Fourth of July Preparations Underway by Local Committees
Local committees report progress on a July celebration at Adventist Auditorium. Plans include a free public dance, a parade with three bands, and float prizes funded by a $50 sponsorship. Tent purchase for future use is discussed, with a tent to be acquired for $20. Two parades were proposed, one at 11 am and another after dark, with entertainment and prize details to be finalized.
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Main Street
Fmld
Teutich
Chiir
Thomas Fite Gerald
Tantio
Walety
Business House
Aruclos
Boise
Wallin Wallan
Pendleton
N. Williamson
J. N
Pendleton Inland Empire meeting promises free entertainment
The Pendleton gathering features free dance or vaudeville by a trained troupe with negotiations underway for a bright company. Seats, shade and refreshments will be provided as locals and visitors foster brotherhood. The committee plans to outline policies Friday evening at the corner chamber.
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Pendleton
Inland Empire
Arid Land Opened for Carey Act Settlement in Idaho
General Manager Filer announces Idaho land board will open 60,000 acres along the Snake River in Lincoln and Cassia counties to public entry under the Carey act effective July 1. Tracts up to 160 acres may be secured by settlers who will obtain irrigation water next spring. This is hailed as a major national irrigation project.
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Salt Lake City
Rah
Filer
Twin Falls Land & Walter Company
State Land Board of Idaho
Shamrock I Sails Across Atlantic From Gourock
Sir Thomas Lipton sends a 170 crew to man the Shamrock I as she departs the Clyde with an escort for the voyage to the Atlantic. Immense crowds gather as the turbine steamer carries the vessel 50 miles offshore and begins the race window with a trial at Glencoe set for May 28. The Belianes Constitution and Columbia race plans stir local interest amid a brisk 12 knot breeze on the Sound.
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Gourock
Clyde
Atlantic
Sir Lipton
Glencove
Constitution
Columbia
Matintcock Point
Inquest Looms Over Ardsley Club Murder Case
May 2 Ardsley New York several millionaire members of the exclusive Ardsley Club have been subpoenaed to testify in the inquest into the death of John Hefferman killed on club grounds Sunday night. The inquest will be held late this afternoon with Edwin Gould General Schuller and other prominent figures appearing.
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Ardsley
N.Y
Ardsley Club
John Hefferman
Edwin Gould
General Schuller
Turkiye Struggles Across Frontier Amid Refugee Slaughter
Dispatches report Turks shooting fleeing Adrianople refugees at Markeibilare while Turkish troops clash with insurgents near Batah in Macedonia. Armenian earthquake devastates Malazgird with about 2,000 dead, including soldiers, and Constantinople felt tremors. Washington notes Ezercum quake reports with 520 killed and ongoing shocks since November.
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Washington
Ojalvo
Ezercum
Turkey
State Department
Malasgird
Uneasy in Chicago Twelve Unions Win Wage Demands
Chicago May 27 Representatives of 20 000 waiters cooks hotel and restaurant employees pressed for a 20 percent wage increase and warned of a strike if a scale is not set by Monday Twelve of the largest hotels and restaurants agreed The workers guarantee sobriety and punctuality and assume new powers for discipline A foundry conference is scheduled this afternoon while freight handlers also hold a meeting Portland Or May 26 pugilists Joe Walcott and Myer Billy Smith collide tonight at the Portland Athletic Club in a ten round bout The bout was postponed previously Omaha Neb May 28 Leather workers on strike for eleven months return to work this morning Union Pacific output this season is estimated at 10 000 000 Spokane arrests near the president's visit are few.
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Chicago
Portland, Or
Joe Walcott
Billy" Smith
Portland Athletic Club
Jackson jail siege angers Kentucky town headline
In Jackson Kentucky last night guards at the jail repulsed an assault as feudists and armed attackers clashed. Jett and White accused in a murder case remain jailed after grand jury indictment. Troops faced heavy fire with pickets around the jail and orders to shoot if the jail was entered. More troops may be needed as the confrontation continues.
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Jackson
Jett
White
Marenm
Kfe
Curtiss Jett
Agar
Charged With Insanity at Meacham Jail
Peter Be Shounessy, an ex-soldier who served in the Philippines, was arrested at Meacham by Marshal Porter and jailed on a charge of insanity. He says he suffered a spasm on the way from the Sound country to La Grande and seeks hospital care. He is rational at times and has had multiple attacks. he has not yet been examined and may be sent to the asylum.
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Peter Be, Shounessy
Meacham
Marshal Porter
Shounessy
Philippines
Jogular Infantry
la Grande
Pioneer drops dead in Oregon town
Elgin Oregon May 27 Hance Hamilton an elderly resident was found dead Tuesday morning by J H W Warryman lying on a wool pile. Authorities suspect heart disease as the cause with death occurring late Monday. Hamilton about 60 and unmarried had lived here two years. A $1200 sum was found in the springs under his bed clothes. He recently sold his farm for 40000 and the balance remains in the bank.
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Elgin, Or
Hance Hamilton
J. H W. Warryman
Hamilton
Hanes Hamilton
Ile
Detectives Nervous as President Views Indian Rodeo
Pocatello May 28. Secret service men breathed sighs of relief after leaving Hutte once feared as an intramural spot on the trip. The president halted the train on a prairie near here to watch a clever riding display by Blackfoot Indians of cowhoy.
