Rate Regulation Debate Embarrasses Senate Amid Death Notice
Senate session shows embarrassment over John H. Mitchell's death as Tillman introduces a rate regulation plan to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum rates. Thurston informs Supreme Court of Mitchell's death. dismissal of the case noted. Also: a petition to repeal duty on coffee and tea from Frisco Importers. presidential nominations for postmasters and immigration commissioner. Charlotte Weaver, an 18 year old actress, is discharged and attempts to kill herself after humiliation at the Majestic theater in San Francisco.
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Senate
Mitchell
Fuellon
Tillman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Howe
Thurston
Nebraska
Supreme Court
John H. Mitchell
Lepending
Hobbes
Kahn
California
San Francisco
Charlotte Weaver
General Weaver
Iowa
Light Eternal Company
Majestic Theater
Hotel Marguerite
Tage
Standing Committees and Navy Bill Recommendations
Speaker Cannon unveils standing committees among Republicans with Democrats preserving a 1 to 2 ratio. Merchants Marine Commission report backs subsidies to counter shipping decline, costing about 4.63 million dollars yearly for ten years. It also urges a naval reserve of 10 000/officers and 200–260 1000-ton fast ships to carry 10 to 40 percent of trade, earning 60 to 80 million dollars in freight and passenger receipts.
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Cannon
Repubican
Merchants Marine Commission
Land boom grips Kilckitat and Benton lands along Columbia
Dec 11. Special. The immediate Columbia river frontage between Kilckitat and Benton counties sees heightened activity in homestead and desert land entries. A rush to secure titles to land in this section is underway as settlers push to claim plots along the river.
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Seattle
Tacoma
The
Sound
Columbia River
Cardinals Named in Rome For Pius X Era Ceremony
The third cardinal story since the Pius X era began today in New Cantinals Rome Deo Illinois with pomp. Names listed include Cagluno de Axevedo of Rome Joseph Saininem of Hungary Cavalcanti of Har gilt Spinolny Maeste of Sovill.
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Rome
Deo
Pius X
Cardinaly Cagluno de Axevedo
Joseph Saininem
Hungary
Cavalcanti
Hragil
Spinolny Maeste
Sovill
Chicago Wheat Market Roundup
From the greatest wheat market in the United States Chicago December 11 wheat closed at 863-8 cents per bushel corn 449-4 and oats 313-8 in the bid and offer trading.
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United States
Chicago
Pendleton Commercial Assn Seals Endorsement From Interior Dept
Secretary E. A. Hitchcock of the Interior replies to Pendleton Oregon Commercial Association praising the East Umatilla irrigation project. The letter confirms a December 4 appropriation of up to 1,000,000 from the reclamation fund for the Oregon project, signaling active local influence after initial abandonment rumors.
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E. A. Bitchcock
Department of the Interior
Pendieton Commercial Association
Leuer
Association
C. BE. Roosevelt
Commercial Association
EB. A. Hitchcock
Interior Department
Associaton
Roosevelt
Commercial Ass'n
Pendleton
Oregon
Umatilla
E. A. Hitchcock
Witte Moves to Reconcile with Reactionaries in St Petersburg
St Petersburg reports Witte openly courting reactionaries. General Grodaky, a fierce reactionary, commands the fortress. A rough front meeting echoed anti intellectual, anti Jewish, and anti Sibopis slogans as priests looked on. police dispersed the Union of Unions gathering. Edward Atkinson, noted economist, is dead in Hoxton on December 1.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Grodaky
Union of Unions
Funeral rites for Senator Mitchell in Portland tomorrow
Senator Mitchell will lie in state at city hall from 10 to 12:30 before funeral services at 2 at the Fire Congregational church. Dr House will lead prayers, with the Odd Fellows in charge and a state militia guard. The Bar association will attend. John A. Mitchell Jr. will be the sole immediate family member present.
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Portland
Mitchell
Eley
BL. House
Erave
Atate Miliths
Bar Association
Addres
John A. Mitchell, Jr
Immertiate
Home Life Insurance Chief Denies Joint Account Profits
Henry E Ide president of Home Life Insurance testified before the insurance committee in New York asserting officers had no joint account and did not profit from securities transactions. He said investments avoided industrial stocks, loans to officers were minimal, loans averaged four and a half percent, and over 20 years more than one million in surplus was distributed to policyholders as over ten percent of earnings.
