Mechanical damage sinks British submarine during maneuvers
In Whitsand bay Plymouth England January 16 with 12 crew aboard the British submarine AT could not rise after diving during fleet maneuvers. After hours of attempting to surface the commander signaled that mechanical damage prevented ascent and oxygen tubes were in use. Salvage tugs rushed to grapple the sunken vessel as an investigation began.
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Crafe
Plymouth
England
Whitsand Bay
Wellman
Big Swindling Scheme Alleged Uncovered in West
Seattle jan 16 post office inspectors say they uncovered a large swindle by Pacific Mutual Bond and Loan company. Secretary T R Kelly and treasurer Arthur Bird were arrested on federal warrants for using the mails to defraud and held to await grand jury action. The firm, formed in Washington with 260000 capital, charged borrowers a 1 percent examination fee then diverted funds to officers. no farm loans were made. Inspectors say agents operated across the west including Utah and California.
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Seattle
Wash
T. R. Kelly
Arthur Bird
Pacific Mutual Bond and Loan Company
Pacific Northwest
Kelly
Hird
West
Bird
United States
Post Office
Pacific Mutual Bond & Loan Company
Washington
Utah
California
North Yakima to Compete in Baseball League This Year
North Yakima announces continuation in baseball for the season. Contracts issued to ten reserve players and seven trainee prospects. No manager named yet. a decision will come after the league confirms plans. Directors push for a winning team, downtown park planned to support paying games.
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North Yakima
Baseball
Walla Walla
Congregationalists Plan Campaign for Greater Membership
January 16 Chicago reports representatives from national Congregationalist societies across the United States gathered for tomorrow's four day conference. Main topics include a campaign to boost membership and propaganda to be distributed to cities nationwide to achieve these goals.
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Chicago
Congregationalist Church of America
United States
Huerta tightens guards on rail lines linking Mexico City and Vera Cruz
President Huerta has deployed heavy troops along the railroad routes from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. Foreigners would be stranded in an emergency, and diplomatic appeals prompted the move. Money shortages are described as unprecedented, with troops reportedly grumbling amid signs of a near financial or military crisis.
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Mexico City
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Five-armed men rob Granite Falls bank near Everett
Five robbers held up the Granite Falls Shire bank fourteen miles north of Everett yesterday, escaping with between 1500 and 2000 after a running pistol battle with a purse of citizens. The clash drew Mrs Stella Forest and postmaster E L Turner into the fray as a mob pursued toward Iron Mountain. Deputies and sheriffs joined the hunt, with Granite Falls and Iron Mountain cited as key landmarks.
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Everett, Wash
Granite Falls
Here
J. G. Ingersoll
CC. E
Ingersoll
Stage
Iron Mountaia
Turner
Ivy
Iron Mountain
Everett
Monte Cristo
Lazy husbands indicted by grand jury here
The grand jury returned true bills against four men W. C. Galloway Clarence Rose C M Felty and Lafayette Christian for failure to support their wives and families. None were in custody but bench warrants were issued. A not true bill was returned against Ross Newport for alleged assault with a dangerous weapon.
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W. CC. Galloway
Clarence Rose
C. M. Felty
Lafayette Christian
Ross Newport
Herminton
Joe Williams
Right to a square deal in trade noted by man and others
A succinct declaration asserts that a man has a right to expect a square deal in trade, and that the same standard applies to the other party as well. The remark emphasizes fair dealing as a universal benchmark in commerce.
Twenty-One Indicted Miners Arrested in Copper Strike Case
Calumet, Jan 16 Twenty-one officials of the Western Federation of Miners indicted by the grand jury at Houghton on conspiracy charges tied to the copper strike were arrested. Bail set at $1000 in each case. Four indictments—four strikers with concealed weapons—were published. It is believed extradition will not be pursued. Charles Moyer, among the indicted, said he will return to Houghton to face the charges.
