Rebellion Grows as Orozco Breaks with Huerta in Mexico
El Paso report notes a new Mexican rebellion led by Generals Orozco and Salazar with support from Felix Dias and Emilio Vasquez Gomez. Zapata may join. Mercado remains loyal to Huerta. Salazar and Orozco split from Mercado at Ojinaga, controlling about 4000 well armed troops unpaid for extended periods.
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Salazar
Felix Diaz
EL Paso
Mexico
Orozco
Iho
Felix Dias
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Zapata
Mercado
Ojinaga
Huerta
Blae
Auto Load of Opium Seized on Mexican Line
San Diego Cal Dec 18 A fine touring car and close to $8000 worth of opium are held by local immigration authorities after a capture near the Mexican line of Adophe Creste and alleged Los Angeles men Frank Mitchell Louis Leroy and M Caian The men are held in the city jail on suspicion of smuggling the opium into the country Immigration men say the automobile is registered under Creste s name.
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San Diego
Cal
Los Angeles
Frank Mitchell
Louis Leroy
M. Caian
Creste
President Wilson Prepares for Rest After Currency Bill
President Wilson plans a southern retreat for two to three weeks after the currency bill clears Congress. No New Year’s White House reception, and the January 6 diplomatic event may be postponed to allow a longer rest. The first cabinet dinner at the White House will be held tonight.
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Washington
Algu
Wilson
South
Whitehouse
Schmidt Takes Little Interest In His Trial
Hans Schmidt recovered from a nervous collapse and appeared pale in court today, showing little interest in proceedings. A commission report from Germany for the defense cites Schmidt as a forger who posed as a mental specialist and hypnotist.
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Schmidt
New York
Hans Schmidt
Germany
Santa Claus Neon Ask for Divorce
In San Francisco on December 18 Superior Judge Graham’s court is closed to couples with minor children seeking divorce. The court urged that if you have children you should not come around until after the holidays and that minors should have their parents’ company at this season.
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San Francisco
Graham
Frank Hardman Sustains Broken Back in Fall
Frank Hardman a plumber and timer for Taylor Hardware Co is hospitalized at St Anthony's after a 12 foot fall from a scaffold at the Eastern Oregon state hospital this morning. Doctors report a broken fourth and fifth dorsal vertebrae crushed ribs and internal injuries with severe paralysis and only faint hope of relief from possible operation. He is a well known local worker and single.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Frank Hardman
Taylor Hardware Co
Eastern Oregon State Hospital
Hardman
State Hospital
St. Anthony's
Governor's plan to secure funds turned down
Salem Ore December 18 The emergency board refused to authorize a deficiency of 50000 to enable the highway department to give immediate work to jobless men The board voted five to one against the governor's request on legal grounds claiming the board lacked authority to act
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Salem
Ore
Highway Department
The Dalles Bank Clerk Clyde Ruddell Death Inquest Planned
Coroner Slocum of The Dalles announced the death of Clyde Ruddell, bank clerk and treasurer of the Moose Lodge, was likely by his own action and concussion of the brain. An inquest and probable jury were to be empaneled this afternoon or tomorrow to investigate the incident in Portland.
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Portland
Clyde Ruddell
Moose Lodge
Dalles
Slocum
Baby Christmas tree shipped to Oklahoma by post
KLAMATH FALLS ORE Dec 18 A baby Christmas tree, cut from local forests, will be mailed by parcel post in a few days to Cherokee OK to Postmaster W A Delzell for his brother. A suitable pine tree will be found to meet the weight limit.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Cherokee
Okla
W. A .Delzell
Chinese Christians Move to Form Native Controlled Church
In Nanking on December 18 a meeting of the Nanking Evangelical association outlined steps to establish a Chinese controlled church. About 170 Chinese students and educated Christians, dissident from foreign run churches, supported forming a church to meet local religious needs. Foreign missionaries discussed the plan and a committee was set to draft the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Nations invited for Panama-Pacific exposition 1915
Twenty nine nations have accepted the invitation of the State Department to participate in the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Exhibits from all parts of the world will be shown. South America displays will surpass those previously shown, with Brazil alone appropriating $600,000 for its official exhibit and additional private displays.
