Brief News Of The Past Week Eye Catching International Items
A roundup of national and world items includes Roosevelt killing a big elephant and Kermit a hippo, a Arizona man building an airship, a Murillo painting found in San Francisco, and Wright aeroplanes excelling at an aviation carnival. Reports cover riots at Penn, naval events, Taft cabinet talks, and global tensions from Europe to Mexico.
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Murillo Haw
San Prancisco
Aeropiauen
Wright
Georgia
Spectacle of six aeroplanes dazzles Bethany field
At Rheims Bethany a six-plane aerial exhibition drew cheers as pilots attempted the James Gordon Bennett Cup trials amid gusty winds and intermittent showers. Le Febvre on a Wright biplane completed a full 25 mile circuit and set a new speed record. others qualified at varying levels as Lambert Le Febvre Tissandier and Pournier battled for control in the gusts.
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Rheims
Bethany
Hainh
James Gordon Bennett
Bleriot
Esuault-Pelterie
Farber
LePelevre
Tissandier
Latham
Lambert
Sommer
Cockburn
de la Grange
Pournier
Fournier
LePetvre
LaBlanc
Hunan Varilla
Tixsandier
Parber
Vaulhain
LeFebvre
Lamrt
Wright Aeroplanes
F. J. Chapin
Navy Department
Flee Before Flames As Forest Fires Rage Across Regions
Fires blaze through forests northeast and southeast of Spokane driving settlers to river banks. Pend Oreille River blaze in Washington is controlled but vast, one mile wide and miles long. Winds near Sandpoint Idaho fan new fires endangering structures. Fire near Columbia threatens H. C. Culver timber. Eighteen men battle a large South of Bonners Ferry blaze. Lumbermen’s Protective Association mobilizes crews. Naples Maine fire causes heavy damage with no communication. Fire between Granite and Athol destroys timberlands. Port Hill area near Bonner Ferry sees houses lost and timber burned. Forest fires devastate farms. Bonners Ferry crew works without headway. Estimated timber loss reaches into the billions. Rangers keep Bonners Ferry fire under control.
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Spokane
Aug
Pendorville
Washington
Sandpoint
Idaho
Uccolumln
H. C. Culver
Naples
Maha
Granite
Athol
Port Hill
Bonner Ferry
Bonners Perry
Turbulent Tour Conductor Wanderings Amid War Worries
A Chicago Burlington and Quines tourist conductor, Rout, wandered a railroad yard in a half dazed condition. In lucid intervals he spoke of charges and fears tied to wartime woes. He later recovered briefly at a hospital and was reported more determined after a recent accident. Walter Wellman announced renewed resolve for his dirigible project despite a setback.
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George L. Rout
Chicago, Murlington & Quines
Clarge
Kansas City
Clorade
Wellman
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
Christiana
Geners
Pelar
Walter Wellman
Tollay
Thas
Yan
Cloudburst Floods Ouray Colorado Streets This Afternoon
A cloudburst in Ouray Colorado caused flooding with water three feet deep in streets. Creeks Portland and Cascade overflowed. No fatalities reported.
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Colorado
Ouray
Colo
Aug
Portland
Cascade
Oregon News Roundup From Marshfield to Hood River
Oregon items cover Coos Bay harbor dredging battles, land office moves debated, new Newport to Siletz railway incorporation, university principal shortages, Weston wheat land sale signals rising values, and assorted market and agricultural updates across towns including Clatskanie, Hood River, Athena, and Wallowa.
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Hippo
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A'Abruce
Mins Eiki
Europe
Schooneille
MeKers Rocks
Penn
Harriman
Jersey City
Arden
Thaw
Montreal
Canada
Eureka
Taft
Monterey
Mexico
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Wincor
Indianapolis
Congress
Pinchot
Diaz
Welman
North Vale
Crete
Balfinger
Pane
Honey
The
of San Francisco
Japan
America
United States
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Salt Lake
Illinois
Iowa
Paris
Spain
State OF
Oregon
Dredge
Coos Bay
MeIndoe
W.A. Tawley
Coon Bay
Hawley
War Department
Klamath
Lakeview
Cleveland
Ohio
American Automobile Association
National Grange
United States Office of Public Roads
American Rowhankers’ Association
Hnson
Corraling J
L. Car
Albert
John R. M. Dooley, Jr
Cole
Pendleton
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Rnneville
A.T
Buxton
Porext Grove
Hott
Tillamook
Morris Webber
Roseburg
John D. Olwel
Medford
Coast
Newport
Cape Foulweather
Otter Rock
Siletz
Siletx River
University
University of Oregon
Eugene
Weston
Donald McKinnon
Joseph Key
Umatilla County
McKinnon
Mr. Key
Clatskanie
Kratz & Anderson
Hazel Grove
Moving Pictures
Hood River
Francis Boggs
Athena
Salem
J. H. Ackerman
J. E. Robertson
Alex E. Reed
J. M. Culbertson
Stanley-Smith Lumber Company
Post Canyon
Pelican Bay
W. H. Tol
Ite
Oregit
Herriman
Kunupe
Oveavin
Indiana
Baker City
Medien Springs
Pany
Messner
Wallowa
Wallowa Mercantiles Company
Willamette Valley
Easte
Pease Vale
Columbia Land Co
R. R. Wood
Frank Sloan
Portland, Ore
Pendleton, Ore
Echo, Ore
Louis Scholl Jr
Bridge St., Echo, Or
Grain
Henrietta Milling , Grain Co
Echo
C. R. Bonney & Sons, Props
Mell Norman
Bath
Mullin & Stewart
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Oregon Journal
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