Seattle Leaders Split on Income Conscription for War Revenue
Seattle bankers and business men react to a proposed income conscription measure. figures like Frederick Karl Struve and N H Latimer support tailored taxes while warning against heavy burdens and loss of incentives. Meanwhile the U S Shipping Board plans 3000 wood ships to boost Atlantic supply, needing 25 000 to 35 000 wood workers and transforming Seattle mills into shipyards.
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Seattle
Income Shipping Board
Canadians Win New Honor in British Rush
Canadians earned new honors today in a storming advance near Vimy Ridge. They seized nearly a mile of German trenches south from the German commandant’s area as British forces pressed the line, with fierce hand to hand combat and open warfare transforming the battlefield. The action included Hill 90 and trenches from the Cojeul river to Neuville Vitasse, as German counterattacks failed to dislodge the defenders.
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Peace cheers as Lloyd George welcomes US aid
London April 12 Premier Lloyd George saluted America as a comrade in arms at the American Luncheon Club noting the United States joins the fight for liberty and will help shape a just peace. He praised US resources and military experts and lauded America’s role at the peace conference.
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England
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Ambassador Page
Wilson
Banks Back Food Growers Peace Offer Reported
Reports from Copenhagen indicate German foreign office overtures to the United States aiming at peace negotiations. Secretary Lansing reportedly received the overtures through unofficial mediaries as officials show keen interest in the development. The article also notes a state food mobilization conference forming a committee to review plans and advise on harvesting details.
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Copenhagen
United States
Lansing
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Y. Saint
North Yakima
W. D. Kaufman
Chehalis
Thomas Wren
Spokane
W. T. Clark
Wenatchee
J. A. Hays
Tacoma
Ploud W. Rader
King County
J. L. Sdmmas
Dayton
C. Parr
Everett
Austria Pressing New Peace Move Dictated by Diplomacy
Vienna reports Austria is pressing Pope Benedict to urge peace among European belligerents. The Corriere Della Sera says the pope is delaying action on diplomatic grounds, refusing to proceed at this time.
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Rome
Pope Benedict
Corriere Della Sera
Holy Father
Peace move rumors from Lausanne and new US flag at UW
Lausanne dispatch says Hungarian delegates seek a separate peace with Entente. Mrs Bamford Robb of Seattle donates a 10 by 18 foot United States flag to the University of Washington military department. The flag will fly only on holidays and state occasions while the old flag remains in use on other days.
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London
Lausanne
Switzerland
United States
University of Washington Military Department
Mra
Bamford Robb
Seattle
Seattle Icemen to Garden Circus Lot
In wartime effort 30 Seattle icemen plan to convert a city block into a vegetable garden. They secured the Harrison to Republican Fourth to Nob Hill block with donors Frederick K Struve the Thomas estate and British Consul Pelley. The group envisions industrial farming across adjoining blocks and revives the area once known as The Chinese Gardens which supplied Seattle.
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Fourth
Nobhill
Frederick K. Struve
Thomas
Pelley
Kemers
Seattle
Submarine warning issued to Pacific coast shipping
Naval radio stations on the Pacific coast warned ships that German U boats are operating or about to operate in the Pacific. Captain W W Gilmer of the 12th Naval district urged ship owners to contact masters, report sightings by radio, and keep a bright lookout for submarines. Details on base locations or exact positions were not available.
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Pacific
Naval
Navy Department
Washington
W. W. Gilmer
12Th Naval District
Puget Sound
Pacic
Central States speed up big food production drive
The great food drive sweeps the Middle West as governors rally to conserve supplies and accelerate production. With feeding the allies declared America’s first duty in the war, Central States focus on boosting crops in Michigan Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois as the bread basket answers the call for potatoes and other essentials.
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Central States
Chicago
Middle West
America
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Flag Famine Sparks Nationwide Market Boom
Chicago April 12 The Star Spangled Banner market booms as flag stocks of large wholesale houses run clean dry. Manufacturers struggle to meet orders amid rising patriotic spirit and a growing flag famine across the nation.
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Chicago
U S Opposes Separate Peace Overtures
The estate department announced no peace overtures had been received or were expected and that the United States is not ready for any separate peace. The statement implies government opposition to a separate peace. Botanical gardens of Rio de Janeiro cover 2 000 acres.
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Washington
United States
Botanical Gardens of
Rio de Janeiro
Coast built fleet of 1000 wooden ships planned to beat U-boat blockade
President approves a plan to build 3,000 small wooden ships to bridge the Atlantic. One thousand ships will be built in 18 months, 70 percent on the Pacific coast, transported to Entente ports. Generals Goethals and labor leaders pledge support as U-boat threat looms.
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United States Shipping Board
Seattle
Northwest
Theodore Brent
United States Shipping
Washington
Gordon C. Corbaley
Chamber of Commerce
Kaiser
Wilson
Robert J. Bender
United Press
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Entente
America
Lloyd George
Government Ship Board
Congress
Goethals
Panama Canal
England
Guardsmen Foil Million Dollar Dam Bomb Plot
El Paso reports say German and Austrian plotters attempted to dynamite Elephant Butte dam in New Mexico. Troops guarding the structure arrested the dynamiters and are holding them.
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EL Paso
Elephant Butte Dam
New Mexico
Military committee mulls volunteer system trial
The house military committee plans to revert the general staff army bill early next week and may amend to test a volunteer system before drafting the 500000 men required, as stated after today's committee meeting.
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Washington
House Military Committee
General Staff Army
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