Sulzer Not a Bit Lucky as a Speculator
Albany dispatch reports Melville B. Fuller testified that Governor Sulzer was a consistently unlucky speculator. Fuller said every security purchase depressed the market, with Sulzer’s margins rising before his election and shrinking afterward. The case outlined losses, margin accounts, and a June transfer to a loan account as prosecutors near the end of their witness phase.
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Albany
Sulzer
Melville B. Fuller
Harris and Fuller
Fuller
Horrig
Grand Master of Odd Fellows Begins Lodge Itinerary
H J Taylor grand master of the Odd Fellows leaves for Pendleton area to visit 10 lodges. The trip covers Sherman Moro Graay Valley Kent Antelope Mitchell Richmond Fossil Mayville Condon with most meetings noted as special services.
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H. J. Taylor
Odd Fellows
Pendleton
Sherman
Wasco
Virtue
Antelope
Mitchell
Richmond
Fossil
Fosail
Mayville
Summit
Condon
German Aviator Lands on French Territory Near Boulogne
An aircraft piloted by a German officer landed at Neufchatel near Boulogne after departing Cologne en route to England. He had no papers in his possession and could be held for explanation of his descent while in French territory.
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Boulogne
House Agrees to Dispose of Tariff Today
Washington reports show the House adopting the tariff conference report by 231 to 108. Cotton futures tax was postponed for a separate vote as the House plans to finish the tariff bill and send it to the Senate the next day. The session timetable included a 4 pm vote on the report and continued consideration of the cotton futures section. The president held talks with Senators Owen and Shaffert on currency action, but no public comments emerged.
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House
Senate
Posent Plips
Washington
Rept
Owen and
Shaffeth
Reversal on Jury Charge in Railway Lumber Case
In Salem Oregon on Sept 20 the supreme court reversed a lower court decision in Service Wright Lumber Co. vs Sumpter Valley Railway Co. The court instructed that the carrier be compensated fairly and charged only what it can reasonably afford for services performed, a point upheld in the reversal by Circuit Judge Smith of Baker County.
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Salem, Ore
Smith
Baker County
Service Wright Lumber Company
Sumpter Valley Railway Company
Supreme Court
Prisco Heads the List as Death by Own Action
New York dispatch notes 1912 mortality rates by self harm across cities led by San Francisco at fifty two tenths per one hundred thousand. San Diego Sacramento Hoboken and Los Angeles follow with lower figures while Sacramento shows thirty seven point seven.
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New York
San Francisco
San Diego
Sacramento
Hoboken
Los Angeles
Some girls never get over being romantic
A brief note on lingering romance and the pressure of single life. The line hints at nostalgia and social expectations faced by women who remain unmarried, reflecting on love’s afterglow and the difficulty of moving on.
Tennessee Solons to Meet Again in Extra Session
Nashville Sept 10 Governor Hooper called a second extra session of the legislature to push through a bill granting him power to enforce prohibition at electricity. The first extra session adjourned last week after chaotic gatherings with weapons drawn and violent scenes, bloodshed narrowly avoided.
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Nashvile
Hooper
Alarm System 10 to Arrive in Ten Days for Pendleton
A Seattle letter to Pendleton officials explains Pendleton’s fire alarm equipment will ship in about ten to twelve days. The delay was caused by a factory accident that halted operations for a month and moved to a new brick and concrete facility. The letter, signed by Fred A. Wood, general agent of Camewell Fire Alarm, details the restart and rush to complete contracts.
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Pendleton
Seneral Monihx
City Connect
Joe Ell
Committee of Fire and Water
Seattle
Wash
Jon
Fire Com
Oregon
Ell
Thieves Ransack Northwestern Staterooms at Sea
On the Alaska steamer Northwestern eight staterooms were ransacked near Seattle as it neared Ketchikan. Four hundred dollars was stolen and eight suspects were searched by deputy marshals in the harbor. No arrests were made. the thieves were pursued but ran down.
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Seattle
United States Material’s
Alaska
Demurrer Filed by State Officials in Penitentiary Fund Suit
Salem Sept 326 Attorneys for Governor West Secretary of State Olcott and State Treasurer Kay filed a demurrer to the Crawford suit claiming the complaint fails to state sufficient facts to constitute a cause for a suit. The action challenges $15004 claimed to have been unlawfully spent from the old penitentiary revolving fund.
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Salem
West
Olcott
Kay
General Crawford
State Board
Commission bids farewell to Wilson before abroad tour
Washington officials say members of the Panama Pacific exposition commission visited the White House to bid farewell to President Wilson. The group will begin a tour of Central and South America and the West Indies tomorrow.
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Wilson
Washington
White House
Commission
Central and South America
West Indies
Gaynor Estate Heavily Mortgaged in New York
Executors of the late May or Gaynor estate value the property at about half a million with half the real estate mortgaged and the remainder comprised mainly of Royal Baking Powder stock shares. They intend to pay the inheritance tax immediately, pondering whether prudence or folly governs wealth.
