Payne Reports New Tariff Bill
Washington March 17. Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Committee introduces a tariff bill aiming to raise three hundred million dollars in revenue and authorize treasury certificates up to two hundred fifty million dollars yearly. Lumber duty cut fifty percent benefits Canadian lumbermen while wools, hides, and shoes see various adjustments. The plan features maximum rates on discriminating nations and self executing provisions, with a projected wipeout of the deficit as normal import conditions resume.
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Washington
Serena Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Payne
United States
Inet
Northwest
Special Session Ends In Salem After Two Days
Salem Ore March 17 After two days of session and little progress the legislature adjourned at 8 45 pm The Senate completed its work in the afternoon while the House stayed in session late Officials failed to pass favorable measures for normal schools and Fulton ex Ben Fultons bid for senator also failed The resolution was held by Senator Kay at session end and never reported Friends of Fulton hesitated to push action.
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Salem
Ore
Sesson
Senate
Normal School
Kay Woth
Fulton
Trade bill eyed to boost Pacific coast shipping
The feature suggests free trade with the Philippines in the bill and hints that tobacco, clare and somar restrictions may spur immediate Pacific coast traffic. Officials anticipate faster shipping and increased commerce as a result.
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We Philippines
Clare
Somar
Pacific Coast
Cooper trial jurors warned on four felonies in Carmack case
Nashville March 17 Judge Hart delivered a lengthy charge in the murder trial of Col Cooper son Robin Cooper and John Sharpe for the killing of farmer Senator Carmack. The indictment covers four felonies including first and second degree murder as well as voluntary and involuntary manslaughter.
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Raisal
Carmack
Nashville
Hart
Tennessee
Col. Cooper
Robin Cooper
John Sharpe
Senator Carmack
Despondent Prospector Ends 44-Year Placer Quest
Canon City Ore March 17 Ager Harry Martin after forty four years of searching for the Grant county mother lode and failing to locate it is dead by suicide His body was found under tons of earth in his cabin a note stated No use to look for me I am dead and buried He arranged a device to trigger dynamite and discharge a rifle at the same moment to end his life.
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Canon City
Ore
Grant County
Harry Martin
DA Loses Life Threats Over Neutrality Prosecution
Los Angeles on March 17 reports District Attorney Oscar Lawlor, who prosecuted three men charged with violating state neutrality laws by fomenting a Mexican revolution, has received two death threats from an organization calling itself A. D. of L. The note promises he will be killed. Willis Delaney, a former Pendleton resident now in Spokane, Washington, figures in the context as the narrative mentions his brother.
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Los Angeles
Oscar Lawlor
A, D
Willis Delaney
Pendleton
Spanne, Washinon
Reservation Road Memorial Defeated In Oregon Senate
Umatilla county leaders urged a memorial in Salem for free roads across the Umatilla reservation. The House passed it, but the Senate killed it on grounds of opening a flood of new subjects. Indefinite postponement followed a viva voce vote, ending a long effort to secure federal road access.
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Umatilla County
Secretary of the Interior
Umatilla Reservation
Salem
House
Senate
Smith
Washington
Bingham
Umatila
Sunday Rest Law Passes in Union Oregon
Union Oregon March 17 Mayor Law aided by the W C T U, at a council meeting, led to passage of a Sunday closing ordinance by a two thirds majority. No one under twenty one may enter tobacco selling stores and grocery stores may not sell tobacco. Ice cream and soft drink parlors must close on Sunday. Some plan to resist the ordinance next Sunday. An act of vandalism occurred at Councilman McIntosh’s store after the vote.
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McIntosh
Ws Place
Pathfinder cars set for Chicago route with signs
One of two pathfinder cars for the international automobile contest carrying the M. Robert Guykeohaim trophy departed New York yesterday for Chicago to map the route with signs as they speed westward toward the contest.
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Seattle
M. Robert Guy- Keoheim
New York
Thatocity
Chicago
Los Angeles Broker Heads for Mexico Pursued
Los Angeles March 17 An armed passer speeds toward the Mexican line in an auto today to apprehend Harry D. Brown broker who disappeared from offices Monday leaving debts totaling two hundred thousand dollars He failed to keep promises to return three hundred per cent upon investments.
