Three Northwest Train Wrecks From Oregon To Washington
A trio of wrecks hit Oregon Washington and Idaho overnight with two killed in the Oregon Short Line crash and no other deaths reported. Five empty boxcars derailed near Juniper station blocking traffic, while a Northern Pacific mixed train wreck near Evans left a stock steer dead but no injuries among passengers. A shooting incident aboard a O R and N motor car near Dayton narrowly missed Engineer Terrell with no identified suspect.
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Juniper
Views
Wash
Wal-la Walla
Dayton
Oregon
Washington
Idlaho
Juniper Station
Pendleton
Northern Pacific
Evane Station
Northwest States
Soo-Spokane
Evans
D. R. Terrell
Columbia County
Terrell
Fire wipes out town of Hanford Washington
Hanford Wash Nov 17 Fire this morning wiped out almost all of the business section of Hanford Four teen persons sleeping in the hotel were rescued by citizens The loss is twenty five thousand dollars with but little insurance.
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Hanford, Wash
Hanford
Roosevelt On The Job Again After Election
Colonel Roosevelt appeared at the Outlook offices in New York this afternoon for the first time since the election. He said he felt fine and was uncommunicative on the outcome, directing reporters to the Sun and Post for their coverage which bitterly opposed him.
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New York
Roosevelt
the Outlook
The
Sun and Post
Coyote Cut-Off Work May Resume In Pendleton Area
Rumors say the Stanfield to Coyote cut-off may restart within days after weeks of halt due to Wall Street fears. The survey is complete, grades lowered, curves removed, and Twohy Brothers may hold the contract. Many workers and machinery from the Yoakum line project are expected to be redirected to the cut-off.
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Wee
Pendleton
Stanfield-Coyote
Wall Street
Ft 1A
Twohy Brothers
Canada to keep naval policy, says no change
Ottawa officials stated there is no basis for reports that Canada will modify its naval policy after recent political events. Earl Gray is expected to announce that contracts will soon be let for eleven additional war vessels for the Canadian navy, which currently numbers only two.
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Ottawa
Canada
Earl Gray
Wealthy Helix rancher John Timmerman killed by horse
John Timmerman a 45 year old wheat grower near Helix was found dead in his stable reportedly after being kicked by a horse. He lived in the county with a wife and several children and was brother in law to Joe Basler of Pendleton. Police and Dr. John Griswold conveyed the news by telephone.
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John Timmerman
Near
Helix
East Oregonian
John Griswold
Dr. Griswold
Timmerman Farm
Timmerman
Pendleton
Joe Basler
Lving
Portland
Maryland Charities Conference Opens In Frederick
The sixth annual session of the Maryland Conference of Charities and Corrections convened with a notable speaker lineup including Prof. L H Bailey of Cornell and Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale. A key session tomorrow will inaugurate a movement on the care and treatment of dependent and delinquent children.
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Maryland Charities
Frederick Mil
Mary- Wind Conference of Charities and Corrections
South
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
Francis M. McLean
New York
Russell Sage Foundation
Jacob H. Hollander
Johns Hopkins University
Irving Fisher
Yate
Frederick H. Wines
Springfield
Pate for Meeting Set in Umatilla County Schools
The annual meeting of Umatilla county school boards is scheduled for December 12 in Pendleton with at least 100 delegates. Welles urges each district to send two delegates, plus a clerk and a director, while State Superintendent Ackerman attends his last local appearance and R F Robinson of Multnomah County is expected. An invitation goes to L R Alderman, state superintendent-elect.
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Pate
Umatilla
Pendleton
Welles
Ackerman
R. F. Robinson
Multnomah County
L. R. Alderman
Character Regulation and Power of Property Appreciation
A note on early limits shaping how character is regulated to curb the power of property appreciation. The text frames regulation as a tool to influence value and ownership dynamics.
King George Fails to Avert a Crisis in Parliament
London November 17 The personal efforts of King George failed to avert a political crisis as an ultimatum looms for the Lords to pass a bill curbing their veto power by November 29 or Parliament will be dissolved and a new election ordered Premier Asquith rejects compromise and the Lords may yield parts of their rights to save the government
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Mist
London
George
Hersals
House of Lords
Erlels
Asquith
Tt Im
Mexican rebel leader under heavy secret service watch
Francisco Madero, leader of the anti Diaz faction in Mexico, is closely watched by sixty secret service agents after authorities alleged he pinned a revolution and plotted in 12 Mexican states. Reports say rifles were shipped from Texas and hidden along the Rio Grande, with some munitions found in the interior and seized.
