Wall of Water Wrecks Frail Launch Eight Die
Hampton Roads hurricane sinks a launch carrying three petty officers and five sailors from the battleship Nebraska. Five sailors drown, three officers perish in rough seas near Fortress Monroe. A sidewheel steamer Mobjeck reportedly sunk with crew and passengers. report unconfirmed. Shore signals say the schooner RL F. C. Hartley driven ashore with two drowned.
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Nebraska
Hampton Roads
Shooter
Arehough
Newport News
Fortress Monroe
Old Dominion
York River
Norfolk, Va
F. C. Hartley
Riding horseback to the round up reaches city
Miss Ruth Thornton of Spokane, a skilled horsewoman, began a 200 mile ride to the Round-up contests last week traveling by deck of a horse. She left Spokane Wednesday with Rosalia as her first stop delaying briefly for horse maintenance. If she remains uninjured and undeterred she is expected to reach the city soon.
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Mize
Ruth Thornton
Spokane
Miss Thornton
Rosalia
Fire at Central Hotel in Chicago Causes Fatal Suffocation
A fire at the Central Hotel on State and Van Buren streets in Chicago killed hotel employe Thomas Yates by suffocation. Sixteen firefighters were hospitalized from smoke, and the blaze halted traffic for two hours, endangering nearby stores and theaters on State Street.
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Chicago
State and
van Buren Streets
Thomas Yates
State Street
French Aviator Repeats Daredevil Plane Maneuver
Versailles reports Pegoud repeating a stunt he performed earlier, flying an aeroplane from a vertical dive to form a giant letter S and then returning to horizontal flight from 2000 feet. The maneuver drew roaring cheers as photographers and a moving picture operator filmed the display.
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Versailles
France
Pegoud
Arrow
Local businessmen plan welcome for distinguished visitors
Pendleton’s Commercial Association authorized a welcome committee to greet arriving delegates from Lorthweet cities during the Round-up. A line of parade formation and depot greeting is planned, with Governor West and state officials to be received. A separate alfalfa and livestock farming push was referred to county affairs. A banquet bill for Lane and party was debated, with Pendletonians paying for their plates.
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Lorthweet
Pendleton
Logal
Commercial Associaton
Tallman
Ritner
Portland Ad Club
Tacoma Commercial Club
Tillman
Lme
Main Street
Salem
Holden Alfalfa
P. G. Holden Sa
Commercial Association
Lane
Pendletonians
Thaw in Hutchinson court prompts rapid deportation
In Bherbrooke Justice Hutchinson sustains a writ of habeas corpus for Thaw. An automobile waits as immigration officials take him post ruling to Conticcook. Jerome and associates expect Thaw's return to Mattenwan within four hours.
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Jerome
N. Y
Bherbrooke
Hutchinson
Thaw
Conticcook
Mattenwan
Overman committee ends Mulhall charges probe adjourned
The Over-Man state committee finished the probe into manufacturer activities and Mulhall charges and adjourned indefinitely. No further sessions will be held until after the tariff bill is disposed of.
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Washington
73,000 Men on Arkansas Roads for Good Roads Days
Little Rock Ark Sept 3 It is estimated that 73000 men are working on the Arkansas roads as the governor designates today and tomorrow as good roads days In many cities business is suspended Love saved on pity le apt to come out in the laundry.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Flag Ceremony Teaches Patriotism to Cayuse Indians
Indian speaker Joe Craig, riding in regalia on a splendid horse, responds to Dr. Dixon and Major McLaughlin at the Wanamaker expedition ceremony in Cayuse. He recalls peaceful white–Indian relations, credits indigenous endurance, and argues for fair treatment based on history and shared fate.
