Cornerstone Ceremony for Pan American Bureau Home
President Castro of Venezuela did not send a congratulatory message for the cornerstone laying of the International Bureau of the American Republics home in Washington. Cardinal Gibbons gave the invocation as a large crowd attended the 3 o clock ceremony with remarks by Secretary Root and praises from Ambassador Nabuco and Andrew Carnegie.
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Washington
Castro
Venezuela
International Bureau of American Republics
Western Hemisphere
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
John Barrett
Bureau
State Root
Joaquin Nabuco
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Fitzmaurice Drops It After Retainer Fee Case
Would be attorney and lecturer Fitzmaurice, not licensed to practice in Oregon or Washington, took a $75 retainer from Barnes Brothers accused of murder in Mrs. Aldrich case. He hurriedly returned the fee and dropped the case after local lawyers protested. He sat for a Washington bar exam but results were not yet known.
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Maurice Fitzmaurice
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Barnes Brothers
Aldrich
Oregon
Washington
Fitzmaurice
Barnes Boys
Fitemaurice
Supreme Court
Life and death clash in Guinness tragedy case
Evidence today suggests Andrew Helgaline fought for life before death blow, with Dr. J. H. Meyer noting brown curly hairs clenched in his right hand. Police shift to the theory that Mrs. Guinness died in the fire that destroyed her home.
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la Porte
Andrew Helgaline
Guinness
J. H. Meyer
Corpae
Heligaline
Fleet visit warms San Francisco with side trips and events
Sailors and officers explored the city despite cold skies as 150 decorated cars rolled from Market Street under police escort into Chinatown and the Latin Quarter. The party included Admiral Sebree Swinburne Dayton and Sperry with Mayor Taylor and Oakland's Mayor Mott. A boxing tournament opened tonight and a fleet baseball championship was played this afternoon.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Market Street
Chinatown
Admiral
Sebree
Swinburne
Dayton
Sperry
Taylor
Mott
Oakland
Rumor of Fairbanks Quietly Dropping From Campaign
In Indianapolis on May 11, it is rumored that Vice President Fairbanks may withdraw from the presidential race without a formal announcement. Taft’s Kentucky victory is cited by the Indiana Statesman as proof that further delegation efforts are futile.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Itas
Fairbanks
Taft
Kentucky
Indiana
Cake party orders three speeches daily across stage plan
Judge H M Cake arrived in Drain Oregon on May 11 to give a speech and will then speak at Cottage Grove. The Cake party announced plans demanding three speeches per day from now until election day to promote their candidate.
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Drain
Ore
H. M. Cake
Cottage Grove
Cake Party
Bank Reorganization Plans Approved in Boise
Boise May 11 Judge Wood approves reorganization of Capital State Bank which holds deposits over a million dollars. May 28 set as reopening date for the institution.
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Boise
Capital State Bank
Indian Revival on Umatilla Ends as Tribes Return Home
About forty new members expected at the Tutulla church after a two week revival at the Umatilla reservation. Nez Perces, Warm Springs, and Yakima groups prepared to depart for home on trains bound for Warm Springs, Yakima, and Nez Perce reservations. The event drew large crowds as Indians sang hymns in Nez Perce at the depot. Rev A B Dickey and Rev J M Corneligon led efforts with intertribal interpreters present for交流 among tribes.
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Tutullla
Warm Springs
Columbia River
Plute
Umatillas
Nez Perce
J. M. Corneligon
David Starr Jordan Attacked at Exclusion League Meeting
In San Francisco on May 11 a meeting of the Atlantic Exclusion League erupted in hoots and jeers when the name of David Starr Jordan was mentioned. The crowd opposed his views on Japan and his war scare remarks, citing his friendship with Japan and his criticism of war with Japan as provoking the reaction.
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San Francisco
David Starr Jordan
Atlatie Exclusion League
Jordan
Japan
Yellow Press
Europe
United States
Grand Master Masons Visit Pendleton Lodge For Special Meeting
Grand Master L Pierce of the Oregon Masons visits Pendleton Lodge No 2 for a special meeting tonight. He plans to organize a lodge in Umatilla tomorrow with about 20 charter members, as Worshipful Master W H McCormmach urges full attendance to greet the grand master.
