Primary Law Upheld as Legislature Blocks Petition
Olympia June 30 Today for the first time in state history a branch of the legislature denied a petition to amend the primary election law. Homer M Hall of the federal Improvement club of Seattle sought repeal of the nomination by convention for supreme court judges. The senate rejected the petition signaling no repeal. Also impeachment charges against Schively Spokane irrigation commissioner total thirty with perjury alleged before the Spokane grand jury after adjournment. State investigating committee urged $46,000 more for probe, bringing total to $86,000. Ruth to preside at impeachment hearings.
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Olympia
Homer M. Hall
Federal Improvement Club of
Seattle
Supreme Court
Senate
Piles
Schively
Inear Ance
Spokane Grand Jury
Baby Drinks Fly Poison Dies In Oregon Home
Martha Benson, 16 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Benson of Five Mile Oregon, died after drinking fly poison mistaking it for water in a dining room cup. Mrs Tonton noticed the empty cup and offered antidote but the child grew worse. Dr K B Ferguson from The Dalles arrived too late to save her.
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Martha
J.C. Benson
Five Mile
Portland child killed by automobile near Flandere Street
Walter Reffling an 11 year old Cedar Hill resident died after being struck by a car driven by H L Keats president of the Kent Auto Co at Twenty First and Flandere streets. The collision occurred at 9 20 am as the boy jumped from a wagon after picking chips of tee. Eyewitnesses and Keats stated the accident was unavoidable and the driver did all in his power to save the child. He died two hours later at St Vincent's hospital from brain con concession.
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Portland
H. L. Keats
Kenta Auto Company
Seventh
Burnside Streets
St. Vincent's Hospital
Walter Reffling
Washington Street
Cedar Hill Addition
Keats
SsOYO Wins The Long Motor Boat Race
The Soyo, owned by the Puget MII company of Seattle and captained by Edgar Ares, won the 26 mile motor boat race from Vancouver, A C, to Seattle. They finished at 16 58 this morning in 4 hours and 5 5 seconds. They left Vancouver yesterday morning. Sunset of Seattle set a record.
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Seattle
Soyo
Puget MII
Edgar Ares
Vancouver
A .C
Heney to Reach Portland Tonight
A car carrying Heney his wife and Dr Beardsley and Jack McCarty passed through Drain Oregon at 1010 am and did not stop The party expects to reach Portland that night.
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Drain
Ore
Heney
Beardsley
Jack McCarty
Portland
Tobacco tax hike under consideration by committee
Washington June 90 The finance committee decides to increase the international revenue tobacco tax in response to Beveridge's trick. A precise rate is not yet decided as a subcommittee reviews options.
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Washington
Fome Anines
Beveridge
Fire Devastates Mission Street Block in Frisco
A midnight blaze on Mission Street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth in San Francisco destroyed eighteen buildings. Property losses reach two hundred thousand dollars as residents flee in weight clothes amid the chaotic scene.
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San Francisco
Mission Street
Six Die From Heat in Chicago as Temperatures Rise
Chicago reports six deaths in the past 24 hours linked to heat. The city endured over 80 degrees as temperatures climb with hotter conditions forecast for today.
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Chicago
Cyclone Reports Deaths and Destruction Across Dakota
Nine people are known dead and many injured after a cyclone hit North Dakota. Destruction extended to Minnes Weauken and Leeds with reports of thirty houses demolished and widespread damage. Early tallies suggested more deaths, but later details were uncertain.
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St. Paul
North Dakota
Herp
Minnes Weauken
N. D
Leeds
Miles
War looming as Greece Turkey tensions rise
London dispatch reports Saloniki awaiting Cretan issue solution amid serious threat of war between Greece and Turkey. Third Army Corps orders immediate reserve mobilization as transports bring troops and artillery. A gunboat under an English commander arrives and mines are laid in deep water near Cape de Salomane fortifications rise with heavy guns.
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Chicago
London
Tribune
Salonien
Daily Mall
Turkey
Creece
Third Army
Sanday
Cape de Salomane
Taft Attends Yale Graduation in New Haven
President Taft goes by car to Yale University New Haven for commencement exercises. He wears gown and cap with President Maddiey, delivers the address of honor, and attends the alumni dinner at one o clock.
