La Grande Bank Wreck Leads to Pendleton Arraignment
Self confessed embezzler and forger J. W. Scriber, linked to a La Grande bank collapse, was arraigned in Pendleton on forgery charges after shortages reportedly exceed 120000 dollars. He gave up hope of posting bail set at 25000 dollars and was taken to Portland in federal custody as a witness described a pitiful family scene and the wider impact on local depositors.
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J. W. Serter
la Grande
United States
Hailey
W. H. Evans
Seriber
Portland
Fo Coolidge
Justice Court
Scriber
Pendleton
Tha Grande
Union County
United Suites
Hammereley
Turreat
Mr. Himmersday
Nagain
Tie
Mr. Hammersley
Soebber
Dowlsman
Several Hurt in San Francisco Street Car Crash
San Francisco Oct 29 Several persons were injured today in a street car collision involving a Bryant and Polk line car. The motorman of the other car reportedly jumped the track while being returned to alignment when the accident happened.
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San Francisco
Bryant and Polk
Pendleton Bars Ordered to Remove Screens and Open Windows
Mayor Murphy announced strict enforcement of the city's ordinance requiring removal of all screens from near beer saloons and windows that reveal the interior to the street. Chief Tom Gurdano was told to enforce immediately, with three extra days for compliance before possible arrests and fines. The mayor defended the measure as legal and just, stating all interiors must be visible from the street.
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Murphy
Pendleton
Tom Gurdano
Oder
Walla Walla
Bs Husihoes
Unknown man chokes girl near death in Tacoma street attack
An 18 year old Tacoma girl described as Miss Hansem was attacked on a lonely street by an unknown man who choked her until she nearly blacked out. He did not speak, produced no robbery, and fled, leaving her with injuries and loose belongings noted at the scene. A prior report notes another man entered a house and chloroformed a girl without theft.
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Tacomas
Mike Rachel Hiinsen
Jin
Waitreas
Taft Final New York Dash Heads Toward Syracuse
Taft moves through New York on a final statewide swing starting in Syracuse and continuing to East Rochester Canandaigua Geneva and Seneca Falls following a Bryan style itinerary. Carnegie declares support for Taft aboard the steamer returning from Europe confident of victory.
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New York
Taft
Syracuse
Bryan
Lyons
East Rochester
Canandaigua
Geneva
Seneca Falls
Bryan Dig Egeption Campaign Speech in New York
Former political leader in New York Bryan Bryant campaigns in upper New York State saying change is due. He addresses Albany audience and cities including Cohoes Utica Rome Oneida Canandaigua Syracuse. He rebuts sensational stories of gloom after his election and defends Democratic principles.
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Troy
Bryan
Upper New York
Albany
Cohoes
Utea
Rome
Oneida
Cannenota
Syracuse
United States
Wit
New York
Hill
Bryant
Untempered Bribe Attempt Ties Army Official to Alaska Trial
Lieutenant Jacob Sohick of the 20th Infantry travels from Seattle to Fort Gibbron Alaska to testify in the trial of A G Vashon and others accused of attempting to bribe army officers to award a wood contract for the fort and of conspiring in a $50,000 scheme. Sohick, as quartermaster, awarded the contract to a lower bidder and Vashon claimed the officer robbed them though charges could not be substantiated.
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Seattle
Jacob Sohick
20Th Infantry
Fort Gibbron
Alaska
A. G. Vashon
Vashon
Tahon
Sehick
Vusahon
Shick
Coroner Discharged Over Suppressed Death News
Berkeley Oct 29 Deputy Coroner Charles Jameson was discharged after he suppressed news of nurse Mize Ethel Butmer who hanged herself at Roosevelt Hospital two weeks prior. The case involved death by own action and prompted official action regarding the coroner's conduct.
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Berkeley
Cal
Mize
Ethel Butmer
Roosevelt Hospital
Charles Dameson
Bryan ad veered employee at locomotive works in rain
In Schenectady on October 29 a Bryan ad reportedly involved an employee of the locomotive works and the General Electric Company in a situation marked by heavy rain.
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Schenectady
Bryan
Locomotive Works
General Electric Company
Walla Walla Interurban Franchise Granted Promises Start
EB S Isaacs says funds secured and franchise granted remove barriers for the Walla Walla Pendleton interurban project now moving to preliminary work. City ordinance changes set underground wiring rules and power delivery timelines while no fixed construction start date is given.
