Taft to reprimand Wiley while Wilson may resign
President Taft plans to publicly reprimand Harvey W. Wiley chief chemist of the Agriculture Department over alleged irregularities while Wiley keeps his job. Attorney General Wickersham supports the decision prompting Secretary James Wilson to bear the public protests and possibly resign. Wilson presented Wiley’s reply on the overpayment charges to a cabinet meeting.
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United Press
Washington
Taft
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Wickersham
Jas. Wilson
Wilson
H. H. Busby
New York
Distress Over Ice Prices Tied to Trust Powers
New York July 18 Police Commissioner Waldo cites greed of ice companies as causing distress by holding large supplies and pushing prices up. He says 229 of 430 dealers complained of trust pricing and one district raised a ton rate from 2.25 to 5 dollars while firms hold 300000 tons in storage.
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New York
Waldo
Trust
Deliberately Put Ashore Allegations In Santa Rosa Sinking
Robert Hewson of Santa Monica claims witness testimony will show the Santa Rosa was deliberately beached. He cites F M Rudolph of Lompoc and a deck hand account, alleging Captain Faria opposed the plan and Captain Alexander blocked a prior attempt.
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Los Angeles
Santa Rosa
Robert Hewson
Santa Monica
Edward E. Hewson
F. M. Rudolph
Lompoc
Rudolph
E. W. Hewson
Pasadena
Hewson
Faria
Alexander
Bulldog falls down in San Francisco highway robbery
A July 1 report describes George Barlow robbed by two highwaymen who took $736 from him. His prize bull Jaspar whimpered yet remained passive during the incident in the city.
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Bulldog
San Francisco
Geo
Barlow
Jaspar
Whistling Buoy Travels 2000 Miles To Maui
A buoy broken from its mooring off Noonday Rock California drifted for three months and was recovered off Maui Hawaii. It remained in good condition aside from rust.
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United Press
Honolulu
Rock
Cal
Maui
Prefers Death Over Gossip In Ohio Town
M. L. Peters, in Camden Ohio, killed himself citing scandal mongers from his divorce case testimony three years prior. The incident reported from Chicago notes Peters chose death rather than endure further gossip.
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Chicago
M. L. Peters
Camden
Ohio
Peters
King Edgar Promenade Opens Potlatch Week in Seattle
Tens of thousands flood Seattle for the Golden Potlatch with the King and Queen arriving by ship from Portland. A royal reception at the Webster home draws more than 43,500 visitors, while crowds pack the Potlatch grandstand and park venues for daylong concerts, parades, and merchant events.
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Webster
Star Graff
Duke of Royal Highways
Judge Ronald
Puget Sound
Mayor Dilling
King
Edgar L. Webster
Duke of
Seattle
Edgar
Daphne
Harvard Av. N
Edgar St
Vancouver
B. C
Sweetheart in Norway Mourns as Hanson Drowns
Louis Hanson a 22 year old brickyard worker at Oxbow near the Duwamish river drowned while swimming yesterday. He had planned an early marriage to his sweetheart from Norway who is on her way to join him. His brother, returning from Alaska, travels to Norway to inform their parents.
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Norway
Louis Hanson
Oxbow
Duwamish River
Hanson
United States
Alaska
Wolfkill
Gladys Thompson
Potlatch Weekend Forecast Promises Cooler Weather
The weather outlook stays fine for Potlatch with cooler temperatures. At 5 am 62 degrees and noon 75, four degrees cooler than yesterday. Information by Highboy Cynthyse Gay notes no rain in the near term with clear skies. Desperate Ann quiets readers with a folksy humor column.
Fighting cholera in crowded Italian sections of Manhattan
New York July 18 officials of the city health department with experts from the public health and marine hospital service in Washington implement stringent quarantine rules to prevent cholera entry. A determined effort aims to stop a plague that could depopulate large parts of the city.
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Unitet Pree
New York
Upper East
Manhattan
City Health Department
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Tragic Gun Accident Kills 3-Year-Old In Estacada
Dorothy Denny aged three died in Estacada Oregon when her nine year old brother George pulled a shotgun from a wall peg and the weapon discharged striking her in the abdomen. The accident occurred while the children played in the family home.
