Republican caucus in Albany tests Root power in fight for senate leader
In Albany on March 10 Timothy L. Woodruff leads a Republican challenge against Senator Root to control the selection of the Senate majority leader. Woodruff and Barnes oppose Root and Hughes backed by the administration. A conference vote may be needed to settle the leadership with Cobb Hinman and Davis as contenders amid a party rift.
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Barnes
Root
Hughes
Taft
Hinman
Roosevelt
Albany
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republcan State Committee
Senate
Hushes
Harvey D. Hinmann
Binghampton
Pratt
Owego
William Barnes
Albany County
Washington
Senator Cobb
Watertown
Cobb
Davis
Theodore Roosevelt
Roat
City Raises Wages for Spokane Laborers
Spokane city council voted to raise city laborers wages by twenty five cents per day in a wrangling session attended by organized labor. The March 10 vote reflects local wage adjustments and labor influence on municipal policy.
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Spokane
Mar
Freedom of the city to Roosevelt in London
London grants Colonel Roosevelt the Freedom of the City, the highest civic honor. The common council voted unanimously to confer the title on the former president during his upcoming visit, a distinction rarely given, with Ex-President Grant among the few previously honored.
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London
Roosevelt
Ely
Grant
Portland business man ends life in California hotel
Los Angeles March 10 Frederick K. Arnold superintendent of the Portland Safety Deposit company of Portland Oregon committed suicide in a room at the Hollender hotel. He had been ill for some time and was prominent in business and social circles for years.
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Los Angeles
Government Urges Repeal or Strict Enforcement of Sherman Act
The government asks the Supreme Court to dissolve Standard Oil Co. of Missouri under the Sherman act, arguing the law should be repealed or enforced to earn public respect. Attorney General Wickersham and Kellogg lead the brief defending years of investigation into rebates and discriminating rates. The filing supports dissolving Standard Oil and cites a Missouri circuit court decree and testimony across a decade showing the company’s actions limited competition.
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Allewead
Washington
Department of Justice
Federal Supreme Court of the United States
Wicker “Domans
Frank B. Kellogg
Charles B. Morrison
Cordonio A. Severance
Circuit Court of the United States
District of
Missouri
Business Men Demand Peace and Labor Concessions Rise
Business leaders push for peace as strike prospects widen and both sides face pressure to concede. Labor officials indicate momentum toward a general strike if demands are not met, while workers expect concessions from the car industry amid mounting tensions.
Wellington Deblooms Rail Lines After Snowbound Pause
Wellington reports railroad connections to the outside world restored after February 24. Tonight the first Great Northern train will pass through the tunnel, marking a return to service. Rotaries finished their task and the remaining drifts are being attacked today.
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Wellington
Mar
Great Northern
General strike threat by midwest coal miners eyed for April first
Chicago March 10 reports labor leaders estimate a coal miner walkout could involve at least 240000 men if a nationwide strike is called for April first. The potential action targets bituminous fields across the middle west and Ohio districts.
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Chicago
Til
Middle West
Ohio
Snowfall in Palouse Heavyest in 27 Years
Reports from the Palouse indicate past winter snowfall in outer districts was the heaviest in twenty seven years. In many places it totaled over six feet. The snow has nearly vanished and plowing will begin within a week.
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Spokane
Mar
Palouse
Deposits in Oregon Banks Increase Rapidly in January
Bank examiner reports that deposits in Oregon banks rose by 1,265,059 since November, reaching a total of 91,314,138 at the close of business January 31. The increase includes private and national banks and reflects growing confidence in the financial system.
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Salem
Oregon
Days Robbers: Fels Calls Carnegie Morgan and Rockefeller Il Gotten
Joseph Fels, Philadelphia soup maker, branded Carnegie, Morgan, and Rockefeller as robbers in a speech at the University of Chicago settlement dinner. He charged wealth generated by unfair laws and tariff protection and pledged to fund reform efforts, including a push for a single tax and a campaign in Oregon beginning March 10.
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Chicago
Carnegie
Morgan
Rockefeller
Joseph Fels
Philadelphia
University of Ochitago
Fels
Oregon
Needle in brain links murder to life term case in Reno
In Reno Nevada on March 9 at St George hospital Frank Everett, a former miner, was found to have a needle lodged in his brain after being transferred for surgical aid from a fatal arson case. Everett, who suffered Jacksonian epilepsy, shot foreman Malone of the Minn shops four years ago without provocation and was sentenced to life.
