Balloon expedition ends in safe descent near Strawberry Peak
Six men riding the big racing balloon America from Tournament Park Pasadena spent 1 hour 40 minutes aloft reaching 11000 feet. Captain Augusto Mueller guided the craft to a safe landing on Straw burry Hill north slope after drifting past Mount Lowe and San Gabriel peaks. The party included L B Gilliam Richard Halster Sydney Gray Harold Parker Finwara Dodschultz. They traveled two miles from their intended landing and camped for the night. Modern needles first came into use in 1545.
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Los Angeles
Sierra Madre
High Sierra
America
Tournament Park
Pasadena
Augusto BE. Muellar
L. B. Gilldm
Walla Walla
Maryland
Richard Halster
KR. C. Halsted Company
Sydney Gray
Harold Parker
Finwara C. Dodschultz
Tanis
Mount Lowe
Mueller
Strawburry Hill
Fiata
San Gabriel Peath
Strawberry Peak
Colby
Big storms sweep Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming
San Francisco reports a heavy snow storm moving across Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming crippling communications and isolating Denver. The blizzard is described as the heaviest of the winter. In Dallas a tornado wrecked a farmhouse killing J D Walsh his wife five children and a farm hand with forty houses burned at Birdell.
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San Francisco
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Dallas
Tex
J. D. Walsh
Birdell
Wheat climbs to 1 239 in Portland market
Portland reports wheat reaching a high of 1 239 dollars per bushel in the last 24 hours. The bluestem price peak renews speculation of further increases in flour prices along the coast.
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Portland
Bluestem
Evans Would Defend Pacific With Three Naval Stations
Admiral Bob Evans called for three Pacific naval stations at Puget Sound Bremerton and Mare Island with a fleet of battleships for the coast. He urged western congressmen to advocate defense, saying the navy backs it and urging naval leagues and Western leaders to press for action in Tacoma Seattle and nearby for San Diego. He spoke at the Tacoma Hotel and planned a Tacoma Theater appearance before continuing to Bellingham.
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Tacom
Navy Yard
San Diego
Bremerton
Mare Island
Tacoma
Pucet Sound
Maré Island
Pacific Coast
Bob Evans
Great West
West
Admiral Evans
Shriners
Bellingham
Clark Signals Swift Tariff Debate End
Washington March 24 Clark the House minority leader said there is no time for extended tariff discussion and urged thorough consideration. He argued the tariff falls on consumers and noted witnesses on the Ways and Means Committee favored either higher Dingley rates or keeping the tariff. He also charged the deficit in the U S treasury to the Dingley bill and criticized Republican majority members for not letting Democrats help shape the Payne bill.
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Washington
Champ Clark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Clark
United States
Wool crop prospects said to be especially promising
Wool growers and prominent wool men in Oregon report a very bright outlook for this year’s clip. Eastern Oregon and states such as Umatilla, Union, Baker, Wallowa, Wasco, Crook, Wheeler and Malheur expect exceptionally fine fleece and heavier yields. Prices are rising, with London selling at 21 07 to 23 7? cents and Boston markets strong, suggesting a five to ten cent rise over last season.
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Oregon
Umatilla
Union
Baker
Wallowa
Wasco
Crook, Wheeler and
Malheur
London
Boston
Jastenson
Shackleton Near South Pole Inches From Goal
British Navy lieutenant E. B. Shackleton led the Nimrod expedition returning to Invercargill after 126 days of sledge travel. They reached 111 miles from the pole, mapped a new coast and high mountains, ascended Mount Rebus, found 100 mountains, and discovered coal fields. The atmospheric calm theory near the pole was disproved.
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England
London
Marcel
Ldlieutenant
EB. H. Shackleton
Invercargill
South Pole
Iceields
Mount Rebus
Antarctic
Shackleton
Pole
Hua
Magnet Pole Mencheil
Rebus
Victorialand
Roosevelt and Kermit Work in Gym Aboard Hamburg
New York March 24 Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt worked in the ship gymnasium today while aboard the Hamburg 200 miles off Sandy Hook. The weather was excellent as Roosevelt planned to inspect the engine room.
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New York
United Press
Hamburg
Wireles
Roosevelt
Kermit
Sandy Hook
Treasury loss shocks San Francesco
San Francesco reports a big treasury loss as the grand jury continues hearings. Witnesses formerly with the treasury under Treasurer Tantel are examined but offer no explanations. Accountants confirm funds are missing. investigation resumes tomorrow.
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San Francesco
Treisersy
Tantel
TEEPATES TERGINS TO GET INTO CONDITION
Boston March 24 Jeffring today for the fire. One in the heat began rout work and sparring with his partner Bam Berger and also ran a few miles with the big fellow.