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San Francisco
Department of State
San Fran Cisco
South America
Brazil
Matlock Street Named In Pendleton Honor
Pendleton to rename Star street and Blaine street to Matlock street to honor long time resident and major landholder W F Matlock. City council approves ordinance and paving resolutions for a block each side of the Star bridge. Saloon licenses renewed. three new applications refused. drug store and restaurant licenses granted. cork carpet bid awarded for the new library room. Fire department applicant referred to Hose Co 2. sewer right of way contract referred to the sewer committee.
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Vincent
Lewis Streeta
Mallock
Lonergan
Carter
Raley
Water
Lewis
W. A. Crown
George Darvenu
Latourelle & Houseworth
Herman Peters
Peters & Morrison
W.W. W. Hoch
W. G. Bogert
Alfred Schnelter
Anton Kraft
Martin Anderson
Peters & Sutton
Henry Schultz
Peter MeJernach
Paul Hemmelgarn
Breding and Hansen
Tallman Drug Co
F. J Donaldson
Gus
Post Street
Schooner Believed to Have Gone Ashore Near Aberdeen
An unidentified three masted schooner may have run ashore between Point Elizabeth and the Raft River, about fifty miles north of Aberdeen Washington. Reports to Molkla via telephoned lines say the vessel passed Point Elizabeth closely enough to hit the reef and likely wrecked.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Point Elizabeth
Raft River
Here
Molclpa
Ipians
Indiana
Coos Bay Residents Strive for Christmas Aid
Marshfield, Oregon, December 18 reports Coos Bay is largely without dependent families. Local men who gave to the poor last year planned dinners and a proper Christmas for the needy, forming a fund but have found only one family willing to accept help.
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Marshfield, Orc
Coos
Marshfield
W. A. & WN Plan Ten Mile Track Change Near Cayuse
The Walla Walla and Northern Railroad and Navigation Co is surveying for a 10 mile track change near Cayuse to bypass Cayuse hill. A 16 man survey party has tested four routes. final plan and start date are not announced. Officials aim to ease Cayuse to Thorn Hollow trade by following the Umatilla river route, while Newport Construction Co advances a half mile Cayuse hill realignment at the site of a past wreck.
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Umatilla River
Newport Construction Co
Cayuse Hill
Steel 10 to be inspected at expense of company
City officials Geary Kimbrell and Charles Cole to go to Omaha Neb to inspect and accept steel shipped by Portland Bridge & Iron for Star Street Bridge at company expense. Agreement ratified after caucus. $10 daily penalty for late completion remains. Inspectors will also check steel already on site and depart asap.
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Portland Bridge & Iron O
Star Street
Geary Kimbrell
Charles Cole
Omaha
Neb
Matlock
Messrs
Kimbrell and
Cole
Son of Famous Auto Driver Killed in Indianapolis
Ray Harroun Jr., 10, son of famed auto racer Ray Harroun, died instantly after being struck by an automobile in Indianapolis on December 18. The tragedy caps a day of activity as authorities investigated the incident and issued warning to drivers in the area.
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Indianapolis
Der
Ray Harroun
Five hundred union men demand removal of military officials
Five hundred union workers in Denver call for removal of military officials in mining regions. Governor declines the demand and signals that recall will be sought. Unclear schooner believed ashore near Point Elizabeth off Washington coast. Governor West rejects a special legislative session to address registration law remedy. Hans Schmidt case advances with trial progress noted. Generals Oromo and Salazar begin another rebellion in Mexico with four thousand troops under their command. Administration prepares a bill to take over national telephone and telegraph lines. West’s jobless aid plan is turned down by the emergency board in Salem. The Dalles man found dead in a Portland hotel is now thought to be murdered. investigation to begin. President Wilson plans southern vacation after currency bill passage. Frank Hardman suffers a broken back from a scaffold fall. C W R N plans a ten mile track change near Bear Cagnac. Mise fabra Nason of Minnesota named librarian. Mayor Matlock to have a street named for him. Bridge Co to send Kimbrell and Cole to Omaha to select steel for Star Street bridge. Water commission report delayed a week. Round-up performers prepare a vaudeville stunt. Quarantine castes not always reported, physician notes.
