Balkan envoys accept Turkish port claim amid peace drive
Across London and Rome dispatches report Balkan envoys backing Serbia for an Adriatic port while Turkish and Bulgarian representatives meet. Greece may join negotiations despite ongoing battles as Italy readies transports for Valona and Durazzo. Austrian, Belgian mobilizations and Austrian residents in Servia face forced departure amid looming war.
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London
Servia
Reshhid Pasha
Daneff
Smuggling Probe to Start Monday in San Francisco
Federal grand jury will begin Monday an investigation into smuggling of million dollars worth of silica and satins by fashion dressmakers. Anna Cox Mediate will testify as the first witness and discuss ties to Madame Haldane accused of smuggling fifteen thousand dollars worth of Parisian gowns into New York.
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San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
Anna Cox
Mediate
Madame Haldane
New York
Second Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Hill Horse Theft Case
After eighteen hours of deliberation the second jury in a Lynn Hill horse stealing case reported no verdict. The jury was dismissed and a third trial set for January term. Reports say most jurors favored conviction in the second panel, about ten to two, while the earlier jury favored acquittal. The lengthy proceedings have cost the county money.
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Lynn Hill
Wilson Party Sails for the United States
Hamilton Bermuda December 14 The Wilson party sailed for the United States today aboard the liner Bermudian A morning crowd greeted Wilson who said he was feeling fine and had had a great vacation.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Wilson
United States
Bermudian
Witness Held On Charge Of Perjury In Dynamite Conspiracy Trial
Indianapolis reports Frederick Zeiss Chicago union iron worker held on perjury charges in the dynamite conspiracy trial. Zeiss testified about Thomas Taggart and the iron workers alleged defiance of the law. He was a McManigal roommate when a 1907 Detroit explosion occurred and is accused of lying to impeach McManigal’s confession.
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Indianapolis
Frederick Zeiss
Chicago, & Union Iron Worker
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National
Detroit
Federal Grand Jury
McManigal
Zeiss
Pioneer railroad man of Oregon is dead
Jacob Kamm eighty nine years old of San Francisco and Portland died at seven thirty today. He came to Oregon in 1850 and started the Oregon Steam Navigation Company in 1860, predecessor of the Co R. & N. He pioneered the Celtic portage railway, the first railway in the state in 1862.
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Portland
Ore
Jacob Kamm
San Francisco
Northwest
Oregon
Oregon Steam Navigation Company
Celtlc Portage Railway
Express Companies Must Make Business Statement
Washington December 14. The Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered interstate express companies to submit before February first a complete statement of business in designated days to show cause why the commission s low rates should not be declared effective.
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Washington
Interstate Commission
Interstate Express
Stock Prices Slump in European Bourses
European stock markets opened on vague rumors that Austria Hungary Germany and Russia might withhold consent from the ambassadorial meeting. Prices declined notably with continental favorites hardest hit. Reports from Berlin Paris and Vienna indicated weakness but no official confirmation of the rumor.
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London
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Old Prigate Nipsic Offered For Sale
The wooden frigate Nipsic, used as a prison ship at Bremerton Washington, will be offered for sale within a few weeks. Launched in 1879, she served on the Pacific coast and in the Orient, survived the Samoa typhoon of March 1889 when several ships foundered, and displaced about 1200 tons.
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Washington
Nipsic
Bremerton
Wash
Navy Yard
Pacific
Orient
Samoa
Trenton
Vandalia
Germain
Seadler
Ambassador Reid in serious condition amid medical crisis
London December 14 Oxygen was given to aid breathing for Ambassador Reid as doctors report some improvement but crisis not yet passed. Ogden Reid, his son, hurries from New York to the bedside amid ongoing hospitalization.
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Ambassador Reid
London
Ogden Reid
New York
Ismay Expected to Withdraw as Head of Lineco
New York on December 14 reports Bruce Ismay’s withdrawal from White Star Line management is expected hourly due to his ill health from Titanic criticism.
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Ismay
Lineco
New York
Bruce Iemay
White Star Line
Wilson's New Book Complete, Due in March
Editor William Bayard Hale returns from Bermuda with the manuscript for Woodrow Wilson's The New Freedom. The president elect, who welcomed Hale as his sole guest at the retreat, plans to publish the book in March and publish excerpts in Hale's magazine starting January.
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New York
William Bayard Hale
Woodrow Wilson
Bermuda
Oruba
Wilson
Lebanon to pave 12 blocks in business district
Lebanon Oregon reports the Federal Construction Company of California secured a contract to pave 12 blocks in the business section with graved bitulithic pavement. Work starts July 1, 1913 and must finish by October 15. Bid was 1.75 dollars per square yard, total finished cost about 2.05 dollars per square yard.
