War resume threatened as powers delay armistice
London reports two week window before hostilities could restart as Servian envoys approve joint note for immediate termination of the armistice. Powers must intervene before the armistice ends, Balkan envoys submit to governments, Porte must reply. In Constantinople the Young Turk council vows never to surrender Adrianople and the Aegean Islands.
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Adrianople
Aegean
London
Novako
Ich
Turkey
Constantinople
Young Turks Council
Committee of Union and Progress
Aegean Islands
Samoa Runs Aground In Thick Fog Near Point Heyes
In heavy fog the steam lumber schooner Samoa ran ashore on Point Heyes near San Francisco. The vessel broke up gradually while water remained calm. All 21 crew members escaped in boats and reached shore safely.
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San Francisco
Cal
Point Heyes
Samoa
Mrs Christofferson Skirts Docks In Solo Hydro Plane Flight
Mrs Silas Christofferson, wife of Portland aviator, climbed into a hydro aeroplane and remained aloft for several minutes near the Presidio and transport docks. She had been practicing aviation quietly, formerly Miss Emma Becker of Portland before her marriage.
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San Francisco
Silas Christofferson
Portland
Presidio
Christofferson
Emma Becker
Married men and the driving urge to drink suspected
A curiously blunt remark contemplates whether some men marry to avoid driving themselves to drink, implying a social stereotype about marriage and alcohol consumption. No specific individuals or events are named.
Oregon Electors Vote Delivered in Time to Count
Washington dispatch reports Hugh McLain delivered Oregon's electoral vote on January 28 to the capital as required to ensure the vote would be counted and to receive repayment for travel expenses.
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Oregon
Washington
Hugh McLain
United States
Prosecution urged of President Wood in dynamite case
New York date January 28 Immediate prosecution of President Wood of the American Woolen company, indicted in Massachusetts for illegally transporting dynamite during the Lawrence textile strike, was demanded by President Low at a National Club Federation meeting. Low condemned the notion of unequal law for union men and for Wood if proven guilty.
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New York
Wood
American Woolen Company
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Low
National Club Federation
Sharp Virginia congressman blasts Taft on Philippine plan
Jones of Virginia in the House denounces the current Philippine government as a law defying, despotic oligarchy. He claims Filipinos are burdened by debt and injustice, attacks Governor Forbes as extravagant, cites Benjuet railroad costs and a large government payroll and bureaus.
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Washington
Taft
Jones
Virginia
Islands
Congress
Forbes
Benjuet
Suffrage Amendment Introduced in Missouri Senate
Jefferson City Jan 28 The Missouri senate introduced a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote in all elections.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Water rights case on Umatilla heard by state board
Case arising from Indian water rights on the Umatilla River opens before the state board of control in Pendleton with milling company plaintiff. Commissioner Cochran hears testimony from James A. Fee for the milling firm, Col J H Raley, Judge Stephen A. Lowell, John P. Winter, and R. J. Slater aiding. U S Attorney John McCourt represents the government. testimony likely spans two days. The dispute centers on the 1885 act granting a permit to use Umatilla River water and its effect on 1859 treaty rights, with anticipated Supreme Court review.
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William Caldwell
Byers Milling Company
Umatilla
State Board of Control
George T. Cochran
James A. Fee
Col. J. H. Raley
Stephen A. Lowell
John P. Winter
R. J. Slater
U. S
John McCourt
R. R. Johnson
Caldwell
Water Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Lot Livermore
Pendleton
Department of the Interior
Byers , Co
Livermore, la Dow, Bailey
Travels Across Country Leaves Man Amnesiac
Alexander Chambers, a wealthy Newton, Pennsylvania mine owner, vanished January 10 while visiting a northern PA town and woke in San Diego with no memory of the intervening weeks. He recalls starting with a thousand dollars and says nothing about who aided or hindered his journey.
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Los Angeles
Newton
California
Alexander Chambers
Los Aneles
Chambers
Pennsylvania
San Diego
English Suffragist Sentenced to Fourteen Days in Jail
London reports Mrs Despard a suffragist leader among six arrested for destructive protest refused to pay a ten dollar fine and received fourteen days imprisonment. Police claim access to suffragist plans and express confidence in handling militant activity as fears of a reign of terror grow. Dublin reports Irish suffragettes attacking Dublin Castle smashing windows. London also notes three suffragists smashed windows at the Home Office and were arrested.
