Americans to be honored at Paris
Paris June 13 A monster banquet and reception will honor the American commission touring Europe to study rural credit systems. Paris welcomes the visitors with a committee of 51 prominent French figures led by Etienne Clementel and Myron T. Herrick. After Paris, the group moves to London and continues through Italy Hungary Austria Germany and Russia.
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Paris
Europe
France
Etienne Clementel
George Pullain
London
Italy
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Russia
Hermiston Stanfield Baseball Rivalry Ends With Stanfield Victory
Special Correspondence from Hermiston Oregon June 17 reports Stanfield defeating Hermiston 7 to 4 in a Sunday baseball game. The item also notes community happenings including a Ladies Aid social at Mrs E Cotant and various local residents visiting or arriving, with several names and places mentioned such as JH Page of Portland, O K Mudge taking a new post near the OWR and WN station, Harry Stuart of Wakefield, and Sadie Hickey returning from Portland.
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Stanfield
Qve
Hermiston
Ladies Aid
Harry Stuart
Wakefield
Mass
Boston
F. B Stuart
Sadie Hickey
Portland
Ladies Embroidery Club
Pete Avery
F. L. Adams
Echo
W. E. Dupuis
George Panette
Dynamite Kills Two Laborers on Oregon Railroad Job
Adolph Beapelli and John Vinnicassa laborers for Scapelli Bros. sub contractors on the Eugene Coos Bay railroad near Pt. Terrace 50 miles west of Eugene were instantly killed when dynamite carried by one exploded. Vinnicassa had gone for a sack of dynamite and caps left under a log and may have met Scapelli. The blast hurled bodies up to 126 feet away, with an arm found 350 feet distant. Scapelli, foreman and cousin to firm members, had an address in Chicago found in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Ore
Adolph Beapelli
John Vinnicassa
Scapelli Bros
Eugene-Coos Bay
Pt. Terrace
Vinnicassa
Scapelli
King Humbert
Plodge
Honor Hill
Chicago
Two Soldiers Begin Tramp of 3500 Miles
Louis A. Mohr a former sergeant of the Coast Artillery and Karl Rittman a Rhode Island Guard sergeant started a 3500 mile hike to San Francisco to illustrate Army advantages. They received letters from Newport officials for travel cooperation with Mayors in Newport Kentucky and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Army of the United States
Louis A. Mohr
One Hundred and Ninth Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Grabie
Karl Rittman
Electh
Rhode Island Guard
Pawtucket
San Francisco
William MacLeod
Rolph
Pendleton Notes Buys Blooded Jersey Heifer and Moves
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports A C Hemphill from Pilot Rock received a blooded Jersey heifer from the Perfection herd of Clifford Conklin in Walla Walla. Judge Phelps to Baker for a few days, Anderson’s bench. Parmer to city, Lowell Rogers leases Mrs Forster home on Water St for a year. Six carloads of horses shipped to Miles City by Grant Hotetter. Cyrus C Sturgis returns to Seattle to receive bachelor of science from the University of Washington Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Rupuls
Nolin
Sclvanius Smith, Jr
Boston
BR. N. Stanfield
Pendleton
Jersey
A. Cc. Hemphill
Pilot Rock
Clifford Conklin
Walla Walla
Parmer
City
Lowell Rogers
Robert Forster
Water Street
Grant Hotetter
Miles City
Montana
Cyrus C. Sturgis
Seattle
University of Washington
Local Resident Purchases Jackson Street Home
Jack McKeown, a well known Pilot Rock farmer, has bought the Jackson street residence formerly owned by Mrs. Henry EF Laats. The Alexander Department Store appointed O M Baumgart as head of the ladies shoe department, bringing experience from Knight Shoe Co in Portland.