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Lebanon, Or
Federal Construction Company of
California
Lebanon
Nagel Proposes Large Lighthouse Funding on Puget Sound
Washington December 14 Bills introduced in the senate at Secretary Nagels request would appropriate hundreds of thousands of dollars for the lighthouse service including improvements on Puget Sound and at Henry Island Washington totaling seventy thousand dollars
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Washington
Senate
Nagel
Puget Sound
Henry Island
Wash
Butter trust faces suit to dissolve in federal court
Chicago December 14. A suit to dissolve the Elgin board of trade known as the butter trust the American association of creamery manufacturers was filed in federal court by the Department of Justice. It alleges the two corporations conspired to fix butter prices and names twenty one individuals in the suit.
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Chicago
Elgin Board of Trade
The
Butter Trust
American Association of Creamery Manufacturers
Department of Justice
Apology to Speaker Clark Accepted by State Official
Washington, Der 14 Speaker Clark received a written public apology from F A Harbour of the state normal school at Yusiland Mich for charges that Ann Arbor students put Clark to bed drunk in 1910 Harbour admitted the error and said the statement was based on student tales Clark was satisfied and will take no further action
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Washington
Der
Clark
F. A. Harbour
State Normal School
Yusiland
Mich
Ann Arbor
Harbour
Will of Charles W Ferguson filed in county court
The will of Charles W Ferguson, Weston mountain farmer, filed and proved today. Wife Martha receives 2 acres of the home place with most of the 280 acres and personal property. Eight of nine children share the remainder, each one eighth except George Ferguson gets ten dollars. A $2000 mortgage and debts are paid from the sister Alice Ida Howard’s estate. Oliver Dickinson named executor. Will dated July 30 in the presence of Boothby and Johnson. filed by Judge James A Fee.
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George A. Ferguson
Alice Ida Howard
Ol'ver Dickenson
Guy Delbert Boothby
Roscoe R. Johnson
James A. Fee
Echo visitor Joe Batley among city guests today
Joe Batley of Echo is listed among visitors in the city today, confirming local interest and presence of expected guests in town.
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Joe Batley
Echo
Christmas stamp guidance for holiday mail abroad
Postmaster J T Brown and assistants offer guidance for Christmas parcels. They advise not using Christmas stamps on packages to foreign countries as many nations refuse delivery with such stamps. They warn to ensure proper wrapping and clear addressing and note parcels post rates and stamps rules change after January 1.
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America
Austria
Norway
Portugal
Financiers to be Called to Testify on Inter Locking Directors
Washington reports that next week the probe into the money trust will consider the impact of inter locking directorates on the New York stock exchange. It is expected the nation’s biggest financiers will testify. Adjournment will occur Thursday for the holidays.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Money Trust
Smuggling Probe Over Cocaine Report Reaches Coast
San Francisco December 14. Customs officers investigate a claim that twelve thousand dollars worth of cocaine was smuggled from Canada. A letter to Deputy Surveyor Stephens names an address where the contraband is said to be hidden. Suspects say the cargo landed first in Portland before coming to the city.
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San Francisco
Canada
Stephens
Portland
Tuberculosis Cure To Be Given World
Berlin announces that Dr. Friedman, reputed inventor of a complete tuberculosis cure, will submit his treatment to the world on Monday. He says he will treat every certified case by physicians and scientists and will not reveal the bacilli, claiming a small drop can produce a supply sufficient to cure all cases. Doctors Schleich, Kuster, Muller, and Karfunkel state tests show the claimed results.
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Berlin
Friedman
Schleich
Kuster
Muller
Karfunkel
Teachers Institute to Be Held Here with Board Convention
Superintendent Frank K. Welles announces a county teachers institute on December 21, the same day as the school board convention. The double meeting, likely held in the afternoon, marks the final institute of his term. State Superintendent L K Alderman is slated to speak. W. R. & N. offers reduced rates for travel from December 20 to 22.
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Frank K. Welles
L. Kk. Alderman
Two Wade Misuse Cases Dismissed by Judge Phelps
Former Pendleton banker C B Wade faced forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses charges from 1908. After years of delay, Judge G W Phelps dismissed both cases on motion by district attorney E Van Vactor, citing Wade's mental incapacity and anticipated jury costs. Wade had previously invested in the Golconda mine, causing personal ruin though the bank survived.
