Turmoil and Treaties Mark Week Across Continents
Turkish reinforcements pour from Syria and Kurdestan while Balkan delegates discuss new borders. Greek and Turkish military actions, press censorship in Adrianople, and reports of massacres surface as observers debate the Madero government and regional stability. A blizzard hits North Dakota. Taft defends civil service moves and a proposed inter-state bridge gains momentum in Seattle.
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Syria
Kurdestan
Balkan
Turkey
Prairies
North Dakota
Taft
Civil Service
Portland Markets Report Dense with Grain and Livestock Prices
Portland markets list Wheat-Track prices 79c, bluestem 82 88c, red Russian 77c, barley $33 per ton, corn $36-$37 per ton, oats No 1 white $25.25, hay timothy $17-18 per ton. Fresh fruits apples 50c-1.50 box, pears 75c-1.50, grapes $1.60 box. Potatoes Bur banks 60-65c per hundred, onions Oregon 90c–$1 sack. Eggs, butter, pork, veal, cattle, hogs, and sheep prices shown with various grades and weight ranges.
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Oregon
Burbanks
Rebels Take Casas Grandes Under Orozco Command
Rebels led by General Pascual Orozco Jr capture Casas Grandes after routing a Federal force of 800 at Ascension. Prisoners include General Jose Blanco. American hotelier D. Ambrose confirms descent into Ascension and reports reinforcements. Rebels seize rifles ammunition and two cannon, gaining control of the Mexico Northwestern railroad between Juarez and Chihuahua City.
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el Paso
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Pascual Orozco, Jr
Ascendon
Jose Blanco
D. Ambrose
Columbus
N. M
Ascencion
Salazaar
Orozco
Cagas Grandes
Blanco
Madero
Mexico Northwestern
Chihuahua City
American Railway
Pearson Syndicate
Wireless tests to reach 3000 miles between Arlington and Salem
The Navy's new wireless station at Arlington will test communications with the Salem cruiser at a 3000 mile distance. The Salem will prepare for the January 15 test by filling its crew as it sails from the Atlantic, forming a 3000 mile radius circle to receive and send messages.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Arlington
Salem
Atlantic
Potomac
Supreme Court Rules Emoluments Cover Armys Officers
Washington decision says emoluments include forage for riding horses and household servant hire. Mrs. Sarah K. McLean sued after being denied these allowances for Major Nathaniel H. McLean who left the army in 1864 and was reinstated in 1875. The Court of Claims had ruled against the claim. the Supreme Court reversed to allow the payments.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Sarah. K. McLean
Nathaniel H. McLean
Cincinnati
Congress
McLean
Major McLean
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Red haired women barred from Venice Aquarium over panic seal
A newly captured seal at the Venice Aquarium becomes agitated in the presence of women with red hair. Dr P S Barnhart of USC notes the behavior but cannot explain it. The aquarium may ban red hair or retire the seal from public viewing.
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Los Angeles
Venice Aquarium
P. 5. Barnhart
University of Southern California
Fort Wright Prepared for Abandonment and Troop Reassignment
Unofficial reports indicate Fort Wright near Spokane will be abandoned as two battalions of the Twenty-fifth Infantry depart for Hawaii. A partial guard from Vancouver barracks may arrive to police the grounds, with no replacement for the Twenty-fifth planned.
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Fort Wright
Pass
Spokane
Pfort
George Wight
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Hawaii
Vancouver Barracks
Twenty-fifth
Railway Officials Blamed For Dresden Wreck
Coroner Waltera in Zanesville held Pennsylvania Railroad officials responsible for the Dresden collision on December 3 in which a Cleveland Akron and Columbus train collided with a Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley train, resulting in 11 deaths.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Waltera
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dresden
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Division
Treasure Hunters Sail for Panama Island Quest
A party led by Miss Barry Tillies and Genevieve Davis sailed Wednesday from here in a treasure hunt bound for Cocos Island in the Pacific about 550 miles southwest of Panama. The island has long attracted treasure seekers.
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Panama
Barry Tillies
Genevieve Davis
Cocos Island
Pacific
Mutual Aid Farmers Aim for Interstate Organization
In Oregon City farmers gathered at the commercial club to discuss forming an interstate Farmers Society to connect producers with consumers. About four score bona fide farmers attended to regulate crops, prevent waste, and set price guidance from headquarters, with county locals and a state committee feeding to national headquarters.
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Oregon City
Farmers’ Society of Plan Interstate Organization of Agriculturists
Portland Fourth on List for Wheat Exports
Portland ranks fourth among wheat exporting customs districts with 5,238,139 bushels exported in the first 11 months, below New York and Galveston New Orleans, while Puget Sound totals rise to 4,322,707 bushels. Last year Portland moved 6,244,833 bushels in the same period, and Puget Sound saw 2,870,087 in earlier months of 1911.