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Wanamaker
Cayuse
Joe Craig
Dr. Dixon
Major McLaughlin
Crates
Inspector McLoughlin
Cayusen
Umatillas
Walin Wallas
Willams Penn
Massachusetts
Virginia
Umatilla Indians Help Welcome Wannamaker Party at Cayuse
The Rodman Wannamaker party led by Dr. Dixon staged a flag unfurling ceremony on the Umatilla reservation at Cayuse yesterday. Indicating strong tribal turnout in traditional dress, 25 leading members raised the banner from Fort Wadsworth while Tin-tin-meet-sa rode feebly on his horse. Indians swore allegiance by thumb marks on a sheepskin, with a promise that no pictures would be sold and the full record would go to the Indian Memorial on Staten Island. The event drew Pendleton visitors and promises of future motion pictures of tribal regalia.
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Cayuse
Fort Wadsworth
Umatilla
Rodman Wannamaker
Joseph K. Dixon
Pendleton
Tin-tin-meet-sa
Dixon
Wannamaker
Wreck on New Haven Line Kills Twenty One
A rear end collision near Wallingford involving the Bar Harbor and White Mountain expresses leaves 21 dead and 40 injured. Survivors blame not using steel cars as urged by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Investigator McChord arrives to probe possible negligence amid a costly equipment difference between wooden sleepers and steel Pullmans. The Bar Harbor train carried seven wooden sleepers, saving equipment cost but contributing to higher casualties. Bodies recovered include Dr J B Marvin and his family. jewelry valued at 76100 found on Miss Marvin.
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New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Wallineford
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bar Harbor
New Haven Company
McChord
Wallingford
Wreck Probe Led by ICC Faces Doomed Death Toll Rising
Interstate Commerce Commission sorts probe of wreck on New York New Haven and Hartford railroad where several were killed and many injured. Deaths may total 21 in New Haven wreck with 40 injured. Reports also note ships swamped and battleship Nebraska incident amid broader war news and domestic notes.
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Intestate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Caminetti admits promise to marry Lola Norris
In San Francisco on September 3, Drew Caminetti confessed that during a return trip from Sacramento he promised to wed Lola Norris. Court reporter W. R. Doane testified he, with Asst. District Attorney Atkinson, rode the train from Truckee with the Diggs and Caminetti party and heard the admissions on the day they returned from Reno.
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San Francisco
Drew Caminetti
Sacramento
Lola Norris
W. R Doane
Doane
Atkinson
Truckee
Diggs and Commnetti
Reno
Fire on Imperator spark tests of big steamship
A fire in a lower after compartment of the Imperator in Hoboken caused the second officer to perish while attempting to halt the blaze. Provisions worth 1500 dollars were destroyed but the ship remained seaworthy and resumed voyage after repairs, with firemen aided by crew battling flames for about five hours. Millions of gallons of water cooled the area, barely warming the hull.
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Imperator
Ihs
Hoboken
XN. J
Hamburg
Europe
August Rainfall Surpassed Normal Across The County
Rainfall for August exceeded average levels in Umatilla County. A total of 1.18 inches fell, with August recording 1.07 inches the record notes, while the August normal is 0.42 inches. The month brought 20 clear days, 10 partly cloudy, and one entirely cloudy, and crops were not significantly harmed. Peenleton saw hot days. the high reached 107 and a cool night dropped to 33 degrees on the 19th.
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Umatitla
Averill
Polk County Observer Editor Eugene Foster Dies in Dallas
Portland reported editor Eugene Foster longtime Polk County Observer staffer and former Aberrteen Washington World journalist died in Dallas from typhoid fever. A closing line notes a kiss to the dark may be a divine spark or a mistake.
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Portland
Ore
Eugene Foster
Polk County Observer
Washington World
Dallas
Smythe Brothers Sell 12 000 Lambs to Swift & Co
Smythe Brothers complete sale of 12 000 mutton lambs to Swift and Company. Dan P Smythe heads to summer range above Gib bon this morning as the last of the shipment leaves Gibbon and Meacham. The June sale ranks among the northwest's largest single grower mutton lots. Lambs were ranged in eastern Washington and shipped to Chicago. Smythe Brothers plan to run more sheep, aiming for 27 000 head in winter.
