Delusions of Worker Prompted Seattle Shooting
Michael-338 a shipbuilder in custody after shooting his wife Rose Willy at their apartment on 105 Ave. Friday evening. Willy, a Serbia native at Seattle Construction & Dry Dock, was wounded near the heart and remains under care as doctors remove a bullet. The husband claimed delusions of being labeled a slacker and spy drove the act. he also chased by a detective after the struggle and hospital transfer.
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Prosec
Lundin
L. Smiley
Mia
Chocolate
Pike St
T. C. McCallum
Hollister
Eastlake
Roy
City Hospital
Haig Urges Stand Fast In Final World War Defense
London April 13 Haig in an order of the day to troops declares the enemy has moved little despite 106 divisions in flight The goal is to separate Britain from France seize channel ports and destroy the British army The French quick to aid and the only course is to fight to the end backs to the wall and reliance on each man at the critical moment.
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London
Marshal Haig
Channel
Czernin Questions French Premiers Peace Feelers
Count Czernin said in Vienna that French Premier Clemenceau prevaricated over the emperor's alleged peace feelers from a year ago after a conference with Emperor Karl. He asked the Austrian foreign office to disseminate this belief.
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Amsterdam
Czernin
Karl
Foreign Office
Clemenceau
France
Vienna
Nevada Republicans Meet in Unity Talks with Hays Aboard
In San Francisco on April 13, Nevada Republicans convened with National Committee Chairman Hays to heal rifts within the state party. Hays had arrived the night before after a visit to Governor Stephens at Sacramento, as California leaders also joined in the discussions.
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San Francisco
Nevada
Hays
National Republican Committee
California
Gov. Stephens
Sacramento
Limit commissions on feed prices set by state food admin
The state food administration issued rulings to cap commissions on mill feeds. Charles Hebberd as state food administrator announced that only a reasonable profit, as deemed by the administration, may be passed on to consumers.
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Food Administration
Charles Hebberd
Fresh German reinforcements push bold offensives in France
From La Bassee to Ypres German General von Quast’s 120000 men press the Allied line as Field Marshal von Hindenburg sends fresh troops to three pronged attacks around Halluin Hethune and Givenchy Hill. French Flanders sees heavy fighting around Viellechapelle Estaires and Steenwerck with open field counterattacks and hedgerow fire.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
France
la Kinswee
Hollebeke
Ypres
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von Hindenburg
Hallleul
Hethune
Givenchy Hill
Somme
French Flanders
Amiens
Les
Thurway
Viellechapelle
Estaires
Steenwerck
Hrntiah
Liberty Loan drive boosts Seattle and outlying towns
Seattle reports $3.75 million short of quota for the Third Liberty Loan as Honor week ends. Many districts exceed targets with Spokane County and outlying towns like Cremerton, White Salmon, Winthrop and Kelso surpassing goals. Industrial workers and unions contribute large sums, while volunteers in Mallard and Pryant Lamber Co. in Fremont report strong subscriptions.
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Yakina
White Swan
Elk
Otis
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Greenacres
Opportunity
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Marshall
Vera
Valleyford
Four Lakes
Spring Valley
Spokane County
Industrial Workers of
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Liberty Loan
Hollermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers
Dunmore Urges Allies Hold To Win War At Shrine Event
Lord Dunmore told a full Shrine Auditorium crowd that if the Allies hold on the Western Front they will win the war. He warned that defeat of British and American forces would force fighting to the last dollar and man, and argued America must mobilize every resource. He noted Russia’s 1.5 million troops aided Germany but believed Germany could still be checked as American forces prepare to join.
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France
Col. A. KR. Murray
Earl of Dunmore
Shrine Auditorium
Europe
Lord Dunmore
America
Russia
Russia's stance urged on Siberia amid Japan intervention
Cyrus Pierce of the San Francisco Federal Reserve spoke at a public meeting stressing anti Germany sentiment and declaring the American nation’s business as killing Germany. Mayor Hanson opened the event while Col. C BG Blethen introduced Lord Dunmore.
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Siberia
Mussia
Germany
Lord Dunmore
Cyrus Pierce
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
Hanson
Col. C. BG. Blethen
Germans Claim 20 000 Allied Prisoners in Flanders Battle
The German war office says progress on the Lyn plain and reports 60 officers and 3 000 men captured at Armentieres, raising total prisoners to 20 000. Ostend and Zeebrugge bombed by British airmen. bombs hit Metz and Sablon station. A German raid near St Mihiel failed after French American counterattack. Funeral services for Mrs M F Sebastian set for Sunday.
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War Office
Lyn Plain
Armentieres
Merville
Flanders
Uritieh
Haig
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Phitiah
Metz
Sablon
Apremont Forest
St. Mihiel
Toul
Fire traps 39 boy inmates at Oklahoma asylum
Norman Oklahoma April 13 Thirty five boy inmates of the Oklahoma state Insane asylum were trapped when three frame wards burned early today. Fire started in the boys ward and spread in high wind. Workers struggled to reach the captives as the building collapsed leaving 35 boys unaccounted for feared dead.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoms Wtate
B. W. Griffin
Government Targets War Insurance Fraud
Washington April 14 officials announce vigorous prosecution of war insurance frauds under the soldiers' and insurance law. One case already charged involves a woman who cashed allowance checks claiming to be a soldier's wife.
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Washington
Captain Archie Loonevelt Transferred After Action Near Roosevelt
PATUS April 13 reports Captain Archie Loonevelt moved to Cross hospital No. 3 from a field hospital near Captain Roosevelt after light combat last month.
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Patus
Archie Loonevelt
Tod Cross Hospital No. 3
Roosevelt
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