Publicity bureau meeting urged in Pendleton campaign
President of the Commercial Club appeals to property holders and business men to attend a crucial mass meeting in Pendleton starting the drive to form a publicity bureau. A fundraising committee may be appointed tonight with plans to follow, as letters from R Alexander urge strong local support.
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Commercial Club
Pendleton
Commercial Association
R. Alexander
Alexander
Ore
R, Alexander
Pres
Burns to Fight Squires for $87,500 Purse in London
Tommy Burns, the American heavyweight, plans a London bout against pony M. Squires, famed for a Colma knockout last July 4. Squires bets $2500 on himself as Burns seeks easy money in a fight that could boost both men’s reputations in Cockney circles.
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London
Tommy Burns
Pony Old Boshter BM
Squires
Pacific Coast
Burns
Colma
Bill
Jim Roach
Dragged by a Train Near Tacoma Kills Austrian Worker
John Brown an Austrian laborer was dragged a quarter mile after being thrown from a train near Tacoma Friday morning. He died instantly. Police had recently driven the man out of Tacoma.
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John Brown
Tacoma
Japan Faces Financial Crisis In National Economy Plight
Tokio May 1 The finance bureau has called leading Japanese financiers to a conference over the country’s crisis. While official denial of endangered credit exists, business is found to be disorganized. Government bonds fell sharply from 10 to 80 as capitalists blame government policy, including takeovers of railroads and other public utilities.
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Tokio
Jamin
Finance Bureau
Congressman's Indictment for Car Shooting Incident
Congressman Thomas J Helfin must stand trial for shooting Thomas Lundy a boisterous negro and Thomas McCreary while riding a street car. Helfin says Lundy taunted him and was removed from the car before the shooting. A stray bullet hit McCreary on a street corner. William D Haywood states he will not seek the Socialist nomination leaving the field open for Debs.
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Washington
Thomas J. Helfin
Thomas Lundy
Thomas McCreary
Helfin
Lundy
McCreary
Chicago
William D. Haywood
Dobs
Two Pawnshop Assaults Threaten Victims In Portland
In Portland on May 12 two pawnshop attacks left both victims gravely injured. H Newman unconscious in his Couch street shop with a gas pipe wound. Max Hermann beaten and at St Vincent's hospital with possible skull fracture. Suspect Co W Wagner jailed for questioning. Police fear an organized gang of pawnbroker thieves is at work.
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H. Newman
Couch Street
Newman
Max Hermann
St. Vincent's Hospital
Co. W. Wagner
Portland
Martin
Nathan Wolff
Overcoat Identified as Pawnbroker’s in Martin Murder
Portland May 12 Direct evidence links an overcoat to Nathan Wolff the collateral banker killed. The coat worn by Wolff on the murder day is identified by Wolff’s wife and daughter and by clerk Edward Eubanks who sold it as a special order. Martin claims he bought the coat from a peddler four months earlier and remains stoic.
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Portland
Edward Hugh Martin
Nathan Wolff
Martin
Pritson
Wolff
Alice
Edward EB. Eubanks
Ceat
La Guayra Becomes City of Death in Venezuelan Plague
Willemstad May 12 report says La Guayra Venezuela is a city of death as a plague spreads. The population fights alone with little success, cut off by sea and land patrols. Business suspended, stores closed, and outings limited to compulsory tasks. The La Guayra railroad has ceased operations.
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Wilemstad
Liftle
la Guayra
New Officer Overhauls Chehalls State School
Centralia May 11. Despite Superintendent Thompson’s effort to hide facts it is learned that 17 boys escaped from the state training school at Chehalls between April 7 and May 1 this year. Only a few have been recaptured. six escaped in late April. The trouble stems from new rules by a metal officer new to the school from Kansas City. Thompson accepted these ideas, not foreseeing the disaster. No Liberty breaks for the girls, but with Mrs. Ella Stair away on vacation in Olympia two weeks, fear of attempts in the girls ward grows.
