Texans Hasten to Repel Mexican Invasion Near Rock Springs
Governor orders troops to scene as about 600 armed Mexicans mass along the Texas border seeking revenge for Rodrigues lynching. Texans tighten defense, Rock Springs and Del Rio fears rise as stalled plans to intercept the invasion proceed amid tense border situation.
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Austin
Tex
Rock Springs
Fidwards
Rodrigues
Mexico
Campbell
Texas
Herald
del Rio
Ranchmen Ride Toward Border To Intercept Mexican Column
Rock Springs reports eighty ranchmen and cowboys left town to intercept about 300 Mexicans marching from Las Vegas toward the border seeking revenge for a recent lynching. Texas rangers under Campbell are riding to prevent a clash.
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Rock Springs
Benchers
Las Vegas
Mexico
Texas Rangers
Campbell
Governor Campbell orders troops to Rock Springs clash point
Austin, Nov 15. Governor Campbell ordered San Antonio troops to rush by train to Rock Springs where ranchmen and Mexicans who crossed the border are expected to clash. The main Texas ranger force under Captain John Hughes is marching from Avaldo toward Rock Springs and expects to arrive about noon tomorrow.
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Austin
Campbell
San Antonio
Rock Springs
Brackettville
Texas Rangers
Avaldo
John Hughes
Murder charge against McCoy may be dropped
Wheeling West Virginia November 16 coroner jury returned an open verdict saying Munk died in a collision with McCoy during Bethany football game. It is believed McCoy's murder charge will be dropped and he has been jailed since yesterday as football is abolished in West Virginia.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Munk
McCoy
Bethany
West Virginia
Through service to start on Co. M. & P. 8 line next spring
Seattle, Nov. 16. Through service will be inaugurated by the Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound early in the spring according to an announcement today. Equipment costing two million five hundred thousand dollars has been ordered and is being rushed.
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Seattle
Chicago
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Guthrie to Remain Capital of Oklahoma for Now
Oklahoma City November 15. State supreme court rules Guthrie will stay as the state capital at least temporarily. The decision confirms Guthrie remains the seat while a long term plan is considered.
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Guthrie
Capiton OF
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Oklahoma State
Price of Living I8 on Toboggan
Declines in food prices are indicated across the east and middle west with Kansas City showing a general drop of five to fifteen percent in pork and beef. Heavy corn crops are cited as the cause for the falling prices.
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New York
Kansas City
Count Tolstoi In Critical Condition In Russia
St. Petersburg reports Count Tolstoi in critical condition as he travels toward Astapova en route to Sweden. His daughter Alexandra is being kept informed while the countess seeks permission to visit. The novelist, traveling incognito with limited funds and no passport, became ill in a third class compartment and cannot leave Russian soil as physicians warn of his fragile state.
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St. Petersburg
Tolstoi
Astapova
Alexandra
Sweden
America
Tolsto
Koyelst
Moscow
Exiled ex-king Manuel of Portugal marks twenty first birthday
Don Manuel, once king of Portugal, celebrated his 21st birthday on the Duke of Orleans estate in Worcestershire. He enjoys exile in England, a quieter life than his troubled rule, while observers say he appears happier than during his reign and may stay in Britain unless the Portugal situation changes.
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London
Don Manuel
Portugal
Duke of Orleans
Worcestershire
Manuel
England
Pendleton to Close for Thanksgiving Day
Pendleton will close city businesses for one day on Thanksgiving Thursday November 24 as merchants sign a pledge to shut up shop. Leading firms including The Peoples Warehouse R Alexander Wohlenberg Dept Store Bond Bros Rose Campbell Clarke & Co Workingmen's Clothing Dow & Peterson G W Ingram Boston Store Max Baer A Eklund Taylor Hardware Despain Bonney Gray Bros Murphy Bron Clarke Co Standard Grocery Waters Carrier Millinery Livingood Co and others plan to remain closed all day.
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Pendleton
Peoples Warehouse
R. Alexander
Wohlenberg
Bond Bros
Rose Campbell
George H. Clarke & Co
Workingmen’s Clothing Co
Dow & Peterson
G. W. Ingram
Boston
Max Baer
A. Eklund
The
Taylor Hardware Co
Despain & Bonney
Gray Bros, Grocery Co
W. E. Hanscom
H. H. Weasel
Vogue
Murphy Bron
W. J. Clarke & Co
Standard Grocery Co
Northwestern Livestock and Grain Exposition Opens
In South St Paul the big fair launches with cattle and corn as principal exhibits. The event blends the fourth annual Northwestern Livestock association show with the first Northwestern Corn and Grain exposition. Livestock displays rival any local events, featuring elite animals and market types, while corn and grain displays attract farm picks from Wisconsin to Montana.