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London
Despondent Indian Shoots Self at Home Near Agency
Anthony Sumpkin, a 45 year old Indian of the Omatilli reservation, shot himself with an 80 30 rifle at his home near the agency school about 7 35 last night after a struggle with liquor. His family, asleep in the house, found him dying. He had long battled drink and had recently fought temptation, saying he had nothing to live for. He was the son of the wife of Yume Sumpkin and had adopted his stepfather's name. This is the third Indian death by self in a year linked to thirst for liquor. Separately, warrants were issued for Archbold Fogler and Teagle, Standard Oil officials, for Sherman Anti trust law violations in Texas. Texas officers may be sent if needed.
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Anthony Sumpkin
Omatilli
Agency
Sump
Anthony Lumpkin
Yume Sumpkin
Captain Sumpkin
Indian Police Court
John Vallazzi
Eli Parr
Dallas
John Archbold
H. C. Fogler
W. C. Teagle
New York
Meed
Texas
War hero Granville Dodge offers aid to Sickles
Omaha wire reports General Granville Dodge, famed war hero and millionaire, said he would come to General Sickles's aid if asked. The note follows rumors of a southward movement to support Sickles spurred by Mrs. Longstreet, widow of the Confederate general at Gettysburg.
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Omaha
Granville Dodge
Sickles
South
Longstreet
Sick
Gettysburg
Reforms Needed to Avoid Revolution
Supreme Justice Westey Howard told La Salle alumni that the U S administration of justice must be radically reformed to prevent revolution. He cited cases where an obscure valet receives thirty years while a millionaire bank wrecker gets one year and a convict in a neighboring cell dies from sickness, highlighting growing public impatience with judicial disparities.
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Troy
Supreme Justice
Westey Howard
la Salle Institute
J. Foulk Brandt
Joseph Robin
Morse
Alleged Attacker Arrives for Child Assault Trial
Deputy Sheriff Rasmus arrived from Heppner Oregon to escort John Ashenberner to the northern town for trial on a charge of feloniously attacking a six year old girl.
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San Francisco
Rasmus
Heppner Oregon
John Ashenberner
McKinley Plate Found in Pawnshop Details Emerge
New York, Jan 28. A gold plate once bearing McKinley’s invitation to the Knights Templar assembly in San Francisco reportedly changed hands for 700 dollars. Mrs Mabel McKinley Baer, a niece of the late president, is connected to the sale. The plate sits in the pawnshop of Morris Forgotson, with Dr Hermanus Baer saying it was lying around the house after the will. Relatives seek to reclaim it.
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New York
Mabel McKinley Baer
McKinley
California
Knights Templar
San Francisco
Assembly
Morris Forgotson
Haer
Hermanus Baer
Lite
Forgotson
DA vows fight to remove juror in Darrow trial
Los Angeles January 28 District Attorney Ford said he will press to oust juror George C Robbins after claiming he is prejudiced against the defense in the Darrow trial. Ford will produce witnesses showing Robbins said Darrow was innocent after his acquittal on a bribery charge and that retrying him would be cheaper.
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Los Angeles
George C. Robbins
Darrow
Ford
Robbins
Indian War Veterans to receive 35000 for horses
Salem Oregon January 28 The house committee on claims concluded Indian war veterans in the state are entitled to 35000 for the loss of horses. It will recommend reducing a 50000 appropriation in a house bill to 35000 and have the bill passed.
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Salem, Or
House Committee On Claims
Women Suffrage Bill Defeated in Senate Vote
St Paul January 28 An amendment granting the ballot to women was defeated in the senate by a vote.
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St. Paul
Jan
Senate
Rivers and Harbors Bill Passes With 40.8 Million Approval
Washington on January 28 reports the house approved a rivers and harbors bill carrying appropriations of forty million eight hundred thousand dollars. The measure funds navigation improvements and related projects nationwide, signaling a major federal investment in port and waterway infrastructure.
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Washington
House
American Soldiers Killed in Engagement in Jolo
In Manila on January 28 an American serviceman was killed and six were wounded as Bolomen attacked two American cavalry troops and a native constabulary detachment on the island of Jolo. The Moros were routed in the action.
