Oregon News Notes General Interest Highlights 1917
Oregon items report Baker's first auto show. Marion County potato growers meet. 44th Oregon state range convention set for May 1917. Steam schooner Johanna Hmith launched at North Head. March labeled the coldest in 37 years. Read Water Light Power to add to Oregon City plant. Hawing Paper expands under Leonard Rexby. Oregon Federation Hospital fund launched. Eugene chamber backs war cost relief. Douglas County plans $560000 county road bond. Gold Beach beet pulp shipments. Coos County armory funds. Willamette Valley races and defense efforts outlined. Oregon tax and legal notices referenced.
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Baker
Marion County
Patate Growers
Oregon
Antonia
Johanna Hmith
North Head
Weather Bureau
Read Water, Light & Power Company
Leonard Rexby
Pinctrocuind
Hawing Paper Company
Oregon City
Oregon State Federation of Women's Clubs
Oregon Federation Hospital Fund
Eugine Chamber of Commerce
Marshfield
Coast Artillery Company
Cattle and Horse Halsers’ Association
la Grande
McKensie River
Willamette
McKenzie
Deschutes Basin
Terrebonne
Deschutes County
Portland
Deschutes Mining and Milling Company
Industrial Accident Commission
Polk County
West Salem
Withycombe
Serview
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Beaver Hill Junction
Coon Bay
Bandon
Beaver Slough
Coquille River
W. P. Wilson
J. Te Wilson
Olaila
Dougine County
Coyote Puppold
Roweburg
Brown
Hyde
G. F. Skipworth
Lane
Southern Oregon
Grants Pass
Jamon Logan
Simmonds-Logan
Waldo
Legislative Road Bond Committee
Ncy
Harvey Wells
Weston Clean Up Days Declared For April 18 19 20 21
The City Council of Weston designates four consecutive days April 18 19 20 and 21 as Clean Up Days to organize community cleanup efforts. Residents and volunteers are urged to participate and dispose of debris at designated locations.
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Weston
Oregon war bonds and German Uboat fears in 1917 agenda
Campaign plans show Klamath and Harney counties voting on railroad bonds for the Oregon, California & Eastern line serving Crook, Klamath, Harney and Lake counties with Burns and Lakeview pledging funds. Congress debates war with Germany as Chile weighs neutrality while U.S. moves to deploy assets and regulate food prices amid wartime shortages.
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Robert EB. Strahorn
Oregon, California & Eastern Railroad
Crook
Klamath
Harney
Lake Counties
Klamath Fahon
Burns
Lakeview
Bend
Surprise Valley
Kay
Oregon
Congress
United States
Wilson Salutes French President in War Message
President Wilson sent a formal letter to President Poincare thanking France for its congratulations on the U S entry into the war. He stresses shared democratic ideals and partnership with France in defending liberty and humanity against imperial Germany.
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Washington
Poincare
United States
Wilson
Germany
France
Alma
Acta
German Intrigues Reported Ahead of Bar 49F Defense
Perehing informs the department of persistent German intrigues around the bar 49F. The warning notes ongoing espionage activity and potential threats to operational security. Further assessment is requested to gauge risk and countermeasures.
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Ce Perehing
Oregon Labor Law Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington reports the Oregon law limiting the sector of mills factories and manufacturing plants to one hour a day was upheld as constitutional by the supreme court.
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Oregon
Washington
Supreme Court
Markets Report From Portland and Seattle
Market notes list wheat prices for Portland including Club, bluestem, and Ted Risin with various quotes. Barley and hay prices shown, butter and wool figures, and hops contracts noted. Seattle wheat prices and multiple grain varieties cited amid misc ciphers and garbled end.
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Portland
Ted Risin
Raew—Ranch
Oregon
Valley
Seattle
Ted Kuweinn
Fife
Explosion at Ammunition Plant Kills Many in Cheater Pa
A blast at the Eddgetone Ammunition plant near Cheater Pa caused 123 dead and between 126 and 150 injured. Officials blame malice and suggest a bomb or timed explosive touched off, with the explosion felt 15 miles away and bodies found near the site.
