News Notes Of Current Week In War Time Headlines
Relief to Belgians not guaranteed by Germany. English trawler sunk by German mine. crew of 11 saved. Congress convened. session may extend to March 4. French army advances amid storms. plots to murder wealthy New York figures uncovered. Two Portland women killed in Hawaiian Islands auto crash. Two witnesses in Los Time dynamiting case die. Germany's reply to American note about shipping through neutral ports. Portland workers now keep daily hours card index. Americans sailing as horse tenders stranded abroad for high pay. Maimed prisoners exchanged at Geneva under Swiss Red Cross with 1800 French and 800 Germans. About 4000–6000 prisoners expected. Manslaughter charge against police officer and soldiers dismissed. Diplomatic rupture over Niagara River shooting. $10,000 paid to Smith relatives. Allied fleets silence Turkish forts at Dardanelles. loss may subjugate Turkey. Berlin to acquire electrical works for $2,000,000. Governor Ferguson urges action along Rio Grande due to Mexican starvation. House of Commons sympathizes with Russian access to open sea. American submarines ordered to Balboa for mine laying and target practice. C-8 and C-9 to operate in canal. US-Japan relations noted as friendly. Commerce Commission cites Louisville & Nashville political spending with watered stock. German losses documented by Holland authorities since wartime start.
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Rio Grande
Milan
Hopeful reports from Europe on neutral trade talks
Washington receives hopeful briefings from Ambassadors Page and Gerard in London and Berlin about Britain and Germany considering American proposals to safeguard neutral commerce from submarines and mines and to allow unrestricted civilian food shipments. Details remain under wraps as London debates the merits and military factions contest further restrictions versus reprisals.
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Europe
D. C
Paget
Gerard
London
Berlin
Wilson
Great Britain
Germany
England
United States
Great Britainia
Farmers Not Heard in Fixing Wheat Prices
In testimony at the inquiry into bread costs, Joseph Loiter argues farmers have little say on wheat pricing as 76 percent of elevators are owned by big wheat operators or railroads. He claims the United States has controlled world wheat prices since 1924 and cautions speculation would lower prices otherwise.
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New York
Joseph Loiter
Atnta
Liverpool
United States
Leiter
Farmi Ne
Meer
German Success Costly Prisoners Push Toward Grodno
Russian official agency quotes German captives claiming heavy losses and demoralized ranks after the Augustawo forest action. Prisoners say many are deeply affected by the surprise assault and that German officers showed signs of fear amid the retreat toward Grodno.
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Grodno
Augustawo
Sta Ec
Berlin dispatch on Turkish general honor charged
A Berlin dispatch reports the filling of a prominent Turkish general in sin, with orders from Constantinople. The charge levelled suggests a motive of personal or political reason behind the act.
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Sin
Hladent Wad
Constantinople
Umatilla Sub station reports on fruit suitability and soil
Oregon Agricultural College reports from the Umatilla branch experiment station describe soil types, climate, and management practices favoring fruit production. The bulletin outlines project establishment, maintenance, and key findings on soil texture, organic matter, nitrogen, irrigation, and crop rotation. It details investigations into alkali control, crop stands, and water use with results from truck crops, strawberries, cane fruits, and tree fruits. Free copies are available on request.
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Corvallis
Umatilla
Reclamation Service
Umatilla Branch
Ralph W. Allen
Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station
A. B. Cordlay
Ite
Columbia
New Bulletin
Parsons
Legislature Appropriations Totaling Over Six Million
The Legislature approved a broad set of appropriations totaling about 6.48 million dollars for the current session. General fund and special appropriations account for most of the total, with key allocations to the University of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural College, state hospitals, the penitentiary, and numerous state departments. Existing laws and millage taxes cover several items, including education, health, highways, and various boards.
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Industrial Accident Commission
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Supreme Court
Institute For Blind
28Th Legislative Assembly
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Winkle
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Panama
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Oregon
Nico
Ronoburg Armory
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Mutual Fire Insurance Quits Business in Salem
Directors unable to meet obligations appoint Harvey Wells Oregon insurance commissioner receiver of Horticultural Fire Relief of Oregon and two absorbed companies. Estimated assets about 20 000 liabilities 50 000 to 60 000. Net premiums 89 976 plus expenses. Bank case notes decoyed contract with elderly woman. Similar issues in 1919. Annapolis exam honors for Sinnott candidate in district contest.
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Tosurance
Wellaeid
Ania
Horticultural Fire Relief of
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Oregon Merchants’ Mutual Fire Asurance Association
Pacifi Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company
W. W. Chambraau
Ineurance Department
Sama
Ships Bombard Turkish Forts Open Dardanelles Drive
Allied warships entered the Dardanelles Saturday and bombarded inner forts. Battleships shelled a Turkish camp on the Gulf of Saros as the fleet begins a campaign to seize control of the straits and move toward Constantinople. Minesweepers cleared channels while divers and sailors completed demolitions at key fortifications. The next actions target Kill Bahr and Chanak as the fleet nears the narrowest passage.
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Dardanelles
Athens
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Gulf of Suros
Beitinh
Turkey
Killd Bahr
Chanak
Constantinople
American Liner Dacia Seized by French Warships
A French cruiser captured the American steamer Dacia in the Channel and towed her to Brest. The Dacia, once Hamburg Americus, had been interned at Port Arthur, Texas, then sold and registered American to relieve cotton congestion. The seizure follows diplomatic protests over the vessel’s registry and assignment before shipping to Bremen.
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Brest
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Galventon
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Cotta
Bremen
Great Britain
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Americus
New Orleans
Gulf
Port ‘Arthur
Tex
Wan
Wash-inton
War budget figures and taxes dominate the budget report
The preliminary budget estimates show 10 042 000 000 marks for extraordinary warfare costs and 9 820 000 000 marks for ordinary expenses. Loans would largely fund the war, with the Cologne Savings Bank subscribing 20 100 000 marks to the Victoria Insurance Company toward a new war loan. Senator Weeks pushes for general one cant letter postage as the government earns large profits from first class mail. In the Caucasus, Russian reports claim Turkish forces are dislodged near Trane Chorak, with Turkish artillery subdued by February 28.
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Alabarker
German Cruiser Gels Two Collision News Dispatch
London Lloyds correspondent reports from La Concepcion Chile that steamers Skor Henceporia Kirk Kid almon and the French bark Jean were wrecked by a German converted cruiser. The vessels refused to be taken off.
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