Washington News Recaps World War I Era Status and Plans
The report discusses 400 000 enemy aliens in the United States, Felix Diaz offered 400 000 to lead a counter revolt, and aliens to face draft. It notes ship contracts for 774 vessels and four million tons, a future double amount, major Mears promotion, Capps to resign, and one million Americans expected in France. It also covers slow Bolshevik negotiations, troop landings, new tanks, fashion designer notes, and congressmen returning from the western war zone.
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Felix Diaz
Mexico
Carranza
National Army
Congress
State Department
Mayor Gill refuses resignation under pressure
Seattle November 24 Hiram Gill declares he will not resign as mayor despite mounting pressure. He asserts his commitment to continue leading the city regardless of political strains.
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Hiram
Seattle
Hi Gill
Tub and steam baths at all hours
Sny der House Flat announces 24 hour tub and steam baths available to guests with no seasonal restrictions. Facilities include private lockers and continuous service for travelers and locals seeking around clock relaxation.
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Snyder House
Silent House Talks in Paris on War and Peace
Col. E. M. House leads the American mission arriving in Paris after a 31 knot Channel crossing. He tells a women’s delegation the United States will wage war until the world is free from the specter of the sword and that permanent peace and security are sought. Our soldiers in France will be heard from increasingly as this work continues.
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United States
State Department
Baker
France
War Department
National Army
Jusserand
Paris
E. M. House
English Channel
Col. House
German offer to Japan over occupied Pacific islands
Reports from Amsterdam indicate Germany offered Kai Chao to Japan and proposed talks on the future of occupied Pacific islands in exchange for Japanese withdrawal from the war. Japan reportedly rejected the proposal.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Kai Chao
Japan
Pacific
Sulzer Heads to Washington for Alaska Work
Seattle November 24 Charles A Sulzer Alaska delegate to Congress departed for Washington to attend the upcoming session He said he would work to the end to secure better opportunities and fair development of Alaska resources for the territory
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Seattle
Charles A. Sulzer
Alaska
Congress
Washington
Sulzer
Seattle Farmer Convicted in Draft Conspiracy Case
James McPugh, a wealthy Seattle farmer and son of John McPugh, was convicted in federal court today for complicity in conspiracies to violate the selective conscription laws.
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Seattle
James McPugh
John McPugh
Airmen Killed in Collision Over Dallas Training
An Englishman and a Canadian airman died when their aircraft collided at about two thousand feet over Dallas while on training flights for army service.
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Dallas
Tex
Pershing rounds up slackers in Paris ambulance corps
General Pershing has rounded up about two hundred American men in Paris wearing ambulance driver uniforms. They were ordered to enlist immediately or be drafted as conscripts, with some having seen active service.
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Paris
Pershing
America
Arctic Club names new president and vice president
Frederick C. Johnstone, president of the Alaska Fish Company and Tongas Trading Company, was elected president of the Arctic club. A. F. Zipf, manager of the American-Yukon Navigation Company, was elected vice president.
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Seattle
Frederick C. Johnstone
Alaska Fish Company
Tongas Trading Company
Arctic Club
A. F. Zipf
American-Yukon Navigation Company
Prospecting trip to Kuskokwim leads Clarence White inland
Clarence White travels during the week for a prospecting expedition to the Kuskokwim where he and Charley Worder will work on promising ground.
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Clarence White
Kuskokwim
Charley Worder
Outlawry in Harbin Described as Terror Reigns
A report from Harbin dated November 24 describes a city in terror with hourly robberies and mobs parading the streets as police lose control over criminals. The piece notes Russian authorities struggle to restore order amid rising crime.
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Tokio
Harbin
Russia
Adrift sixty hours. three U.S. airmen rescued near Paris
Three American naval airmen, adrift at sea for sixty hours, were rescued by a French patrol off Paris today. The men were picked up after their plane went down while on a mission.
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Paris
Alaska engineers begin work
Camp Mead Md Nov 24. A group of Washington and Montana mining men joins engineers in the National Army corps arriving for training. The contingent represents mining interests in the western states as it begins duty with the army program.
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Camp Mead
Asta
Washington
Monana
Engineering Corps
National Army
Germany's Chance of Winning, Pollen Says
New York August 27 Arthur H Pollen the English naval critic in a Tribune article says U boats will win if Germany holds out on land. He notes England's sea command and cites observed tonnage losses declining global shipping by 20 to 25 percent yearly.
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New York
Arthur H. Pollen
Tribune
Germany
England
Jutland
Pullen
Kitchener Death Linked to German Spy Bomb Plot
Scotland Yard reveals the sinking of Lord Kitchener's cruiser Ham s her e was caused by a bomb placed aboard by a German spy educated in England and masquerading as an Englishman. The mystery had long hinged on a mine, but the Yard says the spy assassinated the war leader and his staff en route to Russia off the West Orkney Islands.
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Accus
Scotland Yard
England
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Hamshe
West Orkney Islands
London
National Intelligence Service of
United States
France
Yard
Edward Henry
Alaska Officers Training Camp Graduates List
Commissions for Alaskans announced include First Lieutenants R. R. Pullen of Skagway and C. R. Horner of Peaceaue. Second Lieutenants FB Kerper of Nenane and W. H. Combs Alaska. aviation section J. C. Smith of Thane. E. T. Seward first lieutenant. J. C. Lutterell Seward second lieutenant. Fifty-three Seattle men won commissions.
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San Francisco
Thane
Signal Corps
E. T. of
Seward
J. c. Lutterell
Seattle
Burleson Labeled Autocrat by Labor Federation
The American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution calling Postmaster General Burleson an autocrat for imposing unsatisfactory working conditions on postal employees. Gompers was re-elected as president at the session. Also, seventeen British ships were sunk by submarines in the week ending November 22.
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Buffalo
American Federation of Labor
Burleson
Gompers
Notice to co owners on placer mining claims
A public notice warns co owners under the Rainbow and Montana associations of a location certificate recorded in Volume 1, Page 318. It requests payment of annual labor through 1916 to hold the claims or risk transfer of interest to the subscribers after ninety days from service or publication.
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J. F. Baird
Marie Baird
Charles Hoxsie
Rainbow Association
Flat Creek
Otter Precinct
Territory of Alaska
Nessee i
Gro. W. Cuas
Forfeiture Notice on Ophir Creek Mining Claims Alaska
Alfred Johnson warns Gus Johnson and heirs that from 1913 to 1916 expenses exceeded 100 dollars per claim for Lower 3 4 and 5 on Ophir creek in Innoke district. Co-owner demands 200 dollars per claim within 90 days of service and publication or his interest will be forfeited. Dated Ophir September 4 1917 with publications Nov 3 1917 and Feb 2 1918.
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Gus Johnson
Ophir Creek
Innoke
Territory of
Alaska
United States
Ophir
Alfred Johnson
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Washington News
Cavalry
Frederick Mears
Alaska Engineering Commission
W. L. Capps
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Party of Congressmen
HIP Podrome
Cicar Store
Cigar Store
Miners & Merchants Bank
Scandinavian American Bank Territorial Depositary
Claude Baker
R. C. Button
Kitchener
Pioneer Offic
Pioneer Office
J. W. Farrell
General Merchandise Discovery
Otter
Mitchell Lumber Co
Sesenas. Iditarod Meat Co
Merchants’ Cafe
Robt
Soutar Piep
the Crosby
Caribou St
Bet
Black and Willow Sts
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