Centenary of first whites sight Umatilla Valley marked
Walla Walla historian T C Elliott recounts the 1812 arrival of Wilson Price Hunt party at the Umatilla River turning point and the Oregon Trail opening. A Commercial club meeting forms a Umatilla County Historical Society with Judge Stephen A Lowell presiding as Elliott discusses early Oregon travelers and Pacific Northwest anniversaries.
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Wilson Price Hunt
Union
Commercial Club
Umatilla County
Umatilla River
Oregon
Oregon Trail
Shoshone Falls
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Fur Company
Astoria
St. Louis
Missouri
Pacific
William Clark
West Extension Hearing Set For January Twenty Four
Washington reports that Secretary of the Interior Fisher announced in a conference with Senator Chamberlain that government engineers will hold hearings on the West Umatilla project January 24 in Pendleton and Hermiston if the date suits local residents. Chief Engineer Davis, Engineer in Charge Hopson, District Engineer Henry, and Attorney Morton of the reclamation service will attend to explain the government plan and hear opposing arguments.
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Fisher
Chamberlain
West Umatilla
Pendleton and Hermiston
Davis
Reclamation Service
Hopson
Henry
Morton
Rebels Advance On Peking As Mutiny Fails To End
Terrified reports say 20,000 rebels march toward Peking from Nanking while Manchu leaders summon Premier Yuan. Yuan claims dispatches indicate the imperial army will threaten Nanking to force surrender. It remains unclear if attackers intend to seize Peking or merely pressure surrender. In Hankow and Lan Chow, heavy fighting leaves hundreds dead as imperialists pursue mutineers. The fate of peace or war hinges on Yuan meeting Wu in Nanking to discuss terms.
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Premier Yuan
Troops Ready at Manila for Possible China Sail
Manila January 6 troops here are ready for immediate orders to sail for China. It is believed the fifteenth infantry will be sent if any. About 3500 men will be held in reserve here and 1500 will probably be sent.
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Manila
China
Sail date for Fifteenth Infantry to Manila undecided
Washington officials said the Fifteenth Infantry’s sailing from Manila for China remains undetermined. Decisions will wait for word from Minister Calhoun in Peking and any guidance from state department sources.
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Manila
China
State Department
Calhoun
Peking
Troops to China Discussed by Knox and Wilson
Secretary Knox and First Assistant Huntington Wilson held a lengthy conference in Washington on January 6 regarding the reported movement to send American troops to China. It is believed the War Department will be asked to deploy troops from Manila.
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China
Washington
Knox
Huntington Wilson
War Department
Manila
Woman Seeks 6 Million Signatures for Peace Petition
London January 6 A Boston language school principal Mrs Anna B Echstein arrives in London after a world tour to gather signatures for a peace petition to be presented at the Hague conference in 1914 or 1915. More than a million British trade unionists have signed, and she predicts reaching 100 million by 1914.
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Petsion
Hague
Mises Anna B. Echstein
Boston
America
Germany
Denmark
Switzerland
Austrian
Sweden
France
Belgium
Holland
Great Britain
Mise Bekstein
Transit House Burns at Union Stock Yards Chicago
The Transit house a famed Union Stock Yards hotel for forty years burned rapidly on January 6 trapping guests and threatening the stock yards with a general fire. Firemen dragged several from the blaze and a bell boy named Peter Ritchie of Algonquin Illinois died in the flames.
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Union Stock Yards
Peter Ritchie
Algonquin, L
Slater Misidentified in Byers Co Court Appearance
In Portland federal court the demurrer in Caldwell v Byers was overruled. R J Slater appeared for Byers, not Judge J A Fee. The clerk misidentified the attorney. Fee was not present. Slater and Caldwell discussed the matter, with Caldwell unaware of the demurrer date.
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R. J. Slater
Judge Fee
Byers Company
J. A. Fee
United States
Portland
Caldwell
Cannon
Federal Court
Fee
East Oregonian
Slater
William Caldwell
D. W. Bailey
Bailey
Judge Lowell Declares Candidacy for U S Senate
Stephen A Lowell files with Secretary Ben Olcott for the U S Senate seat to succeed Jonathan Bourne. He outlines a platform including government operation of Alaskan coal, natural resource conservation, nationwide primaries, anti trust penalties, a banking system free from Wall Street, popular senatorial elections, modernized land laws, and other progressive reforms. He seeks Lincoln Republican a Progressive on the ballot.
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Judge & A. Lowell
Ben W. Olcott
United States
Jonathan Bourne
Wall Street
Forged Note Leads to City Arrest of J B Gerton
The new police chief arrested J B Gerton, a known local, on forgery charges for signing Raley’s name to a note enabling him to obtain 100 dollars from Miss Ethel Thompson, an O W R N employee. Gerton, who carried 76 46 dollars, faces grand jury indictment likely this afternoon.
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J. B. Gerton
J. Roy Raley
Ethel Thompson
Gerton
Seasion
Thompson
O.W. Rh
British shippers oppose American canal preference plan
London on January 6 reports strong British shipping indignation at plans to give American vessels priority through the Panama Canal. Shippers say the policy would violate the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and reject the idea as untenable.
