Strikers Kill Many as Train Service Breaks Down
Somerset Kentucky March 13 Death toll mounts as a strike on the Queen and Crescent railroads leaves traffic at a standstill. Nine negroes, nine firemen, and two deputies die with many wounded. mountaineers threaten further violence and dynamite bridges if negroes are not discharged. Armed men seize three freights near Kings Mountain Kentucky prompting calls for deputies and a possible ten day engineers strike.
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Queen and
Cresent
Chattanooga
Glenary
Tenn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kings Mountain
Kentucky
Queen & Crescent
Order of
Missouri Millionaire Shot in Paris Cafe Fight
Parie France March 13 C R Dunbar a Missouri millionaire shot himself in a crowded cafe after a quarrel with a man named Morris who spoke to Dunbar's companion, an actress. Dunbar drew a revolver and fired twice with the second shot piercing his hip when Morris forced his hand downward.
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Parie
France
C. R. Dunbar
Missouri
Morris
Dunbar
Burglars Hit Pasco Stores Saturday Night
Pasco Washington March 13 robbers attacked the Pasco Drug Co. rear entry securing 145 dollars in cash and assorted small goods including razors fountain pens and a watch. They also broke into Neblett Painter fur nishings shop and took 2 dollars in cash.
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Pasco
Wash
Pasco Drug Co
Neblett & Painter
Masons to Erect a Temple in Pasco
Pasco Washington March 18 The Masonic lodge of the city Saturday evening gave Al Gerry a contract for building a Masonic temple on third street between Lewis and Clark at a cost of 12450 dollars. The lower part of the building will be used for business purposes. Financing came from the Western Union Life Insurance company of Spokane. Br Holsington and wife of Echo were visitors in Pendleton Sunday.
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Pasco
Wash
Masonic Lodge
al Gerry
Third Street
Western Union Life Insurance Company
Spokane
Mine Disaster in Virginia Minn Buries Twenty Six Miners
March 13 report from Virginia Minnesota states ten bodies have been recovered at the Normal mine. Sixteen miners remain trapped in the debris as rescue workers dig through the slide blamed on ground thaw from yesterday.
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Virginia
Minn
Soldiers Rig in Galveston Under Martial Law
Galveston Tex March 13 City under martial rule to prevent riots by soldiers in the Mexican and Negro sections. Twelve hundred troops confined to camp. guards patrol disturbed districts. Twenty five soldiers in guard house. Riots began yesterday as loans and Mexicana and negroes clashed. Furniture demolished and two buildings burned amid last night’s fist fights.
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Galveston
Tex
APAN LOOMS NS REAL CAUSE
Officials decline to be responsible for quotations amid a growing belief Japan will factor into mobilization in the Mexican trouble zone. Cablegrams from Colon discuss Oriental complications as possible motives for American troop moves. secrecy clouds official stance. Troops and craft arrive, scouting duties planned, with full mobilization not until rail logistics adjust and obscure posts are removed.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
Pacific Coast
Mexico
London
Colon
Oriental
Americans Watch Battle at Agua Prieta Amid Mexican Clash
Americans witnessed a large battle at Agua Prieta as General Blanco framed it as a test of strength. U S medical teams treated 21 federal deaths and 15 wounded while rebels lost two killed and three wounded. Captain Wheeler said federals fired on him as soldiers on leave fled toward Douglas.
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Huachua
Ariz
Blanco
Acua Prieta
United States
Wheeler
Rangers
Donglas
Hi Automobiles
Agua Prieta
Pear of Camora Jury Selection Stalls Amid Fear
Viterbo Italy March 12 The Camora band murder trial proceeds with fear among jurors as Judge Bianchi warns they will face jail for evading service Two panels have already been exhausted and further delays loom in the case involving 39 band members.
