Oregon Notes on Industry and Reform Across the State
A wide survey of Oregon activity reports new canneries at Lebanon and Eugene, a growing flax industry in Lane County, grain elevator bonds in Portland, and plans for road and forest projects. Officials announce state fairs, ferry proposals, and utility reports while farmers organize pruning and potato grower meetings.
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Hormona Orange
Lane County
Eugene
Tortland
Albany
Oregon
Harvey Wells
Salem
Willamette River
Grants Pass
Crook County land case reaches major milestone in state dispute
Judge T K Duffy notified Attorney General Brown that Crook County has made a decisive move in the Hyde Hogan land fraud case. The dispute covers seven counties and involves about 14 500 acres with Amber valued around 200 000 dollars, not counting land itself. The decision demands an accounting from Hyde and sets timelines for overtime plantings on the affected lands.
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Crook County
Amber
Railroad Brotherhoods Call Off Threatened Strike
New York report says the conference committee of railroad managers authorized President Wilson's mediators to arrange with railroad brotherhoods to call off the strike. After Secretary Lane announced the decision, the brotherhood leaders telegrammed that the strike has been called off. The midnight conference outcome favors the brotherhood.
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New York
Wilson
Lane
Lister Vetoes Major State Budget and Doctrine Law
Olympia Governor Lister vetoed the entire 43,700 maintenance appropriation for the state bureau of inspection and a 6000 two year salary for state librarian C W Shafer. He also struck 1 246 making it felony to discuss or advocate the W W doctrine. Other vetoes trimmed general appropriations for the executive department and labor. In Moscow riot news, 600 to 700 killed or wounded reported. Washington foreign trade fell about 1 million in February as Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. Farmers’ loans via federal land banks set at 5 percent interest. Paris reports a Zeppelin downed near Manosque with the crew lost.
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Tewnes
Moody
Oregon
Salem
W. B. Dennin
Carlton
Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology Commission
Commission
Portland
State Fair Board
Southern Pacific
Whiteson
Cor
Vailly
Eugene
Riddle
Washington
California
Utah
Hawley Han
Lane
Coos Bay
Iame
Harney
Ir. Lake
Grant
Olympia
Wash
Lister
State Bureau of Inspection
C. Wht Shafer
Barman of Labor
Cutter
Mallgren
Spokativ
Spokane
Portland Market Report Highlights Grain and Dairy Prices
Market notes show Wheat-Club bids at 1.48 and 1.68 in various lines with items like bivestemn 170 and red Russian. Barley No 1 feed stands at 19 per ton, Timothy hay 20 per ton, plus regional listings for Butler Creamery and Wool East of Oregon. Other entries include VAT contracts, Seattle references, and miscellaneous crop codes such as Hope WIG and Inestem 51 70.
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Portland
Butler—Creamery
Euasturn Oregon
Valley
Hope
Finland Diet To Be Convened For Provisional Government
A wartime dispatch reports Finland plans a diet convening to establish a provisional government under General Lely. The move aims to restore order, with authorities arranging for rapid measures and relations with Winit and other powers.
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Eetablich
Lawton Hernerie
Pilani
Fin Hiaelon
Ecoordine 7
Hevlir
Phanlal
German retreat on western front described as strategic master stroke
Military analysis portrays German forces abandoning ground on the western front and destroying shelters water supplies and infrastructure to deny the enemy resources while sparing civilians capable of resisting. Experts suggest the move aimed to disrupt Allied preparations and force a defensive reaction.
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Berlin
Tneer
Ae panoeLl
Meienenay
Wewapaverr
al Dibliah Arti
Valerie
Germaine
Unrest in Germany Grows Along Frontiers
Correspon dents report rising unrest among frontier populations in Germany facing severe privations. The situation on the German frontiers is described as increasingly tense and alarming.
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Germany
French Premier and Ministry Resign Over Opposition
The French premier Liiaat and his ministry resigned in Paris amid strong opposition in the Chamber of Deputies. The political move signals a shift in leadership as the government faces mounting pressure from competing factions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Liiaat
Nicholas II Abdicates Russian Throne After Revolution
Czar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne following a revolution that toppled the imperial government and reshaped the nation’s leadership. The move concludes the dynasty’s autocratic rule and sets Russia on a path toward upheaval and reform.
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Czar
Nicholas
Russia
German Spies in New York Plead Guilty in War Case
German agents Albert O. Sander and Charles N. Wannenbors pleaded guilty in New York to engaging in a military enterprise and sending information to German authorities. The report notes other Supreme Court actions upholding federal power over Utah hydro electric reservations and public lands in western states.
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New York
Albert O. Sander
Charles N. Wannenbors
Centtal Powers War Ni
Spits
Kingland
Utah
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress called to meet April 2 in war crisis
Washington President Wilson called Congress to assemble in an extraordinary session on April 2 to discuss grave matters of national policy as Germany’s submarine warfare sinks American ships and costs lives. Industrial mobilization and a 600000 man volunteer army are outlined with active roles by Ford Schwab and major steel and copper interests.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Congress
British Isles
Regular Army
National Guard
Ary War College
Council of National Defense
Henry Ford
Detroit Automobile Manufacturer
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
Krupps
United States Steel Corporation
Army
Adamson Law Upheld Eight Hour Day for Railroads
The Supreme Court sustains the Adamson law eight hour standard for railroad wages. Immediate effect fixes an eight hour basic day in interstate wage cases and triggers about 25 percent wage increases for trainmen from January 1. Railroads face estimated annual costs of 40 to 50 million dollars.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Tariff Board Named by President Wilson
President Wilson selects a tariff commission with members including Professor Frank W Tavensig of Harvard ex Representative David J Lewis of Cumberland Md ex Representative William Kent of Kentfield Cal Daniel Roper of McCall S C B P Costigan of Denver and W Culbertson of Emporia Kan.
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Tariff Board
Washington
Wilson
Tariff Commission
Frank W. Tavensig
Harvard University
David J. Lewis
Cumberland
William Kent
Kentfield
Cal
Daniel ©, Roper
McCall
8. C
B. P. Costigan
Denver
W. & Culbertson
Emporin
Kan
Seattle Employer Cleared in Domestic Death Case
P Brekenbrack manager of Border Line Transportation judged innocent of complicity in the death of Mabel Howe found dead from a self inflicted bullet wound in her home. Coroner's jury verdict clears him of responsibility. It also notes advice on weed control by salt coverage of stalks.
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Seattle
Wash
P. Brekenbrack
Border Line Transportation Company
Mabel Howe
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