Tariff Fight Shifts to Senate as Democrats Hold Slim Margin
Washington report notes the Underwood tariff bill faces a stubborn Senate where Democrats hold a slim majority of four and may delay final passage until after August 1. The piece lists voting splits among Democrats Republicans and Progressives and previews political maneuvering.
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Bryan
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Idaho
Cary and Stafford
Wisconsin
Broussard, Dupre
Lazare and Morgan
Boys for Strikebreakers at Oregon Agricultural College
The electrical engineering department notes that students left college to become wireless workers for Marconi during the operators strike. Professor W A Hillebrand says the move harmed organized labor and students' education, though he could not deter them.
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Department of Electrical Engineering
Oregon Agricultural College
Marconi Company
W. A. Hillebrand
Cadaver Mystery Stuns Portland District Attorney S
In Portland the district attorney cannot determine how J C Lafrance obtained the cadaver used to defraud three insurers of about 15000 dollars. Lafrance offered two unconfirmed stories: medical students allegedly prepared the body, while another account claimed a Portland bill collector aided in moving it to Clackamas country for a staged fishing trip.
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J. C. Lafrance
Lafrance
Clackamas River
Clackamas
Roseburg Man Killed After Burglary Escape Attempt
Roy Parks of Arleta Oregon was killed by a northbound train while fleeing after looting the Sutherlin Mercantile in Sutherlin. He carried two suits four pairs of shoes and other apparel from the robbery. Parks is brother of James W. Parks former Aberdeen mayor and head of Pacific Fisheries and Packing.
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Roseburg
Sutherlin Mercantile Company
Sutherlin
Roy Parks
Arieta
Portland
James W. Parks
Aberdeen
Pacific Fisheries and Packing Company
Shippers Demand Routes Against Harriman Plan
Oregon and Washington groups protest the Harriman roads plan to close gateways at Wallula Silver Bow Spokane and Denver arguing it will reduce competition cause car shortages raise rates and limit markets. They testified before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner James W Carmall while seeking open routes as a backup to Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and O W R N Co. Medford Merchant Accused of Theft. Medford.-H. C. Kentner a leading dry goods merchant is charged with stealing 40 after warrants allege he boosted his salary from 175 to 800 monthly without board approval and diverted company funds totaling about 12000.
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Washington
Portland
Wallula
Silver Bow
Spokane
Denver
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Portland Chamber of Commerce
James
Medford
H. C. Kentner
Kentner
H. C. Kentner Company
Contractors Win Big Damages in Portland Reservoir Case
Judgment for 148,602.62 against the city and in favor of Robert Wakefield and associates, contractors for the Mount Tabor reservoirs, in their $408,000 suit. The jury returned after five days of deliberation.
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Portland
Robert Wakefield
Mount Tabor
Oregon News Roundup Highlights Cities and Trials
Baker plans a municipal light plant. Grants Pass names nine women to election posts. Myrtle Point to build a new schoolhouse around 15000 dollars. Crook County jurors convict George Messinger of cattle larceny. Baker police seize 540 dollars in opium in a smuggling case. Yoncalla school bond money blocked by injunction. Marshfield socialist trial postponed with defendants free on recognizance. Portland approves 6102.50 for election salaries plus 600 for meals. Recall fight in Kla mood Worten County. Coquille rep Barton found guilty in Miss Yoakum case. Japanese planter in Independence begins quassia chip plant with 150 tons of logs from Japan. Dynamite bombs found near Edo. Rabies caution in Multnomah and nearby counties. Russian Doukhobor purchase of 3600 acres in Linn County. Polk County timber owners unite to battle fires. Klamath Falls land case ends after 37-10 disputes. The Dalles flash powder accidents threaten sight and home damages. Homing pigeons travel Whitesville to Pendleton round trip, all return healthy.
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Grants Pass
Myrtle Point
George Messinger
Crook County
Frank J. Allen
Baker
Yoncalla
Marshfield
Portland
Coquille
Madge Yoakum
Frank Matomi
Independence
Japan
Edo
Umatilla
W. H. Little
Oregon
Multnomah
State Board of Health
Saskatchewan
Linn County
Society of Independent Doukhobors
Canada
Polk County
W. V. Fuller
Dallas
Klamath Falls
A. D. Daniels
Dalles
Karl Carson
E. K. Vickers
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