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Newspaper

Aberdeen Herald

Location

Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1912

Page

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Strikes Close Grays Harbor Mills Ground to Lockout

About 250 strikers at the Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle mill barred access to workers and men rioted across Grays Harbor with clashes at Anderson & Middleton and Wood's mill. Police used clubs, water hoses, and gunfire was avoided, as mayor and citizens planned a mass meeting to arbitrate. Militia measures and a countywide halt on mill operations followed amid wage disputes and a broad labor statement from Grays Harbor mills.

Hoquiam Wood's Chehalis County Elk’s Hall Grays Harbor Citizens Committee Puget Sound Columbia” River Willapa Harbor Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle Co American Mill Co Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co Bay City Lumber Co Coats Shingle Co Donovan Lumber Co Eureka Lumber & Shingle Co Federal Lumber & Shingle Co Federal Mill Co General Package Manufacturing Co Grays Harbor Lumber Co Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Co Hulbert Mill Co National Lumber & Box Co North Western Lumber Co Ss. E. Slade Lumber Co Western Cooperage Western Lumber Co Wilson Bros. & Co Wood E. K Lumber Co Anderson & Middleton Mill Passarilli

Gotta Quit Kickin Ma Dawg Around Song Popularity

Mark Payette bought 100 copies of Champ Clark’s hit They Gotta Quit Kickin Ma Dawg Around for the local trade. The song’s authorship is uncertain with recent attributions from Indian sources and Chinook language lines quoted as likely lyrics.

Mark Payette Champ Clark Copa Town Tenas-man Chukin Nika Comox Conaway Kah Cultus Copa Nika Comox Klaska Delate Kopet Conawoy Kah

Ford Visits Aberdeen As Former Hoquiam Star Considered

Ford, once the third baseman for the Southwest Washington Baseball League champion Hoquiam team, is in Aberdeen for a few days. He visits Rick and Oscar Boettiger and other local figures who recall him as the league's best at his position. He has played for top Northwest clubs and could join Aberdeen as a player and manager.

S. Ford Southwest Washington Baseball League Hoquiam Aberdeen Rick Oscar Boettiger Philbrick Ford Northwest Roosevelt Taft United States Chicago Oyster Bay Washington Monument

New Fire Department Auto Arrives For City Use

The city received a new fire department auto, a red enamel, latest improved machine. It underwent a trial run on streets Tuesday drawing hundreds as it moved at speed not less than 20 miles an hour and can reach up to 25 mph with hose and crew aboard.

Annual State Inspection of Company G by Officals

Adjutant General Fred Liewlyn from Olympia Colonel Ingliss from Seattle Major Robertson and Captain Fleet from Montesano conducted the annual state inspection of Company G N G W. Be sides the inspection covered equipment and drilling of the company and squads. Commissioned officers were tested in military technique. The state inspection is required by law and a federal inspection follows next month.

Fred Liewlyn Olympia Col. Ingliss Seattle Robertson Fleet Montesano

Postoffice Sought Near Wishkah River

About three months ago a petition was sent to the postoffice department asking for a postoffice on the Wishkah river eight miles above Wishkah. A local settler says the service would aid forty families, support four schools, and accompany booming logging with hundreds of workers.

Wishkah River Department Postoffice Department Wishkah The Herald

County issues bids for Laidlaw Island trestle project

The county commission calls for bids to construct 3000 feet of trestle on the west side of Laidlaw's Island. Bids will be opened on April 15 at the county offices.

Laidlaw’s Island

Posse Organized to Track Elusive Mountaineer John Turnow

A search party plans a ten to fifteen man posse to hunt John Turnow in the Olympic mountains for the murder of Deputies Colin McKenzie and Al V. Elmer and two Bauer nephews. Woodsmen will use a watch and wait approach to locate Turnow before snow melts.

John Turnow Olympic Mountains Sherifs Colin McKenzie al V. Elmer Will John Bauer Wyncodie Tornow

Start Piling for New Depot in Aberdeen

The first pile for the foundation of the new $55 000 union depot in Aberdeen, built by the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation company, has been driven. 100 piles will be driven and several local firms hold contracts. The completed depot and nearby improvements will make Aberdeen’s freight yard among the best on the Pacific coast.

Aberdeen Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Pacific Coast

Moving Pictures Of Bernhardt Tonight In Camille

Tonight is the last chance to view moving pictures featuring Sarah Bernhardt known as the Divine Sarah in Camille. Madame ReJane also stars in Mme Sans Gene with strong performances, while the cost of producing these two classic plays was immense for the world to see the artists’ famed works.

Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Camille Madame ReJane Mme Sans Gene

Burnett Returns Home From San Francisco Trip

Lews H. Burnett came home Tuesday from San Francisco where he joined Governor M E Hay and others for the ground breaking ceremonies of the Washington building at the Panama exposition in 1915. He praised the treatment and entertainment given the Washington party and hopes to return soon.

Washington Lews H. Burnett San Francisco M. E. Hay Washington Building Burnett

National Capital Gossip on the 62nd Congress and Roosevelts Prospects

Washington March 25 Special correspondence notes the 62nd Congress as a green but learning group under Speaker Champ Clark The piece critiques early tariff understanding and praises Democratic leadership It forecasts a harsh verdict on Roosevelt and predicts a Chicago convention crash as his downfall continues

Washington, D. C Aberdeen Herald Democratic Party Congress Ricardo Champ Clark United States

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