Allies Show Unfavorable in Weighing German Proposals
Washington dispatch reports Germany sent peace proposals to the state department. Secretary Crow forwarded a confidential memorandum to President Wilson and Secretary Lansing. Allies and Spanish diplomats told Lansing they had received Germany’s proposals and would forward them to belligerents. the United States seeks to keep out if allies press on. US hopes for police and shared future peace but bears wary view of allied intent to negotiate.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Crow
Wilson
Lansing Wilson
Lloyd Georgo
United States
Lansing
Pendleton coach selects all eastern Oregon eleven
Coach Virgil Penidall of Pendleton high names his all eastern Oregon eleven. He lists Uriech at quarterback, Whipple Baker at full back, Moon La Grande at half back, and a line of Casey Pendleton enila Brown Baker Friedly with Peyton Biker Wilbur Millering as key linemen. He argues eastern Oregon teams outplay valley schools and would defeat any Willamette Valley selection.
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Virgil Penidall
Pendleton High School
Ban
Oregon
Oregon High Schoe
Uriech
Pendleton
Whipple
Baker
Fleetwood
Moon
la Grande
Howardaker
Casey
Enila
Brown
Friedly
Peyton
Biker
Wilbur
Millering
Willamette Valley
Games of Chance Under Fire in Pendleton
Pendleton officials target raffles and games of chance in city venues. Mayor Beat cites candy shop raffles harming businesses and vows action with the district attorney. Council supports enforcing the ordinance and warning sellers under state and city laws.
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Pendleton
Beat
Best
Steiner
Camden
Conncil
Decide on new policy toward their employees
Five managers and representatives from major industrial firms met to craft a policy for employee welfare. Porter of Shredded Wheat, Rosenwald of Sears Roebuck, Hulburd of Elgin Watch, Henderschott of New Street/Eaton Heating, and Gouldidge of United Shoe Machinery discussed creating a vice president role to oversee worker welfare.
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Great Industria
Porter
Shredded Wheat Company
Julius Rosenwald
House of Bears, Roebuck & Company
Chas. H. Hulburd
Elgin National Watch Company
F. C. Henderschott
Steet
Eaton Nehting Company
Tat A. Goolidge
United Sho Machinery Company
Henderschott
Wealth rise in Umatilla County exceeds a million
Umatilla County shows a wealth gain of $1,305,148 over the past year based on assessment figures, yet overall assessed valuations decline by about $126,504. The state tax commission lists total assessed value at $10,566,603.15, with full valuations near $11 million. The county’s ratio now 78 percent indicates assessed values represent about 74 percent of full valuations. The report details public utility properties, including O W R & N Co as the largest emitter, totaling $9,176,246.10 in assessed value, with main line trackage valued at $50,700 per mile. Other utilities mentioned include Northern Pacific, Pacific Power & Light, and Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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Umatilla County
Aviomor C
Tix Commission
Umatilla
Neporwed
Neneaved
O.W
State
Walla Walls
Coyote
Northern Pacific
Pacific Power & Light C O
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Express Companies
Hermiston Light Co
Pendleton School Christmas Break Set At Eight Days
Pendleton schools will close Friday evening December 22 and reopen Tuesday morning January 2 for an eight day Christmas vacation. The school board did not decide if teachers will be paid during the break, and will reconvene in January to allocate next year’s funds. The board approved purchases for the commercial department and a readjustment of the high school training schedule to take effect in the second semester.
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Pendleton
Britain aims for a long war with new ministries
London reports Bonar Law announcing a long war stance as Britain forms ministers of food and labor and approves large credit measures. He notes Captain Blaikie’s capture by Germany and threats of execution for ramming a submarine. Law cites total war expenditures and warns peace proposals must include just reparations and security.
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London
Bonner Law
Hlaikie
Caldoniat
Germany
Blaikie
Britain
Law
Iily
Asquith
Miners Describe Pitiful Mexican Conditions
American mining men’s affidavits describe dire conditions amid Mexican revolutions. Guanuato city shrank from forty thousand to fifteen thousand. death rate, starvation, and disease riddle streets while convicts and merchants suffer executions and famine persists. Miners claim government troops pillage corn supplies and mismanage relief as U.S. authorities withhold names.
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Webb Miller
EL Paso
Whkshington
Guanajuato
Amain
Peont
United States
Mexico
Three British Vessels Sunk in Late Dec Losses
London dispatch reports Lloyd's says the British steamers Harlington Harley and Saint Ur ela were sunk with the crews lost. The incident adds to wartime maritime casualties as authorities confirm the ships were destroyed and no survivors.
