Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Governor Withycombe designates Bundey May Oregon MC. Local events include anniversaries, road associations forming in Junture and Harney county, petitions for a June special election to bond Grant County, and a large patriotic parade in Portland. State forestry, fisheries, hops market shifts, and road projects feature alongside crime notes, naval recruitment success, and local business deals across Oregon.
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Antoria
Mattie
Lasington
Lenanom
Nurne
Vale
Grant County
Thomas Hingan
Dalles
Eastern Oregon Land Company
Portland
Brownsville
Portland Tailway Light & Power Company
Mount Angel
Oregon
League
Taft
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Kote ‘H
Balem
Willanette
Corvallia
Eugens
Oregon State Sportsmen’s Association
Capitol City
Coos Bay
Mays J. H. Dyer
Southern Pacific
Senate
Chamberlain
Frank C. Oxman
Durkee
Pb, Rigall
Grayville
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
State Land Board
Brown
Pacific Livestock Company
Cape
Forest Grove
Jamaica
State Board of Pharmaciats
Puzzle No 3 000 000 feet In Use sale notes
Puzzle No 3 000 000 feet was included In Use sale. Spring farm work delayed in Rogue River valley due to rains. Beet crop planting now in progress. Expected 3600 to 4000 acres to Grant Pass factory this season. Forest roads network planned with $760 000 three year funding from federal and state sources. Opal affairs Simon and M Hovelacque noted. Plan to supply 1 000 000 workers for country’s turnes announced. 2 000 000 workers needed per early census. Chicago mayor cites 260 000 copies of war address. Women work in North Dakota fields due to labor shortage.
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Rogue River Valley
Grant
State Highway Commission
Government Forestry Service
Portland
Chicago
Thompson
Paine
Armour & Prosident
Wileut
Congress
Troops Guard U S Embassy in Russia
Petrograd reports militiamen blocked an ultraradical protest toward the American embassy as radicals led by Nikolai Lenine marched along Nevski Prospect. The demonstration followed alleged U S anarchist Mooney’s death sentence in San Francisco. The Mooney note concerns Thomas J Mooney, linked to the July 1916 bomb blast.
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Petrograd
London
Neveky Prospect
Embasy
Nikolai Lenine
Germany
Switzerland
America
Mooney
San Francisco
Thomas J. Moony
French Leaders Safe Arrival in Washington
The Department of State reports the safe arrival of the French commission led by Rene Vivien minister of justice and vice president of the council of ministers. Other members include Marshal Joseph Jacques Cosaire Jofer, chief of the French armies until December, now military adviser, Vice Admiral BPJ Chocheprat, and Meraula Pierce de Chambrua, noted as a chamber member and student of international affairs.
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Washington
Department of State
Rene Vivien
Justice
Council of Ministers
Marshal Joseph Jacques Cosaire Joffre
Wili Tary
BP. J. A. Chocheprat
Meraula Pierce de Chambrua
Gk Dapulled Pnd
Interna
War Report From Palestine Mesopotamia And Europe
British forces widened their advance north of Baghdad against German destroyers after Sunday clashes. In Berlin a general strike by 20 000 munition workers protested wage reductions. In Russia Galicia and Romania report little fighting while Italian and Macedonian fronts see intense bombardments and limited gains. French troops captured an entire German ambulance unit and its rotors, underscoring rapid French advances.
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Toth
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Darwin
Berlin
Spandau
Germany
Russia
Gallicia
Roumania
Macedonia
Cerna River
Lake Doiran
Alene
Champagne
Nivelle
Salmons-Auberive
Land grant decree upheld against Southern Pacific
Supreme Court affirms Oregon federal court ruling blocking Southern Pacific from disposing of lands received by congressional grant. Decision keeps nearly 2,200,000 acres in Oregon and Washington under government suit worth about 30 million dollars.