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Lot ‘L. Pierce
Grand Lodge of Oregon Masons
Pendleton Lodge No
Pearce
Umatilla
W. H. McCormmach
Pendleton Lodge
Marshfield Gun Tragedy Involving Noted Portland Figure
Marshfield Ore May 11 Mrs Bartha Etta Gordon Lurch well known in police circles in Portland Sacramento and San Francisco lies dying from a kidney wound after quarrel with bartender 8 Anderson. He says he acted in self defense and has been jailed. She waited on the saloon porch with a revolver displayed. A launch trip to North Bend followed a fatal shot. Federal detectives had tracked her as part of a counterfeit money gang. She had earlier been arrested in Portland for counterfeiting and claimed to be the wife of Coos Bay lumberman Edward Sam Goon whom she later married.
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Marshfield
Ore
Bartha Etta Gordon Lurch
Portland
Sacramento
San Francisco
Marshfield Hospital
Anderson
North Bend
Edward Sam Goon
Coos Bay
Tornado tears through Oklahoma towns causing heavy damage
A tornado of unusual violence swept across central Oklahoma on May 11, leveling parts of Arnett Vici Cooley Grand and other small towns. The storm tracked over a 76 mile district and reports from Arnett say lives are lost though details remain scarce.
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Woodward
Okla
Arnett
Vici
Cooley
Grand
Carey Elected Socialist National Convention Chairman
John F. Carey of Massachusetts was elected chairman of the socialist national convention in Chicago. Indications show the convention will nominate a presidential candidate Thursday and adjourn Friday. Victor Berger of Milwaukee urged the party to back trades unions, warning he and allies would bolt if unionism was not supported. Tensions rose between American Federation of Labor and Industrial Workers of the World delegates.
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Chicago
John F. Carey
Massachusetts
Socialist National Convention
Guy Miller
Telluride
Ernest Miller
Western Federation of Miners
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Socialist Party
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
Curious growth in Weston water pipes alarm locals
Weston Leader reports a fibrous water weed forming in the feed pipe to the waterworks reservoir. The long hairlike mass raises questions about joint seal leakage or silt germination, while Marshal Bryant and Louis Nolte confront the problem and its required work.
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Weston
Marshal Bryant
Louis Nolte
Smith 3 Guilty of Burning Sheds in Crook County
Ex sheriff C Sam Smith is found guilty of burning sheep sheds and shearing pens of ex Congress man J N Williamson after a 15 hour jury deliberation in Prineville Oregon The verdict marks the first Central Oregon conviction in the range wars and political feuding that split Crook County with barns fences and ditches damaged and crops harmed by rival factions.
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Sam C. Smith
Williamson
Smith
Crook County
Prineville
Ore
C. Sam Smith
J. N. Williamson
Larkin Elliott
Oregon
Salem woolen mill strike shuts Kay mill in Salem
The Oregon Daily Journal reports Tom Kay's woolen mills in Salem idled tonight as nine spinners strike over wage cuts at the start of the year. The independent strike lacks union backing. Workers demand the old scale with six of nine paid $2 a day and others $50 per month, while three receive $40. Kay sent a foreman to Oregon City for spinners but failed to secure help.
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The
Oregon Daily Journal
Salem
Tom Kay
Kay
Salem Launches First Annual Clean Up Day
Salem Statesman reports a successful inaugural cleanup with streets alleys yards and vacant lots tidied. Merchants allocated workers while schools and colleges assisted. the city was divided into four districts and worked systematically. Next year planners aim for earlier organization and broader effort.
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Salem
Salem Statesman
Preacher A C Dixon Promotes Gospel Ads in Papers
The Rev A C Dixon of Moody church urged Congregational ministers in Chicago to use press advertising to spread evangelism He said he would flood daily papers with gospel ads if money were available speaking at the Masonic temple last week.
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A. C. Dixon
Moody Church
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Realty Men's Publicity Committee Named for Bureau
Realty Men's Publicity Committee Members J H Gwinn J S Vinson and W H Skinner were named by C B Adams president of the Realty Men's Association to represent the group in forming a publicity bureau. A committee meeting is set for tomorrow afternoon to discuss the subject followed by a mass meeting tomorrow evening in the Commercial Association rooms to advance plans and select a fund committee for soliciting donations and launching the drive.
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J. H. Gwinn
J.S. Vinson
W. H. Skinner
C. B. Adams
The
Realty Men’s Association
Publicity Bureau
Commercial Association
Deputy Sheriff Victim in City Accident
Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakeley was injured Friday night when his car stopped by the courthouse curb. He fell from the auto striking the left side of his head and bruising his body. insensible on arrival, initial fears of a fractured skull proved unfounded and he is expected to recover in several days.