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Reno
Nev
St. George Hospital
Frank Everett
Foreman Malone
Minn
Four Indictments for Embezzlement In Police Relief Fund
Four indictments were returned charging John M. Healy former secretary of the Police Relief association with embezzling 312 749 of the funds. Healy stands accused in St Louis with the misappropriation alleged to have occurred while in office.
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St. Louis
Mar
John M. Healy
The
Police Relief Association
Association
Pendleton Baseball Club Elects Officers and Delegates
L. G. Frazierla to lead Pendleton baseball club as president. Roy W. Kitner is vice president, Carl Cooley secretary, Fred W. Lampkin treasurer. Cooley and Clarke Nelson named delegates to league meeting in Pendleton Friday evening. Enthusiasm grows as former stars return and promising youths join.
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L. G. Frazierla
Pendleton
Commercial Association
Roy W. Kitner
Carl Cooley
Fred W. Lampkin
Clarke Nelson
Daylight Burglary Reported on Garden Street
Police report a bold daytime burglary at the residence of Jack Smith on Garden Street between Blot and Tustin. Entry occurred mid afternoon while the housekeeper, elderly and hard of hearing, was at home, allowing burglars to ransack a large part of the house before escaping unseen.
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Gurdane
Jack Smith
OBR, & N
Smith
Garden Street
Blot
Tustin Ang
France Objects to Kaisar Plans in Jerusalem
Berlin dispatch reports a new phase in Franco German rivalry over Jerusalem modernization. France opposes the Kaiser backed restoration of ancient buildings in an ultra modern style and the French League of Friends threatens to appeal to the Turkish government to halt the work.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Jerusalem
Kaiser
League of Friends
Morgan to Aid Discoverer of Cancer Cure in Rome
Rome March 10 It is reported that J P Morgan will likely provide financial aid to Prof Rampoldi of the University of Pavia who claims to have discovered a cancer cure The treatment relies on ointment made from a plant juice grown in India called Jackquerry and is said to have cured many cases
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Rome
J. P. Morgan
Rampoldi
University of Pavia
India
Illinois Central Chief Says He Will Remain President
Chiefof Illinois Central J T Harahan, back from New York, said he plans to stay indefinitely as president. He disclosed directors had sought a successor but could not find the right man and abandoned the search.
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Chieweo
J. T. Harahan
Ilinois Central Railroad
New York
Laity federation urges unions to seek arbitration
Newcastle Pennsylvania March 10 The laity federation has ordered the Philadelphia unions to make a final effort at arbitration If they fail all organized labor in Pennsylvania will be called out in 15 days.
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Newcastle
Laity Federation
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Mass meeting urged to settle Philadelphia strike
Philadelphia faces rising tension as business interests call a mass meeting for tomorrow to end the Industrial strife. Labor leaders predict Baldwin Locomotive Works will walk out, triggering a wave of strikes and street demonstrations. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company offers a $50 reward for tips to arrest terrorizing attacks on workers families while city officials vow to enforce a no-meeting proclamation during the strike. Pickets form at Cramps shipyards and other plants as defections from Baldwin grow and plant morale sags amid escalating confrontations.
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Philadelphia
Genemc
Baldwin Lomotive Works
Street Cir
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Nde
Barret
Phildelphia Baceball Pear
Henry Clay
Mr. Ching
Cramps
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin Works
Sympatity of English race saves Russian acquittal
St. Petersburg March 10 It was learned on good authority that Nicholas Technikovsky was acquitted of criminal activity yesterday because the government faced international complications due to strong sentiment for Tchaikovsky in America and England. Otherwise the noted Russian would have been exiled to Siberia with Mme Breshkovskaya, who was convicted on the same charge.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Technikovsky
Tschiaikovsky
America
England
Siberia
Mme Breshkovskaya
Chicago Plans Foreign Police Legion for Italian Crime Work
Chicago will form a foreign police corps of twenty five men to assist the regular force. Applicants will be examined in the Sicilian language and must pass physical tests. Led by Chief Stewart the unit aims to tackle black hand and other Italian murder cases previously unsolved.
