Deschutes Rail Work Draws In Many Interests
Deschutes Oregon rail progress draws Rival interests push conquest of country as Twohy Brothers run Har riman camp at Deschutes with 200 workers. Burns Jordan sub contractors and Porter Brothers ship gear for camps while Oregon Trunk Graders push a mile from the river mouth. Eastern Oregon Land & Power tests dam site and builds camps for foundation work. Protective eye gear worn against blowing sand and roadways rise along the river as housing, fences, and orchards are uprooted for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deschutes
Ore
Oregon
Twohy
Harriman System
Deschutes Station
Deschutes River
Portland
Burns & Jordan
Porter Brothers
Moro
Oregon Trunk
Cula
Werchutes Canyon
Eastern
Lang & Power Company
Ase
Burns & Jordan Contracting Company
Deschutes Railroad Company
Oregon Land & Power Company
L. F. McCoy
Taft to be honored with $10000 banquet in San Francisco
President Taft will be feted with a ten thousand dollar banquet at the Fairmont hotel during his San Francisco visit on the night of October 65. Tickets cost twenty dollars each and five hundred guests will attend. Two thousand invitations will be issued, with early acceptances and arrivals determining the lucky attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Taft
Fairmont Hotel
Miners Strike Over Independent Union Split
Three thousand day workers refuse to work as stationary engineers form an independent union breaking from the Western Federation of Miners. Five thousand night shift miners will not report unless engineers are WMF. Company warns that if men do not return in five days smelters at Anaconda and Great Falls may close, risking fifteen thousand jobs. Last night engineers meeting was interrupted by miners with twenty shots fired, one man injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Western Federation of Miners
Western Federation
John Gillie
Amalgamated Properties
Anaconda
Great Falls
Nan
Eighty Five Men Indicted in Massive Fraud Case
James C. Maybray and eighty four alleged associates were indicted by the U S grand jury in the southern district for conspiracy to defraud via mail. Most defendants not in custody, names withheld. Losses cited may exceed half a million dollars, with suits ranging from 1600 to 30000 tied to a fake horse race. Victims and operation centers span Iowa Missouri Seattle Denver New Orleans and beyond. Names include Hans Anderton of Ketchikan Alaska F Ellinon H Ford John H Sizer of Senttilo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bray
Missouri
Maybray
Cornell Bluffs
Davenport
Burlington
Town
St. Louis
Littl Rock
Seattle
Denver
New Orleans
Hans Anderton
Ketchikan
Alaska
F. Ellinon
H. Ford
Vancouver
B. C
John H. Sizer
Senttilo
La Follette Defies Taft on Tariff and Party Unity
Senator La Follette issues an editorial from Madison arguing the president cannot purge Republicans who voted against the tariff. He says power rests with voters and denounces Taft for backing Tawney and similar figures, asserting downward tariff revision is impossible under party promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
la Follette
Tawney
Madison
Wis
Winona
Republican Party
Wee Weta
Nominated Mayoral Hopefuls Clash Over Tammany Ties
New York a t strong fusion in Greater New York as Republican convention backs Otto T. Brainard for mayor and William Prendergast for comptroller while John P. Mitchell is named for president of the board of aldermen. Independence League withdraws over office bargaining amid reform platform. Democratic unions nominate William J. Gaynor for mayor and John Hoppeer for comptroller with other city officials chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto T. Brainird
Independence League
New York
Republican City Convention
Ueker
Otto T. Hratmard
New York Trust Company
Manhattan
William Prendergast
Credit Men's National Association
Brooklyn
John P. Mitchell
Department of Accounts and
Borough of
Tammany
Woodruffs
McClellan
Gaynor
The
Democratic Union
Supreme Court
William J. Gaynor
John J. Hoppeer
W. F P. Retfield
Board of Aldermen
Municipal Democracy
Horrors of flood grow in number
New Orleans Sept 24 With two hundred already known dead in Louisiana and more towns unaccounted for the toll from Monday's tidal wave is likely to exceed three hundred. Communications return gradually as the dead rise hourly. Property loss is estimated at fifty million dollars with sugar cane destroyed and much cotton ruined. Baton Rouge state house and executive mansion are damaged.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Baton Rogue
Poor football prospects at Idaho under Grogan
The University of Idaho faces a heavy schedule with only three returnees from last year’s squad. Head coach Jack Grogan is pessimistic as few veterans, including Captain Stokesberry and Jowell, remain. New players like George Armstrong and Thornton are due to join, but outlook remains doubtful.
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Moscow
Idaho
University of Idaho
Jack Grogan
Williicely
Stokesberry
Jowell
Montgomery
Mays
Lundstrom
Rodney Small
Cooper
Williams
George Armstrong
Elmer Armstrong
Thornton
Indian Teen Hanged for Prospectors' Murder at Eemeralda
George William, 17, an Indian, was executed by hanging here for the murder of two white prospectors at Eemeralda last spring. He died thirteen minutes after the drop fell by strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
George William
Eemeralda
Taft to Speak at Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City
President Taft altered plans to address the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Sunday morning after Utah committee members appealed to his sense of duty to Salt Lake City schoolchildren. He initially considered a Saturday appearance but agreed to the Sunday schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Hazard
United Press
Price
Utah
Taft
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Manning
Salt Lake
Big Temple
Peary Discusses Cook Controversy in Maine
Commander Peary rests in Portland after a strenuous reception and plans talks with Thomas Hubbard of the Peary Arctic Club at Bid Harbor to decide next steps in the Cook controversy. He will then return to Eagle Island.