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New York
Gaynor
Royal Baking Powder
Steamer City of London Sinks After Fog Collision
In a fog off Leamington Ontario the wooden City of London collided with the steel Koomerow. The London reportedly sank with no definite word on fatalities. Lifesavers rushed to the scene as the Koomerow was beached at Point Pelee with a large hole injuries unknown.
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Leamington
Ontario
City of London
Koomerow
Thil
London
Point Pelee
Refugees Flee as Houses Burn in Sabinas Conflicts
Bragle Pass Texas report says constitutionalists reinforced by 1000 men resume fighting with rebels and federals at Sabinas. Fatalities rise hourly while noncombatants flee starvation and homes are dynamited and burned by warring factions.
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Bragle Pass
Tex
Sabinas
Mleelne
Ground Ready for Seeding After Heavy Rain
Heavy rainfall Sunday evening and night left county ground moist enough for seeding in places. H J Taylor noted moisture extended along the ranch near Fallon. Rainfall totaled three tenths of an inch locally, heavier in the mountains, delivering soaking conditions for farmers.
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H. J. Taylor
Fallon
Eof
Averiff
Farmore
New Stars Found At Club Contests
NEW STARS FOUND AT CLUB CONTESTS AS WEN ATA MEMBERS COMPET. BILL SLUSHER WINS HONORS AND IS CROWNED KING OF ATHLETES. A HORSE RACE BETWEEN ED MURPHY AND DOC MCNARY ENDED WITH BURGESS VICTORIOUS. SLUSHER LATER BEAT SQUAW WRESTLER, FLIPPED OPPONENT, THEN DEFEATED FRANK CURL IN A FOOTRACE. THE AFTERNOON FEATURED A 50 YARD DASH WHERE BILL THOMPSON, DOC MCNARY, JOE TALLMAN, AND GEORGE PERINGER COMPETED. THOMPSON WON IN 6. OUT.
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Bill Slushier
Roma, Park
Ed Murphy
Doc
McNary Cultain
Slusher
Newt Burgess
Burgess
Slasher
Frank Curl
Bill Thompson
Doc McNary
Joe Tallman
George Peringer
Thompasn
Robbers steal $750 from railroad agents near Palla
Three masked men robbed express and ticket agents Charles Johnson and Edward Tollwer of the Soo railroad at Palla Minnesota on February 10, escaping with 750 dollars. A posse is pursuing the robbers.
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Thief River Palla
Minn
Charles Johnnon
Edward Tollewr
Express
Soe
Divorced Wife Fires At Ex Husband In Los Angeles
Real estate dealer Frank F P Ivy was shot and likely fatally wounded by his divorced wife Edith M Ivy in Los Angeles. After she fired, she fled dropping the revolver. Ivy recovered the weapon and shot at her, wounding her thigh. Ivy had divorced and remarried since.
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Los Angeles
Frank FP. Ivy
Edith
Ivy
Rescuers Strive To Reach Entombed Miner In Mine
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on September 20 forty rescuers at Continental mine near Centralia toil with dynamite to reach Thomas Tishesky who was entombed Friday. He has signaling he lives and rescuers must cut through eight feet of rock. A two inch pipe was driven through midnight to supply food and drink, with hopes of reaching him within two days.
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Wilkesharre
Centralia
Thomas Tishesky
Teachers to Meet at High School Institute
Preparations for the annual county teachers Institute are under way led by Superintendent Young. Notable speakers include Dr Shafer of the University of Oregon faculty Superintendent CS Meek of Bolxe Maynard Lee Dages of Los Angeles Assistant State Superintendent Carleton and Dr W H Bleakrey of Walla Walla. The institute will be held in the high school auditorium alongside the street directors meeting.
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Young
Streot
Armong
Dr. Shafer
University of Oregon
CS. Meek
Bolxe
Maynard Lee Dages
Los Angeles
Carleton
de. W. H. Bleakrey
Walla Walla
High Schoool
Post Wheeler Replies to Charges at State Department
Washington dispatch reports First Secretary Post Wheeler of the American Embassy in Rome filed a written reply to charges. He returned home to answer complaints about using his position as a diplomatic attaché to pass property through U S customs duty free for commercial purposes. Fryan indicated no action will occur until hearing from Second Secretary Alexander Benson, with whom Wheeler allegedly had an agreement.
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Washington
Post Wheeler
Rome
State Department
Wheeler
Italy
Fryan
Alexander Benson
Explanation demanded of Department of Justice
A resolution introduced in the House by Thomson of Illinois demands an explanation from the Department of Justice for its alleged failure to prosecute the Southern Pacific for occupancy of California oil lands.
