Mutiny Fears At St Lazare Over Calliaux Privileges
Paris April 4 The women inmates of St Lazare prison are on the verge of mutiny over the special privileges afforded Mme Henriette Calliaux wife of the former finance minister since her incarceration for the murder of Gaston Calmette the editor. Fellow prisoners say rules are broken to please her while others with minor offenses endure strict punishments for minor infractions.
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Paris
St. Lazare
Mme
Henriette Calliaux
M. Gaston Calmette
Mme. Calllaux
Remnant of Velasco's Army Surrounded Near Capture
Mexico City reports say Torreon fell and Huerta plans a desperate last stand in the capital. Velasco's federal force, driven from Torreon, is surrounded near San Pedro de las Colonias, with rebels able to storm the defense if pressed. Velasco aims for Saltillo, risking another pitched battle.
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Chihuahua City
Velasco
Torreon
San Pedro de Las Colonias
Villa
Hernandez
Saltillo
Rich timber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser dies in Pasadena
Freder ick Weyerhaeuser of St Paul the timber magnate and reputedly the world’s richest man died in Pasadena Cal at 8 30 am after capillary pneumonia He left an estate likely worth about 500 million most wealth in timber holdings He was frugal gentle religious and preferred privacy He will be shipped to Rock Island Illinois for burial and had given to charity but shunned publicity
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Pasadena
Cal
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
St. Paul
Rock Island
Tlinois
Weyerhaeuser
Road realignment east of Pendleton to bypass sandblow
County court buys 500 dollar right of way at April term to move the agency road about two miles east after crossing the railroad. The new route runs alongside the track before turning off to join the present road, eliminating the sandblow that makes the old road nearly impassable. The deed is from Agnes Craig, Jennie Van Pelt, Kamoseat, and Lolle mash.
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Pendleton
County Court of Right of Way
Agnes Craig
Jennie van Pelt
Kamoseat
Lollemash
Dead man returns home to Lacrosse after death report
L P Phillips once Lacrosse publisher was declared dead in St Louis last July. A body identified as him led friends to be notified. He has now reappeared in Lacrosse after two years away on the Pacific Coast and was unaware of the prior death report.
Asquith Denies Charges In British Candidacy
In Scotland April 4 premier Asquith thanked the East Fife Liberal association for backing his re election bid and denied the London government tried to provoke an Ulster outbreak as conservatives alleged.
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Asquith
Laybank
Scotland
East Fife
Governor West heads to Denver for western conferences
Salem Oregon April 4 Governor West departs tonight for Denver to attend a western governors conference on April 7 and the Western Irrigation convention on April 9. Governor Lister will meet him at Spokane and accompany him to Denver.
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Salem
Ore
West
Denver
Western Irrigation
Lister
Spokane
New Electric Company Applies for Franchise
Portland Oregon April 4 The Portland and Oregon City electric railway company applied for a franchise to operate street cars in this city. The backers are not known but they are believed to be Stone and Webster Boston traction magnates.
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Portland
Ore
Portland and Oregon City Electric Railway Company
Stone and Webster
Boston
Brother of Rep Sinnott enters Republican race
Portland April 4 Roger P Sinnott an attorney and brother of Congressman Sinnott who represents Oregon’s second district today decided to seek the Republican nomination for congressman from the third Oregon district.
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Rep
Sinnott
Portland
Ore
Roger P. Sinnott
Oregon
Henderson issues injunction against Camnitz over player bickering
In Hot Springs Arkansas on April 4 Chancellor Henderson grants a permanent injunction restraining Howard Camnitz a federal league scout from further contact or interference with players under contract to the Pittsburgh Nationals.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Chancellor Henderson
Howard Camnitz
Pittsburg Nationals
King Williams to lead fight against Greek insurgents
Albina April 4 King Williams Albania's new ruler announced he would take the field personally against the Greek insurgents in the southern part of his realm.
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Durazzo
Albina
Williams
Albania
Sixty Unemployed Jailed In Cleveland Protest
Sixty members of Coxey's army of unemployed were jailed in Cleveland as the vanguard arrived on the Washington trek. Lacking lodging, they occupied empty railroad cars in yards and were arrested.
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Cleveland
Washington Supreme Court Cuts Life Loss Verdict
The Washington Supreme Court reduced a jury award of seven thousand five hundred dollars for a man's death, ruling the amount too high and setting the verdict at ten thousand dollars.
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Washington Supreme Court
Eastern Oregon newspapermen form organization here
An eastern Oregon newspaper men’s association was formed today at the Commercial club with 12 publishers present. G L Hurd of Stanfield chaired the temporary body and Lang of Arlington Independent served as secretary. Attendees included Elgert Bede Phil Bates Col Hofer and other editors and university officials. The group planned cooperation with the state press group and toured the city this afternoon.
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Oregon
Commercial Club
G. L. Hurd
Stanfield
Lang
Arlington Independent
Eric Allen
University of Oregon School of Journalism
Nelson
The
Haines Record
Wawter Crawford
Heppner Times-Gazette
al Carden
Echo News
Willis Pegg
Umatilla New Era
E. B. Aldrich
East Oregonian
Messrs
Bede
Hofer
Eastern Oregon
State Association
Oakland to vote on finishing the big auditorium
Oakland voters will decide on a proposed 500000 loan to complete the $1,000,000 auditorium under construction at Peralta Park near Lake Merritt. The city council approved an $8000 appropriation for a special election this month to submit the measure ahead of the 1916 fair opening.
