Philadelphia Labor Unions Back Nationwide Strike Call
The Central Labor Union in Philadelphia unanimously approved a plan for a sympathetic strike by 126,000 workers if the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company does not settle with current strikers. Rioting followed, with deaths and injuries as a streetcar miscue and clashes with police occurred. Two men were arrested for dynamite conspiracies as unions, clergy, and civic leaders push for arbitration.
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Central Labor Union
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company
Labor Lyceum Hall
Busifear
Econic
Cront
Allied Building Trades
American Federation of Labor
Snow slide blocks all Northern Pacific traffic again
A snowslide at Easton early today nearly blocks the Northern Pacific, with crews at top speed to clear the track before dark. A snow plow is buried on the new slide, and the Milwaukee line remains hopelessly blocked.
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Seattle
Easton
Northern Pacific
Mrs Roosevelt and Daughter in Naples
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and daughter Ethel arrived in Naples from New York today and will leave Friday for Khartoum to join Col Roosevelt around March seventh. Teddy is petted. Gondokoro notes say the party left today for Mongolia to a great reception and dined with the district commissioner. The colonel refused to discuss politics.
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Naples
Theodore Roosevelt
Ethel
New York
Art Said
Khartoum
Col Roosevelt
Teddy
Gondokoro
Roosevelt'a
Mongolia
Minister of Gospel Prevents a Wreck Near Myrick Station
German Lutheran minister Rev George Sprattler spotted a washout threat on the Northern Pacific line one mile north of Myrick station. He flagged an approaching train, which halted in time. Crews built a temporary trestle, allowing the service to resume after several hours. The train reached Pendleton about two hours late.
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Myrick Station
Northern Pacific
George Sprattler
Sprattler Wes
Hollx
Pendleton
Avalanche Buries Mace Idaho, 100 Reported Killed
Wallace Idaho Feb 28 avalanche roared through Mace burying 25 families and possibly 75 people. Chinook winds caused the slide. Rescue parties from Wallace found twelve bodies at daylight and estimates ranged up to a hundred dead with as many as 160 feared. Three NP boxcars with fifty section men were swallowed by snow.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mace
Northern Pacific Section
Burke
Avalanche Buries Burke and Mace. Many Dead Feared
Wallace Idaho February 28 reports say Burke and Mace are buried under a double avalanche with debris and thirty dead recovered. Rescue teams from nearby towns work through the day as a third slide is feared. Conflicting totals suggest deaths may approach fifty across the two camps.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mace
Burke
Lee
Must Taft Appear At Investigation
Washington February 25 The Ballinger Pinchot inquiry weighs whether Taft’s private conversations on conservation must be disclosed. Attorney Vertrees for Ballinger questions if the president should be summoned as the committee resumes. Observers say Taft risks summons but his official position may shield him.
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Washington
Taft
Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Vertrees
Ballinger
Pinchot
Tate
Tatt hike @irehdy
Lightweight Bout Sets Hopes for Dreamland Showdown
In San Francisco on February 28 Owen Moran and Herlem Tommy Murphy prepare for a ten round lightweight contest at Dreamland tonight. The pair trained Sunday and betting runs strong with Moran as the ten to nine favorite. Mrs. William Leathers returns to Hermiston after a brief visit to the city.
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Tattle
San Francisco
Owen Moran
Herlem Tommy Murphy
Dreamland
Moran
William Leathers
Hermiston
Roosevelt denies severe accident on the Nile
London Feb 28 A false rumor circulated that Roosevelt had a serious accident on the Nile. The story was denied by papers publishing it after Roosevelt wired the American Ambassador stating Preposterous Never in better health No accident.
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London
Roosevelt
Nile
Russia Alarmed at U S and German Navies
Washington dispatches say Russia is alarmed by the rise of United States and German navies and is planning a new navy costing 890 million pounds. The move aims to protect commercial supremacy in the Far East. The Czar rejected American shipbuilder proposals to build battleships.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Far East
Trains Break Through Snow Blockade in Cascades
Everett Washington February 28 All but one Great Northern passenger trains ran the blockade today as the remaining unit, stalled near Wellington for four days, approached clearance. Snow in the mountains eased and rotaries pushed to reopen the main line.
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Everett
Wash
Cascades
Great Northern
Wellington
Kamela Snowfall Eases Yet Flood Fears Likely
Kamela Oregon endures chinook weather with heavy snow melt. Foreman Norden warns floods unlikely yet spring risks loom from thaw and washouts. Snow totals for Kamela reach 100 inches for October to February, with 67 inches in February alone.
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Kamela
N. Seaman
Seaman
C. A. Norden
Mr. Norden
Apache Runs Amuck With Murderous Knife
In Globe Arizona on February 28, Tom Hanson, an Apache, slashed a dozen tribesmen in a camp at Tono Basin. Sheriff and deputies pursue him after a stampede left six wounded and likely to die. A white man was seen dining with his family when the attack began.
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Globe, Ariz
Aqputies
Tom Hanson
Tono Basin
Thor
Tepee
Teper
Idaho Timber Land Fraud Verdict Acquits Lewiston Trio
A Pendleton crowd celebrates as Kettenbach Dwyer and Kestor of Lewiston are acquitted after a two week trial in a five year old timber land fraud case. Witnesses and attorney Be ing held here by blocked traffic. Jury of business men deemed most representative. Case ends with four minute verdict.
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Kettenbach
Dwyer
Kestor
William F. Kettenbach
William Dwyer
George H. Kestor
W. Tannahill
Lewiston
Tosho
Idaho
Pendleton
Bestor
J. B. West
Fred W. Emery
William B. Benton
Thomas Mullen
Coeur d'Alene
Washington
Clearwater
Lewiston Bank
Timber and Stone
J. B West
George W. Tannahil
Hey
Boise
Kester
Emery
Colby
Benson
Lewiston Land
Kettenhood
Keeter
Robnett
Deltech
Lewilstonm Nattional
Moscow
Federal Grand Jury
Annual Oregon Bankers Association Convention Set in Pendleton
Pendleton will host the annual Oregon Bankers Association convention on June 24 and 26 with about 140 bankers from across the state expected to attend. W L Thompson of American National Bank announced the invitation, and local banking houses plus the Commercial Association will arrange entertainment for visiting bankers and their families.
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Oregon Bankers Association
Pendleton
State Bankers’ Association
Portland
W. IL. Thompson
American National Bank
Thompson
Bankers Association
Commercial
Oregon
Commercial Association
State Association
E. A. Wyld
Frank Patton
Astoria
W. L. Thompson
Leslie Butler
Hood River
E. G. Caufield
Oregon City
Balem
Seattle
National Bankers
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Istriom
Missouri
George Parnell
Fennel
Carrie Woopers
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Pendleton District
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