Probable sympathy with men sparks wartime strike talk
A sweeping labor dispute unfolds midwar as Great Northern train crew safety and train length demands trigger protests. Long freight and passenger trains with nine cars strain crews, drawing angry towns along the line. Contention centers on running double-bender trains, the need for conductors, brakemen, and safety concerns amid mounting fatalities and damaged cars.
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Great North
Tom
Hill
Culs
Wand
Great Northern
Wan
Markets Review Amid Wheat Discussion in Dakotas
Receipts over the year rise noted as tensions and interpretation disputes influence agriculture policy. Officials in the Dakotas weigh threats and forecasts, with analysts citing recent trends and projections for wheat farmers and markets.
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Wainogatley
Roosevelt at Walla Walla prepares for president reception
May 12 Walla Walla reports elaborate plans for President Roosevelt's visit. Citizens' meeting drew large turnout. a committee collects 500 in cash to fund three floral arches across Main street. Businesses and homes along the march will be decorated. residents urged to contribute flowers. City to become a flower panorama with poles also clad in blossoms. Civic societies from Walla Walla and nearby towns plan to join the parade.
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Walla Walla
Ogden Boilermakers Ordered Not to Strike
Secretary of the local Boilermakers union in Ogden Utah reports receipt of a telegram from John MacNeil Kansas City directing Southern Pacific shop workers to stay at work for 15 days. The message claims a meeting with Harriman and Burt is set for next week to settle the Union Pacific strike. About 50 boilermakers and helpers were prepared to strike at noon when the telegram arrived.
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Ogden
Utah
John MacNeil
Herman
Kansas City
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Burt
Union Pacific
Trestle Collapsed On Ogden Lucin Cut-Off Train Derailed
Five hundred feet of permanent trestlework on the Ogden Lucin cut-off near the east shore bank collapsed yesterday as a train passed. Twenty cars derailed into the field, but no one was injured. Authorities estimate six hours to clear the track.
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Ogden-Lucin
Ogden
East Shore
Shamrock Trials Signal Start of Global Yacht Race
Sir Thomas Lytton announced Shamrock trials end next Saturday, yachts to be fitted with ocean rigging before crossing the Atlantic at earliest date. Gourock reports Shamrock test spin with full sail. Reliance begins practice at Glen Cove ahead of races with Columbia and Constitution. main boom bent during morning session.
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Thomas Lyton
Shamrock
Gourock
Scotland
Anchorage
Reliance
Bristol
R. L
Glen Cove
Columbia
Constitution
Postmaster General to file charges in probe
Washington May 12 Ex cashier S W Tulloch expected to face formal charges Friday as the postmaster general expands its probe into official conduct. Malden May 12 Thomasso Lombardi is discharged in the Nellie Sturtevant murder case after no decisive identification by the deceased’s mother. Washington May 12 Captain John Pershing merits promotion for Mindanao actions, possibly to brigadier general next fall.
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Malden, Maas
Thomasso Lombardi
Nellie Sturtevant
Washington
Mindanao
John Pershing
Fifteenth Cavalry
Bulgarians Attack Greeks Amid Constantinople Tensions
May 12 report from Constantinople says Bulgarian insurgents and sympathizers attacked Greeks over Greek government backing for Turkey. A raid near the Greek consulate at Pera uncovered a plan to blow up the consulate. Kaleer Wilhelm Blaktramburg, awaiting there, is seriously ill as the scene unfolds.
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Turkey
Peera
Constantnople
Kaleer Wilhelm
Cleveland 1s h Candidate Would Accept Nomination as Duty
Ex Secretary Foster states Grover Cleveland would accept a nomination if tendered, calling it a duty to the party while noting Cleveland does not seek one and has the confidence of the people. Foster, former Ohio governor and U S treasury secretary, adds Cleveland would take the nomination if offered.
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Charles Foster
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United States Treasury
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Cleveland Party
Pitiable Tale of Minnie Willoughby Held in Portland
Minnie Willoughby, a 12 year old girl, jailed in Portland on a charge of robbing United States mail boxes near Hilgard of dress goods. She was taken by U S Marshal A A Roberts after living with a sheepherder family and was found tending a sheep range. The case will be heard before Judge Hellinger this afternoon.
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Portland
United States
A. A. Roberts
Hilgard
Wilkinson
Cynias Prairie
Pendleton
Marshal Roberts
Hellinger
Record of Slaughter Nine Dattos and One Sultan Killed
Manila May 12 Captain Pershing and his column returned to Camp Vickars Mindanao from the expedition east of Lake Lanao. After Taraca no opposition occurred. Taraca prisoners took U S allegiance and were released. Among Moros killed in Taraca forts were nine dattos and a sultan. Pershing cites strong moral effects and possible end to hostility in Lake Lanao district. Population estimates: Taraca 30 000 and district 100 000. Four nations found guilty of murder of three American marines at Olavgapo Subig Bay Imat September sentenced to death.