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Ite
Syn
Tis
New York
Henry E. Ide
The
Home Life Insurance Company
Sone
Maderno
Ide
New Council Faces Key Prewar Decisions on Court Street and Telephone Franchise
As the old administration nears the end of power on December 3, the council weighs macadamizing Court Street from Main to its end and deciding the telephone franchise. Debates focus on pavement thickness, parking start point, and whether to defer both issues to the new government, with little time remaining before the transfer.
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Officinla
Prreds
Court Street
Main
Ue Street
Councliain Renn
Nyor Matlock
Offineunc
Mhan
Fatal Run-Over At Imbler Lumber Load
La Grande, Dee, about 60 years old, Blackledge, a resident of Imbler, was killed last evening when his wagon’s team ran away near Imbler. He was thrown beneath the wheels as he tried to check the team. the wagon carried 2000 feet of heavy lumber. Dr Molitor arrived too late. Blackledge died four hours after the accident. He leaves grown children in town. Remains pending disposition until word from them.
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la Grande
Dee
Tmbler
Blackledge
Imbler
Indictments in Kansas land fraud case total 29
The federal grand jury in Topeka issued 29 indictments against cattlemen for land fraud and illegal inclosures. Conspiracy and perjury charges cover public-domain fraud, while 26 indictments allege unlawful fencing of public Iowa land. The panel will reconvene next Thursday to finish its report.
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Topeka
Dem
United States
Weoden
Lowa
Otto Been
A. L. Green
Peelal
Federal Land Office
Collonad Green
Kansas
Yemen
Body of Jewell Found in Shaft Near Sonora Mining Site
The body of Jather Jewell of San Diego, missing after investigating a mining property near Lane, Sonora, was recovered Sunday by H. G. Glore and fellow American miners. Jewell’s skull was crushed, suggesting murder by a cult.
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Twcson
Ariz
Jather Jewell
San Diego
Llane
Sonora
H. G. Glore
Ming
Jewell
Pacific Coast Block Signal System on 68 Miles
The OO KR N company completed a block signal system from La Grande to Cayuse, Oregon, the first on the Pacific coast. An electric central station at Kameta powers 22 signals along 68 miles, protecting trains from head on and rear collisions. A separate electric network runs three to five wires from Kameta as crews in Portland install further sections toward Bonneville and Huntington.
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la Grande
Cayuse
Pacific Coast
Kameln
Portland
Tonneville
Huntington
Odurken
Details of Kerbaugh Career and Portland Checks
The article traces L. K. Kerbaughs activity in the city as he collected sums from £5 to $25 per victim in exchange for checks. Checks drawn on Portland banks were returned unpaid, showing broader, cross city fraud. Pendleton Savings Bank checks issued via Portland were also unpaid, while a jeweler Heath Hunziker recollects a failed attempt to buy a gold watch with a check and a substituted cheap silver watch. The District Attorney Phelps contends Kerbaugh may be prosecuted for obtaining money under false pretenses and has written to Mrs. Kerbaugh with no reply yet.
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L. K. Kerbaugh
Mr. Kerbaugh
Portland
Tribune
Portland Bank
Kerbaugh
Pendleton Savings Bank
Savings Bank
L. Huneiker
Niin Awateh
Pendleton
Hunziker
Phelps
Dstrict
Echo Water Users Organize for By-Laws Endorsement
Echo residents meet to form the Echo Water Users association under the East Umatilla project. Government engineer John T. Whistler outlines land surrender and by-law requirements for Secretary Hitchcock approval. Six existing ditch companies with about 30,000 acres and 50 miles of ditches may join under government regulations, signaling strong local support for reclaiming desert land and expanding homesteads to about 40 acres each.
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East Unitilin
Water Users’ Association
Hillabcock
Echo
L. A. Estel
Louis Scholl, Jr
Hitchcock
J. F. McNaught
D. Brownell
L. Scholl, Jr
W. R. Howard
T. C. Irwin
C. Crawford
H. G. Newport
East Cmatilla
Furnish Ditch Company
Mall
Cold Springs Ditch Company
Beith Ditch Company
Maxwell Ditch Company
Brownell Ditch Company
Falls Ditch Company
Foster
Keho
Umatilia
Election recount arguments reach New York court
Albany Dee LL reports the New York election recount case arguing over whether existing election laws authorize recounting ballots that have already been officially counted. Governor Blick supports Hearst while Allen Parker sides with Molellan on the legal question before the appellate court.
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Albany
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