Turbulent shifts in Constantinople as Young Turks falter
Reports from Constantinople and London reveal revolts shaking the Ottoman government. Enver Bey acts as military dictator while arrests target ministers, with Germany suspected of backing the upheaval and Russia weighing action if prompted by the crisis. Balkan powers prepare an ultimatum to end the armistice.
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Constantinople
Russia
Germany
Kaimil Pasha
Btamboul
Tchatalja
Kalmil
Enver Bey
Nazim Pasha
Enver
Balkan
Eaimil Pasha
Turkey
Berlin
Insane Patients Moved to Pendleton Branch Hospital
About 325 eastern Oregon insane patients were transported by special train from Salem to Pendleton, with 300 to the Pendleton facility and 25 remaining as a buffer. The move, delayed briefly by engine trouble, proceeded without incident and the patients settled in with meals and rooms prepared. Dr. W. D. McNary led 28 attendants and officials, praising the new hospital's modern facilities and architecture.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Hood River
Dalles
Salem
Old Salem
Instituton
W. D. McNary
Siem, Or
Ore- Kon State Hospital
Eastern Oregon Hospital
McNary
Pendleton Asylum
Pasco Smallpox Epidemic Reported in Oregon Cities
Reports indicate Pasco has twenty or more smallpox cases with schools closed to prevent spread while La Grande shows two violent cases. Pendleton theaters and gatherings shut due to alarmist chatter though only two cases at the Phelps home are confirmed.
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Pasco
la Grande ix
Pendleton I
la Grande
Union County
Pendleton
Phelps Home
Weil
Old Time Resident Mrs Campbell Dies in Pendleton
Mrs Fannie A Campbell who came to the area before a house stood in Pendleton died at 415 Perkins avenue at 4 30 yesterday afternoon from paralysis following a Friday stroke. Born in Iowa in 1838 she married F A Campbell in 1854 and moved west in 1864 settling near Horseshoe curve. Survived by W M Campbell of Pendleton and Bert Reeder of Nye. she lost seven children and was active in the Episcopal church with funeral at Church of the Redeemer at 2 this afternoon conducted by Rev Charles Quinney.
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Fannie A. Campbell
Pendleton
Perkins Avenue
Campbell
Towa
F. A. Campbell
Horseshoe Curve
Furnish Car
W. M. Campbell
Bert Reeder
Nye
Episcopal Church
Church of the Redeemer
Charles Quinney
Rebels Cut Line Ties Up Traffic at Border
Rebels near the international border cut the Mexican Central line, causing traffic standstill in El Paso. Federal troops rush to guard the damaged section as workers begin repairs after the obstruction near the border.
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el Paso
Marcello Caraveo
Wife refuses to aid General Sickles in jail dispute
Washington June 27 Attorneys for General Sickles met Sheriff Marburger who vowed not to move the general unless satisfactory bonds are posted If not posted the sheriff will jail him Mrs Sickles refused to intervene unless he fires housekeeper Misa Wilmerding who has served fourteen years at his home
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Washington
Sickles
Marburger
Wool tariff debate signals possible cuts in wool duties
Washington January 27 The house ways and means committee weighs schedule K of the Payne tariff law covering wool duties. Wool manufacturers urge protection while supporters expect sweeping cuts. The outcome could reshape the wool schedule before any final tariff action.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Probe into garment strike sparks seven man committee resolution
In Washington a seven member committee is demanded to investigate economic causes of New York garment workers walkout. Rep Herger introduces the resolution with affidavits from strike leaders and warnings that misery in clothing production breeds vice and disease. In New York the garment workers strike nears an end as a tentative accord between clothiers and unionists may lead to a resumed work day.
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Committee of Seven
Herger
National House
Washington
New York
Berger
Garment Workers
Man from Adams Accused in Brutal Thanksgiving Altercation
Dassie A. Green of Adams faces a divorce suit after a drunken quarrel in which he allegedly seized a butcher knife and threatened to kill his wife and stepchildren, drove them into a snow filled night, damaged the home, and later was jailed to keep the peace. The wife accuses cruel treatment since marriage in 1909 and seeks restoration of her prior name Addie M. Painter and $75 to cover court costs. Will M. Peterson represents the plaintiff.
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Dassie A. Green
Adams
Green
Walla Walla
Riorous
Addie M. Painter
Will M. Peterson
Eastern Trainmen Ready for Strike
Cleveland June 27 Following the rebuff by eastern railroads to a 15 percent wage increase, President Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen said further action will be deferred until February conference results. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will canvass its recent strike vote next week. A combined strike by trainmen and firemen remains possible if no satisfactory agreement is reached.
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Cleveland
Jun
Eastern
Lee
Brotherhoo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Wireless telephone improved in Germany report
Berlin reports a breakthrough in wireless telephony as experiments between the Nauern central wireless station and Berlin succeed. A whole newspaper article can be transmitted by wireless between the stations about 15 miles apart, with clear reception at 250 miles when the receivers harmonize with the transmitter.
