State official rows over payment for McCulloch services
Salem Oregon December 65 A dispute among officials after State Treasurer Kay refused to pay warrants for the salary of State Senator Claude McCulloch. McCulloch was hired as legal adviser jointly by Corporation Commissioner Watson and the Industrial Accident Commission. Watson says he will file mandamus to compel payment. McCulloch to receive 125 dollars monthly from each department. The attorney general contends he is the state's legal adviser on all official matters.
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Watson
McCulloch
Crawford
Salem
Ore
Kay
Claude McCulloch
Industrial Accident Commission For Legal Services
McVelloch
Prices of Eggs Falling Across the Nation
Chicago December 6 Prices of eggs are steadily slumping nationwide per reports from the housewives' boycott movement HQs. Reductions vary by locality but are substantial everywhere. Commission men try to show farmers are laying more, yet women’s clubs say the boycott ruined their business and forced concessions. The movement calls the method the most effective in cutting high living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commission
Hcene
Women’s Cluba
Pankhurst Critical As Hunger Strike Fallout Grows
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst remained critically weak after a 30 hour hunger strike and officials expected her release. Militants set fires at a scenic railway exhibit in Liverpool and the Rusholme hall in Manchester tied to a 60000 loan. A woman left a letter at Prime Minister Asquith's house claiming the fires were in response to her arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Exeteria
Liverpool Exposition Grounds
Rusholme Exhibition Hall
Manchester
Asquith
Mra. Pankhurasts
Schooner Alpha Ashore Off Destruction Island
In Seattle area a four masted schooner named the Alpha ran aground off Destruction Island during a hurricane. All aboard were saved after the Farragut assisted. no damage reported to the stranded vessel as it was towed to safety.
Progressive League Formed in Washington
Progressive members of all parties met in Washington to organize the national popular government league with Secretary of State Bryan presiding. He stated support for a constitutional amendment easing amendment processes, with discussion on the initiative recall and schools as social centers. Speakers included Senators Owen Clapp Poindexter and Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive League
Washington
National Popular Government League
Bryan
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Clapp
Minnesota
Poindexter
Lane
Oregon
100 Believed Killed In Romanian Train Collision
BUCHAREST dec 6 One hundred were either killed or seriously injured in a collision between a passenger and a freight train near Colesti Roumania.
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Bucharest
Coleshti
Roumania
Elks Memorial 10 to Be Held Tomorrow
The Elks lodge No 288 will hold memorial services tomorrow at 2:30 PM in the Oregon theater. United Orchestra of Pendleton will perform. Hon. Charles W Fulton will deliver the memorial address. The program includes marches, solos, odes, and ritualistic exercises, with multiple officers and ushers listed.
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Elka Lodge
No. 288
Oregon Theater
Elk Lodges
United States
Charles W. Fulton
Portland
United Orchestra
Elks
Carl Cooley
John F. Robinson
Fred W. Lampkin
Marshall Spel
John W. Watson
Ralph G. Heasell
Clark E. Nelson
Lodge
Cliver. Cheshire
George Strand
Roy F. Alexander
L. D. Drake
Thomas FitzGerald
Jack H. Gibson
L. €. Campbell
Charles C. Vinter
Thomas Smart Tyler
Chopin
Barnhouse
United Orchestra of
Pendleton
Kipling
de Goven
Carl Power
Armiee Campbell
Walt Rose
Cyarign B.jorjan
Pendleton Lodge No
Rober
Mra
Landers
Brownshield
Chris B. Jordan
Sweney
Frank B. Hays
Richard M. Mayberry
Edmund Mable
Charles DB. Jordan
The
Hawley
S. L. Grigsby
Gounod
Samuel Sturgis
E. T. Murphy
H C. Guernsey
FE. D. Boyd
Chas, Zeigler
F. W Walte
K. van Dran
Frank H. Parr
H. H. Hallock
T. G. Halley
E. H. Clark
C. E. Redfield
Henry May
Louis Sera M. N. Wyrick Chas
Corn Show Awards Keen As First Northwest Event
Oregon Agricultural College judges score every corn entry for a $1000 prize pool at the first annual corn show. Winners will be announced after judging ends later today. The new score card system educates farmers on points, with C. L. Smith proclaiming corn as the Pacific Northwest’s leading future crop, ahead of wheat and alfalfa.