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C. B. Wade
Pendleton
G. W. Phelps
C. J. Smith
F. W. Vincent
J. A. Best
W. G. Cole
Los Angeles
Phelps
Wade
Golconda
Baker County
Western Man Sought for Interior Secretary
Denver December 14 A western man for secretary of the interior is the aim of a Denver chamber of commerce movement. An appeal urges governors state legislators and commercial bodies west of the Missouri river to join. No specific candidate named delegates are to be sent to a conference to organize and outline the western campaign.
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Denver
Colo
Wilson
Wealthy Champagne Dealer Wounded by American Woman
Paris dispatch reports Walter Munn champagne dealer wounded by Mrs Barnes American after a shooting incident. The newspaper Le Patrice cites his condition as critical but notes unconfirmed claims that Munn shot the woman twice before she fired. Location of Munn’s transfer remains unknown.
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Paris
le Patrice
Walter Munn
Mre Barnes
Mumm
Twilee
High School Boy Suspected in Frisco Jewelry Theft
San Francisco police believe a high school boy stole about five thousand dollars worth of jewelry from the home of merchant N. Wood at 8 N. Wood. A note demanding two thousand dollars for return of the loot was received by Wood. the handwriting is said to be that of a schoolboy.
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Hwigh
Wood
San Francisco
8 N. Wood
Strike Called Off in Newcastle and Leeds
London reports the Newcastle and Leeds strike ended today with workers returning to their jobs immediately. The settlement clears social unrest and resumes operations at affected facilities.
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London
Newcastle
Leeds
Rivers to Fight Brock in January Bout for $3000
San Francisco reports Joe Rivers is matched to meet Phil Brock of Cleveland in January. Rivers earns three thousand dollars for the bout.
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Rivers
San Francisco
Joe Rivers
Phil Brock
Cleveland
Faulder defense fund alleged misused in hangings case
Salem report says Noble Faulder was hanged yesterday and Norman Faulder arrived from Australia with five thousand dollars for his defense. The Pacific Coast Rescue Society seeks restitution for thirty eight hundred dollars said to be misspent while theft is suspected. Norman is buried in Odd Fellows cemetery. Frank Garrison and H. E. Roberts are buried at City View.
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Salem
Pacific Coast Rescue Society
Noble Faulder
Norman Faulder
Australia
Faulder
Odd Fellows
Frank Garrison
H. E. Roberts
City View
Norman
Bauer
W. G. McLaren
Clough
Father Moore
Morgan
Steel Trust Suit To Resume Hearings In Philadelphia
New York Dec 14 Taking testimony in the suit to dissolve the steel trust will be resumed in Philadelphia today according to government attorney Henry E Colton.
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New York
Steel Trust
Philadelphia
Henry E. Colton
Narrow escape on icy bluff sparks fence debate
Tom Thompson of the north hill slid on icy ground near the Main Street bridge and nearly toppled into the bluff. He saved himself by grabbing a protruding rock, renewing calls for a protective fence urged by Councilman Dyer after a runaway team went over the bluff.
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Tom Thompson
North Hill
Main Street
Dyer
Hunter Reveals Bear He Killed Was His Pet Animal
William Swandt of near Saxe earned praise for killing a large bear whose meat he sold in the city. It is now learned the bear was a pet he fattened and kept on his ranch for two years.
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William Swandt
Saxe
Property transfers in section 22 and section 28 records
J H Raley and wife transfer 46.13 acres in section 22 to Eugene A McCulley. Walter Brooke and wife transfer four and two thirds acres in section 28 to Laura Childers in township 4 north, range 86.
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J. H. Raley
Eugene A McCulley
Walter Brooke
Laura Childers
Teres
N. i
Fire Devastates Pittsburg Properties Incendiary Suspected
Pittsburg report says twenty stables warehouses and residences burned today causing about 150000 dollars in damage. Fire is believed incendiary and under investigation by authorities.
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Pittsburg
Mrs. Trombley Heads to Los Angeles for Winter
Mrs. Ken F. Trombley departed for Los Angeles today to spend the winter months there.
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Ken F. Trombley
Los Angeles
Manual Training to Be Studied Extensively
Pendleton high and grammar schools resume after Christmas with extended work in manual training and domestic science. The school board mandates two years of compulsory manual training or domestic science for all high school students except those in college prep or commerce tracks. Technical work becomes compulsory for several courses and grades in upper schools, with faculty assignments adjusted to emphasize grade school instruction.
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Pendleton High School
Washington, Hawthorns
Lincoln
Kippeck
Asmuhr
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