Fugitive Biganist With Long Record Sought
Washington and Montana officers pursue J W Wilson known as a bigamist and embezzler tied to Owl lodge schemes. A woman accomplice rode the North Coast Limited at the time of his escape. Wilson, linked to multiple marriages since 1909, is alleged to have diverted lodge funds and is sought on charges including bigamy and embezzlement. The man’s arrest followed a deputy’s mistaken greeting near a sheriff’s office.
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J. W. Wilson
Butte
Wilson
Londhounds
Vail
Hunt
Washington
Barnes
National Order of Cowboy
Shany Atiases
Mra
Laura Sieforth-Wilson
J. Wilson
California
Wata Walls
Mu Fieforth
Meareange
Dalles
Ore
Texas
Silings
Denver
Tea
Whitmore
Nath Graneers
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Bullines
Red Lodge
Laurel
Winon
Owl Lodge
Sheriffs
Wilton
Dia
Yellowstone County Sherif
Grim Starvation Haunts Captured Northern France
In a New York report Herbert Hoover Commission for relief says suffering is severe in occupied Northern France. Valenciennes Rowbaix Lille areas with 400000 people report closures dealers selling dog meat and empty soup shops. Death rate in Lille has doubled over the past month and food prices remain prohibitive.
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New York
Herbert Hoovtthe
Belgium
France
Hoover
Valenciennes
Rowbaix
Lille
Low Cost Navy Ration Details Enlisted Man Diet
A fragmented wartime notice outlines a daily navy ration for an enlisted man at 936 cents, listing allowances for meat, fish, cheese, butter, lard, vegetables, fruit, milk, and beverages. It specifies quantities such as one pound smoked or fresh meat, three quarters of a pound vegetables, and various weekly additions like cheese and syrup, framed in a period tone.
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Navy
Perth
Fragmentary Pantry List Ends Abruptly
A cut fragment lists ingredients including two measures of ignth pound spices, one-fourth portions of canned tomato, and one-half portion of oil vinegar, with missing context or quantities.
Convention of Bishops of the Methodist Church at Saratoga
The Methodist Episcopal general conference opposed changes to church law requiring bishops to retire near 73 at the quadrennial limit. Votes 491 to 199. Sessions continued with debate on ritual revisions and the authorized Bible version. Some archaic baptism wording and church membership phrases faced removal or retention debates.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Day of Syra
Hi Cranston
John W. Hamilton
Hartzell
Africa
Hiner
Conference
Washington opens Colville Reservation lands for settlement
President Wilson signed a proclamation opening the Colville Indian reservation in Okanogan and Ferry counties Washington. It embraces 1 800 000 acres with about 250 000 acres to be subject to settlement at around 1.60 dollars per acre.
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Washington
Cme Wilson
Colville
Okanogan
Ferry Counties
Wash
War Summary from Allied and Central Fronts Across War Areas
The White Star line steamship bound from New York to Liverpool is reported sinking. Verdun sees an immense German trench capture with heavy French casualties and prisoners. Allied retaliation near Hill 304 and 287 yields varying results while Russian and Turkish fronts show limited gains. Galician front reports a mine crater capture. Asia Minor fighting continues with Turkish positions retreating. Austrian attempts against Italy are noted along Marmolada and Falzarego sectors. Breslau reportedly shells a health station as fighting persists globally.
Conductors Meeting Opens in St Louis for Three Week Session
The tris annual session of the grand division of the Order of Railway Conductors began in St Louis Missouri on May 8 and is expected to last three weeks possibly five. The ladies auxiliary of the order will meet simultaneously with an estimated attendance of about 5 000 delegates.
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St. Louis
Grand Division of the Order of Railway Conductors
Order
National charities conference to convene in Indianapolis
The forty third annual session of the national conference of charities and correction will convene in Indianapolis May 8. Delegates from more than 15 allied national organizations will attend, with arrangements made to care for over 3,000 delegates and guests.
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Charities and Correction
Indianapolis
Charities Wind Correcion
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Carrie
Nestle
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Beter
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Andy W
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Woolworth Building
Florence CO
Biganist
Convention OF Bishops OF the Methodist Church
Peru
Colville, Reservation
Peecham
Beecham
Butterrill East Broadway
Davey & Gilmore
Finlen
James T. Finlen
Purity
West Broadway
Davey
Cialty
Crockery
B. Kopald CO. Furniture
Valises
Associated Press
White Star
Liverpool
Menera
Avecourt
Verdun
Thiaumont
Tilarist
Galicia
Tarnopol
Asia Minor
Brain
Marmolada
Falzarego
Col Topete
Breslau
Petrograd
Ets Nealth
the Union Stamp
Summer Street
Boston
Mass
American Federation of Labor
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