Banker Bixby Trial Hinges On Delinquency Charge
George S. Bixby Long Beach banker faces possible conviction for contributing to the delinquency of Cleo Helen Barker. Trial opened before Superior Court Judge Bledsoe in Los Angeles. Each side has three hours for final arguments. If convicted, maximum penalty is one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Bledsoe
Los Angeles
George S. Bixby
Long Beach
Cleo Helen Barker
Bixby
Remaining suits settled in court over city pipeline right of way
In circuit court the eleven remaining condemnation suits against Indians owning land crossed by the city's pipeline were settled. Except for Joe Craig’s land, the government has no interest and the city has a legal right of way across the reservation. Damages were set at 222 dollars for present loss, with future damages reserved to the Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Craig Ani
Craig
Major
L. Swartzlander
Eighth Grade Moved to High School Building
Crowded city schools shift eighth grade to the high school hill building with Miss Caud Carlton as teacher. Forty eight students from Washington and Lincoln schools form the new eighth grade. The move frees primary classes for growing enrollment, reflecting city growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caud Carlton
Washington School
Washington
Lincoln
Lincoln Achiol
J. 8Landers
Apology to Japan For Killings in Nanking Riot
Nanking September 29 General Hisun military commander apologized to the Japanese consul for the recent killings of three Japanese during a riot. He previously said he would not apologize to the Japanese and repeated that stance today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Hisun
Hsun
Pilgrims Depart For Lourdes Shrine Exile From Dublin
Trish Mvali sails from Dublin to Lourdes for the annual Catholic pilgrimage. About ten thousand Irish pilgrims join fifteen thousand from Paris as thousands visit the shrine famed for cures. Crutches and canes discarded by healed pilgrims are displayed at Lourdes, with the exodus from Ireland growing each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trish Mvali
Dublin
Lourles
France
Pilarimg
Ireland
Parle Lone
Lourdes
Plans of Meeting Approved For Umatilla County Tour
Wire from the Alfalfa and Corn special says a meeting will be held at Pilot Rock on Wednesday evening and in Pendleton. Two experts will ride to the Rocks Auto and rejoin the party in this city. The Commercial club rooms host the eight oclock gathering for farmers and others interested in farming progress. The Holden Party members and dates for Umatilla county are listed with venues and times from October 1 to October 11 including Millon Weaton Athena Adams Pendleton Echo Stanfield Hermiston and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Rock
Pendleton
Rock Ds Auto
Boeal
Weal
Umatilla
O-W. KR
Tl. Smith
I. Skey
John Scott Mills
Pointa
Umiatilia
Millon
Weaton
Weston
Athena
Adams
Steamer Mohawk Strikes Rock on Hudson River
Three hundred passengers in nightclothes were rescued from the Mohawk after it hit a rock in the Hudson opposite Poughkeepsie New York. The Troquois ferried passengers to safety as injuries were not serious and order was restored after the emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeerysier
N. Y
Hudson River
Man Denies That He Killed Wife in Railroad Tragedy
Everett Rexroat, son of a Macomb farmer, charged with murdering his wife a dancing teacher. He claims an alibi, with dispatches from Macomb supporting his absence Friday night. Rexroat was brought to Wayne for coroner's inquest and will be held pending results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Everett Rexroat
Macomb
Wayne
Rexroat
President confident currency bill will pass session
Washington Sept 25 The White House said the president is certain the currency bill will pass this session of Congress. He told callers that neither house will take a vacation until the bill is enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Congress
Callera
Turkey and Bulgaria Sign Peace Treaty
Constantinople report that Turkey and Bulgaria signed a peace treaty conceding Adrianople and Thracian lands east of the Maritza river to Bulgaria. The accord also includes a defensive alliance seen as aimed at Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Constantinople
Bularia
Adrianople
Maritza River
Sulzer May Face Perjury Charges in Albany
Albany Sept 29 If the impeachment court removes Governor Sulzer he will be prosecuted criminally on charges of perjury It was stated today by persons who are engaged in preparing the case against him Friends of the governor said today that they expect to prove several prominent witnesses among his accusers are grafters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Cfurt
Sulzer
Bride of former King Manuel refuses to live with him
Munich Sept 29 report says the bride of former King Manuel of Portugal has refused to live with her husband. The woman, a patient at a hospital, is said to be suffering pelvic trouble and will go to her father's home soon. Hospital attendants deny they are estranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Manuel of
Portugal
Hind
Manuel
Tariff Conferees Offer Wilson Smith Lever Plan
A Democratic House Senate conference report on the tariff bill reaches the House and is expected for adoption in both chambers. The plan includes the Wilson Smith Lever substitute for the cotton futures tax while sections may be eliminated. President Wilson likely to sign by Thursday night. The measure cuts duties on steel products and many farm items, with free lists for cement lime stone pig iron and ferromanganese and free raw wool starting December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratc
House
Senate
Lmiders
Wilson
Noom Lota
Underwood
Walla Walla Show West Wild Flop Hits Losses and Scandal
