Monroe Sinks After Collision Off Delaware Peninsula
News of a fatal collision off the Delaware Maryland Virginia peninsula sends the Old Dominion liner Monroe sinking within twenty minutes after a crash with Nantucket. Forty seven remain missing of the 184 aboard while eighty five survivors are landed at Norfolk as crews rush to scene.
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Neevenuo
New York
Old Dominion
Monroe
Delaware-Maryland- Virginia
Merchants
Nantucket
Boston
Johnson
Hamilton
Onondaga
Norfolk
Hogg Island
Old Dominion Line
Hersley
John Perkins
Gately
Wm. Rosen
Macaria Theatrical Company
James O'Connell
United States Industrial Commission
Fox
George Apler
Federal Steamship Inspection Service
Dan
France seeks funds for Panama Expo official representation
Paris on January 30 reports the government requested 490000 dollars from the chamber of deputies to cover official representation at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
City Motor Company to Open Garage in Snyder Building
The City Motor Co plans a garage and auto agency in the remodeled Snyder brick building on Cottonwood street in Pendleton. D. H. Nelson and Frank Fairbanks will own and run the venture, aiming for Feb 15 installation. The three-story remodel includes an electric elevator and modern plate glass front, with $4000 to $6000 spent on improvements. Hudson cars will be sold with another make announced later.
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The
City Motor Co
Pendleton
Lininea
Snyder
Cottonwood Street
D. H. Nelson
Frank Fairbanks
Strong earthquake shock recorded at Georgetown
Washington January 30 scientists speculate on the whereabouts of a strong quake detected last night by Georgetown University seismograph observer Father Orendorff. The reading began at 10 56 and ended at tied.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Orendorff
Iron Ore Exports Planned From Algerian Mines
More than 4,000,000 tons of ore annual export is projected from Algerian iron mines by a French financier after securing concessions following over a year of work and effort.
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Algeria
Black Hand member jailed after bomb wrecks tenement
New York report says Angelo Sylvestero of the New York Black Hand was convicted of placing a bomb at a Houston Street tenement entrance and received three and a half to seven years at Sing Sing. During sentencing, bombs wrecked the Joseph Stella store and a four story building on East Eighteenth Street, with authorities attributing the attacks to his gang.
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Black Hand
Sing Sing
New York
Houston Street
Angelo Sylvestero
Burglary Strikes West Court Street Home
Sometime in the past two days the home of Mr and Mrs Roland E Chloupek on West Court street was burglarized with clothing and jewelry valued about 76 dollars stolen The thief left no traceable clue The likely target was Mr Chloupek's room as other rooms remained untouched He is a manual training instructor at the high school and noticed the loss when trying on a suit he had not worn recently The missing items include a diamond cuff pin and elk pin along with other articles
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Roland E. Chiloupek
West Court Street
Chloupek
Mr. Chioupek
Sons of Veterans Oppose Washington State Flag
Spokane Camp of the Sons of Veterans passes resolutions opposing adopting a state flag for Washington. It criticises a drift toward a nation of one flag and plans to send copies to the governor and other camps urging a campaign against the flag to preserve patriotism.
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Spokane
Wash
Sons of Veterans
Washington
Cleveland Interclub boxing match set for tonight
Seven top St Louis amateur boxers arrived in Cleveland to face local competitors at the Cleveland Athletic Club. The fifth Interclub contest of the season will feature seven weight classes from 108 to 190 pounds as Cleveland hosts the meet.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
Cleveland Athletic Club
Ice Auto Racing Arrives in Cottonwood Lake Trials
Cottonwood North Dakota reports a new winter spectacle as a grand prize car race is planned on Cottonwood Lake. Builders completed a two mile course with snow banked curves. Trials show fast times but turning proves challenging as machines skid through the curves.
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Cottonwood
N. D
Cottonwood Lake
Portland Woman Hands Jewelry to Stranger
Mrs Bessie Smith wife of lumber exporter V Smith living at Selwyn apartments reported to police that an unidentified man posing as a detective persuaded her she was under arrest as a witness in a criminal case and took $1275 worth of diamonds and jewelry and explained criminal methods during a two hour encounter in Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Bessie Smith
V. Smith
Selwyn Apartments
World coal supply estimated at nearly eight trillion tons
The total coal supply of the world was estimated at 7,897,433,900,000 tons with about 4,000,000,000,000 tons being bituminous. Asia is cited as having the largest share among continents.
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Asia
McDonald and Gompers Clash at Mine Workers Meeting
In Indianapolis, Dun can McDonald of Illinois savaged Samuel Gompers, calling him a booze fighter, while Gompers shouted back and charges of machine control were denied. Delegates separated the rivals amid heated exchange. President Moyer also denounced Gompers during the session.
Higher second class postage rate urged in House
Washington plans to raise second class postage rates. House Post Offices Committee Chairman Moon announced a February 9 hearing to hear interested parties. Aim is to obtain more revenue from the large volume of second class mail.
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Washington
House
Moon
House Committee On Post Offices
Monroe Sinks After Collision With Nan tucket
Forty seven persons perish when the Dominion line steamship Monroe sinks after a ram by the Nan tucket. A dramatic day includes a woman warning tenants of a fire and a near fist fight between McDonald and Gompers at a miners convention in Indianapolis.
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Dominion Line
Monroe
Nantucket
Membr
Black Hand
New York
Sing Sing
Georgetown Observatory
McDonald
Gompers
Indianapolis
Northwest
Porter Chariton
Walla Walla
Two Applicants Take Naval Academy Exam in Pendleton
With two applicants present, Pendleton public schools superintendent J. and Landers oversee examinations to select the U S naval academy nominee from Oregon's second congressional district. Irwin Rand and Clarence L. Carson compete in geometry algebra arithmetic geography history and grammar. Grades in punctuation and spelling matter. exams run through tomorrow with a possible night session.