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Calumet
Western Federation of Miners
Grand
Houghton
Charles Moyer
Death Toll Inside Sakurajima Eruptions Estimated
Tokyo reports from Kagoshima indicate Sakurajima disaster may have killed seven to eight thousand on Sakura Island and about six hundred at Kagoshima. Murines say two thirds of Sakura Island's ten to eleven thousand residents perished, with lava coating coastlines and villages.
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Tokio
Kagoshima
Sakurajima
Sakura Island
Kagoshima Bay
Sakora
Kiushiu
Karoshima
Sakura
Wilson to urge clear language on trust law in address
The cabinet approved an address President Wilson will deliver to Congress on the trust question. It will be read next week and aims to outline the trust situation, promote legislation with unmistakable language, and propose automatic penalties for violations. Representative Stanley says the draft covers key points and leaves bill specifics to Congress.
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Congress
Wilson
Washington
Coabinet
Industrial Commission
Stanley
Kentucky
Residents safe in hills as flood waters mount
RESIDENTS FLEE flood along the Potomac as northern branch swells washing into Cumberland and towns below. Hundreds huddle in shacks by camp fires in West Virginia hills awaiting the danger. Officials estimate about 200000 dollars in property damage plus thousands in logs carried away by floodwaters.
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Cumberland
West Virginia
General Wagner Dies Suddenly in Philadelphia at 76
Gen Louis Wagner former commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1880 dies at his Philadelphia home after a sudden illness. He was 76 and had been active in city affairs.
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Wagner
Philadelphia
Louis Wagner
Grand Army of the Republic
Five men rob Granite Falls bank and escape
Five men robbed a Granite Falls bank and fled, leaving residents shaken as authorities hunt suspects. Other items note Mood threat in West Virginia, Panama Canal leadership shifts, a siege on a barricaded husband and family, and assorted regional notices.
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Granite Falls Wash
W. Virginia
Mood
Cabinet
Wilson
Col. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Volcano
Japan
Hari Kari
Goethals to be Panama Canal Zone civil governor
President Wilson plans an executive order to appoint Col Goethals as civil governor of the Panama canal zone with broad powers, bypassing civil service rules. The program envisions vast staffing, with a stated need for about 2500 trained men to run the canal and administer the zone. All current Panama employees have applied for positions under the new civic government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Garrison
Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Mencal
Shoul
Panama
Wilson plans careful selection of federal reserve board
President Wilson outlined that he will take the full sixty days permitted by law to select the federal reserve board. He compared the task to forming a supreme court and said he will proceed cautiously. He aims to balance anti trust legislation with rural credits and expects to adjourn Congress by June if possible. He plans further talks with committee leaders and believes trust reform will require more than one bill.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Kern
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Stanley
Steel Investigating Committee
Mayor joins Hobos of America in Tacoma installation
In Tacoma on January 16 Mayor Seymour took the oath of allegiance and became a charter member of Local No. 23 Hobos of America installed at Hotel de Gink. Hobo King Jeff Davis presented Seymour, noting he was the first mayor to attend a hobos local meeting. Seymour replied that any man may become mayor one day and any hobo could become mayor here.
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Tacoma
Seymour
Hobos of America
Jeff Davis
All life is set to music poetry and ragtime
A reflective line frames life as music and a tramp’s days as ragtime. The snippet suggests a poet’s view on rhythm shaping existence and the social portrait of rough living.
Fire department helps police clear unemployed army in Albany
Albany Ore Jan 16 fire department and police escorted 785 unemployed men from a building after they refused to leave despite breakfast at the city's expense. The men formed a line outside, were escorted by police and citizens to the city limits and ordered to head south.
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Albany
Ore
Well Known Pendleton Merchant Dead of Heart Failure
Frank O Gara proprietor of the Standard Grocery at 214 216 Court street died of heart failure yesterday afternoon while resting in a Latourelle and Houseworth place of business. He was nearly 39, survived by a widow and three children, and by his mother sisters and brother. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from the Johnson street home. body at Baker undertakers. O Gara was a prominent local figure with ties to several fraternal orders and businesses in Pendleton and Oregon.
