Homecoming Day Highlights Pendleton District Fair
All V3 ready for the fair with exhibits outshining prior years. Homecoming Day features W R Ellis and Judge Lowell as speakers, a Journal Carriers band concert, and Moorhouse and Woolen Mills displays. Pavilion bustle marks final preparations ahead of Monday opening and noon entry deadline.
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Ellis
Lowell
Moorhouse’s
Woolen Mills
W. R. Ellis
A. Lowell
Journal Carriers’ Band
Oregon Daily Journal
Journal Carriers
Oregon
Repecia
Pendleton
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Willamette Valley
Umatilla
Morrow
Major Lee Moorhouse
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Major Moorhouse
Glenn Bushee
Bishop Brothers
Mia
C, P
Chorus Girls on Joy Ride Killed in Canal Crash
New Orleans on September 24 three members of the Queen Moulin Rouge chorus died when an automobile plunged into a canal. Thomas Butler owner of the machine and Joseph Freedman a perfumery salesman also died. An unidentified man may have been killed. Names of the girls were not released. The car rolled over turning turtle and sank fifteen feet from shore as police search for bodies.
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New Orleans
Queen Moulin Rouge Company
Thomas Butler
Joseph Freedman
Butler
Catholic Charity Thrust Aims National Reform Congress
Washington Sept 24 A national Catholic charity thrust may form from the National Conference of Catholic Charities opening in Washington for four days The meeting will link church acts to national welfare to tackle poverty and social reform Topics include dependent families child care juvenile courts probation and social settlements The conference will cover industrial accidents and poverty with Nell US Labor Commissioner delivering a paper Women are expected to organize into a national charity group Mrs Carter Montana senator’s wife will preside Pope Pius X has sent blessings to participants
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Washington
National Conference of Catholic Charithts
United States
United States Commissioner of Labor
Nell
Carter
Montana
Pope Pius X
Fallen Bird Man Chavez Recovering After Fall
Domodossola Italy Sept 24 Aviator George Chavez will live though badly broken but said to have passed a fair night and to have seen visitors who heard his account of yesterday s accident
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Domodessola
Italy
George Chavez
Chanler to Lose Himself in West
Millionaire artist Robert Chanler is reported to be headed west while Lina Cavalieri his wife moves to collect a fortune he signed over before marriage. Attorneys plan a suit to enforce the agreement, likely to be filed soon. Chanler may try to evade reporters and process servers as the case unfolds.
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New York
Robert Chanler
Lina Cavalier
Chanter
Chanler
Man and Woman Killed in Mysterious Manner
In Cleveland Ohio on Sept 24 Mrs Martha Distel 42 and Paul Mueller a mail carrier were found shot dead in the woman's bedroom. Distel husband Lawrence Distel said he heard shots and found the bodies. A revolver with empty chambers was found in the house. Distel denies any self harm.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lawrence Distel
Martha Distel
Paul Mueller
Distel
Vancouver suspends Bowell over Chinese immigration probe
Vancouver on September 24 reports J W Bowell son of Sir Mackenzie Bowell controller of Chinese immigration was suspended by the minister of trade and commerce for alleged irregularities linked to the arrival and admission of orientals. The suspension cites Bowell reissuing the Chinese interpreter discharged after an inquiry and the government investigates possible smuggling of Chinese into Canada.
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Vancouver
B. C
J. W. Bowell
MacKenzie Bowell
Taft Leaves For Capitol and Washington Visit
Taft spent a quiet day visiting old friends in Cincinnati before departing for Washington. Secretary Norton announced EB F Griswold of New York has been chosen secretary of the railroad securities commission recently created. Grace Crockett and Ova Belts left for San Francisco then Honolulu for the winter.
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Taft
Capitol
Cincinnati
Norton
EB. F. Griswold
New York
Railroad Securities Commission
Washington
Body of Los Girl Found in Eureka Street Trunk
San Francisco police opened an inquiry into the missing Paso Robles teacher Eva Swan after a body with acid burns was found buried in a shallow grave under a Eureka street house basement. Ben Gordon alleges Dr James Grant and Willis Saachs performed an operation in June, the girl died on the table, and the duo cut up the body and hid it in a trunk before renting the house and burying it. Grant is under arrest pending investigation.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eureka Street
Eva Swan
Paso Robles
Ben Gordon
James Grant
Willis Saachs
Saachs
Gordon
Saacks
Grant
Miss Swan
Craughton
Case Against Carroll Must Go to Jury
Des Moines Sept 24 Judge Howland denied a motion to take the libel suit against Governor Carroll from jury trial and instructed for acquittal. The suit was brought by John Cownle former chairman of the state board of control whom Carroll dismissed.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Howland
Caroll
John Cownle
State Board of Control
Wreck on Rock Island Train Kills Twelve in Cloudburst
A westbound Rock Island passenger train 27 derailed two miles east of Clayton Kansas after a cloudburst washed out 1000 feet of track. Twelve are dead and eleven injured, most in the smoker. The engineer stayed at his post to save others. Pullman occupants unharmed. Traffic resumed after repairs.