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Scudder and
Hywop
Oregon Agricultural College
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Northwest
C. L. Smith
Minnesota
Cardinal Oregila Dies. Gibbons Named Dean in Rome
Cardinal Oregila, dean of the sacred college, died in Rome of pneumonia. His death elevates Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore to the new dean of the college.
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Rome
Cardinal Oregila
The
Sacred College
Cardinal Gibbons of
Baltimore
Earthquake Felt Across Arizona and New Mexico
Dec 6 earthquake jolts heard in Williams and throughout Arizona and New Mexico. WILLIAMS reports strong shaking with noticeable tremors across multiple counties and towns. No injuries reported but structural checks underway.
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Arizona
Williams, Art
New Mexico
Pendleton Raises 25.5 Mill Tax Amid Rising State Levy
Pendleton voters face a 25.5 mill tax in 1914, the highest in years, due to near-equal increases in city county and state levies. The county court levied the tax with only one taxpayer protesting, allocating funds for roads, general expenses, state tax, schools, library, and outstanding warrants. County property total assessed value is about 47.82 million, with city property largely exempt from the road levy. county and state shares amount to 7.5 mills on city property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Tennil
Ing
Cty
Penson Fund
Lane County
Ulster Armed and Ready to Fight Home Rule
In Belfast on December 6 officials seized several large consignments of rifles bayonets and ammunition under the British proclamation against importing arms to Ireland. Ulster leaders ridiculed the move saying volunteers are organized armed and will resist Home Rule to the last ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Ulster
Ulster Volunteers
Motion Picture Actors Confess To Bank Robbery
El Centro California December 6 Tom Green a confessed bank robber declared today that he alone was to blame for shooting A W Bowles cashier of the Verde Valley bank and robbing the place of $5000 Paul Case was implicated in the robbery Both had been motion picture actors and had frequently participated in robbery scene
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EL Centro
Cal
Tom Green
A. W. Bowles
Verde Valley
Paul Case
Fire damages collier Jupiter near Mare Island
A Mare Island fire damaged the new collier Jupiter by about 2000 dollars. Seven sailors were overcome by smoke but are expected to recover. The origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Islanj
Ex County Judge Trenchard Dies in Astor Hotel
Astoria, Ore. Dec. 6 Ex county judge Trenchard dies suddenly at the Astor hotel from apoplexy. He was 65 and longtime figure in public use of county and city affairs.
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Astoria
Ore
Trenchard
Astor Hotel
Gaillard Dies in Baltimore at 60 While Working on Panama Canal
Colon el David Gaillard aged 60, a chief engineer on the Panama Canal project, died at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Doctors attributed his death to brain artery hardening caused by his duties in the Culebra Cut of the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
David Gaillard
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pipe Burst Drowns Three in Cincinnati Trench
Three workmen drowned when a 60 inch water pipe burst in a 25 foot trench. The accident left half of Cincinnati without water and prompted emergency shutdowns as crews worked to stop the leak and restore service.
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Cincinnati
Egg prices urged lower amid markets and floods
Prices for eggs are being driven downward as weather and flood conditions affect markets. Texas floods have affected about seventy five people, and local officials report ongoing economic strain across several sectors including entertainment and agriculture.
Bill Proot on the Road to New York from Montana
William Medora Pruitt known as Bill Proot travels by horse from Montana to New York seeking stage work with Henry W. Savage. He left St. Paul on November 1 and passes through Milwaukee Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Cleveland Buffalo and Philadelphia averaging about 75 dollars weekly for blankets chuck and hay. He aims to reach New York after the holidays.
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Chicago
Montana
Bill Proot
William Medora Pruitt
North Dakot
Henry W. Savage
New York
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Buffalo
Philadelphia
San Francisco hotels pledge no 1915 room rate increase
More than 1200 hotels in San Francisco announce there will be no increases in room charges for 1915. George Hough Perry of the Panama Pacific Exposition division of exploitation made the declaration, ahead of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
George Hough Perry
Division of
Suits Involve A Big Sum Of Money In Walla Walla
Local court actions seek 32000 and 5000 against Samuel Drumheller, noted Walla Walla stockman, over promissory notes with interest and attorney fees. Land holdings in Umatilla County cited as factor. Additional suits expected as discussions tie to Alberta land speculation.
