Paris trains shut down as mass strike paralyzes city
Paris faces a near total transport halt as 300,000 French railroad workers vote to strike. Clashes with troops begin, telegraph jams and rail switches are disrupted, and the army readies dispersal orders. Western and Northern lines join the action, with Paris cut off from provinces and widespread rioting anticipated.
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Paris
Eastern Railroad
Western
Northern Railroad
Metropolitan Railway
Eight More Charred Bodies Found In Mine Disaster
Starkville October 12 eight more bodies were recovered today bring total recovered to nineteen from the mine. Victims were charred and identified only by dental checks. A public burial was held for all bodies recovered so far. A coroner inquest is set for this afternoon. Rescuers near a section of the mine believe twenty men may be inside. New fans are being installed and debris removed. Charges allege fans were carelessly watched with a fan sparking enough to cause the explosion.
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Starkville
First wedding in Union Theological Seminary edifice
Miss Louise Godfrey, a school teacher, married Rev. George Jeremiah Becker pastor of Grace Presbyterian church, Montclair New Jersey, in the new Union Theological Seminary building in Seminary New York on October 12.
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Seminary
New York
Union Theological Seminary
Louise Godfrey
George Jeremiah Becker
Grace Presbyterian Church
Montclair
N. J
Postal convention opens in Chattanooga with national officials
In Chattanooga Tennessee on October 12 national postal officials and postmasters from several cities will deliver addresses during the three day session of the national postal convention which opened today in the city.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Postoffice Department
Hearst Offer Declared Assinine by Wright Manager
St Louis October 12 Roy Knabensue manager for the Wrights says Hearst's fifty thousand dollar offer for a San Francisco to New York flight is asinine. He claims the trip would cost an aviator at least eighty thousand, not counting time or injury risk. He cites wear and tear on the machine as the least expense.
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St. Louis
Roy Knabensue
Wrights
Hearst
San Francisco
New York
Nassinine
Knabensue
Democratic Nominee Blisters Roosevelt in New York Speech
Thompson New York October 12 John Dix Democratic gubernatorial candidate opened his campaign delivering a sharp attack on Roosevelt calling him the Apostles of Disorder and Dissension. Dix condemned any authority that assails the courts and warned against weakening the supreme court or substituting the president’s will for the people’s.
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Thompson
N. Y
Roosevelt
John Dix
New York
Dix
Supreme Court
Crippen Indicted for First Degree Murder in London
London October 12 Dr Crippen was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree. Mile. Leneve his companion in flight was indicted as an accessory with guilty knowledge. If Crippen is found guilty he faces hanging and Leneve a long prison term. Trial preparations are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pendleton Presbytery Sets for Synod Events in Pendleton
Pendleton hosts the eighth annual Sunday school missionary conference of the Oregon synod at the Presbyterian church starting tomorrow afternoon. About 100 ministers and laymen are expected. An auto trip to the mission is arranged with 20 autos sought. officers from the Commercial association organize transport for delegates and note collection ends at 4:30 pm.
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Pendleton
Presbyterian Church
College and
Alta Streets
Oregon Synod
Presbytery
Babbidge
Prineville
G. A. M. Lilley
Cline Falls
Idaho
W. H. Bleakney
Free
Synod of Oregon
Preshbytenan
The
Commercial Association
W. L. Thompson
Clarence Bishop
Wil Ingram
JL. L. Mann
Ingram
Commercial Club
Corner Court
Malin Streets
Tutuilla
American gunboat Princeton to land Marines at Amapala
American gunboat Princeton moves to Amapala Honduras to free imprisoned Americans. Commandante Valladares defies demands, vowing to resist landing and threaten to burn the city. Foreign nationals shelter as unrest grows and the British consul flees toward Guatemala.
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Princeton
Amapala
Commandante
Whip Hand
San Salvador
Amapula
Honduras
Valladares
Valledares
Una
Custom House
Guateman City
Spain Forced To Send More Troops To Africa
Madrid reports revive active operation by Spanish forces in Morocco against tribesmen. Troops, needed to preserve order in Spanish cities, are withdrawn for Africa service. Cabinet fears upheaval as Republicans revel in government difficulties and predict their party’s success. General Aldeveras leads a large force from Melilla toward Yazama to enforce indemnity demands on the Rif tribesmen.
