West Point Wins From Annapolis in Big Rivalry Game
Philadelphia and Quakertown recount the famed annual clash between West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The early score showed Army leading 6 to 0 as fans packed Franklin Field and Philadelphia reeled with football fever. Streets brim with sensational box deals and citywide celebration as the old Quaker town joins the nationwide thrill of the Army Naval showdown.
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West Point Military Academy m
Naval Academry
Annapolis
Ary Tech
Philadelpha
Olor
Weat Point Millinery Academy
Frannklin
Quakertown
Wort Point
Oregon official count shows Republican edge statewide
Oregon’s official tally from Curry County confirms a Republican plurality of 24,482 in the recent presidential election. Taft’s aggregate win reached 62,541 for the GOP electors, with Democratic, Socialist, Prohibition, and Independent tallies listed. Curry County cast no Prohibition votes and limited Independent votes in several counties. The report names leading electors in Multramsh, Marion, Union, Linn, and Clackamas.
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Salem
Ore
Curry County
Oregon
Taft
J.D. Lee
Multramsh
August Huckenstein
Marion
W. T. Grider
Union
W. P. Elmore
Linn
John W. Bennett
Clacko mix
Important Agreement With Japan Reported In Washington
Washington. Nov 28. Official publication of the text of a Ube es Agreement between the United States and Japan is expected by diplomats. The agreement provides for open trade and the territorial integrity of China and mutual respect for possessions in the orient. It also contains promises to consult the other party before acting if complications arise threatening existing conditions.
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Washington
Fariy
United Sureral
Japan
China
Erie
Orient
Neler
Tax plan for autos funds road work in county
Mex Hindson of McKay Creek supports taxing autos for road improvements. Alex Huden urges $26 per car to fund county road work and a single county road supervisor, citing shared vehicle use among farmers and a need for two main permanent roads across the county starting from Pebleton.
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Mex Hindson
McKay Creek
Pawer
Phin
Alex Hudeen
Huid
Les Rines
Pebleton
Wheat Cultivation Area Shrinks in Victoria 1908 9
Consul John F Jewell reports Victoria Australia totals 6 240 760 acres state wheat area for 1908 9 after hay 1 885 200 acres down from 1 847 121 last year. Yields averaged 9 26 bushels per acre in 1904 5 and 11 3% in 1905 6 with 2 070 517 acres following. 1907 8 average fell to 6 55. Present conditions indicate good yield for the new season from districts reporting favorable conditions.
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John F. Jewell
Melbourne
Victoria
Australia
Farthquake Awakens Boston's Sleepers
The heaviest earthquake felt in New England for years shook Boston at 2 26 morning. The tremor lasted about ten seconds and woke nearly everyone. Local residents reported furniture rattling and lights swinging as the ground moved. Authorities advised calm and no major damage reported.
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Boston
Mark
New England
Desperado shoots officer and escapes in Utah chase
Ogden Utah Nov 28 Arm ed possees unable to locate the desperado who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Clark and wounded Deputy Sheriff Murphy. They had a sick man in their charge last night. The chase follows the Weber river, and it is believed the outlaw was breaking into a freight car when surprised by the deputies.
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Ogden
Utah
Clark
Murphy
Weber River
Oklahoma law requires union label on children's books
A soon to be enacted Oklahoma measure orders all school issued books for children to carry the union label in the future. The statute outlines labeling requirements and compliance timelines for school districts statewide.
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State of
Oklahoma
Roosevelt Warns Americans on China Awakening
Roosevelt comments in Outlook denounce fear of the China awakening as the era’s great event. He cautions against yellow peril rhetoric while noting China’s reforms, trade shifts, and industrial growth. He says Western-style policing is spreading in hundreds of cities but stresses no longer repression of life, only cultivation and direction.
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New York
Roosevelt
Outlook
Lin Pecocite
China
Rooervot
Atlantic Meet Could Be Helpless Without More Colliers
Washington November 28 A Navy Department report cited by Admiral William Cowles warns the Atlantic Fleet risks weakness and potential helplessness without more coal carrying ships. The memo stresses need for station-wide coal supply and broader deployment to guard Pacific and Philippine ports against foreign complications or shipowner pressures.
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Washington
Atlantic
Con Wise
Tofiay Fm
William Cowles
Navy Department
Pupert
Ceet
Tureni
Pacific Coast
Ehmwall, Ghom
Sinton Din
Philippines
No More Men Needed on Canal Work
Aton Cana] Zoe reports no further workers needed for canal construction as the project passes its highest point. The trend shifts from hiring to reducing force, with future activity focused on canal building tasks such as excavating dam and lock construction.
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Aton
Cana
Zoe
Sen
Prisoners Hung Up by Kansas Oklahoma Row
Fort Worth Texas November 2 Disclosures threaten open rupture between Oklahoma and Kansas as Governor Haskell seeks Kate Barnard commissioner of charities and corrections. alleged cruelty in Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing including prisoners hung by wrists and doused with water. report expected December 6.
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Texas
Pearing
Oklahoma
Kansie
Haskell
Kate Barnard
Oklahom
Tansing
Waekel
Hoch
Kaliede
Bernard
Peisonerst
Hous
Harriman May Take Control of Frisco Lines
San Francisco rumor says Harriman will acquire control of the United railroad lines here on January 1 amid graft and mismanagement charges against bankers. The report notes bankers refusing funds to the railroad under investigation.
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Larriman
Frisco
San Francisco
Jeramen
United Mailroad
Harriman
Bank Looting Former Cashier Sentenced in Pittsburg Case
William Montgomery, once cashier of Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburg, Pa, was sentenced to fifteen years for looting the bank of about one million dollars. The sensational case ranks among the most notable bank thefts in American history.
