Currency Bill Nearing Final Approval Amid Web of Hopes
Senator Owen hails the currency measure as the war era’s most important act. Conferees say a Monday pact is unlikely, but President Wilson may sign by Monday night after swift House action. The plan concentrates bank reserves from 6000 banks, enables elastic currency via federal reserve notes, opens a discount market, and stabilizes commerce while aiding farmers and foreign trade.
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Owen
Washington
Glass
House
Senate
Wilson
Federal Reserve
America
Pendleton High Teams Score Double Victory
Pendleton High opened the season with a double win as both girls and boys teams triumphed. The girls beat Weston 14 to 9 in the local gym. the boys defeated Milton 25 to 16 at Milton, aided by perfect foul shooting from Ivan Sturdivant. Milton lineup included Cyril Sikes Adolph Looff Roscoe Smith Clauie Everett Parlow Clark. A return game is planned.
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Pendleton High School
Weston
Milton
Ivan Sturdivant
Cyril Sikes
Adolph Looff
Roscoe Smith
Clauie Everett
Parlow Clark
Five Year Romance Culminates in Albany Marriage
Walter M. Eaton, civil engineer of Albany and University of Oregon graduate, will wed Miss Edna Behrns at her parents home in Reading after a five year romance. Behrns, Stanford graduate and former Reading teacher, will honeymoon briefly then return to Albany to live. Eaton is a junior member of Penland & Eaton engineering firm.
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Albany
Ore
Reading
Cal
Walter M. Eaton
University of Oregon
Edna Behrns
Stanford University
Eaton
Penland & Eaton
Lightning records kept within 100 miles by weather bureau
The Weather Bureau in Washington DC maintains instrument records of every lightning flash within a 100 mile radius, compiling data on frequency and distribution for monitoring and study.
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Washington, D. C
None of the Roman ruling shows a pbimasy
A fragmentary note mentions a Roman ruling and a term pbimasy, but details are unclear and no named persons, places, or dates are evident in the readable text.
Mill Company Delays Action Amid Lawsuit Waiting
The Mill Company will postpone any steps to safeguard the mill race through the eastern town until the salt suit seeking 760 dollars for the death of Riggle boy is resolved. The company awaits the court decision on liability as mill owners expect pressure on operations. Manager Flydenstein and new owner C S Lens discussed the matter before Lens departed on the Northern Pacific train.
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Itt
Oregonian
Flydenstein
C. S. Lens
Northern Pacific
Mr Lens
Oberlin Library Wrecked by Vandals
Vandals damaged the new Carnegie library used by Oberlin college and the town, wrecking interior contents and destroying all card index files. The building will close to handicap reference work while police and college authorities cooperate to identify suspects, with officers pointing to possible student involvement.
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Oberlin
Carnegie Library
Oberlin College
Hones Loses in Baker Contract Case
A circuit court in Baker, Oregon, without a jury, decides for Daniel Kelly in a suit by the Mitchell Lewis Staver Co. for damages over a contract for sale of goods. The jury had upheld Kelly on a cross claim for damages due to shipment delay.
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Implement Hones
Baker, Ore
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Company
Daniel Kelly
Baker
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
Rebels Advance on Tampico Threaten City and Escape Routes
Reports from Mexico City indicate rebels began another advance on Tampico with fighting possible. If rebels capture the city they may control the federal garrison, while foreign oil interests evacuate as vessels and locals seek refuge. Washington is said to instruct Admiral Fletcher not to intervene.
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Mexico City
Taumpice
War Office
Tampico
Shina
Fletcher
Washington
Mortgages on Old Debts Lose Lien Under 1913 Law
A new Oregon law set to take effect January 1 1914 invalidates mortgages securing debts older than ten years. Mortgages dated after maturity or execution are treated as paid and cannot be foreclosed. The act appears in chapter 304 page 680 of the 1913 session laws. Also noted is a German salvage boat for sinking submarine recovery.
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Umatilla
House Rejects Senate Amendments to Currency Bill
Washington Dec 20 The House of Representatives voted 294 to 59 to refuse to accept amendments to the currency bill made in the Senate. The decision means the bill will go to conference. Debate focused on the number of conferees. Senate had named nine, while some argued for fewer.
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HOUSE
Senate
Washington
House of Representatives
Frank Hardman Dies From Injury At State Hospital
Frank Hardman 26 a local Unemith died from injuries after a fall from a scaffold Thursday at the state hospital. He passed at 3 40 this morning at St Anthony hospital. Body to Wattsburg with sister Mrs Harold White of Moscow. An operation yesterday showed the vertebra crushed and the spinal cord mashed.
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Frank Hardman
Atate Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
Wattsburg
Harold White
Moscow
Senate Passes Currency Bill 1 in 54-34 Vote
Washington notes the administration currency reform bill clearing the Senate 54 to 34. Key splits emerged as supporters and opponents clashed. differences with the House draft include number of regional banks eight to twelve versus twelve, a deposit-guarantee fund, rediscount limits, gold reserve requirements, and mortgage terms. Conference committee expected to finalize before President Wilson's signature deadline.