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Los Angeles
Harry D. Brown
Peterson shot by burglar in Seattle incident
Seattle on March 17 reports Carl Peterson, once arrested on burglary suspicions and released after trial, was shot and mortally wounded by Charles Bald. Peterson, who had entered Bald’s room, fled through a window with the sash. Baird fired, and a patrolman found Peterson badly wounded in the cellar.
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Seattle
Carl Peterson
Whoas
Charles Bald
Peterson
Baird
First Milwaukee Line Train Enters Tacoma Coal Freight
Tacoma dispatch reports the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad’s first train to enter and depart the city over the line carried coal from the bay head to Seattle. The historic run marks a milestone in regional rail service with the new route linking Tacoma and Seattle via the bay head corridor.
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Tacoma
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Puget Sound
Bay
Seattle
New Athena Council to license near beer at upcoming vote
Athena Oregon March 16 Special correspondence reports a city council meet ing where new officers were sworn in and bonds approved Many discussed a near beer ordinance with specifics to be drafted and presented next regular meeting Debate focused on license fees and penalties to deter underage access while paving and sidewalk repairs were assigned to the street and public improvements committee.
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Athena
Ore
Train Plunges Into Montreal Depot Kills Six
A fast Boston and Maine line train ran wild after a mechanical failure, exploded into the depot at Montreal, killing six instantly and injuring five more. An engineer was blown from the cab and the fireman disabled as the runaway entered the city, overturned near the station, and wrecked the depot. The disaster destroyed the waiting room and damaged the track, with damages estimated at about one hundred thousand dollars. An unknown child and Mrs. W. J. Dixon, wife of a dispatcher, perished in the crash.
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Einginter
Great Spewl
Montreal
Borton and Maine
Kling
Blue
Staton
W. J. Dixon
Kleen Seeks New Trial in Assault Case
Tacoma Wash March 17 A determined effort to secure a new trial for Josia Klein convicted of assault with intent to do bodily injury on Miss Dora Culberson will be made Judge Rasterday grants an exception to Attorney George representing Klein based on closing address remarks by Prosecuting Attorney McMurrey claiming men in other states would shoot him for his actions toward their wives daughters or sweethearts. The court rules the statement prejudicial and not supported by the evidence.
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Tacoma
Wash
Josia Kien
Dora Culberson
Rasterday
George
Klein
McMurrey
Kentucky
Dora Saugasedt
Rose Karasek
Kle'n
Republicans Seek Delay on Los Angeles Recall Election
A suit, likely to be filed before noon, seeks to bar printing of ballots for the March 26 recall election in Los Angeles. The Republican group argues no mayor exists to be recalled since Harper resigned, asking Stephens to serve Harper’s term which ends January 1 next year.
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Los Angeles
Stephens
George Alexander
Republican
Harper
Young Eugene Student in New York Dies By Suicide
Mark D. Rolfe, son of Eugene Rolfe, a local citizen, is reported to have killed himself Friday night at the Union Hotel in New York City. He wore a nat bought in Eugene with initials M DR and left Eugene a month ago with three hundred dollars to travel the world. The father learned of the death via the Associated Press and rushed to New York. Rolfe was a Eugene school student.
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Eugene
Mark D. Rolfe
Rolfe
Union
New York City
United Press
New York
Rolf
Attorney General Crawford Seen As Governor Candidate
Ralm Or March 17 unofficially. Crawford a six year AG from Roseburg is floated as governor candidate. Salem lists other hopefuls including J W Ackerman Col H Hofer and whispers of Mayor George F Rodgers denied by the mayor.
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Crawford
Ralm, Or
Gineril Crawford
Rosebure
Benson
Himestt
Salem
J. W. Ackerman
H. Hofer
George F. Rodgers
Estimating New York City Wits and Their Work
It is estimated that 119000 persons in New York City make their living by their wits, a phrase denoting the shortage of wit in others.
