Reward Fete in Los Angeles for Times Bombing Suspects
Coroner jury links Times building explosion to 21 deaths as massive search continues. Up to $100,000 in rewards, from city, county and merchants groups, aims to capture at least three conspirators blamed for the dynamite outrages. Authorities urge swift arrests amid danger and arduous debris clearing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Times
Gas and Electric Companies
Alexander
First National Bank
Harrison Gray Otis
F. J. Zeehanrelaar
Eich
Merchants’ and Manufacturer's Association
Zeehandelasr
Dynamiters Probe Shifts to Alviso Slough
San Jose dated Oct 4 authorities chasing the Los Angeles dynamiters turn to Alviso slough the southern end of San Francisco Bay. A launch matching the dynamite craft was seen Sept 25 at the slough and three men aboard loaded bores into an automobile. The road from there leads toward Los Angeles.
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San Jose
Los Angeles
Alviso Slough
San Francisco Bay
Detectives search San Francisco marshes for dynamiter link
In San Francisco on October 4 detective William Burns, leading a team hunting for the Los Angeles dynamiters, scoured the bay marshes. Authorities believe the marsh search may uncover the direct crew and method used to transport the powder to Los Angeles. A tip received last night directed the detectives to the marshes.
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San Francisco
William Burns
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay
Labor Federation Angered by Police Surveillance in Los Angeles
Delegates at the California State Federation of Labor convention opened the second day in anger over what they call unjust police surveillance at the Labor Temple and convention headquarters. The tense session underscored labor unrest and concerns about civil liberties in the city.
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Labor Federation
Los Angeles
California State Federation of Labor
Labor Temple
Police guard LA post office after threats on Times
Wrathful actions involved sending 30 police to labor HQ and efforts to move a convention to San Francisco were dropped due to cost. Labor organizers call the police move insulting. Postmaster Harrison confirms alarming letters about dynamiting the Times, prompting post office guards and warned clerks that a nighttime blast attempt may occur.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Harrison
Times
Good Roads Convention Opens in Oklahoma City
A three day national roads convention begins at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City with delegates from across the nation expressing astonishment at the fair’s size and Oklahoma’s growth. A large stockbreeders meeting is set for the fair tomorrow.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma State Fair
Oklahoma
Dedication of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York
All preparations are completed for tomorrow's consecration of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. The ceremony is expected to be the most impressive Catholic event in the city's history.
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New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Well Known Wool Buyer In Death By Own Action
George Abbott a prominent wool buyer with Pendleton ties died by self administered poison in his Hotel Pendleton room Sunday night. A sealed box poison and letters to wife and two daughters were found. financial reverses blamed. Coroner held an inquest with verdict of death by poison. Wife and one daughter reside in Portland Maine and England respectively.
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George Abbott
Wowlbuyers
Northwest
Pendleton
Abbott
Clark Moller
W. A. Brown
Folsom
Portland
Maine
England
B. Jensen
W. F. Barnhart
L. B. Penland
John PF. Ail
A. C. Friedley
Arthur Gibson
Mail Order Houses Set Record Year in Chicago
Mail order houses in Chicago report a surge in activity with the current year likely to break all records. One major firm shows over 30 percent growth from last year while others also post gains. Farmers are the principal patrons, signaling broad rural prosperity in the middle west and promising strong stockholder returns.
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Chicago
Middle West
Golden Wedding Celebration in McKeesport
Captain Charlies M Bailey and his wife celebrate fifty years as a pilot and steamboat captain on the Ohio and other rivers at their McKeesport home. Bailey is well known to rivermen across the west.
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McKeesport
Charlies M. Bailey
Ohio
Argentina Charts Bill for $24 Million Irrigation Plan
A bill is before the Argentine congress to appropriate more than $24,000,000 for expansive irrigation operations. The proposed funds aim to enhance water management, agricultural productivity, and regional development through large scale irrigation projects.
Man Defends His Homestead in Wisconsin Standoff
Armed deputies surrounded John Dietz’s cabin near Cameron Dam in Winter Wisconsin on October 4 as Dietz refused to leave his homestead after a lumber company dispute. He boasted of vengeance after Myra Dietz, 23, was mortally wounded and one brother captured during an ambush. Dietz’s wife and three children were inside the cabin.
