News Notes Of Current Week Headlines Roundup
German sub nibbles sink two British ships in the English Channel. A motorcyclist in Portland jumps a streetcar line and crashes into a parlor. Willard Johnson fight films barred from U S by federal statute. Rear Admiral Peary retires and hosts a dinner for Secretary of Commerce. Ten thousand workers return to steel mills as strikes end. The Russian government may approach neutrals over treatment, with Germany determined to win.
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Dr. Jordan
Stanford Univentey
Kae Sun Yat Sen
China
Carringa
Alx Nuna
Vera Cruz
Serbia
Belgium
Willard-Johnson
United States
Pullman
Peary
United States Navy
North Pole
Rocflel
Department of Commerce
Thebesse
Unes
Jeremish W. Robinson
Ute
Thale
Ateal Mills and Factorien
Chlpare
Frork
Ings
Petrograd
Germany
Willard Wins World Championship From Johnson
Ravans Johnson, exiled, loses title after a 26th round windmill right to the heart. Johnson's energy fades as Willard, the biggest man to enter the prize ring, seizes control to crown himself world heavyweight champion in a dramatic 20 round bout.
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Ravans
Jack Johnson
Monday
Johnson
Willard
John Wop
Sncretove
Tokan
Right of Embargo Not Admitted by United States
The United States publicly notes it cannot admit either the right or the allies to justify an embargo in commercial exchanges between Germany and neutral nations. The note argues such claims would abandon neutral rights and contradict U S policy, while reviewing blockade legality and Britain’s retaliation as not a full excuse for actions.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
Tlon
Pullman Porters Pay Scrutiny at U S Industrial Relations Inquiry
The first government inquiry into wages and conditions for sleeping car porters and conductors opened Tuesday. L. B. Hungerford of Pullman was questioned as Frank P. Walsh led the session. Porters with 16 years’ service earned 27.60 monthly, rising to 28.87 after a 6 percent advance, with uniforms bought by workers early in service and a yearly bonus for good records.
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Chicago
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Hungerford
Pullman Company
Frank P. Walsh
Comminsion
Edin
Suit Against 1. 2. Bet. $80,000 Mibel Suit Brought
Willian of Albany files an $80,000 case in April against Bet. The action will have precedence over all other cases on the calendar.
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Willian
Albany
Proaieon Wat
Grants Pass to Crescent City Rail Line Planned
Grants Pass to Crescent City railroad project aims to cost about 6 million dollars with completion hoped soon. Twohy Bros plan to mobilize a large force to finish the 81 mile segment Wilderville to Crescent City while seeking financing from bonds and foreign capital. The line would connect Grants Pass with Portland and San Francisco via a potential through route, opening southern Oregon to sea access and regional development.
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Grants Pass
Crescent City
Cal
Portland
Granta Pass
Wilderville
Twohy Bros
West Fe
Tysod
James F. ‘Twohy
Grants Pan
San Francisco
Era Pacific
Southern Pacific
Granta Paau
Cresent City
Trinidad
San, Francisco
Test Cooking Qualities of Various Kinds of Apples
Oregon Agricultural Lounge reports a Home Economics bulletin evaluating 71 Oregon apple varieties for cooking. Judges, unaware of variety, scored sauces pies dumplings and jams on texture color flavor and tenderness. Results guide buyers dealers and growers with recipes and cooking directions included.
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Oregon Agricultural Lounge
Corralilsa
C. I Lewis
Oregon
Lewis
Jolla
Forest Grove Commercial Club Hears Road Plan Discussed
Forest Grove officials and local business leaders meet to discuss hard surfacing for county roads and potential state aid. A five member committee is formed to pursue improvements while the Commercial Club grows by 100 members.
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Forest Grove
Fetter Roads
Washington County
D. B. Rossoner
Hadall” Mattson
Lainena
Commercial Club
Wheat Harvest Hopes Rise as Umatilla Farmers Plan
Farmers in Umatilla County expect higher wheat prices this harvest while others foresee a possible gain next winter. Reports from Baker and Grant counties show larger acreages than ever, with limited frost damage and good rain aiding planting progress. Hay growers anticipate improved prices. Columbia River salmon prices for May range from 6 to 7 cents per pound with reductions noted for some cuts. The Fruit Growers Exchange plans a storage house in The Dalles area after failing to secure space with the Apple Growers association.
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Snes
Tyson
Umatilla
Bouhel
Baker
Grant
Columbia
Avtoria
Columbia River
Germany
Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Northwasters Pruit Exchange
Tts
Odell
Mont Hod Tala Tin
Riot at Chicago women's meeting ends with theater curtain dropped
A Chicago political meeting led by Min Marion Drake dissolved into a riot when hecklers demanded to hear a male candidate. Spectators surged to their feet, police were called, and the curtain fell as volunteer speakers flooded the stage from multiple locations, disrupting the event amid tense confrontation.
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Chicago
Aleel
Min Marion Drake
Ward
Ty John
Bathhoune
Aan
Roay 2
Miss Drake
Swoiteer
Thompson
Thane
Milas Drake
Sho
Hivaes
Great Britain Faces Momentous Prohibition Move
Britain contemplates a sweeping liquor ban that critics warn would trigger the country’s biggest shock. The piece compares the potential decree to civil wars and Cromwellian dictatorship, noting public resistance and anticipated night enforcement by authorities.
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London
Great Britain
Norman Conquet
Cromwall
Rumia
England
Britain
Bottien Te Syed
Morgan Art To Go and Library Tax Plans
The Morgan Library in New York plans inheritance tax on its art collection valued upward of 48 million dollars and on the library portion housed in East Thirty sixth Street. International labor leaders meet in the city on April 15 to set dates for a congress or to map peaceable endgame strategies for Europe. Dr. James MacLean, former University of Idaho president now at the University of Winnipeg, is called to join the next troop movements, with enlistment underway and his wife named.
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New York
Fs. Pbena
East Thirty-sixth
Flanneler
Wuseroneeux International Isbor
Europe
Moscow
Idaho
Janes Maclean
University of
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