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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1917
Page
8
Detectives from the state's attorney office seized evidence today in a raid suggesting a price fix in the retail milk market by association members. The investigation targets alleged collusion affecting consumers and competing sellers.
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany spoke to about five thousand at the municipal auditorium in Portland outlining German intrigues against the United States leading up to war. He reviewed incidents and cited evidence of a plan to bring the U S into conflict while praising timely U S exposure of plots and espionage.
Hunters crowded the west end and county ponds at dawn for opening duck season. Mallards spoonbills and reels are plentiful though wary as bags begin to form and migration suggests geese will come later. Pendleton residents note strong activity and express thanks for community support after a bereavement.
German forces push along the Dvina east of Riga and reach the inner river Tivinn. At the Jacobeta bridgehead the entrenched defenders abandon large quantities of war material. Perth areas report heavy fronts and ongoing fights making supply lines perilous.
United States government moves to cut enemy channels of communication by directing no vessel crews may land at American ports without proper identification papers. Skinner informs officials that the British mercantile reach complicates enforcement as measures mirror earlier war actions. The note recalls German diplomats and ambassadors once pressed to carry proper papers upon entering ports.
A wartime notice proclaims support for the Second Liberty Loan led by Germany’s Kaiser with aims to dominate, advocating universal democracy and the right of small nations to self governance. It calls all Americans to join the Patriot League by buying a Liberty Bond to secure lasting peace through lawful governance rather than force.
Spokesmen for the Nation's organised farming movement urged President Wilson to apply the Army Draft Law more liberally to farm labor to keep farmers out of military service and allow agriculture to support the war effort. They argued exempt farmers should remain on the land to sustain food production and war needs.
A delegation from the Federal Board of Farm Organizations urged officials to keep producers at their posts. The group, led by one committee, included the Legislative Committee of the National Grange and House and Senate members from agricultural states, presenting a memorial detailing their aims.
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