Warring tongs at truce and global unrest noted
Summary of current events includes a truce among San Francisco Chinese tongs, praise for Amundsen and companions, permanence of the Pacific Reserve fleet on Puget Sound, Unkai Maru No 2 flour shipment to Japan, a suffrage speech by Tennessee governor Hooper’s daughter, wage rises for New England mill workers, heavy snow in the central states, a steamship crushed in Lake Michigan ice, Canada ordering Frank town to move from Turtle Mountain, four Baker Oregon boys stealing a handcar stopped by a speeded superintendent, Oregon City manhole cover thefts, Americans in Mexico City preparing to defend against rebels, Portland Hood River road work, Minnesota liner fire, Standard Oil value rise, and arms shipments to Mexican rebels without authority to stop them.
Portland markets report price ranges for grains meats and produce
Wheat prices list Bluestem 90c club 87 88c red Russian 86c valley 87 88c. Millstuffs bran 20 22 per ton shorts 22 24 middlings 30. Corn new whole 34 cracked 85 per ton. Hay timothy 15 16 No 1 valley 13 14 alfalfa 12.50 18 clover 9 oat and vetch 11 11.50 other grain hay 9. Oats No 1 white 33 33.50 ton. Potatoes Burbanks 1.25 1.75 per hundred. Vegetables various prices. Apples Yellow Newtown 2 2.60 Spitzenbergs 1.75 3. Bald win 1.50 2 Ben Davis 1 1.75 Red Cheek Pippin 2 2.50. Hops 1911 crop 88 39c 1912 contracts 26 27c. Wool Eastern Oregon 14 16c valley 16 17c mohair 1911 30 81c. Butter Oregon creamery 334c prints 3 extra. Eggs Oregon 20 21c. Pork 8 9c. Veal 18 14c. Poultry various live dressed prices. Hogs cattle and sheep price ranges included.
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Oregon
Valley
Burbanks
Onions — Association
Spitzenbergs
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Not Guilty Plea Filed by 46 In Dynamite Conspiracy Case
In Indianapolis 46 defendants arraigned in federal court on indictments charging conspiracy to transport dynamite across state lines. Judge Anderson overruled demurrers but granted 30 days for exceptions. trials set for October 1. Defendants led by Frank M. Ryan, ex labor officials from across the country, answered not guilty.
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Indianapolia
Ind
Anderson
Il Demarrera
United States
Miller
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Ortie E. McManigall
John
James M. McNamara
McManigal
McNamaras
Antarctic voyage Aurora returns with Mawson crew
The Aurora, under Captain J K Davis, sailed December 2 from Hobart with Dr. Douglas Mawson leading an Australian Antarctic expedition. It landed two parties in January 18 and February 19, searched for Clark coast, found no trace, and plans to return in spring. An aeroplane aided exploration, enabling rapid surveying of crevasses and ridges.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Aurora
Douglas Mawson
J. K. Davis
Mawson
Wilde
Shackston
Scott
Clark Coast
Durville
Antractic
Watkins
Germany Colombia pact could threaten Panama Canal control
Philadelphia PressWashington staffer reports Germany seeks Atlantic Colombian harbors to threaten U.S. access to the Panama Canal. Taft administration scrutinizes a BogotaGermany understanding amid Colombia indemnity pressure near 100 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
Washington
United States
Germany
Panama Canal
Kaiser
Colombia
Atlantic
Taft
Hilver
Nel Ospina
State Department
Knox
Bogota
Legation
Senor Ospina
Ospina
Robbers Hold Up El Paso-Southern Pacific Train No 9
Train No 9 bound for El Paso was stopped at 2 16 a m two miles east of Sanderson Tex. Robbers detached engine mail and baggage cars and ran toward Sanderson. A sheriff and posse pursued on a light engine. Officials suspect Mexican malcontents.
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el Paso
Southern Pacific
Wetsbound
Sanderson
Tex
Surgeon’s delicate transplant aids infantile paralysis case
Dr William S Baer in Baltimore performed a transplant of Miss Ruth Coffey's muscles from Lenoir North Carolina to combat infantile paralysis. The operation required lancing joints untangling fibrous tissue cutting off useless ends and linking broken ends to healthy cords to reconnect paralyzed muscles.
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Baltimore
Williams. Baer
Ruth Coffey
Lenoir
N.C
Connecticut rattlesnake syndicate opens Lenox farm
A group of Connecticut farmers plans a 12 acre rattlesnake farm in Lenox Massachusetts after purchasing land. They will bring 100 rattlesnakes from Shagticoke hills in Connecticut and expect to have about 6000 rattlers within months. Rattlesnake oil sells for five dollars a pint and the skin is valuable.
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Lenox
Mass
Shagticoke Hills
Connecticut
Corn Sprouts Found in Farmer Powell's Appendix
In Lawrence Indiana three corn grains sprouted inside James B. Powell's appendix during surgery for acute appendicitis. Powell, a wealthy farmer, explained he habitually ate a few grains of corn each time he fed his livestock. The appendix measured about 11 inches.
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Lawrence
Ind
James B. Powell
Powell
Girl Aviator Dies In Training Flight At Etam
Paris Suzanne Bernard, 19, qualified in two air tests then fell from her biplane during the third at Etam pes. She died ten minutes later. Companions noted her intrepidity and urged prudence, but she turned right against advice. Fire Claims Five Lives In Winnipeg Warehouse Blaze. Five men, three firefighters, killed. wall collapse injures others. power plant damaged plunging half the city into darkness.
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Paris
Suzanne Bernard
Etampes
Winnipeg
Man
International Harvester Company
Canadian Pacific Railway
Royal Alexandria
Harvester
Smelters in Mexico Plan to Keep Operating
Independent Mexican mine owners were told that American Smelting and Refining Company mines and smelters will continue to operate despite the revolution. Some independents have closed or want to, citing supply shortages, but an official of the company telegraphed that operations will continue.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
American Smelting & Refining Company
Suffragette Leaders Begin Hunger Strike in Holloway Jail
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and Mrs Mabel Tuke, jailed for rioting and conspiracy, were remanded for trial on March 6 and started a hunger strike at Holloway prison where they are serving two months.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragettes
Mabel Tuke
Women's Social and Political Union
Holloway
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Pacific Reserve Fleet
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Baker, Ore
Sumpter Valley Road
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Standard Oil Company
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Texas
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Miss
Steele Ranges
Steele
Materi
Als
Hanna Independence
Bridge & Beach
Independence High School
Independence Odd Fellows Building
New Independence Hotel
Monmouth High School
Corvallis High School
Perrydale School
Lincoln School
Polk County
DaLlAs LuMber & Logging CO
Dallas
Independence, Ore
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