Inquiry into Leak Sparks Interest in Wall Street Scandal
Washington hearings focus on alleged advance information about President Wilson's peace note and a stock gambling partnership. Witnesses include Thomas W. Lawson and Bernard Baruch as the Rules Committee questions possible leaks and names. Tumulty defends his silence while Baruch denies knowledge of any advance notice. Senate votes to make capital area dry. Douglas County tax levy for 1917 listed.
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Washington
Chiifty
Boose
Wilson
House Rules Committee
Thomas W. Lawson
Howton
Wall Strnet
Bennet
Lawson
New York
United States
Hinet
York
Congress
House
Rules Committee
Rules Committees
HM. Baruch
Representative Wood
Indiana
Maruch
State Department
Lansing
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
A. Curtin
Wood
United States Steel
R. W. Bolling
FA. Connolly & Co. Brokers
Senate
National
District of
Co Tumble
Vocational Home School Seeks Weston Support
Mrs. Findlay promotes a vocational home school for orphaned children near Grants Pass Oregon. Funds and land were donated. a well and buildings are under construction with plans for boys and girls facilities and careful teacher selection. The project aims at character building vocational training and good citizenship.
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Vocational Home School
Weston
Cora D. Findlay
Iona
Oregon
Findlay
Kogtant
Oreston Bn Te
Grants
Bae
E. Hair
War News From The Fronts In Europe And Canada
A year end roundup notes 178,637 Canadian recruits and heavy fighting near Riga. Finland and Turkish fronts show losses, while Romania defies officials with a declaration. Rome hosts a war council as Entente leaders assess the global situation. British troops attack German trenches near the Ancre. Verdun sees a German raid. Moldavia sees Axis forces push retreating powers toward the Sereth river as Germany vows to continue war. Bond, the boom town of Eastern Oregon, now has two daily papers.
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Canada
Riga
Kear Tnan Muhamed
Tleri
Chamber of Deputies
Ral
Entente
Rome
Ancre
France
Verdun
Moldavia
Rieainne
Rouma
Sereth
William
Germany
Arma
Land Sale Notice in Venatdla County
Public auction set for January 27 1917 at 10 o'clock A M at Wade Tred Son's office Oregon to sell land in Venatdla County Section 22 Township 4N Range 35E. Minimum cash payment of 3000 with balance secured by first mortgage at 7 percent interest. Guardian notes Woodall of La Beeche represents minor claimant.
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N. Wey
Venatdla
Sonatta
Via
Oregon
Ten O'Elwek A. M
Eall
Oregon Legislature Opens with Eager Hopes and Key Appointments
The 20th Oregon Legislature convened to organize and elect leaders. Gus C. Moser was unanimously chosen as president of the senate and Robert N. Stanfield as speaker of the house. The session faces major tasks including a proposed constitutional amendment on liquor prohibition and debate over enforcement details.
Head of Cuba Nice Arrested in Chicago Conspiracy Charge
Chief Healey, Chicago police superintendent, is charged with conspiracy in a case tied to contributions from illegal reports. Warrant sworn by Maclay Hoyne, representing the state’s attorney. Russian premier Trepoff resigns. Golitzine named premier. Harvard professor Taussig joins tariff commission. chair to be announced.
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Cuba
Nice
Chicago
C. Healey
Maclay Hoyne
Hoyne
Chief Healey
Harvard
Washington
Frank W. Taussig
Tariff Commission
Market prices for Portland and Seattle grains and butter
Portland prices show wheat varieties at 1.64 1.63 and 1.50 to 1.67, Barley No 1 feed at 38 per ton, May Timothy 21, alfalfa, Butter Creamery 87 cents. Seattle reports bluestem 1.63 club 1.55 forty fold 1.56 red Russian 2.63 fife 1.65 turkey red 1.64 Barley 56.50 per ton Butter Creamery 33 cents. Exgv-d0e.
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Portland
Seattle
Guardian Sale Notice for Esndell La Brache Property
In the County Court of Oregon, Umatilla County, guardian of the minor Esndell La Brache seeks sale of real property under a court license. The matter, titled Guardianship of Esndell La Brache, involves a sale order dated December 1816 and custody by S. Le Qion, guardian, over the realty described in the guardianship proceedings.
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State of
Oregon
Umatilla
Es Ndell la Brache
S. le Qion Kuardian
Ambassadors and officials in transition and a cyclone tragedy
United States diplomat Fletcher will depart soon for Mexico. A McIntosh county schoolhouse between Blocker and Krebs was destroyed by a cyclone killing fifteen children. Civil War major general Peter Osterhaus died in Duisburg Germany at his daughter's home. Edw M Hurley resigned as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission effective February 1. A Minnesota effort seeks a two year road making course in high schools. Lieutenant Colonel Harding, acting Panama Canal governor, was nominated to be governor replacing Goethals. Women suffragists began silent picketing at the White House to pressure President Wilson.
