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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
1
Washington state supreme court ruling upholds prohibition and the initiative and referendum amendments. The decision, the longest in court history, sustains direct legislation for all time, and references woman suffrage and recall amendments while addressing publication concerns.
Washington witnesses a heated Senate session as Hokesmith and Denevet call for probes into neutral trade interference. Lodge counters with a demand to examine the deadly case aboard an unarmed vessel amid the broader defense of American rights.
Word reached here Saturday of Captain C. C. Teed and Mate Cats aboard launch Airdale of BM Canter. They sailed from South Berd with 16 metal tanks to a fish-packing plant at Center. The oil tanks were lost near Bay Center, the launch filled, and nearly all lives were saved in a heroic struggle.
Report from the 26th annual conven tion of the Western Import Association notes a predicted scarcity of fruit in Kanese City and Europe due to war disruptions. The gathering highlights cherry supply issues and stresses the impact on nurseries and commerce.
Baron George Wilhelm von Brincken a German consulate attache and Mrs Margaret W Cornell a Crowley aide were indicted by a US grand jury on two counts each. The first counts allege conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce and foreign trade while the second charges use of the mails to incite arson assassination and murder. Bail set at 5000 per count. Counsel for defendants pled in court as von Brincken and Crowely.
An annual tax report shows Oregon’s richest earner at 300000 to 400000 annually while Washington’s top income surpasses Oregon. Other Oregon residents reach 160000 to 200000 and 60 000 to 76 000, with numerous earners between 76 000 and 100 000. Washington lists two with 160000 to 200000 and ten at 300000 plus one from 78 600 to 109 000. The figures come from the commissioner of internal revenue.
A Cairo issued statement says seven Arabs were driven eastward after a British recon patrol in the Sinai Peninsula. British casualties totaled 16 killed and 3 officers with 16 men wounded. New Year liquor sales rules in New York were tightened with no all night permits.
Washington officials demand disavowal of the Lusitania sinking and call for grave consideration as tensions rise with Austria-Hungary. The note seeks assurance of American safety and avoids further controversy amid Mediterranean incidents and German policy.
A half ton of pork is condemned as state and city health officials probe pork shipments into the city amid fatalities from a disease. The state food and dairy commissioner will investigate the matter and supervise disposal.
Pendleton plans two municipal Christmas trees on Main Street at Court and Alta corners. A mixed choir practices carols for Christmas Eve. Streets will glow with evergreen and red, white, blue lights. Two dinners will serve the poor. 955,680 Loft by Beachey.
The Oregon education plan divides 60 high schools into nine districts including Coos Bay Myrtle Point Marshfield North Bend Ibe and Eastern district. Other districts list Tillamook Moses St Helens St Johns Echo Upper Columbia Bend Madras Moro Prineville The Dalles Wasco Redmond Ontario Nynea Yale Hope. Salem awaits water test results from Summer and Abert lakes in New York to decide on financing Jason C Moore’s lease for lake deposits with a bond of 62600 and 4000 deposit plus 10000 already posted.
The Beate Department of tion has standardized 165 Pres. Schools offering four years above eighth grade. Each school is well supplied with libraries and apparatus to support work. Welles notes rapid growth in high schools. thirteen years ago five existed, now over 2000 students graduate annually.
The article notes a pending decision affecting Portland School matters with a teacher acting on behalf of Mrs. Richards while her husband represented her.
Preliminary city census by Harry Bickers places Pendleton at about 807 and 829 girls of school age. The figure is seen as lower than actual population but indicates a potential rise to 20,000 by the next national census. Fragments mention Portland Flour Mills and Pillsbury Mills. Freewater Apples harvest notes.
A garbled fragment shows Benny Green in a humorous scene at Liver View station involving a bearded man, a hat removal, and street wind, with unclear context and characters.
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