Oregon Notes From The Statewide Happenings
Oregon notes summarize business, education, and civic events across the state. Highlights include resignations in banking, insurance payouts to residents, wheat and coal discoveries, a large gold vein found on Rowe Creek, and a Florence paper mill fire. Also reported are preparations for Constitution Day observances, wage increases for shipyard workers, university staff changes, and ongoing county library organization efforts.
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Eugene
State Banking Department
Clackamas County
Balem Commercial Club
University of Oregon
Oregon
Duarst Brothers of
Sheridan
Warm Springs
Frank Campbell
San Francisco
Hedmond
American Legion
Rowe Creek
Cooscomuty
Emetriy
Florence
Olcott
Steel Shipbuilding
Portland
Oratin
Mise Helle Grover
McMinnville College
Beattie
Amim Nichola
Linn County
James Nichole
Plain View
Birmingham
Cfuieer
Forign
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Maral Bane
Tongue Point
Astorte
Knights of Pything Lodge
C. H. Schulta
Pershing Returns Home After Victory Parade
General John J. Pershing, famed World War I commander, arrives in Hoboken after two years in France. Secretary Baker pins his full general commission as four-star rank joins his parade on the charger Kidron, with a color guard and European victory procession marking a triumphant homecoming.
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New York
John J. Pershing
America
Mt Verdun
St. Mihiel
Thas
France
Hoboken
Baker
Durty
Grant
Rhériden
Sherman
Pershing
Seattle Gasless as Result of Strike
Seattle and suburbs faced a gasless Sunday as a strike by gas plant workers halted supplies. Restaurants closed while diners used coal stoves, and households resorted to outdoor cooking and campfires. Auto tours of boulevards showed kitchens out back with kettles in use. The action aimed to unionize all gas plant workers under one federation.
Fire on New Mexico shutters battleship crew feared deaths
Reports confirm the death of three crew members and injuries to 40 others after a fire aboard the New Mexico near San Francisco. Official estimates place damage at about 100000 dollars. Admiral Rodman called for a board of inquiry as the ship remained slated to sail to Seattle. About 1000 visitors on board at the time were quickly cleared from the vessel.
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New Mexico
San Francisco
Admiral Rodman
Seattle
Wessel
Californis
Sacramento
Cal
Senate for Day Law Passes Enforcement Bill Without Amendments
Senate passes local enforcement bill to regulate beverage intoxication defining any beverage over one half of one percent alcohol as an intoxicant. Measure moves to conference with House where some stringent provisions, including private stocks for personal use, altered.
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Washington
Senate
Doughboy Praised by General Porthinghoo in Columbus Greeting
General Porthinghoo lauded the American doughboy as the finest soldier. In Columbus Ohio thousands of Grand Army of the Republic and Women’s Relief corps members joined the welcome at the city’s encampment opening on Sunday.
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Columbus
Grand Army
Columbua
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Five strikers killed in clash with Hammond police
Five former Blanchard Steel Car workers died and 15 were wounded in a confrontation with Hammond police after a strike. The clash involved about 1,000 men, with authorities reporting heavy violence during the encounter.
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Arcost
Hammond
Tnd
Blanchard Steel Car Company
Police
Death Sentence for Edith Cavell Betrayer in Paris
Georges Quien was convicted of betraying Edith Cavell to the Germans and condemned to death. In New York the American Legion announced a national campaign to raise membership to 1,000,000 veterans of the great war.
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Edith Cavell
Paris
Georges Quien
New York
The
American Legion
Walla Walla
South Methodists Plan Reconstruction Drive
The Centenary Commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church South plans a wide reconstruction effort in Europe and elsewhere funded by Centenary gifts. Orphanages schools social centers and religious literature will be used. 100,000 Family Altars daily prayer aims. August 24 31 marked for fasting and prayer. mission expansion and funds cited.
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Ateneaus
Retighres
Europe
Gace i ‘Delgium
Ireet Evangelem
Nashville
Eyteropal Church
South
B A. Seblett
Department of Spiritual Resources
Fellowship of Intercession
Japan
Korea
T. Hager
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hager
Orient
Senate debate on withdrawal terms from league draft
Fragmented text outlines weeks of Senate debate on a proposed resolution by the committee chair Lodge detailing conditional ratification terms for a treaty. It references unconditional U S withdrawal from the league, refusal of foreign territorial guarantees under article X, exclusive U S action on domestic affairs, and interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine.
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Senate
Lodge
United States
League
Congresa
Thie Sathen
Austrian Assembly Backs Peace Pact Amid Protests
The Austrian Assembly voted 87 to 22 to approve the peace treaty while protesting the treaty’s violation of Austria’s right to self rule. Some deputies abstained, and the government’s protest resolution urged upholding territorial terms and warned of a potential union with Germany as a danger to postwar stability.
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Austria
Frome
South
Germany
Eugene chamber backs state fund plan for advertising
The Eugene chamber of commerce at a special meeting endorsed the Oregon state chamber of commerce plan to raise two hundred thousand dollars by taxation to advertise the state's resources across the United States. Sheridan schools face cost pressures from high living costs, causing vacancies as teachers resign for better salaries elsewhere. Two armed highwaymen attempted an unsuc cessful robbery of the Montavilla Savings Bank in Portland. George Pickering fired three shots to deter them.
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Eugene Chamber of Commerce
Oregon State Chamber of Commerce
United States
Sheridan
Montavilla Savings
Portland
George Pickering
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Oregon News
Wilann
Golem
Wendleton Relter Mille
Mary Jane Heater
Springbrook
Ross Iekereoll
School of Music
L. N. Traver
Judge
Uni- Med Baten
International Association of Fire Wahters
Bond
Jerome
Workman
Eugene Chamber of Commerce and Teadher
Woodburn
Coquille
Coos County
Liberty Auto Co
C. A. Adams
Pershing Welcome
Sec
Daniels
Astoria
Anld
Oregon Waters
Ward
Navy Department
Veteransa
Perghing
Porthinghoo
Dinmal
South Methodists
Val, Jensen
W. H. Thomas
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