Roosevelt EDITORIAL urgesJapan immigration limits and navy build up
Roosevelt argues the United States and Japan should restrict emigration by class and settle immigration by treaty. He says a strong navy is essential to peace and that governments must act decisively to curb Japanese and American migration while preserving courtesy and mutual respect. The piece frames policy as a joint responsibility to avoid friction and safeguard national interests.
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Roosevelt
United States
Japan
New York
Pacific Coast
Ricky Mountains
America
Uncle Sam
Theodore Roosevelt
Threatened Judge Sentences Bootleggers in Tillamook
Tillamook Ore May 6 Judge Galloway sentenced three men for selling liquor in violation of local option law. Two men fined 500 dollars each and 20 days in jail, the third fined 300 dollars with 20 days jail. Jail terms suspended during good behavior.
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Tillamook, Ore
Tillamook County
Galloway
Merger Case Moves From San Francisco to Salt Lake Hearing
Government counsel plan to move the San Francisco hearing to Los Angeles and then Salt Lake City to try the merger case of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Witnesses from Oregon and other states testify on the impact of the merger on railroad competition.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt
Oregon
Portland
Union
Southern Pacific
Salt Bake
Union Pacific
Groton
Supreme Court clears 11 cases in fast session today
The Supreme Court disposed of 11 cases and admitted Thomas Samuel McKinley to the bar on probation. Several cases were continued for the term, others argued and submitted, with several transfers to Salem for further argument. The rapid session may help clear the docket by Saturday.
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Supreme Court
Lnto
Thomas Samuel McKinley
North Carolina
Official II Under Bonds in Embezzlement Case
Olympia May 6 Former Adjutant General Ortis Hamilton of the Washington national guard is under ten thousand dollar bond on larceny charges involving about ten thousand dollars of milk funds. His father, a Whitman county farmer, may restore the difference to the state. Hamilton defends his affinity Altra Mazel Monre of Seattle and denies knowing exact embezzled amount. Mrs Moore plans a California trip with her daughter. she refuses interviews. Judge Hughes declines federal judgeship for the western district of Washington.
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Olympia
Ortis, Hamilton
Washington National Guard
Whitman County
Washington
Altra
Mazel Monre
Seattle
Henriet
Payne Rile Sat! Cummins Denounces Tariff Bill in Senate
Washington May 6 Senator Cummins of Iowa delivered a sensational address warning that if the tariff bill passes in its present form it will fail to satisfy the Republican platform or end the controversy. He argued the consumer drives revision and that the campaign for lower duties will continue with increasing zeal. The poll shows 238 senators in favor of free lumber, 42 for a dollar and a half duty, and the rest for the Payne bill, with lumber costs and transportation rates shaping views.
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Washington
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Cumming
Himaswi
Loiher
Cummins
Payne
Notarial Commission Issued in Salem May 6
A notarial commission was issued in Salem on May 6 to George W. Staley of Roseburg Oregon, authorizing him as a notary public.
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Salem
George W. Staley
Roseburg
Ore
Pendleton to Build New Depot At Cost Of 40000 To 45000
UR and W Company plans a modern 116.4 by 35 foot brick depot with concrete floors and asbestos slate roof located between Garden and Cosble streets one block west of the present depot. It will include a sizable waiting room, ticket office, smoking room, baggage area, and four windows heated by steam from the roundhouse. The track layout places Washington division on the north, main line on the south, with a driveway from Malin street and a team/freight yard extending west of the depot. Estimated cost ranges from 40000 to 45000, aiming to outshine the Walls Walla depot and rival Spokane in the inland empire.
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Boselhs
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Cosble
Tlekes
Indies
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Coble Street
Fee House
Washington Divisions
Main Street
Malin Street
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Horser
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Wesr
Railroad Street
Galen Street
Bowman
Ttme
Walls Walla
Pendleton
Inland Empire
Spokane
Socialist editor disrupts peace conference debate in Chicago
Chicago May 6 The peace conference faced disruption when socialist editor A M Simons urged formal recognition of social in ne the eventeal peace forces The congress had adopted a platform avoiding sectional political matters The Simons drama included 400 words and claims of war causes by labor exploitation A voice vote upheld the original report of the resolution committees while Simons resolutions were tabled two to one Secretary Melendy proposed a milder substitute and Simons protested Inglehart opposed the Simons resolutions which were tabled by a binding vote of two to one.
