Far East Crisis Dominion Calls Council War Weariness Rise
Czar convenes council to discuss Far East situation as peace pressure mounts. Kuropatkin tired and wants to quit amid Japanese pursuit of defeated Russian forces. Field report details heavy casualties and vast spoils from the Mukden battle, with thousands dead or wounded and large quantities of arms, rations, and equipment captured.
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Far East
Kuropatkin
Shakhe River
Nakhimoff
Mukden
Political clashes over railroad influence in Washington
President Hill of the Great Northern reportedly laments failed efforts to block the railroad commission bill. J. D. Farrell of Seattle is blamed for weak leadership as Northern Pacific attorney Crosscup and lobbyist George Stevenson direct railroad politics in Olympia. Hill may shift control to new hands while Farrell seeks security after a lucrative tenure.
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Paul
President Hill
Great Northern
Washington
Railroad Commission
J. D. Farrell
Seattle
Farrell
Crosscup
Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Olympia
George Stevenson
Ifn
Hill
Evergreen State
Minnesota
Dakotas
Mr. Hill
J. D. Fell
Russian War Council Set To Meet On Manchuria Crisis
Petersburg reports a special council to discuss the Manchuria situation and broader war issues. The peace faction pressures negotiations as losses near 65 000 in the Mukden campaign, with mobilization deemed an impossible task amid rising gloom.
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T. Petersburg
Coar
Manchuria
Far East
Russia
War Office
Peace talks stir markets in Europe and East Asia
A Paris dispatch notes strong agitation in St Petersburg and thinly veiled hopes for peace in the far east. The telegraph reports rising activity on the bourse and in commercial circles as markets react to the prospect of settlement in Asia.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Eays
Far East
Front dispatch reports Japanese forces push Russians from Mukden district
A March dispatch from Tokyo notes Japanese troops drove Russians from a district near Mukden, then pursued and inflicted heavy damage. Russian forces abandoned supplies and many corpses are reported on the field, with Kuropatkin requesting rest and defense leaders taking blame for the setback.
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Tokio
Mukden
Port Arthur
Sin Min
Sin Min Ting
Vladivostok
Russians to raise new army for Far East drive and push on
Councils urge battle, with a new army to be raised for the Far East. Ro Rostvensky to move toward Togo and the front forces reorganized. Despite Mukden setback, war will continue. Real hope lies in exhausting Japan financially as peace talks circulate among the people.
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Far East
Rorestvensky
Orient
Togo
Japan
War Office
Czar’s Page Arrest Reports Spark Palace Probe
In Tsarkee Selo a senior page at the czar’s palace has been arrested for linking with revolutionists. The page reportedly carried chemical mixtures and was in regular contact with conspirators as authorities investigate the case.
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ST. Petersburg
Tsarke-Selo
Japanese Northward Movement Near Mukden Escalates
Advices from the front report Japanese detachments advancing north from Mukden toward Tieling and that the main Russian force is nearing or at Tieling. Russian casualties and prisoners in the Mukden battle are reported to exceed 40 percent of those engaged.
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Mukden
Tokio
Muk- Gen
Tielaes
Tieling
Baltic Squadron at Madagascar Coast for Training
The Oxus reports Admiral Rojestvensky’s Baltic squadron at Nossbe on Madagascar’s northwest coast on March 4 and likely to stay through April. Crews drill daily with frequent target practice. No confirmation of Russia buying an Indian Ocean island as a naval base.
Smugglers Arrested In Opium Ring Bust
A police operation led to the arrest of Mrs. Charlotte Galvin and her family after a 200 pound opium cache was found at a flat on Main Street. Inspector Loftus and colleagues traced a cigar stand used as a fence, and Galvin confessed, linking to a larger smuggling network run from Portland to San Francisco. The trio faces grand jury action with bonds set at 3000 each.
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Charlotte Galvin
Frank Loftus
United States
John Galvin
Smith
Main
Portland
San Francisco
Stevens
Galvin
Elvira Galvin
Loftus
Bulldog Kelley Claimed Yet Another Victim in Idaho
In Kettle Falls Idaho on March 13, reports say the Indian fighter known as Bulldog Kelley fought Ellick, another Indian, in Vick Marchant’s cabin. Kelley is said to have wounded Ellick severely, leaving the scene bloodied and Kelley vowing to kill anyone who reports the altercation to authorities.
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Bulldog” Kelley
Columbia River
Kelley
Ellick
Vick Marchant
Bulldog
Weather outlook with scattered rain and brisk south winds
The Weather Spotter reports tonight and Tuesday will bring occasional showers and a fresh to brisk south wind. A hand command will display the temperature at 2 30 this afternoon.
Oregon Man Denies Non-Support Allegations
The defendant disputes the plaintiff’s non-support claims asserting willingness to support his wife, contending she deserted him and that he learned of the decree only after seeing a newspaper notice by accident.
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Land, Ore
Hartranft Resigns. Storey Elected County Superintendent
W. G. Hartranft resigns as county superintendent of schools, effective April 1, to join a textbook company. T. P. Storey, principal of Denny school, is elected to fill the vacancy. The county will exhibit at the Lewis and Clark fair, with spaces awarded and plans under way for districting schools and preparing the exhibit.
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W. G. Hartranft
Ths
T. P. Storey
Denny School
Hartranft
King County
Storey
Divorce Decree Annulled in Wisconsin Case
Judge Griffin set aside Louise D. Rutter and Stanley Rutter’s 1903 divorce decree on grounds of misrepresentation. The defendant claims no service of complaint or summons and asserts the plaintiff falsely stated papers were served in Port.
