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Newspaper
Lynden Tribune
Location
Lynden, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
1
The article discusses a possible British and Japanese mediation in China with Hankow and Hankow events cited. It notes confusion over who proposed mediation, mentions U.S. inquiries, and denies monarchic condition for China while stressing aims for an efficient government. It also reports Tripolitan war context and Italy’s cost considerations.
In Pekin fighting has paused with minor bandit clashes reported. Officials expect renewed truce after December 31 and say Yuan Shikai will likely refuse the republic presidency while a foreign loan may not be needed for weeks or months. In Indianapolis Mrs. Lewis Shank aids her husband’s anti cost of living campaign by selling turkey and groceries at market prices.
In a four week special session the California legislature passed sweeping reforms regulating public service corporations and set the stage for tighter rules on water for power. A presidential preference primary bill would let party majorities pick delegates and instruct them for national conventions. France boycotts German made toys as shopkeepers cannot sell them amid postwar tensions and Christmas shoppers shun German goods.
In a mis filed case the plaintiff urges a bond of 1000 dollars. Judge Neill will not hear the bond motion until the complaint is properly filed in superior court. Special Edition Men Arrested in Ellensburg face 120 days each for allegedly deceiving merchants with a Christmas edition advertising stunt. The two men raised funds for ads and paid carfare to Seattle after two days of the campaign.
A West Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association report by C. E. Patton of Seattle cites 170 mills in Washington and Oregon. The curtailment plan over three months would average 64 days and total 534.25 million feet of lumber lost. Eastern orders for 40 to 50 million feet have been placed, exceeding mills' output due to demand for special lumber quality.
The Sisters of Charity and Providence of St Elizabeth's hospital will start erecting a new building on Capitol hill in February. The project is estimated to cost $200,000, with plans announced last spring and construction delayed by funding difficulties.
Husum Cook and bunk houses go up by the Northwestern Electric Company near the White Salmon river site for the planned big power plant. Work on the high dam advances with a crew rushing to complete the site buildings last Sunday.
A preliminary state industrial insurance report covers the first six weeks of the new workers compensation law. It records 935 injuries among hazardous occupations with 40 fatalities and details the distribution by industry including saw and shingle mills logging coal mining and other classes. It notes 98 835 workers across 4 150 employers and gives mortality and accident rates per class along with farm cattle production figures from the U S Department of Agriculture.
Henry C. Youtsey, serving a life term for the murder of Governor Goebel in Kentucky, was refused a pardon. The decision leaves him imprisoned as officials consider further mercy options.
A semi official notice from St Petersburg says the Russia Japan treaty aims to bar American manufactured goods from Manchuria. The move is described as part of a tariff war in retaliation for the scrapping of the Russo American treaty of 1832. Negotiations accelerate in St Petersburg and Tokyo with aim to ratify soon.
Tripoli General Trombi reports that the Turkish force at Derna sustained 75 fatalities after a clash. At Tobruk, an Italian detachment guarding fort construction endured a six hour battle with seven killed and fifteen wounded.
The Hay Pauncefote treaty of 1902 between Great Britain and Ireland and the United States is quoted as against President Taft s suggestion on December 21 that preferential treatment should be accorded to American ships passing through the Panama Canal.
London dispatch reports fifty killed and many wounded in street fighting at Tabriz between Russian troops and Persians. Russians bombarded the city and destroyed private dwellings. clashes also occurred at Recht and other small places. Tehran reacts with anxiety and expects Persian troops to stay in Persian territory.
Prices for wheat barley oats hay eggs and wool appear alongside a legal challenge as Great Northern replies to government suit over 150 acres in Whatcom county related to 1908 lieu land patents. The piece also warns of a potential turkey shortage within a decade citing 1910 census figures.
Gold bullion worth half a million dollars from Fairbanks and Iditarod districts arrives in Seattle aboard the Alameda. Washington postmasters confirmed. new terms include Grandview Ridgefield Sultan and others. Indictments, elections, and court actions touch Patterson Layman Blethen and others as officials weigh canal rights and school district indebtedness limits.
Thaddeus S. Lane president announces the Home Telephone Company will invest about $600,000 in Spokane during 1912 to extend service and improve facilities.
In Washington the session after holidays is set to debate tariff changes. Democrats will target wool and cotton schedules while Republicans push their own bill. The tariff board report and monetary commission disagreement shade the debate as undercurrents rise among party lines and leaders.
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