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Frank O'Gara
Grand Jury
Standard Grocery
Court Street
Main Street
Latourelle and Houseworth
Johnson Street
Baker Undertaking
O'Gara
Portland
Lorin
Curtis
Francis
Mia
Mary O'Gara
Maggie
A. Gale
Alberta
May
Henry E. Collier
Ella
Bernard O'Gara
Sacramento
California
Mareh
Idaho
John Pf, Volmper & Co
Pendleton
Lodges of
Elks
Knights of Pythias
Order of Moore
Brain of Dr Spitzka weighs 1400 grams in death
New York January 16. The brain of Dr Edward Charles Spitzka alienist and neurologist who died Tuesday and was removed for preservation weighs 1400 grams. The average human brain weighs 12300 grams. Dr Spitzka founded a society whose members include his son Dr Edward A Spitzka who will study his brain.
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New York
Edward Charles Spitzka
Spitzka
Edward A. Spitzka
Subtle Tyranny Behind Names In A Dishonest Title
A pithy saying notes that a cook under a different name can still wield power harshly. It highlights how leadership and control can persist despite changes in labels or titles, suggesting that the essence of despotism may endure beneath disguises.
Beardsley Defies Siege With Famished Family Beside Him
Edward Beardsley remains entrenched in a Summerdale farmhouse with ample ammunition but no food. He threatens to exterminate his wife and nine children and die fighting rather than surrender as Sheriff Anderson and a posse close in. Postmaster John Graham, shot during the custody attempt, is gravely injured and doctors fear he may die.
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Edward Beardsley
Summerdale
N. Y
Sheriff Anderson
John Graham
Eheardsley
Putnam
Beardsley
Anderson
Seven Failures Among 39 Teachers' Exam Applicants
In this county last December, seven of 39 applicants failed the teachers' examination. County Superintendent I. E. Young reported the papers were graded in Salem, with list of those entitled to certificates including primary, one year, five year, and life certificates for various individuals across Pendleton Milton Freewater Helix Milton etc.
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I. E. Young
Salem
Bosas Hortetler
Pendleton
Irmalee Campbell
Margaret E. Stockton
Adams
Wayne L. Starr
Freewater
James W. Smith
Milton
Mae Rose Chisholm
Evelyn Meager
Pilot Rock
Miriam Georgia Blakely
Helix
Leota Lewis
Grace A. Giles
Olive Helles
Grace E. Wagoner
Florence Ida Kelley
Lelia Miller
Athena
Ellen Canfield
Echo
Frances Mary Smith
Mabel Noyes
Mary Agnes Britton
Walla Walla
Lusitania Rescues Mayflower Crew at Sea
Captain Dow of the Lusitania reports by wireless the rescue of the Mayflower’s captain and eight crewmen, 400 miles off Nova Scotia after their schooner was set ablaze forcing an abandonment at sea.
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New York
Dow
Nova Scotia
Thaw Bail Hearing Delayed by Judge Aldrich
Federal Judge Aldrich postponed ruling on Thaw's admission to bail until habeas corpus matters finish. The decision thwarted Thaw's hope for release within a week and denied a 30 day extension for filing the habeas corpus brief. With these orders, a February disposition is expected, potentially freeing Thaw or returning Nin to Matteawan.
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Concord
N.H
Aldrich
Thaw
Ball
Nin
Matteawan
Revenue Cutters Go to Aid of Eschoon Est
Revenue cutters Itasca and cannel were ordered by Wirelene to aid an unidentified schooner seen among the trees off Pollock Rip, Mareachinetta, in a reported emergency.
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Eschoon Est
Washington
Itasca
A In
Wirelene
Pollock Rip
Mareachinetta
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Emma F. Linse
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