Wilson Seeks Support, Expands Views on Referendum
Detroit January 18 Governor Woodrow Wilson arrives for a speech tour. He avoids discussing attacks by Henry Watterson and a Harpers Weekly recall bid. He reveals shifted views on initiative and referendum, praising Oregon's system, but opposes recall of judges, calling it treating the symptom not the disease.
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Detroit
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Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Harpers Weekly
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Wilson
Harpers
Osborne
Oregon
Mrs Hartman Stricken With Paralysis In Portland
Friends in this city were shocked to learn that Mrs George A Hartman suffered a paralytic stroke at her Portland home. Her left side was paralyzed but she is slowly recovering use of her limbs and no serious effects are anticipated according to her husband and physician.
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George A. Hartman
Portland
George A. Hartman, Jr
High School Moves to Pendleton Academy Building
Work of moving the high school apparatus and equipment from the old hill building to temporary quarters in Pendleton Academy is well under way and should finish this week. Academy renovations include space for commercial and scientific courses, a library, and multiple recitation rooms. Examinations start tomorrow and extend to Thursday. students will be settled in new quarters on Monday as tearing down of the old building begins. The hill gymnasium becomes a store room for contractors while an armory hall is sought for athletes.
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Pendleton Academy
Atudenta
Morse Given Stimulants At Fort McPherson Hospital
In Atlanta on January 18 at Fort McPherson hospital doctors used stimulants to steady banker Morse who was convicted in a bank wrecking case. Morse's wife travels to Washington again seeking a pardon, but officials fear any clemency may arrive too late.
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Atlanta
Fort McPherson Hospital
Morse
Washington
Vancouver Unemployed March Demonstrations Grow
Vancouver British Columbia reports a mass march of six hundred unemployed workers led by IT. W. W. The group demonstrated in the streets yesterday and plans further actions in coming days.
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Vancouver
B.C
IT. W. W
Senator Stephenson election found free of corruption
Washington January 18 the senatorial subcommittee announced no evidence of corruption in the election of United States Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin. The panel agreed to report the finding to the full committee on elections and privileges.
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Washington,d. C
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Committee On Elections and Privileges
Birds from all WW at poultry show opener in armory
Birds from Washington and Oregon will be entered as the poultry show opens in the armory hall next Monday. George W. Speight Hubbard W J Myers Portland and FP Isencrants Colfax send entries. Frost-nipped birds will be allowed in judging, contrary to public belief.
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Armory Hall
Brown
Washington
Oregon
George W. Speight
Hubbard
W. J. Myers
Portland
FP Isencrants
Colfax
R. W. Fletcher
Trensurer
Umatilla-Morrow Poultry Association
Walla Walla
Pendleton to Get Modern Fire Alarm System Soon
Pendleton council backed the fire committee report for a modern alarm network of at least twenty boxes to be placed citywide. The plan promises insurance savings of about seven to ten percent, a 1200 pound bell, and an auto chemical hose wagon to carry 1000 feet of hose, with payback in a short time. Fire Committee members JOSEPH ELL JOHN DYER CHAS COLE advocate rapid installation.
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Vaughan
Fire Committee
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Fire Department
Joseph Ell
John Dyer
Chas, Cole
U. S. Force Near China Prepares for Peking Action
Shanghai dispatch says Manchu throne decision may come tomorrow at Peking. Most Manchus reportedly favor surrender. American troops from Manila, guarding the Peking railroad, are due to arrive at Chin Wang Tao aboard the Logan. Four transports with 4,000 republican troops are set to depart for the same area, signaling a push on Peking if the throne is not ceded.
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Peking
China
Manila
Guarra
Tang Shan
Lanchow
Chin Wang Tao
Logan
Taft Says No Cuba Invasion Expected
President Taft voiced opinion at the White House that the United States will likely not invade Cuba. He said the Cuban government has shown it can handle difficulties and resolve issues that have arisen. Washington dispatches noted confidence in a peaceful outcome.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Taft la
United States
Cuba
Bryan renews fight on Colonel Guffey
William Jennings Bryan returns to attack Colonel Guffey of Pennsylvania after a failed effort to oust him from the Democratic National Committee. The Commoner notes the party struggles to run a national campaign under leadership that insults Pennsylvania and cites committeemen linked to predatory influences backing Guffey.
