Plight of the Poor as Coal Price Soars in Deep Freeze
Chicago records nine degrees below zero with forecasted further drops as coal dealers raise prices by a dollar per ton, worsening hardship for the poor amid a brutal winter. Des Moines reports 29 degrees below zero, breaking records. coal famine looms and prices climb, intensifying suffering for residents already facing extreme cold.
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Cille
Chicago
Middle West
Des Moines
Iowa
Severe Nebraska coldest temperature on record
Lincoln Nebr Jan 12 report notes the most severe weather ever known in the state with a temperature of 26 degrees below zero. The extreme cold is described as the lowest temperature ever recorded in Nebraska. The notice emphasizes the brutal conditions affecting residents and daily life.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Severe cold threatens Montana livestock losses, rail service hit
Helena Montana January 12 temperatures in southeastern Montana ranged from 12 below to 25 below at Havre with stockmen warning of enormous livestock losses unless weather moderates at once. Butte and Missoula report above zero while air railroads struggle. continued on page eight.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Havre
Butte
Missoula
Japan Has 32,000 Troops Smuggled Into Hawaii
Washington reports Major General Carter says 32,000 trained Japanese troops entered Hawaii since the end of the Japanese Russian war. He adds the U.S. will send 13,000 more troops to Hawaii to prevent a potential seizure, a move that stirs officials in the capital.
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Washington, D. C
Hawaii
Carter
United States Army
United States
Gnn
Pendleton High School contract awarded to Advance Construction
The Pendleton school board accepted the Advance Construction of Portland as the lowest bid after modifying plans to reduce costs. The bid dropped to 74000 dollars from 74600, enabling funding for heating, plumbing, wiring, and annex completion without altering appearance or structural integrity.
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Pendleton
Advance Construction Company of
Portland
Troutman
Advance Construction Company
North Side
Shuster Leaves Persia for Home
Teheran January 12 Morgan Shuster American treasurer general of Persia departed last night with his wife for London. His removal follows Russian pressure as he had built up nearly a million dollars in the Persian treasury and Russia and England reportedly planned to partition Persia as conditions deteriorated.
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Teheran
Persia
Russia
Morgan Shuster
London
W. Morgan Shuster
Shuster
Taft
England
Respectfully Referred to the Divine Reverend Cannibal Zambo
A Pendleton church committee denounces itinerant solicitors for foreign schools and missions soliciting funds. It urges residents to give only through legitimate church channels, summing up that accredited local pastors must back any appeal to ensure honest expenditure.
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Cannibal Zambo
David John Henry Allen Zambo Swackhamer, Jr
Pendleton
Young America
Gard
Pupe
Eyvery
Smythe Awarded 1000 For Railway Injuries In 1910
In Portland Oregon on January 12 a jury in Judge Wolverton's court awarded Dan P Smythe Pendleton 1000 for the loss of his arm and injuries suffered under a Northern Pacific stock train in the summer of 1910 Smythe may appeal. Railroad lawyers express satisfaction claiming payment will be made The railroad defense contended injuries resulted from Smythe's own recklessness.
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Portland
Ore
275 RATTLESNAKES KILLED IN ONE DEN
Major Lee Moorhouse becomes possessor of 275 rattlesnakes after James Fix exterminates a den near Nye. Fix digs out the hibernating reptiles, discovers bull snakes and blue racers, and nets skins plus 206 pounds of oil sold at 4.60 a pound. He notes poison could yield higher value.
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Lee Moorhouse
Nye
James Fix
Coomts Canyon
Portland
Young Fix
Fix
JURY BRIBER WILL TELL ALL ABOUT TAMPERING
Los Angeles January 12. Detective Bert Franklin, hired by the McNamara defense, and his attorney said he will not plead guilty at tomorrow's trial. Rumors claim Franklin may plead guilty, take a short sentence, and reveal details of juror bribery potentially implicating prominent figures in the McNamara case.
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Los Angeles
Calif
McNamara
Bert Franklin
Franklin
Indians Object Delays Gibbon Fish Hatchery Plan
At the Umatilla County Fish and Game association meeting the group reported that no action could be taken on a hatchery site near Gibbon without Indian consent from the reservation. A follow up meeting was scheduled for next Thursday to seek approval. Wesley Matlock was elected president, with John Vaughan vice president, C K Cranston secretary, and William Humphrey treasurer. Cranston also chairs the state fish and game commission and outlined policy on Osh fry distribution to anglers.