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Viterbo
Italy
Camora
Talesmen
Bianchi
Rate fight ends as railroads withdraw schedules
Washington on March 13 reports all schedules for advanced freight rates withdrawn by the interstate commerce commission. The last schedule was pulled today and a formal suspension order will not be required. The big rate clash ends for the time being.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Roosevelt to address Spokane colored citizens in April
Spokane Washington March 11 Roosevelt will address the colored people of Spokane during his visit here in April in the interest of the negro uplift movement according to Reverend Gordon McPherson of the Peoples tabernacle who extended the invitation Roosevelt telegraphed his acceptance
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Spokane
Wash
Rosevelt
Gordon McPherson
The
Peoples Tabernacle
Rooevelt
General Strike of Teamsters Fails in New York Area
In New York on March 14 a planned general strike by teamsters in New York Hoboken and Jersey City did not materialize. About fifteen hundred Adams Express drivers and helpers stayed out while most company wagons did not operate.
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New York
Teamsters
Hoboken
Jersey City
Adams Express Company
Memorial meeting honors Boileau in Paris
In Paris on March 13 Tienor French Poet reports a large memorial gathering of academy members to honor Nicholas Boileau the French poet who died 200 years ago today.
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Tienor
Paris
Academy
Nicholas Boileau
Boileau
Maurice Joseph Found Guilty in Candy Sale Case
Maurice Joseph of Housatonic, charged in Great Barrington Massachusetts with selling five cents worth of candy to a child on Sunday, has been found guilty and will be sentenced today.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Maurice Joseph
Housatonic
Furnish Coe settlement ends long controversy
The Furnish Coe dispute concludes this morning as a suit is dismissed after a late night settlement. W J Furnish gains control of all Inland Irrigation and Furnish Ditch company bonds. Henry W Coe retires from both ventures. The Portland suit and a million dollar Coe claim are dropped. receiver E J Sommerville remains to finalize records.
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Furnish- Coe
W. J. Furnish
Henry W. Coe
Inland Irrigation Company
Furnish Ditch Company
Henry W. Coo
Coo
Portland
Coe
E. J. Sommerville
Columbia Land Company
Constitutionality of corporation tax law upheld
Washington March 19 The US court today upheld the constitutionality of the corporation tax law in a decision read by Justice Day with all judges concurring It affects fifteen different federal court cases nationwide involving corporations in real estate mining manufacturing insurance merchandising and other fields The ruling states taxes are levied on the privilege of doing business
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Washington, D. C
United States Court
Justice Day
Walter L Fisher Becomes Secretary of Interior
Walter L Fisher took the oath of office as secretary of the Interior in Washington on March 13. Ballinger will remain until Fisher is familiar with duties then move to Seattle to prepare his suits for slander.
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Washington, D.D. C
Walter L. Fisher
Interior
Ballinger
Fisher
Seattle
Troops Recruited Worriedly in Texas Camps
In San Antonio on March 13 the rush to recruit the ninth and eleventh cavalry regiments signals possible first active service. Each unit, below strength, will gain 600 recruits en route from the north, with scout work planned after General Wood's arrival tomorrow or Wednesday. Roosevelt visited the camp at dawn, was greeted by Major General Carter, inspected the camp, and addressed schoolchildren before leaving for Austin.
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Tex
Wood
Roosevelt
Carter
Austin
Mexico vows harsher steps after reform order
Drastic measures are feared as Ding pledges to exterminate the revolution and enforce stricter actions than suspending constitutional guarantees. Reports claim the order to deny civil trials for those destroying property and to shoot disturbers may not end the depredations. Two San Diego reporters, Vinbisroom and Hiler, disappeared after crossing toward Tia Juana. Asa Thomson visited from Echo.
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Ding
Mexico
Cliye
Limantour Says No Alarm Over Mexico Clash
New York March 13 Limantour declares Mexico has done nothing warranting a doubled American force on the frontier He says the United States may call out any number of troops but such action does not signal imminent conflict It is to stop smuggling and to practice the war game simultaneously not to prepare for war with Mexico or any other power.
