Hands Off Stressed as Austrian Serb Clash Escalates
London reports armistice talks postponed with 48 hours’ notice to resume hostilities, food deliveries to Adrianople and Scutari to continue. Montenegro’s Prince Daniele in critical condition after Scutari assault. Berlin warns Russia to keep hands off, pledging to fight to defend Austria if needed. Saint Petersburg says Russia acts to prevent Austrian Serb war and will not take offensive steps.
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Servia
London
Adrianople
Scutai
Berlin
von Bethman Flollweg
Reichstag
Russia
Austria
Germany
St. Petersburg
Sazanoff
Chicago to host first federal council social creed session
The federal council of the Church of Christ In America representing 32 denominations will meet in Chicago December 4 to 9 to review federation work and adopt a new social creed. Delegates representing over 17 million church members will participate. the creed emphasizes family protection, education, poverty abatement, health, and worker rights, as a supplement to the four year old council creed which centers on old age, child labor abolition, living wage, and shorter hours.
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Chicago
Federal Council of the Church of Christ In America
Federal Council
Japanese War Minister Resigns After Korea Force Plan Rejected
Tokio Dec 2 Lieut General Uyehira minister of war resigns after cabinet rejects his plan to increase military forces at Korea. The decision ends his tenure as the cabinet shifts defense strategy amid tensions in Asia.
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Tokio
Uyehera
Cabine
Korea
Bishop Appointed Coadjutor in San Francisco
Rome announces Rev. Edward Hanna is named Bishop coadjutor of the Catholic Church in San Francisco as of today December 2. The appointment signals future leadership continuity for the diocese and follows church protocols observed by the Holy See.
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Rome
Edward Hanna
San Francisco
Renewal of the Triple Alliance Three-Year Pact
Berlin reports the triple alliance between Germany Austria and Italy has been renewed for three years according to an official statement issued in the capital today.
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Berlin
Germany
Austria
Italy
Ironworkers Remove Hockin and Free Several Officials
Indianapolis reports the International Association of Ironworkers executive board ousted H S Hockin from secretary treasurer and discharged several officials. Federal prosecutor Miller prompted dismissals of Benson Carroll Davis Meadows for insufficient evidence. Judge Anderson overruled defenses to discharge other named defendants as the trial continued with testimony from F M Ryan and W Fortune.
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Indianapolis
International Association of Ironworkers
H. S. Hockin
Miller
Anderson
Wm. K. Benson
Detroit
John Carroll
Syracuse
P. Meadows
Indiana
Milton H. Davis
Philadelphia
Iron Workers
Paul Morrin
John H. Barry
St. Louis
Michael J. Cannan
M. Lyenwell
James T. Ray
Edward Smythe
Springfield
W. J. McClain
W. B. Brown
Kansas City
Clarence E. Down
Rochester
N. Y
Clarence Behm
Minneapolis
Fred Mooney
Duluth
F. M. Ryan
The
International Iron Workers
McManleal
William Fortune
Seabord Construction Company
William K. Benson
S. H. Meadows
Journalism Not an Exact Science Says Dean Williams
Chicago reports Professor Talcott Williams, dean of the Pulitzer School, argues journalism is not an exact science and that a journalist's success lies in creating writing that makes editors wonder who authored it. The passage critiques standard academic writing and hints at a price for missed deadlines.
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Chicago
Talcott Williams
Pulitzer School of Journalism
National Conference of Teachers of Journalism
Birthday celebration honors Captain James Blakely
Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely returned from Brownsville where he attended the centennial party for his father Captain James Blakely. The old sea captain is overjoyed to have 40 descendants join the celebration on his 100th birthday.
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Joe Blakely
Brownsville
James Blakely
Sumner Lake Paisley growers miss Portland show
Palsley Oregon December report notes distance and transport problems kept Sumner Lake and Paisley growers from a larger presence at the Portland land products show. A Paisley display in late October featured fruit vegetables grain canned fruit nuts jellies and other staples from the Sumner Lake Chewaucan valleys including several apple varieties winter bananas peaches prunes nectarines and pears.
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Palsley
Sumner Lake
Paisley
Portland
Chewaucan
Arkansas
Liberty Bell Near Collapse Says Bellologists
Philadelphia experts in bellology report the Liberty Bell is cracked and sickly. They warn it cannot be transported across the country to the Panama Pacific exposition in 1916 for display.
