Wool buyers arrive and map eastern Oregon sales
Charles H Green arrives as Wool season opens with Koshland Bros and other buyers planning consignments across Arizona California Nevada Idaho and eastern Oregon. He predicts uncertain prices until sales begin with many clips already consigned and schedules set for May to July across Arlington Pendleton Pilot Rock Heppner Yale Baker City Elgin Condon and Shaniko with millions of pounds offered each site.
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Charles H. Green
Woolbuyers
Koshland Bros
Green
Arizona
California
Nevada
Idaho
Oregon
Arlington
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Heppner
Yale
Baker City
Elgin
Condon
Shanike
Reopen of Big Western Bank under Ridgely in KC
In Kansas City, Mar 30, the Big Western Bank reopened with W B Ridgely as president after its fall closing. The National Bank of Commerce holds $6.6 million in cash and is deemed sound. The bank’s revival is seen as boosting regional finances across the southwest. President Roosevelt did not send a wreath from the White House for D W Stevens murdered in San Francisco by Koreans.
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Big Western Bank
Kansas City
W. B. Ridgely
National Bank of Commerce
Mississippi
Southwest
Roosevelt
White House
D. W. Stevens
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Rails to Fire Foreign Workers Order
Pennsylvania railroad issues order to discharge all foreigners and hire only American laborers. The mandate affects laborers while office and mechanical staff are already English speaking. At full operation the railroad employs about 180000 workers.
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Pittsburg
Mar
Pennsylvania Wailroad
Pennsylvania
Haywood Attacks Officials as Wyoming Mine Disaster Labeled Murder
W D Haywood in Chicago denounces Roosevelt and Governor Gooding in a speech while promoting his socialist presidential bid. Resolutions call for troops to withdraw from the Treadwell mines. He condemns the Wyoming mine explosion as murder by mine owners, noting 70 killed.
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Chicago
Mar
Roosevelt
Gooding
Haywood
United States
Treadwell
New York
Wyoming
Anna Gould to marry Prince De Sagan within a month
Anna Gould is expected to wed Prince De Sagan within a month despite her brother George Gould’s opposition. She will give him three days to approve. if refused the wedding may take place abroad. The couple dined at the Gotham Hotel last night amid press dispatches about De Sagan’s debts.
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New York
Mar
Anna Gould
Prince de Sagan
George
de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Gotham Hotel
Marquis Castellane
Count Bent
Europe
Seventy-One Dead In Union Pacific Mine Disaster
Hanna Wyoming reports seventy one miners dead in Union Pacific Coal Company mine number one after two explosions. rescue work hampered by fires and gas. bodies of rescuers Tennant and Huhtala found. as many as sixty percent of victims were married with children. ongoing operations to seal west slope and ventilate before entry. (Continued on page 8.)
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Union Pacific
Hanna
Wyo
Salt Lake
Herald
Wye
Union Pacific Coal Company
Alexander Tennant
Mat Huhtala
Tennant
Huhtala
Warburton
Hutson
Perry
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Fieet
Robbers Kill Ex-Confession and Press Messenger Death in Gas
Robbers killed Wells-Fargo messenger O A Bailey on Santa Fe train No 115 between Florence and Newton Kansas, robbed money and jewelry from safes, and fled. Authorities suspect an experienced railroad man staged the job, offered $1000 reward for the killer, and believe Bailey admitted a friend who struck him with a hatchet during sleep.
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Kansas City
O. A. Bailey
Wells-Fargo
Newton
Florence
Kan
Bailey
Santa Fe
Messenger Bailey Wits
T Wan
Strong City
Peabody
Fortune for Floretta. Police Search for Cooke Couple
San Francisco March 30 police seek Rev. Jere Knode Cooke and Fioretta Whaley to return to Long Island for court on an estate valued at about $26,009. The case involves settling the estate and presumably custody or appearance related matters.
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San Francisco
Mar
Jere Knode Cooke
Fioretta Whaley
Long Island
Pearl button factories face shutdowns amid water shortage
New York on March 20 reports a water shortage disrupts fresh water mussel supply, causing pearl button plants to struggle to meet demand and risking closure of many facilities.
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New York
Irrigation Suit Being Tried At Milton
Circuit Judge Bean and local lawyers travel to Milton for a session of court to hear testimony in the Littl Walla Walla irrigation union versus the Finis irrigation union and hundreds more defendants. The Milton hearing starts the Second Irrigation suit with testimony largely duplicating the first case, aiming to limit travel for about 350 defendants. Earlier chief counsel T. G. Hatley and current counsel C. M. Rader represent the plaintiff group in the suit.
