Sugar Factory Stay Delayed as Eccles Plans Visit
Local stockholders avert immediate removal of the Amalgamated Sugar factory in La Grande. F S Bramwell secured a pause in action at Salt Lake with David Eccles set to inspect next Thursday, delaying final orders and leaving the fate of the plant uncertain.
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Roosevelt Message Sparks Secret Service Watcher Committee
York proposes appointing a five member committee to examine Roosevelt's message indicating Congress members require monitoring by Secret Service agents. The plan seeks to determine appropriate House actions in response to the claim and assign duties to its members.
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Calhoun Up For Prosecution In San Francisco Rail Case
The district attorney said Patrick Calhoun president of the United Railways may be the next man tried on bribery charges. Ruef’s indictments will not be pursued immediately and Calhoun will be summoned back from New York where he is negotiating a sale of the United Railroads. Heney is expected to focus on Calhoun in the forthcoming trial.
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Washington May Scrap Coal Tariff If Reciprocal Plans Win
At a Ways and Means hearing on coal operations in the eastern states the committee signaled support for removing the coal tariff if a reciprocal arrangement with Canada is set. Washington operators stayed silent while Representative Jones leaned against tariff removal citing fierce competition with British Columbia mines.
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San Francisco graft case ends as Ruef is convicted
The San Francisco graft trial closes with Abe Ruef convicted. Attorneys Hiram W. Johnson Matt J. Sullivan and J. J. Dwyer resign as special prosecutors, saying their duty ends with Ruef's conviction. Heney hailed the jurors and vowed continued fight for justice and equality before the law.
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Mississippi farmers oppose colored union organizers
Jackson Mississippi December 11 Farmers allied with the Farmers union resist a colored agricultural workers group. White farmers fear Negro organizers will form a union and may use night rider tactics if needed. The issue is likely to be raised at the state union meeting next month.
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Franklin High girls protest bath ban in basketball
Seattle readers learn that Franklin high school staff ban showers for girls on the basketball team and the players threaten to start trouble if baths are prohibited, with potential disruption to their season.
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Seattle Shipbuilders Poised to Build Submarines
Four of eight submarines authorized by the last congress session are expected to be built by the Moran company of Seattle, according to prevailing speculation.
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Moran Company
Stockton Man Confesses to Bigamy and Surrenders
In Stockton California on December 11 a man named H. H. G. Gilman confessed to bigamy. He told police he would surrender to let the law run its course after admitting he married Mrs Helen Newcomb in 1904 and, two years later, wed again to another woman.
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Helen Newcomb
Bolne
Union county apple exhibit shipped to Portland for Alaska-Yukon display
Union county sends 90 boxes of apples chosen by William Hall of the Commercial club for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. Varieties include Ben Davis Gano Oregon Winter Canada Red Willow Twig and Black Twig. Boxes are 3 and 4 tier packed to high standards and stored in Seattle then Portland before moving to the Horticultural building.
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Union County
Ben Davis
Gano
Oregon
Canada
Fen Davis
Grande Ronde Valley
Great Race Continues At Madison Square Garden
New York reports the six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden faced crowd removal to avoid health authority intervention. Riders paused for rest then resumed racing. Floyd MacFarland of San Jose was injured when a tire burst and he was carried from the track.
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Madison Sduae Garden
Floyd MacFarland
San Jose
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Parents Urged to Push School Levy Vote Tomorrow
Local residents are urged to attend the 2 PM school board meeting to press for a new school building or county high school. The board can levy taxes to cover bond interest, expediting the move to adequate facilities amid long-standing cramped quarters.
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Opserver
Convention of Hoboes to Gather in St Louis
A national convention of the unemployed will convene in St Louis on January 15, called by James Eads How founder of the Brotherhood Welfare negotiation. Hoboes from across the nation are expected to attend with crowded box cars and scarce lodging as organizers plan a monster petition to the president demanding government directed public work programs.
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