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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
2
Vincent Astor, inventor of a land sailboat, built by Burger-Curties Aero Co. in Marblehead Massachusetts, sailed to Palm Beach Florida for a week. The craft features an apparatus allowing ice skates for sailing on snow or ice.
Orazio Raposo, an Italian-born worker, was sentenced to death for murder and chose to die by firing squad at the Utah state penitentiary. He killed Amos B. Neff at Neff’s ranch home near Mill Creek on June 36, 1916, fled to the hills, and was captured at Park City. A motion for a new trial was overruled after a two week delay, and the judge ordered execution by firing squad Friday morning.
North Dakota farmers press for a terminal elevator in St Paul while the Farmers Grain Dealers association holds a two day session in Minneapolis. The Non Partizan League opposes the group, alleging influence from the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. A public expression of support for elevator plans may come this afternoon.
Chicago firms with German plants express confidence property would be protected if war breaks out. International Harvester cites Prussian treaty safeguarding American property. major asset in Neuss spans 29 acres, 1200 workers. Other interests include American Radiator in Berlin Schoenbeck Cologne and Neuss, Quaker Oats, and Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.
Mrs. Galie Flicker and Mrs. Flscker brought samples of bread and soup meal from the war zone in Grodno Lithuania. They arrived on the Trondheim via Rotterdam to join their husbands in Brooklyn. The refugees described scarce rations and improvised meals, including a dark bread, gray bread, and a meal-like substitute with potatoes for thick soup.
The state department has informed the foreign affairs committee that an embassy in Petrograd must be established with $460,000 for property purchase. Officials warn that a lack of proper quarters would damage prestige and hinder trade, urging swift action by D. B. Francis of Louisiana to the ambassador there.
A fragmented notice reports the death of Cardinal Conto Poch Ici, once a Gaian apostate, who served in religious affairs. It mentions ordaining priests in Buffalo in 1966 and voting for a president in 1972 before his death yesterday.
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