Navy Auxiliary Ninkomaro Sinks Off Korea After Mine
The Ninkomaro, a naval auxiliary vessel, went ashore off Fusan Korea and may be floated at high tide. A separate report says the steamer Kilo struck a mine off Port Arthur on the night of May 16 and sank. the crew were rescued and brought to Osaki.
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Scripps News Association
Tokio
Ninkomaro
Vasvel
Fusan
Korea
Kilo
Port Arthur
Osaki
Wheat price surge lifts rails in Minneapolis market
In a bullish session the Wheat Scrippe News Association notes wheat rising from 1.13 to 1.20 per bushel in Minneapolis Minnesota. Traders expect continued gains as prices close higher and momentum remains strong.
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Minneapolis
Mion
Population estimate for La Grande census figures
Enumerators report city population of La Grande around 3600 based on current counts. The estimate uses about 3500 figures in hand and projects modest growth in the city.
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la Grande
First Bloodshed in Brewery Strike Reported
The first violence in the brewery strike occurred this morning in San Francisco as PV Rice a non union teamster was assaulted and badly bruised about the face by a union sympathizer his assailant escaped.
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San Francisco
PV Rice
Moore Housewarming Reception on O Street
Dr and Mrs F E Moore hosted a quiet housewarming yesterday afternoon at their new O street home. Guests arrived between two and five and enjoyed light refreshments. Mr WT Croas, recently returning from Portland with a shipment of hogs, plans to depart for Nebraska with another load tomorrow morning.
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Mra F E Moore
O Street
WT Croas
Portland
Milwaukee banker Henry Gull waives exam in embezzlement case
Henry G Gull former cashier of the First National Bank waived a preliminary examination in Milwaukee on May 16 and was held over to the grand jury in connection with alleged book doctoring to aid Frank Bigelow, the former bank president accused of embezzling $1.5 million.
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Scripps News Association
Milwaukee Wis
Henry G Gull
First National Bank
Frank Bigelow
Secretary Taft Triggers Protest Over Panama Canal Supplies
Washington May 16 The decision of Secretary Taft to go to the world markets for shipping supplies for the Panama canal has raised a storm of protest from the protection wing of the republican party. It is understood that all the members of the commission except Secretary Taft are in favor of the proposition. It is said that strong pressure will be brought to bear on the President to overrule Taft's decision.
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Washington
Taft
Panama Canal
Republican Party
Is In
May Wheat Jump See Big Losses for Armour Short
A May wheat bid in Chicago’s board of trade spurred a sharp rise from 51 1/8 to 54, with Jamvee A Patten named as a heavy winner among the large players as Armour faced heavy losses from a short position.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Armour
Jamvee
Patten
Agreement Reached Over Klamath Canal Conflict in Oregon
The Klamath Canal company and the Water Users Association have settled terms. The company has sold its horses and bay and discharged its men, clearing the way for government action as the interior secretary approves the project. The development suggests imminent government involvement and finality of the agreement.
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Klamath Falle, Or
Klamath Qanal Company
Water User’s Association
Canal Company
Secretary of the Interior
Argument begins in Hoch murder trial in Chicago
In Chicago on May 16 the Hoch murder trial featured Professor Haines testifying that arsenic could not likely reach Mrs Marie Walker Hood’s stomach through a casket or cemetery coil. Professor Mayer endorsed this view. The testimony concluded with the prosecution opening its argument led by States Attorney Healy.
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Scripps News Association
Chicago
Hoch
Haines
Marie Walker Hood
Mayer
Healy
Smelter Burned in Atoona Zinc Plant Fire
Scripps News Association reports a blaze destroyed the Vockerell zinc ameter at the Atoona plant. Estimated loss stands at one hundred thousand dollars. The incident occurred today.
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Atoona
Kan
Vockerell
Court Martial Convicts Workmen for January Riots
A court martial finds workmen implicated in January riots guilty and condemned to death, but a reprieve has been granted to the convicts.
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Warsaw
Rossin
Telay
Supreme Court Reverses Doodle Case Convictions
In Jefferson City on May 10 the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the cases of Chas Gatke and Chas Finnally convicted in the St Louis municipal assembly. The indictment information could not be properly verified, prompting the ruling.
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Jefferson City
Chas Gatke
Chas fFnally
St Louis
Noted Playwright Kirk Lashelle Dies at Home
Theatrical manager and playwright Kirk Lashelle died at his Kellport home. The cause was blood poisoning from a leg injury.
