Mexican Battle Near Juarez Reportedly Furies Rebels Press
Reports from Juarez indicate rebels overwhelmed federal forces in Tierra Blanca confict south of the city. Colonel Medina cites heavy casualties, with estimates above 1000 killed, 700 prisoners, and possible executions on the field. Villa expected to arrive with details. dispatches claim continued retreat by federals.
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Paso
Here
Medina
Juarez
Villa
Hazard
Guest
Lkely
Tierra Blanca
Gonzales
Victoria
Carranza
Grand Trunk Railway Shops Burn in Port Huron Fire
A large blaze at the Grand Trunk railway shops in Port Huron Michigan destroyed facilities early today. Loss estimated at about one million dollars. Fire under control by 8 30 this morning. Origin undetermined. The shops employed around 1500 workers.
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Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk Railway
Thanksgiving Services Across LOGAL Churches Tomorrow
Local churches plan varied observances for Thanksgiving Day with union and individual services. Methodist Presbyterian Christian and Baptist churches hold a 10 am union service at the Methodist church, Rev. Gelgin preaches. Church of the Redeemer offers 10 20 am service with anthems and solos. Christian Beneeue church prays at 11 am on Thanksgiving. St Marys Catholic Church holds 8 am mass with a 6 am mass for early attenders.
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Church of the Redeemer
Charles Quinney
St. Maary’s Catholic
Father Durgan Willl
Currency Bills Rushed Through Senate Conference
The senate democratic currency conference agreed to start 10 to 11 o'clock sessions daily without a holiday recess to push three currency bills through. Democratic senators pledged support to the caucus draft as the bills are considered in these morning sessions.
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Washington
Senate
Harbor Disaster Drowns Thirty In Hong Kong Collision
In Hong Kong on November 12 a Japanese steamship the Sashu Mary rammed and sunk a Chinese passenger launch, causing the drowning of about thirty people in the harbor.
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Hong Kong
China
Tragedy at Modesto Apartments Claims Two Lives
San Francisco report says J C Montgomery, owner of the Modesto apartments, was found nearly suffocated by illuminating gas in his suite. Miss Mary Lovett, his nurse, was dead. Montgomery was recovering at the emergency hospital but unable to recall the incident.
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San Francisco
J. C Montgomery
Modesto
Mary Lovett
Dr C J Smith Upholds Water Board In Pendleton Row
Dr C J Smith writes to Judge Lowell defending the Pendleton water commission and opposing immediate abolition. He praises the commission’s work and urges postponement of a charter change until the new water system is installed. Copy of the letter sent to Will Moore is included. Also reported, Seattle state public service commission orders Puget Sound Traction to reinstate streetcar ticket sales after a federal court voided a related ordinance.
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C. J. Smith
Pendleton Water Commission
Commission
Water Board
Pendieton
P. B
Will Moore
Olympia
Wash
Washington State Public Service Commission
Puget Sound Traction, Lights and Power Company
Seatte
Seattle
State Commission
Pendleton to Send Delegation to Lewiston Stock Show
Pendleton will send a delegation to Lewiston for the stock show next week. About twenty men are needed to secure a special car at reduced rates, with nineteen names already pledged and more promising. The group will be coordinated by O W R N agent T F O Brien and depart Pendleton a week from tonight, arriving in Lewiston the next day. Last year a special train of junketers was welcomed in Lewiston.
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Pendleton
Lewiston
T. F. O'Brien
Lowlaton
Idaho City
General Blanquet in Mexico Crisis as Huerta Forces Desert
Dispatches from Mexico City report growing alarm as Huerta troops may desert and join the rebels. General Blanquet, once a key Huerta ally and commander of forces who ousted Madero, is seen as equally desperate and possibly toppled alongside Huerta.
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Madero
Blanquet
Huerta
Mexico
Strikers Halt GE Plant Work at Schenectady
In Schenectady New York about 2000 striking workers blocked gates of General Electric plant preventing operatives from resuming work. About 15900 GE employees are believed out while AFL sanction of the strike remains unclear with union officials hinting possible authorization at a recent Seattle convention.
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Schnectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Worthen
American Federation of Labor
Springfield
Wil
McNulty
Electrical Workers Union
Schnectad
Seattle
Paving Driveways at New State Hospital
Paving work at the State Hospital front drive and cow barn approaches has begun, using gravel bitulithic by Warren Construction. The main hospital driveway will be 20 feet wide, with 16 feet for its approaches. The cow barn drive is seven inches wide. Only about half of the needed paving will be done now due to insufficient funds, according to Superintendent McNary.