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Estacada, Or
Dorothy Denny
George
Denny
Knife Victim Dies Aboard Dining Car on the Oregon-Washington Line
William La Rocque chief on a dining car of the O W R & N between Seattle and Portland died at the city hospital this morning after a late night incident with the second cook Earl Davidson who allegedly stabbed him in jealousy over cooking. Pastry cook Adolph Lankson remains with Davidson in city jail.
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William la Rocque
Cief
Seattle
Portland
City Hospital
Earl Davidson
la Rocque
Adolph Lankson
Davidson
Eity
Regulation of Pike Market Stalls Narrowed to Individuals
A council committee recommends banning corporations from Pike Market stalls and allows only individual producers. The proposed bill imposes a five foot wide stall limit and seeks to regulate conduct at the public market.
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Pike Et
Council Committee
Harbora
Heyburn Attacks Confederate Monuments Bill in Senate
Idaho Senator Heyburn denounces a proposal to erect a Confederate monument in the Vicksburg national park. He accuses reporters of distorting his speeches and voices strong opposition as Williams of Mississippi debates the measure. Williams leaves the chamber as Heyburn delivers a sharp tirade.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
Williams
Mississippi
Vicksburg National Park
Ethel Barrymore Heads East to New York
Reports confirm actress Ethel Barrymore leaves Sacramento for the east to join husband and baby in New York despite earlier manager statements. She had refused to see a newspaper reporter but is on her way to join the family.
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Dullied
Sacramento
Cal
Ethel Barrymore
New York
Famous Scottish chain arrives in New York
The chain of office presented to St. John's Masonic lodge of Glasgow by Malcolm Canmore in 1057 has been brought to New York by Andrew Brown owner of the Glasgow Evening Times. Insured for 2500 dollars the heirloom has never left Scotland before its current display with forty star shaped links engraved with the lodge’s grand masters.
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New York
St. John's Masonic Lodge
Glasgow
Malcolm Canmore
Andrew Brown
Glasgow Evening Times
Scotland
Rock strikes wagoner. injures Battlick at Third and Seneca
William Battlick, 22, a teamster, was hit on the shoulder and back by a rock dropped from a steam shovel while waiting to be loaded on a job at Third and Seneca. He was taken to the city hospital. In Portland the high cost of living is blamed largely on high interest rates, according to Percival Roberts Jr.
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Third and Seneca
William Battlick
Ettlick
Portland, Or
Percival Roberts, Jr
Pennsylvania Railway
United States Steel Company
Portland
Youths Held for Murder in Grand Junction Case
Four youths aged 14 to 17 were arrested on coroner's warrants for murder in the death of ranchman Clark A. Wolfkill, drowned in the Grand river near Clifton. Autopsy showed bruises and no water in lungs while the suspects gave conflicting statements and denied money theft.
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United Press
Grand Junction
Colo
Jaly
Clark A. Wolfkill
Grand River
Clifton
Gladys Thompson
Lillian Osborne
Lee Haker
Virgil Watson
Wolfkill
Trail of the Golden Girl treasure hunt announced
The Star announces a Treasure Auto event starting at 3 pm with six stops and red envelope gold certificates hidden inside. Readers may win a real gold coin by presenting a golden certificate at Pan Tage Theatre or The Star Office. luck and fate determine the getters.
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Office of the Star
Stewart St
Madison St
Broadway and
Pine
Columbia St
Columbia St. and Third Av
Pioneer Square
Pike St
Fourth
Golden Girl
Pantages Theatre
Star Office
United States Mint
San Francisco
Controller Bay Case Worries Taft Administration
Reports say the Controller Bay case unsettles the administration as Attorney General Wickersham and former Vice President Charles Fairbanks held a secret conference. Fairbanks arrived from Indianapolis and may have shared Alaska insights. James Wilkerson, the proposed U S district attorney, attended the meeting, while both officials remained out of sight.
