Registration Day June 5 War Time Mobilizes Volunteers
Olympia dispatch reports Governor Lister designating June 5 as a legal holiday for military registration. Lieutenant Governor Hart notes banks and merchants donate clerical staff as registrars from 7 am to 9 pm while patriotic volunteers assist with meals. Car owners offer vehicles to transport registrants statewide.
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Sam
United States
Olympia
Wash
Lister
Hart
Arthur Gunn Dies in Chelan County Auto Crash
Hon. Arthur Gunn, a veteran Chelan county leader and former state senator elected ten years ago from Chelan and Kittitas counties, was killed when his car overturned near Orondo while en route to his ranch. The body was found hours later by a passing rancher. his wife is in Alaska visiting a son.
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Chelan County
Arthur Gunn
Orondo
Alaska
Chelan
Kittitas
Wenatchee
Red Cross Week Set Across Nation in June
Red Cross headquarters announces a national observance from June 18 to 25 with a campaign to raise funds. Chelan County chapters plan to participate and churches are urged to include Red Cross information in sermons on June 17.
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Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Chelan County
Band concert in the park opens season
Band instructor McDaniel says the Kid Band will perform tonight in the park marking the first concert of the season with more to follow.
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McDaniel
Snow Shed Workers Strike in Grant Smith Co Contract
According to Tye news the snow shed workers for Grant Smith & Co who hold the contract to build Great Northern railway snow sheds struck last Friday over pay. They earned 3.50 a day, quitting as work began with only a small force. No regular crew has worked since, though much snow shed work remains and contractors have the summer to secure labor.
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Tye
Grant, Smith & Co
Great Northern Railway
International Shingle Weavers Convention Calls Sever Ties
The Everett based International shingle weavers convention passed a resolution demanding members who also hold IWW cards sever affiliation or forfeit union membership. It warns workers against groups making empty promises and says the AFL embraces all who toil.
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International Shingle Weavers
Everett
Industrial Workers of the World
Shingle Weavers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
City Council Approves Water System Work Plan
At the Tuesday session Mayor Hale led the council with Daly Bresch Miller Wunder and Van Brocklin present. Bills for street reservoir and water system labor and supplies were approved. The T. J. Burke barn right bill was rejected and several bids for water pipe work were read and rejected. The city opts day labor for water work and forms a three member committee to manage it. Police Chief Teshera resigns effective July 1. Tolbert’s pay rises to 125 from June 1, and ordinance 161 raises Tolbert’s salary to 125. Seattle Northwest Lead Co buys a local factory building to make lead pipe.
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Hale
Daly
Bresch
Miller
Wunder
van Brocklin
Claude Hood
Harry Wiseman
J. E. Gatherless
The
A. Hamback Co
T. C. Yocum
L. J. Howerton
Labor
Labor Water System
T. J. Burke
Reynolds
W. J. Moon
Wm. Herder
Teshera
G. E. Gowing
Tolbert
End the War by Allowing Self Determination
The speaker argues that to end the war nations must publish a manifesto denying dismemberment of Germany and granting Alsace Lorraine and other regions the right to choose their government. It advocates majority rule across affected peoples to determine political affiliations and government character.
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Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Wreck on the Wenatchee Valley Northern Friday
Fr upper valley logging incident reports two flat cars runaway on a seven percent grade at camp No 1. They struck a five car log train about four miles north of town injuring Harry Ahearn who commanded the logging train with a broken arm. Brakeman Sheldon and another man suffered minor bruises. The engineer and fireman were unhurt.
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Camp No. 1
Harry Ahearn
Ahearn
Sheldon
Divorce Sought After Alleged Abuse in Kansas Marriage
Kate Heinrichs files for absolute divorce from Ernest J. Heinrichs in Superior Court. Married June 3 1901 in Eudora Kansas with five children aged 4 to 13. She seeks custody support injunction and property division after alleging repeated abuse and a knock that knocked her unconscious. They own a ranch near Leavenworth.
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Kate Heinrichs
Ernest J. Heinrichs
Eudora
Kansas
Leavenworth
Wenatchee World
Wenatchee Elks Smoker Hosts Boxing Wrestling Evening
Wenatchee Elks lodge held its monthly smoker featuring athletic events boxing and wrestling. About twelve cars visited from Wenatchee with around thirty locals joining thirty-odd attendees from Leavenworth for a lively evening.
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Elks
Wenatchee
Waitsburg Pioneer Chas W Wheeler Dies at 65
E G Wheeler travels to Seattle then Waitsburg to bury his father Chas W Wheeler a long time Washington pioneer and founder of the Waitsburg Times He died after a six week illness from diabetes at about sixty five years old Born Missouri 1842 he came to Oregon Territory in 1875 and served as superintendent of public instruction and of public schools for Walla Walla County He was a popular Odd Fellows lecturer and after dinner speaker with a noted shaggy gray mass of hair.
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E. G. Wheeler
Seattle
Waitsburg
Wash
Mr Wheeler
Washington
Wheeler
E. L. Wheeler
Department of Public Instruction
Missouri
Plains
County of
Walla Walla
Leavenworth Residents Respond to Liberty Bonds Drive
Leavenworth people have applied for liberty bonds through the Leavenworth State Bank and others plan to invest in the war loan. The prospect is described as a safe investment with stable interest and the comfort of backing government financing.
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Leavenworth
Leavenworth State Bank
Violette Wins Insurance Claim After Supreme Court Ruling
The Chelan county case J B Violette versus Queen Insurance Company upheld a lower court decision requiring payment of 1560 for liquor stock destroyed by fire on December 30 1914. The supreme court affirmed and Violette has collected 6000 overall from remaining policies.
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Supreme Court
Chelan County
Modern Logging Camps Show Machinery Dominance Over Horses
An Echo reporter tours G. N. Lumber Co camps No 1 and 2 five miles up the Chum stick and observes machinery replacing horses. Donkey engines on skids with wire rope and a 100 foot boom move logs from hill to loading point, with a growing network of cables and careful sanitation praised by Dr. Lipscomb.
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Gardner
G. N. Lumber Co
Chumstick
Echo
Lipscomb
Northern Pacific to distribute 750000 bonus for 1917
The Seattle, The North Pacific and Northern Express Co. plans a bonus totaling 750000 dollars equal to ten percent of the first six months salaries for 1917. This action rewards employees with a substantial raise as the new year begins.
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Seattle
N. P. & Northern Express Co
Day Again Acquitted in City Liquor Case
The second case against N. B. Day for violating the city liquor ordinance was dismissed after a motion by his lawyers. The court granted acquittal on the ground that he could not be tried under the ordinance due to prior testimony. The city attorney had pressed for dismissal on this first point, and Day was acquitted a second time.
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N. B. Day
Messrs. C. E. Hughes
J. A. Adams
Wenatchee
Bar
Reynolds
Nelson
Day
Rebuilding Chumstick Bridge by Great Northern Crew
A Great Northern bridge crew moved to Leavenworth last Saturday and began rebuilding the wooden bridge across Chumstick creek on Monday. Sixteen men work on the project, replacing all timbers. completion is expected in two months or more.
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Great Northern Bridge
Leavenworth
Chumstick Creek
Government Discusses Price Fixing For Food Under Law
Secretary of Agriculture responds to inquiry dated May 1 about proposed price regulation. He outlines two ideas: a minimum price to stimulate production and a temporary maximum price to curb corners or extortion. The government would use maximum pricing only in acute cases and not as a standing policy.
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Congress
Agricultural Department
Houston
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