03 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1914
Page
1
Feb. 3 dispatch says Huerta’s overthrow could come within hours and rebels control east and north approaches. General Mans heads Torreon defense as Huerta seeks sanctuary offer. Villa executes Guzman after a proposal to switch loyalties, with reports on how the spy died.
Washington reports cite President Wilson planning an executive order to raise the embargo on arms and ammunition exports to Mexico. In Mexico City OShaugh informs Americans and foreigners that Wilson intends to lift import restrictions to rebels, prompting hundreds of Americans to prepare to depart.
In St Louis on February 31 192? the 900 garment workers' strike nearly ends as the International union withdraws financial backing. The walkout began last August and was sustained by local support until the funding ceased.
In St Louis a marriage license was issued to John M Hannibal a wealthy manufacturer and Mrs Myrtle Mullen. A girl with a widower father and a youth with a widowed mother staged a matchmaking effort to overcome objections to their nuptials and introduced their parents to each other.
Juneau Alaska Feb 3 The anti trust cases against transportation companies and officers accused of restraint of trade and monopoly at Skagway were terminated by guilty pleas from the corporations and dismissal of individual defendants upon US attorney general motion. Fines totaling 28000 were imposed on six corporations. The Humboldt Steamship Company had alleged rivals conspired to monopolize wharf facilities and through billing and passenger ticketing at Skagway.
L A Spangler, fresh from a tour of the Western Tri State league towns, says the circuit will become a first class baseball organization despite growing pains. He cites scheduling flaws in Boise and North Yakima as causing unnecessary travel and costs, warning future success depends on practical adjustments.
Persistent rumors circulated at the New York courthouse that former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, won an application for a new trial. A circuit court of appeals decision was expected before night, but could not be confirmed.
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled in favor of the drys on local option cases, rejecting objections to the elections and upholding Hillsboro circulation under existing laws. It dismissed arguments about registration faults and off‑day voting, preserving home rule as before with municipal or precinct subdivisions within counties. Justice Burnett dissented.
Mrs Misugh B Poynter formerly Miss Mary Mason of Binghamton N Y has been decorated by the sultan of Turkey with the briliants and order of the Shefi kat for her services in Turkish hospitals during the Balkan war She is the adopted daughter of C M Dickinson once American consul general in Constantinople. The Shefi kat order was created to decorate Lady Layard for similar work in 1876.
Congressman Robert G. Bremner of New Jersey, who had radium therapy valued at $10,000 for cancer, lay dying at a sanitarium in Baltimore. Complications mounted. death expected within hours or days, yet he rallied to work on a bill. He called his brother Leith Bremner to the bedside and asked him to run the Passaic Daily Herald.
Washington Feb 3 Experts of the navy department allegedly altered the navy year book for 1913 to show the United States trailing Germany. Rep Witherspoon and Rep Hensley pressed Secretary Daniels on omissions and faulty comparisons. They claimed U S battleship counts and dreadnought figures were misrepresented to undervalue American strength.
Feb 3 reports from F. W. Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior show it remains hard aground off Colombia with no serious damage. The steamer Almirante cannot lift the crew due to bad weather and heads to Kingston. A wrecking tug stays nearby as Vanderbilt orders crew rescue and transport to New York at best opportunity.
Washington February 3. Interstate Commerce Commission officials signaled a hearing date to weigh railroads plea for higher freight charges. Commissioner Harlan noted railroads provide gratis services to shippers and suggested adding revenue from fees. The commission referenced potential fifteen million dollars yearly from charging industrial plans for private spur-track services.
Washington reports General Oreste Seamer defeated General Theodore and seized Gonaives after a two day battle with heavy losses. Theodore fled to Cape Haitian as Seamer's forces moved to threaten Port au Prince, raising concerns for foreign interests and prompting state department sensitivity.
Jesse C Denny forty a pioneer railroad builder and superintendent of construction at the Great Point Defiance tunnel of the Northern Pacific was electrocuted at the east approach to the bore while cutting a high tension wire with nippers. He did not know the wire was charged.
New York report describes Charles Niles of Rochester N.Y. piloting a monoplane at about 3000 feet over Hempstead plains Long Island when fuel ran out. He stayed calm and partially righted the craft before a tail-first descent and safe touchdown after a series of spiral dives.
Thousands of orchids and other blooms planned for Miss Vera de Sabla and Herbert Payne wedding were destroyed in a Hillsborough Nursery Co fire caused by an oil gas explosion in the orchid house. The loss disrupted the floral decorations for the heiress and groom.
President Wilson moves to lift the embargo on arms and ammunition to Mexico as rebels threaten Mexico City and Huerta’s fall seems imminent. Navy comparisons to Germany spark debate while other stories touch on diplomacy and domestic issues.
E. Lore formerly cashier at Bank of Nanita Idaho was arrested in Los Angeles on a charge of supplying a false report to the state bank commissioner about his bank which failed in September 1912.
Secretary Daniels announced that the navy will admit only spectacul ous qualified applicants due to the general education system for enlisted men and the popularity of the fleet’s European cruise. He cited the approaching Atlantic fleet voyage to the San Francisco expedition and the education trend as key reasons.
A passenger train crash near North St Louis injures at least 11 people with several serious, when four Wabash Chicago and St. Louis cars rear ended a stationary coach. Emergency crews respond as the mishap disrupts service in the area.
Governor West permits Copperfield saloonkeepers to sell stocks of liquor stored in Baker warehouses if they act by Saturday. Copperfield remains under martial law. suitors cannot return there. Governor also warns Mirror Stewart and Copperfield council to resign by Saturday or face charter dissolution suit.
Chicago is witnessing heavy woman registration for the Aldermanic primaries on February 24. By nine pm the day’s end, officials expect about 125000 women enrolled. Society women organized elaborate efforts to mobilize voters, with cars ready to transport attendees and nurses provided to care for babies during registration. Morse's Sister Asks Receiver for Metropolitan Steamship Co. S: Miss Jennie Morse, sister of Charles Morse, seeks appointment of a receiver for the Metropolitan Steamship Company in a suit for accounting of affairs. The company is now owned by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
George Hodges pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Rean in Portland Oregon to misuse of the mails in connection with the Columbia River Orchards company operations. He was sentenced to nine months in the county jail.
Cleveland tax officials say John D. Rockefeller owes twelve million six hundred ninety thousand dollars in taxes on an estimated nine hundred million dollars of property. The local tax commission contends his new Cleveland residence makes him liable under the updated state law.
A cautious spinster claims she is glad of her situation but privately doubts the cheer. The observation hints at a conflict between outward cheer and inner doubt amid social expectations.
Washington Feb 3 The House vote 293 to 54 defeats the Hayes amendment aimed at Asiatic exclusion, including Japan. Leaders expect quick action on the Burnett Dillingham bill. The Baker substitute narrowly narrows exclusion to certain Asiatic laborers and defines eastern district limits.
In Oroville California on February 23 Frank Davidson, after years of prospecting along the Yuba river, struck an old iron pot half buried in gravel on a sand bar. A single touch released a few grains of gold and the pot yielded $2300 in dust, likely exposed by recent high water.
San Francisco February 3 Dr Charles Ake states he does not believe in the Immaculate Conception and questions Matthew's gospel on the miraculous birth He cites an older manuscript authorizing Joseph as Jesus father and says miracles occur but some stories are legends He appeals to the new Congregational creed for authority and vows to speak his mind if no creed exists
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