Prospects Poor for Passage of Currency Bill in Senate
President Wilson urged early action in the senate on the administration currency bill which the house passed. Prospects for passage this session appear remote as both chambers are in recess. The senate banking committee may not report before mid October, with about a week of debate anticipated after. Five members attended a committee hearing today.
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Banking Committee
Bil
Mike
Senate
House
Washington
Wilson
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Pendleton Charter Preparation Ahead of Submission
A Pendleton sub committee of lawyers advances the proposed city charter for a new commission. Judge Lowell says the charter could go to the general committee within days and to filing with the council in about three weeks. A special election for mayor and commissioners is planned for the first Monday in January if adopted.
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Commission
Pendleton
Lowell
Col
Raley
Robbers kill two and escape from jewelry store
In Grand Rapids on a September night two robbers with drawn revolvers entered a jewelry store at seven. They commanded clerks to surrender and fired as they fled. John A. Thompson and Ed Smith were killed. Paul Townsend was fatally wounded. The robbers escaped.
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Grand Rapids
Mid
Tnompson
John A. Thompsod
Ed Smith
Paul Townsend
Train Derailment Injures Two Near Winona
In Winona Minnesota a Great Northern Oriental Limited derailed after a burning bridge damaged the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line three miles east of town. Two persons were injured though none seriously. Mrs A F Traynor of St Paul sustained a serious injury and was taken to a La Crosse Wisconsin hospital.
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Winona
Minn
Great Northern
Chicago
Alfalfa and Corn Special Train Visits Pendleton October 1
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation officials announce an alfalfa and corn demonstration train arriving in Pendleton on October 1 with Prof. P H Holden as chief lecturer. The tour promotes more alfalfa and corn to aid farmers, dairymen, and stockmen, detailing a crew from Oregon and Washington State colleges and agricultural departments and listing stop times across Umatilla County towns.
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Pendleton
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
P H. Holden
Pacific Northwest
Holden Party
Prof
P. Holden
W. Kh. Baugh
Bloomington Man Kills Himself With Dynamite
Mae Hurst 55 tied sticks of dynamite to his body and blew himself apart in a Bloomington home. Maude 16 died, Elizabeth 4 was fatally injured, Fannie 4 seriously hurt. Wife and two sons unharmed. Hurst had been ordered into a mental asylum awaiting commitment. House and nearby dwellings damaged.
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Bloomington
Ind
Vatet Mae Hurst
Maude
Fannie
Elizabeth
Hurst
Hazel Walker Out Of Races After Injury In Wild Horse Event
Ontario report notes Hazel Walker was injured Wednesday in a wild horse race. She is badly bruised but not seriously hurt, and her injuries will keep her from appearing in any further exhibitions here.
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Ontario
Hazel Walker
Bonds Posted For Return Of Colt In Oregon
Baker Oregon Sept 1 A warrant was issued for John Spaith and Ee Turk two noted cowboys of eastern Oregon by Frank Pierce to recover a colt said to belong to Pierce. The broncho breakers were at Ontario exhibiting at the county fair and each posted bonds of 164 dollars for appearance and colt return.
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Baker
Ore
John Spaith
Ee Turk
Oregon
Frank Pierce
Pierce
Pendleton Geund
Ontario
Girl's Shame Is Exposed in Court in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on September 149 Cleo Helen Barker testified as the star witness against banker Bixby on a charge of contributing to her delinquency. After revealing private details of her life the woman left the stand as the defense did not attack the testimony.
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Los Angeles
Cleo Helen Barker
Bixby
Woman Fatally Wounded After Gunfight at San Francisco Garage
Mrs Kate Coulson says she recognized the shooter who killed Geo Kovack and William Acker and wounded her. Police seek A R Coulson, her estranged husband, as the man she refuses to name. Two companions lay dead. she is hospitalized in critical condition.
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San Francisco
Kaw Cowsin
Geo. Kovack
Athans
William Acker
Kate Coulson
Genera
A. R. Coulson
Conlon
Market Street
Kelly
Garris
Atlas
Kovack
Acker
New View of the East Oregonian Building
The East Oregonian Building, photographed by WS Bowman, shows the structure as it stands with the corner electric light pole and fire hydrant removed by engravers. Owned by East Oregonian Publishing Co, the building houses the paper's mechanical department and stock rooms in the basement, offices on the first floor, with portions leased to Northern Pacific and Burroughs. Four stockholders are C. S. Jackson, Fred W. Lampkin, Lee D. Drake, and E. F. B. Aldrich, with Jackson as president and Pendleton stockholders holding the majority.
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East Oregonian
WS Bowman
The
East Oregonian Publishing Company
Webb Street
Main and
Webb Streets
Northern Pacific
Ben’ l L. Burroughs
Main Street
Hia
East Oregonian Company
Jackson
Portland
Fred W. Lampkin
Lee D. Drake
EF. RB. Aldrich
Pendleton
Mayor Gaynor Body Return and Funeral Plans
New York reports the late Mayor Gaynor's body escorted from Cunard pier to his Brooklyn home. It will lie in state at city hall, followed by a Monday funeral procession with 2000 police, troops, and officials. Rufus Gaynor, after his arrival, collapsed and is under medical care.