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Fletcher
Mexico
Blocker
Krebs
McIntosh County
Oklo
Peter Osterhaus
United States
Duisburg
Germany
Edw. M. Hurley
Federal Trade Comminsion
Wilson
Hurley
All Minnesota Development Association
St. Paul
Harding
Army Engineer Corps
Panama Canal
Gootha
White House
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Thaw Indicted for Beating Man in New York Hotel
Harry K. Thaw previously released from an asylum for the Insane has been indicted on charges of maltreating Fred Gump Jr of Kansas City. The case says Thaw lured the 39 year old to a hotel on Christmas night and attacked him with a whip leaving bloody welts.
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K. Thaw
Bay
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Fred Gump, Jr
Kansan City
Thaw
Gump
Judge M A Root Dies After Illness
Judge M A Root of the Washington state supreme court died in Seattle after a battle with pneumonia. The report notes his long service and impact on state law, leaving a vacancy to be filled by the next appointment and a period of mourning announced by the court.
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M. A. Root
Wash
Milo A. Root
Yourn Od
Justion
Waahineton Nite Stareme Court
Preumonia
Welfare Club Receives Federal Road Letters
Weston Welfare Club met Tuesday and discussed lack of state or county financial cooperation, the Dupuie corner cleanup, and the formation of a standing advisory committee to consult with the school board. A concrete sidewalk on Mill street was proposed and a resolution favoring it was passed. The issue will be taken to the city council.
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Weston Welfare Club
Dupuie
Mill Street
Furniture firm seeks 80 carloads coastal timber for cordwood stock
Altany The furniture factory aims to secure 80 carloads of coast alder maple and ash cut to 4 feet 4 inches and 8 feet 8 inches in cordwood style. Prairie City A Nouring mill to be operated here next year.
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Altany
Prairie City
Chamberlain calls for compulsory training for youth
New York Senator Chamberlain urged compulsory military training for men ages 18 to 21 to avoid a China like position for the United States. He criticized Mexican border mobilization as ineffective and warned the next 24 hours could change the international scene.
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New York
United States
China
Chamberlain
Oregon
Committee On Military Affairs
The
Senate
Republican Club
Mexican
Mexico
Federal Commission Nominees Named by Wilson
President Wilson nominates Dr Riley McMillan Little of Swarthmore Iowa and Mrs Frances Axtell of Bellingham Washington for the Working Men's Compensation Commission to administer the federal employer liability law with yearly salaries of six hundred and a half.
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Axtell
Federal Commission
Washington
Wilson
Working Men's Compensation Commission
Riley McMillan Little
Swarthmore
Frances ©. Axtell
Bellingham
Wash
Germans Capture Five More Towns in Noumania
Berlin reports Teutonic forces have taken five additional towns in Noumania and reached the Bereth river at two points. Von Mackensen’s drive in southern Moldavia advances with pockets near the Sereth front while a southeast push toward the Danube causes Russians to yield another town.
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Berlin
Sayville
Braila
Noumania
Bereth
Dobrudja
Mussiana
Roumadiana
von Mackensen
Sereth
Moldavia
Meaning of Speech at Berlin Attracts Inquiry
Washington reports that Ambassador Gerard’s alleged remark about relations being cordial since the war was formally questioned by the State Department. Officials say the quote does not reflect the strained German American ties caused by submarine warfare. The dinner honoring Gerard was hosted by the American Association of Commerce and Trade in Berlin.
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Washington
Ambaseador
Gerard
Germany
United States
State Department
Berlin
American Association of Commerce and Trade, of
Washington Solons Meet for 60 Day Session
Olympia officials opened the fifteenth Washington legislature with Ralph Nichols of Seattle chosen president pro tem and Gay E. Kelley of Tacoma named speaker. Liquor legislation likely due soon with strong support for a bone dry law and tighter sales rules. A joint memorial for a national prohibition amendment was passed unanimously by the senate and supported by the house with two votes against.
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Olympia
Wash
Weshington
House
Ralph Nichols
Seattle
Gay E. Kelley
Tacoma
Oregon
Congress
Senate
Russians Prepare Major Offensive in Riga Sector
London dispatch says Russian forces plan a great new push in the Riga area. A surprise assault near the Riga bridgehead under a heavy snowstorm saw attackers in white shirts breach German trenches and press reserves into a battle of fierce intensity.
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London
Riga
Copenagen
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Douglas County
William R. Wood
William A. Wood
Indiana Gressman
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Guantian
Prcenty
Woodall
Ul la Beeche
W Minor
E —Bribel
Knickergocker Press
Alexander Trepoff
Prince Golitzine
Council of the Empire
Hotice
Guardian
Sale of Realty
Bick Crook
Federal Road
Luther Burbank
California
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