Casualties Rise in Mexico City Fighting
In Mexico City on February 14 Diaz rebels shell a convent five blocks from the national palace, killing seven nuns and five women. Civilian refugees flee churches while Madero forces threaten nearby buildings and the British legation. Casualties yesterday reportedly reach about a thousand killed and two thousand wounded as fighting continues with heavy shelling and a wounded Madero reported but not confirmed. President Madero and family reportedly fled the city last night amid claims of aid from Diaz sympathizers.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Jay
Chapel
National Palace
Madero
Walla
Ding
Paso
Inaugural Parade Prizes 26,000 in Line
Washington February 14 The military feature of the Inaugural parade is nearly complete Major General Leonard Wood announces nearly 25,000 soldiers and sailors from regular and state militia will participate In June Robert N Harper chairman of the civic organizations committee says at least 16,000 marchers will be in his section This group includes political clubs semi political bodies and governors and staffs from states not represented by militia Governors of at least 20 states expected to march.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Grand Marshall
Sallora
Robert N. Harper
Clvic
Marek
Large Fund Needed To Carry On Work In Forestry Board
After a Salem session, Dan P. Smythe reports the forestry board seeks 75000 to 100000 dollars to continue fire patrol and protection. The plan to exchange scattered school lands within forest reserves for 60000 to 60000 acres in the Santiam would create a large state reserve for educational use and timber sale profits. The board favors a forestry school at the agricultural college but opposes making county judges or game wardens fire wardens. It emphasizes direct fire warden oversight by the forestry board to avoid authority conflicts.
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State Forestry Board
Salem
Dan P. Smythe
Smythe
Santam National Forest
Santiam Reserve
Agricultural College
Forestry Board
King weeps at memorial for Captain Scott and companions
London deepened in mourning at St Pauls Cathedral for Captain Scott and his eight comrades who perished in the Antarctic. King George V, Prime Minister Asquith and leading figures filled the cathedral while fifteen thousand pressed outside. The service closed with the choir singing Rock of Ages and the dead march in Saul. Two suffragettes attempted disruption but were expelled.
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King
Capt
Scott
Pole
London
George
England
Paul's
Captain Scott
Asquith
Coldstream Guards
Saul
Jesus
Adrianople in Flames as Turkish Troops Flee
Sofia reports Adrianople is in flames and likely doomed after Bulgarian shells sparked a citywide blaze last night. Officials say many Turkish troops fled the city despite efforts to restrain them.
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Adrianople
Umatilla Men Commended for Backing Bill
Pendleton Commercial Club commends Senators Burgess and Barrett for backing the agricultural extension bill in the Oregon Senate. The measure would fund expanded extension work by the state agricultural college and is regarded as vital to Oregon's development. The club also urged Representatives Mann Stanfield and Hinkle to push for passage in the House.
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Senate
Burgess and Barrett
Pendleton Commercial Club
Agricultural College
Portland Commercial Club
Umatilla County
Robinson
The
Commercial Club
Salem
Ore
Barrett
Burgess
Oregon
Stanfield
Mann
Hinkle
Oreton
William Hanley
Mann, Stanfield
House
Tin Plate Act Passed by House in Salem
Salem Ore Feb 14 The house passed the tin plate act requiring saloons hotels boarding houses and lodging houses to display names and addresses on a plate over the main entrance. It also enacted an eight hour day for women workers in factories and laundries. Senate rejected many bills including Neuner’s repeal of the Coos Bay wagon road land grant after governor recommended restoring ninety thousand acres to public domain.
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Salem
Ore
Hagood
Senate
Neuner
Coos Bay
Cows Bay
Commercial Club Secretary Resigns in Pendleton
Charles B. Heard resigns as secretary of the Pendleton Commercial Association after months in the post. He will serve as secretary to the Board of Trade and join an insurance and collection agency with Percy Folsom. President J F Robinson and president-elect J W Tallman discuss a successor, possibly taking office March 1. Meanwhile W Kirkpatrick will manage club rooms.
