road from the agency south to McKay Creek, up to the forks, to connect with the existing county road. Advocates say the route serves a settled fruit producing area and will ease farm travel by avoiding gates on semi public routes. Approval from the Indian department is being sought and plans will be submitted for official sign off.
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McKay Creek
Pendleton
Maloney
Indian Department
Wrangling by Attorneys Features Darrow Trial
In Los Angeles on June 13 the forenoon session of Clarence Darrow's jury bribing trial featured constant wrangling by Defense Counsel Appel and Assistant District Attorney Ford. Dana Ong, a district attorney detective, was under cross examination by Appel. No new developments emerged and his testimony remained unimpeached.
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Los Angeles
Appel
Ford
Clarence Darrow
Dana Ong
O W B and N trains delayed by washout near Weatherby
A washout washed out 180 feet of track near Weatherby station. Westbound O W B and N traffic was delayed yesterday and last night's mail train arrived in Pendleton nearly 24 hours late. Train 17, the last westbound service, is scheduled to reach Pendleton this evening.
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Weatherby
Pendleton
Pickpocket Steals $150 From Seattle Visitor
H. E. Swan of Seattle reports losing $150 in gold from a leather purse kept in his hip pocket while he spent an evening around the depot and a local pool hall. A slit in his pocket shows how the thief cut the fabric to reach the money. Swan did not report to police and hopes his tale warns others against carrying large sums. He is in the city as a representative of a health society.
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H. E. Swan
Seattle
Swan
East Oregonian
Eity
Noble Families of England Joined by a Wedding
London June 13 One of the most brilliant June weddings in England was that today of Lord Nortland heir of the Earl and Countess of Ranfurly to Miss Hilda Cooper daughter of the late Sir Daniel Cooper. The ceremony was witnessed by representatives of nearly all the noble families of the United Kingdom.
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London
England
Lord Nortland
Earl
Countess of
Wingfield Appointed U S Senator for Nevada
Governor Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada appointed Geo Wingfield of Reno, a friend and business associate of the late Senator Nixon, as United States senator to serve until the legislature meets in January 1913. At that session the legislature will elect a successor to fill the unexpired term through March 1917. The appointment was expected.
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Wingfield
Reno
Tasker Ll. Oddie
Nevada
Geo Wingfield
Nixon
United States
MANY GIRLS AND BOYS START IN CONTEST FOR PONY
Contest opens June 15 and runs to September 24 offering a Shetland pony outfit with silver mounted saddle and harness as first prize. Second prizes include two 17 jewel watches from WBE Tanscom jewelry and two diamond rings. Subscriptions earn ten percent for new subscribers, with contestants urged to start early.
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Irl
Hamley Harness Co
WBE
Tanscom
Waltham
South Bend
Selvetel
A.V. Schnefer
W. F. Thinscom
Roosevelt Leaders Pushing Delegates and Defenses
Roosevelt won a major victory as Missouri seated four Roosevelt delegates with full votes, while Taft carried Mississippi districts. Fifteen Roosevelt states planned a formal protest to protect contested seats, while La Follette aides pledged to block either candidate if they hold power. Roosevelt plans to rush to Chicago as progressive leaders mobilize to influence the convention.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
National Committee
Missouri
Taft
Toosevelt
Eighth
Mississippi
la Follette
Walter Houser
Senator la Follette
Ousting Heney Debated at Republican Committee Meeting
June 13 committee meeting saw Sturges move to reject proxy held by Francis J. Heney as a Democrat. The motion was tabled. Borah defended Heney, noting his California Republican candidacy. Heney said he ran as a Republican independently, blaming Patrick Calhoun for defeating him. A Taft delegation bribery probe and alleged Roosevelt money efforts surfaced in a McKinley statement about buying Taft delegates and influencing Southern states.
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Heney
Chicago
Sturges
Republican National Committee Today
Francis J. Heney
Henney
Borah
Idaho
California
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways of
Calhoun
Fourth
T. R
McKinley
Taft
Roosevelt
New York
Mission
Alleged thief and stolen wire found
Charles Spencer was jailed on a pending charge after allegedly stealing a barrel of copper wire from Pacific Power and Light and selling it to John Laing, a West Webb Street dealer. Police traced the burglar to Laing, who later reported finding more copper and helped locate the stolen property.
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Pacific Power & Light Company
John Laing
West Webb Street
Charles Spencer
Thoett Wis
Allon
la Grande
Laing
Ar- Peet
British Union Leader Visits San Francisco
Joseph Havelock Wilson president of the National Sailors and Firemen’s union of Great Britain and Ireland arrived in San Francisco aboard the Tahiti from Australia to spend two weeks as a guest of the Maritime Union of San Francisco. He was met outside the Golden Gate by May or Rolph and local union leaders.
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San Francisco
Calif
Joseph Havelock Wilson
National Sailors’ and Firemen's Union of
Death seals buried money near Okoma Arkansas
Joe Robbs a Black resident near Okoma Arkansas died after sending a messenger to Arnold Robbs son of the man who owned Robbs’s father during the Civil War. He claimed $450 was buried between Oklom and Burstell and asked it to be unearthed if he died. He failed to reveal the hiding place before death.
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Okoma
Ark
Joe Robbs
Here
Arnold Robbs
Oklom
Burstell
Mr. Robba
Nesto
Unwritten Law Jury Instructions Lead to Acquittal
In Oakland Superior Court Judge Ellsworth instructed the jury that the unwritten law could justify homicide, urging them to place themselves in defendant Harry Prescott’s position after discovering Ralph Thompson with Mary Prew’s colt premises on February 25. The jury returned an acquittal despite a prior trial’s partial verdict.
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Oakland
Dahl
Ellsworth
Harry Prescott
Ralph Thompson
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Charles Roosevelt
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Taft Bureau
Diron
Roosevlt
Johnson
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