Maderists Beatene at Monclova in Mexican Revolution
Heavy cannonading opened the Torreon battle as General Orozco’s rebels clash with Huerta federals. A fierce engagement near Monclova leaves Maderists crushed, with six hundred reported federal losses and many Americans fleeing Torreon Monclova and Castro Cienegas.
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Beagle Pass
Tex
Torreon
Orozco
Huerta
Monclova
Cuatro Clenegiza
Federala
Casatro Cienegas
Condemned Preacher Visited by Sister in Hoxton
Hoxton May 7 Misa L V Richeson visited his condemned brother Rev C V T Richeson who faces execution for murdering his nineteen year old sweetheart Avia Lindell. Guards around Richeson have been doubled ahead of the scheduled May 11 execution.
Young Five Year Old Murder Suspect In Colorado
In Grand Junction Colorado on May 7 Johnny Santos aged five is under arrest charged with killing his five year old playmate John Maloney. Authorities allege the boys quarreled and Santos shot Maloney with a revolver making Santos the youngest prisoner in Colorado history.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Johnny Santos
John Maloney
Santos
Maloney
Colorado
Pendleton Loses Visit by Eastern Electric Bondholders
Pacific Power manager Dr F W Vincent learns from Portland that Eastern Electric bondholders will not pass through Pendleton this spring. The Boston Portland message states no special trains on the San Francisco to Portland route. The planned wild west entertainment for Pendleton will be dropped.
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Pendleton
West
F. W. Vincent
Pacific Power & Wight Company
Portland
Boston
Mass
J. E. Davidson
Ore
Seattle
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Shriners Parade Opens 38th Annual Conclave in LA
Shriners accompanied by bands and thousands of visiting lodges paraded through Los Angeles. More than 100000 spectators watched the first formal march of the thirty eighth annual conclave. They will march again tonight followed by the electrical parade.
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Shriners
Los Angeles
La Follette Campaign Swing Through San Francisco Bay Area
Senator La Follette concluded a San Joaquin Valley tour and began a Bay Area campaign circuit with speeches at Richmond Port Costa Martinez Antioch and Niles and an evening address in San Jose. He emphasized his reform platform while touring multiple communities.
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Tat Pollette
Prisco
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
Senator la Follette
San Francisco Bay
Richmond
Port Coata
Martinez
Antioch
Niles
San Jose
Supreme Court to hear major irrigation cases
Supreme Court will hear two long pending irrigation suits from east end water users. Peacock Milling Co vs hundreds of users and Littl Walla Walla Irrigation Union vs other river users will be argued, with C M Rader and Will R King leading for plaintiffs and Sharpstein firm among defense counsel. State Attorney General Crawford also appears. Four embryo lawyers take exams today, with further court sessions listing Grant and Wallowa county cases and other appeals.
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Supreme Court
Eshursday
Peacock Milling Company
Littl Walla Walla Irrigation Union
Supreme Tribunal For
C. M. Rader
Walla Walla
Will R. King
Portland
Little Walla Walla Irrigation Union
Col. J. H. Raley
8. A. Lowell
R. R. Johnson
R. J Slater
T P. Gose
Sharpstein & Sharpstein
8. D. Peterson
BD. W. Sheahan
Wallowa County
Ings
Grant County
George Austin Bowman
Crizona McLellan
Guardian
App
George Anderson
F. Slater
A. M. Crawford
Cottanich & Wood
Taft to Wage Campaign as Ohio Becomes Battleground
Taft’s campaign moves to Ohio designated as a bloody battleground ahead of the May 21 primaries. Hilles says the president will end his Columbus visit tomorrow night then campaign four days, attacking Roosevelt as Bill Roosevelt tours Ohio too. Taft plans fourteen speeches in New York Batavia and beyond as the push continues toward the Chicago convention.
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Cinecinnati
Ohio
Taft
Hilles
Columbus
Onlo
Roosevelt
New York
Chicago
Maryland
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Clark controls Washington convention vote outcome
Clark County delegates secured control of the Washington convention with a 333 to 221 vote, seating both King County delegations and giving Clark absolute control of the body. The result shapes the party’s direction in the state.
Delegates Seated Amid Quarrel in Washington State Convention
In Walla Walla on May 7 the state convention spent the forenoon disputing delegate seating. Ritzville, the first Adams county delegation, was seated at noon. Kings county faced an hour of debate with three proposals: seat the Kings majority report, seat the Handpicked minority, or seat both with half a vote each.
Home pavement pitch aims to win La Grande buyers
Two La Grande businessmen visit to present their paving plan using bitu mass ahead of Warren Construction gravel bitulithic. They claim their pavement can be laid for 1.35 per square yard versus 1.45. Subscriptions have been secured locally and interest is growing among property owners anxious for a solution to paving.
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la Grande
Warren Construction Company
British Commons May Y et involve Bryce
London May 7 renewed attempts to connect James Bryce ambassador to the United States with Taft and Roosevelt correspondence on Canadian reciprocity were made in the house of commons by Henry Croft. Sir Edward Grey announced Bryce is on vacation and will return to the United States after it ends. He had no idea of recalling the ambassador or hearing reciprocity charges.
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London
James Bryce
United States
Taft
Roosevelt
Henry Croft
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Bryce
Edward
Arizona salons disturbed by murder and self destruction
Phoenix May 7 during the legislature in session F Coffman age twenty seven entered the office of the state surveyor to the capital and instantly killed Chief Clerk Malcolm Gillette of the surveyor s office He then shot himself through the head and fell beside his dead victim
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Phoenix
Ariz
F. Coffman
Malcolm Gillette
Secretary Knox Arrives in San Francisco for Exposition Visit
Secretary of State Knox arrived in San Francisco on May 7 and was welcomed by Mayor Rolph and President Moore of the 1916 exposition. He will be a guest at the St. Francis hotel with exposition officials receiving him.
