Naples and Salerno Hit by Quake and Eruption Toll
Naples Oct 26 ravaged by earthquake volcanic fire and floods. Authorities report heavy fatalities, with up to 200 dead and 260 fishermen drowned in tidal waves. Ischia tally may exceed 150, Vesuvius lava and mud streams disrupt Naples, Casamicciola and surrounding towns. Government surveyors seek aid as Mt Vesuvius shows renewed activity and a cloudburst adds damage.
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Naples
Saferno
Bay of Naples
Gulf of
Salerno
Ischia
Vesuvius
Casamiccuola
Epmoso
Casimiccola
Sacchi
Admiral Leonard
Mt. Veeuvius
Jesse P Webb to be hanged in November framing case
In Portland on October 25 Jesse P Webb, guilty of murdering William Johnson whose body was found in a trunk, was sentenced by Judge Morrow to be hanged on November 26. Defense lawyers requested an appeal and received a 20 day stay to file documents. Carrie Kersh, an alleged accomplice, faced trial motions as the jury selection continues amid caution over capital punishment for a woman.
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Portland
Ore
Jesse P. Webb
William Johnson
Union
Morrow
Webb
Mra
Carrie Kersh
Amateur boxing show to headline Irish American club
New York on October 26 reports an unprecedented amateur boxing event at the Irish American Athletic club. Promising district scrappers will compete tonight with preliminaries, and Thursday will feature the finals across five weights 105 115 125 135 and middleweight divisions.
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New York
Doctor Lytle Heads Delayed Train to Portland Visit
State veterinarian Dr. W. A. H. Lytle departed this afternoon on a delayed train for an official visit to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. AH. Lytle
Portand
Too Much Prosperity Raises Bacon Prices
Chicago, Oct. 26. Pack ers blame prosperity for higher costs and bacon jumps to 40 cents a pound. They cite demand for quality and a hog shortage affecting fancy bacon, arguing prices must rise.
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Chicago
Grandma Bernhardt 65 Sees Death Realization in London
London October 25. Sarah Bernhardt, aging rapidly after a long career, feels death approaching yet plans an American tour. The famed divin e Sarah still commands the stage but believes her voice has faded. She expects to die in America and will ship her body home to France in an elaborate coffin.
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London
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Mme. Reinhardt
Amerca
France
Vesuvius Eruption Rages Near Rome
Vesuvius erupted again today sending muddy lava streams down the slopes. At least ten people were burned and several believed killed at Torre Del Greco as the roar echoed for miles.
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Vesuvius
Rome
Torre del Greco
Abandon Hope for Missing Sky Pilots in Canada
Reports from Toronto dated October 26 say Hawley and Alde Post are presumed dead after hunters in Montreal reported a balloon sighting near Kippewa in rugged forest country. Pilot Von Phu and Joseph Oreilly departed for Chapleau to search inland. A balloon believed to be the America official's craft was seen near Rumpsey Lake north of Biscotasing, with wreckage heard in the dense woods.
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Toronto
Hawley
Alde Post
Montreal
Kippewa
von Phu
Joseph Oreilly
Chapleau
Ontario
Rumpsey Lake
Biscotasing
America Il
Aero Club
St. Loula
Missionary Jubilee Opens in Denver for 50th Anniversary
The Women's National Foreign Missionary Jubilee began in Denver Colorado on October 26 marking fifty years of organized foreign evangelization by American women. Mission workers from across the nation attend as part of a continental series that will continue tomorrow.
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Denver
Colo
Women of America
Tarrington on Women's Principles in Moral Standards
New York report quotes Booth Tarkington arguing that women hold a different, often lower, moral standard than men. He cites wallets and letters as examples of distrust and notes men protect friendship more than women. He says women lack humor and fail to grasp loyalty as love for a person, not their actions to others.
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New York
Tarkington
Robert Spencer Assumes Duties for Interesta Property Care
Robert Spencer of Toppoenish Washington arrives to oversee local property Interesta duties and supervise management tasks for the community.
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Robert Spencer
Toppoenish
Washington
Wright Racer Sets New American Altitude Record
Orville Wright's new Wright racer dazzles at Belmont Park as he cycles the park course at over a mile per minute. Drexel lifts to 7,105 feet setting a world altitude mark surpassing prior American bests, while Johnstone nears 5,500 feet in the hourly record attempt. The global record stands at 9,156 feet.
