Oregon notes list wide range of local events
Oregon notes report Parisi college at Newberg launching a $10,000 war deficiency fund drive. Death of pioneer Alexander M. Holmes in Hillsboro at 78. Medford hosts Southern Oregon Poultry show December 18–20. Assorted state updates include hospital for Spanish influenza in Adams, tax and license matters, burglaries, and public service rate changes.
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Parisi
Newberm
Hne
Alexander M. Holmes
Marion
Otk
Yamhill
Hubliity
Southern Oregon
Eiivena
Portland
Oregon
Association of County Judges and Courtissioners
Adame
Umatilla
Hed Cross
W. B
Bernardino
Cal
Withy ‘Combs
Public Service Commission
Boo Retary
Olcott Wame
Fed
Lavor
Salem
Bead
Pontponn
Cyria Hamlin Walker
Albany
Rocky Mountains
Mr. Walker
Whitman Mission
Walla Walla
Wash
Forchal
Altebleon
Miller
Public Sorvice Commission
Stevens
John C. Talley
Charlon Burns
L. C. Brotherton
Mr. Talley
McNeili’s Island Federal Prison
University of Oregon At Eugene
Germans face religious indifference amid 1910 congress debate
At a Berlin 1910 progressive religion congress a mimeographed circular urged Germans to organize a church aligned with science and moral revival. It linked religious decline to political decay and warned the United States to aid Germany in postwar food and moral restoration.
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Berlin
Congress
Germany
United States
Plan of Peace Mission Complete as Organizing Chart Outlines Roles
The article details the US peace mission structure to be used at Versailles with a large American organization led by the peace commission, including a diplomatic intelligence group, advisers, and military attaches. It notes civilian representation through Hoover, the Red Cross, the M C A, the Knights, and the Salvation Army, and mentions the Jugoslav protest over Italian administration of Dalmatia. It also reports Oregon Governor Withycombe’s reelection milestones and electoral records.
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United States
America
Versaillen
Peace Commie Wion Steen
John C. Grew
Halsen
Herbert C. Hoover
The
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Pything
Salvation Army
War Trade Board
Marshall Presides at Cabinet Meeting First for Vice President
Washington. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall presided over a regular cabinet meeting on Tuesday marking the first time a vice president led such a session. The president sent a wireless report of the meeting to Wilson in France, the first use of wireless mamage for this purpose in U.S. history.
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Washington
Wilson
Thomas KR. Marshall
United States
Marshall
France
Army mental test shows officers potential among recruits
Washington report from the War Department states that among 1,800,000 enlisted men tested, 11 percent qualified to become officers and over 26 percent were rated above average intelligence. Eighty three percent of tested officers met requirements, with less than one half of one percent recommended for discharge as mentally deficient.
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Washington
War Department
Division of Psychology
Medical Department
Ex-Kalner’s Heir Apparent Attempts Suicide Amid Turmoil
The Lalpsic Tageblatt quotes a Copenhagen dispatch reporting that former German emperor Hoahensollern tried to commit suicide after a mental low. A retinue member who stopped him was wounded. Washington denies reports of Berlin occupation by Allied troops.
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Kalner
Lonilan
William Hohendélern
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Herr Hoahensollern
Allies reach Rhine front and occupy Cologne
American troops reach the Rhine while British forces occupy Cologne as a base for the occupation in Germany. Belgian troops seize Naess and other towns opposite the Rhine, as postwar planning unfolds. The navy and government utilities face restructuring amid peace. Starvation and dire conditions are reported in Petrograd with mass displacement and food shortage.
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Rhine
Cologne
Germany
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Tens Riesage
Naess
Deunsaldorff
Gludbach
Beijbers
Battinahloe
Bu Reau
House Naval
Buridson
Peace Congress Opening in Paris Early January
Paris will host the peace congress with sessions scheduled for the first week of January. Deliberations are expected to run about four months and, barring unforeseen obstacles, final action is anticipated in the early part of May.