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Nebr
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Democratic National Committee
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party
F A Phelps Becomes Hermiston Treasurer
Hermiston Oregon January 18 Through council action F A Phelps brother of Circuit Judge G W Phelps was elected treasurer to fill the seat left by J M Scarborough who did not qualify in time. After several candidates on the first ballot Phelps won on the second ballot by unanimous choice.
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Hermiston
Ore
F. A. Phelps
G. W. Phelps
J. M. Scarborough
Phelps
Woman Cannot Live On $800 Per Month
In San Francisco on January 18 Judge Graham proposed $900 a month for the widow of Bernard Gets to cover living expenses. She objected saying she and her 17 year old daughter Rosa could not survive on that amount. The judge then raised the allowance to $1,000 and she remained doubtful.
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Cal
Graham
Bernard Gets
Rosa
Pendleton Revenue From Night Light Fines
A Walla Walla Union note explains Pendleton earned about 150 dollars in 1911 from fines charged by Pacific Power & Light for unlit street lights. Patrolmen report outages to police headquarters, where a record is kept. about 400 nights were reported, yielding 33 1 2 cents per incident, more than covering the paperwork.
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Electric Light Company
Walla Walla Union
Pacific Power & Light Company
Four conspirators strangled in Yuan plot in Peking
In Peking on January 18 Huan Tui Pong and three accomplices were executed by the public executioner for their role in the plot to assassinate Premier Yuan. The defendants faced a swift trial and received capital punishment.
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Peking
Huan Tui Pong
Premier Yuan
Local shoe man marries Coffeyville woman in La Grande
Albert Ekund proprietor of a Main street shoe store and shoemaking shop married Miss Rosa Bell of Coffeyville Kansas at noon Tuesday. The ceremony was performed by the La Grande Methodist minister at his parsonage as a surprise to close friends. Mrs Ekund is a cousin of Mrs Lina H Sturgis of the city and visited Pendleton last summer. They plan to live at the Pendleton hotel briefly before moving to 711 Cosbig street.
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la Grande
Rosa FE. Bell
Coffeyville
Kansas
Eklund
Lina H. Sturgis
Pendleton
More Troops Sought at Strike Center in Lawrence
Lawrence January 18 officials of cotton mill companies demand Governor Fors send two regiments of state guards and place the city under martial law to avert alleged dynamite plots by strikers. The strikers deny the charges while Mayor Scanlon backs the owners.
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Lawrence
Fors
Scanlon
Tacoma Woman Catches Burglary Suspect in High Chase
Mrs. Sidney T. Palmer, a Tacoma club woman, chased a burglar from her home after spotting him on the stairs. Schoolboys joined the pursuit, forcing the thief into a barn where police found him, with his feet visible from a barrel. About $400 in jewelry discarded during the flight was recovered. The suspect identified himself as Charles Kauffman.
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Tacoma
Sidney T. Palmer
Yellow fever hits commander aboard Yorktown vessel
Jan 18 report from Washington says Commander Levi C. Hertolette of the gunboat Yorktown, protecting American interests in Ecuador, has been stricken by yellow fever. No further details were provided in the cablegram.
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Bertolette
Washington
Levi C. Hertolette
Yorktown
Ecuador
Legislature Called For New Mexico Assembly
Santa Fe Jan 18 A call for a meeting of New Mexico's first legislature on March 11 was issued by Governor McDonald Baloting for a United States senator begins ten days after the body convenes.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
McDonald
United States
Miners Reconsider Endorsement Of Socialists
Indianapolis January 198 Reuters report says the United Mine Workers of America convention adopted a substitute motion backing Independent political policy and rejected endorsing the socialists amid ongoing internal debate.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Connor & Co Acquire O'Dell Cigar Store
Harry O'Dell sold his Main street cigar store to W J Connor and Company. Connor will manage the business and is from Hoquam Washington. O'Dell plans to move to Alaska after selling the shop.