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London
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast Plumbing Trust Enjoined by Court
Federal Judge Owen Wellborn issued an injunction in favor of the government against the Pacific Coast Plumbing Trust. The defendants consented. The combination had controlled the plumbing business on the coast for years.
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Los Angeles
Owen Wellborn
Pacific Coast Plumbing Trust
Independent Moose Incorporation Denied in California
Sacramento Calif Jan 6 the secretary of state denied articles of incorporation for the Independent Order of Moose of the World organized at Los Angeles on grounds the name resembled an existing order.
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Sacramento
Calif
Order of Moose of the World
Los Angeles
Democrats Gather for National Meeting and Banquet
Hundreds of leading Democrats converge for the national committee meeting and the Jackson Day banquet. William Jennings Bryan looms as the central figure, with questions about his next moves. Bryan arrives Monday while Governor Woodrow Wilson’s supporters push to win his backing. Thomas Taggart of Indiana is the sole chairmanship candidate, backing Governor Harmon for the presidential nomination.
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Washington
National Committee
William Jennings D Bryan
Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Harmon
Ohio
Opium Ring Suspect Arrested in Los Angeles
A man named Davis was arrested after arriving on the Southern Pacific New Orleans Express as fifty five tins of opium valued at $100 each were found in a salt case carried by him. The seize is expected to expose a persistent opium ring, with Davis attempting to slip away from the depot arousing police suspicion.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Davis
Southern Pacific
New Orleans Express
Indianapolis Prepares for Ortie McManigal Arrival
Indianapolis Jan 6 Two rooms in the federal building are prepared for the reception of Ortie McManigal the confessed dynamiter en route from Los Angeles. He is expected to arrive here Monday.
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Indianapolis
Federal Building
Ortie McManigal
Los Angeles
Tragedy Near Olympia Leaves Stranger Dead
In Olympia on January 6 a laborer named Gus Walker was found on the Freda Carlyon doorstep after an overdose of carbolic acid. He died at the police station before noon. No identity or motive is known, and authorities believe the death was self-inflicted.
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Olympia
Gus Walker
Freda Carlyon
Flynn and Johnson to Sign Championship Fight Articles
Chicago January 6 report states heavyweight champions Jim Flynn and Jack Johnson will meet this afternoon to sign fight articles for a title bout. Each fighter is to post $10,000 as good faith money, with the date to be fixed later.
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Chicago
Jim Flynn
Jack Johnson
Sufferings of Poor in East Increase Amid Cold
Chicago reports a brutal winter surge as temperatures fall to 10 degrees below zero. Charities shut doors across the city, trains stall, and the fire department faces 168 calls in 24 hours. The Children's Aid Society, penniless, turns away freezing families as Winnipeg and the Canadian west plummet to forty below.
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Midde West
Children's Aid Society
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Lake Superior
Blizzard Grips St Louis and Boston on Frigid Day
St Louis reports four deaths and severe suffering as a blizzard hits early today with temperatures at four below zero and a predicted drop to 10 below. Trains run twelve hours late. In New York blizzard conditions bring eight degrees above zero and overcrowded municipal shelters. The department of charities orders the steamer to help shelter the shelterless as hundreds sleep in pier cabins.
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St. Louis
New York
Department of Charities
Lowell
Brennan
Tong War Flares in New York Chinatown Killing One Leader
New York police reinforced the Chinatown squad as a renewed tong war erupted last night after months of peace. One tong leader was killed and another man dying in a clash over a saved girl. Several Chinese are held as witnesses.
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New York
N. Y
Chinatown
Western shopmen may strike on western railroads
San Francisco Jan 6 There is a possibility of a general strike by shop employees on all railroads west of the Mississippi River The move is under consideration by the executive board of the railways department AF of L in response to a plea from Harriman lines shopmen seeking a sympathetic strike
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Cal
Mississippi River
Railways Department
American Federation of Labor
Harriman Lines
Murder in the City: Pastor Confesses in Avis Linnell Case
Boston report says Rev Clarence Virgil Richeson, former Emanuel BaptistChurch Cambridge pastor, confessed to murdering his former sweetheart Avis Linnell. He asserts divine mercy and rejects leniency, facing possible death in the electric chair though prosecutors may seek life imprisonment. The confession arrived by letter to police after his October arrest.
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Boston
Mass
Avis Linnell
Clarence Virgil Richeson
Emanuel Baptist Church
Cambridge
Richeson
Stock Fine Snow Deep In South End
Edgar F Averill deputy game warden reports Camas Prairie and John Day cattle in good condition after a harsh open winter. Snow depth ranges from ten to twenty inches across Ukiah Alba and Yellow Jacket Hill with subzero temps. He and Milton Sullens plan to curb deer slaughter this winter across Ritter and the north fork of the John Day.
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John Day Country
Edgar F. Averill
Mr. Averill
Ukiah
Alba
Yellow Jacket Hill
Milton Sullens
Gome
Ritter
Acrors
John Day
Pendleton Endures Worst Snowstorm in Years
A heavy snowstorm blankets Pendleton with about a foot on the ground after four inches fell overnight and another four inches today. Farmers see protection for wheat, while sheep and cattlemen worry over high feed costs as trains run late and sidewalks clog. City ordinances prompt calls to clear sidewalks, with residents in residential areas facing nearly impassable paths.
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Umatilla
Northern Pacific
Webb Street
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