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Hays Laat
Jack McKeown
Pilot Rock
Jackson Street
Haer
Henry EF. Laats
Alexander Department Store
O. M. Baumgart
Baumgart
Knight Shoe Co
Portland
Round Over Justice to Present Larceny Case
Justice of the Peace Joe St Parkes today held T J Gould accused of stealing 100 pennants during the last Round-up to the grand jury. A preliminary hearing was held yesterday and the case was taken under advisement until today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Joe
Engineering student joins Oregon survey crew
Arthur Jordan, a sophomore civil engineering student at Oregon Agricultural College, left this morning to join the O. W. Ro N. surveying crew on a line from Pilot Rock to Ukiah. The party is encamped about six miles south of Pilot Rock.
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Arthur Jordan
Oregon Agricultural College
Pilot Rock
Ukiah
Pastor Tolbert Weaver Leaves for Camp Meeting and Conference
Rev Tolbert FL Weaver pastor of the local Christian church will depart for Turner to attend the annual camp meeting convention opening Thursday. Upon return he will attend the World's Christian Conference in Portland next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolbert FL Weaver
Turner
Portland
Marriage Licenses Issued To Bradburn Bartley Hofer Brownell
A marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon to Benjamin H Bradburn and Mamie Bartley, both residents of this county. Another license was granted to Fred M Hofer of Shoshone County Idaho and Miss Eva Brownell daughter of D C Brownell of Umatilla.
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Benjamin H. Bradburn
Mamie Bartley
This County
Fred M. Hofer
Shoshone County
Idaho
Eva Brownell
D. C. Brownell
Umatilla
Girl Appointed to County Treasurership
Redding California June 17 Miss Den ni Dennis the first woman county treasurer in California was appointed to that position by the supervisors of Shasta county to succeed her father M Dennis who died in San Francisco last Saturday Miss Dennis has been a teacher in the public schools here but during the 15 years that her father was treasurer she often assisted him The salary is 2400 a year and Miss Dennis will hold office until January 1 1915.
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Redding
Cal
Denni Dennis
California
Shasta County
M. Dennis
San Francisco
Anglo Japanese Engagement Sparks Street Disorder
Frank Smith, tagged as provoking a fight, struck a Japanese youth on a city street. The Japanese youth collapsed and was carried from the scene while Smith was detained by police. Authorities consider the incident part of escalating tensions between national groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Durance Vile
Nippon
Cain
Smith
Make Fast Auto Trip
Roy Ritner Ben Trombley Fred W Lampkin and Ray Augustus arrived in Pendleton about 19 o clock last evening in the new Cadillac auto purchased by Ritner. They received the car at The Dalles to which city it had come by boat and left for Pendleton shortly after noon. Their running time was approximately eight hours.
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Roy Ritner
Ben Trombley
Fred W. Lampkin
Ray Augustus
Pendleton
Cadillac Auto
Ritner
Dalles
Pendeton
Local grain buyer acquires twelve warehouses
Henry W. Colling, a well known Pendleton grain buyer, has completed a deal to acquire a string of twelve warehouses in the county formerly controlled by the Baylfour Guthrie company. He will continue as buyer for the Halfour Guthrie team and operate the warehouses independently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Colling
Baylfour-Guthrie Company
Collins
Pendleton
Halfour-Guthrie
Divorce Action Filed by Frances Hutchinson Against Hutchinson
Frances Jane Hutchinson sues Daniel Simeon Hutchinson in Pilot Stock area alleging cruel and inhuman treatment since their August 1909 marriage. She cites his habit of drinking to excess and mistreatment while intoxicated. She lists his assets: 600 acres valued at $14,000, 18 horses valued at $2,000, and other personal property.