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Philadelphia
Memorial Address at Pendleton Elks Lodge
The Pendleton Elks held a Memorial Day program at the Oregon theater with BR R Butler of The Dalles delivering a moving address on death and virtue. The event featured music by United Orchestra, prayers, vocal and instrumental selections, and a display of flags and Elks emblems, with officers conducting the ceremonies and twenty-two absent brothers honored.
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Pendleton
Oregon Theater
BR. R. Butler
Dalles
Lodge of Elks
United States
Lodge
Elks
Elkhom
Clive S. Cheshire
James H. Sturgis
George Strand
Roy Alexander
Thos. FitzGerald
F. W. Lampkin
Lee Drake
L. Youngren
W. B. Bybee
Thos. Smart
Tyler
Pendleton Elks
Samuel Sturgis
T. Murphy
H. C. Guernsey
E. D. Boyd
Charles Zeigler
F. W. Watte
KK. van Dran
Frank H. Parr
H. H. Hallock
T. G. Hailey
H. Clark
C. E. Redfield
Henry May
Louis Hunziker
M M. Wytick
Chas. W. Wall
W. Roy Saxton
J. A. Baddeley
J. H. Wright
Conrad Platzoeder
William Sullivan
Charles Cunningham
United Orchestra
J. M. Skrable
Carl Power
Ednah Immerman
Louise Wise
al Solo
Israel
Eugene Molitor
T. F. Weaver
P. E. Sperry
Frederick Steiner
C. &. Wheeler
Chas, Winier
Ross Weimer
Jack Urquhart
Oscar Mahler
Importing Strikebreakers to Replace Portland Railway Workers
Eugene Ore Dec 2 Strikebreakers are being imported to Portland to replace fifty men quitting the Portland Eugene and Eastern railway service. A construction camp will have a full crew in two days. W W headquarters tested a statement demanding the striker s demands be granted.
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Eugene
Ore
Portland
Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railway
W. W
Supreme Court orders dissolution of Harriman merger
The Supreme Court unanimously orders immediate dissolution of the Harriman merger linking Union Pacific and Southern Pacific interests. The government suit, begun in 1907, contends Sherman Act violations through unlawful restraint of trade. Dividends on questioned stock may be blocked. the Utah circuit court to oversee the dissolution and receivership.
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Harriman
Supreme Court
Washington
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Salt Lake Roads
van de Venen
Utah
Central Pacific
Ogden
San Francisco
President-elect Wilson shocks British society at tea
Hamilton Bermuda December 2 President-elect Wilson arrived at a tea and tennis hosted by Sir George and Lady Bullock in a scene of polite astonishment as guests, familiar with Piccadilly fashion, stared for a moment before resuming composure.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Wilson
Sir George
Lady Bullock
Mother Follows Son in Death in Umatilla County
Mary Adaline Harper Swaggart born October 23 1829 in Hancock Illinois died at Garden Street home after a fall and extended illness at age 79 Her death followed her son Lesters passing a week earlier She was a pioneer resident of Umatilla County and mother of fourteen children with seven surviving George Swaggart Ben Swaggart Link Swaggart Milton Swaggart Mrs W F Matlock Mrs S Wheeler and Mrs Wilbur Keith Funeral plans pending relatives await arrival of other family members She was a longtime Methodist and served as a mid wife over many years reflecting a life of service in the Athena Pendleton and Umatilla areas.
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Lester Swaggart
Mary A. Swagegart
Umatilla County
Garden Street
Mary Adaline Harper
Hancock County
Tiinois
George Harper
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Nelson Swageart
Plains
Oregon
Lane County
Umatila County
Athena
Swaggar
Pendleton
George Swaggart
Heppner
Ben Swaggart
Lexington
Link
Milton Swaggart
W. F. Matlock
S. Wheeler
This City
Wilbur Keith
Wauloona
Washington
William Harper
Colfax
Methodist Church
Congress holds brief session on pensions for presidents
Washington Dec 2 Congress introduced a bill by H S Deforest of New York to pension future presidents at two thousand dollars a month widows one thousand and minor children two hundred each in session today The house adjourned at 1 10 pm Retiring senators include Hetty Burnham W Murray Crane Simon Guerenheim Jonathan Bourne Norris Brown J M Dixon H A Richardson Robert J Gamble Shelby McCullum FP Briggs J W Batley M J Foster T H Paynter and C C Watson Also retiring house members Uncle Joe Cannon W A Rodinberg N B Thistlewood Nicholas Longworth John Dalzell E D Crumpacker Wm B McKinley FE J Hill C A Sulloway C W Price H Young J Q Tilson F D Curtler W R Wilson and John Lamb
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Washington
H. S. Deforest
New York
Congress
House
Hetty Burnham
W. Murray Crane
Simon Guerenheim
Jonathan Bourne Norris Brown
J. M. Dixon
H. A. Richardson
Robert J. Gamble
Shelby McCullum
FP. C. Briggs
J. W
Peace advocate A K Smiley dies in Redlands at 85
A K Smiley renowned peace advocate died at his Redlands home today at age eighty five. His wife is critically ill and was not informed of the death.