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New Haven
Taft
Yale
University
Madiey
Power-boat race near Tacoma ends with dash to Seattle
Tacoma June 30 Piloted by Bob Walden the Talisman one of the Seattle boats entered in the 335 mile power boat race from Vancouver to Seattle rounded the government buoy in Commencement Bay at 20 this morning and then started on the last lap in a long cruise to Seattle The Claneman passed half an hour later.
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Tacoma
Bob Walden
Talisman
Seattle
Vancouver
Commencement Bay
Claneman
Roosevelt to Be Received by Black King in Uganda
In Mengo Uganda Protectorate Colonel Roosevelt was to be received by Daud Chwa Kampala, the key king and nominal ruler of Uganda. The king said he had heard much about Roosevelt’s deeds for blacks and planned a formal welcome, with notable preparations underway.
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Roosevelt
Average heart weight ranges from nine to eleven ounces
A historical note states that the heart tends to weigh between 9 and 11 ounces on average. This detail reflects typical human heart mass in standard anatomical references.
Railroads Accused of Harsh Utah Discrimination
A Salt Lake City commercial club traffic bureau filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a bitter complaint denouncing railroad discrimination against Utah in favor of San Francisco and other coastal cities. It cites Harrriman lines Santa Fe Burlington Rio Grande and others for alleged arbitrary rate making and suppression of inland centers, claiming a merciless influence blights Utah and national growth. The document accuses complex corporate power of oppressing Utah’s welfare and accelerating regional inequality.
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Washington
Utah
San Francisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Traffic Bureau
The
Commercial Club
Salt Lake City
Harriman Lines
Santa Fe
Burlington, Rio Grande
Winole Central
Mommerch
East
Wes
Still, More Evidence in Trood Tiver Murder
Still more evidence emerges in the Trood Tiver murder case as money and a worn item are found near the scene. Sheriff Moree directs follow up while the investigation proceeds amid community concern over the disappearance of young Robbins.
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Trood Tiver
Cis- 1
George Robyn
Cupbury
Sheriff Moree
Young Robbins
Tuberculosis Commission to Meet in Salem July 1
Cals Tuberculosis Commission in Salem Oregon issued a call for a meeting on Thursday July 1 the second meeting of the commission. At the prior session the board organized and discussed plans and visited the deaf mute school site to assess lice prep for selecting a sanitarium location. The deaf mute school will soon move to a new site.
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Cals Tuberculosis Commission
Salem
Ore
Dune
Bencon
Commission For
Lice
Calhoun defense seeks venue change and disqualification bid
In San Francisco on June 30 Calhoun's attorneys charged that Heney and Judge Lawler conferred during the trial. They moved to change venue for bias and to disqualify Heney claiming he was never legally appointed district attorney. The court allowed Assistant District Attorney O'Gara until July to respond. Calhoun’s motion to set aside indictments and change the plea was denied.
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Calhoun
Heney
Atorney
San Francisco
Lawler
O'Gara
Dayton Dry Regime Tests After Beer Shipments
Dayton Washington reports a surge of beer shipments after a two to one dry vote in the Dewwimber election. Sixteen barrels of wet goods from Walla Walla mark the largest delivery since saloons closed ten days ago, with Fourth of July imports expected as residents rely on inner trade for livelihoods.
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Dayton
Wash
Walla Walla
Heroes of Companions Save Hull Crew at Mare Island
Surgeons at Mare Island naval hospital reported all five Hull injuries from the boiler room blast have survived. Three Companions Monk Cline Frank Meturti and Bob Renton returned into the steaming boiler area to carry Captain King and J M Grover to safety, averting further harm as the torpedo boat Hull BR suffered minimal damage.
