Murder charge shocks grand jury in Ryan case
Grand jury adjourned after returning a murder in the first degree indictment against Mike Ryan, alleged killer of M. B. Dixon, a surprise to public and defense. Charles Grant of Athena cleared on religious liquor case after uncorroborated detective testimony led to acquittal. Walter Dixon of Milton indicted for assault and battery. he was arraigned and released on bonds.
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Charles Grant
Athena
Walter Dixon
Mike Ryan
M. BE. Dixon
Winter & Lowell
Belif
Hauer
Ryan
Grant
Canada
Milton
Woman released after long prison term in murder case
Moundsville West Virginia May 27 after eighteen years in prison for complicity in the murder of her husband Mrs Vergh Gibson was released today and walked forth a free woman. She was 27 when jailed and now appears aged and health worn. Gibson's accessories Albert Lewis and Albert Viers were hanged and Clark Slaughter sentenced to life for robbery motive.
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Moundaville
W. Va
Vergh Giheon
Walla
Gibson
Severe floods submerge Quitman as Mississippi battered by high water
Jackson Mississippi May 27 Severe floods sweep the state with Quitman submerged residents in upper rooms as business halts and miles of railroad lines are ruined by the rising waters.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miz
Quitman
Two Women and Child Die When Car Dives into Water
Stockton California May 27 Mrs Warren Jones wife of a well known farmer and the year old son of his sister Mire Isaac Robinson were killed in an automobile accident near Stockton today. The car overturned in two feet of water near a bridge on Union Island as it skidded on a high embankment. The occupants were trapped beneath the heavy vehicle. Mrs Robinson was saved by her daughter who kept her head above water until help arrived.
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Stockton
Cal
Warren Jones
Mire Isaac Robinson
Taoae Robinson
Middle River
Union Island
Taft Disapproves Broadway Revelers Showing
President Taft attended a New York theater and left at the end of the first act amid dismay at the portrayal of the tenderloin district in The Revellers. The play, featuring Evelyn Thaw’s former associate in a muscle dance, was not among the worst of this year’s productions in New York.
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Tenderloin
New Y York
Evelyn Thaws Chinn
Tad
ATN
City
Washington
Taft
New York
Evelyn Thaw
Palouse Bank Deputy Examiners Suspension Issued
State bank examiner Mohunde after a governor Hay conference suspended former deputy bank examiner Boone from the Palouse state bank inquiry. The Palouse bank, run by Boone for years, shows about fifty thousand dollars deficit due to prior management. Hankinson and the old National Bank of Spokane sought a temporary receiver without Mohunde’s knowledge.
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State Bank Examiner
Tway
Bank
Sokl
Bentile
Clovernor Hay
Mohindze
Boone
Palouse State Bank
W. J. Hienkinson
Examiner Mohunko
Hankinson
Old National Bank of
Spokane
Palouse
Colfax
Tramp Fatally Struck Near Telecaset in Baker City
May 27 Baker City Ore a man described as Spaniard or Cuban was killed when struck by an extra freight near the Telecaset sidetrack. The engine crew faced no blame. Coroner Justice Stewart recovered the body and an inquest returned accidental death. Name identified as Alonzo with ties to Key West Fla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker City
Ore
Telecaset
No. 11
No. 8
No. 12
No. 5
Ira Fields
Justice Stewart
Bacon
No. 23
Alonzo
Key West
Fla
Two workers die after 8th floor fall in San Francisco
In a business district building under construction, John Hemmey and structural iron worker George Harrison stepped on a loose board on the eighth floor. They plunged into an open elevator shaft and into the basement, buried under debris. They were extricated with difficulty and are expected to die. Hemmey leaves five children and Harrison three. Both suffered severe lacerations.
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San Francisco
John Hemmey
George Harrison
Hammey
Harrison
Gasoline boat capsizes in Yazoo Canal. seven believed drowned
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 27 the gasoline boat Dorrie carrying 10 passengers capsized during a storm in the Yazoo Canal. Seven persons are believed drowned with救 rescue efforts under way.
