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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
2
World events span strikes in Missouri and Great Lakes crews, floods along the Ohio, floods and snow in the Midwest, uprisings in Buenos Ayres, a missing lake steamer, Zion City power struggles, and political shifts from Honduras to Canada. Maritime, political, and economic tensions add to a packed diary of incidents and plans.
Washington May 4 tariff experts say the senate bill grants the president authority to start or avoid a tariff war with any nation. It allows him to determine discrimination against US goods and to use State Department channels to strike trade concessions by proclamation, without new legislation or treaties. The president could appoint commissioners to negotiate abroad, while limiting any reductions below the existing tariff rates.
Enver Bey in an interview says a mass purge of Turks suspected of Liberalism was blocked by General Schefket. He forecasts 100 more executions after court martial and public punishments across the city beginning tomorrow. The former sultan is said to have already been punished.
A parliamentary commission inventories Yildiz palace treasures in Constantinople. Abdul Hamid transformed hills into gardens with pavilions for family and favorites, amassing art, silver and gold services, carpets, sculptures, gifts from Europe and subjects. Searches for cash hoards and foreign investments reveal none found yet.
Paris May 4 M Bertillon director of the Anthropometric department identifies a San Francisco detainee as Arthur Bernard newly held by the city police Bernard alias Samuel has been arrested in San Francisco and sent measurements and photos to Paris He has prior convictions for theft and murder according to Bertillon
Springfield May 4. The senate aims to adjourn sine die on May 22 after clearing a backlog of bills. The house seeks more time and likely will set May 28 or 29 as the adjournment date.
Theodore Roosevelt writing from the Red Sea on April 17 expressed desire to renew acquaintance with Cardinal Satolli a year hence and to extend personal regards to the pope. He was en route to Mombasa and Rome.
Northeastern France endures an unprecedented cold wave with snow in several locations. Authorities fear significant damage to fruit and vineyards as frost and freezing conditions grip the region.
Frosts in the Walla Walla area are seen as largely past with orchards and vineyards recovering. Strawberries and prunes show minor damage but not enough to dampen an expected heavy fruit crop, with apples blooming and peaches limited. Milton area anticipates a busy season as shippers prepare to handle abundant fruit.
Central Point and Rogue River orchard interests protest claims by County Fruit Inspector Taylor that crops are ruined. They demand a full investigation, threaten removal if proven false, noting frost appears not to have harmed most trees and may reduce thinning costs. Owners cited include F. H. Hopkins Edward Hanely and others.
Freewater district land values climb with two sales this week. A 23 acre tract of the Ragsdale parcel brought 725 dollars per acre, and a Brown ranch portion at Babcock crossing sold for 700 dollars per acre. Pleasant Valley, once sagebrush, has 300 dollar per acre land now on cultivation after earlier sales at 125. The local school, enlarged with a 1000 dollar adding contract, reflects growing investment.
The Oregon Railroad Commission orders a hearing on May 13 at 11 AM in Salem following an investigation into rates on wool and related products aboard the O R and N and Southern Pacific. The commission found sufficient evidence to warrant examining whether these rates are unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory.
Representative Hawley urged Secretary Ballinger and Land Commissioner Dennett to act on long-delayed Silter homestead entries. The officials promised to issue orders and to consider the conditions Hawley outlined in their decisions.
In The Dalles a meeting organized The Dalles Fruitgrowers Association. It is incorporated with capital stock of 5000 dollars. The group plans a warehouse and cannery and will meet on the first Saturday each month.
Salem authorities acquire five acres north of the asylum from the Willamette Endowment Association for 3000 dollars. A new building approved by the legislature will partially front the newly purchased land.
Echo A Portland meat company bought 70 head of cattle from Bennett and Spike at 60, the highest price ever paid in Echo country. The average weight was 1620 pounds and the benvant steer weighed 1730 pounds bringing owners 93.20 dollars.
The Commercial club sets Friday and Saturday May 14 and 15 for a two day strawberry festival in Roseburg. Displays, a women’s musical on opening night, and a large livestock parade are planned. About 250 Elks from Southern Oregon visit Roseburg, promoting Douglas County strawberries as first in the market. Photographs of displays and parades will boost booster booklets.
