Vetoes Deficiency Bill and Port Lands Sale Power
Governor West vetoes the deficiency bill to avoid leaving the state helpless in emergencies and pledges no deficiencies during his administration. He also vetoes Chase's bill which would let ports acquire state lands at no cost and authorizes sales only at market value. The salary bill for Klamath Lake judge is disapproved following statewide votes against raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
West
Menteure Ie & Wiglove
Teres
Bourida
Senate
Chase
Harney
Lake Counties
Cous and Clatsop
Thompson
Klamath, Lake County
Third Judicial District
Earthquake reported in Vilayet of Monastery area
Constantinople reports a heavy quake struck the Vilayet of Monastery on February 20. Varue dispatches say no details have reached here yet.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Vilayet
Japan Renounces Canadian Treaty After Renewal Term
London feb 20 The Anglo Japanese convention of 1906 regulating trade between Canada and Japan expires in July and has been renounced by Japan.
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London
Canada
Japan
House Adopts Gag Rule In Emergency
Washington D C Feb 20 The compromise plan allows a two thirds vote to suspend rules with forty minutes debate to pass a bill The house adopted gag rule to end filibustering stalling business since Friday and to expedite work The morning session reopened with Mann filibuster on the omnibus claims bill The war claims bills were reconsidered and passed with DC bill sent back for conference
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Mann
District of Columbia
Lakeshore boilermakers strike over piece work shift
In Cleveland on February 20 1920 nine hundred Lakeshore boilermakers ordered a strike after alleging the company pushed piece work in Collinwood shops and along the road. Eighty workers quit at Collinwood and eight hundred twenty elsewhere as fellow machinists anticipate a sympathy action. Vice president Vey of the International Council of Boiler Makers says piece work breaches a December agreement and cuts wages by thirty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Lakeshore
Collinwood
Vey
International Council of Boiler Makers
Murray Named Coast Artillery Chief to Major General
President Taft nominated Brigadier General Murray to the rank of major general, elevating him to chief of the coast artillery. The announcement comes from Washington on February 20 as part of the army promotions.
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Murray
Washington
Taft
Coast Artillery
Officers Make a Good Haul in Umatilla Rail Robbery
Foreman of Greek Coat Chute Gang acts as fence for a car robbery at Umatilla. About $600 in loot seized with John Nitson held on charges of receiving stolen goods. Two suspects named Regan and Brown captured in Wallula and jailed. Goods include shoes and clothing, tied to boxcar thefts last week. Sheriff Taylor and Detective Wood credited for fast work.
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John Nitson
T. D. Taylor
BG. Wood
Oregon- Washington Company
Umatia
Nitson
Umatilla
Wallula
Taylor
Wood
Regan Aid Brown
Aheriffa
Russia readies move on Chinese frontier in Turkestan
Russia reports show China rejecting parts of the near ultimatum and Moscow ordering troop concentration on the Chinese frontier to seize the Kuldja district in Chinese Turkestan. China accepts Russian consulates at listed points except Chengsunshua and accuses Russia of treaty violations.
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Mongolia
Turkestan
Inesia
St. Petersburg
Russia
China
Kuldja
Chinese Turkestan
Chengsunshua
Ching
Ndt
Rueda
Ruuxwin
Amur
Chitin
Americans Help Rebels In Mexican Border Clash
A U S reporter describes Americans and insurgents lobbing machine guns at Navarro troops near Stignacile with a retreating federal force. Federales allegedly entered an ambush and fled. Calexico reports Bertold preparing recruits to march on Ensendana. War correspondent John Kenneth Turner was threatened with arrest as an insurgent.
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Lower
California
el Paso
Tex
Navarro
Stignacile
Courtéra
Federallata
Junre
Happe
Calexico
Mex
Berthold
Ensendana
John Kenneth Turner
Mexico
United States
Wille
Turner
Senate Tries to Get Vators into Chambers
The senate on Saturday night prepared to bring into the chamber the vetoes announced by Koestner. A resolution was introduced by Alenhaen, but Commissioner opposed the plan, arguing adjournment timing and governor influence. Senators Chase and W. A. Barrett were named to obtain the vetoes, but they reported they had not been filed in the secretary of state's office yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suleim
Senate
Koestner Weet
Alenhaen
Sioner
Abraham
Chase
W. A. Barrett
Secretary of State
Salem Oregon Delinquent Tax List Publication Passed
Delinquent tax lists must be published in the Soweppere under the Hepresen taive Bollepl after the senate's Saturday vote. Publication price fixed at 6 cents per line. The bill moves separate counties into districts except Union and Wallowa kept joint.汇
War With Japan Again Predicted in House Speech
Representative Hobson warned in the House that war with Japan could occur within ten months as he urged a definite constructive defense policy. He claimed Japan is financially preparing for war and warned the United States would face an exhaustive struggle unless ready.
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Washington
Japan
House
Hobson
Congressional districts redrawn across Oregon
In Salem on February 20, Multnomah county forms the third district while eastern Oregon becomes the second and the western area excluding Multnomah forms the first. The plan passed Senate and House with no votes against it, aligning districts from Wallowa to the sea and setting one at large seat in 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Multnomah
Oregon
Mahoney
Senate
Oliver
House
Rusk
Wallowa
Sea
Hale Million for Branch Asylum
The legislature appropriates 8381,000 for a branch asylum project with a $165,000 vote at election by the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branch Asylum
Amme's Liability Bill Fails in Senate Action
Salem Feb 20 Representat ive Amme s bill fixing telegraph and telephone company liability for delays and errors met a tumultuous house course and was indefinitely postponed Saturday night Another bill supported by Speaker Rusk for high school funding failed after contention between rival advocates in Wallowa county with amendments restricting to Wallowa county and a decisive defeat.