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Manila
Bolomen
Island of
Jolo
Princeton Graduates to Meet President elect in Washington
Washington January 28 President elect Woodrow Wilson accepts invitation to a Washington banquet and smoker in March inviting all Princeton graduates in the United States. This first definite engagement outlines the program after his inauguration. Eight thousand five hundred invitations have been sent to the living Princeton graduates.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
United States
Movement seeks duty removal on foreign lemons
Portland January 28 unique movement by commission men to press Congress to remove the lemon duty this year. Leaders say high prices driven by the California storm threaten lemon supplies, warning the public may be lemonless before year’s end if foreign lemons are not admitted.
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Portland
Commission
Congress
California
Rural parcel post to double mail weight in Prairie City
Prairie City Postmaster Davidson says the parcels post will double the mail weight handled locally. The immediate effect will be rural mail delivery in the John Day valley, with sustained demand for upper valley service.
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John Day Valley
Rooutes
Prairie City
Ore
Jan
Davidson
Upper Valley
Walt Edwards Falls 69 Feet at Centralia
In Centralia Washington aviator Walt Edwards fell about 60 feet during an exhibition flight. His Curtiss biplane wrecked after a wire snagged him while he tried to jump free. He suffered a badly sprained ankle and minor injuries as witnesses watched. Edwards had purchased the plane a week earlier from Claude Berlin, another Centralia aviator.
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Centralia
Wash
Wilter Fidwards
Pacific Northwest
Edwards
Claude Berlin
Man who terrorized police sent to prison
Los Angeles police officer bomber Carl Reidel bach was found guilty of placing dynamite in a public building and given twenty years. A new trial was denied. He terrorized the central police station in November when he appeared with a bomb-clasping pose and was overpowered by detectives.
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Los Angeles
Carl Reidelbach
Central Police Station
Oregon House Hears Tin Plate Law Expansion
A bill by Representative Hagood would extend the Portland tin plate law to all towns in Oregon. It would require hotels apartments boarding houses tenants and saloons to display a plate with occupant names and addresses by the main entrance. The governor's vetoes of eight bills were sustained in the House and Senate action on the school supervisor plan was postponed.
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State Capitol
Salem
Ore
Portland
Oregon
Hagood
Senate
House
Timothy Hay to Reach $20 a Ton by Spring
Ellensburg Washington January 28 That 55000 tons of timothy hay in Kittitas valley will be sold before the new crop arrives says haybuyer Andrew Oleson who has disposed of 625 tons Trainloads of hay leave the valley weekly with buyers from the sound purchasing quantities The price is about 15 a ton at present and rancher Reece Jones predicts first class timothy will reach 20 a ton before spring The west side is covered with snow forcing dairy men to rely on hay rather than pasture
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Ellensburg
Wash
Kittitas
Andrew Oleson
Timothy
Reece Jones
Seattle
Westside
Wier Arrested for Stealing Dresses in Sheridan
Sheridan Wyoming January 28 Lt J L Wier former West Point football captain of 1910 is under arrest accused of stealing costly dresses from the wife of Captain S J Cecil of the Eighteenth Infantry while he occupied the Cecil home.
Pack man in ice to keep from thawing
Knute Bakked, 28, lies packed in ice with arms and legs frozen stiff in Williston North Dakota on January 28. He was found in a straw stack where he had sought shelter from the cold. Doctors say he may recover.
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Williston
N. D
Knute Bakked
Bakked
Branch Hospital Readiness For Admittance Of New Patients
Eastern Oregon State Hospital is occupied and ready to receive new inmates Superintendent McNary mails notices to county judges about readiness and patient commitment procedures Officials will dispatch attendants by gender to secure infant patients No new arrivals yet due to officials not knowing of readiness visitors schedule not set Special 12 member legislative inspection committee to visit Saturday per Senator Burgess resolution
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Oregon State Hospital
McNary
Oregon
Salem
Burgess
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Women’s Social Political Union
Lloyd George
Dublin
Dublin Castle
H.C. Folger
Lone Star State
Walt Edwards
West
Timothy Hay
Libut
Chicago
Judge Scully
John Barton
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