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Captain Pershing
Camp Vickars
Mindanao
Like Lanso
Taraca
United States
Taraece
Lake Lanag
Pershing
Lake Larnao
Olavgapo
Subig Bay
Imat
George T McConnell Dead Former Grand Master of Odd Fellows
George T McConnell died yesterday at the Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla after a brief illness. He was 83 years old and served as the second grand master of the Odd Fellows in Washington from 1880 to 1882. The funeral will be from the home at 3 pm with Rev Andreas Bai of St Pauls Episcopal Church delivering the sermon. Interment will follow in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
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Walla Walla
George T McConnell
Odd Fellows
Fentle Denny
The
Washington
Andreas Bai
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Filipino Catholic Schism Sparks Church Duty Debate
A May 12 report outlines a schism within the Philippine Catholic community. The Roman Catholic Church presses Filipina members to uphold their duties while addressing Agilpay and related concerns, signaling tension over leadership and doctrinal priorities.
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Philmore
Agilpay
President Roosevelt Reviews San Francisco Visit
President Roosevelt arrives in San Francisco on May 12, reviews the military park, dedicates the Y M C A building mortgage, receives an honorary life membership, and attends events including a reception. The day features a military escort, street processions, and planned visits to Palo Alto and the Presidio with a full program for the following day.
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Roosevelt
Citizens’ Committee
Y. M.C
A. Walding
Press Club
Pajaro
Cal
del Monte
Sweet
Captain Sweet
Fifteenth Infantry
Palo Alto
Sanford University
Memorial Hall
Sheepmen End Wool Price War in Wyoming
Boise May 12 The wool price dispute between Wyoming sheepmen and woolbuyers ends with the sheepmen accepting lower offers after stubbornly seeking 15 to 16 cents. Sales resumed as 400000 pounds of wool sold at 12½ to 14 cents amid warehouse stockpiles in Rawlins and central points.
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Salt Lake
Woolbuvers Ag
Rawlins
Russia Reinforcing Far East Fleet Asserts Jockeying For Positions
May 12 dispatches report Russia accelerating reinforcement of its Far East fleet with torpedo boats. Japan and Russian outlets claim Moscow seeks strategic advantage in Korean waters, signaling heightened naval tension in the region.
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Ingund
Russia
Far East
Japan
Korean
Catholic Knights Hold Four Day Session in St Louis
The Supreme Court of the Catholic Knights of America with about 900 councils and 20,000 members meets in St Louis for a four day session beginning today after a pontifical high mass. Mayor Wells welcomed the delegates.
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St. Louis
Supreme Court of the Catholic Knights of America
Earder
Wells
Prospects for a Long Struggle in New York City
In New York City on May 12 unions in the building trades weigh consolidating for mutual interests to curb labor trials. The situation is seen as grave with forces preparing for a long fight while work on most new structures in the city remains suspended.
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New York City
New York
Not True That Canal Company Will Offer Inducements
Washington May 12 General Counsel Cromfield of the New Panama Canal Company denies a circulating report that the pundit company has offered or intends to offer 1200000 of any part of the canal to the government of Colombia to promote ratification of the canal treaty and will invite a statement rebuking the bribery charges this evening.
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Colombia
Washington
Cromfield
New Patgama Canal Company
Indians Move Peacefully from Warner Ranch
The Warner Ranch Indians began removal this morning after advice from attorney John Brown. They boarded wagons and headed toward Pala Gutter at Low Ebb. In Walla Walla, butter prices drop to 60 cents per two pounds as creamery output rises. mail backlogs include 108 undelivered letters awaiting pickup.
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Los Angeles
Warner Ranch
John Brown
San Bernardino
Pala
Walla Walla
Walla Walla River
Revolt Surrounds Tangier Amid Moroccan Uprising
A dispatch reports Tetouan in Morocco surrounded by revolting tribes, torching orange groves near La Grande, with inhabitants said to be gathering in the area as tensions rise in Tangier and surrounding regions.
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Madrid
Tangier
Tettan
Ell
Artesian Flow At Walla Walla Reveals 70 Degree Water
A new artesian well on the Stafford farm west of Walla Walla flowed yesterday at about 60 gallons per minute from a six inch pipe, water emerging at 70 degrees. W. S. McCausland led the two month drilling, aiming deeper as the project promises to boost irrigation for agriculture and horticulture across Easter Washington and Oregon.
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Hoon
Mialock
McCausland
Noight
Walla Walla County
Washington
Oregon
Bern
Biatook Faci
Spefford
Wintook
MAKING OREGON MAP BY MESARS HUBER AND MAXWELL
Mesars Huber and Maxwell work with Meawra to secure data from the U S government for a new Oregon map. The map promises exceptional detail showing uncCurved coastlines county lines harbors railroade and landmarks with post office frames township sections and population data from 1900. Coloring will help show mineral land agricultural and fruit areas and will include money orders offices in full face type.
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Huber
Maxwell
Inet
Meawra
Hlober
Citie
Longest married couple dies in Ohio after eighty seven years
Peter Stansley age 100 died in Upper Sandusky Ohio on May 12. He had lived with his wife, who is 101, since 1816. The couple were said to be the United States' longest married pair and both claimed Alaskan ancestry.
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Upper Sandusky
Peter Stansley
United States
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