Tallman chosen president of Pendleton Commercial Club
J V Tallman was named president elect of the Pendleton Commercial club at the annual meeting after retiring president J F Robinson declined another term. The election was unanimous with Robinson renominated but not consenting to re election. New officers include A J McAllister as vice president John Dickson treasurer and a slate of managers. A secretary and an assistant secretary will be chosen at the next monthly meeting. A June junket to northwest towns ending in Portland is favored to align with the rose show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. V. Tallman
Pendleton Commercial Club
Association
Tallman
J. F. Robinson
Robinson
A. J. McAllister
John Dickson
Board of Managers
Junket
Portland
Jefferson’s Way Seen to Break Senate Deadlock
Washington, Feb. The Jeffersonine approach used when Madison became president was cited by Senator John Sharp Williams as a possible method to resolve the Senate stalemate over Taft’s appointments. Williams said Democrats will stand firm and Republicans are helpless. He urged Taft to consult Wilson on appointee qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Taft
John Sharp Williams
Senate
Wiliams
Wilson
King Guarded From Suffragists on Special Royal Visit
Portamouth February 5 The king arrived by special train to inspect the cruiser New Zealand a gift from New Zealanders to the navy. Guarded against suffragists and possible Indian plotters he spoke briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portamouth
New Zealand
New
Wilson hints at cabinet names after inauguration
Trenton February 6 Gov Wilson intimated he may not announce his cabinet until after the inauguration He denied any plan to issue a currency program or accept bank deposits as part of such a plan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Pankhurst Chooses Hunger Strike Over Fine Imprisonment
London on February reports Emmeline Pankhurst faced a choice between paying ten dollars or serving fourteen days in jail for disturbing the peace. She refused both options and declared she would begin a hunger strike instead.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Japan Diet Votes Confidence Crisis and Recess
Tokyo Feb 5 The Japanese diet passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Katsura's cabinet and then granted a five day recess. A dissolution of the diet is expected though Katsura is not said to resign.
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Japan
DIET
Tokio
Katsura
Fair appropriation bill for Panama exposition considered
Washington February 5 The Roden burg bill seeks two million dollars for the Panama exposition and creates a seven member commission. The Austin bill proposing half a million for Knoxville exposition also faces debate with little opposition to the large sum though critics object to high salaries. Kent of California calls seven commissioners a giant graft favoring one. Hand painted views of fair grounds were shown in the house lounging room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rodenburg
Knoxville
Kent
California
General Maus Leaving Vancouver for Albany Transfer
Washington Feb 5 The Department of the Columbia will cease to exist and General M P Maus will be transferred to Albany New York February 15 as the new organization takes effect Northwest troops at Vancouver Barracks come under Colonel James A Irons commander of the Twentieth Infantry Fort Douglas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of the Columbia
M. P. Maus
Albany
N. Y
Northwest
Vancouver Barracks
James A. Irons
Twentieth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Capitalist Dies in London at 72
Capitalist Blakely Mehan, aged 72, died today in London after a life spanning New York and London. A Civil War veteran and former New York lawyer, his passing marks the end of a notable transatlantic career in finance and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Blakely Mehan
New York
German Prince Narrowly Escapes Train Wreck