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Madrid
Morocco
Africa
Aldeveras
Mellila
Yazama T
Spain
Hattiesburg Hosts Prosperity Celebration Amid Confederate Reunion
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on October 12 a prosperity celebration began to honor the annual reunion of Mississippi Confederate Veterans and to showcase regional industrial, population, and agricultural growth. The event draws visitors from southern Mississippi and will run through the following day, echoing last year’s positive results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Mias
Confederate Veterans of Mississippi
Mississippi
Bay State police delegates gather for relief association convention
Delegates from major Bay State city police forces attend the Massachusetts Police Relief association convention in Holyoke Mass on October 12. A banquet is planned for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State Police
Holyoke
Mass
Bay State Fire
Massachusetts Police Relief Association
Columbus Day Observed In Fifteen States In Holiday Parade
Washington reports that fifteen states have passed Columbus Day bills promoted by the Knights of Columbus and many cities observed the anniversary of Columbus discovery as a holiday. In New York a large Columbus Day parade drew thousands of Italians and Catholic order members, highlighting Brownson Memorial Committee exercises for a monument to Dr Cerestes A Brownson proclaimed a leading layman and scholar of the American Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knights of Columbus
America
New York
Brownson Memorial National Committee
Cerestes A. Brownson
Columbus Day Observances Across U S Cities
Across Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago and California celebrate Columbus Day with parades, regattas, and speeches. The Knights of Columbus push legal recognition while cities mark the holiday on October 12 with ceremonies honoring discovery of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Met
California
Catholics denounce moving pictures at state convention
In Brooklyn the Catholic Knights of America denounced the "yile attractions" of moving picture shows. Resolutions against allowing children to witness what they term "walkar dramas" were prepared and likely to be adopted, urging Catholic families to avoid these so called haunts of shame.
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Moving Pictures
New York
Catholic Knights of America
Brooklyn
Connecticut woman reports ten thousand from selling esas
A Connecticut woman earned $10,000 this year by selling esas, a fact we accept without doubt. This is one of the few stories we don’t question.
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Connecticut
Democrats Tour Umatilla County Campaign Plan
A thorough county campaign tour by Democratic candidates and leaders is set for next Monday and Tuesday. Oswald West lead a caravan through Pendleton Adams Athens Weston Milton Freewater Echo Hermiston and Umatilla with rallies in each stop. West Oliver McLain Hall Hill and others will speak at Pendleton Heppner and the day’s events culminate in a major Democratic rally.
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Umatilla County
Will M. Peterson
Democratic County Central Committees
Oswald West
Turner Oliver
la Grande
Hugh McLain
Marshfield
M. K. Hall
J. Smith
Pendleton
Ben Hill
J. W. Maloney
T. D. Taylor
T. J. Tweedy
Henry J. Taylor
County Good Ronis Association
J. T. Lieuallen
Leon Cohen
Col. J. H. Raley
James Johns
Pendle
Adams
Athens
Weston
Milton
Freewater
Echo
Rige Stanfel
Hermiston
Umatilla
Heppner
Want Exhibit for Farmers Congress in Chicago
Judge Thomas FitzGerald requests a local exhibit for the Umatilla display at the International agricultural congress in Chicago next month. Rh and N company provides free transport and display space, with local products to be shown. Grains are being provided. vegetables and fruits are sought from residents and must be brought to Judge FitzGerald's office by Friday for shipment to Chicago by Friday evening.
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Thomas FitzGerald
District Fair Board
International Agricultural Congress
Chicago
Rh. & N. Compiany
Fair Board
FitzGerald
Attendance at World Series Won't Break Records
Chicago October 12. The National Baseball Commission received twelve thousand certified checks for grand stand reservations today. It is predicted attendance records will be broken.