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Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
McCullough divorce suit filed in circuit court
Ih FO McCutlioh of Eeho filed for divorce from his wife Lilian McCullough in the circuit court this morning alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. The complaint cites domestic troubles with the wife accused of besting her spouse. The McCulloughs have been married seven years and have had family troubles in the past.
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Eeho
Circuit Court
Lilian McCullough
McCulloughs Five Seven
Pendleton Ladies Form Library Association Plan Fundraising
At Mrs C J Smith’s Lewis street home the Pendleton Library Association was organized with Mrs Jamice A Fee as president and a full slate of officers and committees named to recruit members, arrange music and hall space, and publicize the effort. A reception will be held next week to unite the community in support of the library, with no admission charges. A Pendleton Free Library Day is planned for Saturday December 12 to raise funds to fit the library rooms.
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C. J. Smith
Lewis Street
Pendleton Library Association
Jamice A. Fee
Starkweather
C8.terpenning
EL PL Marshall
A. Lavell
North Pendleton
J. F. Robinson
East Pendleton
A. J. McAllister
Pendleton
H. J. Bean
Central
Allee Sheridan
South Pendleton
Hhe City
Indies
Fleet Homeward Itinerary Announced by Navy Depart
The Itinerary of the Atlantica techs homeward voyage was announced by the Navy department. It will arrive at Coylon December 14 and proceed to Suez by January 5 where divisions split for port calls. The fleet recollects Hampton Roads February 21 and later reforms. The divisions will converge at Negro Bay January 31 and February 1 with later joins at Gibraltar. Wives of officers plan to meet the battleships in the Mediterranean as Christmas and New Year’s are spent aboard.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantica Tech
Navy Department
Coylon
Suez
Hampton
Vermont
Minnesota
Negro Bay
Gibraltan
Mediterranean
Liberals Will Not Build Against Amparica
London reports a protest in The Nation arguing Britain should avoid expanding its navy to challenge other powers. It claims America and Germany are rising naval rivals and asserts the Liberal party will not consent to building against America, noting Britain’s limited public will and manpower.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Pny
America
Germany
Great Britiain
Liberal Party
Thompson Claims Ownership of Seized Horses
N W Thompson, Palo Alto stock firm manager in Boise, declares he bought three carloads of blooded horses seized in Pendleton after a suit by former owners. He says he can prove ownership with cancelled checks and will fight to regain possession, insisting the horses are his property.
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Thompson
Pendleton
Ferris
Sheldon
Lambe
Mr. Thompson
Pacific coast to build torpedo boats for navy
Washington November 28 The president and former secretary of the navy suggest construction of six torpedo boats by Pacific coast builders. Delivery on the coast would handicap eastern builders, forcing them to relinquish the contract.
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Washington
Metenif
Navy
Railroads Gauge Justification for Rate Boost Due
Washington on November 28 reports that a rolling stock shortage caused by railroads not maintaining equipment during the recent panic will trigger a sweeping advance of rates. The statement comes from a top official of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Man Tere
Interstate Commission
Oriental Rates Change Divides Rail and Steamship Earnings
A new schedule effective Monday alters freight earnings sharing between trans continental railroads and steamship companies. Under the revised rates the roads will earn in some cases only about 75 percent of what they previously gained.
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San Francino
Orient
Tariff to Aid Trust Sincerity of Steel Questioned
New York November 25 Alfred C Crozier of Wilmington Del author in a letter to Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee says Carnegie’s retirement from protection policy could enable an international steel trust to monopolize the U S steel industry The letter argues workers would lose protection and wages under wall street control and a smaller rival could seize business if tariffs fall and foreign goods enter.
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United States
Ite
New York
Carnegie
International Steel Trust
Alfred C. Crozier
Wilmington
Del
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Wall Street
Steel Trust
Senator Smith Explains Road Law At Good Roads Rally
At the Commercial Association rooms a Good Roads League meeting heard State Senator C. E. Smith explain the district road law. He described how road districts may undertake improvements at their own volition and compared the district law favorably with the Johnson road bill. Other good roads topics were discussed.
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Commercial Association
Good Roads League
C. 3. Smith
Good Rounds
Oregon
Smith
Sentenced for Poker Playing in Fairbanks
The Fairbanks prosecution intensifies gambling enforcement with a second jury finding Bob Mitchell guilty. He was arrested along with 16 others for running pangings and poker games in a private cabin.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Bob Mitchell
Notice of Factory Resume of Full Time Hours
Notices posted at Howard and Bullough factory in Pawtucket Rhode Island announce a return to full time hours after operating 40 hours per week since February. The move signals a shift from reduced schedules to standard weekly hours for cotton machinery production.
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Howard & Bullough
Pawtucket
R. I
New Compensation Act Prompts Rules for Civil Service
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor Strajis has issued rules to implement the government employees compensation act. More than 75,000 employees fall under the act's provisions as Part of the new government program.
New England Cotton Yarn to Hire More Workers Next Week
The New England Cotton Yarn company of Taunton Mississippi will go on a full time basis next week. The plant, employing about 1000 operatives, expands employment as demand rises.
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New Market
Canoe River Mille
New England Cotton Yarn Company
Taunton
Miss
Two Hundred Miners Feared Trapped in Pennsylvania Mine
Pittsburg, Pa on November 28 reports say two hundred miners are entombed in a Dinclair mine near Dari na, Pa. Officials fear a fire in the workings as sending a rescue cage is impossible. Rescuers begin work via air shafts and tunneling from adjacent mines to reach the trapped men.
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Pittsburg
Darina
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