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Denver
Point Elizabeth
Washington
West
Hans Schmidt
Oromo
Salazar
Ano
Mexico
Huerta
Congress
Governor West
Salem
Clyde Rudell
Dalles
Portland
Wilson
South
Frank Hardman
Mise Fabra Nason
Minnesota
Matlock
Bridge Co
Kimbrell and Cole
Omaha
Eteem
Star Street Bridge
Water Commission
Sabra Nason Chosen to Run County Library in Pendleton
Miss Sabra L. Nason of Fairmont Minnesota is appointed by the library board to fill the vacancy caused by Lotta Fleek. She will arrive between January 1 and January 1h to assume duties. The library will be known as the Umatilla County library after year start.
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Sabra L. Nason
Fairmont
Minn
Ilbrary Board
Lotta Fleek
Umatilla
Minnesota
Caroline Bartlett
Jane
The
Civic Association
Sabra Nason
Misa Nason
Miss Nason
Julia A. Robinson
State of Iowa Library Commission
Temple: many try to escape quarantine on smallpox
City physician Dr. I A Temple says the smallpox situation is worsened by unreported cases and mild infections evading quarantine. He cites an anonymous note about Moor and a family with a child in school, and notes measles placarding is enforced only to the letter of the law.
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I. A. Temple
Moor
Main Street
35 Bodies Recovered From Vulcan Mine Blast
NEW CASTLE Colo Dec 18 Thirty five corpses have been recovered in the explosion that wrecked the Vulcan mine It is believed that only two remain in the mine An investigation by Mine Inspector Dalymple and the inquest were begun Funerals of the victims will be held tomorrow.
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New Castle
Colo
Vulcan
Dalymple
Instruction measure for control of telephone
San Bernardino California December 18 Rev Charles Lawrence of Pasadena retired Presbyterian minister found guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses His wife also faces a similar charge Lawrence will be sentenced Monday with imprisonment ranging from one to ten years He allegedly swindled E A Welch out of 8000 dollars and an orange grove
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San Bernardino
Cal
Charles Lawrence
Pasadena
Lawrence
E. A. Welch
Union Demands Recall and Trial in Colorado Strike
Five hundred unionists marched on the state house in Denver demanding the recall of Adjutant General Chase and other guardsmen and the transfer of jailed strikers to civil courts. They gave Governor Ammons five days to decide, threatening a state-wide strike and recall petition if refused.
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Denver
State House
Ammons
Colorado
Chase
Advocate Boughton
National Guard
Ammony
No Special Session Declared By Governor West
Salem Oregon Dec 18. Governor West announced there will be no special session of the legislature to fix registration laws. He said use of a little horse sense would straighten out any confusion in the election laws.
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Salem
Orc
West
Wilsons favor measure on government ownership of lines
President Wilson and Postmaster General Burleson prefer government control of postal and telegraph lines with a one cent postage plan. A congressional bill for government ownership is under review, while AT&T opposes public ownership citing inefficiency and high costs.
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Hurricon
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OPTUM
WF. Matlock
W. F. Matlock
Pendleton
Dyer
Matlock Street
Blaine Street
Coos Bay
Cayuse
Fleek
Temple
Wilsons
House
Burleson
Tings
Roper
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Belle
Ida M. French
Miss Wynne
Robert J. Wynne
London
Hugh Ronald French
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