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Pa— Wi
Pirle
Eddgetone Ammunition Corporation
Hamuel M. Vauelatn
Trinution Company
Alba J. Jahnnen
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Milchel
Johason
Philadelphia
No Strikes During War Prompt Labor Defense Call
Washington reports a Labor Defense Committee advisory to end all labor strikes during wartime. The unanimous council recommendation cites nation’s safety as primary and urges changes only after proper investigation and approval by the Council of National Defense. Martial law declared in Guatemala. Indian Commissioner Selle orders intensive cultivation on all Indian reservations due to the war.
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Labor Defense Committee
Washington
Labor Committee
Council of National Defense
Rameel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Council
Council of National
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Ato Selle
Spain Declares Neutrality in War
The Official Journal publishes a decree declaring Spain neutral in the war between the United States and Germany.
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Spain
Madril
Vie Varix
United States
Germany
Cuba Declares War on Germany War Resolution Passed
Cuba signs a war bill aligning with the United States against Germany after a joint senate house approval. President Menocal promptly signs the act amid nationwide enthusiasm and gratitude to the United States. In other news, Paul Weyrauch elected president of the Fruit Growers Agency representing Washington Oregon Montana and Idaho at its first annual convention.
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Treasury Department
United States
Germany
Gronna
North Dakota
la Fullette
Winconsin
Norrie
Nebraska
Lane
Oregon
Stone
Mirsouri
Vardaman
Havanna
Cuba
Senate
House
Island Republic
Menocal
Spokane
Paul
Weyrauch
Walla Walla
Wash
Fruit Growers’ Agency
Washington
Montana
Idlaho
Bomb cap findings tie grain elevator fires to incendiary act
In Minneapolis Minnesota remnants of a bomb cap were found among the ruins of the Quinn-Shepherded grain elevator and nearby Marfield elevator. Officials say the pieces support military and federal suspicions that the fires were set incendiarily by unknown arsonists.
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Minneapols
Sumn
Quinn-Shephenteod
Marfield Grain Company
Rufms
Berlin Replies to American War Declaration Not Official
The German foreign office announced that Berlin will not issue an official reply to the American declaration of a state of war.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
War Bonds Plan and Munitions Board Proposals
The plan calls for 6.75 billion dollars in first year war financing and a 46.75 billion total including bonds. It envisions 1.75 billion in new taxes, 5 billion in bond issues with 1 billion Loaned to the Entente. A General Munitions Board under Frank A. Scott will allocate supplies and balance military and industrial needs.
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Washington
Wilson
Comercia
America
House
Wenate
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Internal Revenue Offices
Council of National Defense
Frank A. Scott
Cleveland
Army
Navy
Austria Severes Diplomatic Ties With United States
Austria-Hungary cuts diplomatic relations with the United States linking with Germany, prompting war fears. Baron Zwiedinek seeks passports for staff as the Austrian charge, and the U S confirms the break in Vienna. Treasury orders seizure of Austrian merchant ships in U S harbors.
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Washington
Austria - Hungary
Germany
United States
Erich Zwiedinek
State Department
Stovall
Berne
Austria
Vienna
Treasury Department
Warning to aliens on flag desecration
The department of justice issued a notice to federal attorneys and marshals warning that any alien enemy tearing down mutating abusing or desecrating the United States flag will be regarded as a danger to public peace and subject to summary arrest and confinement under the April 6 1917 proclamation.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Gifted Among Weakest Share Hidden Strengths
A Ray of Ruskin inspires the idea that every person carries a unique gift even when weak. The passage suggests such a gift can be refined and offered to the world, turning seeming frailty into value.
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Ruskin
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Opexon Supreme Court
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Santiago
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Chan Alsbe
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