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State Hospital
Warren Construction Company
McNary
Sayre and Bride Steal Away From Friends
Washington, Nov 26. Francis B Sayre and his bride wed yesterday at the White House and vanished from public view. They are believed to have driven to Baltimore, then perhaps boarded a train or visited with friends there. The couple slipped past reporters, entering an automobile after passing through a private passage to executive offices. Newsmen waited in taxicabs outside the White House until midnight, while officials and society members not invited to the wedding received notices today.
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Washington
Francis B. Sayre
White House
Baltimore
Washington Society
Darkness Over Chicago Smothers City in Busy Hours
November 26 Chicago shrouded in darkness as low barometer and cloudy skies kept smoke from lifting. Downtown buildings were lit, traffic moved cautiously, and a pall filled the streets. The Board of Trade halted grain inspection due to the dim conditions.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Board of Trail
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Oswald West 1913
Governor Oswald West proclaims Thursday November 27, 1913 as a day of public thanksgiving across Oregon. He urges reverent services and gratitude for blessings, wartime burdens eased, and national leadership guiding wealth and renewal.
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Dewald West
Commonwealth
State of
Oregon
Oswald West
Thanksgiving turkey prices drop in Pendleton market
Thanksgiving turkeys are five cents per pound cheaper in Pendleton today than a year ago, with dressed birds at 24 to 25 cents per pound versus 28 to 30 previously. Geese bring 14 cents dressed, ducks 15 cents dressed, and chickens 12 to 20 cents depending on life or dressed state. Local markets note ample supply, aiding a price improvement over Portland and similar eastern Oregon markets.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Portland
Thanksgiving clash to decide eastern Oregon championship
Pendleton high school faces Wallowa in a pivotal Thanksgiving game with a record crowd expected. The match, moved to 3 PM, may feature Dick Smith as referee, while Pendleton and coach Asbahr brace for their hardest test as La Grande’s Reynolds notes Wallowa’s fast, strong lineup deserving the title shot.
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Pendleton High School
Wallowa
Austern
Oregon
Asbahr
Reynolds
la Grande
Turmoil and Strife Mark Week Across Regions
General reports describe Pexlerals retreating at Tierra Bianca after defeat by rebels with about 1000 believed killed. Sayre and bride evade photographers in Washington. Switzctady strikers hinder returning workers. Senate committees push currency actions while Huerta faces ruin and desertions loom. Chicago endures a dark day amid local notices and legal statements. Turkey prices drop five cents, a Lewiston stock show car, a big Thanksgiving game at 3 PM, and a Milton man accused of assault surface amid roadwork at the Eastern Oregon State hospital.
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Pexlerals
Tierra Bianca
Sayre
Washington
Switzctady
N. Y
Senate
General Huerta
Chicago
Oregonian
C. J. Smith
Pendleton
West West Street
Lewiston
Milton Man
Lord Cowdray Seeks U S Protection in Mexico
Lord Cowdray English financier head of Pearson syndicate controls vast Mexican land holdings around Tampico valued in the millions. He requested American protection to guard property from rebels. Admiral Fletcher sent from Vera Cruz to Tampico to monitor the situation.
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Lord Cowdray
Pearson Syndicate
Mexico
Europe
Tamplen
Admiral Fletcher
Vera Crux
Tampico
Governor to Help Jobless Get Jobs in Oregon
Salem report states Governor plans to reduce I W W agitation by wintering plans to match unemployed workers with employers. The executive office becomes a clearing house for job requests but not an employment bureau.
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Salem
Ore
Industrial Workers of the World
Oregon
Huerta Faces Rising Mutiny as Villa Advances
Washington reports said General Villa’s victory near Juarez has unsettled Mexico City. Federal defeats provoked Huerta’s troops to demand action, endangering Huerta and officials. With empty treasury and waning credit, Huerta seeks loans while Carranza’s fate depends on an immediate election. Hale travel and Carranza talks loom as U.S. position remains cautious.
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Washington
Villa
Juarez Haa
Mexico City
Huerta
Wilson
Carranga
United States
William Bayard Hale
Carranza
Nogales
Reply to East Oregonian diatribe by J H Raley
A letter defends the East Oregonian against accusations from J H Raley and others. It refutes claims of biased notices and asserts the paper’s city publishing contract and notices were used properly. The writer questions the accuracy of legal commentators and calls for truthfulness.
Sworn Statement From Pendleton Publisher On City Notices
F W Lampkin manager of East Oregonian Publishing Company testifies that ten cent per inch rates charged for publishing 411 summonses for rights of way across the Umatilla Reservation were in line with city notice contracts. He states publications were for the City of Pendleton and not the Water Commission, and denies any policy influence from the notices. Notary Frank J Dorsey swore the affidavit on November 26, 1915.
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Otlegon
Umetilla
Lampkin
East Oregonian Publishing Company
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Oregon
Umatilla
City of
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