Double wreck near Cayuse claims two lives in Oregon
Early eight mile east of Pendleton on the Co R and N rails, a light engine ran a nine degree curve and derailed. Engineer S L Risk and Fireman Edwin Hopple were killed, one car and the engine demolished, five box cars wrecked. a second engine, No 885, full of men including Walter Robertson and C L Wilson, narrowly escaped with all three aboard surviving after leaping from the cab or into a river pool. The wreck blocked the main line, delaying a heavy freight behind.
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City
S. L. Risk
Edwin Hopple
Umatilla
Marine of the
Pendleton
Cayuse
Kamela
la Grande
Porter
Meacham
Huron
Risk
Hopple
Mile Post
Mission
Verlett Aide
Walter G. Robertson
C. L. Wilson
Rose
Wilson
Live man objects to being labeled dead
Seattle March 21 The coroner's jury probing the Wellington avalanche left for Wellington to finish evidence. A verdict is expected tonight. Joseph Benler a timber cruiser visited the morgue and looked at the corpse tagged with his name and protested I missed the train claiming the body may be someone else.
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Seattle
Mar
Corpnenr
Wellington
Joseph Benler
Sheriff recaptures Gould and Sperling after jail break
Sheriff Taylor tracked and captured Gould and Harry Sperling alias Harry Ray about ten miles south of Pilot Rock in a J B K Smith jumping camp on Bear Creek. They were found in bed and returned to Pendleton, while Peter Bloom remains at large.
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Cleveland Gould
Harry Sperling
Harry Ray
Wicherty
Daviicht
Taylor
J. BK. Smith Company
Bear Creek
Pilot Rock
Peter Bloom
Pendleton
Indictments Charge National Packing Firms in Restraint Case
Chicago March 21. Federal grand jury returned indictments against the National Packing company and subsidiaries for operating a combination in restraint of trade. The government also filed a bill asking no dissolution of the company.
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Chicago
National Packing Company
Federal Grand Jury
Wreck Kills 42 as Flames Consume Wreckage
Disaster near Reinbeck Iowa leaves 42 dead and many injured after a Rock Island train derails on Chicago Great Western tracks. Fire erupts in wreckage as relief trains rush to Marshalltown with doctors and nurses. Cars destroyed include baggage, a chair car, and a sleeper.
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Rock Islami
Chicago
Great Western Road
Tatest
Mar
Rock Island Railroad
Reinbeck
Iowa
Minneapolis
Chicago Great Western
Dee Moines
Relinbeck
Marshalltown
Carmen Reject Offer Of Street Car Company
The car men’s union in Philadelphia rejected the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company proposal to settle the strike. A vote followed an all night session. President Mahon urged acceptance but was overruled. The men demand union recognition.
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Philadelphia
Carmen's
Philadelphia, Rapid Transit Company
Mahon
The
Carmen
First Day of Spring Forecast Uplift in Temperatures
Washington March 21 according to the weather bureau spring has begun today with forecasts of generally higher temperatures across the country compared with the same period last year.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Schlegel U S commissioner vindicated in Oregon case
In Pilot Rock Oregon the U S grand jury in Portland reported that charges against United States commissioner George W Schle gel were not well founded. Friends plan a public reception at Swearingen hall tonight to honor him after the news.
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Pilot Rock
Ore
United States Grand Jury
Portland
George W. Schlegel
United States
Swearingen Hall
Taft and Grey Fail to Reach Canada Tariff Accord
President Taft left for New York after a Canada United States tariff conference with Earl Grey produced no concession. Ten days remain before maximum rates under the Payne Aldrich law take effect on unduly discriminatory nations, with Canada on the list unless concessions are granted. Taft sought to avert a tariff war and considered a proclamation to reduce rates, sending a conciliatory message to Canada via the Toronto Globe.
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Vat
Albany
Earl Grey
Canada
Taft
New York
New Haven
Yale Corporation
United States
Dominion
France
University Club
Mr. Fielding
Washington
Knox
Lord Gray
Toronto Globe
Regulars Will Attempt 10 Dominate Rules Committee
A fragmentary statement expresses hope to balance judicial responsibility as president with trade interests in great countries. The text repeats phrases about regulars and a rules committee, noting an unusual emphasis on leadership and policy aims. No clear event or names are identifiable.
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Rules Committee
Chinese Sailor Sentenced as Mutiny Sparks Heading Tax Dispute
Ah Wey, a Chinese sailor aboard the Cape Brenton, is bound for a three year term after a mutiny that injured a fireman. The captain paid a five hundred dollar head tax, which the Ottawa government upheld, forcing payment before clearance papers were granted.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Mar
Ah Wey
Cape Brenton
Canadian Customs
Warden
Ottawa
Four Fishing Boats Lost In Portuguese Storm
Lisbon March 21 Four fishing boats carrying 32 men were lost today as a storm raged along the Portuguese coast. Five bodies have already washed ashore with little hope that any onboard survived.
