Traction Plan Proposed For Pendleton Growth
Local reaction to Washington & Oregon Traction Company plans heats up as a seven member committee is appointed to study and report. The meeting at the Commercial Association Rooms heard that the firm aims to build three miles of track, operate gasoline electric cars, supply electric power, and establish a park with fair grounds and recreation facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Mawlotse Enterprise
Commercial Association
Washington & Oregon Traction Company
D. FinnGerald
Traction Company
Moore
James A. Fee
C. J. Smith
Frank Frazier
B. J. Murphy
R. Alexander
Leon Cohen
Eb, B. Aldrich
FitzGerald
Damages suit filed over bank forgery case
John Clarence Campbell, a minor, by Neil Campbell and others, sues American National Bank and sheriff officers for 10000 damages. The suit stems from a September forgery case involving a forged $2700 check written like Campbell, his arrest in Ritzville, and subsequent release after handwriting experts questioned guilt yet bank and authorities defend arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Bank
John Clarence Campbell
Neil Campbell
Wills Kuardlin
American No- Homt Bank
W. L. Thompson
T. D. Taylor
J. J. Cross
Ritevilleo
Weshington
Young Campbell
George la Fountaine
Taylor
la Fountaine
Campbell
Ritzville
Washington
Sheriff Taylor
Pendleton
W. Dailey
Datmages
Bailey
George Brownell
Oregon City
Hamilton Denied Writ of Error on Hamilton Case
Olympian Nov. 24 reports the supreme court denied the writ of error sought by Ortis Hamilton's counsel to take the case to the U S supreme court on appeal. If granted it would end the current trial phase after a morning session where talesmen were examined for injury to try Hamilton.
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Olympian
Supreme Court
Ortis Hamilton
United States Supreme Court
Wienington
Superior Court
Talesmen
Hamilton
Pendleton Plan For Park Site In Transit Project
A secular business plans a park as part of its Pendleton expansion. The location may be on a city side plateau or beneath the city but no site has been chosen. The company seeks stock subscriptions from locals, though the amount is not disclosed. Local support is expected to aid construction of the line within Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
FitzGerald
Mam Hee
Devine
Pendleton Feasts Set Amid Turkeys and Cranberries
Pendleton residents face higher Thanksgiving costs yet remain able to buy. Turkeys at 25 cents per pound and cranberries at 16 cents per quart reflect local supply, with several stores remaining stocked to meet demand while Portland and Seattle markets suffer shortages and price surges due to cross-market importing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Portland
Seattle
Northwest
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Flood waters receding as Great Northern repairs begin
After heavy rainfall floods recede in the Cascades and the Great Northern announces track repairs will take a week. Trains are diverted to Spokane. washouts trap passengers and work crews rush to restore lines. Umatilla River rises seven feet but no major damage reported locally. rainfall totals for the week reach 105 inches.
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Great Northern
Umatilla
Seattle
Cascades
Western Division
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Pievenger
Everett
Omatius
Main Street
Severnl
Loggers and Farmers Suffer Major Losses in Pacific Northwest Floods
In Portland on November 24 a conservative estimate cites about 200000 dollars in damage across Oregon and Washington from the rising Willamette River and floods. Loggers and farmers are hit hardest as floodwaters threaten Western valleys and tributaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Willamette
Onapon
Christy Seeks Custody of Child in Local Hotel Stay
Indianapolis reports Howard Chandler Christy, famed artist, left a city hotel after a two day stay with his daughter custody dispute unresolved. Christy described his child as the brightest and most wonderful, while noting his wife fled and a habeas corpus action was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Howard Chandler Christy
Christy
Slice of thumb identifies accused in serious case
Police in San Jose report a Japanese man from Alvarado is charged in a brutal case. The victim, described as a fellow countryman, was found with a severed thumb matching the alleged culprit's recent injury. Investigators say the body was dismembered and hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
California
Honda
Alvarado
Osasaki
Alma Bell Vindicated in Acquittal for Lover's Slaying
Alma Bell, accused of killing her lover Joe Armes after a failed marriage promise, is acquitted by a jury of mountaineers after about an hour and fifteen minutes of deliberation. The verdict follows testimony on insanity, and the crowd reacts with tearful relief as the defendant embraces her mother.
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Auburn
Cal
Alma Bell
Joe Armes
Alma
Arnot
Herman to Face Jury January 10 in Land Fraud Case
Portland November 24 Binger Hermann ex congressman of Oregon will be tried January 10 for conspiracy to fraudulently obtain government lands. Judge Wolverton set the date upon receipt of a telegram from Henry Worthington chief counsel for Hermann confirming his ability to attend.