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Portland
Maine
Peary
Bir Harbor
Thomas Hubbard
Peary Arctic Club
Dr. Cook
Eagle Island
Mob Surrounds Jail Over Wholesale Murder Charge
An angry mob crowds Hurley jail in Bluefield West Virginia where Alexander Blankenship and his two sons are held for killing George Meadows his wife three children and his elderly mother and burning their home bodies. Authorities promised protection but the mob may attack. Bloodhounds tracked the family as they barricaded on a farm before surrendering.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Hurley
Alexander Blankenship
George Meadows
Blackenships
Forty Die As Steamer Utatei Wrecked In Yucatan Channel
New York reported forty people perished when the steamer Utatei was wrecked in the Yucatan channel during a hurricane. A relief party from Port Eads found wreckage remnants and confirmed the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yucatan Channel
Port Eads
Senator Smoot Joins Taft in Utah Visit
President Taft and his party aboard the Mayflower passHelper Utah at 8 50 this morning Senator Smoot joins the presidential tour at that stop Plucky political visibility marked the morning as the entourage moved through the state noted by local reporters
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Senator Smoot
Taft
Helper
Youth Sentenced to Pen for Stolen Watch Case
A Milton youth named Jesse Hurst received an indeterminate penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty to stealing a watch from Clarke Nelson at the Weston hotel. Nelson refused to testify at the preliminaries but Nelson’s watch was recovered and Hurst was bound over to the grand jury. The same court heard Frank B. Walker versus George T. Roark, a $500 real estate commission suit, which the plaintiff won after a short jury deliberation. The docket also notes a recess and upcoming trials including the Ryan murder case slated to begin Monday.
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Clarke Nelson
I Real Estate
Ryan
Jesse Hurst
Hurst
Milton
Weston Hotel
Nelson
Justice of the Peace
Frank B. Walker
George T. Roark
Runaway Seattle Car Crashes Into Restaurant. Dozens Injured
A Wallingford Avenue street car failed brakes and jumped the track in Seattle. It plowed into a restaurant, killing one man from East Tacoma and injuring more than forty, with many severely hurt. Rescue crews and ambulances collected victims as the wreckage burned and scattered debris filled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wallingford Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
P. F. Winston
Fair Grounds
Dr Cook Hosts Arctic Club Banquet Highlights Polar Feats
New York September 24 Dr Cook guest of honor at Arctic Club banquet stepping in with Rear Admiral Schley and many dignitaries. He praised past explorers and Eskimo help while sharing polar exploits and thanking financier Mr Bradley. Attendees included Danish and Swedish consuls, Coler Brewer Bennett Wake Hedges Clum Ravend and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Cook
Arctic Club
New York
Winfield S. Sohiey
Cook
Royal Court of
Denmark
Arctic Club of America
Bradley
Admiral Schley
McCowan
Bird S$. Coler
Count Moltke
William Brewer
Arctic ¢Club
W. S. Bennett
Job Hedges
Charley Wake
Explorers’ Club
J. Clum
Magnux Clark
Elm
Christopher Ravend
John R. Bradley
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Ues Chutes
Hill and Harriman Camps
Harriman
Hill
iIf
Wisconsin
Michell
Bureau of Licenses
Peary Convers
Gray Brothers
G. T. Roarks
Ride
Tacoma
James Hujl
East Tacoma
E. F. Scholl
Oakland
California
T. L. Walker
Dighton Kansas
Annie Harrington
Maple Valley
Washington
P. J. Cardwell
Harrington
Wash
P. Jolly
Joliet
Milton Barnes
Ballard
Walter Fairbanks
Arlington
Nellie Fairbanks
J. A. Houseman
Shelton
A. P. Schofield
Council Bluffs
Iowa
E. G. Hugford
Cliff Leighton
M. G. Boyer
Lydis Wouth
B. R. Matthews
Annie M. Brown
Kelso
Theodore Scholer
Medical Lake
E. J. Harrington
George Lyle Harrington
N. G. Conant
Auburn
Yeomans
Fairbanks
Cari Castle
Napyine
Michael Mayer
Uniontown
L. R. Abraham
P. E. Rainey
Harington
Mra
P. D. McClug
Okeen
Okla
Mra. T
Hornada
T. M. Hornada
J. M. Messenger
Walter Horner
Berkely
Calif
Willam Mayer
Cora Dickinson
Frank Dovey
Charles A. Johnson
Helen Caldwell
Adeline McClung
John McClung
Okio
Ernest Herniside
Leavenworth, Wash
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