Bulgaria Turkey Hostilities Rumored as Diplomacy Frays
Sofia reports Bulgaria prepares to resume hostilities against Turkey with reg forces ready. Turkey may refuse indemnity and seek autonomy under a demarcation line between the Maritsa river and the Black Sea. Constantinople dispatches hint secret accord and Turkish supervision of autonomy west of the line. Salonika Jewish colony crisis feared as revolt rumours surface.
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Vienna
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Regta
London
Daily Telegraph
Belgrade
Constantinople
Mariexa River
Black Sea
Adrianople
Salonika
Jewish Chronicle
Girl Takes First Honors at Fair
Eloise Judson a 16 year old student at Lewiston normal school won first honors in a large stock judging contest at the Northwest Live Stock show in Lewiston Idaho. Competing largely against boys she demonstrated expert livestock knowledge and strong engineering adaptability.
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Spokane
Wash
Eloise Judson
Northwest
Lewiston
Idaho
Judson
Lewiston Normal School
Widow sues for airship passenger death damages
In New York on December 27 the first suit to recover damages for a passenger death in an airship was filed in supreme court by the widow of Victor L. Mason. She seeks $15,000 from an accident and guaranty company of London, alleging the policy issued by its New York agent in 1906 covered death by violent means. Mason was a passenger in an aeroplane for pleasure when he fell out and was killed in London on May 13.
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New York
Supreme Court
Victor L. Mason
London
Six Aldine crewmembers reach St Pierre after wreck
The six crew members of the British schooner Aldine, thought lost after the vessel wrecked on the north coast of St Pierre roads, have arrived in St Pierre. They landed at Cainqueurs Teland after abandoning the schooner and being brought ashore.
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St. Pierre, Mag
St. Pierrre Roads
St. Pierre
Cainqueurs
Bays Old Santa Overlooked Some Bays Old Santa Overlooked Some
Pendleton Oregon December 26 1912 A resident subscriber replies to East Oregonian printing of December 25 1912 noting misrepresentation by some families who hire children to be remembered by Saint Nick.
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Pendleton
Ore
Bdstor East Oregonian
Enty
Nick
Bonner's Offer to Wed Declined by Suffragette
Stockport New York December 27 suffragettes marching from New York to Albany arrive in town through mud to the ankles. Fireworks greet them. Gladys Coursot denies engagement rumor, says she rejected Mr Bonner's proposal and does not want to marry now.
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Stockport
N. Y
New York
Albany
Hudson
Gladys Coursot
Bonner
Storm Lashes Europe Casts Many Vessels Ashore
Blizzard rages off Plymouth and Cherbourg with many small craft ashore. Brazilian steamer Govas and British steamer William Gilmore still aground. two deaths confirmed and numerous rescues. Gros Herzog arrives in Cherbourg severely damaged. Narrung Fis in distress off British coast. Oceanic delayed for safety as gale disrupts HavenHarbor works and leaves vessels stormbound.
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Plymouth
England
Blizaard
Govas
William Gilmore
Great Dame
Cherbourg
France
Gros Herzog
Narrung
Oceanic
Havre
Mines yield good profits for year near Spokane
Spokane Wash Dec 27 Figures compiled by the Spokesman-Review show that mines within a radius of 260 miles of Spokane gave profits of 47367172 during 1912. Net earnings, a great part of which have been distributed as dividends and the remainder devoted to surplus funds, aggregate 5989612 for the year, as compared with 3209476 in 1911 and 3321120 in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Spokesman- Review
Subpoena Team Tries to Reach Rockefeller in Adirondacks
New York December 27. House Sergeant at Arms Riddell and two deputies arrived to subpoena William Rockefeller in the Money trust probe. They will stay until the millionaire is found believed to be hiding in forests on his private Adirondack reserve.
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New York
William Rockefeller
Money Trust
House
Arms Riddell
Rockefeller
Adirondacks
Rockefeller Urges Teachers to Save Pennies on Sleigh Visit
In Tarryton N Y on December 27 John D Rockefeller hosted a sleigh ride for several school teachers touring his estate. After admiring the three houses Rockefeller advised the women to save their pennies, remarking on their small flat rooms versus his grand property.
