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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
3
Oregon lawmakers pressed a crowded house with many bills pending while the senate cleaned its calendar and prepared to focus on house measures. Major items included eight hour day, minimum wage for women and children, and a $200,000 Oregon exhibit for the Panama Pacific Exposition.
President Taft told Francisco Madero the United States would not intervene and ordered no landing of troops. Two thousand U S Marines were sent to Guantanamo with orders to be ready for Mexico moves, while two army transports head to Galveston for border contingencies. Taft, nearing departure, fears escalating turmoil in Mexico and resists action unless provoked.
In Mexico City hostilities resumed soon after a 24 hour armistice signed Sunday by both sides. Heavy cannon fire and machine guns drove federal troops back to posts near the arsenal. President Madero refused to resign and vowed to crush the rebels if given time.
The U S district court granted habeas corpus for Cipriano Castro overruling immigration authorities allowing him to come and go in the United States at will.
Colonel and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt announce the engagement of their daughter Ethel Carow Roosevelt to Dr Richard Derby of New York. Derby is the son of the late Richard H Derby.
In Salem Oregon twenty two state senators signed an iron clad agreement to stay in session for five days after the fortieth day to consider and dispose of vetoed governor messages. The Oregon House has forty two members who have also agreed to stay beyond adjournment to review vetoes.
The poet of the Sierras Joaquin Miller died in his one room cabin on the Piedmont hills, a home he built with his own hands years ago in San Francisco.
In Carson the Nevada state senate adopted the Barnes amendment requiring a one year residence as a primary condition for legal separation. The measure cleared the house earlier, with Governor Oddie's approval, sending the bill to final passage and signaling a major change in divorce practice.
A portrait of Theodore Hook from childhood to fame describes a social and literary lion at sixteen. His jokes and antics included grand pranks and daring deceptions, ending with an offer of a Mauritius treasurer post and a high salary as the laughable capstone.
A scene from Youth's Companion depicts Peter being hidden at Bobby Hunts party in front of a washstand. He objects to a bath while his mother insists on one, and a joke arises about whether the plan was his idea or Bobby's mother hinted informality over the telephone.
In a London Tit-Bits snippet, Shippen Clark teases Mr System about forgetting his umbrella. Mr System vows to keep an umbrella at both office and home to cover emergencies, joking that taking one would leave both locations short.
An instructor at a Washington preparatory school claimed that every year a sheet of water fourteen feet thick is raised to clouds from the sea. A student asked when this happens and the professor replied it must be a sight worth the journey.
Two women touring the State Hospital For the Insane discuss a clock. An inmate overhears and retorts that the clock would not be hers anyway, delivering a sharp quip in the period voice of Lippincott's.
Washington reports House economy advocates clash over naval appropriations of 146 million and pension bill totaling 180 million. Filibusters threaten passage while proposed government seizure of railroads in a national emergency sparks debate. Uncle Joe Cannon honored by Taft and lawmakers in a notable sendoff.
Census Director Durand proposes enumerations largely by letter carriers in cities and towns once Congress approves. The army appropriation bill totals 94 585 628 dollars, with Senate committee boosting House authorization by 680 450 dollars. Public health service costs run about 19 800 086 dollars annually across departments.
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