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London
Lloyd's
Harlington
Harley
Two Cent Drop In Wheat Price
Wheat prices moved lower with a two cent decline noted across exchanges. Declines appeared in futures openings and closings while cash bids in Portland and Liverpool showed softer values for No 1 Northern Manitoba and No 2 hard winter.
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Portland
Dre
Spelal. J
Merchants' Exchange
Club
Bluestem
Liverpool
Northern
Manitoba
War Office Estimate for Additional Men in 1917
The War Office supplementary estimate plans for an extra one million men of all ranks for the year ending March 31, 1917, bringing the total to five million in twelve months.
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London
War Office
Saulbury Is New President Of The Senate
Senator Wilfred Saulabury of Delaware was elected president pro tempore of the Senate. The Senate passed the immigration bill with the literacy test by 64 to 7, vetoed by President Wilson. House committees favorably reported the suffrage and national Prohibition bills and the food investigation act.
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Washington
Wilfred Saulabury
Delaware
Senate
Wilson Price
House Judiciary Committee
Baker
California
House
United States
Congress
Slingsby Appeal Dismissed in Estate Case
London December 14 Lords dismissed the appeal of B H R Slingsby of San Francisco seeking the estate of the late Reverend Charles Slingsby for Teddy Slingsby, their alleged son.
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Slingsby
London
Lords
B. H. R. Slingsby
San Francisco
Charles Slingsby
Teddy Slingsby
High School Forms Police Force To Stop Theft
The student body elects Mia Alte Moertner as secretary and chief of police to lead a twenty member force of detectives, aiming to curb vandalism and petty thievery at the high school. Several students report losses totaling over $4.90, including apparel and a mackinaw, with no suspect identities known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia Alte Moertner
Mtudent
Atudenta
Rieth Worker Blows Fellow on Head in Yard Altercation
A freight yard altercation at Rieth on December 14 left Albert Buchie with a likely skull fracture after H B Meyers struck him with a hammer. Buchie was taken to Pendleton hospital by Yard Nelson as the sheriff’s office was alerted. Ken Gia responded down the track upon learning the severity.
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East Oregonian
Rieth
H. B. Meyers
Albert Buchie
Meyers
Buchie
Pendleton Hospital
Yard- Nelson
Sheriffs Office
Ken Gia
Caliporsia Murderer Killed by Police Posse
In Bakersfield on December 14 a posse shot and killed E Notoli of Callan after the murder of Mrs. D Bealdin, a boarding house keeper. The posse hunted Notoli for eighteen hours through miles of sagebrush.
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Caliporsia
Bakersfield
E. Notoli
Callan
D. Bealdin
Notoli
Raids stock exchange in search for husband
Dee 14 Mre. Claud e Wheeler, legally separated from Albert Gallatin Wheeler, raids the New York Stock Exchange to serve an arrest warrant. Deputies failed to enter due to alimony unpaid. Wheeler previously invaded the Union League Club. an attachment on the husband’s stock exchange membership will be sold by sheriff’s hammer.
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New York
Claude Wheeler
Albert Gallatin Wheeler
New York Stock Exchange
Mra
Wheeler
Union League Club
Stock Exchange
Sheriffs Hammer
Submarine H-3 Runs Aground Off Humboldt Bay
Eureka watchers report submarine H-3 grounded outside Humboldt bay with heavy breakers pounding. Crew feared lost as engine trouble, possible hull damage, and a failed rescue line attempt hinder efforts. Locals H R Roguech and H H Zemke aboard, coast guard and Monitor Cheyenne involved in search and relief.
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Eureka
Humboldt Bay
HH. P. Zemke
Amoria
Cheyenne
Coast Guard
Sevler
Umatilla County Tax Levy For Next Year Estimated
Umatilla County tax officials project a default levy of 7.12 mills for county and 12 mills for county purposes. The state tax share reaches about 123 dollars and 16.50 cents per person, with public service property valued at 10.466 million. The county budget shows a state tax of 299,416 dollars and a year end balance near 415,000, leaving roughly 334,090 to be saved by tax. The levy aims to raise under 256,000, with proposals around 2.12 mills for the total levy and a 20 mill road levy along with school district levies.
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Umuatilin County
Saling Wan
Umatilla County
Aittle
Ft. Milie
Atmasilla County
Levy
Dietrigt Levy
Crowds Await Allies Reply in Berlin Newspaper War News
Report from Bernne dated December 1 describes crowds outside eight Berlin newspapers awaiting the allies reply. Public interest and excitement surged as peace prospects loomed and readers stayed up overnight for updates from the front.
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Berne
Berlin
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White House
Lloyd- George
Fendal
Frem
Andyealor
William Jamue
RC Henderschott
A& Porter
Hulburd Houls
Coolidge
Chicago
Saulsbury
High School
Claudia Wheeler
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