Leasing of Indian Lands Rules Tighten Future Leases
Unmarried white renters on Umatilla Indian reservation face reduced land allotments under new Indian Affairs regulations approved by the Secretary of the Interior. The plan lowers single man holdings from 640 to 20 acres, raises married claims to 600 acres, and introduces a land-ownership registry, with strict prohibitions on commissions paid to secure leases, all aimed at uplifting farming and community improvements.
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Umatilla
Department of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Swartslander
Kerister
Lesses
Voice of Fenret Sounds After Deaths
Chicago Oct 22 Two letters purportedly from Professor Ferrer dated October 2 and 4, written in prison and addressed to M Naguel, claim a court martial is to try him. He describes infested cell conditions, vile food, and a judge finishing his case. The second letter centers on insinuations surrounding the case.
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Chicago
Ferrer
Tadas
M. Naguel
French Committee For the Defense
Tam
Railroad Gases Again in Court
Indictments returned in April against Frank J. Ely William Edwards and Charles Dickens in a long unresolved freight warehouse theft case. Ely arrested in Seattle and brought back by Deputy Sheriff Bert Wilson arraigned with $500 bail set and to plead first day of court. Edwards also arrested and arraigned with similar bail while Dickens already arraigned and on bonds. Col J W Raley to defend Ely and Judge James A Fee to defend Edwards as the cases near disposition.
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Ioea O
To & N
Frank J. Bly
William Edwards
Justice Court
Charles Dickens
Frank J. Ely
Seattle
Bert Wilson
Jal
Ely
Wigan
Willam Edwards
Uae
ElWarde
Dickens
Wood
Clever Detective Work Involves Pendleton Men
Former Oregon men implicated in the Omaha train robbery are being traced. Pendleton workers C. B. Cheshire and Carl Phelps face federal subpoenas and will go to Omaha November 1 to help identify a suspect tied to a Colt revolver later traced from factory to army issue. Detectives followed the weapon from factory to owner through army records, aiming to convict at least one of the five arrested.
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Oregon
Omaha
Pendleton
Nebraska
C. 8
Cheshire
Carl Phelps
W. J. Clarke Hardware Company
Phelps
Uegun
Army
Clarke Hardware
Photpa
United States
C. R. Nicholson
Portland
Municipal election prognostications in New York
New York voters face a 12 day campaign stretch with Gaynor Bennard Hearst bidders. Campaign managers estimate large majorities for Gaynor and Bannard while Ivins endorses Hearst. The scene features numerous meetings and shifting party lines as candidates press for liberal police and civil liberty platforms.
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New York
Marror
Bennard
Republican Fusion
Gaynor
Hearet
Munleton
Arelois Piite
Haat
Hearst Tod Bannard
Hla
Bannard
Teland
De Lara Subject To Deportation Law
Los Angeles October 22. Immigration Inspector Ridgeway says De Lara remains an alien under deportation laws despite over three years legal residence. He recently left for Mexico and would reenter under the same terms unless naturalization papers are filed. Request to Washington for admission of De Lara in $23,000 bail is awaited.
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Los Angeles
de Lara
Ridgeway
Loan
de Larne
Mexico
Washington
de Larado
Student Hypnotist Cannot Undo His Work
In Hartford Connecticut Burton White a Connecticut State College freshman lay hypnotized for about 14 hours under the control of classmate John Bergen sen. Bergen sen an amateur hypnotist failed to rouse White. A physician was summoned and gradually restored White to wakefulness. He is 19 and had momentarily very diminished mental powers.
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Hartford
Conn
Burton White
Connecticut State College
John Bergensen
Bergensen
White
Socialists Growing Stronger in Saxony and Baden
Berlin dated Oct 22 reports diet election results in Saxony and Baden show socialists gaining a larger vote under the new franchise extending suffrage to previously ineligible voters. Several seats shifted from conservative to socialist control in districts formerly held by the confederation.
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Saxony
Baden
Berlin
Socialivte
Warships pay tribute to Empress of Germany
San Francisco dispatch notes a Portola festival salute to Victoria Augusta Empress of Germany. German cruiser Arcon led the firing of two guns as religious services were held aboard the Arcan with Consul General Franz Bopp attending.
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San Francisco
Victoria Augusta
Germany
Arcon
Arcan
Franz Bopp
Earthquake Devastation Across Baluchistan and Punjab
Reports from Quetta indicate villages like Miti Tanto and Kanda razed with vast loss of life as borders shift. Refugees describe settlements leveled, crevices swallowing towns, and widespread fear of a Messina-scale disaster spreading from Cantabria to southern Italy.
