Annual Convention of Wool Growers a Huge Success
The twelfth annual Oregon Woolgrowers Association meeting will close tonight with a banquet at Eugles Woodmen hall. Dr. S. W. McClure delivered the keynote on sheep diseases as delegates toured a new woolen mill and heard Forest Service officials discuss range improvements and advisory boards for reserves.
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5. W. McClure
Oregon Woolgrowers Association
Eugles- Woodmen Hall
Commercial Association
Auton
Bishop Brothers
Bowie
Oregon
8. W. McClure
Bureau of Animi
Northwest
Paris Trial Hears Steinhelins History of Lovers
Paris reporters describe Mme Steinhell sharpening her defences in a trial where Justice De Valles shifts testimony amid tense lines. The case suggests grave scandal over the French official circle as Steinhellin reveals a history of attempting influence through lovers.
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Paris
Mme
Steinhel
Justice de Valles
Steinhell
France
Spokane Citizens Form to Aid Police Clash in City
Spokane reports a citizens alliance league forming to assist police in a rising industrial worker dispute. The article notes parallels to Cripple Creek, cites alleged police and city physician cruelty, and mentions O'Shea threatening to seek the police chief's dismissal as recruits are expected.
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Cripple Creek
Spokane
Citizens’ Alliance League
O'Shea
Motor Car Crashes Into Wagon Killing Driver
San Francisco reports a street car on Ellis Street skidded on wet tracks and struck driver Harry Spellman in a wagon, killing him. Nine injured, many by flying glass. Motorman Harris arrested on manslaughter charge.
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San Francisco
Harry Spellman
Ellis Street
Spellman
Harris
Peter Dunn to Succeed Judge Lovett in Merger Case
San Francisco Nov 10 Peter P F Dunne general attorney for the Southern Pacific left for New York to conduct the merger case for the Harriman interests He will be away five months and handle work left by Judge Lovett recently elected president Lovett was chief counsel for the Harriman roads Dunne will assume Lovett s duties though not yet appointed but expected to be offered the post in probability.
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San Francisco
Peter PF. Dunne
Southern Pacific
New York
Harriman
East
Lovett
Counel
Wfarriman Roads
Communication with West Indies Cut Off
New York November 16. It is announced that the West Indies cables are working as far as Santiago de Cuba and south of there communications are broken that night. The company does not know if the interruption is due to a hurricane or an earthquake. No connection with Jamaica is possible at present. Halifax reports a British cable also out of commission.
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H. K. O'Bren
O’brein
Forestry Service
O'Brein
Potter
New Mexico
Umatilla
O’bren
New York
Dt9
Viet Indes Oablea
Santiago de Cubs
Halifax
Ballinger Likely to Sue Over Collier's Glavis Article
Secretary Ballinger placed the Glavis piece in Collier's Weekly in the hands of New York lawyers to pursue libel action if warranted. He brands Glavis statements as false and plans a congress report promoting coal claim consolidation while urging legal conservation. President Taft is expected to back Ballinger's stance. a bill seeks withdrawal revocation of public land.
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Ballinger
New York
Congress
Washington
R. A. Ballinger
Glavis
Collier's Weekly
Glavin
Colliers
Becaus
Cunningham
Seattle
Taft
Hunger strike for chicken sandwich shakes Spokane
A group of workers arrived in Spokane from Battle Mountain to support a hunger strike against a free speech ordinance. One desertion occurred when John Donovan quit the protest over a chicken sandwich, but the hunger strike continued with no abatement.
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Spokane
Battle Mountain
John Donovan
Dr. Withycombe Addressed Woolgrowers then Returned Home
Dr James Withycombe spoke to woolgrowers yesterday afternoon and then departed for his Corvallis home. He addressed the gathering before leaving for his residence in Corvallis.
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James Withycombe
Corvallis
Wreck Kills Fifteen on British Columbia Interurban
Vancouver report details a fatal collision when a timber car broke from a freight train and slammed into an oncoming interurban car on the Vancouver Incline between Lakeview and Collingswood. Fifteen men dead, injuries reported, witnesses describe the chaotic rescue as investigators cite a broken coupling as the cause.
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Vancouver
B. C
New West Minister
British Columbia Electric Railway
Lakeview
Collingswood
Thorburn
D. McDonough
Fred Wiggins
W. Bowes
Fire at Walla Walla track kills horses and barn
A stable fire at the Walla Walla track destroyed seven horses and three barns, with vast losses estimated at 25 000 dollars. Among the casualties were noted trotting horses including Ollie M and other valued stock. Lott, owner of one stable, was burned while trying to extinguish the blaze and survived as efforts to rescue stock continued into the night.