Contractors remove dirt for the foundation of a new flour mill to be erected by G. B. Stout in Baker City. O. R. & N. surveyors locate switches and sidetracks for the mill. Foundation to finish in about two weeks with no erection delay. Sterns and Ayers excavating. Stout surveys local acreage and rancher attitude toward the project.
The Coos county chamber of commerce will promote the entire county including Coquille valley and Coos Bay region. It plans an exhibit at the Seattle exposition with 75000 pamphlets for distribution at the fair. Shipments of lumber and freight exports and imports for Coos Bay and the Coquille river will be compiled to showcase resources and advantages.
A Myrtle Point report notes a hunting for gold fever after a rancher named Music brought ore specimens to town. The first sample sold for 2.50 and the second for about 100, with locals speculating the long sought mother lode may be near.
Salem Paul L. Wilson of Denver, an expert insurance examiner, has arrived in Salem to conduct a special examination of the annual statements of insurance companies doing business in the state. This is preliminary to the Insurance Commissioner Kozer's publication of the annual insurance report.
The listing shows current prices across vegetables fruits grains and livestock. Wheat and oats price ranges, hay and forage values by region, dairy butter and fat, poultry, pork, beef, hops, wool and mohair quotes, plus cows calves and stags price bands.
The Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition amphitheater sits on the Lake Weesee shore with natural seating formed by forest slopes. Near towering Douglas fir and cedar, the open air venue accommodates 30 000 and promises a grand outdoor stage for numerous events during the exposition.
Chicago May 3 Benjamin F Trueblood of the American Peace Society presents statistics to the National Peace Society on war losses. He cites about 15 million sacrifices since historic times and 14 million fatal casualties in the 1800s, with Napoleon campaigns at about six million and Civil War losses ranging 800 thousand to one million.
Storm swept eastward across the Southern states then moved into the Atlantic on Saturday. At least 200 killed and about 400 injured, with 34 more deaths reported in Virginia. Savannah suffered severe damage with unroofed houses and damaged hospitals. North Carolina and Florida towns faced extensive destruction. total property loss in the millions. The brief, violent storm struck Savannah at 11 30, uprooting trees and injuring several, with a hospital and factory damaged.
Pekin. May 3. The body of the late Kwang Heu emperor of China began its four day journey to the Western tombs eighty miles away for final interment. The dowager empress will not be interred until fall. The son left the Forbidden City at 11 o clock as the coffin traveled over a specially built highway. The cost of the tomb exceeded 1 000 000.
Weather across the central states includes 20 degrees above zero in western Kansas with freezing conditions covering Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma and reaching the Texas Panhandle. Orchard icicles form as farmers report three quarters of an inch of ice on many Kansas fruit farms threatening the year's crop.
On May 3 reports show over 1,900 Chinese travelers en route to Victoria. The Empress of Japan is due tomorrow with 675 passengers, the Ning Chow with over 500, and the Canadian Pacific line is bringing 300 tons of raw silk from Japan valued at 760,000 dollars.
A string of twisters swept Mississippi Kentucky Arkansas Alabama Missouri Thursday and Friday killing at least 75 people and injuring many more. Wires are down in affected areas with homes destroyed and towns wiped out as early reports caution that death and property losses may climb.
May 1 dispatch reports blizzards and heavy snow along the tornadic corridor from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Winter conditions prevail in Pennsylvania and Northern states, with up to a foot of snow in many areas. Crop damage, livestock losses, and freezing weather worsen hardship as lake sailors face renewed pressures and ice loosens on the Great Lakes.
The coal strike halts mining in most of Western Canada with Fernie and Michel as the active districts. Nations seek government intervention to end the strike or halt exports. Three thousand miners idle. Lethbridge schools closed. Nelson sees railroad layoffs. BC Copper mines and smelter shut down. Presidents Lewis and Sherman appear close to settlement.
French navy faces a third mutiny in two weeks as sailors aboard the battleship St. Louis at Toulon refuse to eat meat from officers. Three crewmen were placed in irons after protests compromised discipline, and the rest of the enlisted personnel demanded punishment for all.
Boston May 1 Governor E S Draper warned at the 86th annual meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers that Japan now rivals the United States in cotton goods. He warned that declining cotton exports to China signaled a grave challenge for American producers.
The International Relief committee appeals for subscriptions to aid the famishing population of Tabriz as Teheran reports on the urgent humanitarian need.
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