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San Antonio
Francisco Madero
Mexico
Secret Service
Texas
Rio Grande River
Lewis says socialists will not oppose Gompers
Thomas Lewis of the United Mine Workers, who controls 23 of the 6 socialist votes in the Am erican Federation, announced that socialists will not oppose Gomperas re election to AF presidents. Earlier reports had Lewis opposing Gomper a, but he now says Gompera is all right and seeks a federation charter for the Western Federation of Miners.
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St. Louis
Navy
Thomas Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Later
Gompera
Federation
Lewis
Gompere
Thomas
Western Federation of Miners
Marooned Party Safe In Katalia
Nov 17 Kaalla Alaska reports all eighty three passengers from the wrecked steamer Portland are in town and being cared for in hotels and homes. They will continue northward on the first steamer. There is no truth to reports they are starving.
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Kaalla
Alaska
Portland
Petition seeks Crippen life imprisonment instead of death
Tendon, Nov. 18. A petition bearing twenty thousand names asks for commutation of the death sentence of Dr. Crippen to life imprisonment and was delivered to Home Secretary Winston Churchill this afternoon.
Porcupine Gold Camps Mystery Stalls Government Action
Montreal reports the government has not acted on the alleged prospector deaths at Porcupine without more authoritative dispatches. No confirmation or decisive information has reached officials, delaying reef action until clearer details emerge.
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Montreal
Porcupine
La Follette on Recent Election Commentary
Madison Nov 17 Senator La Follette releases a magazine with full commentary on the recent election. He calls the fall results a rebuke to various forms of government but not a democratic victory. He accuses Senate and House committees, and laws drafted by Morgan's attorneys, of undermining the people. The piece condemns Taft administration figures and repudiates Aldrichism in the Senate and Cannonism in the House.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Senate
House
Congress
Morgan
New York
Taft
Ballinger, Wickersham and Hitchcock
Aldrichism
Cannoniem
Vermon Loyal Legion Anniversary Meeting in Burlington
Members of the Loyal Legion from across Vermont gather in Burlington for the nineteenth anniversary meeting and banquet of the Vermont commandery tonight.
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Vermon Loyal Legion
Burlington
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Vermont Commandery
Near Beer Dealer Proclaims Innocence at Council Hearing
F A Gordon proprietor of a near beer saloon on Court Street claimed he obeyed the mayor's orders to keep the place closed during the day and not open until after the polls. A swamper testified he merely left a pair of gloves and denied handing out liquor. The council continued the case for judgment and discussed tax levy plans and city expenditures including purchasing 600 feet of hose.
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F. A. Gordon
Beer Anloon
CordoneWampoer
Odie
Gordon
Posen
Northern Pacific
Saling
Greater San Francisco would exceed seven hundred thousand
The San Francisco movement to consolidate the cities of San Francisco Oakland Berkeley Alameda and several others in Alameda Marin and San Mateo counties gains momentum after Washington reports the city population at 416 912 The combined area would surpass 700 000 residents and San Francisco has grown by 74 130 since 1900.
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San Francisco
Cal
Washington
Oakland
Berkeley
Alameda
Alameda County
Marin
San Mateo
New York Clubwomen Elect State Federation Leaders
In Ithaca on November 17 Miss Mary Garrett Hay of New York is the almost unanimous pick for president of the Federation of Women's clubs meeting there. Likely vice president is Mrs Alfred G. Hauenstein of Buffalo, with Mrs John F. Vaneer of New York to be corresponding secretary. Miss Florence Guernsey of New York is chosen for general federation secretary.
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New York
Ithaca
N. Y
Mary Garrett Hay
Federation of Women's Clubs
Hay
Alfred G. Hauenstein
Buffalo
Will Liicely
John F. Vaneer
Florence Guernsey
Plot Tied to Machinists Union Implicates Officials
Kansas City November 17 Confessions by P F Sweeney and W G Owens former Missouri Pacific railroad shop apprentices say they planted steel filings and emery dust in locomotive bearings during a machinists union strike. Six months sentence. Names of instigators withheld. authorities plan arrests in St Louis and Kansas City. Aimed to destroy thousands of dollars of railroad machinery and avert a high speed crash.
