Frisco Fire Claims Dozens At San Pedro Lodging Houses
A large blaze in San Francisco destroyed the San Pedro and Maritime lodging houses on Hast and Howard streets, leaving three known dead and thirteen injured. Firefighters faced blocked stairways and torn streets as residents fled or leaped to safety, with one man saving a woman by wrapping her in a blanket amid the flames. The waterfront lodgers, mainly longshoremen and sailors, saw eight businesses gutted and about seventy thousand dollars in losses.
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San Francisco
San Pedro
Maritime
Hast
Howard
Howard Street
Frank Fisher
Helen Goldier
US consul Paul Cleve Nash died from drug induced heart failure
London January 9 coroner verdict states Paul Cleve Nash United States consul at Budapest died at the Claridges hotel from heart failure caused by an unintended overdose of chloral hydrate. The finding attributes the death to accidental drug influence and notes Nash’s official position.
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London
Paul Cleveland Nash
United States
Budapest
Claridges Hotel
Delegates Attend Oregon Irrigation Congress Meeting
Portland delegates gathered at 2 o clock for the Oregon Irrigation congress focusing on plans to cultivate Oregon two million acres of irrigable land.
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Portland
Oregon Irrigation Congress
Oregon
Unusual Winter Wheat Activity Shrinks 1912 Crop
Over ten days, local grain firms report about 200000 bushels of wheat bought by company agents as prices rose to 70 cents. Farmers remain mostly holding grain for speculation with little refined grain left in growers’ hands.
Rain ends cold spell lifting citrus frost losses
A long heavy rain has broken the cold spell across southern California. The storm benefits thousands of dollars worth of beans sugar beets and other vegetables while citrus losses from recent frosts are expected to be about twenty million dollars or less. The rain is forecast to continue and remain general through the South. The chamber of commerce estimates citrus damage at up to thirty percent of the crop, totaling roughly twenty million dollars in value.
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South
Los Angeles
Nouthern
California
Chamber of Commerce
Strikers Defy All Settlement Terms
New York January 9 More than a hundred thousand striking garment workers defied settlement efforts. Fifteen thousand white goods workers joined in sympathy. In New Mexico Albuquerque reports a cold wave with 15 below zero the coldest in 30 years in Santa Fe 12 below and Las Vegas 20 below. Three firefighters were frozen and hospitalized responding to an alarm.
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New York
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
Ex governor Hoch speaks in Pendleton on law enforcement
Ex governor Edward W. Hoch of Kansas addressed a Pendleton Christian church audience last night. He praised progress in education churches and reform laws, urged strict enforcement of laws and ethical oath taking by officials, and criticized Governor Blease for opposing equal rights. He warned on balancing liberty with protection from greed and advocated government control of key industries.
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Pendleton
Edward W. Hoch
Sunflower State
Whenaton
The
Christian Church
Hoch
Man
Blease
South Carolina
Wilson Holds Extra Session Talks With Smith and Gore
President elect Wilson spent three hours in Trenton with Senators Hoke Smith and Thomas Gore discussing cabinet options and a program for the extra session, including tariff and currency legislation. No conclusions were announced, and both senators left with sealed notes. Officials said only the governor could confirm details.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Get Politics Out of Cabinet Says Bryan
Col. Bryan in the Commoner urges President elect Wilson to choose cabinet members by public duty, not political debts. He argues official positions should be based on motive higher than gratitude and not paid from the public purse.
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Lincoln
Wilson
Col
Bryan
7 Mill Tax Levy Ordered by Court in Umatilla County
The county court approved a seven mill levy on real and personal property valued at 45,812,926 dollars with Pendleton Athena Weston Hermiston and Stanfield exempt from three mills for road purposes. Total county levy four mills raises 300,169 dollars countywide excluding city and school taxes. State and county expenses 48,069 dollars. general county expenses 61,475. school taxes 70,970. road maintenance 93,760. road indebtedness 5,160. total 300,169. A four mill levy applies to all properties. an extra three mill levy excludes five towns for road debt and maintenance. Umatilla pays 48,069 to the state, nearly 90,000 less than last year, but remains the third largest in the state.
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Umatilla
Pendleton
Athena
Weston
Hermiston
Stanfield
Multnomah
Marion
Umaila
Pittsburg Faces Flood As Rivers Rise Rapidly
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania braces for flooding with Monongahela and Allegheny rivers meeting at high levels. Water in the junction area stood around thirty one feet, nine feet above danger, and a forty eight foot crest at Wheeling is forecast. Ohio river reaches forty five feet in Cincinnati with further rises expected. No fatalities reported yet.
