City Notes On Departures and Arrivals in Local Life
Miss Edith Schott left Thursday for Cashmere. Several residents plan winter stays away from home, including Miss Clara Beardsley in Spokane and Mrs. S. A. Potter with her daughter en route to Los Angeles. Local workers change shifts at the Great Northern depot and others relocate residences for the winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Schott
Cashmere
Clara Beardsley
G. N. Depot
Spokane
Evidence Germany planned war and invaded Belgium
An 1914 Bavarian report, printed abroad, alleges Germany and Austria conspired to start the war. It cites delays to the Serbia ultimatum, German plans against France, and occupation of Belgium as steps to overwhelm France, with notes on Russian and French reactions and Belgian neutrality violation. Also mentions influenza death of Captain James L. Booth and a note on a writer's health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Serbia
Munich
Count von Lerchenfeld
Poincare
Viviani
France
St. Petersburg
Russia
Sir Edward Grey
Belgium
FE. C. Booth
James L. Booth
Booth Alive Amid Frontline Strife From France Letter
A letter dated Oct 2 from Mr. Booth in France to his wife describes continued frontline duty after moving through several positions. He recalls near misses with shells, efforts to repair railways, and a three week stretch of hard marching, with rain and lice as daily burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
France
Fritz
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Austria
Glass to Succeed McAdoo as Cabinet Member
Congressman's appointment by the president will place him as successor to McAdoo who for years led the House Banking and Currency Committee. McAdoo, chief cabinet backbone, will stay on as railroad general manager until early year end. Resignation raises questions of policy disagreement and financial motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Congress
House Banking and Currency Committee
McAdoo
Lane
Legislative reforms for a more efficient state legislature
The public demands higher service and rejects waste urging direct legislation reform. Petitions should precede laws, lobbyists restricted, nepotism banned, and legslature to set a new, fair pace for all in peacetime and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big City
State House
Construction War and Peace and New Opportunities
The piece argues war destruction gives way to postwar construction with four years of tearing down followed by building. It calls for launching great and small enterprises and stresses staying in touch with world demands to avoid blindness. It longs for peace without ongoing Mooney issues Macy awards bolshevik meetings or agitators.
Peshastin Notes on Local People and Holiday Preparations
Miss Ellinore Owens visits Wenatchee for Thanksgiving and returns by auto. Russell Shell visits Mukilteo for Thanksgiving with relatives and newborn baby. Jet Forrest Leedy heads to Seattle to work in the shipyard. Leedy family plans to follow. The Parkers sell household goods to move to Illinois for winter with Mrs Parker's mother. J S Coons gains health, able to be up. Mabel Reeves becomes Blewett School teacher for primary grades. Lee Young transferred from naval radio training to Harvard University. Dell McCoy plans winter at Soap Lake. Wm Stage runs McCoy Mercantile store in his absence. J A Warman on Seattle business trip. Church services resume at both churches. attendance urged next Sunday. Thomas Owens visits from Seattle. Gus Johnson aids in warehouse packing. Chambers family moves to John Herman's. Bess Campbell and aunt return from Twisp. both work in warehouse. Entiat crew starts packing Winesaps for Christmas. Tom Foster family moving to Chase Stage ranch for next year. Leone Wolverton returns from North Carolina. works in Fruit Growers' warehouse. Baby boy arrival at Tom Foster home not noted by correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Leedy
Seattle
Lee Young
Naval Radio Training School
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Dell McCoy
Soap Lake
Wm. Stage
Thomas Owens
Gus Johnson
Waterville
Chambers
Strehle
John Herman
Bess Campbell
Twisp
Entiat
Tom Foster
Chase Stage Ranch
Leone Wolverton
Peshastin