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Hock Island
Newr
Pullmans
Denver
Cldgton
Kansas
Rock Island
Kansas City
F. Pickenbaugh
Goodland
I.as
A. V. Huffman
J. W. Usher
William Miller
Herman Mueler
Smith Center
Kaneag
John
Loop
Boyle
Kans
W. E. Shivley
Agta
Kas
Gilbert M. Yams
Fullerton
Nebraska
G. D. Bracken
H. F. Scott
Jennings
Victor Engle
Birmingham
Ala
T. H. Evane
Langton
Cigler
Stratton
Cole
D. Duges
A. H. Avias
Blue Rapides
Anna Smith
Colorado Springs
Henry Ahiers
Meath
Helen Benton
Colo
Clayton
Division
Norton
Colby
Phillipsburg
Topeka Baseball
Richenbaugh
Round-Up Adds Seats As Film Crew Arrives
Mark Moorhouse reports two expert photographers will depart Chicago tomorrow for Pendleton to cover the Round-up. The committee votes 1,000 extra bleacher seats boosting capacity to about 4,000 plus standing room and viewing from horseback. Relay races allowed with various paddies, five or six relay strings expected, aiming for a top feature alongside bronco busting and the Wild Horse race. New horses arrive as practice continues.
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Mark Moorhouse
Tournament Film Company
Chicago
Pendleton
Big Northwest
Sheriff Taylor
Lee Caldwell
Sailors robbed by Bay City thugs in San Francisco
Two sailors, William Sahigrant and Kenneth Smith, were assaulted and robbed near the bay shore in San Francisco. Sahigrant was thrown into the bay and rescued. Smith lost $250 nearby. Police believe the same two thugs were responsible in both incidents.
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Bay City
San Francisco
William Sahigrant
Kenneth Smith
Femnrise
Secret Probing of Land Frauds in Northwest and Alaska
Spokane reports a wholesale inquiry into land entries in the northwest and Alaska. The investigation, ordered by Interior and Justice, involves about 400 coal mineral grazing and timber land entries. Special agents have acted in Spokane and other cities to prepare for a possible Ballinger vindication.
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Northwest
Alaska
Ballinger
Spokane
Seasion
Interior Department
Department of Justice
Congressional Committee
Ballinger Denies Washington Land Fraud Push
Secretary Pallinger arrived in Ballinger for a cabinet meeting after denying Spokane reports that he was pressuring major Washington citizens in land fraud cases.
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Ballinger
Washington
Pallinger
Spokane
Thousands Seek Pardon for Bankers Walsh
Thousands sign petition seeking clemency for John R. Walsh a 73 year old banker serving time at Fort Leavenworth A monster petition with thousands of letters asks the president to pardon Walsh The filing notes an incurable malady and all Walsh bank officers directors stockholders and most depositors deny losses from alleged irregularities
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Wasehington
John R. Walsh
Fort Leavenworth
Department of Justice
Walsh
Taft
Walsh Banks
Fatal collision kills six near Tipton Indiana
A headon crash between two Indiana Union Traction electric cars near Tipton on September 24 killed six people. The deceased include Dr. Ti. Hosthauser of Brooklyn New York and his brother W. H. Hosthauser, Motorman Baker, Vernal Railback of Hymera Indiana, Louisa Bree of Kokomo, and B. T. Walsh of Fort Wayne. Dr Hosthauser was traveling to Tipton to wed Nellie Coxen. Officials say a misunderstanding of others caused the disaster.
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Tipton
Ind
Indiana Union Traction
Ti. Hosthauser
Brooklyn
W. H. Hosthauser
Baker
Vernal Railback
Hymera
Louisa Bree
Kokomo
B. T. Walsh
For, Wayne
Hosthauser
Nellie Coxen
Gold bullion worth 765000 en route from Alaska to Seattle
More than 765000 in gold bullion is headed to Seattle from Alaska per today’s advices, with most coming from Tanana and Fairbanks.
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Alaska
Seattle
Tanona
Fairbanks
Light Vote Predicted in Eastern Oregon Primaries
Light turnout expected in Umatilla and surrounding counties as many farmers stay busy with fall work. Delays opening Pendleton polls disenfranchise workers, while east end residents attend the Walla Walla fair. Sheriff Paylor remains unopposed in Pendleton, and Hermiston shows a tight race for representative. Portland observes a noon opening with forecasts of a light primary vote statewide, Multnomah County pivotal for insurgent gains.
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Court House
West End
Oregon
Umatilla
Walla Walla
Pendleton
T. D. Paylor
Phelps
Hermiston
LBL
Ik Mann
J. T. Hinkle
Representative
Licht
Portland
Ells
Hawley
Licely
Multnomah County
Bloody vengeance drives Armenian killer on post office steps
In Lowell Massachusetts two Armenians quarreled and Boges Matsukian opened fire, killing Mohammed Ahmad and fatally wounding Ahmed Noory after stating it was vengeance for his wife’s Armenian murder. He pursued them to America, says police, and vows no further action by the law.
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Lowell
Mase
Matsukian
Mohammed Ahmad
Ahmend Noory
America
Armenia
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Catholic Charity
Lina Cavalieri
Grace Crockett
Ova
San Franciseco
Honolulu
Los
Eva Swen
Frisco
Detinue
Mallure
Ben Gorlon
Sanches
Girl
Carrol
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