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Gibbon
Fish and Game Commission
Umatilla County
Indiana
Wesley Matlock
G I. la Dow
John Vaughan
C. K. Cranston
William Humphrey
Cranston
State Fish and Game Commission
Oakland Woman Is Shot by Former Husband
In Oakland on January 12 Mrs Jessie Bigelow, 50, was fatally shot by her former husband Joseph Rider, from whom she had been divorced in St. Louis two years before. Rider, who had recently married her, is believed to have followed her to California from Los Angeles. He fired on the pair inside the house, holding the son and daughter at bay with a revolver before fleeing as a posse closes in.
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Oakland
Jessie Bigelow
Joseph Rider
St. Louis
Bigelow
Rider
California
Los Angeles
Carnegie Steel Trusts and Law Said by Carnegie
Washington DC Jan 12 Andrew Carnegie testified again before the committee. Howard Bridge quoted his book while referencing Carnegie Steel Company papers. Carnegie argued laws must curb steel price excesses and contrasted Taft and Roosevelt on trust policy.
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Washington, DC
Andrew Carnegie
Howard Bridge
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Carnegie
Taft
Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Three-year-old Admits Carbolic Acid To Infant Tragedy
In Huntley Montana on January 12 a 3 year old boy found a bottle of carbolic acid in a trunk. He gave the liquid to a one year old infant and drank some himself. Both children were dying when the mother Mrs. T. Threet returned home.
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Huntley
Mont
Baptists Hold Annual Banquet At First Church
The eighth annual roll call and banquet of the First Baptist church was held last night at Eagle-Woodman hall. About 150 people attended the sumptuous dinner and program. Toasts featured Our Baptist Fellowship and Our Children with songs by the Pembton male quartet.
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First Baptist Church
Eagle-Woodman Hall
Pembton
Frank K. Welles
Our Baptist Pelowship
Mary
Quaget
Rev. H. T. Cash
J. H. Morris
Alleged Wife Murderer Hanged at San Quentin
Mark Wilkens was hanged at San Quentin Penitentiary California today January 12 for the murder of his wife in Alameda. He died protesting his innocence.
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San Quentin Penitentiary
Calif
Mark Wilkens
Alameda
Missing Stockman Trapped by Snow In Gibbon Canyon
John Narkaus, 27, a Weston mountain rancher, disappeared Monday while searching for livestock above Gibbon. A search party tracked his horse to a massive snow slide in Bobsled canyon and, despite digging efforts, fear he lies buried beneath the snow with no signs of life. Deputy B F Averill aided the search before returning to the city.
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Icy Mountain
John Narkaus
Weston Mountain
Gibbon
Narkaus
Wenaha Springs
P. H. McPhee
Narkawus
Bobsled Canyon
B. F. Averill
Hermiston Treasurer-Elect Fails to Qualify
Special Correspondence from Hermiston Oregon reports J M Scarborough, elected treasurer, forgot to file the required bond in time. The city council declared the office vacant and will elect a replacement. Scarborough defeated Ash Pierce in the recent election for theTreasurership.
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Hermiston
Ore
J. M. Scarborough
Scarborough
Ash Pierce
Halifax Fire Destroys Businesses in Morning Blaze
A morning fire in Halifax N S 8 damaged several business buildings including the Halifax Herald and Minnie Dry Goods company causing about half a million dollars in losses. The blaze swept through downtown causing extensive damage and disrupting business operations.
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Halifax
Halifax Herald
Minnie Dry Goods Company
Italians Sink Seven Turkish Gunboats Off Konfunda
Italian battleships and torpedo boat destroyers engaged a Turkish squadron off Konfunda after a weeklong hunt. Seven gunboats loaded with contraband for Turkish troops in Iteman Arabia were sunk after about an hour of fierce fighting. Many Turks fled by lifeboats. no Italian casualties were reported.
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Rome
Italy
Iteman
Arabia
Konfunda
Government engineers hear West Extension arguments late month
A Portland sourced notice from Hermiston Oregon dated January 11 1912 announces a board of engineers will convene in the latter part of the month likely at Hermiston to consider the proposed West Extension of the Umatilla project. The board seeks definite facts from interested parties and may hold hearings at convenient locations with written statements preferred.
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Portland
Newell
Hermiston
Ore
East Oregonian
Umatilla
Cate
Oregon
Herbert Db. Newell
Wan
Ensinner Hopson
Pendietoniane
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Japan
U. S
Advange CO
Portland Construction Concern
Dan P. Smythe
Northern Pacific
Probers
Steel Trust
Tien Tsin
China
Rui
Lan Chow
St. Petersburg
Rossia
Kuldja
Chinese Turkestan
Baptists
Mammoth
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