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New York City
Harper Returns for Grand Jury Trial in Los Angeles
Former Los Angeles mayor A C Harper answered a grand jury summons amid graft and municipal misconduct probes. He arrived from a rest resort as political factions roiled. Alphonse Durand, who collected rents in the restricted district for Nick Oswald, was arrested and held for testimony. Oswald has disappeared.
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Los Angeles
A. C. Harper
Stamp sale to aid Gompers and AFL leaders
New York reports organized labor plans stamp sales to raise a defense fund for President Gompers and AFL associates convicted of contempt of court. Stamps will feature a faux seal of the AFL and the caption A Free Press and Free Speech. Distribution soon. price not fixed.
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New York
Red Cross
Fojee
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Adams Store Robbery Hints at Local Burglary in Oregon
In Adams Oregon on March 17 a brick wall hole was dug to gain entry to Inland Mercantile where a small check for 30 dollars and a pair of overalls were found missing while other items vanished. Two suspicious men seen nearby in recent days are now missing, police alerted across towns.
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Adams
Inland Mercantile Company
Booth plans Salvation Army isolations for drinkers
London reports General Booth, after campaigning in Scandinavia and a stop in St Petersburg, expects return to England soon. He claims the Salvation Army bought an island off New Zealand for drunken women and a larger island for drunken men to curb appetite through labor, with St Helens as a possible site for reclaiming notorious criminals.
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London
Booth
Scandinavia
St. Petersburg
England
Salvation Army
New Zealand
St. Helens
Portable bath tubs delivered to order in Rheims France
In Rheims France portable bath tubs are filled with hot water and delivered on demand to customers, serving a practical service for residents and travelers seeking convenient bathing options.
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Rheims
France
Inheritance tax changes in tariff bill proposed
Washington March 17 the tariff bill reports a new inheritance tax schedule. Direct inheritances from ten to one hundred thousand dollars taxed at one percent while sums from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand taxed at two percent and amounts over five hundred thousand taxed at three percent. Collateral inheritances from relatives or strangers taxed at five percent over five hundred dollars. Coffee remains free, tea duties imposed at eight cents per pound for tea-producing countries and nine percent for others. Sugar refined gets a five cent per hundred pounds reduction. Printing paper tariff cut to twenty five and fifty percent by value.
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Washington
Payne
La Grande to Hold Charter Election on Bond Issue
La Grande must reaffirm charter status to authorize a 160000 dollar Beaver Creek water supply bond. A technical defect found by American Light and Water Company attorney requires a new election after council meeting. Supreme Court action could delay, so council orders fresh vote to avoid delays.
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la Grande
Beaver Creek
Light and Water Company
Supreme Court
Wheeler Sheepman Drowned in John Day River Ford
William Grant a prominent sheepman of Wheeler county was drowned yesterday afternoon while attempting to ford the John Day river near Spray Oregon. His horses balked and went into deep water.
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Wheeler
Fossi
William Grant
Wheeler County
Spray
Oregon
Pittsburg bowler breaks world record in Congress match
Mr Kern and her daughter Bertie of St Louis set a new world women's record with a 1024 score in bowling during the congress in Pittsburg yesterday.
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Pittsburg
Mr. Kern
Bertie
St. Louis
Kern Family Arrives From California to Pendleton
J. M. Kern, his wife and daughter in law, arrived in Pendleton this morning after spending the last three months visiting in California. They reside near Walla Walla.
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J. M. Kern
Pendleton
California
Walla Walla
Patrick's Day Observed in Pendleton With Band Play
The seventeenth of Ireland was marked in Pendleton with shamrock badges and green neckties. A Spokane train departed at 12 30 with a green ribbon bow at the headlight. At the Catholic church a high mass and sermon by Father Durgan followed by a boys band from the Catholic mission on the reservation delighted the crowd. The band, led by two brothers, featured a drummer son of a local family. A concert in the parish this evening would honor Father Durgan.
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Ireland
Pendleton
Spokane
Oelock
Durgan
Mall
Pound Soelay
Father Durgan
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