North Carolina
Greater Railway Unions Plan Unified Shop Workers
On December 8 delegates from all railroad shops on the Union Pacific system will convene to form one large union. About 200 delegates will represent machinists boilermakers carmen and other crafts from major rail systems. The aim is collective bargaining to boost wages, with government operation seen as removing competitive pressures and increasing rates for producers and consumers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Carmen
Government Employes and Strikes Warned by McAdoo
Government workers under public ownership cannot strike says Director General McAdoo. He notes telegraphers must not strike while working for the government though disputes arise in other sectors. Wilson and McAdoo are praised for restraining threats and upholding wartime labor order. Remington Underwood and L C Smith ribbons sold at The Echo office. July 26tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
War Wage Board
England
France
Wilson
Remington, Underwood and
L. C. Smith
Echo
Local Travel and House News Briefs from Town
Mr Frank Swanson departed Thursday on No 26 to Wenatchee to attend the single lodge that evening. Mrs Nels Peters, after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Johnson for a month, returned to her Seattle home Thursday. SPRING CLOTHES PINS 2 DOZ FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. 100 doz slightly used pins, each pair 25c. Second Hand Store opposite postoffice. 64tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Swanson
Wenatchee
sBngle Lodge
Nels Peters
Mrs. Johnson
Seattle
Leavenworth Boys in Army Echoes Across the Front
A long list of Leavenworth, Kansas veterans and servicemen appears, detailing names, ranks, units, serial numbers, posts and locations in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, Italy, and other theaters. The compilation mentions Cadets, officers, and enlisted men from multiple camps and ships, including Camp Morrison Virginia, Camp Holabird Maryland, Camp Grant Illinois, and Camp Lewis Washington, among others, with many noted as via New York or A. P. O. addresses. The roster reflects broad service across the U S Army, Navy and Marine contingents with varied duties and postings.
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Te Additional City News
R. E. Simons
van Orton
Hillyard
Dale
Thomas Mullan
Mrs
Dale Marble
O. D. Reeves
G. N
D. Miller
J. B. DeBlois
Pateros
Ethel Vinson
Leavenworth
J. F. Mull
R. A. Morton
Great Northern Depot
Charles Eckhart
Mrs. Eckhart
J. C. Biles
Blewett
S. A. Potter
Fred Reeves
Los Angeles
California
Portland
Kk. C. Booth
Congressman Glass
Grand Theatre
Chas. Chaplin
Jet
Greater Railway Unions
Erty
Leavenworth State
A, Sinclair
R. B. Field
J. B. Adams
J. A
Ballon Co
Camp Morrison
Ser
H. M. Blankenship
New York
Cahill
Chas. M
James C
Med
A.E.F
Carl C. Coleman
Camp Holabird
Baltimore, Maryland. Co
Dahl
Louis F. Co. F
E. F
Way. F. M. Getschman Co
Basil Johnson
Co. B. 36Th
Eng. A. E. F
New Yor
Richard Horey
Edwin W. Hoxsey
Co. D
Corr de A RO
H. A. Jasman, Co. K. 308Th Inf. A. E. F
H. C
John McIntosh
Ordnance Depot
Camp Grant Rockford
F. R. McNett
Greenleaf
Co. Bat
Chikamaugua, Tenn
Sitan
Harry
Dayton
Ohio
Chas. E. Stevenson
Naval Dist
142Nd Co
State Pier
New London, Conn
Stephen W V. US Aod
So Pacific
Houston Tex
Max R. Anderson
Ft. Worde, Wash
R. F. Taylor
Seattle, New York City
Care P. M
Westcott
Chas
New York City
Care
Ault
A. E
76Th Inf
Camp Lewis, Wash
Albert B. Coleman
18Th Ammunition Trai Co
Camp Lewis Washington
Jas
Ft. Benj. Harrison
Indiana
Mayor Julian
U. S. Naval Training Camp
Seattle, Wash
Donald McIntosh
B.A
Shugart
Oscar L
H. G
James Clare Doty
U. 8S. S. Prairie
N.Y
L. A. Campbell Co. B. 31St
Eng. Dod
A.P.O
H. Sharpe Co. D
Harry S. Brown Co
Frank L. Brown Co
So Bend
Shirley S. Coleman
Det. A
S.C. St. Jean de Monts
Vendee
W. W. Franklin
Aero
R. L. McNett
Reg
Camp Jackson
S. Carolina
Herman Howe Co
Camp Grant, Ill
August Harding Co. A
M. P. Co
P. A
Cantonment No
T. M
Par
B.C.M Via
William A. Harding
Fort Worden, Wash
Lester H. Hood
Serg. L. J. H. DeBlois Co. C. 76Th Inf
Camp Lewis
Tacoma Wash
Otto S. Brender
F. 69Th
Clatsop
Oregon
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