Three Washington Students Reach Rhodes Finals
Spokane reports three finalists for Rhodes scholarships after preliminary wins. L C Hill of Spokane a Whitman College junior, John H Binns of Shelton a Washington State College sophomore, and Charles Harold Gray of Seattle a Washington University student face final tests at a Spokane hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Washington
Oxford University
L. C. Hill
Whitman College
John H. Binns
Shelton
Washington State College
Charles Harold Gray
Seattle
Washington University
Envoy Lind Returns to Vera Cruz Aboard The Chester
The fragment notes the Chester carrying Envoy Lind returns to Vera Cruz while the speaker’s words imply the Huerta regime is tottering, contrasting with a prior Washington claim of gradual improvement.
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Huerta
Washington
Chester
Envoy Lind
Vera Cruz
Morgan Company resigns from many boards but money trust endures
Washington reports J P Morgan & Co resigning from several corporate directorates while Congress weighs an interlocking directorates ban. Experts say ties to railroads remain strong and overall money trust links persist despite the step. The House may pass an education test immigration bill and consider scaling oriental immigration. navy expansion and other regulatory moves are debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. P. Morgan & Co
Congress
Money Trust
House
Morgan & Co
New York
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Brief News of the Week Highlights National Trends
Clearings rise across the country as bank activity grows. Chicago reports 31 homicides in November, averaging one per day. Government moves resume in the moving picture trust case in Chicago. New York’s population leads London by about one million. Colorado lacks power to bar cross state water, per a Denver federal judge. The Times says Pacific coast trade nears a boom via the Panama Canal. Luther Burbank seeds put in a San Francisco bank vault after 25 years of work. Coal output rises by 30 to 40 million tons despite strikes. Pellagra linked to bad sewerage, not diet, per the Thompson McFadden commission in Atlanta.
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New York
London
Colorado
Lewis
Denver
London Times
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Luther Burbank Company
San Francisco
Thompson McFadden
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Atlanta
Mill Head Sites Retired Minister Suit Over Real Estate Transfer
A. N. Thompson of Waterville Milling sues Rev. J. A. Graves retired clergyman alleging attempt to defraud by transferring real estate to C. H. Graves to avoid a note. Thompson holds a judgment against Graves dated April 13 1913 from Judge Grimshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
A. N. Thompson
Waterville Milling Company
J. A. Graves
C. H. Graves
Thompson
Grain Smut Convention Opens At Washington State College
The wheat convention opened January 6 at Washington State College for a three day session. Discussions covered grain smut problems and related issues including marketing handling transportation rural credit farm finance farm management soil treatment weeds and other concerns for wheat growers millers and shippers.
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Pullman
Washington State College
Tacoma Smelter Strikes Over Wage Cut and Longer Shift
Two hundred Tacoma smelter workers walk out after management declares an 18 cent daily wage cut and shift increase from nine to ten hours final. Most strikers are ore handlers, with about 20 mill workers unable to work while idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Walla Walla Proposes Investigative Commission On Road Spending
A commission to audit past and current methods of county road spending will be appointed by Miles C. Moore, president of the county Taxpayers' League, to examine appropriations and expenditures for road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Miles C. Moore
Taxpayers’ League
McLean May Get Place As Health Chief
Lewis county and Centralia Chehalis officials plan to hire a man at a substantial salary to head all three health departments. Dr A B McLean of Pe Ell is being discussed as the candidate for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Lewis County
Chehalis
A. B. McLean
Banks in Colfax Hold Large Year End Balances
Colfax banks show over 2 million dollars on deposit and nearly 500 thousand in cash at year end. The four-city institutions handled 35 to 40 percent of the county's total money processed among 33 banks.
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Colfax
President Wilson Discusses Mexico Talks With Lind
President Wilson and envoy John Lind met aboard the Chester to review the Mexican situation. The president called the conference a discussion that cleared up questions and required few further messages. He said no new points were raised and avoided predicting a speedy settlement.
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Pass
Wilson
John Lind
Mexico
Chester
Vera Cruz
Lind
Notable Trials and Trades Dominate News Highlights
The fourth trial of Dr B Clarke Hyde for the 1909 murder of Col Thomas H Swope opens in Kansas City. Col William C Gorgas may become US Army surgeon general. W A Fraser succeeds Joseph Cullen Root as head of Woodmen of the World, with auto term to 1915. A Missouri family faces child sale amid poverty. Mrs Viola Sullivan’s kidney operation marked a rare success. Steamer captain Reiner fends off a holdup, two arrested. Moyer to press Congress on copper strike issues despite injuries. Gunboat Smith beats Pelkey for white heavyweight title in San Francisco. Leach Cross defeats Bud Anderson in Los Angeles for second time in six months.
