03 Dec 1913
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
1
Note from Colombia denounces U S interference in Latin American affairs as Congress discusses the move. Huerta orders former President Dias placed on active army list and seeks legal action to bring Diaz back. Officials sense Huerta's removal nears amid growing discontent.
State tax commission sets Umatilla County at about four and one sixth mills of assessed value to raise roughly 197 400 dollars for state needs. Valuation ratios show Umatilla at 66 percent of actual value statewide, with 47 23 009 dollars assessed in the county including over 11 1 100 000 for public utilities. County officials await notification of the exact levy, then set the state and county tax levy Friday.
Mexico City reports rebels have cut fuel and oil supplies from the N Nona railways, signaling rapid isolation of the capital. Officials fear the end of Huerta’s regime as wire services note generals in northern Mexico seek terms of surrender to Villa at Juarez. President Wilson has sent Carranza a copy of a congressional message as the crisis deepens.
Firemen of hose companies No. 1 and 2 held a banquet in the city hall engine room with city officials, former fire chiefs, and council members as guests. Toastmaster J. W. Tallman led reminiscences about the department’s past, noting Mayor Matlock’s early role and donations. Guests included Fire Chief Jack Childress and council leaders, with discussion of upcoming auto fire engine and electric alarm system prompting department reorganization.
Washington reports a 160000 bale rise in the Australasian wool clip for the 1912-13 season over 1911-12. Gains come from New South Wales Queensland Victoria and New Zealand. Southern and Western Australia show declines. The clip is described as well grown sound and generally stronger in quality though somewhat heavier than last year.
In Harrisburg a patient identified by Buffalo men as Rowland B. Mahany former two term congressman and former minister to Ecuador refused admission with a different name Charles Brown. He was found suffering from poisoning and attempted to cut his throat in the hospital.
In Washougal Washington Jacob Surber aged 40 a fisherman was killed instantly by a passing passenger train while walking along the track. He leaves a widow and daughter in Washougal and an investigation will follow.
Twenty seven people perished as the Arcadia lodging house on Washington Street burned early today. The five story hotel trapped many on the top floors while 175 men slept inside. Mayor Fitzgerald promised a rigid investigation to determine responsibility.
Washington December 1 President Wilson was kept at the White House today by a light cold. Dr Grayson asked his stay and the official explanation noted. Gossip swirled about state rights debates and tensions within the conservation and rivers and harbors congress.
Salem Oregon December 3 Arguments will be heard in the supreme court in the case of Dr Steiner superintendent of the Ingane asylum detained after labor commissioner Hoff charged him with eight hour law violations. The suit seeks to decide if the law applies to state employees and is raised through habeas corpus.
Emmeline Pankhurst is due to arrive in Plymouth aboard the Inez Majestic from a U S lecture tour. Chief of Police Sowerby states he intends to arrest her as soon as she lands.
Governor West announces an audit of the Fish and Game Department urged by critics. He names J W Ferguson as auditor of accounts and requests cooperation from F M Warren and H B Van Dusen to aid the investigation. He denies attacks on State Game Warden Finley and confirms resignations of Kinney appointees and no new appointments until cases settled.
Former Syracuse mayor James K. McGuire was indicted for soliciting a campaign contribution from Union Oil of California. He allegedly demanded 6000 to influence state highway contract approvals through a Tammany Hall controlled department. McGuire was missing, believed to be in the West Indies or South America.
Washington dispatch reports the house judiciary committee deciding to launch a broad trust investigation on Tuesday of next week. The hearings will run extensively and no new Sherman act legislation will be prepared until after President Wilson presents a special trust legislation message to Congress.
Troutdale Oregon selects Clara Latourelle Larsson as mayor by a narrow five vote margin over A O Edmundson. Larsson, linked with women’s clubs and civic groups, becomes Oregon’s second female mayor joining Ashland’s mayor.
A major blaze in a low-cost Boston hotel results in twenty seven deaths while authorities inspect the site for cause. Huerta reportedly plans to retreat from the capital as rebels intensify actions in Mexico.
Indianapolis reports say the teamsters strike escalated with police and deputies guarding strikebreakers while garbagemen were not collected. Injuries occurred as sympathizers threw missiles and clubs, with dozens arrested. A riot squad and mounted patrols kept streets calm as officials fear disease from piling refuse. Secretary Wilson ordered labor solicitor J B Densmore to Indianapolis to aid a settlement as Colorado coal actions unfold.