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Centralia
Thompson
Chehalls
Metail
Kansas City
Ella Stair
Olympia
Soldier Confession Reveals Plan to Kill for Money
Port Townsend, May 12. Private Holt confessed after being confronted with others' claims, detailing a plot by Holt, McKnight, and Private Garber to murder Bandman Johnson for his money. McKnight denies involvement as guards double at the prison to prevent lynching.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Holt
Bandman Johnson
McKnight
Garber
Johnson
Harry Newton
26Th Infantry
Murdered Belle Gunness Identified by Rings at Ashes Site
La Porte Indiana May 12 The coroner Dr Meyers reports three rings on the hand of the woman found in the Gunness residence ashes. A plain gold band inscribed P G to J S Aug 2 94 and a diamond ring with H S to J B 85 96 are tied to Belle Gunness. Rings were embedded in flesh and missed on initial exam.
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P. G
Phillip Gunness
Excursion for Sailors in San Francisco and Vallejo
Excursions featured heavily for visitors and fleet guests with 300 San Jose chamber officers visiting San Francisco and 500 traveling to Vallejo for a banquet. This afternoon’s inter squadron oudl et race and tonight’s grand social event will host 2500 men and the town’s finest ladies with a blue jacket leader for the grand march.
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San Francisco
San Jose
Fire Chief McKenzie in Tonopah Fire Controversy
Fire Chief McKenzie faces accusations of belligerent conduct during a Tonopah fire that destroyed a 150000 dollar block. Citizens allege he blocked volunteers, cut ropes, and delayed engine access, with the blaze burning two hours despite alarms. D B Gillies, Tonopah Extension Club president, says McKegle tried to stab him.
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Tonopah
McKenzie
W. Grimes
McGllire
Murphy
McKengie
D. B. Gillies
Second spotted fever victim buried in Missoula
The second victim of spotted fever in Missoula, Montana, Milton Savage of Victor, was buried there on Thursday. The first victim, William Chenoweth of Lolo, was buried a few days earlier. Dr. Mickells, the spotted fever expert from Washington, D. C., conducted investigations in both cases.
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Missoula
Mont
Milton Savage
Victor
William Chenoweth
Lolo
Mickells
Washington, D. C
Grange Supports Equal Suffrage in Oregon Convention
Eugene on May 12 reports the State Grange convention passing a resolution in favor of equal suffrage after the address by Abgil Scott Dunaway. Delegates organized for regular work, with Mayor J D Matlock welcoming the attendees.
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Grange
Eugene
Abgil Scott Dunsway
J. D Matlock
Tacoma considers ending chain gang plan substitution
Tacoma city faces a push to abolish the chain gang and replace it with a rock crushing plant similar to Portland's. Councilman Ritter Wilkeson leads the movement, with other councilmen calling the chain gang a relic of barbarism.
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Tacoma City
Ritter Wilkeson
Portland
Wilkeson
Alaska Wheat Gains In Idaho And A Toppenish Vote
A Lewiston Tribune reader in Julietta Idaho reports Alaska wheat growing well with growing seed yields. A Adame’s crop shows a dramatic 200x seed return after several seasons of experimentation. Toppenish Washington adopts a wide open town ordinance vetoed by the mayor, drawing citizen approval.
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Julietta
Idaho
Lewiston Tribune
Alaska
A. Adame
Toppenish, Wash
Toppenish
National drainage congress opens with large turnout
Washington May 12 Annual meeting of the national drainage congress begins today with a large attendance. The drainage subject will be important for the White House conference of governors and the two gatherings will cooperate in swamp land reclamation.
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Washington
National Drainage Congress
Wihite House Conference of Governors
Messenger Assaulted and Car Looted on Northwest Train
Seattle events report two holdup men attacking Express Messenger Joseph E. Perrine on the Cirect Northern and Seattle Vancouver line between Ballard and Seattle at 8 30 this morning. They looted the express and mail, bound and gagged Perrine, leaving him unconscious with two head wounds. The thieves fled toward Ballard, escaping before the train arrived there. The robbery appears carefully planned, with an escape likely to exceed an hour.
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Seattle
Joseph E. Arrine
Ballard
Senator Tillman to sail for Europe with family
Washington May 12 Threatened with paralysis Senator Tillman will sail for Europe with his family Thursday in the hope of relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tillman
Europe
Doggett Arrested in Walla Walla Murder Case
Jeff Doggett, divorced husband of Mrs. Aldrich who was murdered near Walla Walla, was arrested at his parents' home in Sprague. He is reportedly sought as a witness in the case.
