Congress told of Lawrence conditions offers rejected
A Lawrence Massachusetts textile strike testimony before the House rules committee described extreme poverty and rationing bread and water for families. Striker Samuel Lipson testified wages fell after the law set a fifty four hour week, with operators speeding mills to preserve output and cut pay. Also present were AFL president Samuel Gompers and Textile Mill Workers Union chief Golding.
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Washington, D. C
Lawrence
Masa
House Committee On Rules
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
President Golding
Textile Mill Workers’ Union
Lawnone
Samuel Lipson
Peterson Praises Great Commoner At Portland Bryan Rally
W M Peterson Umatilla county Democratic chairman just back from Portland reports 10000 attendees at a Bryan rally in the Gipsy Smith auditorium with crowds turned away for lack of space. He notes mixed Republican and Democratic applause as Bryan attacked Roosevelt and Taft, and says sentiment in Oregon favors Woodrow Wilson while Clark and Harmon factions exist. Peterson attended Bryan’s reception at Union depot and joined the escort to Multnomah hotel and Portland Heights.
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Peterson
Bryan
Gipsy Smith Auditorium
Roosevelt
Clark
Harmon
Umatilla County
Union Depot
Multnomah
Auto Party
Portland Heights
Mrs Bowman Returns From Sand Point Idaho Visit
Mrs William Bowman arrived on the Northern Pacific today after visiting her daughter in Sand Point Idaho. The trip marked her first lengthy travel this season and was welcomed by family upon arrival.
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William Bowman
N. P
Sandpoint
Idaho
First US recognizes revolt with Taft neutrality proclamation
Washington March during the Mexican situation the United States formally recognizes the revolt Taft proclaims neutrality warning Americans that war exists and that those remaining there do so at their own peril The measure marks the first formal US stance in the crisis and serves as a cautionary note to travelers and residents.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Taft
Figures juggle in so called increase wage offer
Lawrence workers reject mill owners wage offer as an insult to intelligence. They say the proposed five per cent rise hides under a longer 56 hour week, not the 54 hours in the new law, and they stick to their demand for a fifteen per cent increase. The strike trustees plan to repudiate the offer and renew the fight for a living wage.
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Lawrence
Mass
Former Vansycle Man Badly Hurt
Erskine La Hue eighteen year old son of Mr and Mrs B E LaHue formerly farmers in Vansycle moved to Clyde Washington was badly burned in an accident while starting a gasoline pump a can of distillate ignited from a warming torch and exploded burning him severely he was rushed to a Walla Walla hospital where initial fears for his life faded as his condition improved he now has a fighting chance for recovery according to his uncle R O Earnhart who returned from his bedside.
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Erskine la Hu
State May Probe Warner Will Case
A Pendleton date line report says a petition with about 60 names has gone to Attorney General Crawford urging a state investigation of the Mabel Warner will forgery case. Petitioners claim the prosecutions stem from spite work, noting Warner has been tried three times on the charge and that F D Watts is the alleged investigator, with current and former district authorities active in pursuing the case.
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Oregon
Supreme Court
Mabel Warner
Crawford
Ir Ie
F. D. Watts
Phelps
Seattle jury finds Hufford guilty of first degree murder
Seattle on March 2 a jury returned a verdict of first degree murder against Charles Hufford a liquor salesman. He shot Irene Tesche on New Year Eve on Pike Street and pleaded insanity.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles Hufford
Irene Tesche
Pike Street
Hoe
Azores Hit by Devastating Hurricane Presses Losses
A hurricane swept the Azores causing wrecked fishing vessels and devastated plantations with heavy loss of life. Property damage is enormous and authorities report extensive destruction across the islands.
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Lisbon
Mar
Azores
Salem divorcee murders her four children then ends life
Salem Oregon March 2 A divorced woman Mrs J F Jellison 40 killed her four children aged nine to fifteen with cyanide then took poison at home. The bodies were found this morning arranged as if sleeping. In a suicide note she said she could not provide for her family and left twenty one dollars to help funeral expenses.
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Salem
Orc
J. F. Jellison
General sympathetic strike threatens to paralyze British kingdom
London reports a potential all railroad employes strike in sympathy with coal miners. Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants may refuse to handle trains used by the government to move troops, while talks of a broader sympathy strike gain ground. Officials warn railroads risk halting coal shipments and nationwide business paralysis unless a quick settlement is reached.
