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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1917
Page
2
In Chicago at Dunning hospital John Peterson tore a bedspring from his cot and tried to swallow it while delirious. Surgeons extracted the spring from his esophagus as he demanded a ride to a restaurant for steak and quipped he should be able to eat a steak if a bedspring could be swallowed.
Charlies Barnard, a Seattle youth employed at the Leader, received a letter from his parents revealing that all the young men in his Vancouver enlistment unit had been killed in France. His release by the American consul hours before sailing saved him from the front, while others in the same guard platoon faced death and many attempted desertion amid war fever shared in Montreal.
Atlantic City reports on February 3 stating James Buchanan Brady is critically ill with heart and digestive disorders. A New York specialist has been summoned as Brady, who previously donated $500000 to Johns Hopkins, seeks treatment after a renewed stomach ailment and recent return to dieting.
Mrs Hazel D Robbins testified in supreme court detailing how Captain Alfred M Robbins and a striking young woman nearly suffocated in closets during a private detective raid on their Cincinnati apartment at 231 East Fourth Street. Detectives traced Robbins to the fashionable residence and observed the subsequent raid as part of the divorce evidence.
William J. Burns private detective and Martin Egan once a publicist for J P Morgan & Co face trial in New York on charges of watering the Beymour Beymer offices and forging and publishing papers tied to a decedent tenant matter.
In New Orlean s on February 3 J L Latham of Birmingham Ala tried to swap a 250 dollar check for a box of candy but was stopped by police. He faces charges for passing bad checks totaling about 300. Police found eight certified checks from Newnan Bank and a rubber stamp reading Newnan Bank check guaranteed in his hotel room. Latham confessed the checks were bad and offered detectives 190 dollars.
A man involved in a banking matter in Newnan is under scrutiny amid warnings issued by the Bank of Newnan. Authorities and the bank stress caution while the search or investigation continues.
New York February 3 Judge awards a civil breach of promise verdict to a woman from Tayonne against Alex Behwala. The award totals $400 with specific items listed including a wedding gown, slippers, bells, and other wedding-related costs. The verdict assigns distinct amounts to each listed item reflecting a broken heart settlement.
Paris authorities announced plans to install electric sirens in several quarters to warn residents of the approach of fire engines. The system will alert by trumpeting sounds as engines move through streets, a method previously tested by the fire department.
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