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Vicksburg, Mise
Dorrie
Yazno Canal
Largest gathering of teachers in history to be held in Pendleton
Pendleton is to host what officials predict will be the Northwest's largest teachers gathering next April. The Oregon State Teachers Association eastern division plans its annual meeting there, linked with the Inland Empire Teachers conference, drawing in Malheur Baker Union and Umatilla counties, plus others from nearby states, promising several hundred attendees and a major logistical task for the city. Leading officials attending the executive committee meeting included Superintendents from Baker, Malheur, Union, and Umatilla, as well as Pendleton officials.
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Pendleton
Northwest
Oregon State Teachers’ Association
Inland Empire Teachers’ Association
Malheur
Baker
Union
Umatilla
Wale Lows
Wheeler
Wares
Sherman
Pattern
Oregon
Inland Empire
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Monster Institute
Associaton
Wally
Pruiner
Thid City
Smith
Baker County
Conkiln
Mathwur County
E.G. Bale
Union County
J. & Landers
Frank Wellee
Ponlleton
Bloody Shirt Linked To Girl Murderer In Los Angeles
Los Angeles May 27. Sheriff pursues blood-stained shirt found on the Los Angeles river bank near Tyanhoe for clues in the Annie Poltera case. He says a solid lead exists but the killer’s identity remains unproven. Hen Bliiott is reexamined. officials doubt his guilt.
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Los Angeles
Little Annie Poltera
Tyanhoe
Hen Bliiott
Tim
Cruiser Selected to Take Taft to Alaska
Puget Sound Navy Yard reports that courier St. Lowe Wiley will depart early next month to transport President Taft and his party to Maske the Sumner, marking a notable naval assignment during Tafts trip.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Courier St. Lowe
Wiley
Taft
Sumner
Cunuilonus Sell fop 8% in Weal Mmankota Shwe
The vanguard of the 100% prop from the Trine galley led a group under Heber California and sold today in Weal Mmankota Shwe. The motors were large and will ripened.
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Cunuilonus
San Ankelés
Seatarlay
Heber
Cal
Testimony in Hanley trial exposes fence gaps and repairs
Portland May 27 The government case on a Harney county fencing dispute moves through testimony by A Faulkner Burns civil engineer and Hanley’s workers. Maps show vast tract control while witnesses say fences were down or repaired without direct orders from Hanley.
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Hanley
Portland
Fedom
Wiliam Hanley
Harney County
A. Faulkner
Burns
Faulkner
Tom Allen
Woo
Maniac Threatens to Blow Up Redwood City Bank
A maniac escaped from Agnews asylum stormed the Redwood City National Bank on May 27 demanding fifty thousand dollars or he would detonate a bomb. Patrons fled, women were trampled, and assistant cashier Frank Townes faced the gun. Deputy Sheriff Hortsen arrested the assailant amid the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Calif
Redwood City National Bank
Agnews
Frank Townes
Mary Ann Gillis
Hortsen
Min
Portland Man Is Charged With Bigamy
Reedwood City California May 27 Alleged elopement with Mary Alice White daughter of Cyrus White Redlands capitalist while he had a wife and two children In Pasadena A McCreery now a Portland resident is named in a warrant charging bigamy McCreery was a Redland drug clerk posing as a single man They eloped April 11 White learned of rumors and connected with his brother Albert who found McCreery in Portland and took charge of the bride
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Reedwood City
Cal
Mary Alice White
Cyrus White
Redlands
Pasadena
Cal. A
McCreery
Portland
MccCreery
Redland
Miss White
White
Albert White
McCreary
Wenson Ordered To Answer Refer Petition For New Judge
Sentile May 27. William Gallo of Department 4 of the circuit court in Marion county issued an order of mandamus forcing Gov Benson as secretary of state to appear in court Tuesday June 5 and show cause why he should not deny the petition to refer to the people creating a new judgeship in Multhionmiah county
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Sentile
William Galloway
Cfrewit Court
Marion County
Cov. Benson
Shite
Multhionmiah
Princess de Sagan to Custody of Children in Paris
Paris May 27 court rules that the children of Bon de Gistellane and former wife Anne Goulih remain in the care of their mother now Princess de Sagan. Parents may have 15 days to agree on the school the children will attend.