Death of Howard Bitman Minneapolis editor
Howard Bitman, managing editor of the Minneapolis Times, died today in Minneapolis from Bright's disease.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Howard Bitman
The
Minneapolis Times
Bright
Theater Manager Pantages Weds Lois Mendenhall in Oakland
Alexander Pantages proprietor of a local theater unit wed Miss Lois Mendenhall daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Mendenhall of Oakland at Moses Goldsmiths home yesterday afternoon at 1 o clock. Rev V V Alexandro officiated as a small gathering of friends attended including Thorne family members and local vaudeville colleagues. A wedding dinner followed the ceremony.
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Pantages Theater
Lois Mendenhall
Henry Mendenhall
Oakland
Moses Goldsmith
V. V.alexandros
Ming Mendenhall Io
Thorne
Louis Goldsmith
Ethel Withers
Dennis Harocop
Paul Goudron
Cassie Chadwick Found Guilty of Conspiracy in Bank Wrecks
In Cleveland on March 13 Cassie Chadwick was found guilty of conspiracy in a high profile case. The verdict came after a five week jury deliberation. Chadwick faces 7 to 14 years imprisonment and a possible fine as bankruptcy proceedings and related assets, including the Cowick mansion, are addressed by a court receiver.
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Cassie Chadwick
Mek Turpin
Mradwick
J Wing
Banks
United District
Chadwick
Dr. Chadwick
Ial Hoover
Cowick
Caahier Spear
Runaway Bride and Brother-in-Law Couple Seized in Colfax
Colfax, Wash. March 13. A 17 year old wife and her 21 year old lover were arrested after a depot confrontation with the husband’s father. The pair eloped Saturday from Endicott and fled to Colfax where they were found. The father vows to prosecute to send them to the penitentiary.
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Colfax
Wash
David
A. J. Archenbrenner
David Arxchenbrenner
Endicott
Portland Fair boycott resolutions pass against exposition directors
Resolutions pledging aid to the Building Trades Alliance of Portland were passed by the local Building Trades Assembly at a special meeting. The body threatened a boycott of the Lewis and Clarke Exposition if the directors persist in pursuing an open shop policy. A Portland alliance committee described the march 3 walkout and the tensions leading to the protest.
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Building Trades Alliance of Portland
Building Trades Assembly
Portland Alliance
Tar and feathering of Dr Kaywood shocks Goldendale crowd
In Goldendale Washington a Vigilante committee stripped preacher Dr Kaywood to the waist and tarred and feathered him after ten men dragged him from the Free Methodist church. A crowd of about one hundred followed as he was marched to a bridge where tar was poured on his head and body before he left town.
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Goldendale
Wash
Klickitat
Kaywood
Free Methodist
Fraternal Society Officers Sued Over $30,000 Misuse
A Cleveland man filed in circuit court alleging Charles Piper and Secretary William Hydeardon of the Supreme Council Royal League have misused over $30,000 of the society's funds. He seeks a court injunction against the officers.
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Chicago
Eclrcuit Court
F. C. Butcher
Cleveland
Charles Piper
William Hydeardon
Supreme Council, Royal League
Pooler arrested on embezzlement charge at Central theater
Detectives Tennant and Barbee arrested Frank Pooler this afternoon on larceny by embezzlement sworn by Mrs. D. C. Pooler. Pooler, nephew of D. C. Pooler, had been employed at the Central theater where Mrs. Pooler manages for several months.
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Frank Pooler
Tennant and
Barbee
D. C. Pooler
Young Pooler
Central Theater
Pooler
Tragedy in Denver as Man Kills and Wounds Multiple
In Denver on March 13 Scripps News reports George Schistler, a teamster, went on a rampage killing two people and wounding several, including Dr. Frank Dulin and Captain William Bohanna, before dying in a firefight with police. A fire at the Fill home may have killed a son. Mrs. Schistler is distraught.
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Scripps News
Denver
Colo
George Schistier
K. Fill
George Schistler
Frank Dulin
William Bohanna
Mike Kelly
Schistler
Dulin
Bohanna
Kelly
Going After Contractors By Local Federal Union
Local contractors violating the hour law amid board of works orders face prosecution by the local Federal union. Union officers claim to hold evidence to arrest and convict most city contractors, alleging the board remains indifferent to the orders.
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Board of Works
Supreme court to decide governor race today
Denver March 13 The supreme court will render a decision in the gubernatorial contest this afternoon. It is generally believed the ruling could settle the long dispute between competing candidates and determine the next governor.
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Denver
Supreme Court
Court to decide vacancy power amid Peabody contest
The court will decide whether the legislature can declare an office vacant. If valid, Adams would be ousted and Lieutenant Governor McDonald would fill the vacancy. The Peabody contest is aimed at satisfying all sides.
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Adams
McDonald
Peabody
Consolidation Rumor Sweeps New York Central and Rivals
A strong rumor on the Stock Exchange says negotiations among New York Central Union Pacific and Northwestern toward a transcontinental line are progressing rapidly and likely to conclude later this month.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
New York Central
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Chinese nationals face federal trial in grand jury room
Eleven more Chinamen are being tried in the federal court this afternoon for unlawfully being in the United States. This marks the second large crowd tried before Judge Kiefer in the last two weeks.
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Grand Jury
Federal Court
United States
Kiefer
Messenger boys form temporary organization with labor union
The city messenger boys create a temporary group affiliated with the Western Central Labor union and seek a charter from the American Federation of Labor.
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Messenger Boys
Western Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
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