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New York
Limantour
Mexico
United States
Bandits Rob Reed Hotel Safe in Ogden Duel
Two masked bandits held six men at Reed hotel in Ogden Utah at daybreak and escaped with 700 dollars after rifling the safe. Half an hour later two suspects were jailed but the money was not found. The holdup occurred in Ogden's business district.
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Omen Business District
Ogden
Utah
Reed Hotel
No Quarter to Be Shown Commanded in Eastern Revolt
From El Paso on March 13 reports say Muncero orders no quarter to federal troops per couriers from Casas Grandes Their provision of Mexican constitution is cited as guarantee The entire fourth cavalry is encamped here with two troops arriving last night Scouts say insurgents mass on hills south Juarez
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Permshitte
San Diego
Calif
Magdalena Bay
el Paso
Muncero
Casas Grandes
Fourth Cavalry
Juares
Fragmented Thought on First Impressions and Doubt
A fragment notes that what is loved at first sight often falters upon second viewing or reflection, signaling a shift from initial charm to sober reconsideration. The text hints at volatility in attraction and perception, suggesting a cautionary view on rapid judgments.
Thirty Rebels Capture Mexican Town in Tecarte
Tecarte Calif March 13 Thirty Mexican insurgents seized a small town just across the border under Louis Rodriguez and faced possible federal attack as American troops monitored the area. Reported federal forces were near tonight after repelling a rival assault yesterday.
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Tecarte
Calif
Louis Rodriguez
Lkely
Conductor Killed in Eureka Railway Accident
Northern Pacific conductor A. D. Brower was killed Saturday at Eureka when his foot caught in a cattle guard as he signaled to back up a train. The cars ran over him, causing instant death. He had been based in Spokane and was tooting the engineer, with brakeman J. F. Foster and J. E. Rowe of Pasco aiding in removal.
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Northern Pacific
Eureka
Walla Walla
A. D. Brower
Spokane
J. F. Foster
J. E. Rowe
Pasco
Plan to Forestall an Attack on President Taft
Washington March 12 Plans to forestall a congressional attack on Taft are being considered by administration supporters. To avert a resolution of inquiry the War Department will likely announce details of the administration version of mobilization. La Follette is preparing a resolution asking if troops were mobilized to aid Wall Street.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
War Department
Th Dso
LaFollette
Wall Street
FAKERS ENTICE CHILDREN FROM MONTANA HOMES
Helena March 13 Complaints of a band of fakers who lure children from Montana homes with tales of wealth have reached the secretary of the bureau of child and animal protection Fennesy who vows vigorous action to eradicate the group Boys are especially targeted and several have returned home after going with men seeking riches
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Bureau of Child and Annimal Protection
Fennesy
Democrats in Dig Quandary over Payne Aldrich Tariff
Washington March 13. Democrats in the Ways and Means Committee plan a schedule by schedule revision of the Payne Aldrich tariff, aiming to widen the Republican breach and gain Taft's backing by attaching reciprocity to the tariff bill. The strategy faces Senate opposition, executive veto risks, and a long extra session. District Attorney Sam Van Vactor returned home to Heppner after court adjourned.
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Taft
Washington
Democratic Wars and Means Committee
Payne-Aldrich
Republican Ways and Insane Committee
Senate
Congress
Ooth
Uncle Joe" Cannon
Selon
Ways and Means
Sam van Vacter
Heppner
Settlement of Controversy Pleasing to Stanfield
Special Correspondence from Stanfield reports a settlement of months long dispute between Dr. Coe and W. J. Furnish over the Furnish Dye irrigated lands adjoining Stanfield. The case is resolved with salts withdrawn and dismissed just after midnight Saturday. Attorneys for both sides, Pendleton, Lowell, Winter for Coe and Raley & Raley with W. Fulton of Portland for Furnish, arranged the agreement. The settlement does not threaten titles to lands already sold under contract, though prior uncertainty slowed payments and improvements. With the dispute resolved, residents expect growth and substantial town improvements planned.
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Dr. Coe
W. J. Furnish
Pendleton
Lowell & Winter
Raley & Raley
W. Fulton
Portland
Furnish
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