Prince Weitel Friedrich heir to the German throne survived a collision between his express train from Bucharest to Berlin and a rear oil tank train. An explosion followed, fire spread through wreckage, and many were reported fatally burned. The prince and his aide were unhurt and helped rescue others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Prince Weitel Friedrich
Kaiser
Bucharest
Berlin
Portland Firms Charged With Sherman Law Violations
Portland reporters say ten commission companies and members of the produce merchants association face federal indictments for conspiracy and unlawful restraint of trade under the Sherman law. The case alleges the association blocks nonmembers from wholesale work, enforces a high initiation fee, and says five brokers with a “stand-in” control 90 percent of Portland produce shipments, excluding independent wholesalers who cannot buy in carload lots due to perishability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Commission
Produce Merchants’ Association
Association
Carloud Lota
Pendleton to stay in league and bid for pennant
Prominent Pendleton business men favor keeping the town in the Western Tri-States League and pursuing the pennant. A 8 o clock Commercial club meeting will discuss financing a Pendleton team and retaining the league berth. If retained, a representative must attend the Boise league meeting Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Cress
Boise
Sweet
League
Buckaroos
Leon Cohen
J. W. Tallman
Commercial Club
Bal Masque Thrills Philadelphians With Tights Costumes
Philadelphia society women attended a Bal Masque in the Horticultural hall wearing real tights and Robin Hood capes, while many debutantes wore Eve costumes or arrived in minimal dress. The party drew scorn for scant attire and reportedly set records for revelry, with dances likened to a wilder Turkey Trot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Penny
Horticultural Hall
Banker and church worker under arrest in Douglas
Douglas, Arizona, February 5. After living in Douglas a year as a banker and church worker, J. T. Wilson is in federal custody, alleged to be J. M. Sims. He is bound over eight thousand dollars to answer charges of using the mails to defraud in connection with stock sales of the American Trust Company of Memphis. Authorities say the arrest ends a fifteen month chase. he says mistaken identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas, Ariz
Douglas
J. T. Wilson
J. M. Sims
American Trust Company of
Memphis
Roof collapse seals eight boy deaths at English game
In Sundbrland England on February 5 a temporary roof covering failed during a football match injuring about two hundred workers and spectators. Eight boys were fatally hurt and several more injured in the disaster. Authorities investigated the collapse and reviewed safety practices for future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundbrland
England
One Man Lost From Ship On Long Voyage Head Wilds
Captain Felix Humbert of the French bark General de Negrier arrived in Astoria after a 200 day voyage from Newcastle England. A young sailor was lost overboard in a squall shortly after departure. Long voyage blamed on head winds and long calms before the ship reached Portland. Asa B. Thomson, Echo resident, attended a wrestling match last evening.
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Astoria
Felix Humbert
General de Negrier
Newcastle
England
English Channel
Portland
Asa B. Thomson
Echo
Castro blames asphalt trust for fall and exile risk
Castro maintains the American Asphalt Trust caused his downfall and is trying to bar him from the United States. He argues the trust fears his potential return to power in Venezuela and that resumed control of the asphalt lakes would threaten their interests. A habeas corpus hearing is set for Friday in New York on February 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guuxed Liis
Venezuela
New York
American Asphalt Trust
United States
Castro
Rush of business foreseen by H C Oliver
H C Oliver traffic representative of the OW Rh N company predicts a heavy year ahead with strong farm implement shipments to the northwest and prosperity in most lines. The west is shipping more east, Baker lumber reaches Boston, eastern demand for western lumber grows, and railroad construction may surge with feeder lines strengthened by C W R N policy.
