White Confers With DA Ahead of Lorimer Grand Jury
Chicago May 2 Charles A White a Illinois legislator conferred with District Attorney Wayman before testifying to the grand jury about the alleged bribery in Lorimer’s Senate election White says he received two thousand dollars for his vote from a Lorimer representative A morning paper prints Albert Isley’s claim a legislator offered a bribe which Isley refused Browne Democratic House leader Lee O Neil Browne is named as the alleged payer in White's account
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Charles A. White
Lorimer
Senate
Albert Isley
Chicago
Chas. A. White
Ilinois
Wayman
Willam Lorimer
United States Senate
White
Today
High priced jockey kept from riding in turf clash
New York reports that Jockey Carl Shilling is barred by jockey club stewards from riding on East Coast tracks this spring, removing the sport's highest paid rider from turf action. Lang remains active, while Shilling lost a $15,000 returning fee with Aildreth. The Keene stable shows strong form at Sheepshead, threatening turf supremacy amid Hildreth’s handicaps.
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New York
Jockey Club
Carl Shilling
America
Tockey A. Lang
Shilling
S.C. Aildreth
Friens
P. J. Thomas Inez
Pimlico
Ball
Keene Atable
Hildreth
Keene
Ballot
Hilarious
Sweep
Moskette
Sheepshead
Mr. Keene
Mr. Hildreth
Fitz Herbert
King James
Wicely
Waldo
No Phonograph Ban In Catholic Mass Sparks Debate
The Holy See's bulle tin weighs a decision on substituting the phonograph for the organ in church services. A Valle Morita parish, unable to afford an organist, tested the device for hymns and other functions. The congregation of rites ruled against the phonograph, barring its use in Catholic churches forever.
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Rome
Bulletin of the Holy See
Valle Morita
Congregation of Rites
Hoston Threatened With Milk Famine
Boston farmers threaten milk withdrawal as winter price agreements lapse, forming a New England cooperative. They demand year round pricing due to grain costs and higher wages, warning Boston may face milk shortage and possible sea water drinking by May 1 if contractors refuse.
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Boston
Mill Street
Indie Auld
Boston Cooperative Milk Producers’ Association
New England
Working Man Eyes Milwaukee Vote in 1908 Election
Washington May 2 Emil Seidel Milwaukee socialist mayor will influence coming elections. Samuel Gompers says the vote of protest by working people is key. Indignation at courts Congress and the attorney general’s department and trusts. He expects labor to back socialism to strike at party machines.
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Washington
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Samuel Gompers
Fiompers
Congress
Attorney General’s Department
Hood River Realty Company to Oversee Local Orchards
Hood River, Ore experiences a new orchard venture as the Hood River Realty Company is formed to supervise orchard work for non residents. The firm will manage grubbing planting pruning and marketing with a role akin to architect to builder, aiming to attract apple land buyers seeking careful oversight before bearing fruit.
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Hood River
Ore
Northwest
Hood River Villey
Hood River Realty Company
Skeletons Identified After 52 Years In Modoc Yard
In Alturas California two skeletons were found in the Modoc county courthouse yard believed to be a woman and her infant. Local elder Samuel Todd recalls a 32 year old village mystery linking the Brunridge family to a murder by a French blacksmith named Joraux. The child was awarded to Mrs Brunridge after a court jury decision following a custody bid. both mother and child vanished two days after the hearing.
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Alturas
Cal
Modoc County
Samuel Todd
Brunridge
Joraux
Todd
Brun
Roseburg to pave asphalt blocks at cost around $120000
Roseburg Oregon plans to pave about 60 blocks of asphalt for one year at roughly $120000 in addition to 18 blocks laid last year. Clark Henry Company of Sacramento won the contract with a bid of 1.69 dollars per square yard for second grade pavement. Philander Knox Sr will surrender to the first grandchild.
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Roseburg
Ore
Clark-Henry Company
Sacramento
Rainfall in April Shows Above Normal Trend
The report notes April rainfall of .03 inches above normal, boosting the season's total 2.02 inches above normal and leaving about four months to add over an inch. Projected yearly precipitation should exceed the normal, with April normal at 1.01 inches and 20 days ending Saturday night at 1.04 inches. Yearly normal rainfall is 14.20 inches, current total 12.86 inches, suggesting ample moisture for good crops.
