Lost Battalion Heroic Stand in Argonne Forest
Maj. Whittlesey and 1700 soldiers of Co. K held off German forces for days in the Argonne, refusing surrender despite dire rations. A white flag message prompted his defiant reply Go to hell. Reinforcements under the Rainbow Division rescued the survivors, about one third of the original force remains alive and starving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittlesey
Miss
Kewyer
Whittiesey
Argonne Forest
Maj
Rainbow
Poindexter Seeks Navy Yard Aid Amid Political Turmoil
The article reports Poindexter calling for a congressional break up of 5 percent foreign labor in construction work and urging investigation into alleged inefficiency. It notes his Bremerton trip by airplane, and promises to support navy yard appropriation, with Friday’s schedule mentioned.
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Poindexter
Vic
Congress
Bolshei
Bremerton
Navy Yard
Cumber Delegation Tours Port Docks and Warehouses
A visiting delegation from the industrial and bureau of Cham and Commercial Yacht inspect port docks and warehouses. They toured bulk grain handling facilities at a terminal and viewed cold storage at the dock. Luncheon was held at terminal 1 with talks by Robert Bridges and Lippy. Cove pier was inspected.
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Chamand Commercial Yaken
Ter
St. Terminal
Forestry Mapping Aid Receives Eight Logging Engineering Units
A fragmented report notes Washington state forestry officials allocating eight logging engineering units under the Snoqualmie region. The document references the supervision by a MUpervision authority and indicates map creation duties for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Tn
Dany
War pageant planned for Northwest Peace Jubilee
Tacoma prepares a two day miniature Battle of Argonne on July 3 and 6 at the Tacoma speedway as part of the Northwest Peace Jubilee. About 1,500 Camp Lewis soldiers, led by Col Harvey J Miller, will enact top tier war features including artillery barrage, airplane observation, machine gun actions, wounded evacuation and a smoke cloud.
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Tacoma
Argonne
Tacoma Speedway
Camp Lewis
Harvey J. Miller
France
First Hun ship brings Yanks in armistice era
Two transports reached New York on Thursday with about 4,000 returning Americans. The Sierra carried 1,606 troops including 1,200 from the 40th division, plus 19th balloon squadron members and casuals. The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the first German vessel under the American flag for troop transport, carried 2,319 men mainly from the 39th division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
19Th Balloon Squadron
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Colubmia City couple wed in recent ceremony
H. Logan, a returned soldier with the 60th artillery regiment, and Miss Esther Beebe, well known young residents of Columbia City, were married recently.
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H. Logan
60Th Artillery Regiment
Esther Beebe
Columbia City
Zeppelin firm plans planes for peace and mail use
Berlin March 31 United Press Rasch director Zeppelin Works at Staaken says air navigation to America is impractical due to fuel limits and luggage space. He foresees cross country routes Berlin to Paris London Rome and Constantinople as most useful for time savings.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
Brerlin
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Ferdinand Rasch
Zeppelin Works
Staaken
Rasch
London
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Constantinople
Germany
Women’s Legislative Council Plans War Work Session
Centralia April 18. The Washington Women’s Legislative Council opened a four day session in which officers for departments were elected including Americanization Mrs N E Walton of Tacoma conservation Mrs Mabel B Campbell of Kalama education Mrs Mabel A Voris Seattle equal rights Mrs Emma M Glenn Seattle health Dr Alice M Smith Tacoma labor Mrs Loren e Waswell Wilson Seattle assistant labor Mrs Ida Levi and official correspondent Mrs Blanche S bone all of Tacoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Women's Legislative Council of Washington
Mra
N. E Walton
Tacoma
Mabel FB
Campbell
Kalama
Mabel A. Voris
Seaattle
Emma M. Glenn
Seattle
Alice M. Smith
Lorene Waswell Wilson
Ida Levi
Blanche Ss. Bone
Hats Tabooded In House Of Commons For Women
London April 18 Members of the House of Commons now appear without hats in the chamber as a concession to women entering political life. The change ends a long standing custom of headgear in the house and reflects evolving gender participation in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Commons
The
Star
London
The Cornerstone of Democracy
A persuasive essay urging quiet orderly discussion as the core of democracy. It argues that progress comes from calm deliberation, compromises, and participation in organizations from school to church. It warns that emotion and loudness hinder enduring reform and praises steady, thoughtful leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lodge
Motorcycle Crash Injures Japanese Man
Hondo Tooburo of 517 Washington Ave was hospitalized with a broken leg after his motorcycle collided with an auto driven by BE Bazzett of 4840 Alki Ave at Third Ave and James St. Bazzett was booked at the police station.
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Hondo Tooburo
Washington At
BE. A. Bazzett
Alki Ave
Third Ave
James St
Bazzett
Seattle Delegates to National Foreign Trade Council Meet
Seattle will be represented at the national foreign trade council in Chicago from April 24 to 26. Delegates from the China and Russian clubs will include Seattle businessmen, some already en route to the convention.
