United States weighs recognizing Mexican rebels
Washington reports indicate officials are privately weighing a possible recognition of the Mexican rebels as belligerents. Huerta shows no intention of relinquishing control, while John Lind may return to the U.S. soon. A formal move could allow the rebels to import arms, hastening Huerta's overthrow.
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Diaz
Wilson
Washington
Get
United States
Mexico
Huerta
John Lind
Alma
Diag
Republic
State Department
Constitutionaliat Jenders
Jewst
Crew Charged With Acting Cowardly After Volturno Disaster
Survivors of the Volturno, mostly Dutch, claim the crew behaved cowardly and brutalized passengers. Ten men from the burning ship reached Gravesend aboard the Minneapolia with others aboard the Olympic. U.S. Consul Stuart J. Fuller reported survivors say there was no panic but officers offered little information and passengers were herded off.
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London
Gravesend
Minneapolia
Rosalane
Stuart J. Fuller
United States
Durban
Minneapolis
Fuller
No Amendment to Be Made to Articles in Sulzer Case
Albany October 15 The Sulzer impeachment court denied the prosecution request to amend the impeachment articles but found no victory for the governor The defense argued the articles lacked Duncan Peck and Henry Morgenthau witnesses whose testimony the executive tried to suppress A ruling said the articles were broad enough to include Peck and Morgenthau and an amendment was unnecessary The comment Make hay while the sun shines but a duck a corm on dump days appears as marginal humor in the closing line.
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Albany
Sulzer
Duncan Peck
Henry Morganthau
Peck
Morganthau
Water flow and blast end Gatun barrier in Panama Canal
On October 10 the Gamboa Dike at the Panama Canal was blown, removing the last barrier between the Atlantic and Pacific aside from the locks. Water from Gatun Lake was released through four 26 inch pipes into Culebra Cut to cushion the blast, showing no direct ocean-to-ocean flow.
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Gatun Lake
Gamboa
Panama Canal
Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Gafun Lake
Culebra
County Earns Interest on Public Funds in Banks
Law requires county funds held in local depositories to accrue two percent interest. Penalties include prison terms and fines for officials profiting from public money. Umatilla County shows $562 in interest with detailed payments from First National Pendleton American National Pendleton Pilot Rock Bank and Weston Farmers Bank as of the report. Continued on Page 4.
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Bradley
First National Bank of
Pendleton
American National Bank of
Pilot Rock Bank
Farmera Bank of
Weston
Investigation Ordered Into Volturno Fire Incident
London reports the British board of trade orders a full inquiry into the Volturno fire. It will probe officials claims of incendiary origin and possible involvement of rival shipping firms. New York recounts Second Officer Liord's return from the Volturno rescue with blistered hands and vivid testimony of the battle with flames and a multilingual crowd.
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London
British Board of Trade
Volturno
Uranium Company
Volturna
Liord
Grosser Kurfuerst
Flamnes
Captain Inch Recalls Volturno Disaster in Plain Tale
Captain Francis Inch of the Volturno recounts the 1918 shipboard fire that killed 196, detailing the moment the blaze began, the spread through No 1 hatches, and the crew’s desperate efforts. He describes lowering lifeboats, a capsizing lifeboat, and the chaotic sequence as passengers and crew fought for survival before the disaster’s toll.
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New York
Oor
Francis Inch
Inch
North Tongitude
Holi No. 1
Rescue Efforts Continue After Welsh Mine Disaster
Cardiff Oct. 15 A rescue team today established communication with 29 miners trapped by an explosion. More than 600 men feared dead as 31 bodies have been recovered and rescuers press on despite foul air and debris. Miners in an adjacent chamber may have perished, with little chance of survival beyond hours.
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Cardiff
Wales
Universal Nine
Earlter
Pearson
Pasitire
Prince Picks Up Western Ways While Hunting in Wyoming
Albert Prince of Monaco toured Cody and Sheridan after a three weeks hunt in the Wyoming wilds. He bagged a brown bear, several deer, and two mountain sheep, wore the Western style, and told how the bear hide will decorate a Monte Carlo room. He praised Billings hospitality and noted the rifle used belonged to William F. Cody.
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Sillings
Mont
Albert, Prince of
Monaco
Chamber of Commerce
Wyoming
Cody
Sheridan
Billings
Monte Carlo
William F. Cody
Cardiff mine disaster victims reach five hundred
Reported death toll from a mine incident in Cardiff grows as more than 500 are feared dead. Survivors are arriving in New York with harrowing accounts of the disaster. Authorities pledge investigations while broader international and domestic events unfold.