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Jeff Doggett
Aldrich
Walla Walla
Sprague
Millionaire Faces Serious Charge in San Francisco
R W Fullerton son of a St Louis millionaire arrived in San Francisco under guard aboard the Wat non. Detective Sergeant Norman Fitzsimmons of the New York police department holds a warrant issued by Gladys Hobart of New York accusing Fullerton of wronging her under promise of marriage. Fullerton denies kidnapping claims and has shown extradition papers signed by Hughes and Governor Mead as he seeks habeas corpus.
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San Francisco
Norman Fitzsimmons
New York Police Department
R. W. Fullerton
St. Louis
Watnon
Fitzsimmons
Gladys Hobart
New York
Miss Hobart
Fullerton
Trent
Hughes
Mead
Pendleton planing mill owner ill at East ALM street home
Rd Vorster playing til Robert Forster, proprietor of the Pendleton planing mill, is reported ill at his home on East ALM street in a brief local item.
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Rd. Vorster
Robert Forster
Pendleton Planing Mill
East Alm Street
Hearing Set May 18 in Thompson Sanity Case
Judge Snell of Pierce County Superior Court in Washington set May 18 as the hearing date for the insanity case of Chester Thompson, the young slayer of Judge G Meade Emory in Seattle.
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Thompson
Snell
Pierce County
Wash
Superior Court
Chester Thompson
G. Meade Emory
Seattle
Measles Outbreak Hits Cle Elum Children
An epidemic rumor from Cle Elum Washington notes over 100 children affected by measles with additional reports of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the area. Local doctors monitor the spread and urge precautionary health measures.
Tacoma Population Estimate Sees 112000 to 115000
Polk directory publishers estimate Tacoma's population falls between 112000 and 115000, reflecting a mid decade count. The figure highlights growth trends for the city based on the publishers' data and methods.
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Tacoma
Polk Directory Publishers
Boys steal car. crash leaves two dead in Seattle
Two young men borrowed an automobile in Seattle without permission, picked up two girls for a ride, and while traveling the car plunged over a 75 foot embankment into the sound. The girls were fatally injured and the boys seriously.
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Seattle
Sound
Oregon train tour to visit Umatilla county farms
A demonstration train from the O. R. & N. and Oregon Agricultural College visits Umatilla county May 13 to 14. Lectures by experts on summer fallow horticulture animal husbandry soil chemistry and crop rotation accompany itineraries through Irrigon Hermiston Echo Pilot Rock Pendleton Milton Weston Athena Adams and other towns. Local farmers urged to attend the 4 to 6 p m sessions in the Pendleton car with details announced by Pendleton Commercial association.
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Farmers
Oregon
Umatilla County
Umatilla
Irrigan
Hermiston
Echo
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Weston
Athena
Adams
Afernoon
Pendleton Commercial Association
I. A. Temple
A. Lowell
Will Moore
M. 8. Kern
G. W. Bradley
M. A. Rader
D. B. Costuma
RR. EL Wilcox
C. Z. Lewis
Horticultur
Strike ends in Rocky Mountain Bell dispute
In Butte Montana on May 2 a referendum vote by the electrical workers union ended the strike of linemen and operators of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company. The compromise halted the telephone war affecting Utah Idaho and Wyoming and promised an end to the dispute.
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Butte. Mont
Rocky Mountain Belle Telephone Company
e@lect
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Potential Independent Bid Sparks Countywide Debate
William Blakeley, former sheriff and ex-legislator, is urged as an independent candidate for representative with a nominating petition circulating. It remains unclear whether he will run against T. L. Mann, the Republican candidate and No. 2 statement. Supportive voices say sentiment favors Blakeley across the court. J. N. Scott, an Independent joint representative candidate, travels to Morrow County and challenges T. J. Mahoney to a two-county debate on statement No. 1.
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Arso
Blakeley
T. L. Mann
J. N. Scott
Morrow County
T. J. Mahoney
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Helpin
Muartin
Edward H. Martin
Venzuela
State Reform
Washington Institution
Blue Duckets
Tiny
Blaze
Doggett
Millionaire
Atilua
Oregon Agricultural College
Sherman
Gilliam
Heppner
Ione, Lexington
Clem
Condon
Irrigon
C. E. Bradley
H. D. Scudder
Agronomist
William Blakeley
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