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Salem, Or
Amme
Rusk
Wallown County
Wallowa County
Sdustralists Still Going Southward
Montague California February 20 Only half of the original two hundred industrial workers who left Portland for Fresno to defy the free speech ordinance are here today. The rest are aboard freights southward bound. The industrialists pitched camp here today. They are peaceful and pay for all they get.
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Montague
Cal
Portland
Fresno
City terms declined for street protest ban
In Fresno on February 20 eighty jailed industrialists refused the city’s offer to release them if they would obey the ordinance restricting street speaking near the courthouse square. They insisted on speaking wherever they choose and said they will serve their sentences and continue the fight.
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Fresno
Cali
Court House Square
Governor to approve 391000 for Eastern Oregon branch asylum
In a phone interview Ralph Watson said for Governor West that a 391000 appropriation will be approved for the Eastern Oregon branch asylum. The bill is not signed yet but the governor’s attitude is clear. The state board will begin immediate work on the branch project. A board representative will come to Pendleton in a few days.
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The
East Oregonian
Ralph Watson
Governor West
Eastern Oregon
State Board
Pendleton
Misunderstood Husbands and Unappreciated Wives
A brief reflection notes that many marriages suffer from mutual misunderstandings and lack of appreciation. The piece suggests communication and recognition as remedies, highlighting common marital tensions and the need for empathy between spouses.
Pendleton Branch Infants Hospital funding update
Lawmakers approved an appropriation carried Friday for the Pendleton infant hospital project boosting available funds to 406000. Of that 165000 remains from the prior general election appropriation and expenditures are itemized for the main asylum building heating plant sprinkling system grounds drainage water systems and farm equipment among others.
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Senae
Infane Hospital
Pendleton
Bankers and Merchants Oppose Reciprocity in Toronto
Nineteen leading bankers and merchants in Toronto, once Laurier supporters, protest the U S reciprocity pact. They issued no statement but declare reciprocity would harm Canada England trade relations, challenging the administration.
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Toronto
Can
United States
Laurier
Canada
England
Unconscious Engineer Seized by Wild Mountain Train
A westbound freight on the Blue Mountain run near Conway station swung from a rocky bluff after an engineer collapsed at the throttle on February 5. The train gained speed on dangerous curves while the unconscious engineer, J A Anderson, lay in the cab as a fireman alerted Conductor Hancock. The cab lever released, the train raced toward Pendleton after a stop was made and relief crews took over.
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Rillraad
Comepany
Conway Station
B. B. “Hancock
J. A. Anderson
la Grande
Moncham Creak
Anddreon
Ph. B. Haancock
Inta Pendleton
Chanler Couple Reach Settlement In Domestic Row
New York, Feb 20. Friends say Robert Chanler and his wife have settled their difficulties with no further court actions. She reportedly relinquishes her marriage contract for a substantial sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Chanler
Pan-Pacific travel congress opens in Honolulu
The Pan Pacific travel congress opened in Honolulu to promote closer commercial and social ties between Pacific coast cities and Hawaii. Over two hundred delegates from major coast cities are in attendance under Hawaii promoter committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Pan-Pacific Travel Congress
Politician Bowerman Praises President Selling in Legislature
The closing hours of the legislature saw Jay Bowerman offer thanks to President Ben Selling for his stated impartial ruling. The resolution lauded Selling’s conduct, while Selling responded by expressing regret over the disagreements indicated by the brief remarks.
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Satom
Jay Bowerman
Ben Selling
Sotl Ine
Bones
Oregon Legislature Closes After Key Bills Pass
Salem Feb 20 The 19th adjourned Oregon legislature ends with Bowerman forces losing in the house as good roads bills pass the senate and governor's measures advance. The highway commission and state aid bills gain swift approval while Bailey remains in office despite calls for removal.
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Salem
Ore
Bowerman
Norton
Conservation Commission
Bowerman House
Oregon Senate Defeats Two Tax Measures in Weekend Vote
Salem Ore Feb 20 Representative Rents two tax measures proposing higher rates on costs inheritances and beaches were defeated in the senate Saturday afternoon Norton voiced that all tax measures be sent to the taxation committee for amendments to be submitted to the people as deemed wise.
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Salem
Ore
Senate
Norton
FASTERN OREGON WINS PACE ON COMMISSION
Salem Oregon February 20 Fastern Ore fon wins her bid to represent the state railroad commission after a senate fight. The victory prompts a change in the railroad commission law to require one member from east of the Cascades and the next from the west. The two eastern contenders face removal as terms expire and reserve seats for pending reorganization.
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Salem
Ore
Fastern
Orefon
State Railroad Commission
Senate
Bowernman
Sinnott
Railroad Commission
Cascades
Ofr Civde Fy Atchison
Reconsideration Vote On Miller Enoke Weather Pattern
In a fragmented report from February 20 at 12 45 am Senator Abraham and niece weighed the reconsideration of a bill or measure labeled Rusk Seokethofee BM. The record shows mixed votes with Merryman and Wood moving from no to aye while Manley supported on the first vote. The text is garbled but indicates a parliamentary division with a 19 to 16 tally.
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Salon
Abraham Niece
Ant Bwerman
Abraham
Abraham Merryman
Wood
Manley
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