Special Election Petition Filed For City Charter Vote
A special election petition to approve a commission government charter was filed with Recorder Thomas FitzGerald by Judge Stephen A. Lowell. The group states over the required names were collected, with 20 petitions sent and all but one returned. If approved by the council, a November 24 election will decide the charter.
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Commission
Thomas FitzGerald
Stephen A. Lowell
Governor vows to break colony after alleged abuse at Ludlow
Governor Ammons declared he will destroy the strikers tent colony at Ludlow following reports of revolting conduct toward two Slavic women captured by strikers and their wives. He said the women were beaten with guns and held to force the men to join the mine at Delagua, one woman pregnant.
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Ludlow
Denver
E. M. Atemons
Trinidad
Ammons
Tellons
Delagua
Masked man robs mail car on Southern Pacific train
In Burlingame a masked bandit boarded the mail car of train No. 23 on a fast Burlingame to San Francisco run. He forced two clerks to the floor at gunpoint and rifled the registered mail pouch. The robber fled as the train slowed in the San Francisco yards. postal inspectors say the loss will be small and the thief limited his search due to the schedule. The robber wore a blue bandana to conceal his face during the heist.
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San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacifc
Burlingame
Burlinguine
Tme
Buringame
Burtingame
Aviator Jewell Reported Picked Up Alive at Sea
New York October 14 reports from wireless stations say aviator Jewell was picked up alive at sea by a steamer after being sighted afloat.
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New York
Jewell
Electric signs licensed in Montreal pass annual fee
In Montreal electric signs are licensed with a yearly fee of six cents per square foot of sign area collected to fund municipal regulatory efforts.
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Montreal
American Balloon Wins Bennett Race in Paris
The Goodyear, representing the American entry, won the Bennett Cup international balloon race. The Frankfurt from Germany landed near Pont Audian, France, and the Goodyear landed in England after covering 400 miles. All entries were accounted for.
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Paris
Goodyear
Frankfurt
Pont Orman
France
England
Navy to mine own coal in Alaska route shortened to waters
United States navy plans mining in Alaska after an expedition found ample high quality coal in the Matanuska fields. Test operations will test the coal as maps outline a route shortening haul to navigable waters by about 549 miles. A bill before Congress seeks navy control of mines with a potential station at Passage Canal or Portage Bay on Prince William Sound.
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NAVY
Congress
Seattle
United States Navy
Alaska
Matanuska
Navy Department
Passage Canal
Portage Bay
Prince Willams* Sound
Passage
G. E. Rude
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Four Days Left to Register for Referendum Election
Pendleton residents, especially women, must register by October 19 as books close fifteen days before the referendum. Some may vote without city certificates if their names appear on the duplicate register created by the county clerk.
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Hut
Pendleton
Court House
Suffragists Attack King at Connaught Wedding Ride
Suffragists rushed the royal carriage carrying the king and queen to Prince Arthur of Connaught’s wedding. A woman attempted to throw a petition through a window but was dragged away by police. Other suffragists threw copies of their newspaper into the carriage.
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London
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Duchess of Fife
Women Burned in Sanitarium Fire at Govang Englewood
Two women died and four others were seriously injured when a fire destroyed the Englewood sanitarium at Govang near Baltimore on October 15. Travelers and local responders fought flames as rescuers searched for trapped victims amidst collapsing wings and smoke. The hospital's staff and authorities began inquiries into the blaze and its cause.
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Baltimore
Tour
Englewood
Govang
Quake rattles towns along Snake River in Oregon and Idaho
A strong earthquake at 2 pm shook Homestead Oregon Ballard s Landing Landore and Caprum Idaho near the Snake River. Windows broke chairs overturned dishes fell panicked residents fled as a thunder like roar rolled through the area. No deaths reported and damage appears limited though fear remains high.
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Baker
Ore
Seven Devils' Country
Snake River
Oregon
Idaho
Homestead Ore
Ballard’s Landing
Landore
Caprum
Homestead
Ballard
Here
Circus Parade Delays Mark Pendleton Visit
Rain and cool weather kept Pendleton crowds small as the Al G Barnes animal circus arrived after 9 and took more than three hours to unload. The parade formed at 12 30 and the show mounted tents south of the round-up Park with afternoon and evening performances drawing a larger audience later.
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Pendleton
al G. Barnes
Barnes
Ten killed in wreck near London Liverpool
Ten persons died and many injured when a local train collided with the Manchester express at St James Station. Six bodies were recovered and officials began investigations as railway safety teams moved to the scene.
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St. James
London
Manchester Expres
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