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Samuel Drumheller
Walla Walla
Baker-Boyer Bank of
Sharpateln
Carter & Smythe
Faye le Grow
Athena Banker
W. M. Peterson
Umatilla
Walla-Walla
Drumheller
Alberta
Permanent fair building may be erected in city
A banquet at Hotel Pendleton by the Umatilla County fair board discussed plans for a permanent fair building. If a long lease from the OWRN Co. is secured, a new structure could replace the present building. The group urged widened exhibits and collaboration between business men and farmers to elevate the annual fair. Will M. Peterson presided. about fifteen men attended with speeches by G. L. Hurd and others.
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Pendleton
Umatilla County Fair Board
Ignere
Umatilla County
Will M. Peterson
G. L. Hurd
Lee Moorhouse
J. W. Tallman
The
Commercial Association
Col. J. H. Raley
R. Alexander W. L. Thompson
Frank Frazier
George Peringer
Henry Collins
Mark Moorhouse
Roy Alexander
Jean Depuy Named Premier of France by Poincare
Paris December 6 Jean Depuy was appointed premier of France by President Poincare to succeed Louis Barthou who resigned with his cabinet after the chamber of deputies failed to sustain the government.
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Paris
Jean Depuy
France
Poincare
Louis Barthou
Chamber of Deputies
Wireless Minded Her To Forget Smuggling Charge
Mrs Eleanor Fleming a Los Angeles bankers wife told Hoboken customs officials a wireless message from her husband at sea caused her to forget belongings worth 2400 dollars she planned to declare. She waived examination on the smuggling charge.
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Hoboken
Xni. J
Eleanor Fleming
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Heads for Paraguay from Buenos Aires
Colonel Theodor Roosevelt departed Buenos Aires on December 6 en route to Paraguay as part of inspection trials and diplomatic movement in South America.
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Buenos Ayres
Theodor Roosevelt
Paraguay
No One Found to Serve on Local Water Commission
City officials face a stalemate as the four water commissioners resignations take effect upon book reporting. Mayor Matlock and the council struggle to recruit replacements with several prominent businessmen declining. The finance committee plans an expert audit after which the present board may remain in place. Dr. J A Best, the sole non resigning member, demands meter readings from colleagues to prove they pay for water used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matlock
Finance Committee
Carter
Counelman Montgomery
J. A. Best
Frank Hays
Best
Oregon Brick Sought for New Portland Federal Building
Senator Chamberlain urged use of Oregon brick for the Portland federal building and the secretary of the treasury requested samples of local brick for consideration in Washington.
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Oregon
Washington, D.C
Chamberlain
Treasury Department
Portland Federal
Secretary of the Treasury
Anmplea
Denver Struggles to Reopen as Fuel Shortage Persists
Denver faces a slow return to normal business as fuel shortages strain operations. Officials warn the situation jeopardizes commerce, with retailers and service firms curbing hours and delaying deliveries while relief supplies trade hands. Local leaders urge action to restore supply chains and revive the urban economy.
Colorado Snowstorm Paralyzes Denver Citywide Chaos
Denver endures one of its worst storms on record with over 45 inches of snow. Traffic halted, communications crippled, and employees unable to reach workplaces. The blackout extends to coal supply fears as strikes in Colorado fields worsen the crisis, while San Francisco reports limited coast to east communications and snow depths four and a half feet.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
San Francisco
Chicago
Rockies
Cheyenne
Texas Flood Toll Rises With 75 Drownings Confirmed
In Bryan Texas December 6 reports say seventy five drownings in the Texas floods have been accounted for with more deaths expected. The Brazos river swelled to about ten miles wide over a hundred mile stretch and water remained eighteen feet deep in business districts. Rail traffic resumes as possible and aid such as provisions and clothing is dispatched to the afflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Texas
Brazos
One-Third Strikers Return to Work in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis 1000 of the 3000 striking teamsters resumed work as employers’ group stood firm. Police prepared for potential riots while unions were buoyed by what they called a concession. Rioting threats faded as partial success cooled tensions and the remaining strikers faced uncertain prospects.
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Indianapolis
Employerv Association
Ciret
Teamaeters
Moeme
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