Tax Increase Cited After Hood River County Start
Local tailor E A Schiffler shows tax receipts to East Oregonian illustrating a 1.4 percent rise in his 1909 taxes after Hood River county formed, with Wasco County taxes in 1908 at 85.50 and 1909 taxes at 195. The new county cost him 52.50 in its first year, he says, calling county division foolhardy and costly.
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E. A. Schiffler
Hood River
Mood River County
Schiffier
Hood River County
Schiffler
All Aboard For Big Junket Trip Train
A special train with observation and buffet cars departs at 7 45 am from the RR and N depot for a junket to Ad ame Athena Weston Milton Freewater and Walla Walla. Tickets go on sale this afternoon with stops at Adams Athena Weston Milton and Freewater and a luncheon in Walla Walla and events at each city.
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All Town
Walla Walla
Adame
Athena
Weston
Milton
Freewater
Charles Bond
Ben Hill
Clarence Bishop
Tor
RR & N
Adams
Athens
Waolin Walla Fa
Garden City
Deatic cuts down three men of prominence
Washington DC May 2 Rear Admiral Wichborn retired is dead here after 02 years of active service One of his services was preparing American ships for the Spanish war Kingston Jamaica May 2 Lord Alexis former president of Haiti is read His health was broken by exile following the restation last year during which he was de posed New York NY May 2 John Quincy Adams Ward one of America's best sculptors died yesterday at his home here aged eighty
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Washington, D. C
Wichborn
Kingston
Jamaica
Lord Alexis
Haiti
New York
N. Y
John Quincy Adams Ward
America
Weston Ends Long Journey From Los Angeles to New York
Edward Payson Weston started at seven this morning from Yonkers to walk to New York City, an eighteen mile leg. He expects to reach City Hall around four this afternoon, completing his historic cross country trek.
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Yonkers
Edward Payson Weston
New York
City Hall
Los Angeles
Death of Seattle Brewing Co. Chief Shifts Strike Plan
Andrew Heinrich, president of the Seattle Brewing Company and a leading coast brewer, died early today from acute bladder trouble. A brewery workers strike planned for today was postponed due to his death, delaying labor action at the Seattle plant.
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Seattle
Waek
Andrew Heinrich
Seattle Brewing Company
Binger Hermann Shows Improvement in Oregon Recovery
Former congressman Binger Hermann is reported on the road to recovery by his attending physician. He received visitors Sunday afternoon and is resting in a reclining chair as updates follow in Roseburg Oregon.
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Binger Hermann
Roseburg
Ore
Supreme Court in Session Hears Murder Case Among Decisions
The eastern Oregon district term opened at 10 this morning before Chief Justice Moore with Justices Eakin McBride King and Slater. Seven cases were disposed of including the Ryan murder tied to manslaughter charges in Milton. Several cases were submitted on motion to delete appeals and others were granted. A bar admission class of twelve candidates is undergoing examination.
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Oreton
Supreme Court
Moore
Eakin
McBride
King
Slater
Tao
Ryan
Mike Ryan
Edward Dixon
Milton
Umatilla County
Farmers' & Traders National Bank of la Grande
State
Decker
Tmatilia Water
Asociation
Irwin
J. A. Bennett
R. F. Peters
H. R. Saltmarsh
John M. Joyce
M. H. Clark
Joseph M. Skrable
Woma Pres Agent Proclaims Belageo's St Elmo Tour
Mrs Henrietta Spader, a novelty press agent for David Belageo's production St Elmo, seeks city listings to secure a full lease for the play. A western Belasco circuit includes San Francisco Seattle Portland Salt Lake City Denver and Los Angeles with intermediate stops. Pendleton decision hinges on showings. missteps could drop La Grande or Baker City.
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Woma
Henrietta Spader
David Belageo
St. Elmo
Belasco
Belasco Productions
Elmo
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Salt Lake
Denver
Los Angeles
Tf Pendleton
Elmost
la Grande
Baker City
Miss Spader
Three Men Charged as Bunko Locators
Sacramento court indicts George Winchester Fred Raymond and Charles Blake on five counts each for obtaining money under false pretenses. Grand jury testimony cites Mrs Wilcox and Dr C T McKee. Accused formed a conspiracy to defraud by promising access to government timber land for filing fees of 150 dollars per man.
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Sacramento
Cat
George A. Winchester
Fred Raymond
Charles T Blake
Wilcox
C. T. McKee
Earle's Affinity No 4 in Paris Rumors
Rumor says Ferdinand Finney Earl the artist is forming a fourth affinity in Paris after freeing himself from a second soul mite. He is seen walking with a pretty Latin Quarter resident in Luxembourg Gardens while Earl declines to discuss his affairs.
