Taft Seeks Universal Arbitration and Strong Navy
President Taft delivers an annual message to Congress urging universal international arbitration, expansion of American banks abroad, stronger merchant marine, and costly canal fortifications. He opposes Alaskan self government, promotes reciprocal Canada relations, and calls for tariff reform, parcels post expansion, and two battleships yearly. He praises Root and notes progress in Hague arbitration and China loans.
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Root
Fisheries Commission
Walts
China
Zelaya
Canada
Department of State
United States
Pantiing Canal
Peary
Alaskana
Oregon Man Buys Famous Stallion The Bondsman
Col McCann of Hood River purchases The Bondsman for 11000. The stallion, sire of world champion Colorado BE with a 2 06 ¼ mile, is hailed as the leading standard bred sire. McCann plans to stand him in California until April then bring him to Hood River. The buyer is a wealthy Hood River fruit grower with several top horses.
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Oregon
Col McCann
Hood River
Colorado
W. McClure
Northwest
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Bondsman
McCann
California
Army engineers report will soon bred sent to congress
President Tutt in his annual message to congress discusses reclamation funding. He cites a total reclamation fund of about 49 445 058 76 dollars with 6 241 056 76 left unallotted across thirty projects. A board of army engineers is to examine feasibility and value of completion, with a report to be transmitted in a separate message within days.
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Congress
Tutt
Board of Army Engineers
Burial decision sets Mrs Eddy at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Boston reports that after a consultation with Glover the body of Mrs Eddy will lie at Mount Auburn cemetery Cambridge Mass instead of the mother church crypt. Funeral services will be brief with scripture reading and a reading from her writings. Only a few friends attend Thursday.
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Boston
Mass
Glover
Eddy
Mount Auburn
Cambridge
Mra
Auburn
Wool Growers Set Annual Meeting in Portland
Secretary Dan P Smythe of the Oregon Wool Growers association issues the official call for the 13th annual convention in Portland January, ahead of the 47th annual National Woolgrowers convention and Midwinter Sheep Show. Oregon woolmen are urged to attend to benefit from the program featuring leading experts, tariff, forest reserves, quarantine, and other industry topics. Special rail fares have been arranged for round trips to attend both conventions.
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Dan P. Smythe
Oregon Wool Growers’ Association
Portland
National
Woolgrowers* Association
Smythe
Oregon
Oregon Woolecrowers’ Association
Amerien
Statesasociation
R. & N. Company
Son on way to attend Eddy funeral in Boston
George Glover, son of Mrs. Eddy, arrived in Chicago from South Dakota with his son and daughter to attend his mother's funeral in Boston. He said he would not contest the private estate but refused to discuss her religious views or his own.
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Chicago
Ill
George Glover
Eddy
South Dakota
Boston
War scare hits San Diego police as iron balls found
In San Diego California December 6 a shipment of iron balls resembling cannon balls caused a police scare. Rumor spread they were for Mexican revolutionists. It was later found the balls were used to crush rock for cement manufacture.
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San Diego
Calif
John son open to Jeffrica return in Chicago plea
Chicago December 6 Jack Johnson stated a willingness to give Jeffrica a chance to return at any time. Johnson, however, demands the hog's end of the purse as the condition for reentry.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Jeffrica
Johnson
Pendleton Commercial Club Monthly Meeting
The Pendleton commercial association holds its regular evening session in the club room starting at o'clock. The meeting marks the monthly gathering of local business leaders and members.
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Commercial Club
Pendleton Commercial Association
Seasion
Fireworks in Congress Due Appointment of Supreme Justices
Washington D C December with the congressional session opening insurgents warn of conflict over Supreme Court picks. Democrats and progressives may block stalled appointments while Hughes is favored by insurgents though other named candidates are rejected. GOP breaches and Senate progressives may join in opposition as party factions signal extended battle.