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Lisbon
Portugese
Graft Fumes Rise in the Smoky City
Five former Pittsburg councilmen and one present member confessed in court to a graft system. The district attorney said the grand jury would indict them and may grant immunity to implicate richer citizens. Banks paid money to public depositaries as part of the alleged scheme tied to Councilman Klein’s wider ring involving trafficking in white slaves.
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Pittsburg
Mar
Fraser
Thomas McGrath
J. N. Purnell
N. F. Sivage
Irwin Rothplets
Willam Richley
J. H. Sheasley
Kleine
Blakeley
Grand Jury
Charles Klein
Klein
New Appendix Disease Named Appendicular Gastralgia
London reports a Royal Society of Medicine session detailing a new disease of the appendix. A series of 24 operations addressed stomach pain misattributed to ulcers, with appendix disease as the true cause. Dr Herbert J Paterson proposed the term appendicular gastralgia highlighting the key symptom.
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London
Royal Society of Medicine
Herbert J. Paterson
Advance Guard of Teachers Arrives for Inland Empire Session
Tomorrow a large contingent of Inland Empire teachers will travel by train for the association convention. The city is rushing to furnish room and board, with a housing committee led by Clarence Bishop and Mark Moorhouse securing hotels, rooming houses, and private homes. About 500 to 700 teachers are expected, and a public reception at Exigica-Woodmen hall opens events at 8 pm with music, addresses, and dancing to follow.
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Inland Empire Teachers’ Association
Clarence Bishop
Mark Moorhouse
Commercial Association
Exigica-Woodmen Hall
Ladies Clubs
Teachers Association
United Orchestra
Voral
Men May Continue to Smoke at Services in Atlantic City
A controversy at the fashionable Episcopal Church of the Ascension ends with a planned continuation of Sunday night services for men with smoking. Rev. Sydney Goodman who started the services last summer was removed by conservative members, who preferred morality over theology. A movement to relocate the work and provide Goodman with a new church is now advancing.
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Atlantic City
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Sydney Goodman
Mr. Goodman
Carnegie Library for Jackson City Possible
At a city council meeting a proposition to Mr Carnegie was adopted seeking a Carnegie library for Jackson. The plan would fund a public library and building costing 50000 dollars with the city providing a support fund of 10 percent of the investment, or 96 dollars annually.
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Carnegie Library
Jackson
Mich
A. Carnegie
Carnegie
Vanguard Sets Speed Record For Dreadnought Build
England's HMS Vanguard has set a new speed record from keel laying to commissioning as a fully equipped fighting unit. Only 23 months elapsed, the shortest for any dreadnought aside from the original. Other dreadnoughts averaged 27 months.
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London
England
H. M. S. Vanguard
Rabies Fatal to Perryville Thoroughbred Mare
Danville, Kentucky reports the first hydrophobia case in this section as W J De Baun, a Perryville stockman, loses a valuable thoroughbred mare after a rabid dog attack. Nearby southern counties had several stock losses from rabies in dogs.
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Danville
W. J. de Baun
Perryville
May Secure Majority In House Rules Battle
Washington March 21 Insurgent leaders say the new rules committee will tackle 23 old measures blocked by Cannon and expect the Cannon camp to control the caucus naming the committee. Insurgents fear losing a majority and aim to force discussion of the Taft program on the floor amid routine proceedings in the House. Clark praises conditions. Democrats blame insurgents for Cannon’s victory.
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Washington
House
Norris
Nebraska
Cannon
Sims
Tennesse
Champ Clark
Ceree
Maybray and his gang sentenced to prison and fines
Council Bluffs March 21. John C Maybray leader of the gauge of race swindlers and ten associates received two years in Leavenworth federal prison and a $2000 fine. The others sentenced were Leon Lozer Tom Robinson Willard Powell Clarence Glass Eddie Leach Eddie Morris Clarence Forbes Harry Forbes Frank McCoy and Eddie McCoy.
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Council Bluffs
John C. Maybray
Leavenworth
Leon Lozer
Tom Robinson
Willard Powell
Clarence Glass
Edward Leach
Eddie Morris
Clarence Forbes
Harry Forbes
Frank McCoy
Eddie Mc Coy
King Edward's Health Reported Improving Amid Skepticism
London reports from March 21 indicate physicians at Biarritz claim King Edward is better after bronchial trouble yet public concern rises as the king did not leave his room yesterday. Government officials again say he is improving.
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London
Edward
Biarritz
Resumption of Weather Reports In Washington Delayed Funds
Officials of the weather bureau announced the night telegraphic weather reports will resume March 24. The service had been discontinued due to lack of funds, triggering many protests.
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Washington, D.C
Weather Bureau
Lords Propose Reform Itself As Tariff Hint
The house of lords proposes reform of its steel policy and Britishers may follow the tariff revision in this country by Ita friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Ita Friends
Neill Strives to Avert Western Firemen Strike
Labor Commissioner Neill works to prevent a western railroad firemen strike as I C C Chairman Knapp returns to Washington. With no settlement in sight, a strike is expected to be ordered tomorrow if no agreement is reached today.
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Chicago
Neill
Western Railroads
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
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Grey
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