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Berlin
Three Die in Soo-Spokane Freight Wreck Near Minot
Minot North Dakota January 27 three people were killed and three injured in a wreck involving the Soo-Spokane freight train stack and wagon. Jacob Helm and his two sons died, and the Helm children were not expected to live.
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Minot
N. D
Soo-Spokane
Stack
Jacob Helm
Helm
Home rule question returns to voters today
A home rule question is placed before local residents for views. Senator Barrett requests messages from the city council Commercial association and citizens on satisfaction with the law as Bean and Calkins of Lane County push a repeal bill in the Senate. Secretary Haril reports many business leaders favor retaining the law.
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Munllock
Barrett
Senate
Bean and Calkins
Lane County
Commercial Association
Haril
Soen
Bill Calls for Timber Withdrawal in Santiam Forest
Salem Oregon January 27 Representative Hagood introduced a bill providing for the withdrawal of between thirty and fifty thousand acres of timber land in the Santiam national forest. The state will receive the land from the government in exchange for certain school sections and place the tract under the supervision of the state school of forestry.
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Salem
Ore
Hagood
Santiam National Forest
State School of Forestry
Seven Bills Passed in House in Salem Session
The Salem House approved seven bills including a measure by Rep. Forbes to set circuit judges’ salaries at four thousand dollars annually. Additional passes covered revising laws to repeal dead statutes, and abolishing requirements for private seals in conveyances.
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Salem
House
Forbes
Measure Aims at Telephone Mergers
Salem January 27. A bill by Senator Smith of Coos county would require state railroad commission permission for mergers by buying out rivals. The measure targets foreclosure driven purchases of competing telephone lines.
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Salem
State Railroad Commission
Smith
Coos County
Mrs V D Smith Killed In Bridge Auto Crash
Oakland California January 27 Mrs V D Smith was instantly killed when her husband drove his automobile off a bridge to avoid a motorcycle. Smith and two others in the party were injured severely.
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Oakland
Cal
V. D. Smith
Smith
Witnesses Oppose Wool Tariff Cut In Ways and Means
Joseph Holmes and John Wood testified before the ways and means committee against reducing the wool tariff. Holmes presented figures to argue clothing would not be cheaper if the tariff fell, and noted the common eight to ten dollar salts despite factory costs around three dollars.
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Washington, D.C
Joseph Holmes
John Wood
Ways and Means Committee
Holmes
If Girls Would Choose Husbands Like Clothes
A wry remark noting that selective marriage choices resemble shopping for attire. It implies careful judgment could reduce divorces and increase stable single men, reflecting social commentary on courtship and marriage norms.
Asquith withdraws suffrage amendment in Commons
In London on January 27 Premier Asquith spoke for the cabinet and withdrew Grey's amendment to the franchise bill intended to grant women the vote. He said no suffrage action would occur this session. A wild gallery demonstration followed with suffragettes protesting and Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst vowing renewed militant tactics unless a parliament bill providing equal suffrage is introduced.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Grey
Lowthers
Commons
Emmeline Pankhurst
Friedmann Cure to Be Brought Here
New York January 27 accepting an offer of one million dollars from banker Charles E Finlay to demonstrate the tuberculosis cure in America Dr Friedmann is scheduled to come to America at once His brother in the city received a cable that he is ready to start for New York sailing within a week or two
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New York
Charles E. Finlay
America
Friedmann
Friedman
Finlay
Wilson rules out White House reception March fourth
Trenton January 27. Wilson said a White House reception on the eve of March fourth is impossible due to expected over a million visitors in Washington. He added there should be no reception unless held on a democratic basis.
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Trenton
White House
Wilson
Washington
Explosion Rocks Paris Near St Sulpice Church
A huge dynamite blast shook Paris within a mile of the church of St Sulpice on January 7. Surface lines on Rue de Severs were wrecked and, despite the blast, no casualties are reported. Workmen recently discharged from subway construction are believed to have triggered the explosion.
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Paris
Church of St. Sulpice
Rue de Severs
Gov. Paces Criminal Charge Against Brenner
Sacramento Jan 27 Gov John son honored a requisition to have George Brenner under arrest at San Francisco returned to Morrow county Oregon where he is wanted on a charge of criminal assault against Opal Cribbing aged six His wife swore to the complaint and the case is pursued by local authorities in Oregon with Brenner awaiting extradition proceedings
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Sacramento
Ross Must Serve His Sentence In U S Court Decree Upheld
Washington January 27 The sentence of Thorburn Ross a Portland banker convicted of grand larceny of 288000 and sentenced to five years in the Oregon state penitentiary was affirmed by the United States supreme court also affirming the conviction of Charles Helke former secretary of the American sugar refining company for alleged complicity in sugar weighing frauds in 1909 Helke received 18 months and five thousand dollars fines
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Washington
Thorburn Ross
Portland
Oregon State Penitentiary
United States Supreme Court
Oregon
Oregon Supreme Court
Multnoo
Thah County
Ross
Ilverty
United States Court
Supreme Court
Charles Helke
American Sugar Refining Company
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