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Washington, D. C
Portland
Department of Commerce and Labor
Puget Sound
Department
New York
Galveston
New Orleans
Meeting backs proposed grouse and deer hunting dates
At a large Umatilla county meeting the Fish and Game association endorsed by resolution the State Game commission proposal to set the hunting season for grouse and deer from September 1 to November 1. The group also discussed removing protection from female deer with the majority opposed. Debate also touched the deer bag limit with support for reducing from five to three and some urging further cuts.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Hawley seeks reversal of 17 Siletz entry cancellations
Washington D C Representative Hawley and National Committeeman Williams protested Secretary Fisher over the cancellation of 17 Siletz entries. They argued the entries were part of the Hawley act provisions and should have been eligible, noting the department drew the Hawley bill to facilitate patenting these entries. Hawley offered no promise of reversal after the conference.
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Washington, D. C
Hawley
Williams
Fisher
Department
Congress
Poultry Association Organized in Eugene
Oregon branch of the American Poultry Association organized in Eugene by adopting a constitution and by laws and nominating officers. Likely officers include E. J. McClanahan as president H. Ringhouse as vice president B. F. Keeney as second vice president Ed Shearer as secretary and B. Lee Paget as treasurer. A banquet closed the meeting.
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Poultry Association
Eugene
Oregon
American Poultry Association
E. J. McClanahan
H. Ringhouse
Clackamas
B. F. Keeney
Ed Shearer
Estacada
B. Lee Paget
Portland
Sanitarium Planned in Bandon with Large Public Pool
H. C. Dipple to build a modern sanitarium at Bandon by the Sea. The facility will include one of the Pacific Coast’s largest covered swimming pools open to the public. The mild climate and scenery draw many visitors each summer to recuperate, boosting Bandon as a seaside resort.
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Bandon
H. C. Dipple
Pacific Coast
Bandon-by-the-Sea
Albany Forms Boy Scout Troop For City
More than 20 boys in Albany met to form a Boy Scout troop and permanent organization will be effected in January. Professor Hans Flo of Albany College will head the new organization.
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Albany
Hans Flo
Albany College
Oregon State College to Offer Vegetable Growing Courses
Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis opens a four week short course on January 6 offering four vegetable growing courses. Twelve lectures over three days weekly cover celery tomatoes asparagus rhubarb onions cauliflower and cabbage with focus on soils fertilizers irrigation blanching storing and marketing to boost Oregon exports and profits.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Oregon
C. J. Lewis
Lewis
Oregon Leads In Timber Wealth State Forest Resources
The Oregon State Board of Forestry report proclaims Oregon as preeminent in U S forest wealth with one fifth of national timber, ranks fourth in lumber cut and expected to rise to third next year. It notes Oregon nearly doubles timber of New England and Midwestern regions and dwarfs the central hardwood region.
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Salem
Oregon
United States
State Board of Forestry
New England
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Great Northern Forest
Central Forest
Tennessee
Appalachian Mountains
Prairies
Oregon Elects First Woman Mayor in Warrenton
Clara C. Munson won Warrenton’s mayoral race by 16 votes over J W Detrich becoming Oregon’s first woman mayor. A St Helens Hall graduate and Rebecca lodge member, Munson led the Citizens’ ticket amid recent suffrage progress in the state. Detrich led the Independent ticket.
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Oregon
Warrenton
Clara C. Munson
Whitman
St. Helen's Hall
Portland
Rebecca Lodge
J. W. Detrich
Munson
Citizens
Mn Detrich
Independent
Hood River work to divert river channel and save dam
A Hood River project under the state game and fish commission aims to extend funds for channel work at the river mouth to prevent overflow of a cofferdam. Local sportsmen also back the effort to restore steelhead salmon to the pools.
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Hood River
State Game and Fish Commission
Farmers Consider Cotton Bags or Bulk Grain Handling
In Umatilla county Oregon growers say the era of jute bags is ending. The Farmers' Educational and Cooperative union plans to switch to cotton bags from the South or build elevators to bulk-handle grain, challenging the bag trust.
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Pendleton
Umatilla County
Astern Oregon
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
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Ludwig
Florence
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James Israel
Berlin
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Lot
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Durango
Roland O. Graves
Tunis
Africa
Rome
Taro Katsura
Japan
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Varcouver
Wash
Portland, Or
Seattle
San Francisco
Seal
Sail
Mutual Aid Farmers' Aim
Umatilla County Association Indorses
Boy Scouts
May
Barnes’ Cash Store
Buren & Hamilton
Buren
Hamilton
Furniisheers
Salem, Oregon
Davidson Studio
Monmouth
Enterprise Office
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