Gasoline Output May Be Trebled by New Processes
Washington reports two major discoveries by Dr. Walter F. Rittman of the Bureau of Mines. One process could boost refinery gasoline output by 200 percent, the other enables producing tolene and dyes from crude petroleum for high explosives. Patents will be sought to prevent monopolies and ensure American use.
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Interior
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Bureau of Mines
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Germany
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Dynamite Plot Disrupted at St Patrick's Cathedral New York
Detectives stopped a dynamite plot at St Patrick's Cathedral as a bomb was lit near the main altar. Two Italians arrested inside the church and one at home as authorities acted on an advance tip. Names involved include Frank Abarno Frank Baldo and Charles Carbone. Seamen safety bill advances in Congress. Albany court rules aliens ban on public works unconstitutional.
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Andrew Carnegie
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Frank Baldo
Charlies Carbone
Albany, N
Court of Appeals
Chinese Boycott Japan Sought to Pressure Jackson Demands
San Francisco representatives of the Six Companies say boycott propaganda will be carried westward this week and into Canada and Mexico to urge Japanese to modify demands on China. They expect pressure on Tokyo to revise terms.
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San Francisco
Pacific
China
Canada
Mesto
Von Pohl Chosen Leader of German Fleet Command
Berlin via London reports Admiral von Pohl selected as successor to Admiral von Ingenohl, following the removal from command of the German battle fleet. The appointment signals a major shift in Germanys naval leadership during the ongoing conflict.
Indictments In Fraud Case Hit Former U S Cashier Officers
Federal grand jury returns indictments against several former officers and stock salesmen of the defunct United States Cashier company of this city for gross fraud. Ball and others, now in California, face charges related to the company’s operations and stock sales. Names include Thomas Bil yeu Hillaboro director inventor Oscar Campbell director general B F Bosnewell H M Todd Joseph Hunter O L Hopson P E K Muraine.
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Eiher
California
Thomas Bilyeu
Hillaboro
Oscar Campbell
B. F. Bosnewell
H. M. Todd
Joseph Hunter
O. L. Hopson
P. EK. Muraine
Husband and Wife Charged in Marshfield Murder Case
Deputy Sheriff Laird arrested a husband and wife five miles south of Myrtle Point on a murder charge. They are accused of poisoning Arthur Russell, brother of Clarence, who died three years ago without suspicion. Sheriff Johnson ordered the arrest of William Pentland at Coeur d Alene Idaho after he provided the murder story to officials.
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Laird
Myrtle Point
Arthur Russell
Clarence
Johnson
William Pentland
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Russell Place
John Minto Dies at Age 82 in Salem Oregon
John Minto longtime Oregon resident since 1844 and early state legislator died after a week long illness. He was 82 years old and a well known pioneer and friend of the late F X Matthieu, witnessing Oregon's growth from frontier days to modern civilization.
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John Minto
Salem
Oregon
Last Bills Signed and Vetoes by Governor Withycombe
Governor Withycombe signed 349 bills in his term with 220 passed by the House and 182 by the Senate. He vetoed three measures H. B. 288 creating an extra circuit judge in the tenth district H. B. 308 establishing new districts and judges and H. B. 357 amending state boards to recall appointive officers. The administration defended the emergency clause as necessary for efficient immediate operation.
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Senate
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Tenth Judicial District
Withycombe
Australian official audits semi dry farming plans
Charles Sparling representing the agricultural commission of the Australian government is in the city for an extended stay to establish headquarters and review semi dry farming methods. The visit aims to assess practices and advise on development strategies for regional agriculture.
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Charrles Sparling
Agricultural Commission
New Birds at University Eugene Pine Grosbeak Arrives
A. C. Shelton, field worker and curator, delivers five pine grosbeak specimens to the University of Oregon zoological department after a seven week January February survey in the Cascades and eastern Lane County. He returned with about 100 specimens.
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University
Eugene
Oregon
University of Oregon Zoological Department
A. C. Shelton
Shelton
Cascades
Lane County
Pern Hobbs to Quit Commission in Oregon
Salem notes Mise Fern Hobbs will retire from the state accident industrial commission on May 21. Governor Withycombe accepted her resignation and will appoint Carle Abrams to succeed Hobbs.
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Pern Hobbs
Salem
Mise Fern Hobbs
West
State Accident Industrial Commission
Withycombe
Carle Abrams
Mise Hobbs
Germany Halts All Traffic as War Costs Soar
Premier warns neutrals as Germany closes routes. allied move framed as self defense. Daily modern warfare costs projected from 7.5 million to over 8.5 million dollars by April, plus ongoing blockade impacts.
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Cillies
Allies Respond to German War Zone Proclamation
Allies' action is described as momentous in response to Germany's war zone decree. The policy would ban non contraband traffic from the United States to Germany and halt commerce with neutral nations, prompting a likely US inquiry and protest over enforcement.
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Germany
United States
Germans Publish French War Losses Claim
Berlin wireless report cites Hamburger Nachrichten listing French casualties in six months of war. It claims 266000 dead and 700000 wounded, including 400000 slightly hurt, plus 200000 missing.
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Berlin
Sayville
Hamburger Nachrichten
Allies shell Turkish inner forts in Dardanelles assault
Twenty eight allied warships bombarded the inner forts after destroying the entrance forts at the Dardanelles. The British and French fleet, the largest yet in action, pressed the line as mine sweepers opened a path for eight 18 inch guns aboard the latest English dreadnought Elisabeth. Elsewhere German liquid fire reportedly burned French troops in Molinocourt wood near Paris.
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Elles
Athens
Dardanelles
Turkey
England
Constantinople
Paris
Molinocourt
Oregon News Bits From The Stage Of Progress
Oregon ranks 25th in auto registrations while the railroad commission releases four employees from duty at Clackamas near Oregon City after illness. A drainage engineer will be detailed to Oregon on April 1 to aid the Oregon drainage commission. The Dalles Knights of Pythias committee plans a memorial for the state insane asylum. Waldo, 71, fatally wounded in the institution. Oregon spent $30,218.48 in 1914 on war financial aid. Mitchell’s Point section of the Columbus highway advertised for bids, about one mile long, costing around $60,000. Silver Lake may run dry by late summer 1915 if spring rainfall is light. A crash on the R. & N. line near East Sixty third killed an unidentified burglar during a burglary probe. Deputy Needham arrests James Grady and Frank Un alias. Carlos L. Byron and Frank E. Alley indicted for presenting false timber claims to Roseburg land office. Sinnott announces U S Naval Academy appointees and alternates. civil service exam April 20. Union county pine board menu cards to feature made-in-Union county articles at La Grande dinner March 6. Echo irrigation project to reclaim 19,000 acres in Uma tilla county readied for spring work. State intends to trim Keighton contract and operate on commission basis. State institution budget report by Secretary Olcott marks first comprehensive statewide budget study.
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Clackamas
Oregon City
Chamberlain
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Oregon Drainage Commission
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U. S. Naval Academy
Robert Boller
Klamath Falls
Claude B. Hill
Chris Wetle
Gerrill M. Dowell
Union County
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la Grande Commercial Club
Asa B. Thompson
Oregon Irrigation Congress
Echo
Umatilla County
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Eastern Oregon Insane Asylum
Olcott
James B. Boyle
Department of Economics
University of North Dakota
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