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Frances Jane Hutchinson
Daniel Simeon Hutchinson
Pilot
Equor
Familiar faces on screen draw saloonman Bogart in Chicago
W J Bogart, a saloonman once in town, writes from Chicago that while wandering lonely streets he visited a moving picture house and saw many familiar faces smiling from the screen. He recalls the Round-up pictures and says he nearly gave rent to a few Let ’er Bucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bogart
Chicago
James Devlin
Windy City
Zeppelin to send giant airship across Atlantic
Berlin date June 17 The Silesian Gazette reports Count Zeppelin plans a giant airship voyage across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Berlin
Silesian Gazette
Count Zeppelin
Atlantic
Supreme Court ruling to not affect Jim Crow laws in the South
Washington report states the attorney general says invalidation of the civil rights bill by the Supreme Court does not touch Jim Crow legislation in the South. He contends the decision only repeals a law long regarded as a dead letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
South
Spotted Fever Deaths Hit Wyoming Trio In Two Weeks
Oil man J Nelson Clark of Evanston Wyoming dies at home from spotted fever contracted from a wood tick in the mountains. He is the third Wyoming victim in two weeks. earlier victims include Kenneth McRae of Casper and Solomon Brown of Thermopolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. Nelson Clark
Evanston
Kenneth McRae
Casper
Solomon Brown
Commission settles long standing Canada U S claims
Left to right Sir Charles Fits Patrick chief justice of Canada An dire Fromageot of France president of the tribunal Chandler P Anderson formerly counselor of the United States state department This commission is engaged in settling disputes of private individuals who have claims against the United States and Canada Some of the claims date back as far as 1812 and there has been no settlement of any claim since the last commission sat in 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fits Patrick
Canada
Andire Fromageot
France
Tribunal
Chandler P. Anderson
United States State Department
Mission
United States
Man Found Dead After Hanging Self, Son Discovers Body
Whealdon, who recently completed an article for a historical society, was found dead by his son. The incident appears to be a suicide. Police reported no immediate signs of foul play as the investigation proceeds.
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Whealdon
Historical Society
Canneries Opened Wheels Turn in Bellingham Today
Bellingham Washington June 17 The wheels of the fish canneries here turned for the first time this season today as the sockeye run was sufficient to begin assorting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Fish
Cholera Ravages Bulgarian Troops in Macedonia
News from Saloniks dated June 17 reports a serious cholera epidemic among Bulgarian troops in Macedonia. About 200 new daily cases are claimed with a heavy death toll, amid reports of military strains and rising illness among Maks units.
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Saloniks
Macedonia
Lighthouse Under Construction Near Harbor Entrance
Buffalo reports rapid progress on a new lighthouse at the harbor entrance to replace the old light. The government contract aimed for April completion but material delays slowed spring work. A 20 foot high superstructure has been erected toward a fall finish.
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Buffalo
Prisoners Freed in Kaiser's Silver Anniversary Amnesty
Berlin marks the Kaiser's silver anniversary with a general amnesty freeing about a hundred civil delinquents and military offenders. The proclamation was issued today and liberates prisoners across the capital.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Health From Horse Kick Triggers Man to Take Life
In Raymond Washington on June 17, Isaac Whealdon died by suicide. The cause cited is ill health resulting from a kick by a horse. Local officials report the incident as a tragic end linked to sustained poor health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Wash
Isaac Whealdon
American Merica Association installs Witherspoon president
Minneapolis June 17 At the first meeting of the math body of the American Merica association, John Witherspoon of Nashville was installed president. In an interview Witherspoon predicted that within a decade serums would conquer every human ailment.
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Minneapolis
American Merica Association
John Witherspoon
Nashville
Witherspoon
Keestian da Plans for Cheap Meals in Kristiania
Kristiania plans a meeting to form an association selling cheap dinners and meals to working people. With rising costs in Kristiania, steam cookery is seen as insufficient, prompting a proposal for another aid group. The plan suggests lending at one percent interest on the caystal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kristiania
Norway
Town Council Considers Surplus Use for Reform
At a council meeting the president showed sympathy for using a surplus to improve the organization. A business committee was appointed to discuss plans and start the project.
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Buster Brown
Zes
Buster
Almaclio
Tores
Golden Rule Store
Peterson & Bishop
Wyoming
Bulmers
Lighthouse
Prisoo
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Earl Fullerton
Fullerton
Man
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Kexptok
Dale Rothwell
Hanscom
Aacre
E. T. Wade
Temple Ride
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Taylor Hardware
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Frank R. Atkins
Telephone
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