Taselaar Breaks With Gompers In Labor Convention
Jacob Taselaar, former General Organizer for the AFL, accuses Samuel Gompers’ leadership of bias and seeks to reshape policy at the convention. He charges State Labor Commissioner Williams with favoritism toward employers and vows to push reforms on appointing organizers and executive council transparency. He is backed by the painters and cigarmakers delegations and allied with J Mahlon Barnes.
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Rochester
N. Y
Jacob Taselaar
Taselaar
Gompers
Bowers
Middle West
Williams
New York
Cigarmakers
Gompera
Socialist Pany National
Cabinet Job for Portland Man
Washington November 16 President Wilson weighs three Democrat candidates for secretary of agriculture Charles S Barrett Union City Georgia Joseph N Teal Portland Ore and Clarence H Poe Raleigh N C Barrett heads Farmers Industrial and Co operative Union Teal Portland is chair of Oregon Conservative commission and a lawyer expert on farm matters
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Washington
Presidenteleet Wilson
Charles 8. Barrett
Union City
Georgia
Joseph N. Teal
Portland
Ore
Clarence H. Poe
Raleigh
N.C
Barrett
Farmers’ Industrial and Co-operative Union
Oregon Conservative Commission
Bad Dreams Land Man Behind Bars
San Francisco police booked Fred Fallon after he awoke from vivid dreams of a saloon hold up and rushed to the Bush Street station at 1 a.m. He gave a location at Eighth and Market and was placed in a cell after a description was circulated to the Southern station.
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San Francisco
Fred Fallon
Bush St
Eighth and Market Sts
Fallon
Fourteen Inch Gun Could Supersede Smaller Weapons
War department experts testing a new 14 inch coast defense gun at Sandy Hook believe the larger weapon will rapidly replace the 12 inch cannon. The 14 inch model is planned for placement in the Panama Canal Honolulu Manila Harbor and New York harbor defenses.
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New York
War Department
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Panama Canal
Honolulu
Manila Harbor
New York Harbor
Monrovia Doctor Buys $100 Painting Now Valued at $20,000
Dr. F. M. Pottenger of Monrovia purchased a painting for 100 dollars at a Los Angeles junk shop auction. Connoisseurs later pronounced it a Verboeckhoven masterpiece worth at least 20 thousand dollars.
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Monrovia
Cal
Los Angeles
F. M. Pottenger
Horsethief Enters Cell on Own Hook
In Higginsville Missouri on November 16 a youth calling himself Dutch Mann, wanted in Clay County, rode into town bareback to steal a horse’s saddle and bridle then sought lodging. After placing the horse in a livery barn he slept in the city van and was jailed when constable John Truesdale received a sheriff’s description listing Mann and the horse as sought in Liberty.
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Higginsville
Mann
Clay County
John Truesdale
Thomas
Liberty
Kaiser Knows the Circus Business Says Lipton
Sir Thomas Lipton predicts entrants for the 1915 Panama Pacific yacht race including King Alfonso and Kaiser Wilhelm. Lipton calls Alfonso and Wilde “mighty fine fellows” and adds that Wilhelm “knows the circus business to perfection.”
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Portland, Or
San Francisco
Thomas Lipton
King Alfonso
Kaiser Wilhelm
Alfonso
Wilde
Wilhelm
Palzer Wins in Philadelphia After Six-Round Bout
Al Palzer of New York defeats Tony Rosas of Pittsburgh in six one sided rounds in Philadelphia. Rosas exhausted, Palzer pursues another rung up the championship ladder with an easy decision.
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Philadelphia
al Palzer
New York
Tony Rosas
Pittsburg
Palzer
Ross
Thieves Steal Saint Relics From Genoa Church
Robbers plundered the sanctuary Della Guardia on Monte Bisagno taking four saint relics in jewel studded cases. An attempt was made to remove the altar of the Madonna, also jeweled. The shrine is among Italy’s most famous.
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Genoa
Della Guardia
Monte Bisagno
Italy
Recall Petition Flawed by Circulator Fraud
The recall effort faces trouble as inspector reports show petition sheets short by thousands of names. Circulators paid by the name collected random signatures, not registered voters, with payments ranging from 10 to 26 cents per entry, amid public apathy in Seattle.
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Carroll
Seattle
Governor Dix Defends Mansion Linen Costs
Albany N Y Nov 16 Governor Dix said he has fitted out the executive mansion for his successor and noted 2500 dollars worth of linen bought in recent months. Some sheets cost 47 25 each and it cost 9 to mark each. He denied the prices were extravagant.
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Albany
N. Y
Dix
Trial Looms Over $173 000 Embezzlement Case
Chicago reports that George Witegerald, former Chicago subtreasury teller, faces trial likely Monday before Judge Landis for embezzling $173,000 on February 20, 1907. Federal investigators tracked him for five years, noting lavish lifestyle and business ventures. Fitzgerald claims prosperity from insurance and investments.
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Chicago
George Witegerald
United States
Landis
Fitzgerald
Secret Service
Lucky
William Roldenweck
Treasury
Federal Grand Jury
Pape's Cold Compound claims quick cure for grippe
The ad asserts that after the first dose of Pape's Cold Compound the cold breaks and grips ease within hours. A schedule of doses every two hours up to three doses cures the cold or grippe and ends headache feverishness and nasal discharge. Priced at 26 cents, it promises no quinine and pleasant taste. Also mentions modern rooms at Hotel Vir inus in Elijott 803.
