World Happenings Of Current Week In Review
A roundup of notable events includes Portugal issuing a white book on entering the war, a North Dakota blizzard death, Germany claiming 200000 Romanian prisoners, and the death of 106 year old Mrs. Alice Bennett. Other items note blue sky laws upheld, Bethlehem Steel stock dividend, a Hood River cougar sighting, Umatilla ball invitation, dog death suit, Wilson urging legislative completion, shipbuilding contracts in Portland, a German raider sunk, daylight saving plan approved, Japan's internal crisis, Terauchi opposition, a German consul sentenced, Wilson addressing the Senate for peace, the Three Forks flood freeze, $50 per ton potatoes in Tacoma, party mergers, Baker cold, Wall Street inquiry links, Canadian raid on trenches, Dewey Islands name change proposal, Mexican border guards, aviators killed in Mexico, and auto exhaust warnings.
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Germany
Alice Bennett
New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Michigan
South Dakota
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Hood River
London Bomb Blast Wipes Out Munitions Plant
A London munitions plant in a suburban town suffered a massive series of explosions in a fire like event. Between 50 and 60 bodies were recovered with 21 dead in hospitals, 112 hospital patients, and 265 injured reported by Lloyds Weekly. The blasts rocked a large portion of the district as fire spread through the facility.
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London
Lloyd's Weekly
Sui
Rasputin Assassinated by Relatives and Officials
A. Rasputin was quietly killed by relatives of the czar and high officials. The mystic, influential over the czarina, was feared to meddle in war affairs and his murder left police reluctant to protect those involved.
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Gregory Rasputin
Russia
Rasputin
Fiery Blast Devastates Milling Quarter In City Inferno
A sudden transformation of structures into a furnace sent burning liquid and red-hot iron arcing through the air. Beams collapsed and cries rose from workers as a flour mill nearby, home to many women and girls, was engulfed. A widespread series of fires followed as firebrands settled over surrounding areas, plunging the entire quarter into sudden darkness.
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Denly
Blizzard in East Brings Severe Snow Across Midwest
The worst blizzard since 1908 hits Southern Minnesota Western Wisconsin and the Dakotas with heavy snow, delaying trains and cancelling service. Pierre reports all trains cancelled until the storm abates. No loss of life reported. Communications across the region are hampered by the storm.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Lowe
South Dakota District
Pierre
South Dakota Territory
British Propose Lease of Greek Merchant Ships
Athens reports Greece faces British plan to lease its merchant fleet. The cabinet discussed measures to keep enough ships for food supplies. Greek shipowners are already aligned with the Entente over coal and insurance, with coal seen as the decisive factor.
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Greece
Athens
United States
Great Britain
Freighter Lindenhalt Shelled by U-Boat in Mediterranean Clash
Officers from the British freighter Lindenhalt describe a sharp naval engagement with a Teutonic submarine in the Mediterranean. Nearly 300 shots were exchanged as Lindenhalt arrived at port from Naples, bearing 26 shell hits and battle damage that left a shell protruding from the woodwork above the steward.
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New York
Lindenhalt
Mediterranean
Naples
President Wilson urges world peace league in Senate address
President Wilson presents a candid plan to end the war through a universal covenant and organized major force. He argues for freedom of nations, an end to entangling alliances, and concerted disarmament while seeking a just peace and global security.
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Wilson
Europe
Washington
United States
Congress
Senate
Alther
Council
Maskind
America
Equsia
Ite
Atateamnen
Poland
Ibort
Ette
Helling
Friends
Humanity
Betty
Ant
Monroe
Lberty
American Princip Policien
Pershing Sends Supplies Out From Casas Grandes
Mexican courier arrives with word that 161 motor trucks of the American expeditionary forces left Colonia Dublan Sunday bound for Columbus New Mexico loaded with camp equipment supplies ordnance stores and excess baggage. After ten months and seven days in the field Pershing outpost troops move toward field headquarters Monday ahead of withdrawal of the punitive expedition.
Miners Case Appealed to Supreme Court
Washington D C litigation over $1 283000 in treble damages under the Sherman act against the United Mine Workers of America by Coronado and other Arkansas coal firms was appealed to the Supreme Court Tuesday. President White and other union officials sought review of Arkansas court decrees allowing prosecution of the union and asked for a writ of prohibition against further proceedings.
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Washington, D. C
United Mine Workers of America
Coronado
Arkansas
Supreme Court
White
Oregon Public Schools Show Substantial Two Year Progress
The biennial report by Superintendent J A Churchill highlights gains in Oregon public schools over the past two years. Attendance in rural schools leads the nation in regularity, with rising interest in industrial clubs and student projects, plus wider library access and capital improvements in high schools aided by the 1915 tuition fund law.
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Schoda
Oregon
J. A. Churchill
Churchill
United States
State Board of Education
Khown
Parent-Teacher Association
Oregon Schoolhouses as Civic Centers Proposed in Biennial Report
J A Churehill lauds 1916 law that makes every public schoolhouse a civic center under district control. He notes litting heating janitor services may be paid from public funds and that schools open doors to church Grange Farmers Union and PTA. He argues the measure reduces economic waste by using rural schoolhouses for civic meetings five days weekly and beyond school terms.
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J. A. Churehill
Oregon
Mr. Churehill
Church
Grange
Farmers’ Union
Parent Teacher Association
Budgets Discussed in Seven Hyde Benson Case Trials
Attorney General Brown spoke to the joint Ways and Means committee arguing for retaining three budgets tied to Salem Lands involved in seven Hyde Benson cases. He cited a small tract valued at 24000 dollars and timber cruises exceeding 400000 dollars, warning that losing these lands would impose a heavy loan on the state.
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Salem
Hyde-Benson
Brown
Wigs and Means
Germany to Unveil Deep Sea Sub Barrier in February
Reported plans from Nassau include a new German deep sea barrier around the British Isles beginning February 1. About 80 submarines will patrol the area, with armed craft able to sink Allied merchant ships and enforce neutral compliance.
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New York
Germany
Ules
Fhi Kwltic Porta
Philadelphhia
Mr. Wilson
North Channel
Scotland
St. Ve
England
Prohibition Bill Goes Before Wyoming Voters in 1918
Governor Kendrick signs a measure calling for a vote on prohibition amendments in Wyoming. The bill directs that the issue be submitted to the people in 1918, with Mrs. John B. among witnesses present during the signing in Cheyenne.
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Kiss
Cheyenne
Wyo
John B
Kendrick Satu
Wyoming
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pacific Northwest
Portugal
North Dakota
Umatilla
Astoria
Capitol
Portland
Buenos Aires
South Atlantic
Japan
Count Terauchi
Franz Bopp
San Francisco
McNeil's Island Federal Prison
Three Forks
Butte
Mont
Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Bull Moose Party
Prohibitionists
Baker
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
House Rules Committee
Wall Street
Dewey Islands
Admiral Dewey
Representative Allen
Allen
Foreign Affairs Committees
Mexico
Gulf of California
The
Bureau of Mines
Gregory. Rasputin,a
U. S
Berlin
Britain
A Who
Aberleau
Southampton
Funston
Sul
Madera
Dollder Patrol
War Department
Pershing
Palestine
Typhi
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