Terrible forest fires rage across Oregon and Washington
Wildfires sweep south and west of Portland destroying hamlets and timber camps. Fire rages near Gresham Coburg and Kalama with mills burned, bridges down, and thousands of acres of timber lost. Dozens reported missing or dead as fires threaten Vancouver and Olympia, with communications down and riverside towns in peril.
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Buceda
Centralia
Chehalis
Castle Rock
Kalama
Columbia River
Vancouver
Portland
Thin City
Hendrickson
Witth Plain
Clarke County
Wash
L. C. Palmer
Bridal Veil
Trickey
Brower
Strikes Turn Violent At Wilkes Barre Colliery
Fifteen union laborers en route to Parsons were attacked by a mob of about 75 men, mostly foreigners, as violence flared and a worker, Wrenk Stanielmeiner, was seriously wounded. The mob stoned a car, cut telephone lines, and drove passengers away while police and deputies guard the scene.
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Wilkesbarre
Union Brilayers
Parsons
Wrenk Stanielmeiner
Fearneam
Sisters Thank Donors For Support Of Orphans Care
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd extend thanks to kind friends who aided and patronized under the Catholic Order of Foresters on the line, for the benefit of the orphans under their care.
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Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Socialiste Meeting Announced at Carpenters Hall
In Carpenters Hall at 7 p.m. G Moore will lead a discussion on the topic Spigot or ny 2 a. The event appears as a local political gathering with a focus on public works or municipal issues.
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Carpenters’ Hall
G. Moore
Strikers Win Out After Swift Packing Dispute
Chicago workers at the Swift Packing Company ended a strike yesterday after Swift conceded all but the reinstatement of three discharged men. The plant had been shut and then reopened at full blast following the negotiations.
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Chicago
Teameters
Swift Packing Company
Swift
Beattie Butchers Boycott Gains Cross City Support
Portland and Kansas City unions urge solidarity with Beattie strikers as two Seattle bound plants face meat shipments. Beattie boycott grows with Bremerton restaurants joining. Union leaders report strong funds and rising confidence they will win the Frey Bruhn plant dispute.
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Portland
Kansas City
Beatie
Weatlake Avenue
F. G. Codya
Howell Street
James J. Weagent
Journeymen Butchers Union
Frey- Bruhn Company
Seattle
Frye-Bruhn Company
Fryehr
Beattie
Fryer-Bruhn Packing House
Bremerton
Frey-Bruhn
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co Faces Heavy Loss From West Coast Fires
Tacoma dispatch reports fires devastate forests in Washington state threatening Weyerhaeuser Timber Co holdings. The firm owns about one million acres across Mason Chehalis and Eatonville near Mount Rainier with fires described as beyond control and possibly spreading into Rainier reserve lands.
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Tacoma
Weyer‘hauser Timber Co
Atate
Weyeruser Com Y
Eatonville
Mount Rainier
Bibe
Rainier
Mason
Chehalis
Smoke Nuisance Strains Seattle as Dense Haze Persists
Residents endure days of choking smoke from an extended flare up with little relief forecast. Eyewitnesses recall 1868 forest fires started by Indians that cloaked Western Washington in smoke for six weeks, grounding ships and dimming daylight as ashes drifted across Puget Sound.
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Attic
Port Madison
Mr. Clayton
Myther
Beattie Jewelers Arrested In Counterfeiting Ring
Four well known Beattie jewelers were arrested on counterfeiting charges after police and U S Detective C W Wappenstein uncovered a scheme to gild silver dollars and nickels to pass as higher value coins. Bail set at $2000 each. suspects include Joseph Mayer, Albert Mayer, Markus Mayer, and Will S Tarrant. Trial set before U S Commissioner Kiefer next week.
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United States
C. W. Wappenstein
Beattie
Joseph
Albert
Markus Mayer
Will S. Tarrant
U. S
Kiefer
Bell
U. S. Secret Service
Charles Woods
Bismarck
United Stated
Howard Eiser
Capt
Secret Service
Wappenstein
Mayer Bros
Seconda
Cherry Street
Tarrant
Sioner Kiefer
Coal Operators Open to Settlement After Night Conference
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a late night session involving Governor Stone, State Senator Flynn, Pittsburg Republican boss W K McMullin, Mine Workers President Mitchell, and District Presidents Fahey Nichols and Duffy discussed ending the anthracite strike. Mitchell and Duffy departed for Wilkesbarre after the talks, and the governor appeared to push for terms acceptable to operators though details remained secret. A written note stated all differences had been passed with the best of feeling.
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Harrisburg
Stone
Flynn
Pittsburg
W. K. McMullin
American Window Glass Company
Mitchell
Fahey
Nichols
Duffy
Wilkesbarre
Mora
Pahey
Richard Egon
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Coos Bey
Keamp
Pover
Sity
Fife
Irvington
Viola
Pleasant Home
Tringwater
Clackamas County
Om Thei
Palmer
Ber Co
Gresham
Coburg
Lents and
Wendling
Ber
South Portland
Newnes
Ington
Grays
Grays Harbor
Nesqually
Cowlita
White River Lumber Co
Buckiey
Olympia
A . Meyer
Praebatel
Proebatel
Everett
Whatcom
Blaine
Strikers
Chas. Frye
Frye
Western Central Labor Union
Brubs
Union Tehers of
Bettie
Washington
Cascade Range
Howard Clayson
Farma
Eastlake Avenue
Union
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Madison
Firet
Mercer
Herbert S
Scheverman
Firet Avenue
Lion Clothing House
Childs Cig
Lillian Russell
Clothing House
R. J. Shannon
Grocery CO
Japan
R. T. Shannon Grocery Co
M’kinley
William McKinley
Milburn
Buffalo
N. Y
Kyle
Adams & Blanchard
Vicinity
Wren
Smast
Blanchard
Second Avenue Hinckley Block
Fhone, M
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
First Avenue
Leopold’s
Second Avenue
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