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Pape
Grippe
Everett to Seattle Interurban Railway Train Schedules
A historical timetable lists Everett to Seattle interurban trains with daily departures at 10:30 a m and 6 2, other services at 7:30 8 9 34 10:20 11:30 am 12:40 1 90 2:20 3:30 4:80 5:80 B 6:30 7:30 6:30 9:46 11:48 pm. Saturday Sunday extra 10:45 pm. Ticket office details and local pickup points listed.
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Hee Aee
Xtes
Otticen
Seattle
Sthaw
Weatlake
Greenwood
Ajax Drug Store
86Th
Everett
Massachusetts St
Pacific- Northwest Ppraction Company
Everett-Snohomish Interurban
Snohomiah
Hbo
Portland Police Ordered to Give Up Seats on Streetcars
November 16 Portland police are instructed to surrender seats to paying passengers on streetcars after complaints that officers sit while others stand. The move aims to address crowding and unequal treatment on public transit.
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Portland, Or
Portland
Title Insurance and the Value of a Good Title
The land is only soil. a valid title is essential to possession. A good title ensures continued ownership and protects against claims that could derail the purchase.
King George Bends Superstition at Hunt
King George joins a hunting party at Woolley with seven hunters and five ladies at Chilton. He notes the number 13 is unlucky and, to avoid it, the acting agent Donald Harding is asked to make the count 14 during the luncheon gathering.
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Woolley
Chilton
Donald Harding
Diamond Belt Goes To Wolgast
Promoter Tom McCarey presented lightweight champion Ad Wolgast with a diamond belt before he left Los Angeles for San Francisco to meet Willie Ritchie on Thanksgiving Day. McCarey praised Wolgast, saying the sport would be saved if every class had a man of his caliber.
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Angeles
San Francisco
Willie Ritchie
Ad Wolgast
Tom McCarey
Wolgast
Joe Rivers
McCarey
Market price list shows varies by freshness and grade
The markets column lists buying and selling prices paid by local commission merchants to producers and retailers to commissioners. It covers fruits vegetables meats poultry and staples with rates such as New apples 60 1.76, oranges 1.28, dressed m ee 0.9, pork cuts, turkeys live 22, potatoes 14.00 16.00, cranberries 10.75, and timothy Puget Sound prices, reflecting freshness and quality variation.
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Kees
Ag Foen v
Washington
Puget Sound
Lincoln and Queen Anne Clash With Rival Contenders
Lincoln Football meets Everett in a state title race with a weakened backfield as Willard and Burch are out. Cochran steps in at fullback. A 60-man Lincoln rooters train to Everett after Tacoma defeated Broadway. Queen Anne, riding high after last weekend, faces Tacoma with a full regular lineup minus one change.
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Queen Anne
Everett
Tacoma
Willard
Burch
Cochran
Seattle
Broadway
Divorce Evil Shocks Kaiserin in Berlin
The kaiserin, deeply religious and domestic, was shocked to read that 14,600 divorces occurred in Prussia last year. She plans to summon churchmen and others to seek ways to curb the rising divorce rate.
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Berlin
Prussia
Brewer aims to place $5 million timber bonds in Oregon plants
Frederick A. Brewer, head of the F. A. Brewer Co. of Chicago, arrives in Portland to arrange at least $5,000,000 in timber land bonds for Oregon timber and lumber manufacturing plants.
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Portland
Frederick A. Brewer
F. A. Brewer Company
Chicago
Oregon
Wages of Death Sent to Widow
The interstate fair association of Trenton sent Mrs. Chas. Walsh of San Diego California $500 the balance due Walsh who was killed during a dangerous exhibition flight while carrying out his contract.
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Trenton
N. J
Interstate Fair Association
Chas. Walsh
San Diego
Cal
Walsh
Steamer Wasp Near Puget Sound After Sinking Report
The steamer Wasp, reported sunk off Grays Harbor, was seen passing the mouth of the Columbia River Friday and was expected to reach Puget Sound that afternoon, according to a Portland message relayed to the Merchants' Exchange in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Grays Harbor
Wasp
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Merchants’ Exchange
Portland
Japs Deny Naval Base Seek at Manzanillo
Washington officials rejected a report that Japan was seeking or had secured a naval base at Manzanillo Mexico. A state department official stated the claim is false and unsupported by facts.
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Washington
Japan
Manzanillo
Mex
State Department
Campaign expense report shows Nichol and Longworth defeat
Washington on November 16 report to the house clerk shows Congressman Nichol and Longworth spent 1568 dollars in the campaign. Former Speaker Cannon used 3299 dollars. his opponent Frank O'Hair spent nothing.
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Washington
Clerk of the
House Today
Nicholas Longworth
Cannon
Frank O'Hair
Seattle Doctor Recounts Neal Institute Cure for Morphine Addiction
A Seattle physician describes his six year morphine habit and ten grains daily, credits Neal Institute treatment at 1735 16th Ave Seattle, with rapid recovery, no withdrawal suffering, and reduced cravings, and endorses it as the test of its kind. He urges readers to contact The Neal Institute by phone East 4381.
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Neal Institute
The
16Th Ave
Seattle
Wash
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