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Seattle
National Foreign Trade Council
Chicago
Con
Dry law enforcement plan eyed by Antisaloon League
Washington April 14 United Press The Antisaloon League led by Dinwiddie urged Congress to enshrine unified enforcement of wartime and constitutional prohibition under a single law modeled on the Barkly bill. The plan would place enforcement with a national revenue commissioner and target books with intoxicating recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Preas
Dinwiddie
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Barkly
Recital Wins Appreciation by Godowsky and Hughes
Leopold Godowsky, pianist, gave a final local public appearance of the season in the Masonic Temple Thursday night. Marguerite Hughes, violinist, assisted with Brahms Third Sonata in D Minor, after which Godowsky dominated the program with Chopin Debussy Liszt and McDowell pieces. The audience, though small, showed great enthusiasm and demanded an encore for the vigorous March Wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Godowsky
Masonic Temple Auditorium
Marguerite Hughes
Godowsky
Debussy
Liszt
McDowell
Plan to Drag Ship Off Hoquiam Sands
Hoquiam April 18 The auxillary schooner Janet Caruthers stranded on the outer beach north of Grays Harbor entrance will be floated on a May high tide. Salvage chief J H Fries leads removal of 500000 feet of lumber from the cargo and the engines to lighten the vessel for towing to deeper water.
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Hoquiam
Janet Caruthers
Grays Harbor
J. H. Fries
Crown Prince Sued for Divorce in Zurich
A divorce suit is filed by Princess Cecile against Prince Frederick William of Germany in Zurich on April 18. The proceedings allege domestic abuse and infidelity as key charges, naming former Grand Duchess Anastasie of Mecklenburg Scherwin as the prince's mother.
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Zurich
Frederick William
Germany
Cecile
Anastasie of Mecklenburg
Scherwin
Casualties in Wreck of Troop Train Are Listed
Brest April 18 United Press reports 16 American and 6 French soldiers killed and 15 American and 30 French soldiers injured in a troop train collision near Le Mans. The wreck followed a engine breakdown and rear torpedo signals. several named U S soldiers are listed among the dead or injured.
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Brest
United Press
le Mans
Huff
1103Rd Aero Squadron
O. W. Hefflin
8Th Infantry
Telephone Strike Grows Tense In New England
In Boston on April 18 the telephone strike across New England turned tenser after clashes between crowds of strike supporters and strikebreakers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology students were beaten as strikers vowed not to negotiate through channels set by Postmaster General Burleson. The joint council rejected Burleson’s plan to refer the wage scale to General Manager Driver of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Burleson
Driver
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Joint
Council of Telephone and Electrical Workers
National Guardsmen to Convene 12th Annual Convention
National Guard organizations will meet in Chicago on May 6 for their 12th annual convention. Brig. Gen. Harvey J. Moss of Washington state and president of the National Guard Association announced the event via Lieut. Col. Harvey G. Winsor. Universal military training will be discussed.
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Chicago
Harvey J. Moss
Washington
National Guard Association of the United States
Harvey G. Winsor
Tacoma
Dump Over Booze to Avoid Arrests
In Hoquiam Washington on April 18 the steamer Hoquiam dumped more than 500 bottles of liquor worth at least 5000 dollars into the harbor to avoid seizure by county officials. Sheriff Bartell and Deputy Hamm boarded the vessel finding no unspilled liquor aboard.
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Hoquiam
Hoquiam Harbor
San Francisco
Bartell
Hamm
Gashed veteran considers re enlistment in volunteer army
Leo Anderson of Georgetown recently returned home after being gassed in the war’s final drive. He likes army life and is seriously considering re enlistment with a volunteer force being recruited for service in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Anderson
Georgetown
Volunteer Army
Germany
Mrs. Fannie Hemphill Dies in San Diego
Mrs. Fannie C. Hemphill, longtime Seattle resident, died in San Diego. Her body will be shipped to Minneapolis for burial, where she formerly resided.
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F. C. Hemphill
Fannie C. Hemphill
Seattle
San Diego
Minneapolis
Three Sailors Missing After Tug Freehold Sinks
Three men from the naval tug Freehold are missing after the tug sank while docking the transport Saxonia in New York. One believed drowned is Lawrance Lanahan chief machinist's mate. the other two may have reached shore in a rowboat.
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New York
Freehold
Saxonia
Lawrance Lanahan
Hines to Visit Seattle Sunday with Rail Officials
Walker D. Hines director general of railroads will arrive in Seattle from Spokane at 2:30 a m Sunday to confer with Seattle officials trainmen and operatives at the Masonic club rooms Arcade building L C Gilman district director has arranged the meeting He may also speak before the Commercial club The two day inspection stops include Los Angeles Portland Tacoma and Seattle before returning East.
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United States Railroad Administration of
Seattle
Walker D. Hines
Spokane
Masonic Club
Arcade
L. C. Gilman
Commercial Club
San Francisco
Edward Chambers
The
Railroad Administration
Railroads
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
U S City Manager Rules Along Rhine
H M Waite, formerly Dayton Ohio city manager, now heads a group of German city administrations in the American zone. He commends German mayors for prompt data but says the democratic spirit of American city managers is lacking.
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Coblenz
H. M. Waite
Dayton
Waite
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Fiost Battalion
BY A. E. Geldhof
Maj. Whittlesey
39Th Division
Yank Takes
Zeppelin
Dirigible
Legislative Council
BY David Gibson
Vention
Ague of America
Enid Today
Hoquiam Sands
Howard F. Lacey
Virgil J. Randall
Ezekiel Skipper
Thorion
T. H.) O'Ryan
Corporal C. Revenport
319Th Engineers
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10Th Engineers
P. C. Schulte
219Th Engineers
William Gridwell
106Th Engineers
John Davison
George F. Mullins
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Rhine
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