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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
2
A condensed weekly roundup reports seven murderers electrocuted in Sing Sing prison in rapid succession. Other items note China's trade fleet plans, opium seizures in Los Angeles, a fatal fall on Mount Rainier, and various political and industrial events worldwide.
The Portland markets report shows wheat and track prices for new and old wheat blends, bran and shorts at varying per ton figures, hay prices for timothy alfalfa and clover, oats at $20 per ton, apples peaches plums pears grapes and melons with crate and box rates, potatoes carrots and other vegetables priced per sack or dozen, dairy butter and pork figures, poultry including hens and turkeys, hops contracts and wool by region, and cattle sheep and related livestock price ranges for steers cows calves and ewes.
The House passed the wool tariff revision bill 174 to 80 over President Taft's veto with 21 Republicans defecting to the Democrats. Speaker Clark faced protest over counting members who answered present, while conferees on the sugar tariff reported no compromise, signaling end of sugar tariff action this session.
Advices report Zapatistas defeated government troops in Tenancingo district south of Toluca Mexico. Ixtapam was seized with 300 killed, most noncombatants. a relief detachment of 250 was ambushed, eight dead found. Rebels hold all villages in the district and fought with unusual ferocity.
The eight delegates to the Populist National convention approve a platform reaffirming the 1802 plank and adding new ones including recognition of the Chinese Republic. J F P Ferris states they will not nominate a president and aim to keep the party alive for future usefulness. Ferris recalls being summoned by Senator Clapp over campaign expenses and declining to discuss campaign funds.
A forest fire near Bartlett Springs began when an overheated brake shoe set a gasoline tank between the rear wheels on the Dallas family car. The tank exploded and sprayed liquid fire into dry brush, the flames reaching timber. The Dallas family escaped unharmed, but the car burned to cinders.
H. H. Cottrill of Manhattan Neb tells the National Alfalfa Miller's Association that feed demand in Northwest cities is so strong that sawdust mixed with molasses sells for 20 dollars a ton. He notes over 100 mills struggle to fill all orders as alfalfa meal demand grows in recent years.
In Columbus Ohio a mob of about 40 men captured T Z Cotton while he was on trial and lynched him just beyond city limits. The accused killer Cedron Land, a white boy, died two months earlier.
Reports indicate a vast earthquake across Turkey from Constantinople to Adrianople with about a thousand deaths and up to six hundred injuries. Fires erupted as buildings collapsed, towns like Ganos Hore and Shar Kol were destroyed, and warships felt the tremor. The American steamer Virginian notes a missing lighthouse at Ganos Hore and widespread flames near affected villages.
President Taft assigns Secretary of State Knox as special ambassador to Japan to attend Emperor Matsuhito’s funeral on September 12. The act signals strong American friendship, welcomed by Japan’s ambassador as a gesture of courtesy and goodwill between the two powers.
Berlin authorities plan a novel prison in which all roles including guards wardens superintendents and directors of labor departments are filled by women. Thirty women inspectors and several teachers will train inmates in useful remunerative occupations. The prison is to open in October.
Seward passengers report Mount Katmal erupting in June with dense smoke. The Dora notes Bristol Bay fishing season is closed and canneries report full capacity. The armored cruiser Maryland returned from Cordova to await navy party heading to the Matanuska oil field.
President Taft approves the overdue agricultural appropriation and orders immediate resumption of farm demonstration work in many states. Secretary Wilson directs field work while Pacific Coast experiments to develop potential water resources begin.
Helen Gould entertain 600 guests described as negroes from New York churches at her Ashton play grounds. Trolley cars all in use for the celebration of a new line, forcing the party to walk miles from the railroad station and back.
Mexico City reports pessimism over any quick settlement with General Orozco. Government hopes to reopen talks, but Orozco appears likely to reject overtures and may advance toward Mexico City within a month. An El Paso dispatch accuses an American in El Paso of backing rebels to prolong the war for bankers’ gain.
The Simmona fruit quarantine bill, urged by Pacific Coast fruit growers, would enforce a federal ban on infected fruit seeds bulbs and nursery stock from foreign sources. It allocates 25000 for year one and takes effect October 1 with annual funding to continue enforcement. expected to clear the Senate soon.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh has completed plans for a sweeping inquiry into U S import appraisal methods. A committee is appointed to identify frauds in sugar and other goods, aim to overhaul the system and plug revenue losses estimated to run into millions annually.
The North German Lloyd steamship Frankfurt bound for Canada with 1200 emigrants collided with the German steamer Barmen off the Hook of Holland. The Frankfurt, to Bremen from Bremen, was towed to the hook as passengers remained aboard. Wireless from Scheveningen confirmed all passengers safe and ship in no danger after two steamers aided the rescue.
Representatives of 16 European geographical societies and universities will tour the United States as guests of the American Geographical Society. The trip begins with the opening celebration of the society's new building marking its 60th anniversary. Harvard's Professor William Morris Davis will lead the two month excursion covering about 10 000 miles.
Frederick Smodiden travels from Calgary to New York chasing a legend of 30 million dollars in gold on Coco Island in the Pacific. He claims his knowledge came from Captain Trevan, whose family planned to search but were halted by a fatal illness.
San Francisco to launch a Yiddish language newspaper devoted to Jewish interests with editorial leadership by Dr. Charles Wortsman, a noted Jewish scholar.
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