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Boston
Jeffring
Thleeliy
Bam Berger
Woman Named in Cleveland Kidnapping Case Confessed
Cleveland police report a woman arrested for Billie Whitlam's abduction admits planning the crime and hints at trouble in Sharon. The man with her, J. H. Boyle, and the woman, allegedly educated, deny knowing each other. Nearly $99,000 in original bank cash was found on the woman, remaining mostly intact. Billie’s father and investigators traveled to Cleveland for identification.
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Jin Sharon
Man
Cleveland
Billie Whith
Todiy
Helen Falkwed
J. H. Boyle
Sharon
Granger
Billie
Hollenden
Mre Whitin
Forkner
Ann
Stigron
Frank Buhl
Crane
Bille
Central Police Station
Captain Shattuck
Hell
Whitis
Frank Wood
Pennsylvania
Wood
Whitlam Sharon
Shattuck Re Salt
Willfe Whitla
Billie Identifies Premies and Suspects in Cleveland Case
Billie identifies Premies in Cleveland on March 24. Photographs of Helen Falkner and J. H. Bowle are singled out as suspects. The notice notes Billie’s alighting from a twin Billie Whit and pins the kidnapper label on two named individuals.
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Billie
Cleveland
Billie Whit- In
Helen Falkner
J. H. Bowle
Hie Kidtinpers
Spineless cactus grows in Mexican garden
Los Angeles dispatch reports miner WL Wolfe in western Chihuahua Province Mexico experiments with spineless cactus plants. He claims the cactus bears harmless red fruit and is edible, growing in his garden during March.
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Los Angeles
WL Ll. Wolfe
Bierra Madre Manges
Chinhhahua Province
Mexico
Wolfe
Squirrels Threaten Dayton Wheat
Dayton Wash March 24 Farmers fear gray squirrels will destroy the grain crop. The unusual infestation unsettles eastern Washington farming. Appeals go to the state experiment station at Pullman for relief. A quantity of virus to inoculate the squirrels has been ordered, thought to be the sole method to exterminate them.
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Dayton
Wash
Washington
State Experiment Station
Pullman
California anti land grabbing bill signed by governor
Sacramento March 24 The Thompson anti hand grab bill was signed today by Governor Gillett. Prepared by Surveyor General Kingsbury and Deputy Attorney General Malcolm Glenn, it aims to abolish Hyde Ronson Ackerman and the alleged land grabbing ring that has long controlled California public lands.
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Sacramento
Calif
Thompson
Gillett
Kingsbury
Malcolm Glenn
Hyde, Ronson & Ackerman
California
Pendleton to Build Modern Woolen Mill with Low Insurance
Plans show Pendleton will have a first class woolen mill building of Salem scale with modern machinery and ample space. The Portland inspector rated it the highest for similar structures, and the project aims for low insurance, superior ventilation, and roomy employee facilities including washrooms and lavatories. C. P. Bishop and his two sons stay in the city awaiting start of work.
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Salem
Pendleton
Northwest
Capital City
Portland
P. Bishop
Farmers' Association Tour Sparks Northwest Conference
Norval Demp of Dayton urges governors of Oregon Idaho Montana Washington and Wyoming to meet in Spokane on April 15 to plan organizing country associations. Roosevelt's country life commission tour highlighted farmer isolation and lack of organization, seeking practical steps and collective action for better farmer organization.
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United States
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
Merting
Spokane
Wyoming
Salem
Country Life
Norval D
Dayton
Ohio
Country Lfe Commission
Benson
Organization of
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Northwest
Northern Pacific to build Washington line to Pasco
Seattle March 24. The Northern Pacific will construct a new rail line from Adrian on the Great Northern to Pasco via Othello to open irrigation lands along Moses lake and channel wheat tonnage from the Big Bend country. President Elliott announced the plan while finalizing land sales in Washington. E F Morgan and N W Northrop of Benton county travel to Pilot Rock to join the Cunningham Sheep and Land company ranch work.
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Seattle
Moses Lake
Douglas County
Northern Pacific
Adrian
Great Northern
Pasco
Othello
Elliott
Washington
Big Bend
Cheney
Mountains
E. F E. Morgan
N. W. Northrop
Benton County
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
J. N. Burgess
Cunningham Sheep & Land Company
Real estate man Hendricks jailed for contempt of court
C C Hendricks a prominent real estate figure and major city taxpayer spent two hours in the city jail for contempt of court after refusing to stop cursing and blocking street rubbish on Stonewall Jackson Street. He says authorities robbed him and blames spite.
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C. C. Hendricks
Hendricke
Stonewall Jackson Street
Hendricks
Fite Gerald
Oregon
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Say
Trip
Middle West
Evans
Pacific
Nimrod
Shacklieton
Wireless
Teddy
San Francesoco
Tergins
Life Commission
Organization OF Farmers’ Association
A. C. Hendricks
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