German plot cases swirl from Hoboken to India invasion
German reservist Fritz Kolb found in Hoboken with bombs and papers amid other arrests tied to Black Tom Island explosions. Police linked Karl Kolb to a Canadian plant and a former canal plot. new arrests in New Jersey involve Hans Schwartz and officials say a Hindu doctor Chakraberty and Dr Schumner plotted an Indian invasion with papers and a chemical lab seized.
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Kolb
Black Tom Island
New York Harbor
Robert Fay
Hans Schiller
Hans Schwartz
New Jersey
Schwartz
Canadian Car & Foundry Co
Kingland
N. J
Thomas Steele
Steele
New York
C. Hanador Chakraberey
Ernest Schumner
United States
Wolf von Igel
India
China
von Igel
Welland Canal
Count von Bernstorff
Copenhagen
Chakraberty
Schumner
Berlin
Dr. Chakraberey
West 170Th Street
Fritz
Kolb and Schwartz Held After Alleged Plot Arrest
Kolb and Hans Schwartz were arrested in connection with an alleged plan to destroy munitions for the Allies and are being held without bail for the grand jury.
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Kolb
Hans Schwartz
Berkeley Student Donates Blood for Student Lifesaving Bid
Lester L. Gelletley of Wenatchee a University of California student gave a quart of blood to save Irene M. O’Brien a girl student who later died He refused the offered $100 reward saying I’ve sisters myself Why should I take the money He and two fellow students answered a call from the university Y M C A with the offer of $100.
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Berkeley
California
Daily Press
Lester L. Gellatley
Wenatchee
University of California
Irene M. O’brien
Miss O’brien
Galatley
University
Leavenworth Debating Team Beats Waterville Champions
The Leavenworth high school debating squad defeated Waterville in a verdict by judges after a challenge from Snohomish High School to debate the same compulsory training question. Members Joe Smith Lonnie Hartman and Charles Hathaway spoke for Leavenworth on mandatory two hours weekly in Washington public high schools. County Attorney Williams attended and called the debate equal to top forensic contests.
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Chelan County
Leavenworth
Douglas County
Waterville
Williams
Joe Smith
Lonnie Hartman
Charles Hathaway
Leavenworth High School
State of
Washington
Snohomish
Leavenworth Boys
State Industrial News and War Warning Notes
Power and light rates fall while other prices rise. Puget Sound canners plan about 15 million dollars for the 1917 sockeye salmon pack. Oregon and Washington lawmakers adjourned after high effort records. Fuel costs surge, urging legislation to develop water power for cheap heat. Amid war clouds the public notes the value of rail systems and future building regulations. No country matches U S troops mobility.
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Puget Sound
Oregon
Washington
Congress
Notice to Dog Owners on Unmuzzled Dogs
State health authorities warn that leather muzzles fail to prevent bites and all unmuzzled dogs will be killed without notice. Rabies prevalence among wolves and dogs prompts strict enforcement. J. W. Teshera, City Marshal. October 11.
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J. W. Teshera
Wheat held by Lincoln county farmers in Washington
Report from the daily press notes substantial wheat in farmers hands across Washington state. Lincoln county offered 1.60 per bushel last week, but most held out hoping for a higher price.
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Daily Press
Lincoln County
Everett ministers plan mass meeting over dance hall evil
After two deaths and reports of intoxicated youths at Everett dance halls, Judge Guy C. Alston and Truant Officer A. E. Squier urge churches to unite for a moral reform gathering. They blame parents for failing to supervise children and call for removing temptations.
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Everett
Judge Alston
Squier
Kelly
Six Thousand Privates to Be Made Officers
Washington plans to promote 5 000 to 6 000 regular army privates to company officers to avert a wartime shortage. Selections will be based on military aptitude, not exam results, with reserves and national guardsmen likely contributing similarly. The drive also targets 50 enrollments per congressional district to bolster the reserve corps.
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Washington
Reserve Corps
Germans Berate America at Mexican Banquet
American travelers arriving in El Paso report a banquet held in Chihuahua City by German residents in the state capital to honor General Francisco Murgia. Attendees reportedly launched speeches denouncing the American people and the United States.
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el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Francisco Murgia
United States
Japan Drives American Out of China
The article notes Japan’s rapid cotton industry growth has cut U S cotton cloth exports to China from 8 003 194 in 1913 to under 200 000 last year. It asks what will prevent Japan from shifting focus to the American market under Wilson Underwood tariff rates.