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St. Paul
Minn
South St. Paul
Northwestern Livestock Association
Northwestern Corn and Grain Exposition
Wisconsin
Montana
New York Society Bride Weds Boston Man in Madison Ave Home
Miss Angela de Acosta a leading New York social figure married William Sewall of Boston today at Mrs. Ricardo de Acosta’s Madison Avenue residence. The Harvard graduate bridegroom has hunted big game in Africa and the pair plan a honeymoon in Africa.
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New York
Angela de Acosta
William Sewall
Boston
Ricardo de Acosta
Madison Avenue
Harvard
Africa
Oregon cattle to enter international live stock show
Seven head of Shorthorn cattle from W. O. Minor herd travel from Heppner Morrow county Oregon to Chicago for the International Live Stock Exhibition the greatest livestock show in the world. Oregon’s sole exhibit includes animals bred and raised by W. O. Minor sired by Golden Goods. Dr S W McClure expects high sale prices at the breeders’ young herd exhibit with show running November 26 to December 3.
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Heppner
Morrow County
Oregon
Pendleton
Chicago
S W. McClure
Northwest
W. O. Miner
Golden Goods
Russian Lion Begins Third Farewell Wrestling Tour
Chicago, Nov. 15. George Hackenschmidt known as the Russian Lion starts his third farewell tour of the United States, touring four months. New manager Jack Curley will book top opponents and stage theatrical engagements. He is reportedly guaranteed $20,000, despite questions about wrestling money. He lost to Frank Gotch in 1903 but has defeated most rivals since.
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Chicago
George Hackenschmildt
United States
Jack Curley
Hackenschmidt
Lion
Frank Gotch
Plot to kill Schenk and split his millions uncovered
Pittsburg reports arrests expected within a day or 80 private detectives say about an alleged plot to poison Millionaire Schenk of Wheeling. They describe a well organized conspiracy to poison him and divide his millions, but officials say the plan failed as the poison was not strong enough.
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Pittsburg
Schenk
Wheeling
Countess Talley Rand Denies Vatican Marriage Request
Paris on November 15 reports Countess Talley Rand formerly Anna Gould denied asking the Vatican to annul her marriage to Count Bon de Castellane to allow a Catholic ceremony and ecclesiastically legalize her marriage to Prince de Sagan.
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Paris
Countess Talleyrand
Anna Gould
Vatican
Count Bon de Castellane
Prince de Sagan
Lost child found by her pet dog in Seattle closet
Seattle dispatch reports Mabel Brown the missing child was found today inside an empty apartment building closet. The youngster had wandered away yesterday and was discovered by her dog, ending the search.
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Seattle
Mabel Brown
Pendleton Schools To Close For Week Thanksgiving Vacation
Pendleton public schools will close all next week for Thanksgiving with teachers attending the eastern Oregon teachers association meeting in La Grande. An institute for teachers from Umatilla Union Wallowa and Baker counties is set for Monday through Wednesday. Thanksgiving exercises may be held in some schools but plans are not finalized. Scarlet fever in the area is improving and authorities hope the disease will be stamped out with cooler weather. Thanksgiving offerings for the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Portland will be collected in schools. About 300 new books will be apportioned to city school libraries, strengthening the collections.
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Pendleton
Eastern Oregon Teachers’ Association
la Grande
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Baker Counties
Landers
Boys’ & Girls’ Aid Society of
Portland
Old Society
No Pacific Fleet Until Canal Opens
Washington D C November 15 Secretary Meyers said the Pacific coast must wait until 1916 for a battleship fleet. He noted work to enlarge Mare Island and Bremerton navy yards will continue to accommodate vessels when they arrive. He favored a battleship fleet but did not give a date.
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Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Meyers Meyers
Mare Island
Bremerton
Post election shock drops food prices in Chicago
Chicago reports that food prices are falling due to a record corn crop and calmer fears of adverse legislation after the recent elections. Packers pay higher for cattle and hogs have been shipped to market this year, with experts forecasting further declines.