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San Francisco
Central American
Kags Toay
Knox
Rolph
Moore
St. Francis Hotel
Arkansas Delegation Split Ahead of Chicago Convention
Arkansas delegation factions split at the state Republican convention in Little Rock on May 7, with both Roosevelt and Taft camps naming delegates at large, signaling a contesting delegation to the Chicago gathering.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
MRS. MABEL WARNER SCORES A POINT
In a land dispute over the 1911 Young estate, Judge Knowles delayed decision until July after a motion to dismiss the case for lack of proper authority for the plaintiffs’ counsel. A letter from Louis Young suggested eastern heirs did not authorize Watts’s use of their names, except Mrs. Cinthia Brophy. The court ordered sale of grain to cover harvesting expenses and $400 to receiver A. W. Nye, with remaining funds held pending case resolution.
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Young
Nora Watts
J. W. Young
Knowles
R. R. Johnson
Mabel Warner
John McCourt
Portland
A. W. Nye
Elks Renegotiate Date for Proposed Show
Elks decide to move the big two dot show from May and June to late June due to school closings and the Sells Floto circus. A committee will seek Commercial association support, with a large slate of appointed chairmen and an advisory board to oversee the event.
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Bikes
Commercial Association
J. FE. Keefe
L. G. Frasier
J . Raley
Paul Sperry
Mark Moorhouse
J. R. Raley
R. W. Ritner
L. G. Fragler
Carl Cooley
Moorhouse
J. BE. Keefe
Fred Earle
Parade
Clive Cheshire
F. J. Quinlan
Thomas FitzGerald
Frank Frazier
W. H. Lytle
George Stranil
Ross Wimner
Diamond thieves loot Sussman Jewelry safe in Indianapolis
Robbers looted the safe of the Sussman Jewelry company in Indianapolis, escaping with $12,000 worth of diamonds. They cut a hole in the floor above the store and descended to the showcases by rope ladders.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sussman Jewelery Company
Sussman’s
Fine Hotel Burning in Waukesaw Wisconsin
Fire sweeps the Beat Haven Hotel in Waukesaw on May 7 destroying a $600,000 property. Firemen battle flames as residents evacuate and local authorities assess the damage and cause.
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Waukesaw
Wis
Beathaven
Louisiana Flood Refugees Placed Across State
New Orleans reports say more than two thousand people sought shelter along levees across Louisiana as relief crews rush aid. Food has reached sixty thousand sufferers. Saint Sophia levee near New Orleans breached, flooding a section previously considered safe. Engineers and laborers fight rising flood stages amid heavy rains north to Torras. Nearby New Orleans protection levees receive extra precautions as water from Torras crevasse backs up towards Morgana. West-side Atehatfya River levee near Elba sloughs, panicked remaining residents.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Bat Rogue
Natchez
Saint Sophia
Torras
Jackson Barracks
American Sugar Refining Company
Elba
Melville
Roosevelt Set to Control Maryland Delegation May 14
Teddy Wins in Maryland. Practically complete returns show Roosevelt will control the state convention on May 14, with a solid delegation of 16 to the national convention. Roosevelt selected 66 delegates, Taft 63, Clark 80, Wilson 45, Harmon 2. Late returns indicate Roosevelt's majority near 3500 while Clark's lead strengthens.
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Baltimore
Roosevelt
Taft
Clark
Wilson
Harmon
Canadians Doubt Roundup Pictures at High River
A Pen dleton reader reports to R. E. Perry that High River Alberta saw Round-up pictures from Winnipeg. A large audience watched Buffalo Vernon’s bulldogging stunt until a spectator challenged the display saying no Yankee can do that.
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R. E. Perry
Flora Severson
High River
Alberta
Pendleton
Buffalo Vernon
Striking Typographers Ignore Return to Work Order
In Chicago on May 7 the stereo typers who joined the strike to aid the pressmen refused to follow International President Freel's orders to return to work. They plan to seek AFL intervention as stenographic reports of union meetings were sent to the federation while morning editions rolled out, with downtown papers sold under police guard by Black workers.
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Chicago
Tis
International
Freel
Dewnpaper
American Federation of Labor
Agitators Arrested Near San Diego Train Entry
San Diego police report May action as 83 men described as sympathizers attempted to join a free speech fight. They boarded a Santa Fe freight train at Santa Ana and were arrested at Old Town, a few miles north of the city, when the train arrived.
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San Diego
HK Highty
Santa Ana
Old Town
Here
Rancher Killed in Fresno Over Woman quarrel
Frank Agordon a wealthy rancher was shot and killed by Jesse Webb a bartender during a quarrel over Mrs Margaret Cane in a boarding house in Fresno California on May 7 the shooting occurred
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Fresno
Calif
Frank Agordon
Jesse Webb
Mra
Margaret Cane
Globe Trotter Daniel Returns From South Pacific Trip
Pendleton’s noted globe trotter V Daniel arrived home after months in Australia New Zealand Tasmania and other South Pacific islands He described scenery in New Zealand and caves west of Sydney and noted land prices in Victoria New South Wales and Tasmania Railroads in New Zealand are government owned while Australian lines vary by province He praised the trip but complained about English cooking and lost two pounds He plans a European trip next winter focusing on France and Italy.
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V. Daniel
Pendleton
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
South Pacific
Sidney
Blue Mountains
Victoria
New South Wales
New Zeand
America
Daniels
Oregon
Daniel
Europe
France
Italy
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