Violent clashes floor Paint Creek as miners vs detectives
Reports from Charleston indicate telegraph and telephone outages hinder verification as a dozen people are said to be slain or injured in the Paint Creek region. Women and children flee while gunfire echoes, and Governor Glasscock orders three militia companies to the scene amid a large miner strike that began April 26. Detected deaths include William Stringer Gus Hinson and Wil liam Phaup who later died. Adj General Alliott and 26 militiamen encamped at Mucklow.
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Charleston
W. Va
Paint Creek
Glasscock
William Stringer
Gus Hinson
Wm. Phaup
Alliott
Mucklow
Flood Drama As Auto Plunges In Butter Creek
Asa Thompson, Eeho resident and Republican county central committee chairman, and A J Coburn faced a rising flood when their auto stalled in a two by three foot irrigating ditch. Coburn fled to safety as Thompson stood knee deep on the car, clearing debris with a shovel as floodwaters swept past.
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Asa Thompson
Eeho
Republian
Coburt
Thomson
Thomason
Cobern
Mr. Thomson
Roosevelt state convention in Boston selects delegates
The Roosevelt state convention met in Boston to elect delegates to the Progressive party national convention in Chicago next month. Each city or town is invited to send delegates proportionate to enrolled progressives in that community.
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T. R
Boston
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Chicago
Snakes Eat Chickens and Messenger Escapes
Jersey City July 27. W Conklin express messenger in charge of Denver to Jersey City service is not to be punished for deserting his car. Four rattlesnakes consigned to the New York Zoo got loose and chased him through the car, finally feasting on a consignment of live chickens. He beat his escape and was not penalized.
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Jersey City
W. Conklin
Express
Denver
New York Zoo
Conklin
Barrymore Pleads Guilty in Hotel Barber Fight
Los Angeles July 27 Jack Barrymore actor, starring with a local stock company, pleaded guilty to assault after a clash with a barber at a local hotel. Eyewitnesses say the actor had the better of the fight and he faces sentencing likely on Monday.
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Los Angeles
Jack" Barrymore
Barrymore
Taft May Not Accept Judge Hanford Resignation
President Taft may reject Judge Hanford's resignation if impeachment risks persist and will defer action until the sub committee returns. Taft plans to confer with the hearing panel to decide whether to accept the resignation or renew impeachment proceedings. A Los Angeles telegram urged Taft to refuse the resignation and continue the investigation, arguing the judge's past actions warrant punishment.
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Washington
Taft
Hanford
Los Angeles
Titanic Baseball Battle Looms Tomorrow in Pendleton
Pendleton prepares for a titanic Court and Main Street baseball clash at Round-up Park tomorrow as Yeth Celone Jake Welsh and Major Bill Lytle lead rival teams. Welsh touts Keefe-Sturels battery win and favorable odds while Lytle recruits Lefty Hewitt to bolster Milne’s squad with Cronin guiding the field as umpire Turner enforces a strict call.
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Victor Hugo
Rome
Carthage
Pendleton
Court
Main Street
Yeth Celone
Jake Welsh
Bill Lytle
Lytle
Lefty Hewitt
Garrett
Twirler
Milne
Darrow Trial Could End Within Ten Days
Los Angeles July 27 court notes no saloon testimony today. Attorney Rogers said Darrow will be the next witness and the case may go to the jury within ten days. He indicated only a few minor witnesses remain while Darrow’s testimony may largely close the defense case.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Darrow
Rogers
Cooperation with Farmers a Success in Bend Hog Program
Portland July 27 practical cooperation with farmers by bank interests has proven successful in Bend Oregon where C S Hudson cashier of the First National bank has promoted hog raising. A carload of well bred sows was shipped from the middle west distributed to Bend area farmers with notes for payment due in one year. Hudson reports profits of 100 percent per sow and in some cases as high as 200 percent based on pig litters and local reports.
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Portland
Bend, Or
C. S. Hudson
First National Bank
Hirm
Bend
Hudson
D. O. Lively
Portland Union Stockyards Company
Not to Protest Free Canal Toll
Washington dated July 27 dispatch says Britain will not protest free passage of American vessels through the Panama Canal beyond the present limit. A note notes Britain may argue that toll discrimination violates the Hay-Paunce totw treaty, to be submitted in months. Canal legislation likely to pass Congress.
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Washington
Knox
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Congress
Authorities hold up arms shipment in Nogales
A large consignment of arms and ammunition bound for Sonora is detained by Mexican customs officials amid tensions with Mexican rebels. The shipment was planned to enter Mexico but no notification from Mexico City was received, and officials refused clearance. Washington’s big crop news notes a wheat yield rise to about 36 million bushels, with state figures showing barley and oats outputs and fruit reports from diverse districts.
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Nogales
Arizona
United States
Sonora
Mexico
Mexico City
Washington
Seattle
J. Holst
We Public Service Commission
Gore May Be Named Western Manager
Sea Girt New Jersey July 27 Gov Wilson arrived home this morning ending his secluded period after delivering acceptance remarks written in his own shorthand notes The speech will be printed Monday Senator Gore of Oklahoma conferred with Gov Wilson this afternoon and it is likely he will manage Wilsons Western campaign with headquarters to be set up at Denver or San Francisco
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Sea Girt
N. J
Gov. Wilson
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Wilson
Denver
San Francisco
Grand Jury Indicts Portland Officials
Portland July 27 The grand jury indicted That May or Biushighlight Chief of Police Slover and several officers for outraging public decency and disturbing the public peace in connection with an alleged bribery attempt of Deputy District Attorney Collier with four hundred dollars in currency reported by the grand jury.
