World News In Brief From Across The Globe
A roundup from Nome to Portland reports a new gold strike in Nome, battles in Flanders and France, and Lord Kitchener urging 100000 more men. Shocks from an East Portland earthquake. Schwab visits Portland while a $160000 fire devastates a wholesale grocery. Western governors discuss stronger coast defense in Seattle. A Petrograd bulletin notes a Russian collapse. Lusitania sinking rumors and Italy's possible entry into the war are mentioned. The British admiralty lays mines in the Channel. a giant egg hatches in Eugene. Atlantic fleet passes in New York. juvenile records cleared in Portland. Rome consistory and archbishop appointment news. a bride killed in a crash. anti German riots and cabinet resignations widen war crisis coverage. The note from Washington to Berlin on sinking ships is discussed.
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Lord Kitchener
England
Portland
Charles M. Schwab
Stee
King
Pittsburg
Fipokanee
Italy
English
Eugene
Oregon
Commercial Club
Atlantic
Wilson
New York
Consiatorial Congregation
Rome
Benedict
Edward J. Hanne
San Francisco
Hian Woaah
Wenatchee
Germany
President Wilson Appeals for Humanity in New York Speech
President Wilson told a distinguished gathering of Navy and Army officers and civilians that American power should serve humanity. He described battleships as engines to promote humanity and praised moral principle guiding U.S. conduct while acknowledging a rain-soaked, highly enthusiastic welcome in New York.
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New York
Wilson
Hudson River
Navy
Army
America
Americas
Seven Battles In Week: Bloodiest Western Europe War Week
Times correspondent notes seven battles in the week ending Friday as the bloodiest phase of the western front. At Ypres British troops faced repeated German attacks with heavy fighting through Saturday night. Dawn revealed fields of dead and a brutal, ongoing assault as both sides pressed hard.
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Western
Europe
London
Times
Heidda
Ypres
Weather Extremes Ridge Through Nation With Sharp Cold
Washington reports abnormal cold Tuesday night across the country except the Gulf states. Temperatures run 20 degrees below average in the Lake region and the Dakotas. Snow falls in St Paul and parts of Minnesota and West Virginia. Frosts in Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin trigger frost warnings east of the Mississippi. One disturbance brings rains over Northern states. another opens jets at the Atlantic.
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Washington, D. C
Gulf States
Lake Region
Dakotas
St. Paul
Minnesota
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Liberty Bell On Tour For Exposition Day
The Liberty Bell schedules show it departing Philadelphia July 5 and visiting San Francisco July 16 Denver July 10 Portland Salem July 15 and Sacramento July 16. In Portland the bell arrives at 6:00 AM and stops six hours for public viewing before noon departure to Salem.
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Philadelphia
San Francisgo
Denver
Portland
Salem
Sacramento
600 Farmers Attend Semi annual Picnic at Silverton
Silverton hosts a Saturday gathering attended by 600 farmers from the county. Ill weather forced morning talks to be held in a theater and plans include a fall corn show with cash prizes. organizers aim for a semi annual event.
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Silverton
French
Oregon Rural College
Oheas
Neues Neo
Chapin Ixing
Monte
State Grange Seeks Rural Credit At Annual Session
The Oregon State Grange debated a rural credit law and urged support for candidates backing it. A proposal to expand rural savings access to farmers at low interest was approved, along with a tax exemption vote and wool labeling requirements. The group opposed changes to rural mail routes and tax collection dates, and urged Congress to authorize state non-interest bonds for long term land loans at four percent.
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Tillamook
State Grange
Grange
United States Senate
The
Congress
Big Power Project Begun for Oregon Electric at Eugene
A force of men works on the Oregon Electric $5,000,000 McKenzie power project at Clear Lake in the Cascade summit. President L Gillman says preliminary work will be rushed and no other development plans are underway. Engineers completed surveys after two years of meteorological readings and favorable reports for the lake tapping scheme.
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Eugene
Oregon Electric
Clear Lake
McKenzie River
Cascade Mountains
L. €. Gillman
McKennie
Cascades
New Stage Line to Start Between Bend and Chiloquin
George Hoyt of Fort Klamath will inaugurate the Klamath Falls to Crescent stage service with two machines leaving Bend and Chiloquin to meet at Crescent. Service runs Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays with stops at Harp La Pine Skeen Ranch and more. Passengers freight and private mail deliveries arranged for farmers distant from post offices.
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Klamath
Coos and Curry Farmers Enter Dairy Show at Myrtle Point
Coos and Curry counties prepare for a dairy show and fair at Myrtle Point with a 200 dollar prize fund. Exhibits include dairy cows with top butter fat production over 90 days in 1915, and cheese and butter displays. Professor O G Simpson of Oregon Agricultural College will score, with cheddar cheese and butter entries required.
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Coos
Curry
Marshfield
Curry Counties
Myrtle Point
Fair Association
O. G. Simpson
Department of Dairy Manufacturing
Oregon Agricultural College
Klamath Falls Sends Cattle to Portland Markets
Three carloads of cattle from Klamath Falls have shipped to Portland Union Stockyards the first in some time. Shippers await grading and prices with interest as they weigh Portland prices against shipper fare and Sacramento options.
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Klamath
Klamath Falls
Portland
Portland Union
Sacramento
Notice from Salem on slave tax law shift to sheriffs
The Salem notice explains a new act shifting tax collection from county treasurers to sheriffs. It notes the act does not specify transfer method for tax rolls and that the treasurer must file a court certified return showing the tax roll status after duties end.
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Salem
Sissior
Serbian Military Hospital Burned Real English Lesson
A fragmented account notes a Serbian military hospital fire linked to a journalist’s tale about natives adopting American ways. The piece references large fortifications to protect cornfields and estimates yields and costs, detailing defensive measures and implied losses.
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Mack Cretcher
Kanaan
Insular
Philippines
The Ether Theory and Hidden Forces in Nature
The article discusses the mystery of electricity and matter, presenting ether as an all prevailing substance. It explains ether as the medium that carries light from the sun and heat from filaments to bulbs, framing current gaps in scientific knowledge as part of a broader speculative theory.
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Nationa
Pacific Northwest
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Atrike le
Nome
Way Raine
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France
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Petrograd
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Venice
Oice
Eaid
Lord Pinher
Russia
Washington
Berlin
Lebanon
Houston
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Tex
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Tisia
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Socfadot
United States
Constant William D. Haywood
Humanity First
Exprensea Sur
Eastern
Oregon Light & Power Company
Rock Cronk
Wille
J. M. Gross & (Son, General
Oregon City
C. P. Henkel
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Clackamas
Alsace
Sapna
Annes
Skoplje
Sir Frederick Hamilton
Frederick Tower Hamilton
British Admiralty
Spirite
Troyom
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