Various World Happenings and Political Notes Across Nations
Admiral Chester says Cook did not reach the Pole. Taft visits historic sites in South Carolina and Georgia. Astor alimony rumor of 10 million dollars. Five railway workers die in a New Jersey wreck. New Mexico governor candidate William Robinson from Roswell. New York Central modernizes under Harriman plan. National Waterways commission to study Columbia River. A 77-year-old New York man jailed for diverting 13 thousand dollars. Vatican notes chance of American cardinal appointment. Dominion bans Japanese herring fishing at Nanaimo harbor. Roosevelt rumors spark family concern. Nicaraguan war factions claim gains. Chicago smokers seek car access. Taft delays supreme court appointment until Congress meets. NYC building at risk of collapse. Prince Ito’s funeral held with ceremony. NY merchant swindling case captured in Berlin. Mob threats in Cassaway, Virginia. Unknown steamer sighted near San Francisco. British budget passed by House of Commons. State Department withholds aid to Geographic Society. Heney’s brother ousted as Tucson mayoral candidate. SC physician links whisky to pellagra. Republicans win Rhode Island, Nebraska offices. Taft supports woman suffrage in Mississippi speech. Tamaray election favors Democrats. New Jersey legislature leans Democratic. Chinatown tensions rise in San Francisco. Rockefeller votes affected by ill wife. Prohibition wins in some Illinois counties. others go dry. West Virginia governor race sees 23,000 vote plurality. Fairbanks touted for China post. District court sentences in Columbia labor matter. Pekin plans boycott against Japan. Halloween deaths in Kansas City. Corean revolt feared against Japan. National Geographic supports Feary discovery. The convention approves funding for next Congress. Legion of ee remains active.
Koreans Rise in Protests as Japan Occupation Expands
News from Kobe reports meager Corea updates with uprisings by natives against Japanese occupation. Observers note censoring, protests over reforms, and misperceptions among Koreans about Japan’s aims, while officials and soldiers enforce control and claim reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kobe
Japan
Corea
Apota
Japan Chronicle
Coolie Clase
Police Strike Breaks with Chicago Chief at Union Meet
The United Police of Chicago ousted current officials and elected an insurgent ticket hostile to city leadership. The move means the mayor and chief cannot discharge officers without union opposition, signaling a self governing force within the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Police of
Policemen’s Union
United Police
Pretorian Guard
Twelve Nuns Heroine Fire Rescue at St Vincent’s Asylum
In Cleveland on November 9 twelve nuns at St Vincent's Orphan Asylum organized a bucket brigade to fight a fire at the building top and prevent a panic in the boys' and girls' quarters. Older boys helped supervise the younger children who were kept calm and in their studies as outside aid arrived.
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Cleveland
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
Tok
Wage Fight Expected in Mine Wages Stand
Pittsburg date Nov 9 Thomas Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America said in an interview miners will press for higher wages in the spring as mining work shows improvement and production increases across the districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Thomas Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Lewis
Japan to Meet Rusela in Paris Denial Report
A Pekin dispatch says M Kokoveol, Granee minister, denies an official meeting with M Kerelchi, director of political bureau, in Paris as part of a forthcoming conference.
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Japan
Rusela
Paris
Pekin
M. Kokoveol
M. Kerechi
Oregon to receive full benefits under national reclamation plan
Washington reports Secretary Ballinger and Reclamation Service officials nearing agreement to push irrigation in Oregon. Talks with Senatorial irrigation committee aim to select one or more projects from examined schemes to spend up to 2.5 million dollars from the reclamation fund, with contracts expected soon.
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Washington
H. Nowell
A. P. Daw
Reclamation Service
Senate Irrigation Committee
Ballinger
Oregon
Ball
Teclamation Service
Reed Institute plans arts college in Portland with 2 million endowment
Trustees propose a new Portland college of arts and sciences using the Reed endowment of 2 million. The plan aims to match standards of Amherst or Williams, guided by the Rockefeller endowed Reed Institute and oversight from the general board of education. Secretary Wal Ince Battrick visited Portland in September for groundwork.
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Portland
Northwest
Reed Institute
College of Arts and Sciences
Willisma
Amherst
Reed
Board of Trustees
General Board of Education
John D. Rockefeller
Geveral Board of Education
Tr. Wal ‘Ince Battrick
Rockefeller donations spur new big gifts for health drive
Washington officials report further large gifts are likely to fund disease battles. Mrs. Ruth Sage plans a million to extend tuberculosis work, Andrew Carnegie to aid malaria fight, following John D Rockefeller's one million gift for hookworm eradication in the South.
