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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
2
The prince of Wales visits Paris while U S and Britain face labor unrest. Hickman levee breaks flooding the town as Eastern coal miners eye a settlement by April 30 and Yorkshire workers join a broad strike wave across New England.
A compiled list of current bids and prices across farm goods including wheat varieties Bluestem and Red Russian, corn, hay, oats, cranberries, potatoes, vegetables such as artichokes and lettuce, fruits like apples, butter and eggs, pork veal poultry, hops, wool, cattle, hogs, and sheep. Prices are given by grade, place, and unit with notes on associations and contracts.
Washington issues an ultimatum to President Madero demanding protection of the Vera Cruz to Mexico City railway to ensure arms reach Americans in the capital. Four transports stand ready at Hampton Roads to move 4,500 troops, and Atlantic fleet ships are ordered home by April 15. Americans seek refuge in the British embassy in Mexico City.
In Milwaukee Dr G A Bad ing defeated Mayor Seidel 43117 to 30200 to end Socialist leadership. Of 83 aldermen 26 were nonpartisan and seven Socialists, yielding a council of 26 nonpartisans and 11 Socialists. The vote signals withdrawal of national parties from Milwaukee politics and prompts a forthcoming nonpartisan city election law at the Wisconsin legislature. The Socialist bloc loses influence in the state assembly.
Crown- Columbia Pulp & Paper company announces construction of a new mill in Oregon with equipment ordered for delivery in two months. The plant will produce 186 inch wide print paper, 30 inches wider than current Willamette Pulp & Paper output, with location to be decided between Oregon City and Camas Washington.
Philadelphia sentiment among anthracite workers shifts toward extending layoff until operators grant union recognition. At a Nanticoke meeting near Wilkesbarre about 1,000 miners, largely Polish, said they would not accept a 10 percent raise without union recognition. Operators and miners await the conference outcome and none tried to resume breaker work.
Oroville California pound master John Rich outlines a plan to profit from stray dogs by selling hides meat oil and bones. He claims the meat cures consumption and benefits a chicken feed program.
The government organ in Quebec reports Canada will order two super-dreadnoughts while the Dominion navy's full character is debated by the Canadian minister of Marine and the British Admiralty. Politicians in Quebec see the move as a test of opinion amid anti naval contribution sentiment.
President Madero plans a vigorous campaign against rebels as the United States allows limited arms shipments. Congress authorized exceptions under Taft, with safeguards to block rebel access. Army forces near Chihuahua and Torreon poised for potential offensives. The U S military remains idle on the Mexican issue.
Rescue teams struggle to reach Mrs. Wilfrid Bourque atop Bird Rock Lighthouse as ice barriers trap her with the body of her drowned husband on Groose Isle. The isolated Magdalene group island remains inaccessible by boat, raising fears for the widow’s safety.
Rebels seized Corralitos as mutiny among the Twentieth battalion sparked defeats for federal forces. At the battle’s start men protested food shortages and harsh marches, forcing General Sales’s remaining troops to clash with former comrades.
Boston assembly of representatives from shoe workers unions on March 30 planned action to amalgamate all shoe trade unions. The gathering drew several hundred thousand workers with merger agitation long active in Lynn. Manufacturers favor merger, hoping it would curb strikes.
A Chilean gunboat, sent to assist the British steamer Foxley, reached Punta Arenas and reported the Foxley a total loss after wrecking on March 18 off the Chilean coast. Four Foxley officers were rescued. the rest of the crew were left to their fate, with no trace found by the gunboat.
A Paris wine grower in the south was condemned to one month in prison a $400 fine and 155000 francs in dues plus confiscation of the wine. The Wine Growers confederation which intervened in the case obtained $100 and the judgment printed in several newspapers.
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