Tremors in Pendleton signal land fraud case reach county
Umatilla county sees first Hyde Benson land fraud action as Deputy Marshal F A Clark serves complaints on J A Rugg K G Warner First National Bank and T C Taylor trustee for Wade J H Smith Livestock Co in an effort to cancel 80 acre Blue Mountain land titles held by Warner and Smith. The case traces land from Hyde Benson to local buyers amid government pursuit to reclaim the property and restore it to federal ownership.
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FE. A. Ruge
K. G. Warner
Finn Naonal Bank
T. ©. Taylor Ax Trustee
J. B. Wealth Livestock Company
Benson-hyde Argonta
Blue Mountain Land
Smith C Company
Oregon
Umatilla
Tody F. A. Clark
United States
Moody
Washington, D.C
J. A. Rugg
First National Hank
T. C. Taylor
C. B. Wade
J. H. Smith Livestock Company
C. BK. Wade
EB. A. Rugg
First National Bank of
Pendleton
Warner
T. (. Taylor
Wade
J. B. Smith Livestock Company
Hyde
Venwen
Amberland
W. A. Clark
Benson
Umatilla County
Clark
Mild
B Wade
Blue Mountains
Umatilis County
Oald
J. E. Smith Livestock Company
Washington
National Capital
Benpon- Hyde
General Land Office
Benson-Hyde
Woodford DB
Harlan
Willum E. Walk
Forestry Department
Benjamin F. Allen
California
However Is A Menace Lecture Claims By Horace Davin
Horace Davin a former president of the state university and a leading figure in Pacific coast trade with the orient spoke yesterday in Berkeley about dangers perceived in modern affairs. He warned that complacency and misinformation threaten national security and academic freedom. The lecture highlighted global trade, strategic partnerships, and the responsibility of scholars to inform the public.
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College of Commutes
China
Orient
Japan
Chin
Herkeley
Cal
Horace Davin
the State University
Confessor to Murder in Townsend Saloon Crime
A confessed killer, a man stabbed to death in a Townsend saloon on Monday night, with a female accomplice linked to the underworld and a motive tied to an accusation of theft. The confession suggests the victim John C. Black was stabbed after he accused another woman of robbing him of sixty dollars.
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Townsend, Mont
Stevens
Underworld
Hoa
John C. Black
Black
Halley Named Oregon Supreme Court Justice at Pendleton
Governor Chamberlain appointed Thomas G. Halley of Pendleton to be supreme judge of Oregon replacing Charles B. Wolverton, who will join the federal bench. Halley, born 1865 in La Grande, studied law at Washington and Lee, then Cox & Minor Pendleton, and will serve in Salem while remaining Pendleton home.
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Salem
Halley
Bar
Pendleton
Thomas G. Halley
Oregon
la Grande
Union County
Ore
John Halley
Idaho
Tennessee
Plains
Oregon City
Louisa M. Griffin
Kentucky
Mr. Halley
The
Dalles
Bel
Cox & Minor of
Congress
Territory of
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Cox & Minor
Portland
Lefus
Galle
Hailey
Iqare
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
Hilley
Ulery
Courty
Mir
Hatley
Eeven Wontiete
Wolverton
Charlee Moore
Midshipman Lafayette faces manslaughter trial at naval academy
At Annapolis on November 22, Midshipman Minor Merriwether Lafayette will stand before a general court martial charged with manslaughter and conduct prejudicial to good order for an alleged fight with Midshipman James R. Branch that led to Branch's death. The panel includes senior naval officers and captains from the Maine inquiry, with Judge Advocate Captain Adolph Marx presiding.
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Lafayette
Wight
Fundius Naval
Marz
Advoor
Maine
Hawani
Atindpolis
Cmaugh
James R. Branch, Jr
Merriwether Lafayette
Naval Academy
Branch
Adolph Marx
Romany
McCormick
Parker
Wainwright Land Cody
Merriwether
Meas
Nagling
Ralph J. Yeager
Queensbury
Bancroft Hall
Murder theory fades in Umatilla river case
Sheriff Taylor faces a cloud of doubt as crime reports fail to identify a murder. Witness accounts and blood evidence at the riverfront pier hint at foul play but yield no victim or clear suspect. River currents and debris searches continue from Umatilla downstream to the Columbia, with no definitive body found.
