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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1912
Page
5
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Belgrade reports a popular movement to dethrone King Nicholas of Montenegro and set up a republic. The revolutionary committee is said to be based in the city and aided by Montenegrin citizens in the United States who allegedly sent 200000 dollars.
A lone robber paused at 7 55 PM Friday near the Springdale dairy in North Third avenue North Yakima. Wheeler and Pinkerton resisted as the masked intruder brandished a long revolver and a large automatic before escaping as police arrived.
Evansville resident declares Vinci cured five month pulmonary illness after doctors failed. He endorses Vinci to all with chronic coughs and colds and offers a money back guarantee if it does not heal. Fred L. Janeck, Druggist, North Yakima, Wash.
In Portland on February 3 a dramatic scene unfolded as Louis J. Wilde of San Diego was acquitted on an instructed verdict in Judge Kavanaughs court of embezzling 90000 dollars from Oregon Trust and Savings Bank. Co defendant W Cooper Morris had pleaded guilty days earlier. The judge ruled defense claims about invalid indictment and statute limitations were valid.
An ad promotes Herb ine as instant relief for heartburn indigestion and stomach distress. It claims the remedy forces badly digested food from the body and restores tone in the stomach and bowels. Price 6 50 cents. Sold by D H Fry and C W Camp at 8rd and Yakima avenues.
Seattle reports Delarm and Biehl missing as the $5,000,000 Columbia River Orchards bond issue collapses. Small investors exchanged property for these seven percent bonds and many face ruin, with ads promising exchanges and numerous families impoverished.
In Portland on February 3 authorities took no action on the Columbia River Orchard company Washington Orchard Irrigation and Fruit company or Oregon Washington Trust. Allen Jay Biehl, trustee and officer, has largely disappeared as bondholders and reporters wait for his return. Some bondholders plan a protective association to regain possession of the transferred properties, some of which have been resold. One man reportedly conveyed 80 000 dollars worth of property for bonds.
The implements on U.S. farms total 1 262 022 000 dollars according to the last census, reflecting an increase of more than 68 percent in ten years.
North Yakima fire department plans to replace four horses Red and Colonel plus two others with an automobile fire wagon. The horses will remain until the new unit is tested, then sold for cash. The city gains from the sale as the horse wagon era ends and a horseless system arrives.
H Stanley Coffin, a Lincoln sheep breeder, finds his Lincoln cross with ducks improves local stock. Joseph Wing of the federal tariff board cites South American experience showing Lincolns dominate in Argentina, supporting Coffin’s views on sheep for forests and wool.
In Seattle on February 3, Mrs Linda Burfield Hazzard known as the starvation doctor faces a first degree murder charge in the death of her patient Miss Claire Williamson an English heiress. The jurors retired after a late session with a verdict possible at any time.
The football rules committee unveiled major updates in New York on February 3. An extra down is allowed for a ten yard gain, a forward pass can be made ten yards beyond the goal line, the value of a touchdown is raised to six points, and the onside kick is eliminated.
Spokane Feb. 3 A Washington state industrial insurance official told the State Federation of Labor convention that next legislative session should consider a law to direct felons earnings to their families. A campaign to push a measure may begin at the upcoming biennial session to aid destitute wives and children. Separately, H L Thompson urged federal aid to clear logged-off lands in the west to attract settlers and builders.
Grace Willis Walker also known as Helen Taylor, 32, received a package from a man at an uptown apartment. It exploded in her vestibule, killing her instantly. Dr. C B Perkins called it an infernal machine. one dry cell battery pierced her heart. Charles M Dickinson was arrested on homicide charges. Edna Lamarre, a show girl, is held as a material witness.
General Pasquale Orozco, admired by insurrecto troops and favored by the Madero government, arrived en route from Chihuahua and pledged to quell three days of Rio Grande unrest. He traveled unarmed and met Col. KE Z. Steever in Juarez to discuss border traffic and peace assurances.
The jury to hear testimony in the J B Sneed murder case against wealthy Amarillo banker J B Sneed is completed. Testimony will begin Monday in Fort Worth. Captain A G Boyce is the alleged victim in this Texas case.
Chicago clears the old peck measure with a new weight based system for produce. The Feb 8 ordinance, championed by Charles A. Nelson, aims to cut prices by about 20 percent and enlists 20 deputy inspectors to enforce the scales against peddlers and grocers.
Johnny Toulon of Chicago defeats Frankie Conley of Kenosha in a 20 round bout to retain the bantamweight title. Conley lands five blows to Toulon's one late, leaving Conley battered with a cut face and swollen eyes as the crowd celebration follows a disputed verdict.
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