Stolen But Not Found in Ongoing Kidnap Case
Pat Crowe, now employed by a newspaper, has left for Cleveland to aid the search for Tillie Whit, who was kidnapped from Sharon, Pennsylvania. Detectives report a third ransom letter may have been sent by the Whit kidnappers, mailed near Sharon as state troopers conduct house to house checks into Ohio.
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Ponting
Crowe
Cleveland
Tillie Whitha
Sharon
Scripps-McRaoe
State Constabulary
Ohio
Ward seizes Whitla kidnap case letter in Cleveland
Detective Ward of Philadelphia reports to Whitla kidnappers that the only mistake was the victim he mentions and that Whitla waited five hours while the ransom lay near a cannon. The plan to move money at Flatiron Park, Ashtabula, and deliver the son at Smith hotel was thwarted when Ashtabula police learned of the plot.
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Cleveland
Sharon
Ward
Philadelphia
Whitla
Flatiron Park
Ashtabula
Smith Hotel
Park
Drake Offers Self as Hostage in Kidnapping Case
John H. Drake, former president of a surgical instrument maker, proposed to become hostage to the Billy Whith kidnapers. He would carry $10,000 in gold and go unarmed to a designated spot, contingent on the kidnapers returning the boy and on bank deposits to Drake upon the boy's safe return. A letter from the kidnapped boy followed later.
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Royal Astabula
Willpe Whitela
Chicago
John H. Drake
Hostige
Billie Whith
Drake
Walla Walla Man Lost In Balloon Ascension
In a blizzard over the Sierra Madre and Mojave desert, Captain A. Meuller and five companions, who ascended in the balloon American from Pasadena Saturday, are missing. A rescue party is organized. Line C. Gilliam, a former Wallan Walla resident, is part of the balloon party.
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Los Angeles
Sierra Madre
Mojava Desert
Oo Jivuin
A. FE. Meuller
Pasadena
Line C. Gilliam
Wallan Walla
Balfoon
Message From Kidnappers to Willie Whitla
A letter sent Saturday from kidnapper to Willie Whitla describes a note reading Dear Papa Tell mama not to worry I will be home with her tomorrow I am in a house with many trees around it I am well now The missive confirms the abduction and promises the boy will return home soon amid sparse details.
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Willie Whit- In
Kidnipers
Whitla
Papa
Mama
Paris Strike Fades as Talks Begin with Government
Paris reports a major post office and telegraphs strike easing as the strike committee moves toward settlement. The government agreed to discuss most points, while a key demand seeks written promises protecting workers from punishment for striking and revocation of orders by under secretary Simyan.
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Fear Oral Promix
Paris
Art
Simyan
Postal
Want Smythe To Catch 700 Animals
Attorney Danny Smythe, a Pendleton figure known for local boards and associations, receives letters from diverse people seeking his help in provisioning a zoo with wild animal skins. A park keeper asks Smythe to supply and replenish cougar, badgers, wolves, foxes, pheasants, prairie dogs, moose, deer, and other specimens, while Smythe wonders what comes next.
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Pendleton
Smythe
Ato
Smythe le
Roosevelt and family arrive in New York from Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt with son Kermit and daughter Ethel lands in New York to inspect quarters aboard a ship at Hamburg voyage. He avoids meeting newspaper men, stops at Outlook offices to handle financial business with Douglas Robinson, and is escorted from the ferry by Mrs. Robinson.
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Long Voynee
Vieis Outlook
Troosevelt
Stoumer Hamburg
New York
Kermit
Roosevelt
Ethel
Oyseter Bay
Hamburg
Outlook
Robinson
Roosevelt F Rat
McIntosh
The
Douglas Robinson
Colonist Travel To Oregon Increases Again
Colonist travel to Oregon during the second week of March shows 1740 newcomers arriving on One Way Streets via the O R and N lines with Union Pacific, surpassing 1165 from the same period last year. Of these, 281 tickets were for points south of Portland, while the rest dispersed in Portland and surrounding areas. The spring of 1907 held a record with 1545 travelers that week, and current figures exceed that distant peak.
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Oregon
Harriman Lines
Union Pacific
Point
Portland
Joeshan
California primary dispute clogs senate action
Palo Alto Calif March 22 Senator Marshal Black says a recent state senate action on his absence is discourteous and an infringement on his privileges and rights. He declines to appear under the resolution and will stay with his ill brother. he cannot reach Sacramento to vote before a week.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Sonue
Marshal Black
Porter
Senate
Perkins
Tyr. Black
Sacramento
TAT SELECTS MAN TO PROSECUTE NEWSPAPERS
Washington nominates Charles W. Miller United States district attorney for Indiana to supervise Keating and avoid prosecuting publishers of the New York World and Indianapolis News over the Panama Canal property purchase controversy.
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Washington
Tafi
Charles W. Miller
United States
Indiana
Keating
New York World
Indianoapilis News
Panjma Canal
Supreme Court rules Missouri Kansas boundary in favor of Kansas
Washington March 22 The United States Supreme Court in an opinion by Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes decided the Missouri Kansas boundary case in favor of Kansas ending the long controversy over the Missouri River near Kansas City and the Goodland area.