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Orville Wright
Drexel
Johnstone
Hoxey
Belmont Park
Wright
Park
J. Armstrong Drexel
Walter Brookins
Atlantic City
Great Britain
Henry Wynmalen
Wright Racer Exhibition At Belmont Park
Belmont Park observers flocked to see Orville Wright in the new Wright racer lighter than the Brook- Inc craft, unveiled this morning. The small 20 by 2 foot craft carries an eight cylinder engine as Mrs. Marie Beardmore, daughter of the Canadian Northern president, accompanies DeLesseps on two five minute flights.
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Belmont Park
Orville Wright
Walter Brook- Inc
Marie Beardmore
Canadian Northern
DeLesseps
Rhodes scholar qualifying exams begin at Harvard Medical School
Boston October 25 The qualifying examinations for Rhodes scholar selection from Massachusetts began today in the administration building at Harvard Medical School. Similar exams will be held in other states. A new rule allows a candidate with Greek entrance conditional at Oxford to be freed from the condition by passing either the Greek exam or the Oxford Responsions Greek exam.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Harvard Medical School
Oxford
Ottawa Hopes for New Name for Hudsons Bay Sea
Ottawa reports that after The Hague award Canada controls Hudsons Bay and a rail link to Europe is planned. A campaign seeks to rename the water body as a sea, with Canadian Sea favored for future maps.
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Ottawa
Ont
Hudson's Bay
Canada
Hague
Europe
Lkely
Canadian
Roosevelt attacks Dix over wallpaper trust directorship
Colonel Roosevelt delivered three speeches in New York state denouncing John A. Dix as a director of the so called Wallpaper trust for fifteen months, asserting Dix misstated his record and demanded an apology. Roosevelt cited court records and noted Dix became a director in June 1907 with final wallpaper bing decisions not made until February 1909.
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Binghamton
N. Y
John A. Dix
Wallpaper Trust
Dix
Roosevelt
Standard Wall Paper Company
Supreme Court
Dix Denies Wall Paper Trust Ties and Demands Roosevelt Apology
Albany Oct 25 John A Dix Democratic nominee for governor repeats he has no direct or indirect link to any wall paper trust. He says the defunct company went out of business in 1903 and the current Standard Wall Paper Co. bought its plants and goods. Dix accuses former President Roosevelt of misusing his status to misrepresent opponents.
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Albany
Wall Parep Trust
John A. Dix
Roosevelt
Standard Wall Paper Company
Dix
Oid Dix
United States
Sherman Pases Up Taft In Washington
Washington October 25 Vice President Sherman toured Washington en route to North Carolina and met with the war and navy departments but did not meet the president Taft had charged Sherman with misrepresentation over the Republican estate convention issue. Mrs W M Blakeley returned yesterday from Walla Walla after a week’s visit.
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Washington
Sherman
North Carolina
War and Navy Departments
Taft
Democratic Campaign Swing Through Umatilla County
Senators Chamberlain and Manning head a two day speaking tour in Umatilla County. They will start in Hermiston and Echo at 1 80 p m then move to Pendleton Freewater Weston Valley Milton Athena and Pendleton for a large rally at the courthouse. Local party leaders hail the events as a major campaign effort ahead of election day.
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George EB. Chamberlain
John Manning
Congress
Umatila County
Chamberlain
Hermiston
Manning
Echo
Pendleton
Freewater
Weston
Valley
Milton
Athena
Court House
Peterson
Harry Lane
Portland
Lane
Oswald West
Generel
West
Spanish Royalists vow to meet force with force
Madrid reports rumors of a secret gathering of revolutionists causing unease among throne supporters. Predictions say Spain may face a crisis similar to Portugal where a revolution was enacted. Preparations to meet force with force are underway to prevent bloodshed when the brewing revolution breaks.
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Madrid
Spain
Portugal
Contempt Cases Against Packers Postponed
Chicago October 25 Judge Landis continued until November 24 the contempt cases against officials of the packing companies under indictment for alleged violation of the antitrust law. The cases stem from the firms failure to produce their books at the recent federal grand jury session.
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Chicago
Landis
Federal Grand Jury
Gold Stealer Begins Two-Year Penitentiary Term
Tacoma dated report states Thomas Bulkley who pleaded guilty to stealing 24 000 dollars worth of gold from registered mail aboard the steamship Seattle began a two year term in the state prison at Walla Walla.