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Tarryton
John D. Rockfeller
Ma‘ams
Mr. Rockefeller
Plans Made for Inauguration Parade Chief Marshal Named
Washington reports Major General Leonard Wood has been named chief marshal for the Wilson inauguration parade. He aims to balance cavalry infantry artillery bluejackets marines and national guard with a strong civic display. Consultations with army Navy officials and state adjutants began, and plans call for wide participation from militia cadet corps and ships’ battalions, with possible deficit funding from Congress.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Marshall
Wood
Army
Taft
J. F Bell
Henry C. Corbin
Roosevelt
Navy
National Guard
Chicago
Atlanta
Congress
Kennedy and Alho to meet at Echo Oregon bout
In Echo, Oregon, next Monday evening spectators will witness a top west county athletic bout. Jack Kennedy of Hermiston faces El Atho the Finnish grappler in a best two out of three falls match. Both have lost to Eddie O Connell the welterweight champ but push hard in a likely whirlwind contest before Kennedy potentially meets O Connell in Pendleton in January. Preliminary bouts include a four round boxing match and a wrestling match between Hermiston and Echo reps with Young Hack refereeing.
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Echo
Ore
Dee
Spectaho
West End
Umatilla
Jack Kennedy
Hermiston
el Atho
Eddie O'Connell
Kennedy
O'Connell
Pendleton
Young Hack
School Land Exchange May Soon Be Executed
Governor West received a letter from Chief Forester Graves and a note from Senator Chamberlain about a congress bill to exchange scattered Oregon school lands for a compact Santiam forest reserve tract to be used for forestry studies at Oregon Agricultural College. A separate note mentions restoring the state's title to Sand Island at the Columbia River mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem, Or
West
Forester Graves
Senator Chamberlain
Congress
Santiam Forest Reserve
Oregon Agricultural College
Chamberlain
Sand Island
Columbia River
Governor of Bengal Takes Risky Trip
London dispatch reports unrest in India spreading to Bengal. Governor Lord Gibson Carmichael travels to bazaars in disguise and undertakes a long train journey unattended to assess native treatment, an undertaking viewed as a significant risk amid instability.
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Bengal
London
India
Delhi
Daily Telegraph
Lord Gibson Carmichael
Two Boys Die in North Side Lodging Fire
A three story wooden lodging house in Los Angeles burned at one this morning. Leonard and Leopold Walters aged eighteen and fourteen died. Olga Walters fifteen and several other lodgers were injured as police and firemen rescued many. The loss is estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Los Angeles
Leonard
Leopold Walters
Olga Walters
Anderson
Joseph Caruso
Roxy Good
Michael Vannky
A. H. Moore
Herman Reichert
Walters
Elks consider wild West delegation to Rochester meeting
The Pendleton Elks discuss sending a wild West delegation to the Rochester gathering. A special committee of George Strand, George Peringer, and Wesley Matlock will study feasibility and funding for a Portland style troupe. Also noted: Tyler Thomas Smith received a gold star, and nine new members joined the lodge.
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ELKS
Rochester
Portland
Grand Lodge
N. Y
Consis
George Strand
George Peringer
Wesley Matlock
Pendleton
Portland Grand Lodge
Lochester
Portland Lodge
Tommy Smuirt
Elks’ Lodge
Tyler Thomas Smith
Elk Brothers
Fitz Gerald
Umatilla County
The
Lee D. Drake
Jack Gibson
Joe Skrable
G. M. Rice
Richard Thompson
Charles H. Marsh
Lew Johnson
Will M. Peterson
W. G. Gray
Manuel Friedly
O. J. Kirby
Allie Knight
Union Official Killed in Auto Dispute in Chicago
James Conway an officer of United Steam Fitters and Helpers Union Local 620 was shot and killed by secretary Thomas Freer during a dispute over a union automobile at the union headquarters. Freer claimed self defense. Police attribute the killing to a five year factional feud among union leaders that also left Vincent Altman dead two years earlier and prompted life imprisonment for Maurice Enright. Another rival, William alias Dutch Gentleman, was later killed in a State Street saloon amid the same feud.