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Redlands
Calif
Dee
A. K. Smiley
Upper Umatilla River Water Rights Adjudication In Conference
United States District Attorney John McCourt and reclamation attorney Oliver Morton met with Upper Umatilla river users and tributaries Hitch Creek McKay and Tutuilla at Raley and Raley to discuss water duty stipulations. The conference with the users committee failed to reach an agreement, with testimony set to begin tomorrow if no stipulation is signed.
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Umatilla
Hitch Creek
McKay
Tutuilla
United States District
John McCourt
Oliver P. Morton
Messrs Shaw
Burgess
Slusher
Guderian
Holmes
Raley & Raley
Ter
State Water Board
Usera
McCourt
Cardinals Conferred Final Red Hat on Five Cardinals
Rome reports the public consistory of the sacred college where Pope Pius X conferred the red hat on five cardinals, including Antonio Vico of Spain and Austrians Francisco Bauer and Francisco Nag, the last of eighteen named a year ago. The ceremony featured the papal entrance in the Sedia Gestatoria, vows in the Sistine Chapel, and the later secret consistory opening the mouths.
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Rome
Sacred College
Guiseppe Maria de Cos Y. Macho
Antonio Vico
Spain
Francisco Bauer
Francisco Nag
Austra
Pope Pius
Sedia Gestatoria
Sistine Choir
Endico Almarezy Santesseville
Pius
Cistine
German Doctor Friedman Declares Tuberculosis Cure Found
Bertin Dee and Dr Frederick Franz Friedman announce a complete tuberculosis cure. They claim the serum destroys tuberculin in thousands of patients and that German hospitals are adopting the method. Doses cost under a dollar a dozen and most patients recover unless physicistality prevents healing.
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Bertin
Dee
Frederick Franz Friedman
Friedman
Cameron Girl Will Marry Jack Johnson
Chicago dispatch reports Jack Johnson the heavyweight champion plans to marry Lucile Cameron, the woman he is charged with abducting, before night. An auto waits before Johnsons home to convey him to the hiding place. Officials say the marriage will not affect the white slave case.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Lucile Cameron
Johnson
Teel Irrigation District to Seek Bonds for Reclamation Project
County Water Master Howland reports Teel Irrigation District will float bonds after year start to fund construction of a system to convey Camas creek water through a mountain tunnel to Butter creek headwaters and reclaim about 26 000 acres now sage brush covered. preliminaries funded by warrants up to 5000 dollars. directors include D Teel Aga B Thomson J Frank Spinning Frank Sloan F F Fisher with officers Teel president Spinning secretary and Longwell treasurer.
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Teel Irrigation District
L. D. Howland
Teel
Camas Creek
Butter Creek
Howkind
Echo
J. Frank Spinning
A. Longwell
D. Teel
Aga B. Thomson
J. Frank
Frank Sloan
F. F. Fisher
Confidence TIAT strike on railroads eases at Homestead
Pittsburg December 2 officials of Carnegie Steel return to Homestead plants confident the trainmen's strike is broken. Strikers hold an executive session at Homestead where work is resumed.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead Ste
Homestead
Banked on the Coast: Manager Bob Brown Visits Pendleton
Vancouver Northwest League manager Bob Brown stops in Pendleton while traveling to Spokane. A veteran of six years with Aberdeen and three with Vancouver, Brown recalls Pendleton as the birthplace of his managerial career. In prior seasons Pendleton relied on Catcher George Pembrooke and Shortstop Ray Augustus from Vancouver.
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Bob” Brown
Vancouver
Pendleton
Spokane
Brown
Aberdeen
George Pembrooke
Ray Augustus
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Nicholas II
Science OF Journalism
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Wilson Tlorriftes British Society
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Cardinals
Cameron
Howland
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