Mill Begins to Grind Falls Term Docket in Umatilla County
Fall term of the circuit court for Umatilla county opens with murder in first degree against Michael Ryan and four horse theft charges against Clarence Moree Morse son in law, John Pambrun, and Rey Elleworth. Three men face local option liquor violations W A Brown George Darveau and M W Townsend. Eugene Gay gets attorney C J Ferguson. Assault trial for Martin set for today as docket unfolds.
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Michael Ryan
Ferguson
Gay
Umatilla
Benn
Ryan
Trin
Edward Dixon
Ryan Farm
Weston
Milton
W. A. Brown
Pendleton
George Darveau
Hotel
St. George
M. W. Townsend
Freewater
Townsend
Harry Morse
Gotlieb Miller
C. J. Ferguson
Eugene Gay
Graud
Ernest Grosschemig
Meacham
Walla Walla
Reform School
Chehalls
Martin
Portland Motor Party Tragedy Leads to Jailings
In Portland on Sept 20 Harry Holland the chauffeur and John Robertson a machinist were jailed after the Joy ride crash that killed Dolly Ferrera the divorced wife of Attorney Alice Ferrera. The automobile owned by Ladd skidded leaped an embankment and Dolly was killed while Anna Rose and Eva Meyer suffered injuries. The owner did not know the car was being used. The two women were jailed briefly and later released as authorities consider several serious charges.
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Portland
Harry Holland
John Robertson
Dolly Ferrera
Alice Ferrera
Holland
Helix Assault Case Delayed As Key Witness Fails To Appear
Anderson assault case postponed to 2 PM due to Dr Griswold illness. Jury selection underway. DA Phelps prosecutes, Judge Fee defends. Both defendant and complainant William Neuman from Helix. Other trials listed include Walker vs Boork, Gray Brothers vs Roork, Martin & Riggs vs O N, and state cases against Dickson and Townsend with dates in September.
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Anderson
Griswold
Helix
Phelps
James A. Fee
William Neuman
Frank B. Walker
J. T. Boork
Gray Brothers
J. T. Roork
Martin & Riggs
State
Dickson
Townsend
Taft Defends Commerce Court Plan In Insurgent Clash
Des Moines dispatch reports Senator Cummings welcoming President Taft and escorting him to breakfast. Taft, after reviewing troops at a tournament, outlines a plan for a five member Intercommerce Court to handle transportation cases and curb discriminatory rates. He proposes a 60 day stay power for one judge and limits on injunctions, arguing the interstate commerce act is inadequate.
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Des Moines
Cummings
Taft
Omaha
Capitol
Interstate Commission
Postmasters Meet in Convention in Seattle
Postmaster General Hitchcock attends the Washington state postmasters convention in Seattle. He plans a westward tour for a month, may meet Taft in October, and Arizona speeches open the afternoon session. Papers read cover Postal Savings Banks Postal Laws and Regulations Civil Service and system reconstruction. Tomorrow features Fisk and Hall talks. Election of officers closes the session with an Puget Sound excursion.
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Seattle
Hitchcock
Washington State
West
Taft
Arizona
Postal Savings Banks
W. J. Cavanaugh
Olympia
C. A. Gwinn
Garfield
Civil Service
AH. T
Slavery Allegations Against Mexico Spotlighted by Turner
In a sweeping charge, John Kenneth Turner reports absolute slavery in Mexico tied to debt bondage. He describes a Diaz regime suppressing news, abolishing public schools, a standing army, and widespread debt slavery that passes from father to son with families torn apart.
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New York
Mexico
Diaz
Turner
Mexicna
Isucatan
Pencauen
Kemp
Soentra
Senator Bailey answers Bryan on tariff and platform
Dallas. United States Senator J. W. Bailey replied to William J. Bryan’s speech on democracy and the tariff. Bailey urged free raw material and lower duties on manufactured goods, criticized the 1908 Texas platform, and aligned his views with the 1896 national tariff plank. He argued for lower revenue duties on both raw material and manufactured articles.
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Dallas
Tex
United States
J. W. Bailey
William J. Bryan
Bailey
Texas
Bryan
Japanese Cruiser Idse umo sails to Portola festival
The cruiser Idse umo under Captain Takeshita departed this morning from Tokio to attend the Portola festival in San Francisco in October. The Portola celebration honors the discovery of San Francisco Bay.
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Tokio
Idseumo
Takeshita
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Mardi Gras Festival Opens at Seattle Exposition
Mardy Gras fest inaugurated at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle on Sept 20 and to run through the week featuring numerous spectacular attractions and events.
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Seattle
Glavis vows to reveal Cun ningham coal land facts to Taft
Louis R. Glavis, ousted after Ballinger inquiry, mails a letter to President Taft announcing planned public disclosure of suspected Alaska Cun ningham coal land dealings. He claims a syndicate seeks a monopoly and says he acted with duty and seriousness to conserve coal lands for the people.
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Taft
Plield
Cunningham
Bue
Seattle
Spt
Louis RK. Glavis
Giaavis
Ballinger
Glavis
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Louis R, Glavis
Trial of steel conspiracy cases commences in Boston
Boston September 20 trial opened in the steel conspiracy case arising from the Boston agreement. Indictments involve construction of Atlantic avenue and Brockline street bridges with alleged collusive bidding among several corporations and individuals in the structural steel trade.
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Boston
Atlantic Avenue
Brockline Street
Will Make Attempt To Preserve Springs In New York
Albany September 20. An extraordinary special term of the supreme court was called to hear actions in the Saratoga Springs preservation case. Governor Hughes called the session to press quick action to prevent further pumping of carbonic acid gas at the spa.