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Tacoma
Thomas Bulkley
Seattl
Walla Walla
Thirteen Supreme Court Docket for Eastern Oregon Fall Term
The Oregon Supreme Court will hear thirteen cases for the fall term in the eastern district on November 7. Among them are Umatilla county matters including challenges to the local option law payments and a test case on the law’s applicability in Pendleton, plus ownership disputes over the Umatilla sand and gravel pit.
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Oregon
Oregon Supreme Court
Lee Moorhouse
Umatilla
Charles Cunningham
A. F. Michael
Chas Cunningham
A. F. Michiel
R. & N. Company
Hector McDonad
Wallowa
State of Oregon
Orley Chandler
Union County
O. T Coolidge
Ethel Leneve Acquitted in Crippen Murder Case
London October twenty five Ethel Leneve Dr Crippen acquitted today of murder in the old Bailey court. The surprise verdict drew comment as many expected a long sentence. Prominent society women attended the trial while Prosecutor Muir denounced her but the crown presented little evidence. Leneve did not testify and was escorted by wardresses and physicians due to fear of collapse.
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Mile Leneve
London
Ethel Leneve
Criptypst
Old Bailey Court
Muir
Mule
Leneve
Crippen
Mile
Leave
Portland Woman Tried for Murder in Grand Central Case
Portland Oregon October trial opens for Mrs Carrie Kersh charged with murdering Willam Johnson at the Grand Central hotel alongside Jesse Webb already convicted of murder. She faced trial after Webb’s conviction. authorities expect to rely on the same evidence. Johnson's body allegedly stuffed in a trunk to seize his money.
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Portland
Ore
Carrie Kersh
Willam Johnson
Grand Central Hotel
Jesse Webb
Webb
Johnson
German Army Officer Killed Falling From Airship
Berlin October 26 Lieut Monthe of the German army aviation corps was killed today when he fell from a Wright aeroplane during maneuvers at Madgeburg. The accident occurred as he participated in an aerial exercise.
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Berlin
Germany
Monthe
Madgeburg
To Protect Mexican Deer
Mexican sportsmen appeal to the government to halt deer slaughter by whitesales in the north. Hides are sold widely with shipments up to 10,000 deer moving from Monterey to New York. Americans, crossing from Texas, are blamed for much of the slaughter for skin profits.
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City of Mexico
Whitesale
Republic
Monterey
New York
Texas
Democratic Campaign Opens At Carnegie Hall With Dix
Democratic State League of New York will open its campaign tonight with a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall. John A. Dix, the Democratic candidate for governor, will be the principal speaker.
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Democratic
New York
Democratic State League of New York
Carnegie Hall
John A. Dix
Tariff probe resumed by Interstate Commerce Commission
Resume Rate carings Chicago Oct 25 investigation of Western trunk lines trans Missouri and Illinois freight committee tariffs was resumed in Chicago today by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Chicago
Western Trunk Lines
trans-Missouri
Illinois Freight Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank Pierce Returns From Greenhorn District Visit
Frank Pierce has returned from the Greenhorn mining district in Baker County where he spent the summer.
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Frank Pierce
Greenhorn
Baker County
New Gold Stampede Follows Lucky Find at Name Alaska
Name Alaska Oct 25 Citizens stampeding for a new mining district after P Greenberg a recent arrival located a placer claim and returned with 36000 in virgin gold. The new mine on its little creek feeding Squirrel Creek promises to be one of the norths richest.
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Name
Alaska
P. Greenberg
Piacer
Squirrel Creek
Lehman Pioneer Resident Founder of Lehman Springs Resort
James Lehman a pioneer resident of the south end of the county and founder of the Lehman springs summer resort is now residing in Pendleton from Pilot Rock.
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James Lehman
South
County
Lehman Springs
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Olifield Beats Johnson in Five Mile Auto Race Heat
Barney Oldfield wins the fret heat of the automobile race at Sheepshead. His time for five miles is 4 minutes 44 seconds. champion Jack Johnson did not finish. Oldfield also takes the second heat in 2 minutes 15.8 seconds, securing a $5000 purse amid rumors a chicken crossed the track.
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W. M. Blakeley
Chamberlain and Maanning
Heagh
Umatilla County
Bill Case
Thomas Murrell
Joseph H. Caseby
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Earl Shields
Albert Green
Grant County
James Dalton
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W. C. Longfellow
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