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Vatelo
Cal
Mare Island Naval Hospital
Sahora
United States Torpedo Boat Hull
BR. BL King
J. M. Grover
Monk Cline
Frank Meturti
Bob Renton
Des Moines man commits suicide after double murder
Cal Littlepage shot himself in the temple early today to avoid a trial for the double murder of Elmer Jamison and his wife in the Jamison home. Littlepage had been hunted by a posse led by Cal Littlepage. He was found dead in a field yesterday after the killings.
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Des Moines
Cal Littlepage
Littlepage
Elmer Jamison
Jamison
Litthe Page
Litigation Ties Up 600 Acres of Umatilla Reservation Land
United States District Attorney John McCourt visits city amid a sprawling tussle over roughly 3200 acres on the Umatilla reservation. He aims to clean up Indian land cases before year end, with several suits pending for years and the government often a defendant. Some lands are among the richest wheat lands on the reservation, and settlement will ease Indian agent payments.
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Umatilla Reservation
United States
Atorney
John McCourt
Peter Brown
C. J. Ferguson
McCourt
Ford Car Declared Winner In Auto Race
Seatth June 2 At 4 ban quet at the New York state building Ford car No 2 was devoted winner of the 2000 cup race from New York M Robert Gug enheim donor announced that the transcontinental contest would be an annual event and that the next race would start on July 4 1810
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New York State Building
New York
M. Robert Gugenheim
Rail line targets Pacific coast freight to Seattle
Seattle reports that the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad plans to treat the Pacific coast as its field for freight and passenger growth. An Alaska Pacific Steam ship company arrangement will collect freight at California points for Seattle delivery to the east. The first carload arrived yesterday from San Francisco aboard the Admin Sampson and went directly onto the Milwaukee road for eastern shipment.
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Seattle
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad
Pacific Coast
Ito
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company
California
San Francisco
Admin Sampson
Milwaukee Road
Hunting for Olk Chinamen Sparks Police Hunt
New York detectives renewed the search for Leon Ling the supposed Elsie Sigel killer. Police believe six Chinese men are implicated with four fictitious participants and two accomplices. Some believed hidden in New Jersey. forty detectives were sent in among the Chinese in that state. One report claims the girl learned too much of their secrets and was killed for it.
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New York
New Jersey
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Female Bandits Rob Seattle Man In Alley Attack
In Seattle on June 20 two female knife wielders lured Fred Shaw from First Avenue into an alley between Sixth and Seventh Avenues and Senco and University streets. Shaw, wounded but not fatally, was robbed of $25 after resisting while one assailant slashed his face and head with a knife. He was taken to the city hospital in stable condition.
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Seattle
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Senco
University Streets
Fred Shaw
First Avenue
Shaw
City Hospital
Ife Shaw
Vancouver Chinamen Stabbing Affray Shocks Chinatown
In Vancouver British Columbia Wong Gong lies dying at St Paul Hospital Mah Bing is dead from poleon Ing two unnamed Chinese men die by their own hands after a gang dispute Chinese newspapers report threats against a reporter as Chinatown reels from internal tongs conflicts. a police witness observed the Wong Gong stabbing while the assailants fled.
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Vancouver
B. C
Wong Gong
St. Paul Hospital
Mah Bing
Poleon Ing
Focal
Chinatown
Wone Gong
Pheasant Eyes Hatch Well in Willamette Valley Settings
Local readers report Willamette Valley settings of China pheasant eyes producing healthy hatchlings. Eogs hatched out well and the gamy birds are lively and in good health according to the Gazette.
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Willamette Valley
China
The
Gazette
Mysterious disappearance of Curt von Pless in Bellingham
In a Seattle Times feature, Curt von Pless president of the Pless Hay and Grain Co. vanishes from Bellingham January last. Rumors swirl of German court intrigue, secret police, a duel, and a possible flight to exile. His wife remains hopeful as investigators seek any trace amid a web of past lives and guarded confidences.
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Far West
Bellingham
Seattle Times
Curt Pless
Columbia River
Cold Springs
Atlantic Ocean
American
Germany
Curt von Press
Bellingham Bay
Curt von Pless
Pless Hay and Grain Company
Berlin
Pless
Carman
United States
C. Banninghasen
Long Branch
Kan
Plese
Pleas
Washington
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