Jury Excused in Rockefeller Contempt Case
Findlay Ohio October 10 The court opened in the Standard Oil case and jurors were excused while lawyers argued the admissibility of John D Rockefeller's answers in contempt proceedings His statement was claimed by the prosecution to be pertinent to the present issue showing his connection with Standard Oil Company.
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Scrvice Telegraph Service
Findlay
Ohio
Standard Oil
John DD. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Standard Ol Company
Esperanto Society 8 to Organize Seattle Meeting
A meeting to organize an Esperanto society in Seattle will be held in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room on Tuesday October 18 at 8 15 PM. The group aims to promote Esperanto as an international auxiliary language and the only required qualification for membership is a willingness to learn the language.
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Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Laborer Granted Admission To Wayside Emergency Hospital
Arthur Ford a laborer seeking admission to Wayside Emergency hospital this morning for an operation due to acute appendicitis was admitted. He recently arrived from the east and was in poor circumstances.
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Arthur Ford
Wayside
Anderson Acquitted in Pitchfork Killing Case
Spokane October 10 The coroner s jury returned a verdict of acquittal for Andrew Anderson who killed Jack Lynne with a pitchfork last week The jury ruled Lynne provoked the assault maintaining that self defense justified the act
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Spokane
Andrew Anderson
Jack Lynne
Lynne
Women urged to join labor groups for gains in wages
Mise Sara Jackson of Buffalo, grand secretary of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Switchmen's Union, champions women joining labor organizations to improve working conditions. She argues united effort and regular participation boost wages and happiness, noting growing strength of trades unions and auxiliaries and the impact on families.
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Mise Sara Jackson
Buffalo
Switchmen's Union of North America
Quieter Influence Elevates American Social Life
The passage notes that individuals can influence communities through opposition to bad practices and promotion of good standards. They influence social, business, and political life and work to elevate American life and gain respect among high society.
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Wong
Railway Car Shortage Sparks Calls for Leniency Ahead of Busy Season
The American Shippers' Association warns a railcar famine may cost shippers millions in the coming months. They urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to ease policy until car supply stabilizes. The bulletin notes the new law takes effect during peak season and calls for action to minimize traffic delays and revenue losses.
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American Shippers’ Association
Tnter
Bulletin
Wage Scale Up in Bound Lumber Ports Workers
Lumber handlers unions in the Bound have secured a wage increase with the new scale taking effect across Sound lumber ports. Tacoma reports two weeks of pay at the new rate while Seattle schedules the start next Monday. The package raises base pay to 86 cents for lumber handlers 76 cents for overtime and 60 cents for hatch tender side runners and donkey men with an overall 23 percent rise.
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Down Sound
Tacoma
Seattle
Sinking of Steamboat Pringle on Columbia River
Waterville reports the steamboat Pringle sunk yesterday morning in the Columbia river after a machinery break left it adrift. The vessel carried 4,100 sacks of wheat for Peattie. no passengers were aboard. Twelve crew members, led by Pilot Clifford Griggs, escaped with difficulty.
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Waterville
Pringle
Columbia River
Clifford Griggs
Aberdeen Seeks Publicity Secretary With 2000 Salary
Aberdeen announces a search for a professional publicity secretary as the town grows. The position offers a $2000 annual salary and seeks a candidate who has proven success elsewhere and can replicate it in Aberdeen.
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Star Boeviel
Aberdeen
Brigham W Young Sentenced for Fraud at Walla Walla
Spokane reports Brigham W Young claiming relation to a Mormon leader was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for obtaining money under false pretenses. He was tried after being accused of fraudulent pretenses.
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Spokane
Brigham W Young
State Penitentiary
Pa's Theory. Little Willie Questioned Work Ethic
A brief exchange shows a son asking if labor and work are the same. Pa replies that a politician loves to labor in talk but will not work in practice, reflecting on political duplicity.
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Little Willie
City judge fines Charles Banks in disorderly conduct case
Charles Banks was fined $50 this morning by Judge Gordon after a disorderly conduct charge. Bante fined for loitering around saloons as authorities pursue city cleanup, while Wappenstein acts on his threat to remove unsavory characters.
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Charles Banks
Gordon
Bante
Wappenstein
Minister to keynote men’s meeting on best things
Rev. F. L. Warhorn of Plymouth Congregational church will address a men’s meeting at 4:30 next Sunday on Getting a Grip on the Best Things. C. A. Heath will lead singing. Simultaneously James Ramonds, Portland field secretary of the Baptist Northwest Sunday School association, will speak on Why Eve Ate the Apple.
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F. L. Warhorn
Plymouth Congregational Church
C. A. Heath
Jas. Ramonds
Baptist Northwest Sunday School Association
Portland
Plans for Lumbermen's Fight Against Northern Pacific
A committee from the Lumbermen's association and the shingle mill bureau held counsel with attorneys to handle a suit against the Northern Pacific Railway for distribution discrimination. James Ashton, the plaintiff's attorney, previously worked for Northern Pacific and his rail way knowledge aids the case. Harold Preston attended the meeting.
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Lumbermen's Association
Shingle Milla Bureau
Northern Pacific Railway Company
James Ashton
Northern Pacific
Harold Preston
Carpenters Unions Merge to Form Central Labor Union
In Spokane on October 10 the Carpenters' unions No. 1060 and No. 98 merged, creating the Central Labor Union. The combined organization becomes eastern Washington's strongest union body with a large membership.
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Star Special Service
Spokane
Carpenters' Unions
Central Labor Union
Washington
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Beattie
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Ltrederick
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Velion Hatel
Club Lraishers
Pring Stahlet
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Alaska
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