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Smythe Bros
Swift & Co
Dan PB. Smythe
Gibbon
Meacham
Northwest
Washington
Chicago
Lawson to Attend Round-Up With Party of Visitors
Thomas W Lawson, famed Boston mil immigrant known as the Irenzied Cananeler, will attend the Pen-Hietes Round-up with a party of about Ll people. The Hotel Pen dleton and Hotel Oregon managers confirmed reserved rooms for the party. Lawson has been in Crook county near Prineville visiting a son with a large ranch. The appearance of Lawson and entourage may spark annual eastern pilgrimages to the Round-up in coming years.
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Thomas W Lawson
Boston
Pen- Hietes
W. A A. Brown
Pendleton
Dickenson
Hotel
Oregon
Portland
Lawson
Crook County
Prineville
Americans Flee Yaqui Uprising Near Mexico Border
Douglas Arizona September 2 Americans flee from the Yaqui valley in northern Sonora after an uprising of Yaqui Indians south of the boundary. The revolt follows the execution of six Yaquis captured after deserting Sonora state troops. Federal Consul Hestetter at Hermosillo warned Americans to flee.
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Douglas
Ariz
Yaqui Valley
Sonora
International
Werte
Hestetter
Hermosillo
Desert Eagle Tries to Capture Child in Desert Rescue
Postmaster W J Hartzell and Dr Harry Ham of San Bernardino were injured when they rescued a 5 year old from a gigantic eagle at San Felipe in the Imperial desert. The men drove into a ranch car as the bird attacked the baby. Ham clubbed it with a rifle. Hartzell and Ham were injured before another man killed the eagle with a shotgun. The baby was not seriously injured.
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San Bernardino
Cal
W.J. Hartzell
Harry Ham
San Felipe
Imperial Desert
Hartzell
Ham
The
Mirty
Probe Will Review Train Wrecks And Wooden Cars
The Interstate Commerce Commission launched a quick probe into wooden cars after a New Haven wreck at Wallingford. It seeks counts of wooden cars in service and in production, and which railroads use them. Officials expect Congress to ban wooden cars nationwide.
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Washington
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Wallingford
Interstate Commerce Commision
Congress
Pullman Company
McChord
Belknap
Vice President Marsitata Denounces Watered Railroad Stock
Vice President Marsitata denounces railroad parsimony that endangers passengers to pay watered stock dividends. He argues steel cars and safety devices cost little with proper funding, condemning overcomplex corporate structures and wheel within wheels tricks.
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Washington
Ividenda
Marshall
Steel cars for New Haven railroad rolling stock
The general superintendent of the Pullman Palace Car Company said New York New Haven and Hartford railroad are being equipped with steel Pullman cars as rapidly as possible. Since taking charge of the road’s sleepers last January the Pullman company converted a third of New Haven cars to steel construction.
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Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Pull Man Company
New Havens
Steel cars would lessen death
New York Sept 1 The admission that had the two entered trains on the New Haven railroad been provided with a late Sleeper Pullman inside wagon, the fall of death would have been vastly tenet was made by A H L Martin vice president of the New York Central lines The tendency of the steel car is to leave the track without cramping up much in the case of collision and thus minimizing the chances of death and injury
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New York
New Haven
A. HL Martin
New York Central
Taft Elected President of Bar Association
Montreal report notes former President Taft today was chosen president of the American Bar Association, with formal confirmation expected from association officials in subsequent sessions. The announcement highlights Taft’s longtime involvement in legal circles and leadership within the organization.
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Taft
Tile Bar Association
Montreal
Mur Association
Gaynor Urged to Run as Independent Governor Candidate
New York city crowd at City Hall Park numbered about 20 000 as Gaynor supporters urged him to run for governor as an Independent. The report notes sharp criticism of the mayor and mocks a rival's intelligence.
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Gaynor
New York
City Hall Park
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