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London
Eng
England
United Kingdom
The
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
Con
Lancashire
Home Office
Coal Miner Strike Paralyzes Britain Amid Rising Prices
London reports cost wise traffic nearly paralyzed by a coal miners strike involving over a million workers. Food prices soar, creating immediate serious proportions across the country.
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London
Eng
Suffragette Leader Mrs Pankhurst Sentenced in Window Riots
London March 2 Mrs Pankhurst famed suffragette leader received a two month jail term for her role in a wide scale window smashing campaign by about 150 women seeking equal suffrage. Other participants were jailed one week to one month as crowds cheered outside court.
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London
Eng
Pankhurst
Bandits Blow Up Bank in Montreal Robbery Attempt
Five men attempted a Royal Bank of West Montreal robbery defying police. They dynamited the bank, one bandit was killed, two captured near the city outskirts, and the rest were pursued. A railroad watchman alerted authorities. Abe Molstrom reported from his ranch today.
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Montreal
Mar
Royal Bank of
West Montreal
Local property owners seek Portland paving prices here
Property owners urge Portland paving costs for Pendleton projects as Oregon Independent Paving cuts bids to 1.45 per square yard. The firm, active two years here, faces rival losses while Westmoreland and Milwaukie Street contracts show 1.409 to 1.76 per yd. City council awaits further bids amid price war and anticipated public improvements.
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Pendleton
Portland
Evening Telegram
Simon
Egon Independent Paving Company
Westmoreland
Milwaukie Street
Oregon
Alendy
Mutineers Fire, Loot in Peking as Yuan Struggles
Fires spread through Peking with the city under threat as mutineers kill French priests and rob the palace of the dowager empress’s father. President Yuan Shikai orders republican troops from Nanking while U S troops move to Peking for foreign protection amid rising chaos.
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Peking
China
Har Ting Fu
Yuan
Toops
Nanking
Noted lecturer to talk of pictures
The city hall convention room was filled as Dr. Preston W. Search spoke on Beautify Sunny Mary. Tonight he lectures on The Greatest Pictures of the World at the same venue, sharing travels through Italy with stereopticon views of Naples Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius.
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City Hall
Sunny Mary
Preston W. Search
Search
Italy
Mediterranean
Naples
Mt Vesuvius
Pompeii
Pen- Wletoy
Inland Empire Teachers’ Association
Walla Walla May Get Northwest Franchise
Tacoma reports Walla Walla may secure Northwest Baseball franchise if Tacoma businessmen raise two to three thousand dollars soon. President Roehermel announced that otherwise negotiations will reopen with Walla Walla, which is understood to offer a six thousand dollar bonus for the franchise.
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Tacoma
Mar
Walla Walla
Northwest Baseball
Roehermel
Local Supporters of T. R Taft Busy in Pendleton
Roosevelt and Taft camps in Pendleton push for Republican nomination support in Umatilla County. Roosevelt club organized, Taft committee to form a Taft club. Over 150 Roosevelt members already pledged. petitions circulating for both candidates with broad signature support.
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T. R
Taft
Roosevelt
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Roosevelt Republican Club
Taft Central Committee
Commercial Association
Taft Club
Parsonages Not Exempt From Taxes Under New Ruling
Assessor C P Strain warns that under current rulings no church property is tax exempt except the actual church and the land it sits on. Churches must tax all other owned property, with lodges exempt only for meeting halls. The new rule may raise taxes for church members this year.
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C. PF
State Tax Commission
Hydoplanes collide rescue at San Diego bay
San Diego on March 2 reports Lieut Herbster of the U S A and Waldo Watterman plunging from 100 feet when their hydroplane fell into the bay. Both men escaped to the water and were picked up by Aviator Atwater in a second hydroplane.
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San Diego
Lieut. Herbster
Waldo Watterman
Bay
Atwater
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W. J. Ryan
Will M. Peterson
Uma- Ulla County
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Vansycle
Walla Walla Hospital
STATE
Warner
Abe Molstrom
U.5
Yuon
Roosevelt Club
J. B. Mumford
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