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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
1
Comstock Texas January 13 More than 20 federales killed in a river battle with insurgents as 18 rebels held off nearly ten times their number for three hours. Reinforcements arrived after 4:20 p m and the insurgents moved to safety with their dead and wounded.
Santa Ana January 13 a wife telephoned her husband John Gowan to say the house was on fire and she was dying after a gasoline iron exploded while she tried to refill the front. Her husband rushed home, put out the blaze, and attempted to revive her but she died after doctors were summoned.
Helena Montana January 13 Three freeze to death in various parts of Montana with more deaths feared as a blizzard continues. Snow falls again and livestock losses mount while no relief from the storm is seen. Mercury reaches twenty below and rail traffic is disrupted with Great Northern blocked in the Finfoot country. Eleven hundred passengers are stranded on trains but are supplied with food and fires.
In New York a gown worth 1400 dollars held at the customs house for duty was redeemed today and taken home. Brought from Paris by Lord Decios, the fiancé of Miss Vivian Gould, he arrived last night but could not pay and officials would not accept a check. The duty was a thousand dollars. The lord plans to marry Vivian Gould in February.
California's chief executive urged early consideration of the Stetson railroad regulation bill in a special message to the legislature. He cited specific rate disparities between California stations, arguing rates are set on the theory of all the traffic will bear and asserting railroad operation in the state is as cheap as anywhere, with many short hauls priced the same as longer ones.
Salem Jan 13 One of the major battles of the legislature this session will be over the public service commission bill The Portland Railway Light and Power Company backs a favorable measure but most railroads and other utilities oppose It Dan J Malarkey will introduce the bill in the Senate and Ed win G Amme will carry a rival in the House Amme favors a New York style law he says protects the people while restraining corporate power Oregon has seen few abuses but should preemptively regulate to avoid later excesses Amme expects a strong lobby against passage yet trusts the legislature to establish a commission with useful provisions to serve the public.
New York January 13 The national civic federation opened with discussion on the workingman s compensation law and topics including uniform taxation pure food taxation of corporations and uniform banking laws. Roosevelt and Carnegie were slated to address the gathering.
Governor Oswald West and State Treasurer Kay inspected the Oliver tract in Pendleton for a branch insane asylum. They argued for more land beside concerns over hill site suitability and water, while promising careful review before plans move forward with legislative approval.
Salem Jan. 13 The Oregon legislature moves 15 vetoed salary bill measures to the house agenda for Tuesday afternoon. Governor Chamberlain had announced he would veto all salary increases for county officials, with measures ranging from county judge, clerk, sheriff, recorder, treasurer, and school superintendent raises in Benton, Coos, Columbia, Marion, Wallowa, Klamath, Tillamook, and other counties. A McLoughlin home trustees bill was vetoed for removing the historic site from its original context.
At Batavia New York a rear end collision on the New York Central killed four passengers in a Pullman sleeper and injured twenty. The crash occurred as a standing train was struck and telescoped by a following train. Rescue crews rushed to the scene and the injured were trapped under debris for hours before release.
Independence Kansas Jan 13 John Walker and Mary Walker aged brother and sister were found dead in their home ruins. Authorities suspect murder and robbery as money was said to be kept there. The house was set afire to hide the crime and barns and outbuildings burned. The horses were turned loose.
Archie Shillaty, an Aspen, Colorado assayer about thirty, dined late in a Tacoma cafe and shot himself after the waiter began writing the bill. A pocket note shows premeditated suicide stating he planned a good meal before death to escape consumption.
The Oregon State Board removed Dr J D Plamondon from the eastern Oregon branch asylum post at Pendleton and left the office vacant. Governor Oswald West and State Treasurer T B Kay approved the action stating the state has a competent staff and no current need for a superintendent.
Leroy Breithaupt, Oregon Agricultural College graduate, chosen by the Pendleton school board to fill the vacancy created by Prof Pate’s resignation. He will start at the beginning of the second semester on January 23 and is praised by President Kerr of the state police. Breithaupt earned high honors last June and led student activities, recently doing postgraduate work at Corvallis, with a focus on the agricultural department.
Five bodies — two burned beyond identification — were recovered from the McCory store ruins in Connellsville. Police and firefighters search the scene for additional victims as gas is blamed for the explosion.
Salt Lake City report says Republican legislative caucus unanimously nominated George Sutherland to a second term as U S senator from Utah. Democrats reportedly offered a complimentary vote for former Congressman W H King. Both houses slated to ballot on January 26.
Whitefish Montana January 13 with temperatures twenty below zero eighty passengers on Great Northern trains No 3 and No 27 are stalled in mountains near Fielding as wind driven snowdrifts sap tracks. Rotary snowplows race from Cutbank and Whitefish but cannot clear the line. no food cars on either train and coal will last to Sunday. Fate of passengers unknown. Frenzied efforts press to reach them.
May Release Traine Spokane General Superintendent Brown of the Great Northern said he expected the release of Nos 2 and 27 by midnight. Reports indicate progress toward the trails. Heavy snow and bitter cold spread across Oregon Washington Montana Alberta and the Dakotas with trains stalled and two men frozen to death in Montana.
San Francisco reports a general rainfall north of Tehachapi today with the weather bureau predicting continuation through tomorrow. The cold snap accompanying the storm has eased into warmer weather and nearly three inches of rain have fallen since Monday.
Rail officials report the condition is the gravest in years as high winds persistently blow snow over the line. Three rotaries were forced to retreat to Whitefish to escape blazes while snow slides threaten to repeat last year’s Wellington disaster. Livestock across Alberta and Montana face severe cold with expected heavy losses. Prince Albert sees fifty below, Calgary forty four below, and Winnipeg thirty below.
Washington D C Jan 13 The population of Baker Oregon rises to 6742 per the census bureau census figures show Baker near seven thousand residents with growth noted compared to prior counts.
Six men are dead and one other is dying after a premature blast on the Grand Trunk Pacific right of way within Prince Rupert British Columbia. The workers were placing charges and the blast tore through the line with bodies blown apart. One survivor sustains a fractured skull as investigators seek cause.
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