The Walla Walla wild West show failed in attendance and performance and caused large financial losses. Attendees totaled about 25 000 over three days with many passes used, leaving merchants and local riders unhappy. Allegations claim guarantees were used to dodge prize payouts and a rider was stabbed from a drawn horse. Lucile Muthatl did not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Walla Walla Show
Wallia Walla
W. C E. Pruitt
Eastern Oregon students urge support for university referendum
An appeal drafted by Eastern Oregon University students asks residents to back the November 4 referendum funding a new admin building and repairs to existing structures. The letter, signed by Lyman and Ricl as chairs and delegates from multiple counties, names facilities delays, doubled enrollment, and lists participants from Athena, Pendleton, La Grande, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Oregon
Hhe Specifl
U. of
East Oregonian
University of Oregon
Dendy Hall
Villard Hall
Lyman & Ricl
Eva L. Crock
Wallowa
Malheur
Axker
Union
Umatilla
Grant
Karner
Morrow Gillam Sherman
Wasco
Crock
Hood River
Clarence Brotherton
Athena
Ore
Maurice B. Hil
Milton A. Stoeddard
la Grande
Tom Borlen
Helen Johns
Pendleton
Claire Kaley
French pilot wins Bennett air race at 125 mph
In Rheims on Sept 29 Maurice Provost won the James Gordon Bennett trophy race with an average speed of 124 to 125 mph. The contest drew boycotts by French aeroplane makers allied to De Purdissin interests, causing Weyman the sole American entry and the withdrawal of German and Italian contestants, leaving Crombez and the De Purdissin machines as the remaining participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
France
Maurice Provost
James Gordon Bennett
de Purdissin
Weyman
Crombez
Bel-gian
Drug crazed mixed race clash ends in multiple deaths
In Harris County Mississippi two drug crazed mixed race youths started a deadly spree that left three white men, four Black men and a Negro woman fatally harmed along with the two boys. National Guardsmen arrived by train from Natchez to quell the violence. Walter Jones, the older boy who fired first, was fatally harmed just after the soldiers arrived, and his brother Will Jones had already been fatally harmed earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriston
Miss
Natchez
Walter Jones
Will Jones
Judge Phelps Upholds State Liquor Regulation Authority
In a circuit court opinion Judge G W Phelps overruled defense claims that home rule gives cities exclusive control of liquor, ruling state law may prosecute unlicensed sales outside city limits but not clearly within incorporated municipalities. Trial in local vice cases to proceed with licensed sales only. Audrey Wilson case set for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court Today
G. W. Phelps
Phelps
Tocal
Audrey Wilson
Jorge Phelps
Plague Breaks Out at Guaymas Reported in Douglass
Sept 20. Mexicans arriving in Douglass report a plague breaking out at Guaymas. Descriptions call it bubonic by some, with authorities considering response measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaymas
Douglas
Aris
Douglass
Frettch Aviator Sets 125 MPH At Rheims
Frettch aviator achieves 125 miles an hour at Rheims in a notable display as war clouds and press attention swirl around early aviation milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frettch
Rheims
Wilson
China
Japan
Freight Rate Measure Voided by Federal Court
Judge Wolverton of the federal district court in Portland voids the initiative freight rate bill passed November 5, 1912. The measure fixed arbitrary classification of railroad carload rates against others, drawn in the interest of Medford merchants and condemned as unconstitutional and congrous. The case began after railroad suit seeking injunctions, with seven months of court consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolverton
Federal District Court
Sf Portland
Medford
Portland
Ore
Ulster Attitude Said To Be No Joke
Anti home rule advocates claim Ulster Orange forces hold thousands of modern rifles ready to resist laws from the Irish parliament. The assertion follows John Redmond's joke that Ulster arms were only wooden rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
London
Orange
John Redmond
Governor Osborn Sets Indeterminate Prison Term
Auburn reporter Thomas Osborn, chair of the state prison reform committee, sentenced himself to an Indeterminate term to study imprisonment effects. He will be treated as a regular inmate, hair clipped and moustache shaved, and warned to expect the dungeon if rules are broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Thomas Osborn
State Prison Reform Committee
Bowater Elected Lord Mayor of London in Formal Vote
London confirms Sir Thomas Van Sittart Bowater as Lord Mayor after a routine Aldermen vote. The senior member is traditionally chosen, with Bowater a wealthy merchant among the contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thomas van Sittart Bowater
Board of Alederman
Mass meeting on Commission Form of Government
Tomorrow evening Tuesday September 30 a mass meeting of the friends of the Commission Form of Government is set for City Mall to discuss the charter drafted by the general committee. Opponents are not expected to attend this session. they will have their day at the polls. Chairman Stephen A Lowell invites all supporters to attend to seek full dimension and possible amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Commission
City Mall
Commission
Stephen A. Lowell Chiirman
Also Mentioned on This Page
City
Pilott Rock
Holden Party
P. C. Holden
W R. Baughman
Chas
W. Farr
Geo, Alford
J. BE. Buck
Geo
EB Stayner
C. H. Allen
M. Carroll
J. H. Haney
Harry Nagersen
Washington State College
A. Bryan
Geo Severance
Ira D. Cardiff
A. B. Nystrom
E. F. Gaines
Oregon Agricultural College
T. French
Echo
Stanfield
Hermiston
Rock
Hudson
Tim
Jason Bramley
Stanley
Lucile Muthatl
Roper
Individa
Negro
Christian Science
Los Arecles
Sulger
Walla Walle
Crowles
Hich
Sulis
Settel
Judee Lowell
Morrow County
Oregon
Jesse Cohen
California
Priscilla
Hinderman
W. Ss. C
Bill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!