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Chicago
A. M. Simone
Socialin
Simona
Melendy
Doyle Convicted of Aid Raping Case Headline
Billie Whita is chief witness against the accused with the jury out for three hours. Penalty ranges from one year to life imprisonment. Jury already being selected for the trial of Boyle's wife. Case is notorious.
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Billie Whitha
Boyle
Boyle convicted in Sharon kidnapping trial from school
Dimes Boyle was convicted of kidnapping Billi Whitt in Sharon Pennsylvania, a case that stirred the nation weeks ago. The trial lasted three and a half hours, the jury deliberated minutes, and the penalty ranges from one year to life. A second jury trial was begun for Boyle's wife on a similar charge.
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Dimes Boyle
Billi Whitt
Sharon
Boyle
Boy Refuses Truth In Mercer Abduction Case
In Mercer Pennsylvania a boy abducted at Sharon and held for ransom by a man posing as James Boyle faced trial. The court pressed the question of truth telling as the boy testified, with attorney Cochran planning to rely mainly on the child’s testimony. The boy identified Boyle in the courtroom and reiterated the familiar tale.
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Mercer
Pilly Whitts
Sharon
James Boyle
Betts
Bly
Hall
Cochran
Boyle
Wireless Messages Link New York and Chicago
May 6 reports the first wireless dispatches between New York and Chicago. Messages traveled from the wireless in the Auditorium Annex to a tower above the Waldorf Astoria, then by telephone to Chicago offices. Chicago’s sending gear was weak, but a round of messages completed in nine minutes between the two cities.
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Chicago
New York
Auditorium
Waldorf-Astoria
Cowboys Round Up Buffalo At Montana Border
Canadian cowboys gather at Lethbridge Alberta before heading to Montana to round up 900 buffalo owned by the Dominion government. A previous herd escaped last summer while being prepared for shipment and now plans call for a new effort to corral them.
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Winnipeg
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Montana
Canada
Elk Istanil
Salesman Douglass Ball Returns to Walla Walla
Douglass Ball, traveling salesman for Blake Mc Fall paper company, returned to Walla Walla after a brief visit here in the interest of his employer.
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Douglass Ball
Walla Walla
Blake Mc Fall Paper Company
Pendleton School Board Reelects Most Teachers for Next Year
Pendleton city schools reelect all but four grade teachers at last night’s meeting. Resignations: Miss Tenny Edith Epple Alice Foss Roberta Rippey. New hires include Lulu George Mary Zurcher and Stanford Stafford. Martins list shows transfers within Hawthorne Field and Washington Lincoln. music and drawing teacher Miss Hutchine retained.
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Pendleton School Board
Pendleton
Tanders
Hampton
Tenny
Edith Epple
Alice Foss
Roberta Rippey
Elizabeth Walker
Washington
Hawthorne
Hazel Weller
Sarah Grady
Lulu George
Oregon City
Mary Zurcher
Cove
Mises Stafford
Trnwthorne School
Viva TD
Warren
Maude Cook
Florence Harris
Carrie Sharp
Saray Gray
Roma G. Stafford
Field School
Romin Epple
Alma Hareris
Hazel Wetter
Lincoln School
Mary Quick
Augusta Moule
Celestine Moorhouse
Miss Hutchine
State Highway Commission to Encourage Railroads
Oregon state highway commission plans a statewide investigation into the feasibility of railroad construction by the state or its agents, with a six month tour to study conditions. C F Swigert was elected president and Drake C O Reilly secretary as the commission prepares a detailed report covering all districts and possible routes.
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Oregon
State Highway Commission
C. F. Swigert
Drake C. O'Reilly
Chamberlain
State Conservation Commission
Tilaho-Coos Bay
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William Net
Wilson Roach
Grant County
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Union County
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C. AH. McCulloch
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