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B. Clarke Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
William C. Gorgas
Health Department
Panama Canal Zone
George S. Torney
United States Army
W. A. Fraser
Joseph Cullen Root
Woodmen of the World
Fraser
San Francisco
Stephen Godo
St. Louis
Viola Sullivan
Reiner
Willamette
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Congress
Michigan
Smith
California
Arthur Pelkey
Leach Cross
New York
Bud Anderson
Vancouver
Wash
Los Angeles
Anderson
Cross
Markets Report Prices for Grains Butter Eggs
Wheat Club 85c Bluestem 95c Red Russian 84c. Hay Timothy 17 dollars Alfalfa 14 dollars. Butter Creamery 35c. Eggs Candled 40c.
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Wheat—Club
Butter—Creamery
Farm Market Prices Ledger Summary
Wheat blue stem 95c, club 84c, red Russian 83c. Hay Timothy 17 per ton, alfalfa 14 per ton. Eyes K. Butter Creamery 36c.
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Eyes—K. Butter—Creamery
Banks Join New Currency System as States Respond
The Interior Secretary Lane reports forty five states with 767 banks plan to enter the new currency system. These banks hold a combined capital excluding surplus of about 300 million dollars and have notified Washington of their intention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Ministers Named to Succeed Hoekenga at First Christian Reformed
The church nominates Rev. W. P. Van Wyk of Grand Rapids Rev. I. Van Dellen of Denver and Rev. G. W. Hylkema of Rotterdam Kansas as candidates to succeed Rev. P. J. Hoekenga. Nominees announced next Sunday, vote to follow in the coming week. Hoekenga preaches farewell January 18 and departs soon after for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Hoekenga
First Christian Reformed Church
W. P. van Wyk
Grand Rapids
Mich
I. van Dellen
Denver
G. W. Hylkema
Rotterdam
Kansas
Hoekenga
Chicago
Kensington Club Hosts New Year’s Eve Watch Party
The Kensington Club held an elaborate New Year’s Eve watch meeting and card party at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Waples home with about sixty attendees including members husbands and invited guests. Mrs. B. W. Loring hosted with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. Waples and other club members. The event featured a Four Hundred game at fourteen tables festive decor holiday refreshments and piano selections by Miss Mildred Waples. Attendees included Mrs. Garman of Seattle Mrs. Sluss of Newport Oregon and multiple listed couples and guests reaching beyond club members.
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Kensington Club
W. H. Waples
B. W. Loring
Mildred Waples
Garman
Seattle
Sluss
Newport
Oregon
Waples
Smith
D. W. Bender
Estella Carspecken
Victor Bussard
G. W. Frick
A. Dunker
H. Slade
E. Edson
Agnes Edson
A. H. Frasier
James Zylstra
H. E. Stuart
Martial law in Copperfield seizes saloons and arrests officials
Colonel B. K. Lawson proclaims martial law in Copperfield supported by coast artillery. Saloons are seized and city officers including Mayor H. A. Stewart and Councilmen Wie gand Warner Woodbury are arrested. Fern Hobbs demanded resignations but did not declare martial law, leading to Lawson's takeover and a citizens committee handling affairs. Governor West’s order faced contest via telegraphed injunction.
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Copperfield, Or
Copperfield
B. K. Lawson
Coast Artillery
Fern Hobbs
West
H. A. Stewart
Clark
Wiegand
Warner
Woodbury
Lawson
Salem
U. S. Jackson
Anderson
Baker
Hawley Gosch Wedding at Hawley Home
A pretty Tuesday afternoon wedding joined Miss Ethel Gosch and Mr. Frank Hawley at the Hawley residence. Rev. Schmock of Laurel officiated. gowns featured white satin and pink crepe de chine. a 5:30 dinner followed for about thirty guests. The couple will reside on East Liberty Street after February 1.
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Zfternoon
Everett Hawley
Ethel Gosch
Hawley
Frank Hawley
Schmock
Laurel
Viola Gosch
William Warren
A. Gosch
Emmet Hawley
Warren Hawley
Wim. Keise
Tacoma
H. Berthusen
Olive
Rachel Smith
Dave Laurson
Blaine
Lulu
Esther Hawley
Vernon Hawley
Clarence Hawley
Homer
Beulah
Leva Long
Paul Deutzman
Mrs. Hawley
East Liberty Street
West Defies Legal ActionCopperfield Orders Martial Law Province
Governor West orders martial law measures in Copperfield Oregon warning saloonkeepers and city officials. He directs the Oregon Short Line to halt liquor shipments, shifts supply to Baker, and instructs Colonel Lawson to seek cooperation in enforcing laws. He also charges the Baker County sheriff and hires Portland attorney Frank Collier to advise Lawson.