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Chicago
James Conway
United Steam Fitters and Helpers’ Union
Thomas Freer
Freer
Vincent Altman
Maurice Enright
Jalfet Penitentiary
William
New Candidate in France Announces Presidential Bid
Paris on December 27 Alexander Ribot a former premier announced his candidacy for the presidency to oppose President Poincare Ribot represents Republicans and challenges the current administration in a rapidly evolving political scene.
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Paris
Alexander Ribot
The
Republic
Preler Pulncaire
Peth
Capital punishment doomed in Washington
Seattle reports a newspaper poll showing abolition favor in the next state legislature with 34 to 2 in house and 14 to seven in senate. Passage requires 49 votes in the house and 92 in the senate though the poll is unfinished.
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Seattle
House
Senate
Explosive Incident Klamath Falls Youth Dies
George Gown detonated dynamite at Adeline Hoek's home after a rejected love, fatally injuring himself while others were unharmed. The house partially destroyed. he died this morning. Police have no statement yet.
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Klamath Falls
George Gown
Adeline Hoek
Striped clothes removed from all penitentiary inmates
Salem Georgia reports all prisoners at the penitentiary wearing the regulation gray after Governor West and Colonel Lawson ordered a January clean sweep. Striped outfits had been used only for parole violators or rule breakers. Paroles were handed out as Christmas presents, and violators of the parole system and prison rules are now relieved of striped clothing.
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Salem
Ge. Dee
West
Lawson
Wilson Leaves For Home Of His Birth
Princeton dispatch reports Governor Wilson leaving for Staunton Virginia at ten thirty with his wife as he declares himself well He will return Sunday A monster Welcome Home sign is erected in Staunton Main street and locals plan a large parade Absard Wilson reports McCombs and other friends aboard in Princeton and politics discussed aboard the train A Virginia delegation is expected in Washington
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Princeton
Wilson
Virginia
Staunton
Main Street
Absard Wilson
Philadelphia
Guv Wilson
Chairman McCombs
Washington
Housewives League to supply produce by parcels post
New York Dec 27 Through a consumers and producers registry led by Mrs Julia Heath president of the National Housewives League plans to supply homes after January first with butter eggs and produce via parcels post. The registry will be supervised by a league committee and housewives seeking small quantities must register as well as farmers within fifty miles of a city.
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New York
Consumers and Producers Registry
Julia Heath
National Housewives' League
League
No Trouble Feared as Jury Deliberates in Labor Case
Federal Marshal prepared for possible outbreak if verdict favors guilty as Indiannapolis jurors dine then retreat for report. court clears corridors and delays until two thirty with defendants smiling in court. Judge Ander son informed jury not ready. adjournment set for nine thirty tomorrow.
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Indiannapolis
Anderson
Trehmoe
Young
Shireman
Beam
Smythe
Ray
Schmidt
Miller
Belgian government protests after attack on Belgian official
Teheran reports Bakhtari tribesmen attacked the coachman and gendarmes escorting Mornard the Belgian treasurer general of Persia. The Belgian government lodged a protest while Mornard, summoned to the premier, arrived to a courtyard of angry tribesmen. He appealed to the Belgian minister for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
M. Mornard
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Mormimard
Mohard
Pendleton Round-Up Praised by Visiting Executives
E H Holte of Portland lauds Pendleton as the best advertised city due to the Round-Up and nearby landmarks including the new high school and hospital buildings. He envisions Pendleton as a potential distributing point for eastern Oregon. G M Leser of New York also notes strong Round-Up advertising and plans to return for the 1913 exhibition.
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Pendleton
E. H. Holte
Holte Piano Company
Portland
Holte
Oregon
la Grande
G. M. Leser
Lousci-Clowney Sponge Co
New York
United States
Hays
First Wireless Christmas Greeting From Mare Island Yard
Washington dispatch reports the Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco sent the first wireless Christmas message to Arlington Virginia. Captain Mayo, commanding Mare Island, conveyed season greetings to the secretary of the navy and to navy and marine corps officers for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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Mayo
San Francisco
Finshe
Arlington
Washington
Mare Island Navy Yard
Ariington
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
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John D
Joan D
Scmool
Wilon
Alho
Sydney
New South Wales
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Papua
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