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United Preas
Chicago
Controller Bay
Wickersham
Chas. W. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Alaska
Northern Territory
Blackstone Apartments
Indianapolis
James Wilkerson
Federal Trust
U. S
Census Center of Population Shifts Near Unionville Indiana
Census Bureau reports place center of population four and a half miles south of Unionville in Monroe County Indiana. Center lies 31 miles west and seven tenths of a mile north of the 1900 position due to growth in Pacific states.
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United Press
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Unionville
Monroe County
Indiana
Pacific States
Trail of the Golden Girl Delayed Then Set to Start
The Golden Girl event was delayed at noon today but officials confirm a definite start time of 3 PM this afternoon. Local organizers urged spectators to arrive early and note renewed schedule.
Celluloid collar blamed in North Adams death
Associate Medical Examiner Holmes ruled Robert Erler died from a celluloid collar. He had been drinking and dozed, his head drooping as others in the saloon watched, thinking he slept off the liquor.
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North Adams
Mass
Holmes
Robert Erler
Erler
Gates Condition Unchanged Amid French Hospital Stay
Paris July 18 The condition of John W Gates the American millionaire at the Hotel Morice remained unchanged today Physicians say he has a narrow chance for recovery and his ailment is being treated by doctors there
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United Press
Paris
John W. Gates
Hotel Morice
Gates
Bandit Shot While Attempting Train Hold Up in Iowa
A lone bandit boarded a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train near Tama City to Belle Plaine Iowa and ordered the brakeman to surrender. The trainman shot the assailant who died later in Belle Plaine. The shot man identified himself as W J Morris ofPlainfield New Jersey.
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Belleplaine
Chicago & Northwestern
Tama City
W. J. Morris
Plainfield
N. J
Clarice Whitter Leaves Hospital For Country Air
Little Clarice Whitter, who received burns eight months ago and prompted about 100 skin donations from Seattle residents, has gone to the country seeking the benefit of fresh air to aid healing. Doctors believe her blood condition may be slowing recovery.
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Clarice Whitter
Seattle
Weather forecast notes fair conditions and mild temperatures
The forecast calls for clear skies tonight and Wednesday with light easterly winds. Noon temperature today was 74 degrees.
Hicktown Bee Briefs Include Local Happenings
A quirky Hicktown note references Mises Firewreenie Falter of Squim, a soda fountain rush spurs Art Coombs of the Yeller Front drug store to hire a city clerk with curly hair, and a local joke about girls learning girlhood before hairpins are used.
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Mises
Art Coombs
Yeller Front
Hicktown
Lafeater Tower
Potlatch Week Features and Royal Pageantry in Seattle
Famous aviator Eugene Ely arrives to headline the Potlatch week with flights over Elliott Bay starting Wednesday at 7 p m He will salute the Portland gold ship and send a greeting to the king and queen A motorboat race with 15 yachts and two silver cups headlines Thursday’s events as part of a citywide festival including concerts by Ellery’s band and a grand masquerade ball at the Armory with 600 canaries and a royal procession to the Grand Trunk Pacific dock
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Eugene Ely
Elliott Bay
Portland
Carnival Management
Soya
Corsair
Ellery
Washington Hotel
Armory
Elks
Grand Trunk Pacific
d’Oro
Duke of
Seattle
Daphne
Arctic Club
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King Edgar
Carnival Spirit
Golden Potlatch
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Volunteer Park
Wagner
Leschi Park Pavilion
Harbor Isla
Third Av
Bremerton
Oregon
Bremerton Commercial Club
Grandstand
Aom
Leschi Ome Pavilion
Orpheum Theatre
Information Highboy
Cynthyse Gay
Ann
Colorado
THE
Miss Ismay Darragh
the Star
West Virginia
Concord
Cheyenne
Farragut
Goldsborough
Hull
Hopkins
Lawrence
Paul Jones
Preble
Rowan
Stewart
Truxton
Whipple
Blanchard
Lencrasts
Siwash
Union City
Yakimas
Nez Perces
Golden Potlateh
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