Sea travel remains heavy despite submarine menace
Washington reports 400,000 Allied passengers crossed the Atlantic and European ports since the war began. Of these, 250,000 sailed on belligerent ships, 88,000 in the travel class. Belligerent tonnage carried 113,000 on Italian ships, 43,000 French, 6,000 Russian, 1,000 Belgian, with American ships carrying 51,000 passengers.
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Washington
Atlaatic
Europes
Bureau of Navigation
Erith
Greatest supply of gold guarded by few old men
A Denver dispatch reports the world’s largest single gold reserve, about $500 million, locked in the Denver mint vaults. The facility, guarded by few old soldiers and political appointees, is considered burglar and bomb proof. The mint fixes the gold price at $20.67 per fine ounce, a rate unchanged for years, with most gold stored in New York and Washington but potentially moved to Denver in a threatened invasion.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Mint
New York
America
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Vernon Castle Takes to English Skies as War Pilot
Vernon Castle a famed dancer has completed U.S. training and sailed to England to serve as a fighter pilot for the Allies. British air forces are short of fliers due to German Zeppelin and airplane raids. Castle is an Englishman.
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United States
Vernon Castle
England
Seattle Ship Canal Ends A Sixty Three Year Dream
The Seattle ship canal from Salmon Bay to Lake Union and Lake Washington is finished after decades of effort. Government engineers will open the locks at Salmon Bay in a few days as ocean going ships reach Lake Washington, completing a project that cost about 2.27 million dollars to the federal government and roughly 5.5 million dollars by Seattle King County and the state. The canal’s completion marks a milestone in Seattle’s growth and marks the triumph of local effort and federal support culminating in a 63 year pursuit.
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Jack Bechdell
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Salmon Bay
Lake Washington
Puget Sound
Lake Union
Seattle
King County
Lake Canal
Cornelius H. Hanford
Puyallup
Sound
Beacon Hill
Portland
Young Hanford
Tideland
Eugene Sempe
Washington Territory
Hanford
la Washington Improvement Company
David T. Denny
George Kinnear
H. B. Bagley
Thomas Burke Smithers
al Most
Frank H. Osgood
Salmon Bay Canal
G. H. Mendel
Smith Cove
Selmon Bay
John H. McGraw
Harbor Line Commission
Semple
Lake
Seattle Tidelands
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company
South Canal Party
North Canal
Lake Shore
Canal Association
John L. Wilson
McGraw
Congress
Atte
Secretary of War
Germans Deported by Japanese Government in Yokohama
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan expelled five German businessmen from Yokohama after investigations spanning months. Sanctions cited conduct harmful to Japan and allies, with copper shipments to neutral parties cited by some press. Names include Martin Pors and others. authorities pledge tight surveillance of German residents in Japan.
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Japan
Yokohama
Otto, Reimers & Co
Germany
United States
Martin Pors
H. Vokkes
K. Fischer
C. Heitmann
M. F. Bengen
Bergmann & Co Yokohams
Pol
Japan Gazette
New York
E. P. Earle
George N. Yoidmore
Tokio
Seattle Labor Council backs high wages for Alaska rail workers
Prominent Seattle workers pledge support for Alaska railroaders striking for higher wages and an eight hour day. A Seattle committee will meet federal strike commissioners on arrival to press for better terms. A Leckey letter argues Alaska prosperity hinges on high returns for labor and capital.
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Government Railway Commission
Anchorage
Alaska
Seattle
Seattle Labor Council
Federal Commission
Alisha
Leckey
Leehey
Alaska Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Kent
C.D. Stratton
Seattle Times
Alaska Railroad Commission
Commission
Dawn of Democracy in Domain of the Czar
Petrograd reports a new Russia arising from war tears with fair government and progress. The opening of the Duma by the czar inspires hope, while liberals suspend reforms to face the crisis. Officials like M Sazonoff gain trust as Russia’s path toward reform emerges amidst war.
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Petrograd
Russia
Duma
Nicholas
Maurynd
M. Sturmer
M. Sazonoff
Russia and the Slavs Rising From Provinces to Power
The text traces Russia’s path from medieval consolidation under Moscow through post war reforms, the 17th century terror, Peter the Great’s westernization, Napoleonic wars, Crimean era liberal ideas, serf emancipation, 1905 upheavals, and World War I impacts. It notes peasant life, vodka suppression effects, literacy, and growing Slavic influence as Russia’s population and resources push toward greater role in world affairs.
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Russia
Moscow
House of Romanoff
Russian Empire
Sweden
Peter the Great
Rusia
Siberia
Ohi
Amd
Germany
Europe
Notice of Forfeiture on Chicken Association placer claim
McGuinness cites annual labor expenditures of 100 dollars in 1914 and 1915 on the Chicken Association placer mining claim on Chicken Creek in Over Precinct Fourth Vision Alaska. If co-owners B Anderson O Oldridge and W McCurdy do not contribute their share within ninety days of service or within publication period, interest will vest in the subscriber, with first and last publications in 1916.
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B. Anderson
O.oldridge
W. McCurdy
Chicken Association
Chicken Creek
Bonanza Creek
Over Precinct
Vision
Raska
United States
Claus
Suil
McGuinness
Placer Mining Claims Notice of Share Payment and Bond
Notice to Joop and heirs that expenditures of 100 dollars were made in 1914 and 1915 on the Rainbow association placer claims at the head of Flat Creek Otter precinct Alaska. If coowners fail to pay within 90 days after service or publication, interests may vest in subscribers who have paid the required labor under Section 2124 Revised Statutes. Publication dates April 5 1916 and July 8 1915.
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Joop
de Paca Anu Onarles iHoyste
Wits
Rainbow Association
Flat Creek
Otter
Territory of Alaska
Sf Record
Montana Association
Ramnbow Association
Sid Precinet
United, States
TIS
GEO. We Albrecht Ftas
Taylor St
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Bagoy’s Bars
Mutcler Bros
General
Lake LaBerge
Iditarod
H. Boas
Hurst Cigar Store
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Pipes and Tobaccos
Victor Phonograph
J. A. Nelson
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Cnicnao, U. 5
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Ship Canal
Shilshole Key
George B. McClellan
Thomas Mercer
Lake Puget Sound
Harvey Pike
Pike Street
South Canal
John J. McGilvra
Judge Burke
Will H. Parry
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