Vast estates and trials headline busy year in news
The estate of the late R. E. Harri Man aggrocates 70 million to 75 million dollars as transfer tax appraisers close in on assets. Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora pleads guilty to six counts of sending immoral matter and is fined 100 dollars with suspended sentence. Blanche Bates loses a New York barn and library in a fire amid Honeymoon plans, and the Philippines become the top buyer of American cotton cloth. A new private fund may raise up to 10 million dollars to back anti slavery efforts, complementing government work and aiding victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. H. Harri
New York
Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
Federal
Grand Jury
Hazel
Buffalo
N.Y
Rm. S. Sheridan
C. O. Broxon
Capital News
Boise
Idaho
A. R. Cruzan
Roosevelt
Idaho Supreme Tribunal
Philippine Islands
Philippines
United States
Joseph Ettor
Ettor
Bryant Hall
Thos. M. Hillard
Vanderbilt Hotel
Prominent Californians Named to Wilson Inauguration Committee
Coverage notes several California figures appointed to the general committee for President Wilson's inauguration. Additional items include a forest theater plan near Saratoga by the San Jose Symphony and a San Joaquin real estate partition involving the Sargent estate to Dr. J. P. Sargent and Mrs. Matie Sargent Vai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Guy Eddie
Los Angeles
Alice Phelps
Saratoga
San Jose Symphony Orchestra
Victory Theater
San Joaquin
Stockton
Ross C. Sargent
J. P. Sargent
Lodi
Matie Sargent
Oro Grande notes a busy season of moves and industry
Mr Stone and family leave Oro Grande for San Bernardino while C A Davidson visits Los Angeles to see Lord Hawkins in custody over bogus checks. The Cement Co forges ahead with a new kiln, cement shipments rise, and local farming expands as snow and frost test pipes. Community events include dances in Victorville and a new boarding house nearing completion. A busy town pins hopes on a strong new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stone
Bennett Ranch
Oro Grande
San Bernardino
C. A
Jess Boren
Oro Chande
Virgil Jones
R. A. Drais
E. W. Deerow
Roy
Sarah Abel
Theodore Robinson
Hastings
Los Angeles
Victorville
JUDSON JOTTINGS HAY SHIPMENTS AND DESERT CLAIMS
J.T. Auchinachie shipped two carloads of hay from his Helen area ranch. Kellogg finished leveling 10 acres on his desert claim near Helen and plans to plant apple trees after installing a pumping plant. M L Warding plowed and leveled 20 acres on his claim for corn melons lay and some trees. W C Marshall, near Tielen, halted winter work. spring plans include large reduction works and shipping ore, claiming 20 percent pure aluminum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Auchinachie
Helen
Mr. Kellogg
Warding
W. C. Marshall
Aluminum
Tielen
Los Angeles
Secretary General Gomez Robbelo Arrested in El Paso
General News of the Week reports Ticardo Gomez Robbelo, secretary general of the Orozco revolution, arrested in El Paso for neutrality law violations. He shares indictments with Emilio Vasquez Gomez and others in a federal case in San Antonio Texas. Mining leaders warn of a critical condition at Inde Durango amid rebel threats and possible attack by 500 men on a women’s settlement. no definite news from the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticardo Gomez Robbelo
el Paso
Tex
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
San Antonio
Inde
Durango
Smuggling Arrest Tells Of Aboard Pacific Liner
John Chubin a fireman on the Arizona liner of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company is under arrest for smuggling opium into San Francisco Federal officials cite strong evidence including his frugal saving record at 21800 in a year from a 3560 salary. The case centers on an unusually important nature of the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chubin
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Arizona
Alameda County
Chubin
San Francisco
Russia presses Mongolia to seek Japan pact amid regional realignments
Russia urges Mongolia to strike a commercial treaty with Japan while seeking China openness to foreign trade if sovereignty returns. Khanda Van allegedly detests China after his son died in Peking poisoning. Russia paid him $15,000 for losses in a prior cattle deal with a Russian subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Mongolia
Japan
China
Khanda van
Peking
Seventy nine recruits arrive in San Francisco with measles
Seventy nine Sixteenth Infantry recruits arrive in San Francisco from Columbus Barracks Ohio with several measles cases. They are housed in an isolated Presidio building until post surgeons deem contagion risk minimal and assign the men to their companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Infantry
San Francisco
Columbus Barracks
Presidio
Victorville Area Sees Growth With New Cement, Land Plans
Contractors haul cement for foundations flumes and reservoirs while A Hf Wobart of North American Dredging Co plans surveys of 2 000 acres near the Sly ranch. Local residents begin new building, grazing, and business ventures as eight Montana horses arrive for Preston McVey ranch and several residents undertake real estate and mining tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hf. Wobart
North American Dredging Co
Sly
Jr. Montgomery
C.F. Kramer
Los Angeles
If. C. Ackley
Ackley Lumber Co
Montana
Preston McVey
I. K. Richardson
Talmadge Bros
Victor
B.C. Dew
Utah
Drs. Garcelon and Hitchcock
Eighth Street
Sam Woods
Whale lands after epic Catalina race and dry dock aid
A twenty ten whale was finally landed with help from a Long Beach dry dock after a 15 mile race from White Point to Catalina Island. It measured thirty five feet in length. Detective Richard Burnstein nicknamed Hop Head Dick was arrested in Stockton on charges of stealing twenty three dollars and fifty cents during a Chinatown raid led by Probation Officer Charles Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Point
Catalina Island
Long Beach
Richard Burnstein
State Board of Pharmacy
Hop Head Dick
Charles Taylor
Stockton
Chinatown
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Blanche Bates
Newcastle
N. Y
Miss Bates
George Creel
Denver
Lont
District of Columbia
Senate
Curtis
Uncle Sam
Norfolk Navy Yard
L. M. Doyle
New Hampshire
Helen Gould
Finley J. Shepard
Miss Gould
Tarrytown
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
North Atlantic Squadron
California News
Antone Johannsen
Olaf A. Treitmoe
Eugene A. Clancy
J. F. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Federal Grand Jury
Olin Wellborn
Andres Christian Rasmussen
Denmark
Colfax
Rassmussen
HW. Leist
Watsonville
Leist
Charles J. Jepson
Venice
Cal
Jepson
San Diego
Sorrento
Fred Gillies
A. T. Moir
S. S. Smith
J. G. Martine
California Militia
I. T. Roberts
Roberts
Homer Lea
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lea
Morgan
Cheng Hwa
Judson
R. M. Dillingham
Upper
Mojave Valley
Messrs. Holmes & Packer
Walter White
Ile
J. J. McDonald
Albert Wright
Montgomery
Frank Cochran
Fraternal Brotherhood Lodge No. 939
Jim Jeffries
Auto Party
Lem Benson
Hesperia
John Talmadge
Frank Jacobs
McGil
Toadmaster al Ray
Happy Jack Gardner
Reginald Frost
Bernice Consor
R. L. McNeil
Walter Joy
Santa Fe
Wm. T. Hendrey
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