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Portland Or
Biushilight
Slover
Collier
Brand Jury
Balloon racers to start elimination trials today
Kansas City hosts the elimination balloon races with about 100000 expected to attend at the Armour Swift Burlington grounds. Top flyers will represent the United States in the international race set for Stuttgart, Germany, next October, with entrants from San Francisco Denver St Louis Kansas City Akron Ohio Indianapolis and Nashville among others.
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Kansas City
United States
Stuttrart
Vierming
San Frann Cisco
Denver
St Louis
Kansse City
Akiron
Ohio
Indianapolis
Nashville
Armour-Swift
Burlington
Free Sugar Bill In Senate Today
Washington July 27 a vote on the democratic free sugar bill is expected in the senate before night. The measure may go slightly amended and provides for the free entrance of raw sugar.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Southerner Slated for Second Place on Progressive Ticket
Senator Dixon of Montana, Roosevelt campaign manager, predicts a southern progressive will secure the vice presidential nomination at the bull moose convention. He cites an industrial vote appeal to workers and notes Wilson’s declining popularity after nomination while Taft draws little support.
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Chicago
Dixon
Montana
Roosevelt
Wilson
Taft
Rebels Face Federal Forces Near Juarez Warfront
Juarez July 27 Rebels report federal advance sighted at Matachie in Madera district about 250 miles southwest of Juarez. General Orozco orders a train from Casas Grandes to Madera to meet federal troops while La Junta hosts the main federal force. Rebels say a destruction crew has cut roughly 60 miles of the Mexican Central railway and extra men move south to assist. Orozco had planned to evacuate Juarez via Casas Grandes for Sonora. new developments may prompt a revised plan.
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Juarez
Fuarth
Matachie
Madera
Genel Orozco
Casas Grandes
la Junta
Atrip
United States
Orozcos
Oresco
Sonora
Mikado In Serious Condition At Palace
From Tabyo Japan the palace bulletin reports the Mikado remains critical with no chance of recovery though his temperature runs near normal today. In Dallas Texas statewide primaries are held to choose delegates for August 13 conventions. Progressives face date confusion and may abstain from Republican or Democratic races.
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Tabyo
Japan
Dallas
Tex
Texas
New Party
Chicago
Sullivan Held Without Bail in Rosenthal Inquest Case
New York July 27 Jack Sullivan, named at the Rosenthal inquest as being in the automobile when the gambler was killed, was held without bail on a charge of complicity in the murder and was sent to the Tombs.
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New York
Jack Sullivan
Rosenthal
Sullivan
Veteran baseball star Osborn arrested for gambling game
Tamp Osborn, a veteran pitcher with a wide baseball resume, was arrested on a charge of conducting a gambling game in a hotel room. He was arraigned, bound over to the grand jury under $20000 bond, and held when the bond could not be posted. Two men allege they were enticed to Osborn’s room for poker. a dispute over cheating led to the arrest, with possible additional charges anticipated. Osborn has faced suspensions in prior leagues and recently drifted through several teams including Missoula, La Grande, and Hood River before Pendleton.
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Blakely
Osborn
Missoula
Union Association
Lucas
P Clitizen
la Grande
Bradley
Boise
Pendleton
Garrett
Hood River
Mays
Lewis
London Dock Strike Ends After Ten Weeks
The great London dock strike ends today after ten weeks of disruption. Hundreds of thousands suffered and business was crippled before workers returned to work as the strike committee urged a resumption while employers promised to consider the grievances and ances.
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London
Senate adopts excise tax bill expanding corporation tax to individuals
Washington July 27 The senate approved by a 37 to 15 vote last night an excise tax bill extending the corporation tax law to individuals and co partners with incomes over 5000 The measure includes a report on the Canadian reciprocity act and a 2 per ton rate on print paper Senator Borah’s income tax bill was defeated
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Progressive Editors to Meet in Chicago August 3
Editors Earl of Los Angeles Nelson of Kansas City and Van Valkenburg of Philadelphia called a meeting of progressive editors of the country to be held in Chicago on August 3.
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Mert
Chicago
Earl
Los Angeles
Nelson
Kansas City
van Valkenburg
Philadelphia
City Aldermen Admit Graft Ties in Rail Measure
Detroit July 27 Two of ten city aldermen arrested on bribery and conspiracy charges for votes on a city property transfer to the Wabash railroad confessed today. Three others made partial confessions. two more arrests expected. All released on five thousand dollar bail as Burns detectives detail years of graft. Alderman Giniman's wife collapsed from stress after the arrest.
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Detroit
Mich
Wabash Railroad
Burns
Giniman
Lodge Leads Attack on Sugar Tariff Bill
Washington July 27 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts led an attack in the senate on the sugar tariff revision bill arguing the tax mostly falls on the poor and that removing it would not ease living costs. The Senate finance committee minority filed a report on a substitute for the House bill, saying it would forfeit fifty million dollars of public revenue. Lodge added that civilized nations tax sugar and the best purchasers of luxuries bear the tax while the House plan would mainly benefit consumers.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate Today
House
Senate Financial Committee
KHL Lodge
Blues Make Last Stand At Bridge In Centralia
Centralia Washington July 27 The blue forces defend the Black river bridge near Gate City in a critical battle. If the blues fail to hold this afternoon the red invaders will likely win the war. Senate to Vote on Sugar Tariff Today
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Centralia
Wash
Cleveland Heiress Miss Snodgrass Sought in City Canvas
Cleveland police canvassed the city on July 27 to locate Miss Cortes Snodgrass, the New York heiress who had been a candidate for a position with the superintendent of the trees home. A woman matching the broadcast description was seen in the area and questioned. Miss Snodgrass left home the day she was to depart for California.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cortes Snodgrass
New York
Moeveland
Snodgrass
Snodgras
California
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