Package of $2280 Left Under Pillow in Hotel
Otto W. Olsen, a mining man, left $2280 in bills under his pillow at the Beanford hotel before leaving for Loe Ataetor. Stewardess Sadie Martin found the money and turned it over to the hotel, which telegraphed Olsen. Olsen ordered the money forwarded and offered the chambermaid a $5 reward, which she accepted. The bill total was in large denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Billa
Otto W. Olsen
Beanford
Loe Ataetor
Sadie Martin
Ehe
Olaon
Explusion of Americans Not a Legal Sentence
New Orleans reports Consul General Sussman said lawyers found fourteen years the severest penalty legally for Cannon and Grace. Sussman will inform the American state department of findings. Estrada's agents seek Juan Delphos to warn Zelaya and hasten Betrada's revolution 48 hours early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sussman
Restrada
Grace
Suseman
Department of State
Festradin
Juan Delphos
Betrada
Zelaya
Ferrida
Schooner Pinkeys Blown Ashore In Maine Storm
A schooner named Pinkeys was blown ashore in Portland by a fierce storm and is being battered to pieces. Several small craft are reported wrecked along the Maine coast. A unrelated adage about a man and women is noted in the text as a stray sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Pinkeys
Honored Bodies Found in Mine Disaster Toll
Cherry Navy 24 A large number of bodies were found today in the lower level of the mine. Rescuers estimate the total this morning will reach ninety, with 101 bodies already recovered from the lowest level and 24 still unaccounted for. The summary notes 514 men were in the mine when the fire started and about two hundred escaped the day of the blaze. Saturday twenty were removed alive.
Debs to Attend Free Speech Fight in Spokane
Eugene V. Debs has been ordered to come to Spokane to assist in the free speech struggle. A telegram from Editor Warren of the Appeal to Reason says Debs will likely arrive within a few days. Workers plan to join fights against police as campaigns begin to shut down lumber camps and mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Eugene V. Debbs
Warren
Appeal To
Reason
Girard
Kansas
Debbs
Ryan to hear his doom Friday in manslaughter case
Proceedings reveal defense plans for an appeal and bail for Ryan after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the May 20 killing of Edward Dixon. Circuit Judge Bean set Friday morning for service on Ryan as Lowell and Winter signal a probable-cause writ and bail request with a $10,000 bond, citing the George Horseman case as a similar standard. Jurors reportedly debated long, shifting from acquittal toward murder before the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bean
Michael Ryan
Edward Dixon
Lowell
George Horseman
Ryan
Cable Probable Successor to McHarge as Assistant Secretary
Washington, Nov. 24 Tenjamin S. Cable, a Chicago attorney, will succeed Ormsby McHarge as assistant secretary of commerce and later, governing by hindrances, in the tentative endorsement crafted by Senator Cullom of Hingis. Cullen exday submitted to President Taft documentary endorsement for Cable's candidacy. George C. Forest of Athena is the guest of Pendleton friends today.
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Washington
Tenjamin S. Cable
Chicago
Ormsby McHarge
Commerce
Cullom of
Hingis
Cullen Exday
Taft
Cable
Land Office Aids Glavis Probe in Coal Hearing
Seattle dated report shows the land office slowed prosecution of the Cunningham coal case. Forester service intervention granted a brief field check by Kennedy Tangille Wingate and others who mapped nearly 55,000 acres over eight days. Some claims showed no improvements as testimony outlined the procedure and Spokane deeds review, signaling government closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Cunningham Coal
Land Office
Glavis
Forestry Service
Kennedy
Stone
Ames, Tangille
Wingate
Jaye
Langille
Sheridan
Spokane
Union Trust Company of
Frisco Plans Royal Welcome for Japanese Commission
San Francisco prepares a warm reception for the Japanese commercial commission touring the United States. The Chamber of Commerce outlines entertainment including automobile rides garden parties receptions and banquets. A banquet and reception at the St Francis hotel will cap the welcome with city notables in attendance. The commissioners arrive Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japanese Commercial Commission
Football more perilous than Arctic exploration
Explorer Amundsen, visiting Chicago to buy supplies for another Northwest expedition, declared football far more dangerous than Arctic explorations. He warned that both pursuits demand minimal reliance on relatives, stating the best equipment is absence of family obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Amundsen
Northwest
Eddie Graney Bids For Jeffries Fight In New York
San Francisco, Nov 24 Eddie Graney travels to New York with a certified check for five thousand dollars to bid on the Jeffries fight. The reported bid is expected to top around a thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Eddie Graney
New York
Jeffries
Lugal Teams to Battle in City Championship Showdown
Penicleton’s season ends tomorrow afternoon as local Bish School and Academy meet at Alta Oro grounds in a bid for city honors. Academy, buoyed by teamwork and a reshuffled lineup led by Taylor, aims to overcome injuries and a tough foe, with high hopes for a competitive fall finale.
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Penicleton
Bish
Alta Oro
al Rune
Taylor
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PLANG
FitzGerald Tolé
Washington & Oregon Company
FiteGerald
Ty. FiteGerald
PitsGerald
Walla Walla
Sime
An & Walla Walla Company
Pendleton An & Pendleton Company
Tendleton
Northwestern Gas & Electric Company
Nooksack River Walls
Bellingham
Nooksick River
Alia
Herman
Dpebbs
Alturness
Canste
Mwharg
George C. Forest of
Glaviss
Fraisco
Epdie Graney
LUGAL
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