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Chicago
Stewart
Run on Society of Savings in Cleveland Continues
The run on the Society of Savings mutual saving association continued through today. The bank holds about forty nine million seventy thousand dollars in deposits and is reportedly in excellent condition and able to meet every demand. Former Governor Herrick serves as president. Bank examiners affirm the institute’s sound status.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Society of Savings
Herrick
Garfield Testifies on Ballinger Alaska Coal Lands Sale
Former Secretary Garfield testifies before a congressional committee in a Ballinger investigation, opposing Ballinger and suggesting a bill would permit sale of Alaska coal lands at ten dollars per acre with consolidation rights. The testimony centers on circumstantial evidence and inference, aiming to advance the sale plan.
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Balllinger
Washington
Ballinger
Congressional Committee
Garfield
Nez Perce County votes dry amid Lewiston wet effort
In Lewiston a wet majority of 597 failed to overturn Nez Perce County's dry victory by 1844, amid claims of charter exemptions and alleged ballot numbering errors. Activists promoted dry candidates, registering about 200 Nez Perce Indians who voted, while critics warn the election may be void due to ballot mispreparation and uniform numbering from one to 16000.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Nez Perce
Anid
Mortgages Wiped Out by Trinity Against 68 Parishes
New York March 10 Mortgage relief announced wiping out about 370000 of Trinity Corporation held against 68 parishes in Greater New York. Some mortgages have stood 60 years and the action was prompted by the corporation's financial condition.
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New York
Trinity Corporation
Greater
Knox Jr. Elopement Sparks Family Rift and Finances
Providence R I March 10 Philander C Knox Jr admits that after eloping with Mary Boler his family cut him off and he will support himself. He expects a $100 monthly legacy from his mother’s trust and will seek work. Mary Boler’s mother condemns the action and may seek negotiations in Washington.
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Philander C. Knox, Jr
Providence
R. L
Knox
Mary Boler
Washington
Daniel Gilman
Sister in Baker City Sends Embezzler Money to Escape
Coluse California March 1 A printer named Hemple is under arrest for embezzlement in Caldwell Idaho. A letter found in his pocket from Ruth Hemple his sister of Baker City endorsing fifty dollars to flee to Central America.
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Sister
Baker City
Coluse
Calif
Hemple
Caldwell
Iddaho
Ruth Hemple
Central America
Rich Man Is Drunkard
New York on March 9 Justice Fitzgerald confirmed a sheriffs jury finding that Allan Wallace son of John Wallace banker and grandson of Commodore Van derput is a confirmed drunkard and incapable to manage himself or his money. The principal witness was his wife. Wallace inherits a trust fund of £750,000 left by his father.
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New York
Justice Fitzgerald
Allan Walelace
John Wallace
Commodore Vanderput
Wallace
Equal Suffrage Demand From Los Angeles Club Women
Club women of Los Angeles press for municipal equal suffrage and the right for women to run for office as the charter revision committee on the elts considers the amendment. Dr John R Haynes cautions the committee about yielding to the demand.
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Los Angeles
Elts
John R. Haynes
Senate passes patent appeals bill in Washington
The Senate approved a bill creating a four court of patent appeals bench. A five member panel is to sit with the chief justice appointed for life by the president. The four associate justices are named by the chief justice from circuit and district judges and will serve six year terms.
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Senate
Washington
Court of Patent Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Amalgamated Copper Listed on Stock Exchange
The governors of the stock exchange authorized Amalgamated Copper to be placed in the regular listed department. The company’s authorized capital stock is 155 million dollars, with 153,877,900 dollars issued and outstanding.
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Amalgamated Copper
New York
the Stock Exchange
Amalgamated
Greulich Buys Cole Residence In Pendleton Deal
Charles Greulich completed a purchase of Dr. W. G. Cole’s residence for $5000 and will take possession May 1. Nesmith Ankeney owns the lot behind and plans a new home this summer. Dr. Cole will remain in Pendleton, with possible future relocation for his family.
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Charles Greulich
W. G. Cole
Cole
Nesmith Ankeney
Mr. Greul
Ich
Cosble Street
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Porthind
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