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Walla Walla
Walla Walla- Pendleton
Isaacs
East Oregonian
Garden City
Danas
City Penalty Clause Details
The clause prescribes a fine ranging from five to one hundred dollars or a jail term up to twenty days in the city jail, or both punishments. The provision specifies penalties for specified offenses without detailing particular violations or case examples from the article segment.
New York Betting Favors Taft As Election Bets Placed
In New York Oct 29 gamblers in the financial district posted odds three to one Taft for president with cotton exchange men also wagering on Hughes. No state wide vote bets were shown. One $500 wager predicts Bryan winning the national plurality by 10,000.
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New York
Taft
Financial District
Cotton Exchange
Hughes
Chanter
Bryan
United States
Albany Finally to Have Electric Cars
Albany Ore Oct 29 after months and wrangling A Welch began preparations for the First street electric line. Ties were laid and grade stakes marked. He has apparently abandoned the Second street franchise.
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Albany
Ore
A. Welch
First Street
Second Street
Noted Indian fighter dies in Salem Oregon
Salem Oregon October 29 Benjamin Hayden aged 86 one of the path finders to California in 1849 and a pioneer who crossed the plains to Oregon died this morning He was a noted Indian fighter.
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Salem
Ore
Benjamin Hayden
California
Plains
Oregon
Two Suicides Reported In Same Manner In San Francisco
In San Francisco on October 29 two men, William Bicken a 20 year old electrician and Desray Chogrei a laborer, both killed themselves by shooting after leaving the dinner table. The coroner received reports of the similar methods of their deaths.
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San Francisco
William Bicken
Desray Chogrei
Juror Briber Confession Rocks San Francisco Trial
San Francisco contractor B A Fluke confessed at noon to attempting to bribe juror John M Kelly to sit on a Ruef bribery case. He implicates attorneys Murphy and Newburgh, claiming Ruef offered $10,000 to keep silent after arrest. Fluke was tried and convicted but not yet sentenced.
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San Francisco
Attorneye
Ruef
B. A. Fluke
John M. Kelly
Venireman
Frank Murphy
A. S. Newburgh
Blake
Murphy
Kelly
Man Accused of Embezzlement Suffering Maniac in San Francisco
James C. Tomalty, longtime head bookkeeper in the city treasurer’s office, is under arrest on alleged conspiracy charges that $60,000 were stolen from San Francisco funds. Attendants deem him a raving maniac after a night of strange behavior. an examination is expected. Trish.
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San Francisco
James C.tomalty
Republicans in Great Fright Over Taft Victory
Walter Wellman, a high authority, says Bryan fear grips Republicans as a Bryan surge looms. He notes business interests unite against Bryan, turning the campaign into a clash of wealth and organized labor against democracy with the unemployed as chief ally. Taft hopeful despite Ohio doubts.
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Tafe
Chicago
Bryan
Taft
Walter Wellman
Record-Herald
Ohio
Initina
Ship Wrecked Crew Lost Near North Sea Wreck
London October 20 Captain Avis and his crew of 22 men aboard the steamer Yarmouth are believed to be lost after the vessel wrecked in the North Sea. The cause of the disaster is unknown. Several bodies have been recovered. The Yarmouth was traveling from Rotterdam to Hirwick with freight.
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London
Avis
Yarmouth
North Sea
Rotterdam
Hirwick
Arrest Over Bogus Cleveland Letter Linked to Writer
New York October 89 Magazine writer Broughton Prandenburs appeared in general sessions court on larceny charges for allegedly selling a forged Cleveland endorsement letter to the New York Times. He denied any connection to the sale and posted a $2400 bond.
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New York
Broughton Prandenburs
New York Times
Tati
Cleveland
Woman Suffragists Appeal to Roosevelt in Boston
In Boston on October 28 the Woman's Suffrage Association in session sent Roosevelt an appeal asking him in his coming message to Congress to recommend an appropriation for a suitable sum to be used for promoting friendly international relations and courtesies.
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Boston
Woman's Suffrage Association
Roosevelt
Congress
Victorious women jailed after suffragette protest in Commons
London reports twelve women who joined a suffragette disturbance in the visitors' gallery of the House of Commons yesterday and one man were sent to prison for terms from a week to a month. Many bruised women appeared in court.
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London
House of Commons
Street Committee Faces Difficulties Over Street Improvements
Pendhewon city council grapples with Jackson street grade issues after initiating block improvements. Ordinances on Lincoln Perkins avenue Jackson Raley and Mark streets are tabled for deeper district study. Proposals for assessments and Garfield Chestnut fixes postponed pending better review and financing limits.
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Pendhewon
Jackson Street
Jackson
Lincoln
Perkins Avenue
Raley
Mark Streets
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