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Kansas City
P. F. Sweeney
W. G. Owens
Missouri Prcffic
Sedalia
St. Louis
Sweeney
Owens
Petition circulates for J. P. Winter as circuit judge
Friends of Attorney J. P. Winter circulate a petition seeking his appointment to the vacant circuit judge seat. Backers claim he has broad bar support and would replace Judge Bean after his resignation when Randy J. leaves. Repudiation of a bid is voiced by Judge Ellis who says he will not seek or accept the appointment.
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J. P) Winter
Cirmait
Bean
Randy J
Mr. Winter
Reay
eUecesor
Benson
Oswald West
G. W. Coutts
Winter
Fills Haw
Ellis
Hast
Oregonian
Chicago butchers rebut Armour on meat price talks
Master butchers in Chicago deny claims of widespread meat price reductions. They say meat may be cheaper but not reach consumers and suggest the reductions aim to divert attention from indictments against packers for monopoly in restraint of trade.
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Chicago
Master Butchers of
J. Ogden Armour
Coyote Rabies Investigation After Animal Attack Near Flora
Dr. W H Lytle investigates a coyote killed in Wallowa county suspected of rabies after it bit John Bosley a child near Flora and attacked two dogs a pig and a goose The boy is in Portland for treatment and possible San Francisco referral The coyote was burned before testing and Lytle awaits the dogs and pig outcomes while considering other causes such as strychnine poisoning
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W. H. Lytle
Wallowa County
John Bosley
Flora
Portland
Lytle
San Francisco
Pasteur Institute
Ely
Idaho
Grant Seeks Larger Standing Army
Toledo date Nov 17 Major General Frederick Grant declares the standing army of the United States is inadequate and should be 250000 men trained at all times He argues there is no chance of a serious difference with Mexico and outlines the need for constant readiness.
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Toledo
United States
Frederick Grant
Grant
Mexico
Prohibition and Woman Suffrage Defeated in Arizona
Phoenix news reports the constitutional convention defeated two ballot propositions. Prohibition and woman suffrage will not be submitted to voters when the new Arizona constitution is presented. The decision comes as the convention concludes its work.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
The Desire to Know Fuels the Power to Learn
A concise reflection on how curiosity motivates education and growth. It highlights the link between the drive to understand and the expansion of knowledge, urging readers to value inquiry as a core catalyst for personal and communal advancement.
Tolstoi Reported Alive After Death Hoax
Reports from St Petersburg say Count Tolstoi remains alive in a laborer's hut at Astapova with fever around 100 as doctors battle inflammation of the left lung. Earlier dispatches claimeddeath. officials noted fluctuating condition with high fever and a lung inflammation, heart action good, tempera ture varying. later messages suggested he had passed the crisis.
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St Petersburg
Toleto
Astepova
Tolstoi
Prince Oblensky
Astapova
Telstar
Agrapova
Death Tollstoil Tolstoi in London Reported Dead
Death announced in London papers from St Petersburg and Moscow dispatches. Initial doubt followed a Russian agency note saying Tolstoi’s death unconfirmed. The Times cites a St Petersburg telegram noting rumors and a crowded train journey that exposed Tolstoi to cold and rain, leading to fatal lung inflammation.
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London
Count Tolstoi
St Petersburg
Moscow
Cound Tolstoi
St. Petrsburg
Tolstol
The
Times
St. Petersburg
Tolstoi
Canadian Parliament Begins Its Session
Ottawa reports the first session of the eleventh parliament opened this afternoon by Governor General Paul Grey. With elections approaching, observers expect a long session and intense debates.
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Ottawa
Good Coffee Crop Reports Across Mexican States
Nov 17 reports say Oaxaca Chiapas and Veracruz state coffee crops are exceptionally good with Chiapas yielding more than double last year. German control of many plantations dominates exports to Germany while Guatemala also reports a fine crop this year.
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Mexico
Oaxach
Chiapas
Vers Crug
Guatemala
Sailors From American Battleship Feted in London
Sailors from the American battleship Mississippi were feted on shore in London on November 17. Crowds chartered "rubber neck" oars to tour the city and tossed coins to unemployed lined along the streets. In reaching Strand crowds grew dense and the scramble for money became so tight that the police asked the sailors to debark.
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London
Strand
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