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Paris
Mey
Mustering Out of Spruce Men at Vancouver Post
Demobilization proceeds in Vancouver Washington with 100 to 260 men discharged daily. About 30 000 to be demobilized. 4 days per man through the process. Government pays 314 cents per mile to origin for enlisted and drafted men. Over 12 000 men to be held at the post for an indefinite period as new units arrive from rural camps.
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Vancouver
Wash
Tate
Lfe
Demobilization Ahead for Camp Lewis 18th Division
The 18th division at Camp Lewis Tacoma will be among the last demobilized. Officers wishing to remain will be replaced by others from elsewhere to form a permanent nucleus. Washington reports suggest about 600000 regular army men in 20 divisions after the war with fixed camps as permanent posts.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Washington
Taft Declines Offer to Become Baseball Commissioner
New York reports President Taft announced he would decline the offer to succeed the present national commission as baseball commissioner.
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Taft
New York
Wiliam H. Taft
National Commission
All Yankee Troops Expected Home by Summer?
General March said homeward return of most units may occur by midsummer with four months extra service possible for some troops beyond the standard enlistment. National Guard divisions 22 and 42, plus National Army units 9th and 0th, serve on the front while Luxembourg and French rail hubs are held in reserve.
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Third Army
National Guard
National Army
March
Dirkthe
Luxemburg
France
Montmody
Longuyon
Bratn
Gt Michtel
Coast Artillery Regiments to Return From Abroad
General P C Marek announced in Washington that the 65th coast artillery from Puget Sound forts, largely Oregon and Washington men, will be returned soon. The 63rd and 69th regiments, also Northwest recruited, were previously listed as soon to come home.
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Coast Artillery Corps
Seattle
P. C. Marek
Washington
65Th Coast Artillery
Pugett Sound
Oregon
Oregon and Washington
Northwest States
Russian Appeal to Allies Aids North Russia Crisis
The council of Livonia Esthenia and Courland urges allies and neutral nations to intervene in northwestern Russia after Bolshevik forces invaded the region killing many and burning property.
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London
Council of
Veterans to Stay Abroad for War's End Says Baker
Secretary Baker expressed the personal view that none of the U S veteran divisions now in France will return home until peace is formally declared. He indicated that the battle hardened forces will remain in Europe for the present as the main strength of American troops abroad.
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Washington
Baker
France
Europe
British Oppose Conscription at Peace Conference
British representatives vow general abolition of conscription in Europe. Winston Churchill, minister of munitions, announced the stance in a Dundee speech.
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Dundee
Europa
Winston Spencer Churchill
Iytch
The Markets Portland Osio No 2 Prices
Osio No 2 white food 54 per ton Barley Standard food 49 per ton Corn Whole 77 7 n cracked 75 79 Hay Timothy 20.32 per ton ab faltn 27.50 Butter Creamery 6le per pound Ranch Téc per doven Potatoes 1.50 61.75 per hundred Poultry Hens 220 260 Springs Mercesters 180 ducks 28 Turkeys 25 00 Eggs Hanch Te per dozen Poultry Hons 262 e springs Qhe receters drestel 27 28e ducks Ric geewe Tle turkeys 40 43e
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Portland
Mercesters
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Kay
Eugene
Benham Falls Irrigation Company
San Francisco
McKenzie River
Oregon Horticultural Society
Roseburg
Astoria
Benjamin
Baker County
Sinnott
Railroad Administration
Pendleton
Deschutes National Forest
United States Land
Lakeview
Dalles
State
Industrial Accident Commission
Nelson Kendall
Doe
Luthering
Earl Randall
Bandon
G. W. Mackey
C. Bills
State Slab and Game Commission
F. L. Lachmund
Jugo-Slav National Council
Zagreb
Dalmata
Intria
Gorisia
Jugoslav Prese Bureau
Withycombe
Himsell
ARMY
Petrograd
Brocktolia
Russia
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