Fifth Annual Oregon State Bankers' Convention Held in Pendleton
Financiers from across Oregon gather for the fifth annual Oregon State Bankers' Association convention at the Eagle Woodman building in Pendleton with about sixty members present. Col J H Raley and others welcome visitors as President Schmeer delivers annual remarks praising healthy bank conditions and urging protective legislation and broader American Institute of Banking support.
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Oregon State Bankers’ Association
Eagle- Woodman
R. W. Lecmeeer
United States National Bank of
Portland
W. H. Bieakney
Pendleton
Pendleton N. 1
Carpenter
Portland Trust Company
Schmeer
7. &. Hartman
Hartman & Thompson Company
Association
Seattle
Oregon
American Institute Is
American Insitute of Banking
Auto Rally to Wenaha Start From Pendleton Hotel
The auto committee says Wenaha evening events begin from the Hotel Pendleton in the morning with all auto owners asked to have machines at the hotel by 8. Owners not yet vetted are invited to join the trip. The Eagles-Woodman hall smoker tonight welcomes local business men and bankers convention attendees.
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Auto Committee
Pendleton
Eagles-Woodman
Frisco White Slave Trade Appalling Causes Probe
San Francisco June 24 A grand jury special committee reports the white slave traffic is appalling claiming men are enslaved in Chinatown and many women and girls fall to an organized band. Police cooperation is to be sought to break up the traffic amid suspicions indictments may follow.
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San Francisco
Cal
Grand Jury
Tt Ir
Chinatown
Death of Pendleton Creamery Head Moves Community
C E Harper dies from injuries after an accident at the Pendleton creamery plant. Eugene Harper born in Indiana, 186? near 44, resident of Pendleton ten years. Survived by Flora Camp wife two daughters Olive and Lito. parents two brothers and two sisters. Active member of First Presbyterian Church and Knights of Pythias. Funeral arrangements await eastern relatives. interment expected Sunday.
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ER. Harper
Pendleton Creamery
St. Anthony's Hospital
Iver Eugene Harper
Nveliiina
Minn
South Dakota
California
Pendleton
Oregon
Flora Camp
San Jacinto
Calif
Olive
Lito
CL. Harper
Ella Gamble
Emma Jones
A. W. Harper
Minnesota
First Presbyterian Church
Order of Knights of Pythias
Minnesotan Widows Plan Duluth Outing by Vessel to Georgian Bay
Minnesota widows gather for their annual outing starting with a departure from the city to Duluth. From there the group will board a vessel bound for Georgian Bay and return, marking a traditional excursion hosted by editors.
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St. Pau
Minn
Minnesota
Duluth
Quillous
Georgian Bay
Detective shoots youth in cold blood in Spokane
Spokane June 24 Joe Curry was shot in the back by Detective Downy in civilian clothes after an altercation in a saloon. Curry, 20, had no chance of recovery. The officer is suspended as investigators review the case. Witnesses say Downy fired deliberately after Curry refused to move on.
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Spokane
Wash
Joe Curry
Downy
Curry
Oldfield Breaks Mile Record at Twin City Meet
Barney Oldfield in a 200 horsepower Benz shattered the mile circular track record at the Twin City meet in St Paul. He clocked 49.25 seconds, improving yesterday’s mark by two-fifths of a second and beating Ralph DePalma’s time from a year ago by 12.6 seconds on the same course.
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St Paul
Barney Oldfield
Hie
Benz
Twin City
Oldfield
Ralph DePalma
Harvard Commencement Opens in Cambridge with Exercises
Cambridge June 24 Harvard commencement week opened with closing exercises as diplomas and degrees will be conferred next Wednesday. Former President Roosevelt is expected to attend. the class of 1885 is in charge of the program.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Roosevelte
Ex-Governor McGraw Dies After Long Public Life
Seattle mourns John Harte McGraw former governor of Washington dies after a lengthy career rising from hotel clerk to governor. Born 1860 in Maine he moved west in 2006 to Seattle becoming police chief and King County sheriff before winning the 1893–1897 term. He led in business law Alaska venture and civic roles including chamber of commerce Rainier Club and Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition.
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Seattle
Joan McGraw
Washington
John Harte McGraw
Burkey Plantation
Penobscot County
Maine
San Francisco
Puget Sound
WTA
King County
Alaska
McGraw
Chamber of Commerce
Nis Meath
Rainier Club
Fold Standard
Myoteny Deepens Two Pringles Complicate Case
A mixup surrounds missing Portland man Pringle. The Pendleton message was sent to Col. R. M. Pringle, an Indian service engineer, not the missing man. He was abroad to Portland with Major Swartslender, and the message reached a Mrs. Pringle. The Portlan d man may never have been in Pendleton.