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Supt. J. & Landers
Pendleton Public Schools
U. S. Naval Academy
Oregon
Irwin Rand
John L. Rand
Baker
Clarence L. Carson
Hermiston
N. J. Sinnott
Daring woman saves many from burning Babies Row
Barefoot in nightdress Mrs William Massover ran from the bottom to the top of a south side five story building and warned neighbors as a fire consumed the Babies Row tenement. Firemen credit her action with averting a tragedy. three firefighters injured. two women and a child unaccounted for. loss estimated at 300000. cause blamed on spontaneous combustion from a rubbish heap.
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Mra
William Massover
Chicago
Massover
Water Board plans tentative need for 40000 dollars for new gravity system
The water board, led by Chairman J T Brown, says about 40000 dollars is needed for a gravity water system. Plans remain tentative, awaiting finance committee input and council discussion. Changing from wooden to concrete pipe raised costs and lengthened the line, with work on paving streets and a new main on East Court Street likely. Bond issuance appears likely to fund the balance.
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Water Board
J. T. Brown
Brown
East Court Street
Mill Street
Webb
Eugene to vote on $110000 high school bonds
Eugene voters face a February 20 special election on whether to issue 110000 in bonds for a new high school. The Board of Education ordered the poll to approve funding for a building on land bought last year.
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Eugene
Ore
Board of Education
Sugar planter William G Irwin dies in San Francisco
William G. Irwin a Honolulu sugar planter and multi millionaire died at his San Francisco home at age 76. At his bedside were his wife Fannie Ivers Irwin and his daughter Mrs. Charles Templeton Crocker and her husband.
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San Francisco
William G. Irwin
Honolulu
Fannie Ivers Irwin
Charles Templeton Crocker
Irwin
Trial of Charlton Postponed to June in Como Case
The trial of Porter Charlton for the murder of his wife was postponed until June in Como Italy. Officials cite Charlton’s claim that his wife was sexually abnormal and possessed of a dual nature. Sensational revelations are expected from a judges ordered investigation. Charlton is the son of a former Federal Judge and a Taft classmate. Mrs Charlton’s mangled body was found in a trunk in Jake Como. Charlton had been extradited from Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Italy
Hoboken
New Jersey
Gompers Defends Federation From Attacks At UMWA
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor defended the federation and its executive council in a speech at the United Mine Workers of America convention. He rejected charges by Charles Moyer Duncan McDonald and others that the AFL failed copper strike support and denied claims the federation is reactionary and decayed.
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McDonald
Seattle
Resolutions Committee
Gompers
McDonal
Indianapolis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
Charles H Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Duncan McDonald
M Miners
Moyer
Michigan
Powder Magazine Explosion Kills Six at Genoa Fort
Power Magazine near Genoa explodes killing five soldiers and one civilian and seriously injuring nine others. The incident occurred at the fortifications on January 20 and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Genoa
Italy
Northwest making strides at regional bank hearing
Portland business leader A L Mills of First National Bank urged a regional bank for the Northwest at a hearing before Secretaries McAdoo and Houston. He argued Portland dominates banking in the region and urged government help if a reserve bank is needed to meet capitalization rules.
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A. L. Mills
First National Bank of Portland
Reserve Bank
Portland
Ore
First National Bank
Portland Clearing House
McAdoo
Houston
Northwest
Millis
Mills
Washington Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Chief Engineer killed by electric shock at plant
Roy Shinn, chief engineer of Pacific Power and Light in Walla Walla, died at St Marys hospital after being shocked at a sub station on Sixth street last night. The blackout paused for 30 minutes while workers removed his body from a live transformer, as Hughes and Creveling nearby failed to notice the danger. The incident occurred while he cleaned a high power line switch presumed dead, but the wire was charged.
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Walla Walla
Roy Shinn
Pacific Power & Light Company
St. Mary's Hospital
Sixth Street
Hughes
Creveling
Notes From Hot Lake Health Resort Visit
Pendleton continues sending rheumatism patients to Hot Lake Springs in eastern Oregon. This week arrivals include Mrs J J Wodnege Charles Peterson F Creel W Kaononen A C Snider Caroline Rosenbere Mr and Mrs W J Schons and Hinehart. Miss Rosenbere plans a weekend with her father who is there for treatment.
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Hot Lake
Hot Lake Springs
Pendleton
Oregon
J. J. Wodnege
Charles ¢ Peterson
Creel
Wm. Kaononen
A. C. Snider
Caroline Rosenbere
W. J. Schons
Hinehart
Miss Rosenbere
Cannibalism Claims Amid New Guinea Missionary Tale
Rev H A Malley, a Congregational missionary arriving from the Antipodes, says cannibalism is still widespread in New Guinea with babies and young children as principal victims. He cites the death of German explorer Werner and notes nine tenths of prisoners held by Britain in New Guinea are for murder or cannibalism.
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San Francisco
H. A. Malley
Ventira
Antipodes
New Guinea
Werner
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Old Dominion Steamship Line
Berry
Franglo Balibit
City Motor Company
Georgetown
Chloupek Wome
Matter
Mdonald
Session of Miners
Head
Federation of Labor
Wilinois
United Mineworkers
Lees
American Federation
Toval
Dave Nelson
Frank Fairbanka
Sanders
Naval Academy
Smiley
United States Naval
Landers
Charlton
Idaho
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