Senate caucus backs Underwood-Simmons tariff plan progress
Washington reports the senate caucus completed the Underwood-Simmons tariff revision and expects the bill to reach the president by late August. Democrats hold 49 votes with a vice president tiebreaker, while two Louisiana senators oppose ponents’ sugar stance.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisana
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Culberson
Texas
National banks fail in Pennsylvania in Pittsburg area
The First-Second National Bank of Pittsburg along with the First National Bank of McKeesport and the Kuhn banking interests were placed in receivership after the Pittsburg bank failed to meet reserve requirements. Secretary McAdoo called the event a sporadic unsound banking case with no wider implications.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
First-Second National Bank of
First National Bank of
McKeesport
American Waterworks & Guarantee Company
Banking House
J. 8. and
W. 8
Kuhn, Incorporated
First Second National Bank
T. P. Kane
Kuhn
American Waterworks & Guarantees Company
W.S. Kuhn
McKeesport Bank
J. 8. Kuhn
First Second Bank
Washington
McAdoo
Oregon Bank Robber Captured After Milwaukie Holdup
Virgil Perrine, the bank robber who held up the First State bank of Milwaukie on Saturday, was found two hours later within Milwaukie town limits. He was submerged up to his head beneath a water works wheel and was captured after dynamite was used by the posse.
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Oregon
Portland
First State Bank of
Milwaukie
Ore
Virgil Perrine
Strikers Control Situation in Rand
Johannesburg faced a day of terrorism as Rand district strikers and mobs disrupted trains and trams after a government mediated settlement failed. Rioters attacked the Rand Club and the scene drew troops who fired on the crowds. Casualties were reported with about 20 dead and 150 wounded on Saturday and around 100 dead or wounded on Friday.
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Johannesburg
Rand
Rand Club
Cuban Police Chief Shot at Havana Gambling Club Raid
General Amarando Riva chief of the national police was mortally wounded in a pistol fight in central Havana during a raid on the Albert Club. Governor Ernest Albert Senator Vidal Morales and Representative Arias were involved in the clash after the door-keeper was arrested for carrying a revolver.
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Havana
Amarando Riva
National Police
Prado
Ernest Albert
Vidal Morales
Arias
General Riva
Albert Club
Riva
Asbert Club
Asbert
Morales
U'Ren Aims Tax Exemption Amendment For Personal Property
Salem reports W. S. U Ren of Oregon City plans to submit a constitutional amendment at the next general election to exempt personal property up to 1500 from taxation. He consulted Secretary of State Olcott by phone and seeks a petition form to circulate for initiation. The measure would require resubmission to voters in 1916 and 1918.
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U'Rer
Salem
U’ren
Oregon City
U'Ren
Olcott
Senator Chamberlain
Department of Justice
David Westman
McNeil's Island
Westman
Oregon
Portland
Stevenson
Wash
Marie Equi
J. R. Oatman
Crawford
Revised high school course urged for state adoption
A committee under State Superintendent Chur chill completed a revised high school course of study featuring freedom in selecting studies. It allows graduation without mathematics, moves American history to grade three, adds a half year civil government, and requires principal consent. Five courses are proposed, mainly for larger high schools, with limited use in smaller institutions.
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St. Salem
Crusade Against Delinquent Corporations Initiated
Salem official Ralph Watson starts action against firms that fail to pay business licenses by the July 1 due date. Delinquents face fines up to 100 dollars after August 15 and district attorneys will be asked to proceed if needed. Hood River Oregon Lumber mill to rebuild at Dee after fire. Planned capacity around 150,000 feet per day powered by electricity.
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Big
Oregon Lumber
Hood River
The
Oregon Lumber Company
Eccles Interests
Dee
Knights of Pythias to Initiate on Eagle Cap Summit
The Knights of Pythias in Enterprise plan a midsummer outing to Eagle Cap in the Wallowa mountains for a two day event. They will travel to the base, camp overnight, perform a night initiation at the summit, then descend at daylight and return to Enterprise after resting.
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Enterprise
Knights of Pythias of Enterprise
Eagle Cap
Wallowa Mountains
Grand Lodge
Customs Collector Ousted Marshfield
T H Barry appointed collector of customs at the port of Empire to succeed Major Tower who was discharged for failure to file resignation. Tower a prominent old soldier. widespread indignation at his dismissal. Office to be moved from Empire to Marshfield.
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Marshfield
T. H. Barry
Port of
Empire
Tower
Oregon Pioneer reunion to include Sons and Daughters group
The Sons and Daughters of the Oregon Pioneers, eight years old, will take an active part in the 1914 Pioneer reunion in June. The article notes various Oregon incidents and state notices, including crimes, accidents, and public works plans across Salem, Roseburg, Hood River, and Portland.
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Sons and Daughters of the Oregon Pioneers
The
Pioneers
W. H. Parker
Morton
Salem
Portland
William Haney
Sutherlin
Oakland
Charles Parks
Roseburg
B. R. Baumgardt
Los Angeles
Hood River
Mount Hood
Oregon City
Clackamas County
Clackamas Southern Railway
Commission Council
Wolverton
Oregon
Southern Pacific
Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francsico
Donald Helms
Newton H. Mark
Helms
Medford
Department of the Interior
United States
Crater Lake National Park
Hood River County
United States Topographical Survey
Mount Hood Quadrangle
Lost Lake
Bull Run
Portland Water Board
Finley
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Underwood-Simmons
Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
M. M. Mulhall
Senate Investigation Committee
Wilson
National
Wall Street
Congressional
Senate Lobby Committee
David Lamar
New York
Representative Palmer
Riordan
McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Hilles
Republican National Committee
McReynolds
Clayton Herrington
San Francisco
Herrington
Diggs-Caminett
Interstate Commerce Commission
Army
Congress
Goldschmidt
Neustadt
Hanover
Germany
Tuckerton
N. J
Oregon News
Enterprise Knights of Pythias
Claude
Newberg Auto Co., Agt
Tillamook County
Othe
S. P
City Ticket Office
Sixth Street, Cor. Oak
E. L. Evans
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
Yamhill County
A. H. Birrell & CO
McKay Bldg
Stark
Portland, Oregon
Newberg Transfer Co
Enos Ellis
General Contracting
Newberg, Ore
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