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Washington
Department of Justice
California
Thomson
Iliness
Better Self Foils Planned Robbery in New Orleans
In New Orleans on September 2 a participant became conscience struck and alerted the deputy sheriff about a contemplated hold up. Clarence Bentwright informed officers, leading to the arrest of Alfred E. Oliver and Poatwhyn t. Authorities believe they committed previous train robberies in the south.
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New Orleans
Clarence Bentwright
Alfred EK
Otiver
Oliver
Poatwhynt
Albanians and Servians Battle Near Monastir Reported
Vienna reports fighting in progress on the outskirts of Monastir between Albanians and Servians. The clash is feared to portend renewed hostilities involving Serves and Greece, with tensions tied to the Bukeurta region and Turkey.
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Vienna
Monastir
Bukeurta
Turkey
Acquittal in Los Angeles Case Shocks Courtroom
General news items report Ietaby being acquitted by a Los Angeles jury. Timoby Woodruff, a former Republican leader in New York, is stricken while delivering remarks. Rescuers reach a man trapped in a mine at Wilkes-Barre. Robbers strike in Three River area Mina. The House plans to adopt a tariff report today. Locals and federal forces engage in a border clash near Sabinas. A steamer sinks at a Canadian port. fate of passengers not disclosed. State officials demur to a suit over tuna reverying. Mayor Matlock proposes enlarging and relocating Hotel Pendleton next spring. Indians and cowboys allegedly cheated at a Walla Walla show. Strong speakers expected at the annual institution. Rainfall nears needed level for seed. Commission schedules mass meeting tonight. J. J. Taylor to visit lodges as grand master. Meld day at Wennha club brings new stars. Fire alarm system due within ten days.
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Ietaby
Los Angeles
Timoby Woodruff
New York
Wilkeshbarre
Three River Walls
Mina
House
Itebels
Sabinas
Canadian
Commission
J. J. Taylor
Lowlges
Wennha Club
Hew
Mount Tabor Gold May Be Rich Find
An assay at Mount Tabor park shows gold over 1000 dollars per ton. City ownership is confirmed and guards may be posted at the site until the extent of the gold pocket is known.
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Mount Tabor
Portland
Sept
Mount Tabor Park
Mayor Escorted by Crowd After Newspaper Critique
Chicago, Sept 30. Desplaines Mayor W M Lawson faced a hostile crowd surrounding the council chamber over an article denouncing war life in a Desplaines paper. Four of six council members left, the mayor adjourned, and the crowd blocked his exit. Resolutions urged a mass protest Saturday night. Lawson reportedly opposed militarism from a socialist viewpoint.
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Chicago
W. M. Lawson
Desplaines
Council
Lawson
Timothy Woodruff Stricken During Fusion Meeting
New York ex lieutenant governor Timothy Woodruff suffered a stroke of paralysis at Carnegie Hall while concluding a fusion notification address. He collapsed as he turned to fusion mayoral candidate John Parew Minchell, receiving onstage aid before being moved to a nearby hotel. Woodruff, 55, had been a longtime New York political figure and served as lieutenant governor from 1897 to 1908.
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New York
Timothy Woodruff
Carnegie Hall
Woodruff
John Parew Minchell
Mitchell
Timothy TI
New York State
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Chicago in Darkness Amid Dense Fog and Storm
Chicago was enveloped in a dense fog blocking light and delaying traffic. A late afternoon thunderstorm cleared the air somewhat as conditions improved.
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Chicago
Hotel Pendleton to Expand in Spring amid $40,000 Plan
W. F. Matlock announces a $40,000 project to enlarge and modernize the Hotel Pendleton by adding two stories while keeping existing rooms in use. Lease of W. A. Brown ends April 1, enabling work to start as bricks allow. Plans include LaDow Block upgrades and possible conversion of upper floors into apartments.
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Matlock Im
LaDow
Pendleton
W. F. Matlock
T. F. Howard
Matlock
Portland
Howard
W. A. Brown
Mass Meeting Sets Time For Commission Charter Talk
This evening at 7 36 the mass meeting of friends of Commission government will review the charter drafted by Judge A Lowell's committee at city hall. Officials show no plan to pressure changes. the water commission will not oppose or alter the charter tonight and will leave the decision to the people.
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Friends of Commission
Judge & A. Lowell
Water Commission
Commission
After Marriage
No, Alonzo. The speaker cautions that a wife’s future tread cannot be predicted by the sire of Hertan Oxford, conveying a wary note on matrimony and character.
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Alonzo
Hertan Oxford
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HW. J. Taylor
West Section
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Graay Valley Lodge
Ifi
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ERMAN
Supreme Court OF Oregon
Prisco
Tennessee Solons
Yours Truly
Camewell Fire Alarm
Temg Co
Fred A. Wood
Agt
WDFH
WEN Ata
Bill Sim
UTP
Hotel Pendleton
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