British Fire Withers Up Enemy Hordes In Flanders
British forces hold Hazebrouck Balloul Alre Lillois Bethune as German assaults fade. Artillery and air power smash roads and bridges creating hard transport conditions. Von Stattin and Von Kraeweil suffer losses. Robecq's Clarence position retaken. Weather: overcast with biting wind.
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France
Hazebrouck
Balloul
Alre
Lillois
Bethune
von Arnim
von Quast
Lys
St. Venant
Merville
Bailleul
Neuve-Eglise
von Stattin
Meteren
von Eberhardy
von Kraewe
Festubert
Flames destroy Zeppelin shops in Zurich area
Fire destroyed the Zeppelin factories at Mamzell near Friedrichshafen on Saturday night. Officials announced the loss of the shops and damage to the facility, with investigations underway to determine the cause.
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Zurich
Mamzell
Friedrichshafen
Carry On Slogan Drives Seattle Liberty Loan Push
In week two of the drive Seattle workers and firms boost Liberty Loan subscriptions with strong sums from local unions and companies. Totals include Skinner & Eddy and Seattle Construction yards, the Labor temple, and district groups, with regional leaders surpassing quotas and flags awarded.
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George Moulvray
The
Liberty Loan
Beattie
Red Hot
Skinner & Eddy
Seattle
Elka Club
Elka’ Club
Count Czernin Resigns as Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister
Amsterdam April 15 Count Czernin Austro Hungarian foreign minister has resigned. Emperor Karl is said to have accepted the resignation and Czernin will remain in office until a successor is appointed. He has been in disfavor with Austrian and German militarists for allegedly favoring peace.
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Amsterdam
Count Czernin
Vienna
Karl
David Starr Jordan Urges Finish Fight Address
Dr. David Starr Jordan former leader urges finish fight addressing Municipal league Tuesday noon on German Philosophy of War in the Making at the Washington Annex He spoke at the Unitarian church Sunday declaring German rulers will not be downed until absolution is broken and that the Kaiser in a faltering exoitat only dangerous because he maintains Prussia owns Germany
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David Starr Jordan
Municipal League
Washington Annex
Unitarian Church
Prussia
Germany
Wreck kills two soldiers injures thirty five on LI troop train
In New York on April 1 a troop train from Camp Upton to Long Island City derailed at Central Islip. Five cars left the rails and overturned. two soldiers died ten were seriously injured and 25 slightly hurt. Officials blame steel cars for lower fatalities as cause is investigated.
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Diers
Long Island
Central Islap, L. L
Camp Upton
Long Island City
State Senator Killed in Auto Crash Near Arlington
K. M. Williams former state senator and Seattle contractor died instantly when a touring car driven by Williams plunged over an embankment near Arlington after a day of fishing near Darrington. His wife was critically injured. Williams served as senator for the Linden district in 1907 and 1909 and was active in Republican politics opposing prohibition and filing referendum petitions against the honey law.
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K. M. Williams
Seattle
Williams
Arlington
Darrington
Williama
A. H. Moll
Artington
Counterfeit Charge Keeps Two in Jail
Clifford Petty and Robert Jones are jailed awaiting arraignment before the U S commissioner on a counterfeiting ring uncovered by Secret Service agents in a raid on a Japanese boarding house at Eighth Ave and Main St. They allegedly passed fake bills from one to ten dollars. Petty had been arrested earlier for passing bad bills in the Japanese and Chinese quarters. The complaint was filed by Mrs M Matauda, a Japanese store operator.
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Clifford Petty
Robert Jones
United States
Secret Service
Eighth Ave
Petty
The Silks at 1 65 a Yard At Bon Marche Display
The Bon Marche upper main floor showcases Silks at 1.65 a yard including chiffon taffetas satins Louisines and foulards in stripes checks plaids and shades. Fabrics are 36 inches wide and offered in fancy taffetas Louisines and satins with rich shadings suitable for gowns.
Clean-Up Week Flags On Sale In Seattle
Local seller promotes wash up sale of cotton flags with sewn stars and stripes. Sizes offered include 3x5 feet for 2.25 dollars 4x6 feet for 2.75 dollars and 5x8 feet for 4.50 dollars.
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Seattle
Lingerie Blouses Featured in Bargain Display
Lingerie blouses in sheer voile and organdy attract shoppers with lace embroidery and two in one collars. Plain white and striped madras styles offered on the second floor at Bon Marche. Union Street basement features printed lawns and white dimities up to ten yards, plus service flags crafted to order.