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Oakland
Cal
Peralta Park
Lake Merritt
Three Die in Ax Murder at Arkadelphia Home
Intense excitement grips Arkadelphia on April 3 as Mrs Elijah Francis and two children were killed with an axe. Francis and another child escaped. Bloodhounds track the slayer as authorities investigate the brutal crime.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Elijah Francis
Francis
Vuerta to Make Last Stand in Mexico City
General news item states Vuerta will make his final stand in Mexico City against rebel forces. Other items note Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s death in California and a $300 robbing incident in San Francisco. Senator Lane cites an attempted cover up of irregular Indian appropriations.
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Vuerta
Mexico City
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
California
San Francisco
Millionaire Rus sell Uhl Missing After Suicidal Disappearance
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on April 4 the Penn Tobacco company president Rus sell Uhl vanished after making a will. His hat coat and overcoat were found by the Susquehanna river bank and authorities fear he took his own life for unknown reasons. The firm’s books were found in excellent condition.
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Wilkesbarre
Russell Uhl
Penn Tobacco Company
Susquehanna River
Uhl
Chinese Confesses He Killed Woman in Vancouver
Jack Kong a 17 year old Chinese worker at the Millard home confessed to murdering Mrs Charles J Millard wife of the Canadian Pacifics chief ticket agent. Bloodstains on the carpet the woman’s hat dress and other clothing found in the cellar along with a bloody axe. An examination of the furnace showed a gold ring and charred bones. The motive remains unknown.
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Vancouver
B. C
Jack Kong
Charles J. Millard
Canadian Pacific
Kong
Millard
Bfr
Victoria
Pendleton Hotel Remodel Rush Under Way
John Winters secures fast track contract for Hotel Pendleton reconstruction and rushes to finish the new barroom by Monday. He plans to beat the September 1 deadline while contemplating permanent relocation as work proceeds. Subcontracts awarded for electrical install, millwork, and lumber.
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John &. Winter
Pendleton
Lageard
Winters
Wade Privett
Adam O. Noble
Ben L. Burroughs
Lane uncovers alleged plan to expose irregular Indian expenditures
Senator Lane of Oregon disclosed an effort to block exposure of alleged irregularities in annual expenditures on Indians. He cited revised stenographic records from a Senate hearing, calling the report doctored and a game with marked cards. He warned that out west men pay for such actions. It was unclear who removed Lane's remarks, but the motive was said to involve selling worthless stump land.
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Washington
Senator Lane
Oregon
Lane
Senate
Oregonian
Glendora Bank Vaults Targeted by Four Bandits
Four bandits attempted twice to dynamite the Glendora bank vaults in a dawn robbery. Two explosions roused residents, who found the men had fled in an automobile, escaping empty handed.
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Glendora
Cali
Glendora Bank
Alarm Over Sealer Southern Cross Missing in Ice
St Johns April 4 alarm for the safety of the sealer Southern Cross and its 170 crew led owners to send two steamships with wireless to search the missing craft, five days overdue. It is believed the vessel was crushed in ice and foundered with all hands. Belle Venture remains stuck in ice 30 miles off St Johns, survivors and dead aboard.
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ST. Johns
Southern Cross
New Foundland
Protest in Hyde Park Against Irish Home Rule Demonstrations
London observers report mass rallies in Hyde Park with about 106000 opponents of home rule. 14 platforms hosted 50 speakers including Lord Londonderry Lord Beresford and Sir Edward Carson as 22 processions merged. Resolution urged a popular vote on home rule. Simultaneous suffrage rally protested women’s enfranchisement.
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London
Hyde Park
Dublin
Ulster
Lord Londonderry
Lord Bertsford
Edward Carson
Ireland
Srafalgar Square
Meeting schedule for parents around social hygiene society
Parent meetings begin next week across four districts with district two at the circuit court room on Tuesday, speakers Dr A E Tamlesie and Judge G W Phelps. District one meets April 14 at Washington school with Dr F E Boyden and A C Hampton. District three gathers April 14 and 23 at Hawthorne school with Dr K E F Ringo and Judge J W Maloney. District four meets April 14 and 23 at Lincoln School with Dr W D McNary and J B Landers.
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The
Social Hygiene Society
Circuit Court Room
A. E. Tamlesie
G. W. Phelps
A. C. Hampton
Hawthorne School
KE. EF. Ringo
J. W. Maloney
Lincoln School
WD. McNary
J. 3
Landers
Anxious to See Range Life Show for Opera Guests
Pendleton prepares a wild west mini show for visiting Chicago Grand Opera Company singers. Indians from Umatilla, Sharkey the bucking bull, and cowboys and cowgirls are invited to perform at the depot grounds at 9 tomorrow morning as two trains from Portland reach Denver-bound Pendleton.
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Chicago Grand Opera Company
Depot Grounds
The
Opera Company
Portland
Denver
Pendleton
Umatilla Reservation
Sharkey
Burns claims murderer of Mary Phagan found
Detective Burns arrived in Chicago and says he has found the killer of Mary Phagan. He claims new evidence could win a new trial for Leo M Frank, though he does not name the culprit and asserts Frank will not hang on April 17.
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Burns
Chicago
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Leo M Frank
William J. Burns
Frank
Thorns
Supreme Court
Masked robbers seize $300 from hospital safe
In San Francisco on April 4 two masked men entered the Post Exchange branch of the Latter Man General Hospital of Preaidio. They bound guard Charles Bullington to a bed post and pried open a government safe containing between fifteen hundred and two thousand dollars. Other guards frightened them away after the robbery.
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San Francisco
Post Exchange
Latterman General Hospital
Preaidio
Charles Bullington
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Henriette Caillaux
Gaston Calmette
Mead City
Torreon Falls
ST Paul
Tock Island
Weat
NEW Electric Company
Depot
Chicago Grand Opera Co
Pendleton Bucks
Weston Team
Millionaire
Ile
Opera CO
Chicago Singers
Lee M. Frank
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