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Wheeling
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Allegheny Rivers
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Ohio
Favor Early Vote on Archbald Impeachment Case
In Washington the Archbald impeachment trial resumed with Senate sentiment favoring an early vote. Senators expressed optimism for the case’s disposition but few expected enough votes to prevent a verdict against Archbald. Unmoved by prosecutions, Archbald faced potential full penalties, while a poll suggested at most fifteen senators would vote for him.
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Washington
Archhbald
Senate
House
Archbald
Negro Must Tell All About Letters in Oil Probe
William Winkfield, a Black messenger, was subpoenaed in Chicago for January 11 in the senate campaign contributions investigation. He is alleged to have stolen Archbold letters from Standard Oil files and sold them to Hearst, and must explain how the letters implicated hundreds of congressmen, senators, governors, and judges as profiting from Standard Oil.
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Chicago
William Winkfield
Archbold
New York
Standard Oil Company
Hearst
Senate
Winkfield
Morgan's Partner Called as Witness before Money Trust Panel
George F. Baker, president of the First National Bank of New York and Morgan & Co. partner, testified to the House committee probing the money trust. He described bank control of reserves and credit and claimed the bank earned dividends over 22 million dollars in four years, denying that forming a securities company to own bank stock was an ideal evasion.
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Washington
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Morgan & Company
House
Money Trust
Morgan
Baker
William Rockefeller
Mor-gan
First National
First Securities Company
Lumber Trust Enjoined by Court in New York Case
A U S district court today granted a perpetual injunction against the eastern retail lumber dealers association and the eastern branch of the lumber trust. The government filed the suit last May seeking to dissolve the alleged restraint of trade and prevent unlawful coordination among members.
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New York
United States District Court
Eastern Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
the Lumber Trust
Last Miay
Kansas Governor Sees Three Parties for Eight Years
Governor Hoch of Kansas tells the East Oregonian he believes three strong national political parties will operate for at least eight years. He praises Roosevelt but opposes a third term and rejects extremes of progressivism, noting he is not the Bull Moose ally. The article also clarifies Hoch was not the governor who urged Roosevelt to run again.
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Hoch
Kansas
East Oregonian
Roosevelt
Cal
Bull Moose
Twenty Blocks Paving Planned on West Webb Street
A petition to pave twenty additional blocks on West Webb street was presented to the council. Officials say 1913 will bring extensive street improvement, with West Webb from Cosble to Tu tuilla to receive paving. Webb Street would reach twenty seven blocks paved, with several segments already completed or ordered, the petition signed by many affected property owners despite opposition from the Northern Pacific Co.
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West Webb Street
Cosble
Tutuilla
Webb Street
Cottonwood
Coastle
College
Northern Pacific Co
Crew and survivors taken off lightship at mouth of Columbia
Astoria Jan 9 The tug Oneonta removed the Fort Canby lifeboat crew and two survivors from the Rosecrans lightship outside the Columbia mouth and headed to Astoria. No bodies found today. Seven in all recovered. Masts of the Rogerang still visible as high seas roll.
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Astoria
Oneonta
Fort Canby
Rosecrans
The
Columbia
Turkey Refuses to Yield Adrianople in War Talks
London Jan 9 Turkish envoy Reshid Pasha said Turkey will not abandon Adrianople even if peace comes. He argued the city’s Turkish population makes it non negotiable with Bulgarians, urging Constantinople approved instructions before renewing any peace conference. Ambassadors say a plan for European intervention may be agreed soon, with Adrianople as the main barrier to settlement.
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Adrianople
London
Turkey
hostWlites
Reshid Pasha
Constantinople
Balkan
Aegean Islands
Adrianope
WANTS LARGE SUM TO BUILD MAUSOLEUM
Pendleton moves toward a city mausoleum at Olney cemetery with Portland Mausoleum Co. If 200 residents each pledge 200 dollars the project can proceed for 200 vaults. City council authorized construction and set the plan before citizens after months of petitions and delays.
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Pendleton
Olney
Portland Mausoleum Co
Marshall Submits Final Message From Assembly
Indianapolis January 9 The sixty eighth general assembly convened at noon with Governor Marshall and vice president elect presenting the final message. The event marks the conclusion of the assembly session and outlines proposed policies and priorities for the coming period.
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Indianapolis
Sixty Eighth
General Assembly
Marshall
County Court Appropriates 350 for Poultry Show Premiums
County court allocates 350 to premiums for the Umiatilla-Morrow county poultry show to be held January 26 25 in this city. The event aims to outdo prior shows with larger cash prizes better birds and more exhibitors. The Taylor building on Main Street will host the viewing with potential cat and dog shows if space allows. The United Orchestra will provide music each evening along with extra amusements.
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Asd
Brown
Taylor
Nisesen Implement Company
Hst
United Orchestra
Chicken Show Orchestra
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