09 Sep 1916
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1916
Page
1
A dramatic Western Front report says Turks arrive to aid hard pressed German units as Verdun fights near a final phase. The battle is described as entering its third and last stage with Teuton forces seeming demoralized amid heavy fighting.
Turkiye troops reinforce German lines to halt Russian advances toward Halitz and Lemberg. German Bulgarian forces push into Romania's front near the Danube while fighting along the Carpathians and Dobrudja. Verdun remains on the defensive as French regain ground and German morale ebbs amid heavy artillery exchanges.
Charlean Snundorm faces trial this afternoon in the Justice Court before Judge Joe H. Parkes. The case alleges hunting without a license, with a jury to hear the proceedings.
The plaintiff in a Seattle case against John H. Haver and the Alawha Anthracite Coal Company received judgment for 0.607.46 and 700 attorney fees. Circuit Judge W. Phelps ordered attachment to satisfy the claim.
The central workers union representing about 2500000 men and women across trades formed a committee empowered to call a general sympathetic strike in connection with the traction dispute in the city.
London reports Haig says British forces seized a German trench in fierce hand to hand fighting in Floureaux wood and another trench east of Beloy. Eighty seven hundred prisoners taken on the Somme by September 3. War Office calls German dead piled. Verdan area sees violence. Hindenburg appears younger. Berlin confirms his western front visit with Crown Prince and leaders.
Stanfield district gains approval to annex parts of Hermiston and Columbian school districts with the condition it assumes a proportional share of bonded indebtedness. Hermiston and Columbian opposed the move citing debt burdens, while Stanfield supporters argued for local preference. County boundary board, including the county court members and County Superintendent Young, ruled in favor citing equity and burden balance.
The session enacted vast military and fiscal action with record appropriations. It created a $700 million peacetime budget and a $50 million merchant marine program, expanded government spending on munitions and inheritances, and enacted an eight hour railroad labor rule. It confirmed federal judges, investigated railways, and adopted workers compensation for U S employees while advancing foreign and postal policy and treaties.
Pendleton opens nine month term for 1200 pupils as city schools prepare. Teachers' meetings held, repairs completed, and new courses added including a gas engine class by Prof. Virgil Fendall. Boundaries revised directing students to Unicorn Hawthorne Washington Field and Lincoln schools. No first grade class this year.
Chicago market reports price ranges with opening highs lows and closes. Special from Portland notes wheat values in Manitoba futures and Liverpool bids for premium No. 1 and No. 2 red western winter grades with a down today tendency across markets.
In Martins Ferry Ohio two bandits halted a taxi at a grade crossing three miles from town and killed Lee Hankin superintendent of Young-Trlegheny Coal Co after looting twelve thousand dollars from the miner payroll. Oliver Pickens driver. Hankin stabbed as he fled.
The crop estimates bureau reports composite crop condition at five point four percent below the ten year average and eleven point nine percent below last year. Meanwhile average prices for principal crops are twenty one point nine percent higher than a year ago.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt was elected president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Vice presidents named include Mrs Walter Miller of Missouri, Mrs Esther Ogden of New Jersey, and others. Convention program featured speeches by Raymond Robbins and Dr Effie McCullum Jones with closing address by Dr Anna Howard Shaw on What is Americanism.
Reports indicate modest activity in the grain market with significant wheat trades yesterday. Engdahl at Helix bought several lots at 123 dollars per bushel, while Pangiston dealers quoted around 1.5 dollars for limited lots today.
A B Woodward of the Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York arrives to meet Pendleton bankers. He is touring the country to study conditions and meet bankers as representative of the fourth largest bank in New York.
Daniel Fortin, president of the Banco Comercial De Honduras, warned that Central American republics suffer an unprecedented financial low due to the European war and urged American investors to buy Honduras securities with favorable concessions. Decrees in favor of plaintiffs were granted in Thompson v Thompson and Gilman v Gilman divorce cases by Circuit Judge G. W. Phelps.
L E Young county school superintendent said the Umapine east end fair was a great success from all standpoints. He noted strong competition in all schoolwork especially in the prevailing club.
Senator Lewis charged Japan and Russia with pressuring America from the Orient and criticized the State Department for its peculiar silence. He called for inquiries to reveal why information on Japan's latest demands on China and America’s eastern rights is so scarce.
In an interview at Imperial headquarters, Russian General Alezieff warned Germany to deploy four hundred thousand troops to bolster Austria if Berlin hopes to slow Allied pressure. He said German counteroffensives have failed, Austrian morale remains fragile but not broken, and Russia enters a difficult winter with ample ammunition. He projected peace as distant and urged Germany to prove driving power against Hindenburg’s eastern push.
Two seriously burned workers were carried from the Alaska mines of P. & R. Coal and Iron Co at Mount Carmel after a gas blast. District Superintendent K. Le Davis and Foreman Kelly led a rescue party into the depths to reach entombed men as officials investigated the blast. Nearby, hunters in another county area returned home after a weeklong deer chase, reporting a deer sighting close to Earl Coutts.
Johnny Aitken drove a Reugot to win a twenty mile race at Tadjanapallo Speedway in Indianapolis. He averaged 95 miles per hour and collected part of a $400 purse. Wilcox Io a Premier finished second and Chevroleets in a Bun beam placed third.
Chibunhus stands with Villa as the campaign shapes state policy. Wheat prices rise while average yields lag, pressuring farmers. Market watchers note higher costs and tighter margins as the campaign unfolds across counties.
Marshall argues fault finding is unproductive and urges constructive action to solve issues. He calls for collaboration, practical steps, and focus on outcomes rather than blame. The statement frames a l forgone critique approach as counterproductive to progress.
Vice-President Marshal opens state campaign with a horse quote. He says the GOP cannot gain power by criticism and must spell out plans. He accuses Hughes of trying to please Roosevelt Barnes Penrose and La Follette and argues Democrats must be decisively beaten.
A Mexican rancher arrives in Juarez as Villa marches north with over fifteen hundred men. Texas Rangers exchange gunfire with Mexican forces five miles south of the Rio Grande, wounding one. Villa signals a rally on September sixteenth near Chi Huahus City.
W Cook testified Thompson frequently discussed Mrs Helen Jennings and hoped to win a home by marrying her. The prosecutor implied unrequited love spurred the alleged motive to kill Miss Jennings. The state’s case neared completion as Thompson appeared anxious, three days unshaved, with court adjourning until Monday. Hotel St George remodeling finished with updated rooms hot and cold water, lavatories, and long distance telephony. upstairs rooms reconfigured for exterior access.
A notice states all school children must be at the Westward Ho on Monday at 4 o clock for a Round-Up drill. They will be drilled by Mr Adah Looh Rose and parents are urged to cooperate in bringing the children out for this occasion.
Agent Walter Adams of the Northern Pacific today received a wire from the old line company stating the new law drops the requirement for stamps on tickets, including parlor car tickets, and alters stamp duties across ticket forms. The change relaxes revenue stamp obligations and affects railway travel documents.
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