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Paris
Appentle
Bont de Gistellane
Anne Goulih
Educational exhibit shipped for Seattle exposition
Salem May 27. The educational department exhibit for the Seattle exposition was shipped today. It includes two cabinets with illustrations of Oregon educational progress. One cabinet features a card on the growth of average daily attendance in public schools, which began in 1878 with an attendance of 22,423.
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Salem
State Educational Department
Seattle Exposition
Oregon
McCarthy files libel complaint over Call article
San Francisco May 27. P W H McCarthy building trades council head and mayoralty candidate charged Ernest Simpson managing editor and Charles Hornick general manager with libel claiming an article in the San Francisco Call defamed him by alleging he tried to betray the union labor party.
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San Francisco
Union Labor Party
San Francisco Call
P. WH. McCarthy
Building Trades Council
Ernest Simpson
Charles Hornick
Fires May Have Destroyed A Town In Upper Michigan
Negaunee Michigan May 27 Forest fires rage in the upper peninsula. Reports from Dalton say the town has been destroyed. When the fire threatened Dalton last night a special train was ordered and the inhabitants and their possessions were carried to places of safety.
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Negaunee
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Dalton
Rainfall boosts Pendleton wheat yield in season totals
Continuous showers from yesterday afternoon near 4 PM to midnight brought 0.35 inches at Pendleton and up to 0.41 inches at Pilot Rock. Farmers report added yield of about 10 bushels per acre in the Pilot Rock area and substantial moisture benefits across the reservation, with optimism for an average harvest.
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Pendleton
Piloy Rock Man
Tis
Johnson
J. P. McManus
Pilot Rock
Reservation
South Reservation
L. L. Mann
John Pland
Holdman
J. T. Lieuallen
Adams
Umatilla County
Withdrawals Reported by Interior Secretary on Mon day
Secretary Ballinger reportedly withdrew 60 000 acres on the Owyhee river in Oregon and 1 420 acres on the North Platte river in Wyoming from entry. The same source says recommendations for withdrawal of several million acres along western streams are in the Secretary's hands. Some land was recently restored to entry.
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Secretary of Interior Lands
North Platte
Secretary of Interior
Washington
Owyhee River
Oregon
Ballinger
Woa
North Platte River
Wyoming
McMahan fights Snake River bridge funds in Oregon
Salem May 27 L H McMahan claims he halted a hundred thousand dollar state expenditure for Crater Lake road by filing in Marion county circuit court He has now gone to Yale to file a suit to stop Malheur county from using funds appropriated for a bridge across the Snake river from Ontario into Boise The Malheur treasurer already seized ten thousand dollars but McMahan pursues the case across jurisdictional lines
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Salem
L. H. McMahan
Crater Lake Road
Circuit Court
Marion County
Yale
Snake River
Ontario
Boise
Malheur County
McMahan
Sugar schedule bill survives in committee vote
Washington May 27 The senate rejected removing duties from the sugar tariff by 47 to 36. The finance committee appears to have a majority to pass the entire sugar schedule as is. An amendment to drop a 15.5 cent per hundredweight refinery differential failed. Senators Dolliver Jones Johnson North Dakota Foster and McEntry voted against the amendment. Cumming denounced the sugar trust as tyrant with the beet sugar industry at its mercy.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Dolliver
Jones
Johnson
North Dakota
Foster
McEntry
Cumming
Sugar Trust
Boys Under 16 Need Free Fishing Licenses
Salem May 21. Attorney general opinion holds boys under 16 must have a fishing license. Licenses are free from the county clerk. The code does not mention women’s licenses.
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Salem
Near beer license hike and music ban approved
A new ordinance raises near beer licenses to 200 dollars annually from 100 and extends current licenses for one third a year. The measure also bans music machines in theaters and moves to close saloons by 1 a.m. Night officers will enforce the new hours while the harvest season approaches.
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Moauncilin Ralaht
Rteeble Moohiesverr
Strath A Moi
Cewnelman
Hin
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Palouse Bank
Alaska
Maniac
Wenson
Princess DE Sagan
Seattle
M'Carthy
Trisco
Owyhee
State OF
Snake River Bridge
Hage Ear
Kle
McCormmach
Kearney
Mum
Krarnéy Havine
Mayoy Murphy
Amuremben Howke
Comelaru
Mle
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