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Kellport
Long Ialand
Kirk Lashelle
Socialist Gathering in Warsaw dispersed by infantry volley
A Russian and Jewish gathering on Naleawki Street in Warsaw was dispersed at midnight by a volley from an infantry patrol. Several participants were wounded.
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Soeripps News Association
Warsaw
Russia
Naleawki Street
Mayor Dunne Intervenes in Chicago Teamsters Strike
Chicago May 16. Mayor Dunne seeks peace as strike tensions rise with possible spread to all teamsters. President Gompera and Teamsters executives favor arbitration through the council committee while employers reinforce strike breakers. The mayor warns troops may be called if violence continues.
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Chicago
Nyon
Balavas
Gompera
Teameters' Brotherhood
Teamstore
Population boom noted in Elgin and Union county
Assessor J A Morton leaves for Elgin to finish property assessments and reports Elgin population above eleven hundred, almost doubling since 1900 census of 603. Union census shows over thirteen hundred residents, up from 973 in 1900, indicating a rapid regional growth.
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J A Morton
Elgin
Morton
United States
Union
Union County
Fire Alarm Halts in Time at Oliver Warehouse
The fire crew arrived after a Grebell alarm to a blaze that had already been extinguished. The fire, started by a park from the switch engine lodging in the roof of A V Oliver's warehouse, could have been serious if not for prompt action.
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Grebell
A V Oliver’s
Lecture Postponed by J V Goombe
The Kotore lecture by J V Goombe is postponed indefinitely. Nokete holders will receive refunds by returning their money. The rescheduled date cannot be announced until later.
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J V Goombe
Germans Reported Occupying Haidin Provokes Tokyo News
A Reuters Tokyo dispatch says German troops occupied Haidin in Shantung China causing sensational reaction. Shanghai reports the landing as doubtful. the rumor may stem from a German surveying vessel in the harbor.
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London
Reuters
Tokio
Haidin
Shantung Province
China
Shanghai
Shanmung
German Denial Clears Haida Occupation Rumor
Berlin reports on May 16 deny the claim that German troops occupied Haida in China. The official denial states no German control or presence exists in Haida at this time.
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Berlin
Haida
China
Man Robinson's fall from fortune and crime in San Diego
May 16 report says Robinson once educated and skilled with penmanship, trained in the East, who squandered forty thousand dollars and drifted into drink. He arrived in San Diego four years ago and, in a drunken frenzy, killed four people before his downfall and current precarious life.
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Meripps News Association
San Diego
Cal
Man Robinson
Legal bid for rehearing in Mannie Healy mining case
Helene Mont May 16 The avan eer for Miles Pinson nominal plaintiff in the Mannie Healy mining dispute seeking Supreme Court rehearing of the Heinse decision handed down recently.
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Scripps
Assoociation
Helene, Mont
Miles Pinson
Mannie Healy
Supreme Court
Attack at Somaunokoil Work Abuses Petersburg Riot
May 15 report says Cos attacked workmen at Somaunokoil in Petersburg, many wounded and hospitalized. A general strike was declared at Odesen today amid the unrest.
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Scrippa News Association
Petersburg
Coseaoke
Somaunokoil
Itte
Odesen
Receiver Appointed for National Electric Company in Milwaukee
A receiver was appointed today for the National Electric Company in Milwaukee. The firm capitalized at three and one half million dollars. Frank Bigelow, former president of the First National Bank here, led the company but resigned amid public allegations of defalcation.
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Scripps News Association
Milwaukee Wis
National Electric Company
Frank Bigelow
First National Bank
Dike Breach Floods Farmland Near Neligh Neb
Lincoln Nebraska reports the Eik horn river dike at Neligh broke this morning flooding about a thousand acres of farm land, damaging livestock and crops and prompting early emergency response.
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Scripps News Association
Lincoln, Neb
Eikhorn
Neligh
German Lutheran Church Dedication in City
The Lutheran church held a dedication for a new building costing 2200 with 300 unpaid, attended by Bishop F Goschupi of Spokane and KeyJ F Wertel of Walla Walla. Rev Hansa acted as tutor. A large congregation attended the German language service.
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Bundey
Lutheran Chrch
F Goschupi
Spokane
Keyj F Wertel
Walla Walla
Hansa
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