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Johim Dietz
Winter
Wis
John Diets
Dietz
Cameron Dam
Myra Dieta
Diets
Dry Farming Congress Opens Second Session in Spokane
The International Dry Farming congress opened its second session with a band concert. National executive committee reports were read as Hungary's Minister of Agriculture P Bakonyi addressed dry farming in Hungary. North Dakota agricultural college president Dr J A Worst spoke on agricultural education in public schools and Norman Holden of Dillon Mont gave a practical talk. French representative Colonel Maleor and Mexican Senor Escobar spoke as well.
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Spokane
National Executive Committee
P. Bakonyi
Hungary
J. A. Worst
North Dakota Agricultural College
Norman Holden
Dillon. Mont
Maleor
Senor Escobar
G. W. Martin
J. H. Shepherd
Farrell
Idaho
Charles M. Fassett
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Bodies of Drowned Fishermen Recovered in Wreck
Meadowdale Washington October 4 the bodies of J BE Graham Peter Haram Ballard Paul Burkland Meadowdale and Ben Larson Boyerett fishermen drowned last night were recovered today they were gathering their fish traps in a launch which overturned
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Meadowdale
Wash
J. Be, Graham
Peter Haram
Ballard
Paul Burkland
Ben Larson
Boyerett
Boulevard for Madrid Will Create World’s Finest Boulevard
Oct 4 Madrid reports a bold eight year plan to build a new boulevard through the city’s busiest area. Contractors begin work on three phases while 358 key buildings face demolition and later replacement with modern structures. American material makers may gain from rebuilt projects.
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Madrid
Spain
Ride
Lkely
New York Historical Society on Vermont Lake Champlain Tour
Members of the New York State Historical Society sail for three days aboard the steamer Vermont to study Lake Champlain sites. They visit Ticonderoga, the Frederick and Amherst forts at Crown Bay, Valcour Island, Cumberland Bay, and Isle aux Motte. Papers by renowned historians will be read and tablets unveiled at Ticonderoga, Fort St. Frederick, and Fort Amherst.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
New York State Historical Society
Vermont
Lake Champlain
Ticonderoga
Frederick
Amherst
Crown Bay
Valcour Island
Cumberland Bay
Isle In Motte
Fort St. Frederick
Italian Warship Sails to Salonika for Redress
Reported today that an Italian warship has sailed for Salonika to demand redress for the alleged assault of Turkish officers on an Italian subject in Salonika.
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Rome
Salonika
Demnd
Hold Up Artists Rob Local Chinaman Near Main Street
Charley a Chinaman and manager of City Cafe on South Main street was knocked down on Alta street near Main and robbed of 240 dollars. Two white men are suspected but no arrests or descriptions are available. The money was taken as Charley transported funds from the cafe to his Chinatown room for safekeeping before the assault. The getaway pair fled through Alta street toward Garden, leaving no clues for police.
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Charley
South Main Street
Alta Street
Main
Chinatown
Livengood
Garden
Looters of Alaskan Mail Apprehended in Seattle
Seattle, Oct. 4. Thomias Buckley and Yalmar Begiin, crew members, are jailed to answer theft of 25000 dollars in gold bullion currency and diamonds from the registered mail on the Seattle arrival from Alaska. Only 16000 dollars recovered. They are charged with entering the purser's office and ripping mail sacks. About 5000 in currency was found about Buckley and 10000 in gold in his bunk.
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Seattle
Thomias Buckley
Yalmar Begiin
Alaska
Buckley
Influx of Chinese Arrivals in September Record
Victoria reports 467 Chinese arrivals in September, paying 152,500 in head tax, the largest monthly influx since the head tax rose to 500. Officials link the surge to Canton rumor of higher taxes.
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Victoria
Canton
Senator La Follette Undergoes Gallstone Operation
Rochester Minn Oct 4 Senator La Follette was successfully operated on at Mayo hospital for the removal of gall stones.
