Republican Drive Urges Subscribing to Fourth Liberty Loan
A wartime political manifesto urges all citizens to back the Fourth Liberty Loan without partisan conflict. Will Hays proclaims the Republican organization as a united fighting force to oversubscribe the loan, stressing duty to country over political differences and calling every man woman and child to participate.
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America
France
Congress
Republican Party
Germany
Will H. Hays
National Republican Com
Lumber from West Coast eyed for European rebuild
The article notes strong interest in using West Coast lumber for Europe’s reconstruction. A seven billion feet estimate is prepared, with steps to secure cooperation of all purchasing agents of allied governments to buy at present prices and store for future delivery.
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Europe
Aberdeen launches world's fastest ship in record time
The Grays Harbor Motorship Corporation set a world record by launching their speed ship Aberdeen in seventeen and a half days marking a remarkable industrial achievement.
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Grays Harbor
Sacrifice Needed to Win War Warns Bank Official
Frank B. Anderson, president of the Bank of California, warns Americans that they must tighten economy and accept government credit use to support the war effort. He says non essential businesses will be curbed and purchasing power must shift to government needs as labor and capacity are insufficient to sustain current living standards.
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Frank B. Anderson
Bank of California
United States
Anderson
Government Should Halt Dictation by Labor Leaders
The government, in war times, is supreme and should stop taking orders from union leaders. With a single concession won, these men boast and push new demands to demonstrate influence. They should be given hard work or sent to the trenches.
Labor Leaders and Allegiances Stir Ongoing Debate
The piece cites Seattle electrical workers' agent Leon Green boasting that organized labor will dictate to city government. It questions American birth or naturalization of labor leaders and suggests an investigation. It also notes Emil Olson's arrival in France after enlisting last spring and Rose Irwin receiving his letter.
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Leon Green
Electrical Workers of
Seattle
Hanson
United States
Do Shipbuilding Contracts Stir Political Strife
Washington October 8. The Republican publicity association released a statement criticizing the Democratic national committee for soliciting congressional campaign contributions from officers or stockholders in shipbuilding firms with government contracts. The letter urges voters to elect only 100 percent American Democrats and claims the move uses war contracts for partisan ends, demanding rebuke at the November elections.
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Washington
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Portland
Oregonian
Democratic National Committee
Oregon
Democratic Party
The
Senate
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Kitchen
Dent
Liberty
Red Cross
Democratic
America
Congress
Soldiers sacrifice versus labor support in wartime
A columnist contrasts young soldiers’ sacrifices with workers at home who give only eight hours for fair wages, noting shipbuilders striking for double pay on Saturday afternoons and criticizing certain organized labor elements for weak support.
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France
Higher rates urged as road growth cuts rail incomes
The notice argues that autos and hard-surfaced highways are reducing rail, streetcar, and interurban revenues and warns of higher freight charges. It claims many public workers ride passes or half fares, calls for wage and tax increases to fund roads, and pushes for a new responsible representative to safeguard community interests. Federal Finance Corporation in Seattle seeks educated men for a company training program.
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Federal Finance Corporation
L. C. Smith Bldg
Seattle
Wash
WNA
Royal Development files patent for Upper Chief and Big Vein lodes
Notice from the United States Land Office Wa tington announces Royal Development Company has filed for patent for three lode mining claims in Chelan county Washington. Official plat shows claims Upper Chief Big Vein and Big Vein Chief with adjacent claims and surrounding public land. Protest deadline set for November 21 1918.
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United States Land Office
Waterville
Washington
Leaven
Plicaworth Mining District
Che Tion Law County
Royal Development Company
P. O. Box
Leavenworth
East Willamette
Upper Chief Lode
Big Vein Lode
Corner No
Corner No. 1
Section
Ben Spfar
Register
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Alves Tistment
Terouge Fee Patriotic
Barton & Company
Alexander Polson
Hoquiam
Hayes
Great Northern Lumber Co
Worth, Wash
Attorneys AT Law
A N Corbin
M. H. Easton
Corbin & Easton
Attorneys-at-Law
Wenatchee
Sam R. Sumner
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Wenatchee, Wash
Burt J. Williams
Chelan Co
N. M. Sorenson Lawyer
Blue
Wenatchee Wash
Reeves & Reeves Lawyers
W. F. Whitney
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
Office Commercial Bank Building
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
John E Porter
Columbia Valley Bank
Res
Undertakers
Amanda C. Towne
PROP
Cascade Undertaking Co
Cashmere
John Kuelles
Widey & Burwell
Blue Wenatchee
W. W. Elmer
Front St. Oppo
Viaduct Leavenworth, Wash
R W. Hoxley
Leavenworth, Wash
Jstinson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
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