World News Briefs From Around the World This Week
A sprawling digest reports Florida recording cold April lows and frost in rural districts. It notes Oregon and Washington river and harbor bill items passed by the House, while Senate opposed a tariff on coal tar dyes. Reports cover a Fort Terry encampment, a double-murder description in Walte Walls, and steamship auctions in New York. Also listed are a China assassination attempt, a Buffalo riot, German submarine losses, Polish relief funds, and various scientific and economic items.
Oregon Balance Sheet Shows Economy by Corporation Dept
A report by Corporation Commissioner Schulderman to Governor Withycombe covers nine months of the current fiscal year ending March 31. It notes expenses down to 9,787.39 while receipts rose by 7,864.88 compared with the previous year, highlighting efficiency. The period July 1915 to March 1916 saw gross receipts of 116,802.20, up from 108,998.52, despite bank fee transfers to the banking department totaling nearly 5,000 yearly. Disbursements for expenses fell to 12,287.44 from 16,024.88 in the prior comparable period.
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Schulderman
Withycombe
Corporation Department
Schoiderman
Banking Department
Black Eagle mine sale in Kerby district Neil Success name
Josephine County sells the Black Eagle mining claims on Fid dlera creek to a Washington group for 175,000 with 60 ton concentrator and electric water power plan. The buyers pledge immediate development and expect the Neil Success mine to become a leading Pacific Northwest producer.
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Black Eagle
Fiddlera Creek
Kerby
Josephine County
Pacific Northwest
Neil
Flaxseed Asset of Oregon State Estimated at $4600
The Eugene Chamber of Commerce arranged shipment of 358 bushels of flaxseed, about 20,000 pounds, to Eugene at an agreed price. The penitentiary stores show 2295 bushels on hand valued around $24 per bushel, market value about $55,080, with current farm sale price $2 per bushel.
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Salem
Eugene Chamber of Commerce
Eugene
Oregon
Water Scale Announced by Reclamation Service
Notice from the reclamation service concerns due dates for operation and maintenance charges on the Klamath project covering Sanda in Oregon and California. Lands on the project face a minimum $1 per acre charge entitling up to two acre feet of water per acre, with 20 cents per additional acre foot for the first extra, and 40 cents per extra acre foot thereafter. Tillamook boom spurs new enterprises and a two-story bank building rises at Second avenue and Second street. rumors speak of a four-story rear building on Second. State saves $1676 on paper by Dec contracting for paper supplies, reflecting lower costs anticipated for the new year.
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Klamath Falls
Reclamation Service
Klamath Project
Sanda
Oregon
California
Tillamook
First National Bank
Second Avenue
Second Street
C. Cue
Old Guard Officers to Head Republican Convention
Old guard Republicans named temporary officers for the upcoming convention with Warren G. Harding as temporary chairman, Lafayette Gleason as temporary secretary, and William F. Stone as sergeant at arms. Reports from the border note bandit activity as Villa and ex-general Canuto Reyes reportedly move north. American troops near Columbus prepare to receive $100,000 in clothing and a quarter of a million dollars in Mexican gold and silver to fund wages for soldiers.
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Mex
Canuto Reyes
Durango
Pedrivens
Villa
Torroon
Parral
Sierra Mojada
Nort
Mexico
Thera
Ganuto Reyes
Mapini
Columbus
N. M
He Nadi
Sugar on Free List May 1 1920 If Houses Reach Agreement
The senate adopted a substitute for the house free sugar repeal resolution extending the 1 cent per pound duty on sugar until May 1, 1920 by a 40 to 82 vote. Four Democrats joined Republicans in opposition. Conference talks were named with Senators Lodge Simona and Stone as conferees. If no agreement is reached by May 1 sugar returns to the free list pending repeal or extension. The debate also touched citrus duties and other tariff items with narrow votes and pointed remarks.
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Washinon
D. C
Senate
House
Sonstoré Lodge
Simona and
Stone
Works
California
Phelan
United States
Vardeman
Tariff Debate Highlights Tax Reform and Revenue Talk
The discussion centers on tariff policy and tax strategy with Senator Underwood advocating changing the tax structure to fund government and ease tariff barriers. He criticizes preserving a pork barrel approach and supports higher income and inheritance taxes. Senator Weeks counters the Democratic tariff as a weak revenue source and questions wartime trade impact on receipts.
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Underwood
Weeks
Villa Leaves Command as Pursuit Tightens in Chihuahua
Francisco Villa has reportedly withdrawn from the main body of his forces and hid in the Sierra mountains of Chihuahua as de facto government troops close in. Officials say rumors of his death circulate, but no confirmation exists from army or state department. In Seattle a freight train collision near Alki Point killed one and injured several as cars were swept by wreckage across tracks.
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Mexico City
Francisco Villa Hie
Hhi
Sierra Mountains
Chihuahua
War Department
Casituiriachic
Villaud
Querotare
Villaty
Streatcar
Trontie
Seattle
Wash
Alki Point
Debra
Bts Ti
Spokane
Whatcom
Pissenger
Rene Light
Othemtren
Newly Found Serum Aids Drowning Victims At Hopkins
Baltimore physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital report a newly discovered serum used successfully in drowning cases. Early animal trials showed promise when treated soon after incident. One case injected four hours after drowning briefly revived the victim before dying from high blood pressure.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Witnal
Peace Protest in Trafalgar Square Ends in Violence
In London a none conscription peace meeting in Trafalgar Square was disrupted as thousands charged the procession and tore down banners. Sylvia Pankhurst was among organizers. after dispersal several speakers mounted the Nelson column plinth but were pelted with flour and forced to retreat.
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London
Traefalgar Square
Peace Secretien Fd
Sylvia Pankhurst
Fondara
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