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Gaynor
N.Y
New York
Cunard
Brooklyn
Kleine
Lusitania
Bay
Rufus Gaynor
Board Proposal to Take Over Textbook Sales Declared
L G Frazier proprietor of the local bookstore handling school textbooks says he would be glad to see the city school board assume control of textbook sales and implement the change tomorrow if possible. He notes demand from country districts and other towns strained supplies from J K Gill Co. and that cash-on-delivery terms were forced by the supplier. The profit in textbooks is said to be minimal and the handling is a tedious task with supplementary books needing special entry.
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L. G. Frazier
J. K. Gill Co
Frazier
Undertaker Waiting For Congressman Metz Rumor
New York on September 18 converged rumor that Congressman Herman A. Metz of Brooklyn was stricken with heart disease while traveling from Washington. An undertaker’s wagon allegedly waited at the uptown terminal when Metz arrived, drawing a crowd that stood in silent honor.
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New York
Herman A. Metz
Brooklyn
Washington
Metz
Washington Express
More Japanese Battleships Ordered to Chinese Waters
Tokyo reports the mikado has ordered additional warships to Chinese waters and by week’s end twenty Japanese fighting craft will be off Chinese ports. A stray line notes a young man is usually afraid of a girl who is really worth while.
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Chinese
Tokio
The
Mikado
President Wilson urges early action on currency bill
President Wilson presses the Senate to move quickly on the currency bill. In the Sulver case defense takes a serious blow as impeachment court members remain. England strikes widen amid unrest. A dynamite incident in Manchester harms a man and kills two others. Mayor Gaynor’s body arrives in New York for state.
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Wilson
Senate
England
House
Wievkert
Gaynor
New York
San Francisco
Mtal
Costello
McNab
California
Grand Rapids
John Spait
Walker
Ontario
Kalamazoo Private Shot At Isle Royale Mine
Private Randolph Harvey of Kalamazoo was shot at daybreak near the Isle Royale mine in Calumet Michigan and is probably fatally wounded. The incident occurred as a trooper attempted to intervene during a disturbance and the casualty was reported in serious condition.
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Calumet, Mich
Randolph Harvey
Kalamazoo
Isle Royale Mine
Strike in England grows as transport workers strike
Sept. 19 The National Railway Union executive board refused to endorse or repudiate a general strike in sympathy with Dublin transport owners. The action did little to ease tensions as transport workers continued to strike when ordered to handle Dublin goods. Birmingham and Liverpool show a near total services tie up.
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London
National Railway Union Executive Board
Dublin
Birmingham
Liverooo
Costello Likely to Succeed McNab as U S Attorney
Washington report says Stephen V. Costello of San Francisco will be appointed federal district attorney for the northern district of California to succeed John L McNab who resigned. Costello is said to have the endorsement of Representative Raker.
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Washington
Stephen V. Costello
San Francisco
Northern District of California
John L McNab
Costello
Raker
Monster Sturgeon Hauls Man's Boat At Oregon Camp
Baker Oregon September report tells of a man from Oxbow who built a raft shaped like a capital A from three logs. He attached a large sturgeon by the gills and used the fish to pull him two miles to camp amid cheers. Albert Owens of Halfway vouched for the tale.
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Baker
Ore
Albert Owens
Halfway
O Neill Must Serve His Penitentiary Term
Boise Idaho September 19 B F Barney O Neill former president of the defunct State Bank of Commerce of Wallace must serve an indeterminate sentence of two to 10 years in the Idaho state penitentiary for a supreme court affirmed district court Koote nai county. The opinion is written by Justice Sullivan and concurred in by Chief Justice Alishie and Justice Sullivan. O Neill was convicted of making false reports to the state bank examiner on the financial condition of the Wallace bank.
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Boise
Idaho
Barney) O'Neil
State Bank of Commerce of
Wallace
Idaho State Penitentiary
Th Supreme Court
District Court
Kootenai County
Sullivan
Alishie
O'Neill
Wallace Bank
Impeachment Proceedings Questioned in Sulzer Trial
In Albany on Sept 19 the defense challenged the impeachment court’s authority and the legality of the Assembly actions. Judge Cullen overruled the challenges, and the articles of impeachment were read as the trial continued. The defense cited malice in the proceedings and sought dismissal.
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Albany
Frawley
Wagner
Sulzer
Justic Cullen
Cullen
Wagher
Marshall
James Garrison
Assembly
Sulser
Schmidt Seen As Holmes Rival If Escaped Detention
New York on September 19 detective believes Hans Schmidt would have rivaled Dr. Holmes, the Chicago and Cincinnati killer executed in Philadelphia in 1896. Scores of blank death and burial certificates were found in Schmidt trunk, suggesting a plan to forge documents after murdering his victim to show natural death. This mirrors Holmes who is credited with twelve murders.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Dr. Holmes
Chicago
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Schmidt
Murd
Holmes
Wheat seed loan planned for western Kansas farmers
TOPEKA Sept 19 a movement to loan farmers in ten western Kansas counties seed wheat to replace the failed crop began with the Wheat club of Reed Wheat organized to raise money to buy thirty five thousand to forty thousand bushels of seed wheat for farmers in need.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Kaneas
Atart
Karess Farmera Reed Wheat Club
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W K. Skey
John Scott Milla
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Athena
Adams
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Stanfield
Hermiston
John Spain
ED Turk
A. RB. Coulsa
East Oregonian Building
Undertaker
Alfalfa and
Corm
Frasier Book Store
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School Books Commission
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