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Pendleton Commercial Association
Charles BE. Heard
Heard
Board of Trade
Percy Folsom
J. F. Robinson
J. W. Tallman
W. Kirkpatrick
Arrival of W. Tulloch Plans Harvest Stay
Cc. W. Tulloch, once a city resident, arrived from Watsonville California and will stay through harvest with his ill father-in-law J. B. Todd. Mrs. Tulloch to join later.
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Cc. W. Tulloch
Watsonville
Cal
J. 8. Todd
Mrs. Tulloch
Gambler kills daughter and wounds wife in New York
New York February 14 James Purcell gambler connected to police graft scandal shot and killed his twelve year old daughter Agness and tried to kill his wife. He gave no reason when arrested.
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New York
James Purcell
Aldermanic Committee
Aghes
Anglers oppose bill to exempt irrigation screens in Oregon
Umatilla County anglers rally against a proposed Oregon bill to exempt irrigation ditches on streams under 250 inches from screen requirements. They fear widespread harm to eastern Oregon trout fishing, with several rivers named as fully exempted except the Umatilla, Deschutes, John Day, Walla Walla, Grand Ronde and Wallowa. State officials and local leaders vow defeat, condemning the measure and seeking to block its passage, while also opposing a May opening for eastern Oregon trout season.
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Umatilla County
Oregon
Matlock
Umatila
Deschutes
John Day
Walla Walla
Grand Ronde
Wallowa
C. K. Cranston
State Fish and Game Commission
Salem
Finley
Clanton
Dr Wiley to Lecture in City on March 3
Dr Harvey W Wiley famed pure foods advocate will lecture here on March 3. Public school lecture bureau may substitute him for John B Gunckle. substitution approved by Principal Hampton and lecture bureau officials.
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Harvey W. Wiley
United States
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Wiley
John B. Gunckle
Hampton
Spokane Residents Seek Ice Blasting to Ward Floods
Spokane residents in a threatened district urge the city to blast ice on Latah creek or grant autorization for them to blast it themselves. The ice is heavier than in 20 years and six weeks of snow will swell the Spokane river beyond normal until the snow melts.
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Spokane, Wash
Latah Creek
Spokane
Diaz Ready to Take Field If War Breaks Out
Historic dispatches report Porfirio Diaz prepared to return to Mexico to oppose the United States if intervention occurs. President Taft signals no immediate action, awaiting possible exhaustion of hostilities while battle ships head forMexican waters and U.S. mobilization fears grow at the border.
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Diaz
United States
Taft
McWhorter and Humphreys Sentenced in Orchards Case
In Portland on February 14, R H McWhorter received two months in the county jail while H H Humphreys was fined $100 after pleading guilty in the federal case against Columbia Orchards company. The firm, promoting bonds for eastern Oregon land, issued bonds totaling about $4 million despite assets of only $150,000, aided by fake subsidiaries.
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Portland
Ore
R. H. McWhorter
H. H. Humphreys
Columbia Orchards Company
Bean
United States District Court
McWhorter
Humphreys
United States
John McCourt
Oregon
Prosecution of hard coal trust expands in civil suit
In Trenton on February 14 the federal government opened a civil action against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and its coal subsidiary, charging violations of the Sherman Act and the commodities clause. The suit seeks to show the railroads fix anthracite prices at New York terminals, influencing prices nationwide.
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Trenton
Hard Coal Trust
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company
Equity
I. C
New York
Passenger steamer Seminole sinks after collision near Angel Island
In fog off Angel Island the passenger steamer Seminole sinks after a midships collision with the Hugh J. Corcoran. Forty one aboard Seminole and forty one aboard Corcoran were rescued by nearby vessels Napa Valley and Angel Island. The Seminole, bound for Sacramento, carried 45 passengers. the Corcoran, grain laden, returned from Sacramento. Both ships damaged, Seminole went down minutes after impact.
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San Francisco
Hugh J. Corcoran
Angel Island
Napa Valley
Corcoran
Sacramento
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