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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
4
North Ha e Tea post office entry lists N. Tubalemy as manager. Published weekly on Wednesdays with rates for subscriptions: one year 1.50, six months .75, three months .50. Dated Wednesday January 12, 1910.
City voters face a three week decision on buying the Northwest Light & Water plant for 310000 to run the water system municipally. The issue hinges on affordability, administration, and local conditions shaping a city wide shift to public ownership.
After a lengthy inquiry Mayor Taylor's committee on municipal graft released its report. The panel, independent of the prosecution, praised its members for fairness and found an unprejudiced study of the facts after reviewing all charges raised by Patrick Calhoun and anti-prosecution papers.
A committee lauds the verdict by notable men denouncing Patrick Calhoun and praising the San Francisco graft prosecutions. It notes the San Francisco Bulletin’s seven-year battle against grafters, its editor kidnapped, proprietor attacked, and the paper's persistence. It critiques United Railroads over the overhead trolley franchise and details Ruef’s role and the 1906 car strike with suspicions of orchestrated shifts in the conflict.
The piece argues that executive power should press Congress to enact a genuine tariff reform promised by Taft and the Republican platform, contrasting with the Aldrich bill and insurgent Republicans who oppose it. It warns that Hitchcock pressuresInsurgent postmasterships and critiques a railroad yard engine crossing endangering lives at B steel crossing.
Charles W Morse once wrecked a bank and begins a fifteen year prison term. He defends his fate as a persecuted victim of a brutal sentence and appeals to the Armenian people amid criticism of the justice system.
The article reports that defendant charges private detectives hired by the prosecution kept the jury drunk and that the conviction process shows a government gone mad in search of a victim. It notes Morse would face trial, not prison barber, and mentions Moran funding exposure. Morse appeals to the American people for a pardon petition.
The St Paul Pioneer Press urges readers to adopt daily outdoor activity in winter. It argues cold weather is invigorating, not harmful, and mental attitude causes discomfort. The piece highlights clean air, fewer germs, and the tonic effect of Minnesota winters.
A critical 1910s column argues J. P. Morgan controls banking capital with Equitable Life and major trusts, claiming his power rivals sovereignty. It contrasts power with title, denounces tax avoidance, and warns of corporate influence over law and government.
The speaker extols King Morgan praising his center of gold as the source of happiness rights and fate for every man while questioning contentment with such power in a land of the free. The rhetoric centers on adulation and fear of centralized wealth.
Mrs. Fannie Underwood and Mr. B. Shily wed at the Clark residence with close relatives present. Mrs. Shily, formerly in Washington schools, and Mr. Shily, a Michigan graduate, will settle on a Naches valley fruit ranch. Miss Emma Remquist married Mr. O. S. Hansen at the groom’s Fairview home in a simple January ceremony officiated by Rev. EB King. The event featured green and white décor and a Lohengrin wedding march.
Opinion submissions are welcomed from readers with no personal names printed unless requested. Letters must accompany articles as evidence of good faith, and signatures can be withheld from publication if requested.
Letters from Yakima area ranchers urge action against liquor during local option tensions. A correspondent criticizes press reports blaming labor blocs for wets’ victory and argues large employers bore the true power in the county race. He cites payrolls and tax impacts to counter claims of influence by unions and politics.
Olympia January reports from Supt. C. S. Reed show 1080 persons on the rolls at year end 145 more than January 1, 1909. During 1909 the prison received 423 inmates. 864 males and 14 females confined, 144 males and 3 females on parole, and 55 males at Deception Pass quarry on state road work. Twenty one convicts admitted in December and 63 were finally...
Stockholders of the Western Accident and Health Insurance Company met in annual session Tuesday and amended by laws while electing officers and directors for the coming year. Fred A. Ouellette was named president with Henry H. Schott as vice president and C. B. Laughlin as secretary. Directors include Michael Schorn, George N. Tuesley, J. W. Payne and Joseph Schreiner.
The Pension Office plans to cut bulky stacks by destroying idle papers with Congress authorization. Commissioner Davenport seeks space and personnel rearrangement as Secretary Ballinger asks Congress to permit disposal of about four rooms of papers unused for years.
Pittsburgh, Jan 11 A proposal to appoint a state hangman for Pennsylvania will be reviewed by the next legislature Edward Swartwood long time deputy sheriff at Pittsburgh and former star batsman for the Pirates as well as a National League umpire is the first candidate he has hanged twenty one men in his career
About two and a half months ago a light bay or sorrel gelding vanished from the Wee nas ranch. Description notes a white hind foot a blaze on the face a mark on the left hip and a weight around 950 pounds. A reward is offered for information leading to recovery. Dr H Greene Norma 2-1t.
Listing notes a business office over Janeck Drug Store at Cor Sixth and Chestnut with residence and office hours from 9 am to 12 pm and 2 to 5 pm and states the person is a member of the Pension Board.
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