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Mrs. Sage
Carnegie
Washington
John D. Rockefeller
South
Tre
Public Health
Mra. Russe Sage
Andrew Carnegie
Scicalilla
Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service
Wnl
Nordiga Tossa Suit Challenges Aunt's Will
In Cambridge Massachusetts a court ruled adverse to Madame Lillian Nor itles and her sisters who sought to break the will of their aunt Mrs. Vannie FP Allen. The estate dispute centered on alleged misdeeds and charitable bequests as the will was contested in probate court.
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Mme. Nordiga
Cambridge
Maat
Mer
Lillian Nor
Itles
Vannie FP. Allen
Jaden
Nord
Alleap
River District Infected Berlin Now
Fragmented OCR text reports an outbreak in Berlin with infection spread and casualties. The message mentions a general response and high mortality among residents. Details are obscure, but the note indicates widespread impact and urgent action.
Warriner Defalcations May Reach Half Million Say Big Four Official
An official of the Big Four railroad says ex-Treasurer Charles L Warriner’s defalcations may total about 500000, with eighty thousand dollars noted as paid in blackmail. Detectives pursue a Cincinnati woman as a possible witness. Warriner, facing 54500 theft charges, was freed on a 20 bond after a shifting statement on responsibility. The 64500 warrant covers current debt to the railroad. others are said to be offset by Warriner’s transferred property.
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Cincinnati
Big Four Railroad
Charles L. Warriner
Warriner
Couneel Hackney
Battle with Indians at Kispiox ends with captures
In a five hour dawn battle at Kispiox on the Skeena River 50 special police led by Chief Constable Maitland Dougall seized the Indian village and captured several chiefs who allegedly incited regional tribes to war against whites. Casualty reports are unconfirmed though private telegrams note heavy firing.
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Victoria
B.C
Maitland- Dougall
Hazleton
Skeena
Kispiox
Maitland-Dougall
Hussey
North Country
Speena
Cattleman Suspects Involvement In Tensleep Sheep Raid
Albert Keyes and Charles Farris admit complicity in the Tensleep country raid on a sheep camp. They testified they believed only sheep and property would be harmed and that sheepmen would be forced to leave. Farris said he fired a rifle and saw owner Jomen Allemand killed, while Brink allegedly fired the fatal shot.
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Farris
Jomen Allemand
Herbert Brink
Pierre Caffare
Charles Helmer
Aamen
Santa Fe Loses Money After 2-Cent Law
Guthrie Oklahoma November 8 The Santa Fe railroad in Oklahoma reports a great loss since the 2 cent fare law took effect in the United States District Court today. The railroad argues the lower rate undermines revenue and seeks relief.
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Santa Fe
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
United Sama Ditrict
Suny
Northwest Storm Triggers Floods From Coast to Cascades
Heavy rainfall across the Northwest caused widespread flood conditions as rivers such as the Cowlitz Puyallup White and Kalama rose above banks. Rail travel was disrupted by a tunnel cave-in on the Southern Pacific. trains from San Francisco were delayed 12 to 14 hours. Weather was improving by last night with fair conditions expected today.
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Portland
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Siskiyew Mountains
Cascades
Cowlitz
Kalis
Wanhougal
Wynoche
Puyallup
White
Washington
Kalama River
Cowlita County
Siskiyous
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
North Head
Ni Port
Cowjlits Pia
Pellagra Gains Ground in National Conference
In Columbia South Carolina E J Watson Arkansas commissioner of agriculture addressed a national pellagra conference warning that pellagra poses a national health problem. Dr Zoller of Peoria Hospital voiced concern of a national resurgence while Kerr of the U S Public Health Service discussed Pellagra in Europe and the Americas.
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Columbia
8. C
Rockefeller
E. J. Watson
South Carolina
Zoller
State Hospital For the Insane
Peoria
Kerr
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Cores
Europe
New World
Beri Beli
Ioot
Amid ID
Sanea
Treaty Backs Up Cutter Protest Steps in Sealing
Report from Seattle states that the Bear revenue cutter enforced an international agreement with Canada limiting sealing in the Bering Sea for three months during breeding season. Officials noted protest actions to the State Department and adherence to north of the 110th meridian eastward.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Bering Sea
Wen
Canada
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