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Joe Binkeley
Eriff
Court House
Blakeley
Pioneer Morse Dies. Longtime Pendleton Resident
Stephen Lovejoy Morse, aged 74, a pioneer of Umatilla county and Pilot Rock resident, died after a lingering illness. Born 1834 in Maine, he crossed to Oregon in 1864, worked in stock and sheep, served 14 years as a deputy U S marshal, and was active in Masons and Eastern Star. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm from County Clerk Frank Saling's residence, officiated by Rev. Charles Quinney.
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Pilot Rock
County
Serval
United States Marshal
Brokher
A. M. Raley
L. Morse
Umatilla County
Frank Saling
Charles Quinney
Episcopal Church
Pendleton Lodge
A. F
A. M
Stephen Lovejoy Morse
Augusta
Maine
Minerva Hopper
Minneapolis
Plains
Oregon
Raley
Pendleton J
Willis Moxin
St. Johns
Lee Butler
Poplar
Mont
Clarence Morse
Harry Morse
Freewater
Zibex Morse
Tidaho
Carden
Athena
James Carden
City
U. S
Portland
The
Masons
Order of the Easter Star
Idaho Delegates Migrate by Special Train to Wallace
A special train of 10 Pullman cars bearing Idaho delegates to the state Republican convention at Wallace passed through the city this morning over the O R N. The train was routed via Umatilla instead of Walla Walla. About 400 delegates from southern Idaho were aboard, with few yet awake as it passed.
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Wallace
Idaho
Umatilla
Walla Walla
Land Restored to Entry After IRS Irrigation Project
About 59 000 acres withdrawn for the Biebend irrigation project in Washington have been restored to entry and will open to settlement after publication notices by the secretary of the interior. The lands lie in townships 12 to 18 north ranges 30 to 40 east.
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Biebend
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Spokane Chronicle
Right of Way Deeds Filed for Electric Line Route
Six deeds filed grant electric line right of way from Walla Walla through the Blue mountains to Union county. Deeds by S. Drumheller and E. S. Isaacs list $1 consideration with grantors S S Merriman H F White John Hade Andrew Anderson W Grosgebaum and James Thompson. Line to be in operation within two years or deeds void.
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S. Drumheller
E. 5. Isaacs
Garden City
Milton
Walla Walla
Blue Mountains
Union County
Drumheller
E.S. Isaacs
S&s
Funeral of Pioneer Mrs Aldrich Takes Place in La Grande
Remains of Mrs. Thomas Aldrich formerly of La Grande were taken from Waverly Washington to La Grande for funeral today. She died Friday night at her daughter’s home. Aldrich was a pioneer resident. her husband worked for O R N for years and died three years ago of heart disease.
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Thomas Aldrich
la Grande
A. E. Ackerly
Waverly
Waah
Charles Ogilvy Returns Home After Runaway Injury
Charles Ogilvy, badly hurt in a runaway weeks ago, visited Pilot Rock from his California home for the first time since the accident. The old man says he is himself again and has taken his last drink.
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Charles Ogilvy
Pilot Rock
California
Kidd Pleads Guilty to Assault and Battery
L. S. Kidd known as Captain Kidd pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Joe Parkes this morning to assault and battery. He was fined six dollars plus costs for throwing a rock during a dispute with a neighbor on Mackay Creek.
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L. S
Kidd
Justice of the Peace
Joe Parkes
McKay Creek
Teachers For Adams School Engage Slaughters
J F Slaughter and Mrs L A Slaughter have been engaged to teach at Adams next year. Their contracts are filed with the county superintendent. Mr Slaughter will be paid 55 dollars per month and Mrs Slaughter 55 dollars per month.
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J. F. Slaughter
L. A. Slaughter
Adams
Death of William Casey Near Vale
William Casey son of Mr and Mrs David Causey of this city died at his home near Vale Saturday from pneumonia Funeral was held yesterday at Hamilton with several relatives from this city attending the service
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William Casey
David Causey
Vale
Hamilton
Strain Recovering After Severe Illness
County assessor C. P. Strain is gradually recovering from a severe illness. Hospital attendants report he is getting along nicely today.
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C. P. Strain
Pocatello Plant Receives Second Carload of Brick Machinery
Pocatello Pressed Brick plant received 37 500 pounds of machinery, the second eastbound carload, unloaded yesterday with help from Short Line derrick and railroad officials. Plant work to start brick production within 10 days. Board to raise stock price from 60 to 70 cents per share beginning May.
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Pocatello Pressed Brick and Manufacturing Company
Pocatello Tribune
Baker City Plans Fourth of July Grand Celebration
Baker City announces preparations for a grand Fourth of July celebration with community events, parades, and festivities organized by local leaders to honor Independence Day.
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Baker City
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David Star Jordan
Hissed
Oklahoma
Socialiste
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