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Pringle
Portland
Pendleton
Col
R. M. Pringle
Tnian Service
Col Pringle
Indian Agency
BE. L, Swartslander
Montana
Federal Regulation of Railroad Stock and Bond Issues
Attorney General Wickersham urged Illinois Bar association for federal control of railroad stock and bond issues. He warned watered and bonus stock harms railroad function and said prosecutions of indicted packing companies will continue, with individuals pursued over faulty indictments.
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Knois Har Association
Ballrom
Chicago
Lil
Wickersham
Illinois Bar Association
Charlton to Fight Extradition Over Italian Murder Case
Hoboken June 24. Charlton plans a hard legal battle in American courts to block his return to Italy for trial in the murder of his wife whose body was cast into Lake Como. His father asserts insanity to prevent extradition. attorneys say only manslaughter is possible in Italy, with six years’ imprisonment, while Charlton’s TB complicates the outcome.
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Charlton
Italy
Hoboken
Lake Como
Captain Scott
Clarke
Chariton
Allenists
Golden Rule Chief of Cleveland Is Acquitted
Cleveland June 28 Chief of Police Fred Kohler once hailed as the nations police executive was acquitted today by the civil service commission on charges of gross immorality and habitual drunkenness. After the ruling he was reinstated as chief by Mayor Baehr following suspension. The trial spanned two works weeks with about two hundred witnesses. the prosecution dropped part of the charges for lack of evidence. The commission exculpated Kohler unreservedly.
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Cleveland
Fred Kohler
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Baehr
Kohler
Kitchener Promoted Amid Birthday Jubilation
London June 24 Viscount Kitchener of Khartum turns sixty today and resigns the Mediterranean command. Appointed last August he succeeds the Duke of Connaught as inspector general of Mediterranean forces. Since his world tour including the United States there has been talk of a higher post.
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London
Viscount Kitchener of
Dirigible Deutschland Makes First Purely Commercial Flight
In Dusseldorf on June 24 the airship Deutschland embarked on a historic purely commercial voyage from Dusseldorf to Friedrichshafen with twenty passengers aboard. After three hours it had covered about 100 miles and was expected to reach Friedrichshafen the following day, continuing the journey at night.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Dirigible
Deutschland
Friederichshafen
Insurgents Win Again in Nicaragua Campaign
General Mena's Insurgent force defeats Madriz troops and occupies Acoyapa a strategic base for attacking Managua. Reports say Acoyapa will be used to launch a campaign on the capital, with interior reports confirming the insurgents' renewed advantage.
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Bluefields
Mena
Madriz
Acoyapa
Managua
Train wreck kills many in Colima Mexico
In Colima state Mexico on June 24 a troop train wreck killed 37 persons and injured 50 others when four cars detached on a downgrade and plunged down an embankment crushing occupants.
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Mexico
Colima
Northwest conference opens in Seattle for Young Women's Christian Association
Hundreds of religious workers gather in Seattle and North Beach Washington as the northwest conference of the Young Women's Christian Association begins. The event runs over the next ten days with meetings and activities led by local and regional participants.
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Christian Women Meet
Seattle
Wash
North Beach
The
Young Women's Christian Association
Italian Prosecution Charges Chariton with Murder
Procurator Gueglin in Como signs an affidavit charging Chariton with murder. Italy will seek Chariton's extradition.
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Como
Italy
Gueglin
Chariton
British Agent in Egypt to Be Ouster
The Manchester Guardian reports that Sir Eildon Gorst, British agent in Egypt, will be recalled and replaced by Sir Arthur Hardings, the present minister to Belgium. The change is not attributed to Colonel Roosevelt. Gorst is said to have resigned before Roosevelt spoke at Guildhall.
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Manchester
Eng
Manchester Guardian
United Press
London
Eildon Gorst
Egypt
Foreign Office
Gorst
Arthur Hardings
Belgium
Roosevelt
Guildhall
Mexico Bathing Day May Bring Crisis
June 24 San Juan Day, a major Mexican religious festival, prompts heightened government actions as authorities deploy extra police and rurales. Revolutionary leaders warn of a fiery bath of devotion with crowds gathering, raising fears of unrest ahead of elections.
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Mexico
EL Paso
San Juan
Heatwave Claims Two Men and Two Women in St Louis
In Tilinol and eastern St Louis a deadly heatwave worsened by extreme temperatures leaves two men and two women driven insane and one death by prostration reported today. Authorities warn of continuing risks as temperatures soar.
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St. Louis
Tilinol
St Louis
Montreal Observes St John the Baptist Day
French Canadians in Montreal and across Quebec marked St John the Baptist day with celebrations in towns and cities organized by the St Joan Baptiste society.
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Montreal
Province of
Quebec
St John the Baptist
St. Joan Baptiste Society
Taft Says Party Has Fulfilled Pledges
Cincinnati June 24 President Taft in a signed statement to the Times Star says he is elated at Congress legislation and declares all party pledges fulfilled. He adds the Republican party has a good record to take before the people.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Times-Star
Republican Party
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Benton County National Bank
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Wenaha
C.E. Harper
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