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Chicago
Seine Still Rising Amid Flood Fear Spreads
Paris officials report the Seine at fifteen feet with continuing upstream inflows. Hydrometric office predicts a further rise of at least four feet this afternoon, heightening fears of renewed flooding.
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Paris
Sein
Hydrometric
Pendleton Eyes Thanksgiving Day Football Match
Pendleton football fans anticipate a Thanksgiving Day game in Pendleton with a local high school team facing a Portland or Columbia University team. After a 3 to 2 loss at Baker City last Friday, locals feel the Pendleton squad can compete against a city rival and draw a large crowd with guaranteed funding already arranged by local youths.
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Pendleton
Portland
Columbia University
Baker City
Oregon
Thle City
Coroner Averts Mob Death For Suspected Negro Murderer
Asbury Park on November 16 Coroner Purdy aided the escape of Thomas Williams the accused negro murderer of Marlo Smith from jail amid a mob. Chief of Police Smith restrained the crowd with a speech then Williams fled in an automobile to Freehold where a preliminary hearing is expected. The jail was later opened for observers before the crowd dispersed.
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Asbury Park
Purdy
Thomas Williams
Little Marlo Smith
Smith
Willame
Freehold
Paris Lottery Bets Fortune on Love in Matrimonial Draw
In Paris a unusual lottery based on the will of Inte Pascale Favale rewards three spinsters aged 16 to 26 with 130 each if they marry within three years. Three names were drawn from hundreds of entrants. The brides must secure husbands to keep the dowry. failure forfeits the prize.
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Paris
France
Pascale Favale
Favale
Cupid
Socialists Will Fght Gompers In AFL Vote
In St Louis on November 15 Samuel Gompers faces a historic AFL election fight as socialists threaten to vote solidly against him in a bid to steer the federation toward socialism. Gompers declares he is not worried.
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St Louis
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Must Pay Taxes Halt Street Cars In Tacoma
Tacoma officials seized the Stone Webster traction Interests power plant at Electron and threaten to shut down street cars in Tacoma and the interurban line unless $132,000 back taxes for 1907 are paid. The company, a subsidiary, and the traction firms have not paid since 1906 amid disputes over the tax amount. After seizure, negotiations failed and officials warn of sale if payment is not completed tonight.
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Tacoma
Meath
Roosevelt labeled most dangerous American by Carter visit
Los Angeles Nov 16 Former Senator Carter of Montana says American politics were cleaned up by the recent election and rebuke to Roosevelt He calls Roosevelt the most dangerous man in American history for his imperious assumption that only his views are correct Carter says he will not seek Montana senate seat and will not engage in state politics despite Montana turning Democratic
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Los Angeles
Carter
Montana
Roosevelt
Clark
United States Senate
Taft Inspects Panama Canal Locks at Gatum Dam
President Taft inspected the Gatum Dam and locks toward the western end of the Panama Canal this afternoon. He plans to attend a reception tonight.
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Taft
Panama Canal
Panama
Gatum
Seattle cattle buyer Co. F. Walker returns to town
Co. F. Walker, noted Seattle cattle buyer, is again in the city, signaling renewed activity in local livestock trade and possible market movements for regional ranchers and buyers.
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Co. F. Walker
Seattle
City
Parliament in Session Again Promises Turbulent King George Era
London Nov 15 Parliament re assembled and transacted routine business as factions risk a volatile clash over Lords power and a December general election looms. Asquith to reveal liberal program and may call for dissolution. Irish federal home rule proposals draw unionist and liberal support while suffragists plan daily protests.
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London
Asquith
Edward
House of Lords
George
Houses of Commons
Lords
Leral
England
Anna Morgan Not Engaged to Count De Castellane
Elisabeth Marbury, friend of Anna Morgan, denies a Pars report that Count Bon De Castellane seeks an alliance to recover fortunes. Miss Morgan has no intention of engagement. New York, Navy, 15.
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New York
Navy
Esabeth Marbury
Anna Morgan
Count Bon! de Cnastellane
Morgans
Gover Nor Benson Reassumes Oregon Governorship
Balem Oregon November 15 Governor Nor Benson resumes office after months away awaiting surgery. Acting Governor Bowerman returns as president of the senate. Benson is reported much improved after an operation for a lupus malignant growth in the nose.
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Balem
Ore
Gover Nor Benson
Bowerman
Senate
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