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T DF
Taylor Bias
Umatilla
Alee Paurthet
Columbia
Unchtilla
Uimnatilin
Indictments in Morrow County Gumshoe War Over Sunday Law
Heppner Oregon November indictments accuse Sheriff Shutt and Prosecuting Attorney G W Phelps of waging a war on gamblers and saloonmen. Fifteen indictments charging Sunday closing law violations include Frank Roberts Phil Metachasa and James Donnelly with others. Several saloon operators pled guilty or await court actions, fines set at fifty dollars. Local officials say efforts continue to curb alcohol sales to minors and violations in Morrow County.
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Shatz
Aud Tey Phelps
Heppner
Ore
Shutt
G. W. Phelps
Roberts Phil Metachasa
Je. WV. Groshens
F.C. McCarter
Ac Ates & Haggart
James Donnelly
Joseph Boyer
Uharker BR
Chapman
A. M. McNab
Bichud
Charles Beymer
Tom Barnett
Pattervan
Wills Ward
Hesston
Merrow
Fire at Barger Furniture caused blaze and water pressure failure
Thiltinapoli reports a large fire at Barger Furniture company with fears of major destruction as water pressure drops hinder firefighting. A rumor claims an elevator with passengers is stuck between burning floors at Dewey mine on Thunder Mountain, while ore production drops at a nearby mill amid amalgamation shifts.
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Thiltinapoli
Barger Furniture Company
Tt Ie
Dewey
Thunder Mountain
Tarbell Details Causes Of Low Equitable Dividends
Tarbell testified in the insurance investigation noting interest rates fell from four to three percent, commission expenses rose, taxes on premiums doubled in different states, and labor costs increased. He admitted management extravagances and traveling expenses charged to the company. He urged the committee’s work to rectify abuses and said he paid his family expenses from company funds on inspection trips.
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Costa
Tarbell
New York
Father
Nugents Department
The
Equitable
Hughes
Gome
Convict Labor Contract Signed in Salem
Governor Chamberlain signs a ten year contract with Loewenberg Going Co to employ 150 to 180 convicts in the state penitentiary foundry and machine shops at 35 cents per day. The company must post a $10,000 bond and the contract can be terminated on six months notice by the governor.
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Salem
Ore
Governe Chamberlain
State
Isix mm
Chicago Wheat Market Slumps After Armour Holdings Drop
Chicago November 24 Wheat markets opened dull with little activity after the Armour holdings unload. Prices showed a firmer tone early but soon softened. Whitt closed at 4 1/8 cents, corn around 44 cents, oats near 29 3/4 cents.
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United States
Chicago
Armour Holdings
Whitt
Corm Ttt
Onte Ar
Weyburn Recommends Appointments in Idaho and Montana
Nov 22 dispatches report Senator Weyburn urging the president to nominate Thomas Harrison Bartlett for register of the Lewiston land office, with Addison T. Smith as Internal Revenue Collector for Idaho, Utah, and Montana. In Dillon, Dennis Franklin, 22, was sentenced to five years for stealing $10 from Joe Gallagher.
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Maul
Washington
Heyburn
Thomas Harrison Bartlett
Land Office
Lewiston
Idaho
Ajeo
Addison T. Smith
Internal Revenue
District of Idaho
Utah
Montana
Dillon
Mont
Dennis Franklin
Joe Gallager
Mexico
King Charles in Paris Sees Loubet Amid Honors
King Charles Portugal arrived in Paris to visit President Loubet and was welcomed with an imposing military honor. He will remain three days. In Obsmpia, the chambers meat markets were blown up and $200 in cash and checks stolen, with no clue to the robber.
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Charles
Paris
Portugal
Loubet
Maymaster's Office Robbed at Milwaukee Construction Camp
Paymaster George WH Wley of a Milwaukee construction firm was robbed at the office door at the Cudahy camp. Thieves seized personal effects and office keys, entered the safe and took about $7000 in cash and negotiable papers.
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Milwaukee
George WH Wley
Cudahy, Wie
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Robert J. Wynne
London
Severna
Houston
Texas
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Ching
Nsstate Supreme Court
Moore Hecomes
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Mr. Molloy
Wll
Supreme Judge
Bean
Crewpon
Thomas Griffin Malley
Sipromie Hodge
Qeangh
Stowe Company
Chicago Wheat Market
Weyburn
Bartlett
Maymaster
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