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Albany
N. Y
Saratoga Springs
Supreme Court
Hughes
Remming of Soldier of Louisiana Infantry Unearthed Near Cayuse
Mystery surrounds the unearthing near Cayuse of remains of a man likely a former Confederate soldier. A cap ornament marks him as a member of Company K, Second Louisiana Infantry. color ornaments add little. Skeleton found nine feet deep at the first road crossing east of Cayuse station by M J Moran, now a Pendleton worker. Experts note historical death suggests possible murder, with no prior local burial record. The man probably came to Oregon after the Civil War rather than serving the government.
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Cayuse
Company K
Second Louisiana Infantry
Cayuse Station
Oregon
North Coast road work delayed by new track laying push
Kennewick Washington September 20 eight carloads of steel for the North Coast road arrived with a large crew starting track laying under master mechanic W H Saxton. Materials for 75 miles of track came from Pueblo Colorado. Work toward Spokane in Yakima valley to be rushed as grading completes and the first engine from eastern shops is expected soon. The line may handle freight to Spokane this fall and is considered a Pacific extension of the Northwestern.
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Kennewick
Wash
North Coast Road
W. H. Saxton
Pueblo
Colo
Yakima Valley
Spokane
Northwestern
Steamer Warateap Loss Reported Off Natal
Lloyd's agent at Manila cables that the steamer War ateap was lost between Durban and Capetown in July. Three hundred people aboard were probably burned. The steamer Harlow reports passing a burning steamer July 17 off Natal. She exploded and sank.
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London
Lloyd’s
Manila
Warateap
Durban
Capetown
Harlow
Natal
Liquor Dealers Meet in Springfield To Plan Wet Move
Liquor Dealers Center Springfield Til Sept 20 convened to devise ways and means for reversing the dry wave in the state. Large delegations from Chicago East St Louis Peoria and other wet cities attended the three day session.
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Liquor Dealers Center
Springfield
Til
Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
Chicago
East St. Louis
Peoria
Taft May Omit Omaha Trip Amid Streetcar Strike
Secretary Carpenter and Mayor Dahiman exchanged telegrams over canceling Taft’s Omaha visit. Dahiman promised no streetcars would run while Taft is in the city. Taft wired car companies asking no cars move from 4 pm until his departure amid fears of violence.
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Carpenter
Dahlmin
Taft Wires Company
Omaha
Taft
Dahiman
Strikers Ask Taft to Arbitrate Long-running Omaha dispute
Omaha Sept 20 c C D Pratt leader of the street car strike announced he will ask President Taft in the afternoon to arbitrate the strike. He said if Taft finds a single convention unfair workers will return to work immediately. If Taft delays or companies submit to impartial board workers will return pending decision.
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Omaha
Cc. D. Pratt
Taft
Johnson’s life wanes in Rochester hospital
Rochester Minn September 20 Dr Judd attending Governor Johnson said this afternoon Johnson is dying The time for improvement has passed His life is slowly ebbing away
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Rochester
Minn
Dr. Judd
Johnson Issid
Socialist Conference Opens Between Austrian Italian MPs
In Bologna on September 30 a conference of socialist parliament members from Austria and Italy began. They aim to devise means to oppose new arrangements and resist the solidarity of the two nations' working classes against the rulers' jingoism.
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Socialist Conference
Bologna
Austria
Italy
Paris Runner Louis Orpeo Sets Rouen to Paris Record
Paris September 19 Louis Orpeo the French distance runner covered the Rouen to Paris 10 kilometer course in eight hours and two seconds beating all records. Orpeo has competed several times in New York and established a remarkable time on the familiar route.
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Paris
Louis Orpeo
New York
Rouen
Taft's Car on Fire in Des Moines
Des Moines report details Taft's automobile Mayflower catching fire at 1:30 am smoke detected by servants who found a kitchen blaze quickly extinguished with no further damage or injuries noted.
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Des Moines
Taft
Peary Plays Waiting Game With Cook Probe
Canadian government moves to control the dispute over who reached the pole. Peary remains at Battle Harbor awaiting Cook's NY interview to shape his denial strategy. He argues Cook's gear was inadequate and claims faster travel via a new sledge, while press scrutiny centers on whether Cook truly reached the pole.
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Sydney
Peary
Cook
Battle Harbor
New York
Canada
Inter
Whitney
Roosevelt
Annatook
Odd Fellows Gather in Seattle for Sovereign Grand Lodge
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows met in the Moore theater marking the first session of a weeklong program. A Patriarchs Militant council convened at the temple and delegates from across the country attended, with about three thousand members present. A proposal seeks Odd Fellows recognition as a reserve for the national guard.
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Seattle
Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Moore Theater
Council of Patriarchs
Odd Fellows Temple
Odd Fellows
National Guard
Lieutenant Tipton Resigns from U S Army
Washington September 20 Second Lieutenant Arthur C Tipton of the Fifth Infantry resigned his commission today. He was appointed from New Mexico to West Point in 1905 and graduated in 1905.
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Tipton
Washington
Arthur C Tipton
Fifth Infantry
United States Army
West Point
New Mexico
Walla Walla Chinaman Ends Life by Arson
In Walla Walla on September 19 Lee Chung a 64 year old resident of Chinatown, crippled by paralysis and without money or friends, set fire to bed clothing in a lower floor room of a Rose and Second Streets building and died in the flames. Firemen found his charred body after the blaze began. fellow countrymen say he had begged for opium to end his life but was denied. The wooden two story structure owned by A K Dive housed Chung and others.
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Walla Walla
Lee Chung
Chinatown
Rose and
Second Streets
Chung
A. K Dive
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M. R
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del Davis
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J. W. Keon
Athena
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Taftines
Commerce Court
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Southern
Republic
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Liberia
Pather
Ding
Senator Bailey
Louisiana Infantry
Chyuse
Omaka
Ence
Johnson
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