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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1914
Page
6
Ed Rand of Baker County announces reelection bid after wavering on running again. He disclosed that Governor West’s attacks influenced his decision, though he had previously planned retirement. Rand frames the race amid local political tensions.
A testimonial letter from Mrs Jane Clift of Athens Ohio touts Peruna as a grippe remedy from early in the illness through recovery. Other readers including Victor Patneaude of Topeka Kansas report renewed strength after using Peruna and say it helps during later afterstages. The ad notes Peruna tablets as an alternative and offers a free Peruna Lucky Day Almanac for 1914.
The sheriff says he will run before Baker County voters to let them decide whether the laws should be enforced in Baker County, preferring voters interpret the situation as it stands and determine enforcement.
Grants Pass Oregon January 17. The new city council refused to confirm the mayor's appointments leaving the city without legal advice as City Attorney Norton resigns after bonds for the new officers were rejected. The old police remain on duty while the standoff continues.
Salem Ore Jan 16 Mayor Steeves says Labor Commissioner Hoff served notice that unless policemen and firemen in Salem are placed on an eight hour basis next week warrants will be issued for his arrest He plans to submit to arrest to test whether the eight hour law covers this class of employees The Eugene mayor has placed police and firemen on eight hours and asks Steeves to join in court challenge.
A statesman is portrayed as a candidate who remains passive while political bosses manipulate the process to elevate him. The piece critiques manipulation in the pursuit of office and questions leadership integrity within party power structures.
Sunday at the Orpheum features a two part Edison with Gertrude McCoy and Benjamin Wilson. Peg of the Movies follows Peg as she becomes a photo player and lover Stephen moves west to join a company then rescues her from Indians in a dramatic mount. Also included are A Corner in Popularity and The Missing Diamond from Lubin with light seaside romance and a comic twist.
The two part on the screen features Nielson in the lead in a spicy clever comedy full of laughable situations. It is a fresh, somewhat real seeming story praised as highly humorous and entertaining for lovers of light cinema.
The Pastime offers Kalem's two part Uncle Tom's Cabin with Eliza by Anna Nilson and Topsy by Mariam Cooper plus Little Eva and Simon Legree roles. Biograph's Her Wedding Bell stars Blanch Sweet and Charles West. Edison presents The Manicure Girl with Marjory Ellison Gertrude McCoy August Phillips and William Betchell.
Advance notes praise The Yankee and the Swede as the funniest act seen in these houses with rapid fire dialect and nonstop laughter from start to curtain. Also listed are Destinies Fulfilled a three reel drama with Syd ney Ayres and Vivian Rich, and Flirt Mistake a Keystone comedy featuring Fatty chasing a Hindu mistaken for a girl.
Tonight marks the final appearance of Brinkman and the Steele Sisters in their high class singing act at the Alta Theater. Mr Fred Steele will perform several numbers during the picture intermission. Sunday brings Ross and King in a comedy singing talking and piano act of merit with a new picture program. They will arrive in time to open the matinee.
The program for the concert to be given by Robert at Alta on Tuesday evening lists selections to be performed, announcing an evening of music and performance. The notice emphasizes the upcoming event and provides basic details for attendees.
Havana reports a wireless message from the Hamburg American steamer Diana long overdue from the Azores. The captain states she will dock at 3 p m. in Havana today, confirming the vessel's expected arrival and location.
Baritone Lovell Wilson and pianist Emil Enna perform a Tuesday program at the Alta theater on January 20 featuring Part One Fantasie in D Minor Shenhammer and selections by Finden, Wilson, Molloy, Hesselbig, Stanford, Nevin, Roeckel and others including The Vagabond and When All the World Is Young.
Grand jury in Oregon vs Mer Knapp, bound over on larceny from a dwelling, reports that evidence before the panel accused Attorney S W Stark of offering Detective C W Mapes a fifty dollar bribe before the justice court hearing. Jury says no statute covers the case and urges investigation by the prosecuting attorney and the state bar association.
Adolfo de la Lama, Mexico's finance minister, arrived in Paris on a mission and cabled his resignation to General Huerta in protest over the decision to default on internal and foreign debt interest payments. He said he was not informed of the government’s choice to repudiation debt.
Senator Norris of Nebraska offered an amendment to Senator Chamberlain's Alaska railroad bill authorizing the president to arrange construction of 10 to 29 steamships for service between Alaska and the Americas. Ships designed for naval use would be leased to the Panama Railroad Company and cost up to fifteen million dollars. Farmers gather in Colorado for Congress opening with aims for better crops and lower costs as delegates arrive in Fort Collins.
Presbyterian Corner East An and College streets led by Rev. S L Grigsby. Bible school 10 a.m. Preaching 11 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Morning sermon Christ and His Claims from John 1 46. Evening sermon A Proper Conception of God and Its Outcome from Job 42 6 6.
Malin and Jackson streets note Tolbert F Weaver minister with Bible school at 10 a.m. Christian Endeavor. Evening preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mr Jordan directs the choir with an anthem in the morning titled This Is the Day Which the Lord Hath Made by Gaul and an evening anthem He Leadeth Me by Ashford.
Services held at 11 a.m. Sunday with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Wednesday service at 7 p.m. Lesson topic "Life". Reading room open daily except Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at East Webb and Johnson streets.
The notice lists Sunday school at 19 a m and divine service at 11 a m including Holy Communion. Evening prayer and sermon follow at 7 30 p m. The pastoral letter from the House of Bishops will be read in place of a sermon. Soloist Miss Edna Thompson. Charles Quinney, Rector.
In Los Angeles Judge Craig of the superior court ruled the Wage Act requiring employers to pay discharged workers within five days unconstitutional. The case centered on Edward Hewitt, a mining magnate, who failed to settle a small sum with a former employee and faced a $600 fine or six months jail as debt imprisonment.
Washington January 15 The House acting as a committee of the whole adopted an amendment to the District of Columbia appropriation bill barring fund solicitation in public schools except for athletics and commencement. The aim is to spare children humiliation when parents cannot meet all demands. A German blacksmith is achieving prominence in grand opera in Europe, a phenomenon noted by the Milwaukee Sentinel.
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