Wilson's Fight Wins Applause Amid Jersey Speeches
President Wilson voices warning to machine leaders in New Jersey over jury reform as he campaigns in Newark and Elizabeth City. He vows to oppose a referendum and seeks a state legislature to enact the reform in original form, clashing with former Senator Smith and other power brokers.
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Hold-up Man Caught After Nighttime Robbery
Ahlock, a local Chinese man, was held up by John Vollo on Garden street with a revolver last night. He fled, raised the alarm, and Vollo was tracked to Chinatown and captured by Night Officer Dom Russel near the Boston restaurant on Main street. Vollo admitted his name and was jailed for hearings with Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes.
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Joe H. Parkes
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Dom Russel
Oratorical Test Tonight At Western Oregon Meet
The annual interscholastic oratorical contest accompanying the high school track meet will be held in the auditorium. Baker, La Grande, Wallowa, Ontario and Pendleton high schools will compete for the championship with musical numbers interspersed. Contestants include William Breithaupt defending honors for Pendleton, with orations on Ideals of Public Service Lincoln The Destiny of Our Nation and The Progress of Liberty.
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ea@stern Oregon
Baker
la Grande
Wallowa
Ontarrio
Pendleton
William Breithaupt
Joer
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Letters Reveal Huge Plot by Militants to Burn Property
London May 2 Scotland Yard detectives arrested Edward Clayton for Conspiracy in a suffragette plot to burn lumber yards in London. Letters from Annie Kenney list yards and describe fire methods with chemicals. Arrests in Bow Street. trials denied. letters read in court. letters found at suffragette HQ and Kenney flat.
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Scotland Yard
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Miss Kenney
Lone Bandit Robs Train In Kansas City Incident
A bandit boarded Kansas City Southern passenger train number 6 at the depot in Kansas City Missouri and robbed passengers after departure, taking about $1600 in cash and jewelry. Passenger Jesse E Short of Joplin Missouri was shot in a pistol duel with the robber and is listed as in dangerous condition.
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Tokio Warns California Over Japanese Land Law
Tokio May 2 A large assembly of thousands of young men warned California that war might follow passage of any land law discriminating against the Japanese. A strong denunciation of the Webb bill was voiced at the meeting. The youths served notice that unless California changes its stance toward the Japanese, irritation among Nipponese could become uncontrollable.
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California
Amendment Passes on Anti Alien Land Bill in California Senate
Sacramento May 2 A Bryan driven amendment to the Webb Birdsall anti alien land bill allows aliens not eligible to citizenship to lease land for three years. The measure passed 25 to 13 after a one hour debate as the Birdsall Webb bill remained under discussion toward 1945 adjournment.
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Eight Eastern Oregon high schools race in Pendleton meet
Pendleton hosts the Eastern Oregon high school track meet with eight schools and about 65 to 70 athletes on Round-up track. Baker leads with 18 entrants, Pendleton 17, La Grande 10, Wallowa 9, Enterprise 5 and Athena 3 as locals prep for a 1 36 start and a parade amid morning ballgame clearance and trophy headlines.
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Union
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Speeches Heard at Peace Conference Session
St Louis May 2 James Scott Brown presided at today's peace conference session. Principal speakers included Professor William Hull Swarthmore University Paul Reinsch University of Wisconsin and Edwin Mead director of the worlds peace foundation.
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St. Louis
Jameses Scott Brown
William Hull
Swarthmore Universality
Paul Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
Edwin Mead
World's Peace Foundation
Russia urges Montenegro to surrender Scutari to powers
London May 2 Russia officially advised King Nicholas of Montenegro to surrender Scutari to the great powers in a note from Cettinje. Diplomats expect Montenegro will accept to avoid armed pressure, shaping hopes that the Balkan crisis will ease. A stray line notes a fashion tip about women.
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London
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Balkan
Prominent Woolman to Visit Pendleton Saturday May 12
Holliday president of the National Woolgrowers Warehouse of Chicago will meet local sheepmen in Pendleton on May 12 accompanied by Mr Betts of Rose. The visit follows the warehouse's aim to secure fair prices for woolgrowers and offers favorable storage terms this year. Holliday plans to meet eastern Oregon growers, arriving in Baker on May 10. James Mosaic, Ukiah resident, is visiting from the south end.
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Chicago
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Oregon
Baker
Americans Brutally Murdered by Mexicans Reported
Fourteen Americans who arrived on the steamer Beryl describe brutal murders of compatriots in the southern republics. Women reportedly left the bodies of their murdered husbands on Mexican soil as refugees say anti American sentiment grew under the Huerta regime. Also noted, George W. Wickersham and Mrs. Wickersham were received by the emperor in Tokyo as they tour the world.
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U. S
Baker Team Confident of Victory at Pendleton Meet
Baker high school's 18 athletes and trainer depart for Pendleton to compete in the Eastern Oregon track meet. Coach Condie predicts at least fifty points from 120 possible, and strong showings in sprints, distance, field events, and relays led by Shockley and Sutherland.
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Will Demand Full Probe of Affairs
Washington May 2 Former Senator Watson of West Virginia faced a fine as Lemuer Kern of Indiana declared in the senate today that the investigation into conditions of the coal districts must be pushed to the limit. Watson, a mine owner, said the Paint and Cabin Creek strike was settled and further inquiry would be futile. Kern argued the issue is peonage not the strike and called for an inquiry into hunting men like escaped convicts.
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Steamer Concordia Sinks After Collision on Mississippi
Passengers drowned when the river steamer Concordia hit a bridge pier and sank while attempting to turn into the swollen Mississippi from the Texas river. Patrick Groghan, a planter, W. J. Crime, his clerk, and 23 deck hands perished as the vessel sank eight minutes after impact.
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California Leads in Personal Crisis Reports in Census
Washington reports California and San Francisco show the nation’s highest per capita rate of personal crisis incidents, with Memphis leading in murders. Tuberculosis tops causes, Denver notes 242 deaths per thousand, based on mortality returns for 1911. Organic heart diseases follow, while Montana records lead in accident and murder figures.
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Professor Ignored Rules Spanked by Students on Campus
On University Grounds Day at the University of Washington Professor Herbert Anderson arrived in work attire and was publicly spanked by several hundred undergraduates. The event featured students in pick and shovel labor and many faculty joining in the unusual disciplinary display. Governor List er participated without a necktie and addressed the crowd.
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S. Herbert Anderson
University of Washington
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Anderson
Lister
United States Recognizes the Chinese Republic in Note
Washington May 2 The United States recognized the Chinese republic today per cabled advice to Acting Secretary Moore from American Charge d Affaires Williams in Beijing. President Yuan's notification said the message of recognition was read to the assembly meeting today, as Bryan directed the Peiping legation to deliver the official recognition on the day the new Chinese assembly organized.
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Yuan
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Chinese Assembly
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