Testifies North Line Gives Wider Service
A Seattle hearing on rate reductions heard Henry F. Blakely a Northern Pacific expert say evidence should show actual figures not theory to adjust Portland eastern Washington freight rates. He compared traffic on the eastern Wellington route to the Portland wheat belt noting the Northern Pacific holds the advantage and northern route spans 144 miles to reach population centers.
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Aeattle
Witnemen
Portland
Yvesterday
Henry F. Blakely
Northern Pacific
Washington
Oregon
North Bank
Woolington
Alakely
Jongth
Portland Wine Riheage Distance Service Offer
A fragment notes a comparison where 35,000 pertains to a value and Portland Wine at a distant 216 miles offers 499 pertaining service. The readability is limited and specific entities are unclear, but the item records a distant service offer with a numeric tie-in.
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Portland
Paving of Close Road West of Hood River
A 22 mile stretch of the Columbia River highway near Hood River will reopen to traffic next Monday with a single exception for a motor line between here and Multnomah Farm. The route is expected to reopen in two weeks with periodic traffic as constriction ends and the blockade lifts.
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Hou Miver
Columbia Hiver
Here
Citisade Locks
Ttme
Multnomah Farm
Portland
Briday
Trainmen Demand 40 Percent Rise in Wages
Washington dispatch reports the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen seeks a 40 percent wage increase with eight hour day and time and a half overtime. About 154000 workers are involved. Other railroad brotherhoods are expected to join demands before the railroad administration. The Kalamen convention at Columbus May 14 authorized a special commission to present demands and to use protective features if rejected, signaling a possible strike.
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Washington
Brotherhood of
W. G. Lee
Nour
Brotherhood of Failroad
Mereland
Averart
Derivende
Board of Railroad
Railroad Administration
Japanese Interests on Coast Alarming Seattle
Seattle cabled warnings as planners from Mutual Bus Lines Club and American Legion committees craft measures to influence civic opinion. The Aug 1 dispatch notes growing concern over Japanese interests along the coast and their perceived impact on local affairs.
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Seattle
Mutual Buslines Club
American Legion
Civic
Freezone Corn Treatment Promises Painless Quick Relief
Advert suggests Freezone relieves corns and calluses instantly using a few drops applied with fingers. Claims painless removal of hard and soft corns between toes, with a tiny bottle priced modestly at drugstores. Purportedly removes root and all without pain or soreness.
Northwest movement seeks action on Japanese immigration
In a united effort to study Japanese penetration in the Northwest, American Legion officers and the ia Business club plan to petition the state attorney general to investigate alleged majority stock control and leases by orientals. They urge congressional attention to picture bride immigration and press for curbing Japanese migration and easing public sentiment against Japanese business interests.
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Northwest
American Legion Officers
Ia Business Club
Allenue
Ling
Orientala
Washington
Japan
Pacific
Hirwe
Bank official orders arrest over two year fraud scheme
Commissioner of Banking Fisher received information from Receiver James W. MacKurner on Lanik s affairs and, after consulting Gov Boroul, authorized warrants for Moyer s arrest. Moyer allegedly confessed irregular dealings spanning two years and the cashier admitted substituting falsified ledger leaves during bank examinations. The aim is to recover records and determine who benefited and where the money went, with restitution expected from those who received funds.
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Banking
Fisher
James W. MacKurner
Laink
Boroul
Moyer
Philadelphia
Attormer
Major General Johnson Drops Rank to Colonel
Major General William H. Johnson, commander of Cam Lewis and former overseas head of the Lint division, will return to regular army rank of colonel today. Camp officials noted several officers already view him as colonel and that the War Department policy of reverting generals to their regular ranks may prompt command changes before Major General John F. Morrison arrives to take permanent command. Morrison is currently in ATolen.
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Tacoma
Alig
William H. Johnson
Cam Lewis
Coors
War Department
John F. Morrison
Morrison
Atolen
Rose Spang Foundation created from Spank will
Mrs Kowa Spank widow of Charles Spank of Pittsburgh left 1,000,000 for the Rose Spang Foundation to aid poverty and distress, especially for abandoned babies. The foundation will fund care for foundlings, their education and instruction, and distribute funds to charitable institutions and individuals. Executors are Mic Wiebermenai, Chapin, and Cot Michael Friedeum with power to add directors.
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New York
Kowa BB. Spank
Charles M. Spank
Pitchurg
Rose Spang
George W. Wickersham
Mic
Wiebermenai
Wight Chapin Amt
Michael Friedeum
Kolchak repairing ruin left by Reds
Aug 1 Omsk The Ministry of Finance reports that through June 1 the All Russian government led by Admiral Kolchak allocated about 257.5 million dollars for Zemstvo and municipal needs in freed areas mining railroads banks and cooperative and Cossack organizations Savings deposits rose by 58.7 million to 226.98 million dollars Pledges of royalty to Kolchak regime voiced by varied political groups and industrial workers as they rally for a free Russia stance
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Omsk
Ministry of Finance
Admiral Kolchak
Zemsivos
Kolshone An- Ruslan
Var As Oritanizational
State Economic Council
Anato’e Saxoneff
An-Siberian Cue
Cavriloff
Rhelaanache
Bank Short 900000 Cashier Arrested Admits Thefts
Harrisburg Aug 1 The North Penn Bank of Philadelphia closed by the State Banking Department last Friday shows a shortage of 5000,000 and Cashier Rolph T. Morer admits some thefts.
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Harrisburg
North Penn Bank of Philadelpthia
State Banking Department
Rolph T. Morer
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Hood River
Grocery Department
Melomon Lee
Crap Ap
Meat Department
Pendleton Trading Co
Miles
Owe
Universal Tire
Cottonwood St
Pendleton, Oregon
Brotherhood of 188,000
Griggs’ Grocery
East Court Street
Estern
New England
Firestone Organization
Johnson
Crescent
Western Electric Water Systems
Charles Milne Pendleton
Ore
ORS
Parker & Spalding
Inland Empire
Lam Sew
Poehler Building
Workingmen's Clothing Store
Dale Rothwell
Optometrist and
Optteia
Downey’s Market
Elgin
Victory Scout
Blue Mountain Motors Co., Inc
Westcott Main and Water Sts
Sterling Trucks
Pendleton
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