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Japan
United States
China
Bone Dry Law Postponed Until July First
Washington dispatch reports the Senate approved a House joint resolution delaying the bone dry provision of the postal bill until July 1 the Reed amendment proscribes liquor importation into dry states and many states soon become bone dry. The measure received 284 votes to 86 with supporters arguing for legislative flexibility and critics noting the president already signed the measure. The law will ban liquor advertising in mailings to states prohibiting such ads and will push the bone dry count to over 20 states.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Congress
Randall
California
Federal aid road act materials not restricted says Houston
The February 17 notice from Washington quotes Secretary Houston denying claims that the Federal aid road act restricts states to expensive roads or specific materials. He says any road type may be submitted for approval if substantial, traffic suitable, and compliant with the act. The department imposes no direct or implied limitations on highway choices.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Creameries Indicted Over War on Small Dairy Firms
The article notes that large firms have attacked small creameries by paying farmers more for cream and boosting butter fat tests, driving independents out of business. It cites indictments against about twenty creameries across states including Washington and California, with named firms and a Wenatchee concern tied to a major player.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Oregon
Nevada
California
United States
Shallingers
Hazelwoods
Klock, Commercial Creamery Co
The
Mutual Creamery Company
Wenatchee Creamery
Wenatchee Heights Woman Fends Off Coyote Before Neighbor Ends Threat
A Wenatchee Heights woman chased a mad coyote from her yard using a stick before Keen Rickard shot and killed the animal in a hog shed after it attacked hogs. The coyote appeared about 3 PM and had bitten eight hogs across two pens.
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Wenatchee Heights
Mr. Jagla
Epidemic Threat in Jerusalem Reports 400 Percent Death Rate
A March 7 dispatch says typhoid fever in Jerusalem threatens up to 80,000 deaths in the old city of Palestine. Surrounded by waning nations relief is nearly impossible with only two physicians left, one of them a woman. The outbreak began in October and the death rate has reached 400 percent.
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Old City
Palestine
First Ford Cars Arrive at Cascade Garage
Manager Paine of the Cascade Garage received the first Ford autos this week. He unloaded them and began setting them up Tuesday and expects two more cars later.
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Paine
Cascade Garage
Road Work Set for Blewett Mountain Route in Spring
Road Supervisor Parish says Blewett road work may start in April due to light mountain snow. About 80 000 dollars from state federal and forestry funds will finance a mountain road with a maximum 5 percent grade and 16 foot width. Scenic Highway work aims to be passable by July using much of the old railroad switchback grade.
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Parish
Blewett Road
State Highway Fund
Federal Aid
Forestry Department
State Auto Licensing Sees Major Increases
Secretary of State Howell reports 46 312 autos in the state as of February 28 1916 and 69 950 licenses by February 17 1917 with expectations of 100 000 by March 1. Legislature ends with a schedule raising annual license fees from five dollars for small cars to ten dollars for large cars and charging per horsepower for hire cars and stages.
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Howell
Ford
Four Die in Auto Collision Near Snohomish Sunday Morning
Everett area report describes a Saturday night dance run ending in a fatal crash on a Deadwater slough bridge. A Ford carrying six youths collided with a Detroit-Abbott car carrying Myron Liljenberg and Hugh Sidley, both vehicles tumbling into 14 feet of water. Four died: Rowena Landsley 20 and Blanch Oliver 24, plus two men in the Abbott-Detroit. Survivors include Anna Kuhlblank Jas T Love E W Norgard and A Solie rescued from the Ford. Inquest heard differing speeds 15 to 25 mph.
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Ford
Snohomish
Everett
Abbott-Detroit
Myron Liljenberg
Hugh Sidney
Marysville
Deadwater
Liljenberg
Sidley
Detroit-Abbott
Blanch Oliver
Rowena Landsley
Anna Kuhlblank
Jas. T. Love
E. W. Norgard
A. Solie
Landsley
Everett Herald
Prominent Wenatchee Attorney Thomas Died Tuesday
Thomas Died Tuesday night after two weeks of illness from acute bladder trouble. The well known Ira Thomas faced a prior suicide attempt last fall by shooting himself in the mouth. He had suffered chronic bladder issues and had limited ability to practice for two years.
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Ira Thomas
Wenatchee
Colfax Uses 51 Carloads Gasoline Oil in 1916
Colfax reported consuming 51 carloads of gasoline and oil during 1916, a thirty percent increase from 1915, reflecting heightened fuel usage in the year.
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Colfax
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Hoboken, N. J
State Industrial News
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Echo Office
Wenatchee World
Jerusalem
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