Washington reports a department of agriculture bulletin on birch uses from canoe bark for whaling era to modern supply of 11 000 cords yearly for shoe pegs and shanks in New England. Birch bark canoes proved strong across Arctic to Great Lakes aiding exploration and settlement, despite their frail appearance and limited capacity noted by French explorers and missionaries.
In Walla Walla Judge E C Mills in superior court granted pensions to Mae Welch and Ida A Kirby, each supporting two children. Ella Conner’s application for a pension was disallowed.
Chicago's fog and smoke that left the city in semi darkness for eight days cleared this morning as the air broke through for the first time in 80 hours.
A terse reflection notes that abundance invites further accumulation, suggesting that those with ample resources can leverage them to expand their wealth with relative ease, reinforcing a self sustaining financial loop. It highlights the ease of wealth concentration and its potential effects on opportunity.
Salem December 31 Governor West accepted the resignations of four members of the state fish and game commission dissolving the departments. Warden Finley and Master Warden Clanton were notified their offices no longer existed leaving all employees out of work. Only Kinney remains, resisting resignation, as no replacement is named. In Vera Cruz December 3 General Mansi heads 900 rebels toward Tuxpan to attack the federal garrison. envoy Lind reports local conditions are fairly satisfactory.
La Grande Oregon December 3 F J Flasky a known business man and real estate timber dealer from Pajem arrived at city hall for an informal session with commissioners and department heads. He has begun studying the field and acquainting himself with city conditions.
Salt Lake City December 3 Sheriff Smith said the posse hunting Mexican gunman Ralph Lopez believes the outlaw is dead after he rapped on an air pipe from the Utah Apex mine yesterday morning. Fire officials halted carbonic gas flooding due to fear of spontaneous combustion and a possible explosion that could destroy millions in property.
Dresden reports the Saxony war ministry tested a new powder that stupefies troops. A single bomb gas is said to put hundreds of men into a deep sleep for seven or eight hours. Inventor Ida Boehm, a woman, has been invited by Prussian authorities to Berlin to demonstrate the device.
The death of George A Hearn, a leading art collector, in 1913 promises a priceless donation to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Heirs expect the collection to significantly enhance the museum’s fine arts holdings in New York.
General Hugh L. Scott and Deputy United States Marshal Galusha with a detachment of troopers from the 12th Cavalry arrived in Gallup New Mexico from the Navajo Reservation and took into custody the ringleaders of the recent Navajo uprising.
Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Buenos Aires after traveling by automobile from Chile across the Andes. The welcome marked a notable stop in his South American itinerary.
General Huerta has placed Former President Ding on the active army list and ordered steps to bring him back to Mexico. Huerta may be preparing to flee as his regime collapses. Rebels cut railway links to Mexico City while Villa may march on the capital. Wilson and Bryan consider recognizing Villa once he controls Mexico City.
Washington believes General Carranza will be asked to establish constitutional government in Mexico City pledge an armistice curb brigandage and call early nationwide elections. If he does so the United States likely will recognize him. Huerta reportedly plans to flee as his cause collapses.
Spokane area resident Gladys Eaton traps and poisons coyotes for bounty and fur. She ships hides to a fur firm, earning one dollar per animal. armed with a small caliber rifle, she often shoots after trapping, planning to continue through winter.
Seek Bandits reported in Blythe California after two men rode into the Palo Verde Valley bank late yesterday and killed cashier W A Rowles before escaping with 5000 dollars in gold.
J B Strubble, a San Francisco manufacturer, ordered a hydroaeroplane to commute between his San Francisco offices and his Oakland home, signaling an experimental use of air travel for daily commuting in the Bay Area.
Paris dispatch reports Joseph Hreecher Kissinger and Antoinette Bonner arrested after being indicted in New York on charges of obtaining $250,000 worth of diamonds by fraud. The case centers on a scheme to secure diamonds through deceit.
In San Francisco on December 3 the St Francis hotel announces a switch from linen table covers to heavy glass in the dining room as society dictates that linen coverings must go.
England Dec 3 Captain Wildman Lushington of the Royal Flying Corps was instantly killed at East Church by a fall from his biplane. The incident occurred while he was flying over the area.
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