Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Hood River begins airaberry picking while 18,000 Multnomah county young men register for the draft. Oregon officials report 3,400 war registrations and a July 4 celebration planned by the Dallas commercial club. Rexavation starts at Wittenberg King plant in Salem as the Oregon Osteopathic association schedules midyear meetings. Federal probes into forged selective draft cards in Portland surface amid wage increases for state employees and a large Liberty loan subscription by Max M. Houser of Portland.
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Hood River
Oregon
Asalee Lodge
Riddle
Oregon Tate Rankere
Marshfield Taat
Dieton
Multnomah County
la Grande
Woman's Memorial
University
Dallas Commercial Club
Oregon Osteopathic Association
Haelam
Charien L. McNary
Econ
Senator Lane
Orgasiin
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Portland
Department of Oregon
GAR
Fargo
Department
State Board of Control
H. & Gile Company
Balom
Hoseburg
Middle
Mowler
Dation
Mr. Miller
RD. Haters
Oregon Agricultural College
New Hampshire Agricultural College
F. T. Toore
Oregon City
Stosebure
Max M. Houser
California
Washington
British Columbia
Porte
Coast Maritime Association
Nem Wion
Corvallia High School
Army
Navy
Linn County
Howe
Columbia River
Orenan
Muir
Lathrop
Howth Carona
Oregon Aniiculineal College
Aphis
Treasury Department
Hebenor
Fiege Young
Or Civic League
Joly TM Young Wan
Chicago
Albee
Whet
Hartland
State Industrial Accident Commission
Peter Christ
Mil City
Jogethe
Tony Arnac
Kerry
Benjamin Rock Well
AL Twrney Gieneral Brown
Brough
George Millican
Janos Sloan
Pacific Conant
W. J. Conrad
A. BE. Adewlperaur
Marshfield
Weanton
State Board ‘of Control
Salem
Supreme Court
Quenteg
Ow Survey
State Bonds and Census Figures Prompt Funding Debate
The article discusses whether the state can issue bonds totaling $1,800,000 to meet federal road money and notes a 11 840 total revenue from a wartime census. It mentions a 1 percent 1914 census quota and that adjutant general's office reports more than 6 108 men answered calls to National Guard and regular army services, with state requirements met per census registration.
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War Department
Adjutant General's Office
National Guard
Regular Army
American war aims given to Russians
President Wilsen in a communique to the new government of Kusai, explains United States war aims and stance on no annexations or indemnities. No territory to change hands except to aid those seeking life and liberty. No indemnities except for wrongs. No power readjustments unless it secures future world peace and welfare. Witton opposes restoring the prewar status quo, insisting it must be altered to prevent repetition.
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Wantington
Wilsen
Kusaia
United States
Witton
Germany
The King of Greece Abdicates the Throne
Athens reports King Constantine abdicated under pressure from France Britain and Russia. The throne passes to Prince Alexander who is 24 and expected to adopt the allied powers’ wartime government aims. Crown Prince George is excluded from succession due to pro-German leanings.
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Athens
Paris
Constantine
France
Great Hrithia
Russia
Alexander
M. Jonnart
Great Britain
Constant Une
George
Groves
England Indorses Wilson Principles in Note to Petrograd
London reports Britain accepts President Wilson's wartime principles, affirming alignment with allied covenants and defense of countries' existence and international agreements. In London the note also cites liberating oppressed populations. In other news from London the East End bomb raid kills 31 and wounds 67, including a schoolhouse child casualty. Portland and Oregon subscribe about 10 million to the Liberty Loan, surpassing the 8.6 million target.
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Russia
London
Great Britain
Petrograd
Wilson
Congress
Britain
Behool
Ondoi
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Washington Must Furnish Quota By Census Basis
Provost Marshal General Crowder notified Governor Lister that Washington must meet the census bureau quota for troops. The state protested the census estimate of 212,614 eligible, compared with an actual registration of 108,615. The directive enforces the census bureau basis for mobilization.
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Washington
Seattle
Census Bureau
Crowder
Lister
Mother Ann Lee and the Shaker Leader’s Image in America
A fragment notes Mother Ann Lee as an English woman who came to the United States during the Revolutionary period and sparked the Shaker sect. It describes her as literate and religiously influential, though presented in a cautious, old-fashioned tone.
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Ann
Ann Lee
United States
Shakers
Woman Suffrage Delayed in Sweden by Riksdag
In Stockholm via London, Sweden, the fight for women’s voting rights stalls for at least four years after the Riksdag rejects a constitutional amendment. The setback comes as the movement adapts strategies while awaiting renewed efforts.
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Sweden
Stockholm
London
Rikedag
British Haig Breaks German Lines at Messines Ridge
In the European war theater the British offensive under Field Marshal Haig regains the Messines ridge and surrounding positions. Central powers report nearly 5,000,000 prisoners as German newspapers release figures. The drive concentrates on Lene and Wylechaete as part of pressures toward Lille and northern France factories.
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Messines
Britib Bantle
Pield Marshal Hale
Haig
Lene
Belgium
France
Lille
Jailbreak at Jacksonville Leaves Two Dead
In Medford Oregon two men are dead and one seriously wounded after a jailbreak in Jacksonville. J L Ragsdale a pioneer rancher from Lake Creek was serving an Indeterminate sentence from 20 years to life for criminal assault on his stepdaughter. Charles H Hasye the jailer was killed after Ragsdale entered the office by a ruse and then killed himself when near capture.
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Medford
Jacksonville
J. L. Ragsdale
Lake Creek
Calkins
Charles H. Hasye
Ragedale
Wilson War Message Pamphlet Issued for Schools Study
The committee of public information released Washingtons war message in pamphlet form with footnotes and notations for detailed study. The pamphlet will be sent free to schools libraries and organizations or individuals applying for them.
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Washington
Wilson
Committee of Public Information
Russian Women to Fight in Trenches Regime Enlists
Propaganda for a women’s fighting regiment has drawn many volunteers in Petrograd via London. Report says hundreds have enlisted and that A. P. Kerensky, wife of the war minister, is among them.
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Petrograd
London
A. P. Kerensky
Balfour Returns Home From American Mission
Foreign Secretary Balfour arrived back in London leading the British mission after his trip to America.
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Balfour
London
America
President Wilson Granted Power to Block Supplies to Germany
Washington reports that export controls become government policy after the Senate passed the administration espionage bill with an embargo clause. The measure enables the President to stop supplies from reaching Germany via neutral countries, reducing reliance on the British blockade and shaping Allied economic power. Neutrals Norway Sweden and Switzerland have sent commissions to express needs.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
United States
America
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Haig Blasts Belgian Front With Massive Mine Drive
British forces shattered the Germanhold on Messines ridge near Ypres with a gigantic mining operation. More than a million pounds of explosive were placed under forward positions over the year, triggering a panicked shock wave as the German line was broken. The Arras battle appears to have culminated, while the bombardment now includes 20 percent more heavy guns.
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London
Messines
Messines Ridge
Ypres
Arras
British Planes Dominate Sky At Messines Ridge Battle
London reports a dramatic air victory as British flying corps kept Germans from counterattacking, loomed over rear lines, and disrupted German ground troops. Meanwhile Russians spurn peace moves, with soldiers council denouncing German wireless armistice proposals. Russian mission lands on Pacific port en route to Seattle and Washington.
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London
Messines Ridge
Germany
Russia
Pacific Port
Washington
United States
Boris A. Bakhimeteff
Pacific
Seattle
Wash
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