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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
1
Indianapolis braces as strike disrupts deliveries and police shoot to kill order. New mayor Shank resigns amid car strike fallout. Comptroller Wallace assumes power and mobilizes 600 armed deputies. 1000 strike breakers ready. milk for babies to be distributed. crews from breweries and taxi services unaffected.
A man named John Graymaa was arrested within an hour after breaking into the H. Rugg residence near J. Anthony hospital yesterday morning. He smashed a kitchen window with an axe to gain entry and fled with a watch chain and a breach. Officers and Sheriff Taylor and Chief Kearney recovered the stolen items, and the suspect was captured two miles from the scene after a pursuit along the track east.
Representatives from every Missouri section gather for the second day of the Missouri Women's Press Association annual convention. The group includes newspaper women and women magazine writers meeting in Hollister.
Sir Lionel Carden the British minister to Mexico has featured in dispatches from Mexico City in recent weeks. He and United States Charge d Affaires O Shaughnessy clashed over America's policy, with Carden nearly accused of backing Huerta and risking serious diplomatic fallout with England.
McCormmach Hill near Havana station no longer a hard pull for farmers with heavy loads after cooperative road work. Fourteen farmers pooled 36 horses and 16 men for three days to flatten the grade, with W H McCormmach donating the right of way. The new three quarter mile route cost about 200 dollars and aims to ease future hauls.
Local businessmen and others call for swift congressional action on the currency bill citing unsettled conditions in finance. Bankers like M. Rice and W. L. Thompson urge early settlement to restore confidence while acknowledging the need for careful drafting. Judge Stephen A. Lowell and others insist on immediate action to avert credit tightening and stagnation in business and farming.
The Pendleton city section reports a very heavy vote with polling places strained and women voters predominating this afternoon. Key contests include the water commission race and the commission government charter, while Fourth Ward council candidates S S P Hutchi gan and John Vaughan attract less attention. Predictions on the outcome vary with factions claiming victory, and notaries and freeholders are on hand to speed sworn-in procedures.
The upcoming session debates trust regulation and a currency bill, amending the National Banking Act, rural credits, Panama Canal tolls, and woman suffrage. It also covers train safety, Philippine independence, immigration restriction, shipping trust regulation, naval programs, good roads, Alaska railroad, and curb on cotton futures. Lobby investigations loom.
Congress convened at noon to begin the regular sixty third session after an extra session. President Wilson is to address a joint session tomorrow, with focus on regulating giant corporations and other major items. The senate and house formed committees to notify authorities. work will start Wednesday with the Hetch Hetchy bill and heavy appropriations.
General report notes new congress convenes today with Wilson due to read his address tomorrow. Departments anticipate appropriation of over a billion dollars to fund government operations. In Indianapolis Teamsters strike. Police and deputies prepare for disturbances and receive orders to shoot to kill if necessary. Rumors from Mexico City claim Thorta is dead or has left for Vera Cruz. unverified crisis rumors persist. Robbers at Mnile Point Oregon blow safe and escape with 12000 dollars. Meskan gunman, wanted for no order, captured at Vinh mine. efforts to extract him underway. Local heavy voter turnout for city election. business leaders push currency bill. Sleeper on fast mail enables night trip to Portland. farmers perform gratis work to weather conditions.
The Oregonian reports a 7 20 PM signal tied to the election outcome. If the commission charter passes, electric lights will briefly turn off. If defeated, lights will stay on as usual. If no signal at 7 20, the charter is rejected.
Pendleton residents will gain a new sleep er car on the fast mail train. The sleeper will depart La Grande at 9:40 p m and reach Pendleton around midnight, then arrive in Portland by 7 a m. Previously the sleeper joined No 5 and arrived in Portland at 11 40 a m, improving late night travel options after months of effort.
Farleyh Alberta December 1 parts of two gkvletoms believed to be Alexander and Adolph Nonierstrom were found on a lonely trail with empty guns knapsacks and clothing fragments. It is believed they were killed and eaten by wolves while trying to reach town from their farm after provisions.
Reports from Mexico City and Washington describe Huerta’s possible crisis as rebels advance toward key rail links. Aguirre pledges protection for foreigners while Huerta’s government faces internal dissent and rumor of his death or departure. Status updates from Vera Cruz and Tampico buildup accompany conflicting dispatches from Mexico.
Washington report shows departmental estimates to Congress totaling about 1.108 billion dollars to run the U S government in 1915 under the Democratic economy plan. Despite a vaster government, totals are only about 34 million above 1914, with pension and postal figures noted and Navy, War, and labor requests detailed across multiple projects and fortifications.
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