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Senator LA Follette
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
Ship Sinks Carrying Many Down to Death
Panama Oct 4 Time believed fifty of the seventy passengers and crew of the steamer Chiriqui were drowned when the boiler exploded tearing a hole in the side and the ship sank almost immediately. Thirteen survivors were picked up by lifeboats and brought into port. A second lifeboat with nine aboard has not reported and is believed lost. Tug Perivo and steamer Chile headed to scene to aid rescue.
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Panama
Chiriqus
Jarachine
Perivo
Chile
Seventy Drowned as Steamer Chiriqui Sinks
A message from Colon reports seventy fatalities from the sinking of the steamer Chiriqui on September 27. The vessel carried 100 passengers and crew, and dispatches say not more than a dozen reached lifeboats after the explosion.
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Colon
Double Cross Assassin Pays Penalty With Life
Berlin reports claim Eugene Asef, a Russian spy linked to planned assassinations, was himself assassinated after exposure. Asef, once a high figure in Russian socialist and anarchist circles, allegedly used the police as a cover for his schemes before fleeing amid secret society wrath.
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Berlin
Eugene Asef
Weisbaden
Azef
Russia
Vanderbilt Course Grand Prix Kept After Reconsideration
New York Oct 4 The Grand Prix will likely be run on the Vanderbilt course in Nashua County Long Island after county supervisors reversed a denial. Governor Hughes may be asked to send state militia to guard the course to prevent spectator harm previously feared.
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New York
Vanderbilt
Nashua County
Long Island
Hughes
Explosion in Navy Yard Kills One Man In Explosive Room
Washington dispatch reports an explosion in a Navy Yard storage room for high explosives killing one man, fatally wounding another, and seriously injuring a third. The victims named include John Cadamator and James Griffits with a third unidentified man among those in the room before the blast.
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Washington
Washington Navy Yard
John Cadamator
James Griffits
Harmony Seen as Prentice Chosen Chairman
New York Oct 4 Ezra Prentice is named chairman of the state Republican committee, a move viewed as signaling harmony. Lloyd Griscom nominated him, with William Barnes Jr backing, and Roosevelt agreed on Prentice after Francis declined the post.
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New York
Ezra Prentice
State Republican Committee
Lloyd Griscom
William Barnes, Jr
Roosevelt
Prentice
Francis
Dominion Handicap At Fort Erie Opens Autumn Meet
Some of the best distance horses in training race this afternoon in the $10,000 Dominion Handicap the feature of the first day’s sport at the Fort Erie autumn meeting. The Dominion is run at a mile and a quarter.
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Buffalo
Fort Erin
Dominion
Indian found guilty in saddle and bridle theft case
Tatsha-ma, an Umatilla brave, was found guilty of stealing a saddle and bridle from Billy McKay after ownership confusion led to dismissal of the horse theft charge. He will be sentenced tomorrow.
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Yumesumkin
Anthony Yumkin
Tits-ha-ma
Umatilla
Tatsha-ma
Billy McKay
McKay
Express Agent On Trial In Umatilla Court
W. W. Atfield Umatilla express agent stands trial in circuit court charged with embezzling 500 from Pacific Express with both Pacific and American Express interests involved. He previously confessed, later recanted, pleads not guilty. Prosecution by District Attorney Phelps. defense by Will M. Peterson. Money moved through Umatilla during transfer from Oregon to Washington division. Jury named. Liquor cases proceed. Theodore Cramer fined 200 and jailed. O'Neal pending trial. Huggins Harden Estes to face charges. other actions set. Old Bill Walker to be tried for arson in court term. Two cases settled out of court.
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Will M. Peterson
Phelps
Umatilla
Oregon
Washington
Wm. McCormmach
A. F. May
Adam Ruppe
Robert E. Thom
Wm. R. Wyrick
J. K. Bott
Henry Peterson
John McGinn
Pearl T. Hales
A. Tullis
E. A. Schiffer
Theodore Cramer
Jack O'Neal
Cramer
Coe
O'Neal
George Huggins
William Harden
John Estes
Pendleton
Bailey couple take rooms in association block
Attorney and Mrs. Douglass Bailey have rented the rooms in the Association block long occupied by Mrs. A Nobie for the past few months.
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Douglass Bailey
A. Nobie
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Dovke
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