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Pocatello
Hutte
St. Laun
Milwaukee
Chicago
San Francioio
Harte
Cowhoye
Oklahoma Floods Worsen In Canadian River Tragedy
Oklahoma reports rising flood danger near the Canadian river with several lives lost. In Fort Worth on May 28 officials note trains halted and communication wires down as waters surge, complicating rescue efforts and transport.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Canadian River
Desperate Ohio Farmers Hunt for Lynching Suspects
In St Clairsville Ohio on May 28 armed posses scour the countryside seeking two negroes suspected of assaulting Mrs Maud Pugh a leading county figure. They bound and gagged her leaving her in a gory state. This marks a third criminal assault in two weeks heightening fears of vigilante action.
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St. Clairsville
Ohio
Maud Pugh
Des Moines Flood Devastates Areas and Bridges
Des Moines records show the river four feet above last year with widespread homelessness. Levees breach as crews work, 50 residences flooded and about 600 residents submerged. Cedar Rapids reports similar flooding with 75 families displaced overnight.
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Des Moines
Ian
Bowta
Die Moires
Iowa
Revolt in Russia Reports Ten Thousand Armed Rebels
Berlin May 28. The Tageblatt reports an outbreak in Voronezh province with ten thousand insurgents under arms. A large Russian army has been dispatched to quell the disturbance.
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Berlin
The
Tageblatt
Voronesh
Signal from Mars Reported by Cambridge Scientist
Cambridge May 26 A telegram from Professor Percival Lowell at Flagstaff Arizona reports a fierce projection on Mars lasting 46 minutes the night of May 26 signaling a possible Martian signal to Earth as observed from Cambridge Mass
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Cambridge
Mass
Mars
Earth
Percival Lowell
Flagetamt, Arix
Railroads lock out union freight handlers in Kansas City
May 28 in Kansas City railroads claimed to have walked out after locking out union freight handlers who had threatened to strike. Non-union workers filled the positions as the dispute escalated.
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Kansas City
Clerks to Form Society Next Week in City Hall Assembly
Clerks met last night in Paiuter's assembly hall and began organizing a society. They plan to complete formation next week and outline future policy for entertaining membership.
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Paiuter
Bath
Sensational disclosures loom in Machen case and politics
Washington May 2 disclosures in the Machen bribery investigation promise even grave charges as new specials face heavy scrutiny. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, under threats and political pressure, continues investigations backed by secret service guards as sensational disclosures threaten the largest political sensation since the Civil War.
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Washington
Machen
Roosevelt
Attempted Lynching Shocked Kansas Town
In Yates Center Kaw May 24 a mob of about 300 men battered the jail and tried to lynch a negro named Wood held on enticing from home and assaulting Linda. He was spirited away to Wichita as deputies and the sheriff fought the mob. The county attorney was hissed into silence during the disturbance. Also Paris May 27 reports Renault death as the tenth victim in the Paris Madrid auto race.
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Yates Center
Kaw
Wood
Bence
Linda
Wichita
Winchestera
Herbert Spencer In Critical Condition In Manchester May 28
The Despatch reports Herbert Spencer critically ill with a condition that may cause great anxiety. It is believed he may live only a short time longer.
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Manchester
Eng
Herbert Spencer
Daring rescue by 9 year old saves sister from mill race
In Clarion this forenoon about 10:30 oclock, J A Dupuis daughter, 1 year, nearly drowned after stumbling from the East Railroad street home. Her 9 year old brother Allert leaped the bank, pulled her from the water, and barely exhausted himself after lifting her to the bank. The steep bank drops to a three foot lower level, making the rescue perilous yet successful.
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Clarion
J. A. Dupuis
East Railroad Street
Allert
Wister
Eee
Labor Tensions Rise With Potential Citywide Strikes
Chicago May 28 The labor scene shows conflicting phases with a larger number of workers at risk of strike. About 20 000 wallers and all freight handlers may join sixty boiler makers at Mile Coulmers plant this morning, potentially affecting 800 other workers.
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Chicago
Almow
Mile Coulmers
Lockout in Portland Sparks Building Trades Tension
In Portland unions report a lockout of metal workers in shops and building sites on May 2. The action, described as unnecessary and aimed at breaking up the Building Trades Council, is said to stem from no stated grievances by the workers.
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Portland
Building Trades Council
Negotiations in Progress for West Virginia Strike Settlement
Vice President Lewis arrived for a conference with President Mitchell as talks continue over a potential settlement of the West Virginia workers strike. Negotiators are reportedly weighing an offer to end the standoff.
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West Virginia
Wicianapolis
Lewis
Mitchell
Grain Markets Report From Coe Commission in Minneapolis
Grain market notes from R L Boulter at 120 Court Street describe wheat prices easing after yesterday's advance. Weather signals rain and flood/insect damage threaten Ler wheat. anticipate price shifts. Corn and oats futures show July and September openings with modest gains amid ongoing market volatility.
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Coe Commission
R. L. Boulter
Court Street
Minneapolis
Chicago
Vane
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