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Alles
Washington, D. C
Dee. G
Supreme Court
Hughes
Senate
House
Senaté
Supreme
Conservatives Victorious in English Elections
London reports firm Conservative gains of five seats in parliament. Leaders press the king to avoid Liberal peer additions to control the House of Lords, arguing early returns show 116 Conservatives, 87 Liberals, 16 Nationalists, and 104 Labourites with Irish members likely to hold balance of power.
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London
House of Lords
House of Peers
Tailors Debate Peace or War as Strike Looms
In Chicago on December 1 the tailors affected by peace talks weigh whether to accept the manufacturers proposals now awaiting final tailors approval. The cutters already accepted conditionally and the tailors begin to vote on the settlement this afternoon.
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Chicago
Lane and Prouty Named as Judges for Commerce Court
Washington December 6. Rumor says at least two members of the new court of commerce have been chosen. Named are Franklin Lane of California and Judge Prouty of Vermont.
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Washington, D. C
Court of Commerce
Franklin Lane
California
Judge Prouty
Vermont
Government budget estimates total 748 million for 1912
Washington, Dec 6 estimates of the secretary of the treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912 total 748,414,860, up 3,847,663 from 1911. The report lists department figures including War 205,257,646 and Treasury 141,599,996 with minor changes in several agencies. H Brown, former editor of the Stanfield Standard, arrived from the county West end with his wife last evening.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Navy
Interior
Territorial
Legislative
Executive
State
Treasury
District of Columbia
War
H. Brown
Stanfield Standard
Pendleton Decides Wet Status Amid County Liquor Vote
County Judge T P Gilliland declared Umatilla County not under prohibition after the November 1910 vote. Pendleton Echo Pilot Rock North Athena and adjacent towns face saloons under Local Option Law while other areas stay dry for two years unless home rule is overturned.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Echo
Pilot Neck
Athena
T. P. Gililland
T. P. Gilliland
Pibot Rock
North Athena
Orchard denies parole offer in Steunenberg murder case
Boise Idaho December 6 Harry Orchard life term for the murder of ex Governor Steunenberg denied he was offered a pardon or parole or that he had applied for it The denial followed reports that he was offered freedom but refused fearing vengeance from friends of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone Orchard said The vengeance of God is all I fear Governor Brady also denies a parole was offered
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Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Orchard
Brady
American dollars make merry Christmas in Europe
A Portland dispatch reports a daily flow of about $100,000 in American currency sent to Europe as Christmas gifts. Cities on the Pacific coast contribute varied amounts, including $10,000 from Portland and $25,000 from San Francisco, with Germany, England, Sweden, Norway, Austria, and Italy named among recipients.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast
Europe
Victoria
Vancouver
Spokane
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Bellingham
Sacramento
Bell Recovering After Mule Team Accident Near City
Arthur Bell, a young farm laborer, remains confined at St. Anthony's Hospital after his mule team balked on a railroad track just ahead of an approaching passenger train. His head injury, initially thought to be serious, is nearly healed as he recovers on the hospital ward.
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Bell
Arthur Bell
St. Anthony's Hospital
Tapi
Ten Typhoid Cases At St Anthony’s Sceptral
Ten cases of typhoid fever reported at St Anthony’s Sceptral, all traced to railroad camps outside the city. Doctors say none are serious and all are recovering.
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St. Anthony's Sceptral
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Universal International Arbitration
Sion
Tariff Board
Permanent Tariff Commission
Panama Canal
House of Representatives
Permanent Court of the Hague
Great Britain
Elihu Root
Dconcress
Near East
Mahomet V
Constantinople
U. S
Turkey
Bulgaria
Roumania
Servia
Far East
Hankow
Canton
Yangtse Valley
Wiliam SH. Taft
Mrs. Eddy
Auburn Cemetery
Christian Science Church
Oregon Sheepmen
Dan F. Smythe
Jeffries
Lane and
Prouty
Doncan
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