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Salem, Or
Copperfield
West
Colonel Lawson
Salem
Oregon Short Line
Lawson
Baker
Anderson
Baker County
Frank T. Collier
Portland
Realty Transfers Reported In Local Deeds
G Dykstra sells three acre home opposite J Vander Kamp with personal property to Wm Vande Wetering for 2200 and will occupy Judson street house bought from J W Wilmore. Gerrit Bode sells 30 acre farm opposite Greenwood school to H L Hannon of Bellingham for 4500. Transactions completed by Zylstra Realty Co.
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G. Dykstra
J. Vander Kamp
Wm. Vande Wetering
Dykstra
Slade
Judson Street
J. W. Wilmore
Gerrit Bode
Greenwood School House
H. L. Hannon
Bellingham
Zylstra Realty Co
Copper Strike Unsettled at Michigan Mines
John B. Densmore of the labor department announced that conciliations failed to end the copper miners strike in Houghton Michigan. The impasse centered on union recognition with the companies demanding discrimination against union members. The union offered to withdraw the Western Federation for a state or alternative federation, which the companies rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
John B. Densmore
Department of Labor
Densmore
Michigan State Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Hill Blames Public Schools for Education Failure
James J. Hill told the Northwestern Yale Alumni Association banquet that the education system is a dismal failure. He criticized public schools for producing pupils unfit for any use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
St. Paul
James J. Hill
Empire Builder
Northwestern Yale Alumni Association
Mother Jones Ordered to Leave Trinidad Militia Orders
Acting under orders from Adjutant General John Chase a detachment of the state militia met Mother Mary Jones on her arrival from El Paso and ordered her to return aboard the train.
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Jones
Trinidad
Colo
John Chase
Mary Jones
el Paso
Murdock Announces Candidacy for U S Senate
Wichita Kansas Victor Murdock progressive leader in the house of representatives has announced his candidacy for United States senator to succeed Joseph L Bristow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
Wichita
Kan
Victor Murdock
House of Representatives
United States
Joseph L. Bristow
Morgan Quits Boards Marks End of Interlocking Directors
New York reporting the withdrawal of J P Morgan & Co from more than twenty corporations and a statement by George F Baker that he will follow. Wall Street fears this signals the end of the interlocking directorate system attacked by the current administration and congressional critics as part of the money trust.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
George F. Baker
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Washington Administration
Congress
Money Trust
Teachers Play in Jamieson Opera House Friday Night
Teachers and High School students present Down in Dixie at Jamieson Opera House Friday night. The Civil War themed play blends romance and tragedy with episodes from the Sixties. Cast details and synopsis appear on page 6. Admission 15 25 35 cents. strong audience expected to support the effort.
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Down In
Dixie
Jamieson
Opera House
Annual Meeting of Lyn den Fruit Growers
The Lyn den Fruit Growers Association will hold its annual meeting at Jamieson’s Hall on Tuesday January 13 1914 at 10 o'clock. All interested in fruit culture are cordially invited to attend.
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Lynden Fruit Growers’ Association
Jamieson’s Hall
Klocke Lindseth Marriage at Seattle Ceremony
Mr Adolph Klocke of Lynden and Miss Betty Lindseth of Bellingham married in Seattle on December 29. The couple’s bungalow home north of town was shown to guests during a New Year reception hosted by the Klocke and Lindseth families with music dancing and refreshments. The August Klocke home hosted additional guests including Nels Jacobson Henry Shegren A Benson C B Bay E E Wolfe M H Gerlach and many Lindseth relatives.
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Adolph Klocke
Lynden
Betty Lindseth
B. Lindseth
Bellingham
Seattle
August Klocke
Messrs. and Mmes
Nels Jacobson
Henry Shegren
A. Benson
C. B. Bay
E. E. Wolfe
M. H. Gerlach
Carlson
L. Barton
E. Tremain
Reichbaw
Watch missing at Frick home sparks Woodmen mystery
The G W Frick family on West Front Street found a silver watch with a Woodmen of the World fob in their poultry yard. They seek the owner to claim it, noting Mr Frick does not own the watch and is not after jewelry. The watch runs and has been wound daily.
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G. W. Frick
West Front Street
Frick
Woodmen of
Ingersoll
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Washington State
Taft
United States Navy
Daniels
Gulf of Mexico
Sir Christopher Craddock
Fletcher
Bureau of Immigration
A. Caminetti
Burleson
George Otis Smith
Federal Geological Survey
Moving Picture Trust
Mill Head Sites
McLean
Hawley-Gosch
Walsenburg
Morgan
Klocke-Lindseth
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