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Earle
Ferdinand Finney Earl
New York
Luxembourg Gardens
Latin Quarter
Yvoung
Propriety of Tights Up to Highest Court
Albany N Y The Court of Appeals weighs if ordering Miss Henrieta Lee Morrison to wear tights breached public policy and her contract with Hartline Seaman Her det costume and knee length trousers and tights stir debate Morrison, a Me Him Ang company member, faced discharge for refusing the change and sought damages The lower courts awarded 4700, but managers appealed.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Empire State
Henrieta Lee Morrison
Harti¢e & Seaman
New York
Don
House Resolution Champions Brandeis
Washington May 2 Representative Harrison of New York introduced a resolution calling on Attorney General Wickersham for the papers and data refused Brandeis by the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee last week. The Interior department opened the Coeur d'Alene and Flathead Indian reservations for entry and settlement today, and also the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations.
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Washington, D. C
Harrison
New York
Wickersham
Brandeis
Ballinger-Pinchot
Washington
Interior Department
Coeus a‘Alene
Flathead Indian
Cheyenne River
Senate action creates a Bureau of Mines in Interior
The senate today passed the house bill providing for the creation of a bureau of mines within the interior department. The measure aims to centralize mining regulation and oversight under federal authority, consolidating functions formerly scattered across agencies.
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Bureau of Mines
Washington
Senate
House
Interior Department
Pendleton Man Dies in Beaverton at 69
Former Pendleton resident F. H. Younger died at his Beaverton home after a heart attack. He owned the White House grocery in Pendleton earlier and was active in Masonic circles as a Knights Templar and Mystic Shrine member. He left a widow and four children, with funeral services held by the Masonic order in Beaverton at 2 PM.
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Pendleton
Younger
White House
Beaverton
Knights Templar
Mystic Shrine
South Carolina
G. B. Wyrick
W. HL. Powell
Lenore Younger
E. P. Younger
Masonic Order
Novel burglar alarm curtain from Vienna specimen
An Austrian engineer Herr Max Trautmann invents a simple yet effective burglar alarm curtain. The device hides several weighted beads inside curtain fabric to trigger bells and illuminate the room when any touch occurs. It guards windows doors cupboards safes or pictures and cannot be tampered with by outsiders without triggering the alarm.
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Vienna
Herr Max Trautmann
Herr Trautmann
Congressional probe on Lincoln monument fund donations
Congress investigates the fate of $100000 given to raise a Lincoln monument. Original subscribers who donated from 1 to 100 dollars over four years urge action. In Medford area orchards last week saw silo land sales near 500000 with bearing orchard land up to 2378 per acre and bare land at 428 an acre.
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Abraham
Medford
Death in Prize Ring Sparks Church Campaign
The death of Tommy McCarthy after a bout with Owen Moran provokes a California-wide protest against the Jeffries Johnson fight. Ministers denounce boxing, editors condemn officials, and church leaders plan a mass meeting to abolish prize fighting. Moran will have masses said for McCarthy’s soul as talks on a referee for the postponed fight continue.
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Tommy McCarthy
Jeffries-Johnson
San Francisco
Calif
Owen Moran
California
Jeffries
Johnson
Louis J. Sawyer
First Methodist Church
Sit
Fojd Puvluiesig
Ajjsoddo Pein
Thore
McCarthy
Sam Berger
Armstrong
Papke
Choynski
Patt Is An Avid Admirer Of Tetrazzini In Rome
Rome Madame Adelina Patt stays in Rome and attended a ball with her husband after which she said she will continue singing for charity. She praised Tetraszini while declining to comment on Richard Strauss operas. Some notes mention Aldridge and Aldrich related to another topic.
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Rome
Adelina Patt
Madame Patt
Madame Pratt
Tetraszini
Richard Strauss
Pendleton Census Extended Two Weeks for Count
Pendleton’s population is expected to reach about 6000 after hundreds more names added through the Pendleton Commercial club campaign and a special dispensation by Census Supervisor Seneca Reach. Regular enumerators now have until May 15 to finish counting, ensuring no genuine resident is missed. Beach urges full cooperation and notes Commercial Association Dranks forms can be mailed to the secretary.
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Pendleton
Commercial Association
Beach
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