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Supreme Court
Southern Pacific
Washington
Oregon
California
Southern Pacific Railroad
Oregon and
Wheat and hay prices and contracts from 1916 market listings
A fragmented market roundup lists commodity prices and contract terms for wheat, hay, butter, wool, and barley. Items include Kinestem and Fortyfold wheat, alfalfa at sixty to twenty dollars, butter at 42 cents, wool in Eastern Oregon, and barley around 150 dollars per ton, all reflecting early 20th century pricing.
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Portland
Kane—Ranch
Oregon
Whitlock Report Public Indicts German Brutality in Belgium
Washington reports Brand Whitlock American minister Belgium published a sharp indictment of German deportations of Belgians. He states the brutality destroyed any hope of toleration in Flanders and left a memory that will haunt three generations. The report portrays deliberate, systematic atrocities by German forces.
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Belgium
Washington
Brand Whitlock
State Department
Whit Feck
Flanders
Parry Dies in Seattle After Medical Procedure
Will H. Parry of Seattle, vice chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, died at a local hospital following complications from an operation.
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Wil H. Parry
Washington
Will H. Parry
Settle
Federal Trade Commission
Present Battle Fiercest Of War In France
London dispatch from British headquarters in France notes the current fighting as the fiercest of the war. German forces are throwing large reserves and many fresh guns into the front, abandoning prior prudence to meet the Anglo French threat. The German retreat since mid February shows a shift to conserving manpower while executing costly mass counterattacks.
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London
Reutor
France
Cave-in Floods Treadwell Mine in Alaska
A surface cave-in at the Treadwell group in Juneau spilled Gastineau channel waters into lower workings and forced abandonment of three large mining units. The event marks a major disruption to operations and highlights ongoing safety and flood risks in the historic mine district.
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Treadwell
Juneau
Alaska
Gastineau
Wheat record set as carload sells for 1 a bunker
A Fort Worth report notes a new wheat record with Texas No 2 hard wheat paying 1 a bunker to a Texas mill. The item mentions a German submarine sunk by Navy near the American steamer Mongolia and a periscope being hit.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Navy
Mongolia
Congress Debates New Army Measure In Congress
Washington reports that President Wilson pushes wartime army plans as Congress begins debate. Senate supports administration bill led by Cham berlain while House factions split over volunteer enlistment versus selective conscription. Espionage bill paused. Senate votes to retain war press censorship by 43 to 33.
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Washington
Wilson
War Department
Army General Staff
Bunien
Congress
Senate
Chamberlain
Dent
Military Committee
House
Kabu
California
Authority to limit food prices asked in war program
Washington. The government plan for food control in the War period was presented to Congress by Secretary Houston. It seeks authority for the Agriculture Department to supervise food production and distribution with a $25,000,000 appropriation and to enable the Council of National Defense to buy and sell foodstuffs and fix prices in an emergency.
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Washington
Congress
Houston
Senate
Department of Agriculture
United States
Council of National Defense
Agricultural Department
Britain to Get First Loan From United States
Washington reports the United States will extend its initial war loan to Great Britain as the allied nations face heavy financial strain. The loan will be secured by British bonds bearing 3 percent interest, a rate lower than recent British borrowings, helping balance payments to holders of American bonds.
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Washington
Great Britain
America
United States
Billingsley Wins Release From Detention Station
Logan Billingsley, serving 13 months for conspiracy to violate federal laws by importing alcoholic liquors into Washington, escaped immigration detention after being held since sentencing. He was the principal witness for the state in the whisky graft trial in Seattle, and earned his freedom from the federal penitentiary detention.
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Billingsley
Seattle
Logan Billingsley
Washington
Spain Warns Germany on Crisis Avertible by Negotiation
Berlin dispatch reports Spain warning Germany of rising tension and patience wearing thin, while suggesting that a crisis could be averted through talks. Amsterdam via London notes indicate Spain favors diplomacy to prevent escalation.
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Spain
Germany
Amsterdam
London
Berlin
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