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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
2
Pendleton public and private schools announce ten day vacation starting December holidays. Teachers plan to return home, while academy pupils scatter. those staying will assist with special tasks. Overall progress and student performance described as satisfactory despite the break.
Eyewitness accounts describe a train accident where the locomotive failed to operate, briefly rolling down a mountain after air pressure escaped from the brakes. Conductor F Ray of La Grande managed the train while Engineer Fields was away, and passengers escaped with minor injuries as the air fault left the train stalled on an incline.
Paris reports the Academy of Sciences announces a gold module award for aeronautic achievements. recipients include Wright, Blorioi, Count DeLambert, Bathem, Santor Domont, Dele Var Volein, and Count Zeppelin, with honors conferred in a formal tonight ceremony.
A man in Chicago was shot today and may die after claiming he was targeted by members of a secret society in Italy and by a person named in the same vengeful plot.
New promotions at the O R and N depot see Henry Laats named cashier for the local office with A T Pullman becoming baggage master. Barber shops will close at noon on Christmas Day. Friday night hours extended to 10. Local Elk applications discussed by secretary Thomas FitzGerald with several names listed. Hermiston Herald sold to F R Reeves, with Baker moving to irrigated land near Hermiston. Echo water suit hearing continues before Judge Bean with possible completion after week. Pendleton Lodge No 62 AF and AM installs officers on St Johnson’s Day December 27.
At Damon Judge No 4 Knights of Pythias meeting Alva Shumway of Milton the district deputy grand chancellor attended and plans formed for a district convention likely in Milton during February F B Cockburn and H C Clemmens of Milton also visited. A land deal record shows Edwin Campbell deed to The Delaware Company of Portland for 2000 acres at one dollar.
A report details a check fraud case in Crewe where Chee War Tonoeine Vieting and two others aided by J and Lew attempted to pass a forged check for funds. The incident, linked to a prior scheme at a local office, involved misused payments and averted losses amid investigation.
An unreadable OCR fragment describes a chaotic scene with mentions of a leader, a guarded figure, a surrender order, and threatening demonstrations. Names and places are garbled and unclear, but the text hints at a political confrontation and public disturbances during a tense evening.
Rome reports General Estrada leading revolutionary troops in a morning forward move against Zelaya's forces along the line. The battle is expected in the bush with Estrada’s men in high spirits as Monalta aims to outflank Gonzales. Other leaders Chamorro, Diaz, Fornes Diaz, and Matuty have joined the advance.
The Senate today confirmed Robert Bacon of New York as ambassador to France, submitted by President Taft. Twenty six other nominations were approved, including Richard Kerens of Missouri as ambassador to Austria Hungary, Henry Lane Wilson of Washington to Mexico, William James Calhoun of Illinois to China, and Henry T. Gage of California.
Captain Amundsen arrived in Christiana aboard the Henrig Clay from New York via Christiansand. He defended Dr. Cook, said he saw no reason to discredit him, and would reserve judgment until Copenhagen University announces its verdict.
Thomas Valepoine Cooper, a Pennsylvania legislator from Delaware County and former Philadelphia port collector, was burned to death at his home in Media. He fell asleep or suffered a stroke while smoking a cigar in the sitting room, his bath robe caught fire, and he died before the flames were found by his family.
Pasadena December 21. Mrs. Thomas Bell wife of the Halty ranch proprietor in Lacongada valley killed a domestic duck and found six good sized gold nuggets in the gizzard. The valley is in a gold fever today as residents rush to determine how the fowl found the metal and where it came from.
Copenhagen December 21 despite a brother in America saying Dr Cook is at Christiana explorations team says they know his location but will not reveal it, search efforts fail to locate him today.
Two masked highwaymen boarded the Fulton line street car in South Portland and, at the conductor’s command, demanded money. They fired two shots to scare the six passengers but took only 1.60 dollars from the conductor, with no other robberies reported.
Seattle dispatch reports John Stokes, a boatswain on a Bremerton navy yard convoy, killed his young wife in Charleston after a quarrel. He suffered long mental disorders since a Talon injury two years earlier and is confined aboard the prison ship at the navy yard.
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