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Harry O'Dell
W. J. Connor & Co
Connor
Hoquam, Wash
Mr. O'Dell
W. Henneman
Alaska
Jury Secures Trial For Fast Cure Specialist
Port Orchard Wash Jan 18 The jury to try Mrs Linda H Hazeard the fast cure specialist for the first degree murder in the death of Miss Claire Williamson a wealthy English spinster who died under treatment was completed today Four special venues were necessary The opening statement for the state was made this afternoon by Special Prosecutor Frank Kelley of Tacoma.
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Port Orchard
Wash
Linda H. Hazeard
Claire Williamson
Frank Kelley
Tacoma
Indian Agent Oversees 3 Million Lbs Breadstuffs Shipment
Major E. Swartslander, agent at the Umatilla reservation, returned from Lind Washington where he checked flour shipments purchased by the Indian bureau. The Portland flouring mills company contracts 3,000,000 pounds of flour for federal use, with 1,300,000 shipped so far and 1,200,000 more to go. Samples from each lot go to Chicago for quality inspection as shipments move across the country, including to Carlisle Indian School. Swartslander, handling this as extra duty, has made several trips to Lind and plans another soon.
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Umatilla Reservation
Lind, Wash
Indian Bureau
United States
Portland Flouring Mills Company
Portland Company
Swartzlander
Carlisle Indian School
Chicago
Swartglander
Lind
Fire destroys Dunning asylum infirmary building
Fire destroyed the infirmary at the Dunning insane asylum on the outskirts of Chicago. Attendants struggled to restrain 1300 excited patients, but no injuries occurred. The four story brick building suffered a loss of 36000 dollars.
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Chicago
Dunning
White reelected UMW president amid union reform push
Indianapolis Jan 18 White was reelected president of the United Mine Workers today over Tom Lewis a former president. Opposition to the crafts system of organization in the American Federation of Labor caused the adoption of a resolution instructing delegates to urge a complete form of industrial organization.
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Indianapolis
White
United Mine Workers Today
Tom Lewis
American Federation of Labor
McNamara Reward Dwindles as State Rebuffs Offer
Sacramento January 18 The state reward for the McNamara case faded when Controller Nye refused a $10000 bid for conviction by District Attorney Fredericks. The sum was sought for Detective Burns as well, but Nye ruled the offer illegal and declined the request.
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Calif
McNamara
Nye
MccNamaras
Fredericks
Burns
McNamara Brothers lauded as dynamiters defended
Indianapolis dispatch reports grand jury subpoenas for witnesses in the dynamite conspiracy probe. Ortie McManigal receives another short examination as it is noted that Labor figure Mother Jones lauds the McNamaras, defending their actions amid coal miner disasters and industry violence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McNamara Defense Fund
Ortie McManigal
Rumors on Grand Jury Return in Dynamite Probe
Rumors spread that Bert Franklin may testify when the grand jury resumes the dynamite probe this afternoon. The Mc Namara defense fund disposition is said to be under investigation. District Attorney Fredericks is reported to travel from Indianapolis, with deputies declining to discuss the report.
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Defense Fund
Los Angeles
Calif
Bert Franklin
Grand Jury
McNamara Defense Fund
Fredericks
Indianapolis
Seniors and sophomores triumph in school gym games
In the final games likely to be played in the old high school gymnasium, the senior girls defeated the junior girls 22 to 0 and the sophomore boys beat the freshmen 12 to 0. Standout players included Muriel Saling for the girls and Cecil Hampton for the boys, signaling future varsity potential as the gym is redeveloped into a storage space for materials and the Armory is sought as a winter athletic hall.
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Muriel Saling
Hazel Rader
Cecil Hampton
Activites
30,000 Chinese in U S under false pretenses
Fresno report claims 30,000 Chinese are living in the United States under false pretenses as merchants. A. E. Yoel of the Asiatic Exclusion League told the State Building Trades convention that about 9,000 Chinese arrived last year. He noted Japanese women arrive as picture brides but are here as laborers.
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Fresno
Cal
United States
A. E. Yoel
Asiatic Execlusion League
State Building Trades
Hoe
Holland Alarmed Over Illness of Young Queen
The Hague January 13 All Holland is alarmed over Queen Wilhelmina illness regarded as serious Her husband recalled from hunting trip Although birth of an heir still expected her condition so delicate as to make the event abnormal now Her only child is a girl In case of the queen's death the throne would descend to a foreigner.
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