Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Western Oregon notes tell of winter weather affecting colleges at Willamette University and Malem along with local deaths, business fires, road and rail work, and state political campaigns. Oregon headlines cover logging camps, tuberculous fundraising, and county public notices shaping labor, military, and infrastructure plans across Polk, Marion, and Coos counties.
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Oregon
Willameth University
Malem
Albany
Charlee Lyman Barnes
Polk County
Dallas
Grants Pawn High
Medford
Ashland
Rugcee
Yrain
Wehoa
Klamash
Washington County Istriotic Council
Portland
Odd Fellown
Lone the Lowe
Thomas Fo Ryan
Salem
Clareny County
Arnold Sandes
Inlaw
Lewis Chane
Alfonse Sandes
Mill Creek
Valley
Silete
Independence
Haw
M McArthur
Oregon Association For the Prevention of
Hed Crow Christman
Coast Mountains
Bay
Booth Kelly ‘Lumber Company
Springfield
East
McFarland
Charles H. Gram
State Federation of Labor
Coos County
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
Monthe
Coos Bay
Demurrage Rule Changes and Bank Murder Report
The item covers Pacific car demurrage rules starting at 38 dollars per car and rising to 10 dollars daily, contrasted with mutite rules at 2 dollars per car up to a limit. It also notes presidential authority over timber seizures for war needs and police actions. A bank murder case follows, detailing cashier Kearney Wornall attacked and a captain in uniform implicated, with fingerprints found and post guard reports issued.
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Pacific Car
Seastor Chamberlain Has
Ntrod
DIL
Production Board
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Barticiler
Turpis
Kearney Wornall
Slayer of Four Kills Himself at Camp Funston
At Camp Funston Kansas Captain Lewle Whistler of the 304th Infantry killed four men before turning his pistol on himself. Authorities say he wrote a note indicating he was thinking of committing murder and then killed himself.
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Slayer OF Four
Camp
Funston
Kan
Lewle Whistler
30411 Infantry
Ansptelon
Munderer
National Army
Whistler
Merif
Fin Salty
Dave Bygu
British Air Raid on Karlsruhe and Other War News
British aviators conduct a daytime raid on Karlsruhe as Wilson's dress debate dominates Petrograd papers. Yarmouth on the English coast reports about 20 shells with three dead and 10 injured. The destroyer Raccoon sinks after striking rocks off Ireland. all aboard rescued. Winter deepens on fronts with limited actions. The empire has 7.5 million fighting and labour battalions, over 4 million enrolled, seeking more men until American strength arrives. German fate reportedly shifting to militarists, who demand von Kuehmann’s dismissal at Brest-Litovsk talks.
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Karlsruhe
Baeden
Wilsonddress
Petrograd
Yarmouth
Dea
Raccoon
House of Commer
German Empire
von Kuehmann
Brest-Litovek
Federal farm bank blocks prong voting for directors
The federal farm bank has issued a ruling to prevent the control of national farm town associations from passing to nonmember hands. Directors will not be elected by prong voting as formerly planned, the board announced.
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Washington
Bvant
Flour Hoarding Barred in Washington by State Official
Washington state food administrator Charles Hebberd barred overstocking flour by families and individuals. Sales limits set for households, with one half to one barrel depending on distance to supply. Advertising to push flour and sugar purchases deemed against public policy. Licensing extended to canners, wheat and rye product makers, feed and malt dealers, and saltwater fishermen with a Feb 15 deadline. Norfolk spy arrest hailed as explosion averted afterWalter Spoermann captured attempting to blow up a magazine at the unfinished army aviation field.
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Wbie
Carl Grege Dewey
Willamette University
Ehetmee
George Alden
Hawley Han
Oregon
ML Parks
Florence
William Chandler
Amanda Kenner
Portland
Woo Clark
Mra Bonner
Clark
Maho Fe
TP Blarkensie
Gregan
Washington
Missoula
Mont
Columbia River
Hood River
Mosier
Woven Wilew
Mickey Geaneal
Aidv
Withycombe
Multnomah County
Nathinie
Eireuit Court
Portland Browards’ Association
Schenk
Willams McArthur
Tenine
Wanhingin
Heechignan
Ratabiteh
Tamien
Industrial Accident Commission
Henry J. Bauer
Atech
J. Johnson
Astoria
Ellsworth
Mill City
J. C. Brown
Harrisburg
Lockers
Joe Pappas
Jackson County
Cascade Mountains
Lyte
W. B. Ayer
Ayer
Public Servicw Commission
Gansral McAdoo
Spokane
Charles Hebberd
Hatele
Trataa
Hebberd
Wilson
Food Administration
Norfolk
Naval Intelligence
Walter Spoermann
Army Aviation Field
Markets Report From Portland and Seattle Listings
Portland market notes show white feed at 60.25 per ton barley at 55 per ton corn at 75 feed varieties hay prices 27 to 33.50 per ton butter 50c per pound in Portland and 58c in Seattle eggs 4 to 4 cents per dozen potatoes around 15 to 16 per hundred poultry hens 24 to 25 cents geese ducks 15 to 25 cents turkeys live 28 to 28 cents dressed 28 to 20 cents. Seattle listings add butter 58c per pound and ranch eggs at 4 cents per dozen pota toes per ton around 32 to 35.
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Portland
Turkass
Fewer Deaths Reported At Camp Lewis This Week
Health conditions at Camp Lewis improved with only five deaths this week including pneumonia and meningitis. Communicable diseases total 146 among 31,800 men while German measles and scarlet fever fell sharply. Treasury adds $2,004,000 to Serbia, bringing wartime loans to $4,000,000.
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Tacoma
Camp Lewis
Battle over munitions ministry rages in Congress
President Wilson and Secretary Baker clash with Chamberlain and allies over creating a munitions ministry as war power reorganizations, draft age changes, and woman suffrage advances ripple through Congress and the White House.
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Congress
Washington
Wilson
Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Bewator Chamberisin
White House
War Department
Wadsworth
Weeks
Fre Hogbuysen
Chamberlain
McKellar
Hitchcock
United States War Department
Senate Military Committee
Senator Chamberlain
House
Susan G. Anthony
Senate
Blizzard grips vast regions paralyzing rail and streets
A major blizzard stretches from Canada to the Gulf and from the Rockies to the Alleghenies, with subzero readings at ONeill Nebraska and San Antonio Texas. It halts steam railroad and streetcar traffic, causes deaths and frostbite, and prompts Chicago to close schools while mobilizing 60,000 volunteers to shovel snow.
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Canada
Gulf
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Alleghenies
O'Neill
Neb
San Antonio
Tex
Buffalo
Rockies
Kentucky
Tennessee
Chicago School Board
Waste of Food to Be Stopped by Law
Washington report notes proposed food law to empower food administration to compel observance of wheatiees and meatless days and other prescribed measures. The item credits Representative Lewar and Senator Pomereno with sponsoring the legislation for the administration. Social dance tomorrow evening.
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Washington
Hills
Food Administration
Lewar
Pomereno
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Jules Cambon
United States
American Department of the
Franch Government
Washington State
Senator Brady
James H. Brady
Idaho
Serbia
Treasury Department
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