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Italy
Messina
Quetta
India
Baluchistan
Punjab
Miti
Tanto
Kanda
Khelat
Plitna
Kuran
Rome
Cantanria
Nelehtorhold
Mount Aeina
Acidente
Taft resumes strenuous life at Inland Waterways meeting
President Taft arrived in Corpus Christi to address the Inland Waterways convention. He pledged government cooperation with Texas and nearby states to improve rivers for commercial use, urged systematic planning, surveys, bonds, and funding, and emphasized lawful railroad oversight while supporting waterways and national interests.
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Corpus Christi
Taft
Inland Waterways Convention
Texas
Congress
Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Eva Booth Rejects Woman Suffrage View in LA Speech
Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army dismissed the equal suffrage question saying a man cannot take a woman’s place at home and that the army is religious not political. She arrived from Salt Lake with other officers and will give three addresses in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Eva Hooth
Salvation Army
Miss Booth
Salt Lake
England
Death Wall Demonstration Sparked by Williams Execution
In Chicago on October 22 a thousand Cook County Jail prisoners protested the hanging of Andrew Williams for wife murder. As prison guards halted the historic death wall cry, inmates shouted anti governor slogans and demanded Deen, then Deneen, be hanged. Guards reasserted control after the display. Efforts to identify ringleaders followed.
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Chicago
Cook County
Deneen
Andrew Williams
Williams
Sheepman Fined for Disobedience in Lake County
Lake County man William Hartman was fined 250 for moving sheep infected with scab from Harney County without permission. Federal inspectors had warned against movement until dipping, and the violation led to a court trial in Lake County. Three similar cases remain pending in southern Oregon courts.
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Wiliam Hartman
Lake County
Harney County
Lake
Circuit Court
S. W. McClure
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Northwest
Hartman
Oregon
Boy shoots at train. passenger dies in Montana incident
Tacoma reports a 14 year old, Terry Wadsworth of Big Timber Montana, fired at a Northern Pacific train while with two other youths. A passenger Josiah Leek aged 14 was killed instantly when struck in the head. The train stopped, Wadsworth was arrested, he confessed he was fooling around. The boy and his parents arrived in Tacoma today.
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Tacoma
Northern Pacific
Terry Wadsworth
Big Timber
Montana
Josiah
J. H. Leek
Wadsworth
Murderer Jancigar Hinged for Oregon City Killing
Salem reports Math Jancigar was hinged at noon for the murder of Mary Smreker in Oregon City on November 20, 1906. He died twelve minutes after the trap sprung. Finish and Daley, later sentenced to hang on November 12, broke down weeping. A cell-room fire started shortly before the hanging but caused no damage.
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Salem
Math Jancigar
Mary Smreker
Oregon City
Finish
Daley
Jeffries Arrives in New York for Johnson Bout Fears
Thousands cheer Jim Jeffries as he walks the gangplank in New York ready to fight Jack Johnson. He declares himself fit and willing to enter the ring immediately and vows to uphold white supremacy while promising to KO the Black challenger when the two meet in the arena.
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Jeffries
Lusitania
Galveston
Johnson
Jeffies
New Spanish Cabinet Signals Lenient Policy in Barcelona
Madrid Oct 22 Hendays Moret Prendergusy the new Spanish premier and his cabinet weigh a reform of government representation in Barcelona, which under Maura has grown intolerable. The move aims to appease the nation, with the cabinet’s tenure expected to be brief.
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Madrid
Via
Hendays
Moret Prendergusy
Beral
Barcelona
Maura
Cyclone injures two and damages Decatur shops
Decatur October 22 two men were probably fatally injured and about a dozen others hurt when a cyclone struck the McKinley Interurban shops causing partial wreckage and scattered debris across the area.
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Decatur
McKinley Interurban
Many Want Mayor Murphy To Serve Another Term
Local voters show strong Murphy sentiment as petitions near filing ends. Backers argue his knowledge of city finances and steady leadership are vital while treasury concerns demand economical governance. Murphy’s stance remains quiet though supporters believe he can be persuaded to run again if unopposed.
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Murphy
Fenson
J. P. Winter
Te Cain
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Prank Ely
William Howards
Witton—Edwards
Tonnard
Wearst
Gaynop
Horst
Wiliam M. Ivins
Hearst
Coxon Saint
Tremlor
O Congress Mus
Eva Booth
Sheepman
Boy
Munierer
Jim Jeff
Nome
World
Europe
Big Smoke
Black Pretender
Jack Johnson
King of San Franciscions
Jim Jeffries
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