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Bean
Milton
Littl Walla Walla Irrigation Union
Finis I Irrigation Union
James A. Fee
Roy Raley
G. W. Phelps
J. Beckwith
Peacock Milling Company
Walla Walla River
Little Walla Walla
Pendleton
T. G. Hatley
C. M. Rader
Walla Walla
Cleveland Music Teacher and Pupil Found With Bullets
Bodies of Carl Bernthaler a music teacher and Lena Ziechman his pupil lay side by side on a roadside with bullets through their hearts. The position suggests Bernthaler shot the girl and then killed himself. He had been secretly meeting her for six months and was married. Mrs Bernthaler collapsed when shown the remains.
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Cleveland, Mar
Carl Bernthaler
Lena Ziechman
Bernthaler
CANDIDATES FOR ANAMAG CLUB IN SPECTER OF HILL TOWER
Washington march 30 the hill tower incident escalates amid confusion with reports that Kaiser Wilhelm and or Ambassador Tower may be admitted to roosevelt s Ananias club or the in bad organization. Hill appears a victim of a poorly executed diplomatic knifing amid Berlin telegrams and conflicting statements.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Ambassador Tower
Roogrelt
Hill
Washington
Hill Tower
Roosevelt
Ananias Club
Berlin
Battleship Gun Blows Up on Mission
The Missouri suffered a serious accident today when the muzzle of a broadside gun blew out, tearing away half the gun. No crew injuries reported. The incident occurred after the fleet departed Hampton Roads. A board of inquiry is ordered to investigate.
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Washington, Mar
Evans
Hampton Roads
Missouri
Board of
Alienists Advise Detention For Indefinite Period
New York March 30. On the advice of alienists who recently examined Harry Thaw at Matteawan, the Thaw family have decided not to move for an immediate release. The alienists advise detention for an indefinite period.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
Thaw
Reward Offered for Dynamiters of Bulkley Wells
Denver March 30 A reward of ten thousand dollars has been posted for the arrest and conviction of the man or men who attempted to dynamite Bulkley Wells at Telluride Saturday morning.
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Bulkley Wells
Denver
Mar
Telluride
How Cars Stand In New York to Paris Race
Half the population turned out in New York to give Dedion a warm sendoff for the New York to Paris race. The French entry is currently third with the Italian car reported second and the American leading. The Italian car left Goldfield Saturday night while the American heads to Valdez by sea.
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New York
Paris
Ely
Dedion
Lust
Goldfield
Valdex
Blame for Bomb Horror Focus of Investigation
Alexander Berkman, formerly jailed for an assassination attempt on Henry C. Frick and Emma Goldman’s partner, is under arrest as police seek anarchist links to Saturday’s blast in New York. Authorities plan to question Sil verstein, now gravely injured, to verify his recognition of Berkman. Demonstrators demand Commissioner Bingham’s resignation, denouncing police methods used on New York’s unemployed.
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Pennsylvania
Emma Goldman
St. Petersburg
New York
Alexander Berkman
Berkman
Henry C. Frick
Silverstein
Socialista
Bingham
Banker Dies Suddenly in San Francisco Hotel
Joseph Cannon, cashier of the Northwestern National Bank of Philadelphia, was found dying at Stewart hotel in San Francisco. A doctor suspected morphine poisoning and an autopsy was planned to determine the cause. Cannon had arrived that morning after a month in California, with prior stay in Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Joseph Cannon
Northwestern National Bank of Philadelphia
Cannon
Stewart Hotel
California
Los Angeles
Check Artist Frank Burns Arrested on Passed Check Charge
Frank Burns of Lostine Wallowa county was arrested here yesterday by Sheriff T D Taylor on orders from Sheriff Childers La Grande He is charged with passing a $100 check in La Grande without funds Burns a once well regarded local figure was taken from a westbound train yesterday by Sheriff Taylor The sheriff later went to Helix to secure another man arrested there for passing bad checks in this city
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Frank Burns
Lostine
Wallowa County
T. D. Taylor
Man Walks Home After Train Accident Hit in Pittsburgh
John Hastings a Homestead steel worker was struck by a Pennsylvania train at Pittsburgh Saturday. He was hurled about 40 feet onto a one story building and walked home after being examined by a physician who found no broken bones.
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John Hastings
Homestead
Fas Pennsylvania
Pittsbore
Phy
Judge Wilfey Seeks Hearing on Charges in Impeachment Bend
Washington March 30. House Judiciary Committee weighs report of subcommittees on Judge Wilfey of the United States court at Shandel. It is said he will demand an impeachment trial to clear himself of the charges.
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Gillette
Herric
Mclliravey
Mead
MecIllarey
Hersck
Washington, Mar
House Judiciary Committee
Wilfey
United States Court At
Shandel
Dna
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