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Washington
United Sitter Supreme Court
Olver Wendell Holmes
Kansas
Goodland
Missouri
Kansas City
Prince von Radolin Decorated With the Legion of Honour
Prince von Radolin of Germany, sent to Paris, has received the highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, recognizing his service. The award underscores Franco German ties amid postwar diplomacy and the recipient's status in European affairs.
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Prince von Radolin
Paris
Legon
Henar
Democrats Brace for Long Battle Over Payne Tariff
Washington reports crowded galleries as opening general debate on the Payne tariff bill begins. Speaker-designate Olmstead of Pennsylvania presides during debate while Champ Clark calls the bill a cranker puzzle. Payne touts protection, notes revenue needs, and cites Dingley as a growth catalyst amid fiscal shifts.
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Washington
Payne
House
Cannon
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Champ Clark
Democrats
Wilson
Dingley
United States
River Girl Personal Crisis Reports in Everett
In Everett Washington Alice Mark aged 22 drank carbolic acid with fatal result. She planned to leave Seattle for Hood River Oregon this afternoon after packing her trunk in good spirits. She had been visiting her brother in law Professor J G Swetland of Everett High School and had prepared her younger sister a graduation gown for shipment home.
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Everett
Wash
Seattle
Hood River
Oregon
Alice
Mark
J. G. Swetland
Everett High School
Auto Rack Across Continent Launch From New York
George Muller drives a Thomas Pathfinding car from New York to Seattle starting at noon from city hall carrying a message from Mayor McClellan to Seattle’s mayor. The cross country trip begins March 22 noted in New York dispatches.
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New York
George Miller
Thomas
Seattle
City Hall
McClellan
Appointment and Land Office Receiver for La Grande
Colon Eberhard of Joseph Oregon was named receiver of the La Grande land office to replace A A Roberts who resigned. The young attorney from Joseph is well regarded in his county and likely to be confirmed promptly as the office has been closed pending the appointment.
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Oregon
United
la Grande
Wallowa County
Washington, D. C
Colon Eberhard
Joseph
Union
Wallowa
Roberts
Governor Benson seeks two Oregon guns for state
Salem reports Governor Benson sent a letter to Navy Secretary Von L Meyer asking that two of the Oregon battle ship’s thirteen inch guns, being dismantled at Bremerton, be given to Oregon. The push for the guns originated with the Salon board of trade. Also noted is Alois Burgstaller planning to wed his affinity Mrs A Philip Hexamer after her divorce.
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Salem
von L Meyer
Navy Department
Benson
Oregon
Bremerton
Salon Board of Trade
Alois Burgstaller
Munich
A. Philip Hexamer
Plainfield, N. Y
Nations Object to Cuban Provisions in Payne Tariff Debate
Washington reports lawmakers warn the Payne tariff bill would spark a global tariff war by curtailing the Cuban reciprocity treaty and undermining the most favored nation clause. Opponents say foreign powers would refuse new tariff pacts with the United States to preserve MFN rights.
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Washington
United States
Safe Crackers Hit National Bank in Imogene Heist
In Imogene today police report robbers blew open the National Bank vault and escaped with 210,000 dollars. Des Moines dispatch notes the bold daytime robbery as authorities begin investigations and search for suspects.
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Des Moines
National Bank
Imogene
Pendleton Walla Walla Interurban Line Favored
Gilbert Hunt, former Walla Walla mayor, says the Washington and Oregon company remains active and plans a Pendleton to Walla Walla electric interurban. He cites financing in place, a forthcoming meeting, and expected construction soon despite rumors of other lines. A related report notes Walla Walla and Columbia Traction transfer to eastern capitalists with $5,000,000 backing, planning a Dayton to Wallula route.
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Northern Pacific
Umatilla County
Gihert Hunt
Washington & Oregon Company
Gilbert Hunt
Walla Walla
Pendleton-Walla Walla
Pendleton
Hunt
Oregon Journal
Walla Walla Valley
N. G. Blalock
Farmers’ Company
Dayton
Wallula
Carter Campaign for Federal Judge Opens in Oregon
Friends of attorney Charles A Carter launch a bid for a newly created federal judgeship. Carter, a Democrat, would not seek the post if offered, but supporters say he would win broad backing from lawyers and both parties if he campaigned. Competing reports say Charles W Fulton may not land the seat, with Oregon senators favoring a choice from eastern Oregon.
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Charles A.carter
Carterling
Carter
Dickenson and
McVey
Taft
Wil Moore
The
Commercial Association
Will M. Peterton
Det. Cratic County
Mt. Carters
Thay
Charles W. Fulton
Washington
Oregoniat
Tait
Oregon
Bourne Nor
Chamberlain
Fulton
Ulimatatllla County
Tt Ja
Migty Focol
Bor
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State Association of the
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