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Chicago
National Baseball Commission
Boys Sentenced Ten Penniless and Paroled
Thomas Balcom and Leslie Butler, both 17, pleaded guilty to stealing elk teeth silk handkerchiefs and money from an Indian near Gibbon. They received two years in the penitentiary with parole conditioning school attendance and avoidance of alcohol. Balcom to report every 30 days to Circuit Judge Bean. Butler to report quarterly to the local court. judge urged shunning bad company. William Evans, 29, faces two years in Salem penitentiary. attorney Will M. Peterson argued against penitentiary.
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Thomas Balcom
Leslie Butler
Gibbon
Balcom
Frank Balcom
Helix
Bean
Butler
J. D. Butler
Bandon
William Evans
Salem
Will M. Peterson
Judge Stricken After Passing Life Sentence
Spokane October 12 Judge Howard Whitson of the United States court was stricken with palsies shortly after sentencing C H Howells a train robber to life imprisonment. The nervous strain is blamed for his collapse he was found on the floor of his chambers his right side only affected He was appointed in 1905 after practicing as a lawyer in North Yakima
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Spokane
Howard Whitson
United States Court
C. H. Howells
Prohibition Convention Names Rhode Island Candidates
Rhode Island prohibitionists will name congressional district candidates today at the state convention in Providence. The event sets the stage for campaign slate selection and party strategy in the upcoming elections.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Salmon trout swarm fill Sandy River riffles
In Gresham Oregon anglers report salmon trout so thick in the Sandy River that they shove waders off balance and trip anglers. Fishermen say creels are bulging with the abundant fish as the fall season yields a prize catch.
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Portland
Ore
Gresham
Amine And Disease Now Sanitary Corps Mobilized
International Falls reports famine and pestilence along the forest fire path. National Guard surgeons supervise sanitation while hundreds work to bury the dead and prevent water contamination. Fire threats push crews to Poposky, Farkley and Black Diamond as Beaudette and Spooner vow rapid rebuilding.
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International Falls
Minn
Rifles
National Guard
Eberhardt
Wood
Poposky
Farkley
Black Diamond
Beaudette
Spooner
Taft Plans Strenuous Short Session Agenda
Beverly October 12 President Taft outlines a strenuous short session for Congress this autumn with recommendations aimed at economy in administration, private capital power development on public lands with government restraining order power, an anti trust amendment to permit limited railroad rate agreements, and curbing pork barrel patronage by expanding civil service appointments.
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Beverly
Taft
Congress
Hienneman Sues Follanshee Over Barbershop Debt
Henneman Brothers clear store company filed an attachment suit in circuit court against Charles Follansbee over a land transfer tied to the U K barbershop. The contract required Follansbee to pay water rights through September 1, with $159 past due. The suit seeks to compel fulfillment by attaching the barbershop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hienneman
Follanshee
Henneman Brothers Clear Store Company
Charles Follanshee
U. K
Clark Wagner
Henneman Brothers
Follansbee
Hermiston
Henneman
Pollansbee
Heating Plant Contract At Main Street Building
Sharon and Fildings win the contract to install the heating system in Dr Temple's new Main street building. The job is valued at 1600 dollars and includes 1909 feet of radiators. The Tdeal boiler will be placed in the basement to heat the structure.
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Sharon & Fildings
Oakland forfeit Portland games over player ineligibility
San Francisco October 12. The Coast League declared the Oakland Portland games from Sept 28 29 30 forfeited to Oakland after Oakland protested that Gus Hetling was ineligible because he had signed contracts with Spokane. Oakland gains 667 percent Portland 66 percent.
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San Francisco
Gus Hetling
Oakland
Graham
Hetling
Spokane
Portland
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Briand
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Crippen
Onmpgon Synod
Pendleton Presbytery
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Amer
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Livteen
New World
Atlantic Fleet
Boston
Ance
New England Amateur Rowing Association
Charles River
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Pittsburg
James A. Flaherty
the Knights of Columbus
Central West
Illinois
Farmers Congress
Sanitary Corps
Baudette
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