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BON Marche
Drafted Washington men to train at Vancouver and Camp Lewis
Drafted men from Seattle will be sent to Vancouver Barracks and Camp Lewis starting May 1, as 434 more Washington men mobilize to train for overseas service. The May call follows a 150,000 draft announced April 26 with 49,943 men to be mobilized May 1 and rapid small contingents thereafter.
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Vancouver Barracks
Camp Lewis
Washington
Seattle
France
Nels Aberg
Harry Hansen
Gunt Moberg
Clarence
Bergquist
George Anderson
John Kilgour
Walter
Kh, Lind
Edward J. Thomson
Oakley Maxwell
Louis Wand
Edward II
Chambers
Henry EK. Weston
Ishii Comments on Japan Plans in Siberia
Viscount Ishii the new Japanese ambassador to the United States said Japan would act in the interests of nations at war with Germany, not Japan's own. He noted a possible German base on the Pacific coast if a Siberian drive occurred and urged Japan to prevent such a contingency.
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Pacific
Japan
Siberia
Germany
Viscount Ishii
United States
Ishii
Washington
Professor in Love Case Delayed in Chicago Morals Court
Professor William Isaac Thomas received a continuance until Friday in a Chicago morals court on a disorderly conduct charge linked to his affair with 24 year old Army widow Mrs. R. M. Granger. Mrs. Granger is under the care of Mrs. Thomas at his home.
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Chicago
William Isaac Thomas
R. M. Granger
Notable Alternates Named in Local Election Roll Call
A list of alternates includes Murray Frost Sidney L Fowler Arne L Sunde Thomas H Barnes Hermann P Anderson Barney S Anderson Gust G Mello with several named figures and family relations among Ernest S Smailes Leonard Albright son and others. The document enumerates candidates and alternates connected to the local civic slate.
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Ernest S. Smailes
Leonard Albrightson
Lloyd W. la Rue
Samuel G. Buttnick
Howard S. Waugh
Albert W. Harvin
Nathan Komer
Roy A. Hunsinger
Edward B. Haynes
Robert A. Durham
Louis B. Baasi
Murray Frost
Sidney L. Fowler
Arne L. Sunde
Thomas H. Barnes
Hermann P. Anderson
Barney S. Anderson
Gust G. Melliso
U S Collier Cyclops Missing Amid Submarine Theories
The United States collier Cyclops with 293 aboard is believed missing after last reported in a West Indian port carrying a manganese cargo from Brazil. Officials consider a German raider or submarine possible, as radio silence and engine trouble raise questions about her fate under Lt. Commander Worley command.
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Washington
Atlantic
United States
Brazil
Worley
U.S. N
Norfolk
West Indies
Rabbi Hirsch Cleared of Patriotism Attacks in Sermon
Chicago April 15 Rabbi Emil G Hirsch was cleared of anonymous attacks on patriotism. In a ringing Sunday sermon he pledged loyalty to the United States and temple officers expressed satisfaction with his statement.
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Chicago
Emil G. Hirsch
United States
Temple
Bride 76 Year Old Clara Bradley Weds Elder Fitch
Mrs Anna Bradley of Winnipes aged 76 becomes grandmother to 40 after marrying Elder James E Fitch Prosser aged 88 on Saturday The wedding ends four years of correspondence courtship and inspired attic writings The couple will reside in Seattle at 160 18th Ave.
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Anna Bradley
Winnipes
James E. Fiteh
Prosser
Fiteh
MS Bradley
Fitch
Seattle
18Th Ave
Mackintosh Sworn In as Olympia Associate Justice
Judge Kenneth Mackintosh takes the oath in Olympia to join the Washington Supreme Court as an associate justice. He is noted as the only native-born Washingtonian on the bench and has studied in Seattle area public schools and at the University of Washington.
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Kenneth Mackintosh
Olympia
Te Supreme Court
The
Supreme Bench
Seattle
University of Wton
Renew Trial of J.1 on Sedition Charge
Chicago April 15 veniremen for the jury a head sedition charges than 100 W W leaders wealthy at bay for the second time in court Judge Landis rejected a venire of 150 tentative jurymen when attorneys substantiated jury tampering.
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Chicago
Oan
Veniremen
Weal Tly
Landis
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Doran Ros. Hrass
0. S&8 Quartermaster Department
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Alaska Engineering Commission
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Georgetown
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A. D. Walker
Council of Patriotic Service
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W. G. King
Savoy
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Copenhagen
SILKS
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U.S. Collier
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Yolu
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