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Washington
Administration
United States
Banking and Financial World
Senate
Hitchcock
Weeks
Poindexter
House
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Association
West Umatilla work may be commenced this month
Judge Will R. King of the reclamation service and Senator Chamberlain are working to clear technicalities blocking the West Umatilla irrigation extension. Governor West and reclamation officials in Oregon cooperate, with expectant plans to order start of construction in the current month. Argentina plans a vivid exhibit of domestic Andean animals at the Patama-Pacific International Exposition announced by Ambassador Romulus Naon.
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Washington
Will R. King
Reclamation Service
Chamberlain
West Umatilla
Governor West
Oregon
Andes
Argentina
Romulus, Naon
United States
Currency measure set for conference as Wilson bill likely
Senate passes currency measure 4 to HM while House rejects Senate amendments. Conference committee to resolve differences with a forecasted agreement by Monday. Bill then heads to President Wilson for signature per report.
Wappenstein Paroled to Reunite with Wife Near Seattle
Former Seattle chief of police Wappenstein was released on a conditional pardon from the state prison granted by Governor Lister. He planned to meet friends in North Yakima and then join his wife near Seattle at Lake Sammamish, noting the parole as a Christmas gift after a 19 month sentence. He had worked on the prison poultry farm during confinement.
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Walla Walla
Wappenstein
Seattle
State Penitentiary
Lister
North Yakims
Lake Sammanish
More Stringent Law Aims Portland Tobacco Ban on Minors
Portland ore December 20. If the city commission passes a proposed ordinance by City Attorney LaRoche it will be unlawful for any dealer in tobacco to give cigars cigarettes or tobacco to any minor under any conditions. The measure aims to curb minors being sent to stores with notes from parents for tobacco. The ordinance was prepared at the suggestion of juvenile court officials who say the practice has resulted in many buses.
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Portland
Ore
LaRoche
Cats Shower City Hall in Portland Abandonment
In Portland Oregon a mother cat and her kittens were left in a box at City Hall, leading to a stray influx of cats roaming halls and radiators. A janitor gathered them, milk was provided from the milk laboratories, and the family will be cared for until the kittens are weaned.
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Portland
Ore
City Hall
India
Italian Couple Wed After Unusual Courtship
Miss Elisibil Fuscalda from Naples married Frank Nudo the Stan field gardener in a 7:30 am ceremony at St Mary's Catholic Church conducted by Rev. Father John Durgan. The bride, shy in new clothes, wore a blue tailored suit with a white willow plume hat, after her husband treated her to a shopping spree.
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Elisibil Fuscalda
Naples
Frank Nudo
Gardner
Stanfield
John Durgan
St Mary's Catholic Church
Elect
Prendergast Returns to Republicans in Roosevelt Era
William A. Prendergast, newly elected New York City controller and former progressive governor candidate, has rejoined the Republican Party. Observers say his move signals the path Colonel Roosevelt may follow, amid opposition claims.
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New York
William A. Prendergast
New York City
New York State
Roosevelt
Turkey shoot planned at Umatilla traps tomorrow
Special correspondence from Umatilla says preparations are complete for a large turkey shoot at the local traps. Officials expect a record crowd to witness the event as shooters from nearby towns join the turnout to watch clay pigeons shattered.
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Umatilla
Agreement to reorganize AT&T to avoid dissolution
Washington Dec. 20 General McReynolds disclosed details of an agreement to reorganize American Telephone and Telegraph company the telephone trust under which the company will not be dissolved under the anti trust act competitive conditions will be restored in telephone service nationwide and the combine will dispose of its holdings in Western Union Telegraph company
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Washington
Airtourney General
McReynolds
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Telephone Trust
Libcation
Combine
Western Union Telegraph Company
Arctic Party Adret at Mercy of Ice and Storms
In Seattle Captain Lane of the schooner Polar Bear, bringing word of Stefansson’s Karluk adrift, doubts rescue before spring due to ice and storms. Karluk’s crew and expedition members face slim chances of survival. no relief expedition expected this winter. In Portland a $3,000 verdict is awarded to M Platzer in a fall from a scaffold against Mrs Sophie Stolle, with E Fuchs case proceeding.
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Seattle
Lane
Stefansson
Karluk
Government plans move on West Umatilla project
Reclamation service recommends beginning ginning work on the West Umatilla irrigation project without awaiting court decree. The delay stalls government plans. Secretary Lane is expected to approve the recommendation soon.
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Washington
Reclamation Service
West Umatilla
Lane Ia
Darrow Bribery Indictment Dropped in McNamara Trial
Los Angeles December 20 The yearlong indictment against labor attorney Clarence Darrow for bribing a prospective juror in the McNamara trial was dropped at the insistence of District Attorney Fredericks.
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Darrow
Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
Batn
McNamara
Fredericks
Local Knights of Pythias leaders travel to Helix
Grand Chancellor Frank S. Grant accompanied by Sam Payne leaves for Helix to visit the lodge this evening. L R Stinson has been ill with a cold and staying at the Hotel St George for two days. Grant plans to return tomorrow and both will depart for Portland tomorrow afternoon.
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Sam Payne
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Frank S. Grant
Helix
Helix Lodge
L. R. Stinson
G. K
Hotel St. George
Mr. Grant
Portland
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Twoecal
Outlawel
Peadheton High School
Frank Laniman
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Gil
Italy
Ghief
WORTH
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George
Theo
William R. George
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N. C
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