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H. C. Oliver
Ow, Rh. & N. Company
Northwest
Baker
Boston
Oliver
Death Banquet Ends in Self Destruction in Paris
Marcelin Ader a 25 year old Frenchman invited friends to a banquet at his Bordeaux residence and announced a plan to die. A revolver lay on the table loaded by a friend who believed a joke. after a final toast he shot himself at the table dying with his face resting there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marcelin Ader
Bordeaux
Marcelin Adler
Bequest to Metropolitan Museum Tops Million Marks
The estate of James Bartlett Hammond, a typewriter maker, bequeaths 2 million dollars to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, adding to recent gifts that push the museum’s total bequests to over 12 million. Other large gifts include 5 million from Jacob Rogers and 2.24 million from John S Kennedy, with additional sums from Frederick C Hewitt, Francis L Leland, and Joseph Pulitzer. F H Davidson notes the museum is now the richest in the world, with about 300 thousand dollars yearly purchasing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Bartlett Hammond
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum
Jacob Rogers
John S Kennedy
Frederick C. Hewitt
Francis L. Leland
Joseph Pulitzer
F. H. Davidson
Irectors
Metropolitan
Johnson arraigned as demurrer overruled
In Chicago on February 6 Jack Johnson was arraigned. A demurrer arguing the Mann law is unconstitutional was overruled. Johnson pleaded not guilty and was promised a speedy trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Former bank teller jailed for embezzlement
Tacoma reports Russel Jennings, a former local bank teller, was sent to McNeil's Island for five years after pleading guilty to embezzling nearly four thousand dollars. Jennings admitted he took the funds to cover expenses beyond his salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Russel Jennings
McNeil's Island
Jennings
Chicago Faces Bitter Cold Wave Tragedy
Chicago on February 5 reports William Chiles a watchman found frozen to death amid a brutal cold snap gripping the middle west. Zero weather causes widespread suffering among the poor as temperatures plummet, with Duluth recording twenty four below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Chiles
Middle West
Duluth
Hosking Bill Not Affecting Locally Saloons Near Depots
George Darveau of the Hotel St. George says the Hosking law has been amended so it does not affect local saloons. The bill now bans saloons in buildings that also contain depots, chiefly targeting the Jefferson Street depot in Portland without harming other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Darveau
Hotel
St. George
Salem
Portand
Jefferson Street
Portland
Italian Banker Sought for Embezzlement
Seattle Feb 5 Annibale Dresal an Italian banker of Vancouver and Seattle sought by police on charges of embezzling a hundred thousand dollars intrusted to his bank in small sums part of a shipment to Italy by countrymen was last seen at his home here four weeks ago He left the Vancouver bank two weeks ago which since have been closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Annibale Dresal
Vancouver
Italy
Former Senator Clark of Wyoming Dies in Illinois
Los Angeles Feb 5 Former Senator Clark of Wyoming is ill at the home of his son pneumonia is threatened and he faces possible complications as his condition is reported serious by physicians in Illinois and Wyoming quarters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cclark
Wyoming
Los Angeles
Clark
Bourne Seeks Big Increases in River and Harbor Bill
Washington Feb 5. Senator Bourne proposed amendments to the river and harbor bill. He seeks 100000 for Tillamook Bay and a continuing basis for the project, doubles Celilo canal funds from 600000 to 1200000, adds 10000 for abutment work on the Willamette near Independence, and authorizes surveying the Nehalem inner harbor.
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Bourne
Washington
Tillamook Bay
Willamette River
Independence
Nehalem Bay
Turks Deny Scutari Fall as Montenegrins Captured
Reports from Constantinople and Sofia describe heavy fighting at Tchatalja and Gallipoli. Officials deny Scutari fall while Turkish forces under Shefket Pasha push offensive moves and capture Montenegrin battalions and ammunition in a hard war with Bulgars.
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Scutari
Constantinople
Tchatalja
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Porte
Turkey
Shefket
Dardanelles
London
Vienna
Gallipoli
Is ‘Eportel
Shakespearean Actor Tearle Dies In Brighton
Brighton England February 6. Faced with the news that F A Mund Tearle England's leading Shakespearean actor died today in Brighton. The prominent stage figure had a long career with famous roles and was celebrated across the theatre world. His death marks a significant loss to British drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
England
Amund Tearle
City considers securing filing on Walla Walla river site
Pendleton may obtain a 4 filing on a power site offering 3000 horsepower. Howard Evans of Milton holds the current filing. acquiring it could cost about $2500 if the city proceeds to develop power. A second company values its potential at $40,000 if Evans lapses. The council plans a deciding measure tonight to pursue the privilege with little or no cost and time to develop the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Howard Evans
Milton
Evans
John T. Whistler
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F. B. Judd
J. H. Stures
L. G Frazier
R. Alexander
W. J. Clarke
Weasley Matlock
C. P
Maus
Asphalt Trust
R. R
Hoskins
Oregon
Adrianople
Sofia
Shefket Pasha
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