Oregon News Notes of General Interest
Reports from Oregon detail a wide range of topics including a rare wildfire near Pendleton, a $260 robbery loss, federal labor office efforts in Medford, forest road work around the Umpqua, and a Wasco County conference on labor. It notes Maryn expansion plans, cherry shortages in Marion County, Captain Mardy's return to Portland, and upcoming osteopaths’ convention in Baker.
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Wkiah
He Mountainn
Pendinton
Alen
Department of Labor
United States Employment Aermen
Medford
Umpqua Forest
B.C Hartrom
PMO
Binterhood
Salem
Eugene
Marion County
van Trump
Wo WL Mardy
Japan
Land of
Nippon
Portland
Taker Commercial Club
Oregon
Idaho
Baker
Maker County
Columbia River
Rocky
Balem
R. L. Polk & Co
Charles N. Meyers
Klamath County
Klamath Falls
State Food Administration
Corvallis
Horner Confesses Murder After Interrogation
Seattle and Kalama reports say W B Horner confessed to the Kelso triple killings of Mrs Nellie Bassett and two children after four hours of questioning by sheriffs from three counties. He led officers from Snoqualmie Falls to Kelso and then fled to the Bas ott ranch near Aeneas before being captured. He pled guilty in Cowlitz County and received a life sentence with hard labor.
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Seattle
Wash
W. B. Horner
Chanogan County
Mra
Nellie Bassett
Kelso
John Stringer
Horner
Snoqualmie Falls
Basott Ranch
Aeneas
Okanogan County
Ward
Kalama
William R. Horner
Stra
Fred Bawsett
Cowlite
Sudabaker
Cowlitz County
Willian Ty Dardh
Mexico and Cuba Sever Diplomatic Ties Amid War Fallout
Mexico cuts diplomatic relations with Cuba over wartime measures affecting Mexican interests. Rumors say the move may signal a rebuke to the United States as reports claim Mexico acted after seizure of papers from Senor Fabela in Buenos Aires. In Washington, Alea Adoo approves a one cent per mile rail rate for military and naval personnel.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Cuba
Washington
United States
Ale Adoo
Work or Fight Draft Regulation Expanded to Draft Age
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a draft amendment requiring every man of draft age to work or fight after July 1. The measure targets waiters bartenders theater ushers and attendants of clubs hotels and stores as well as I W W and related groups will face local board action and enforcement authorities.
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Washington
General Crowder
Selective Service
Crowder
War News Briefs From May Fronts and Home Returns
More than 200000 American troops sent to France in May as Allied forces face renewed German assaults. British air forces claim 24 enemy planes destroyed on the Italian front since May 18. Austrian defenses repel Italian mountain assaults, while U S casualties from France total 106 admitted to hospitals. German offensives along the Aisne and Flemish fronts show limited gains as Italians strike northwest of Lake Garda and report advances at Monticello Pass and Presena amid rugged terrain.
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France
Mallon
United States
War Department
Germany
Flanders
Voormezoele
Locre
Ypres
Pinon
Soissone
Rhelms
Aisne
Berlin
Chemin des-Dames
Lake Garda
Monticello Pass
Presena
Monte Zigolon
Apar
Lamarios
Allied Raids Reported Across Front Lines In Italy and France
American units in the Mootdidler sector conducted trench raids without artillery support and overwhelmed a German trench resulting in six enemy deaths and one prisoner. British forces near Huequoy captured fourteen Germans and two machine guns, while other raids yielded sixteen prisoners and a machine gun. French forces along the Aillette river region also took captives.
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Italy
Mootdidler
Huequoy
Aillette
Americans Win in Attack Near Cantigny Front
American troops on the Premch front near Montdidier attacked German positions, captured 140 prisoners, and advanced 160 to 200 yards east of Cantigny in about three quarters of an hour. French tanks saw limited action as artillery cleared the path and morale remained high among the advancing forces.
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France
Montdidier
Castigny
Aad
Americana
Cxntigny
Cantigny
Portland Markets and Odd Garden Tales
Market prices show oats corn butter eggs potatoes and poultry with varied figures across Portland and Seattle markets. A curious note describes Chinese gardeners shaping evergreen vines to visually cloak statuettes, forming living robes from plants around carved figures.
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Portland
Railroad Rates Raised Nationally to Meet Wage Costs
Washington announces 25 percent freight rate hike and a 3 cent passenger fare rise as of June 16 for standard routes. Commutation and suburban rail rates up 10 percent. electric interurban fares unchanged. The reform aims to boost railroad revenue by up to 300 million dollars in the coming year.
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Washington
McAdoo
United States
Cass
Fer
Wilson Calls for New War Tax Levies in Joint Session
President Wilson urged Congress to approve revenue legislation to fund war expenses. He appealed for swift action as the nation faces peak war costs. Leaders agreed to proceed with a revenue bill financed mainly by income taxes, excess profits, and profiteering measures.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
Sapate
Republian
Submarine Sinks Moldavia Returns Loss of Seventy Three
Fifty three American soldiers were killed when the British mercantile cruiser Moldavia was torpedoed in the English Channel. The wreck occurred at 4 a.m. under moonlight and the vessel sank in about an hour. All officers and crew were saved by British destroyers forming the convoy as soldiers were transferred without panic.
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Kaplosion
London
Moldavia
Contvoy
Pay Elevation for Nearly Two Million Railroad Workers
In Washington General pay raises for nearly 2,000,000 railroad employees were announced by Director General McAdoo. The increases take effect next Saturday and are expected to total over 200 million dollars annually. About half of the amount will be paid as back pay in lump sums ranging from around 100 to nearly 200 dollars.
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Edward Tway
Mesa
Anne
George Hewne
Ruth
Alany Read
Miles
Cortalliga
Iim
Hector McPherson
Oregon Agricultural Village
Brown
Juden Lovett
Railway Director's Office
Tila
Oregon
Leagur
Grange
Farmere Uniaw
Oregon State Federation of Labor
Alneworth
Portland
Northwest
War Industries Board
Joban Mereard
Coos
Curry Counties
Iron
Salmon
John KR. Smith
Pacific Coast Steel Company
San Francisco
Seattle
Irondale
Wash
Coos Cour Y
Buechner Lumber Company
W. ©. Slattery
Cleveland
Buchner
Cape County
Oregon & California
Portland Land District
Tallman
General Land Office
Brownsville
Portland Land Office
State Desert Land Board
Jordan Valley
Ower
Washington
McAdoo
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Wasco
Whorler, Gherman
Oulliam
Dalles
Cicizens
United States Food Administration
Unitedites
Pigardy
Thomas ¥. Ryan
Clackamas County
O. P. Hoff
Multnomah County
Charles A. Johns
Supreme Court
John 8. Coke
Coos County
Fred A. Willama
Josephine County
Frank J. Miller
Linn County
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
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