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Walla Walla
Aoleven
Ollie M
Jim Kiwit
Dr. Morrty
Freewater
L. D. Lott
Mr. Lott
Pendleton Man 13 Victim of Gang of Clever Sharps
George Peringer returns from Portland after being linked to a score of alleged sharp practice. He says he was with his family in Rose City and unaware of any game or loss. he denies knowing Har ver Dale and admits only acquaintances among northwest sporting gentry.
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Pendleton Man
Gang OF Clever Sharps
George Peringer
City
Portland
Mr. Perringer
Pendleton
Rose City
Harver Dale
Northwest
Railroad Man Meets His Death on Turn at Angle Cock
Victim described as a well known local railroad worker and brother-in-law to Dudley Evan Meager. Accounts say the accident occurred while he was turning on an angle cock, leading to his fatality on the spur.
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Dudley Evan
Angle
Conductor killed in Waltsburg switching incident
Walla Walla Nov 10 A conductor W D Flester was crushed between cars during a switching move at Waltsburg. He was dragged fifty feet and horribly mangled, dying from the injuries.
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Walla Walla
Waltsburg
W. D. Flester
Cara
Conductor W D Fiester Killed in Wattsburg Accident
Conductor W D Fiester known locally was killed at Wattsburg Washington at 9 45 this morning. He reportedly fell beneath his train while turning on an angle cock and died instantly. Fiester had long served as a brakeman and then conductor on the Walla Walla Pendleton and Dayton runs. His widow Mrs Felster is a Pendleton native and sister of Mrs Dudley Evans.
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T. Bowes
Grand View
R. Lyons
T. Marmer
J. F. Stevens
J. H. Crowther
William Johnson
W. Stevens
T. E. Holland
George Thorburn
M. Mitchell
A. & Wilkins
Harry Dayton
Thomas ‘Tuttle
T.B. Jeppen
A. Johnson
Madill
W. D. Fiester
Wattsburg
Wash
Menzies
Walla Walla
Beatrice Gadsby Verdict Over Husband’s Affections
Portland jurors return a verdict of 8000 against Captain William Godeby in the Beatrice TL Gadsby case over alleged alienation of affections. The trial lasted about thirty hours and involved prominent parties.
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Portland
Beatrice TL. Gadsby
William Godeby
Will Fight for Suspended Chapter at Federation Convention
Delegates at the federation convention vowed to blockade the hall for reinstating the suspended organization accused of violating federation rules, asserting the leadership will likely see present officers reelected. A separate dispatch from Cleveland notes Father Genbich’s schemograph captured an earthquake lasting about twenty minutes, felt thousands of miles away, possibly near China or Japan.
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Toronto
Féderatio Convention
Fedlomtion
Pardquake
Cleveland
Genbich
China
Japan
Mrs Roosevelt Heads for Naples After European Visit
Tome, Nov. 10. Mrs. Roosevelt and daughter Ethel began their return journey from Europe and will land in New York Friday. The party boarded in Naples after a European tour, signaling the conclusion of their voyage.
Local Wheat King Fleeced by Card Sharks in Portland
Pendleton wheat grower George Perringer lost 7000 dollars to a marked-card operation run by T C Lane and accomplices Harvey Dale and a third man in Portland. The scheme involved marking backs of decks and rigged poker games to separate unsuspecting players from their money at a Winfield House setup. Perringer joined a game, lost heavily, cried foul, and the con men, described as seasoned operators, escaped with his funds.
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Portland
George Gerringer
Pendleton
T C. Lane
Harvey Dale
Oregon
Winfield House
TI. C. Lane
Perringer
Lane
Tharvey Dale
President Tart Ends Richmond Stop in Tour
Richmond Virginia November 10 President Tart nears end of tour after breakfast with Governor Karen. He plans to depart for Washington this afternoon, arriving at eight thirty. Though his voice is tired from three hundred speeches, his condition is excellent and not permanently harmed.
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Richmond
Tart
Karen
Washington
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Ellis
W. R. Bliss
Woolmen
New Mill
Flockmasters
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Mme. Stepnhnil
Peter Dunn
Judge Lovett
West Indes
Secre
Rebly
George Scot
Walla Walla Race Track
Story
Fiester
Waitsburg
George Perringer
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