Clark Refutes Gerard Charges Malicious Lies
Speaker Champ Clark denounces James W. Gerard as false and malicious in public remarks about Clark's stance on conscription. Clark says Gerard lied about his 1912 campaign contribution and claims he never withdrew from the Democratic nomination, noting Wilson's expected renomination.
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Washington
Champ Clark
James W. Gerard
Clark
United Press
Gerard
Baltimore
Wilson
Capitol
Hrim
Democratic Fund
Gerart
Bon Marche Club Vaudeville Show Promises Variety
The Philharmonic club of the Bon Marche will stage a vaudeville show on March 3 and 4 at the Press Club theatre. The bill includes The Bon Marche Families a musical farce with a fashion display A Minstrel Monstrosity Spanish and French dancing a Scottish act The Meg Mangle the Barbershop Trio Herb and Joe and a 30 member dramatic act The Overt Act. Proceeds go to the Cooperative Association fund.
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Bon Marche
Press Club
Meg Mangle
Herb and
Joe
Cooperative Association Fund
Dentist Aims to Cut Costs with High Volume Practice
A dentist admits a general complaint about savings on dental work and explains that his goal is to offer affordable care. He plans within three years to fund a Seattle Dental Infirmary Clinic providing care for dependents practically at no charge. He notes many colleagues doubt how he can offer low prices, while attributing it to his large volume of business.
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Seattle
United States
Painless Dentistry Emphasizes Modern Dental Specialties
The article promotes painless dentistry through specialized clinics and self-made anesthetics, claiming superior technique and patient comfort. It describes multiple departments, large floor space needs, and a split setup for social comfort, aiming to attract a broad, high-end practice base.
Champ fighters Mike and Tom Gibbons weigh class talk
Interview with light heavyweight boxers Mike and Tom Gibbons at the Savoy hotel covers their weight rules for competition, daily discipline, and the public fascination with boxing. They explain strict weight control, two weeks of hard prep, and the lure of fame and riches in the sport.
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Mabel Abbott
Mike
Tom Gibbons
Savoy Hotel
Tom
Notions of fitness and sacrifice from two boxing champions
An interview with Mike Gibbons and Tom about strict training and weight cutting. They describe their diet of lean meats, eggs, and tea and the grueling routine of road running rope skipping and boxing drills. They note family duties at home and continued touring commitments despite strict regimens.
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Ile
Tom
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Hazen Titus to Serve as Quartermaster in Army Reserve
Hazen J. Titus, superintendent of the Northern Pacific dining car department, plans to leave his post to accept a commission as major in the quartermaster corps of the U S Army Reserve. Prominent supporters including Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and Dr Harvey W Wiley urged his qualification to Secretary Baker.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
United States Army
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Germany
War Department
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Oregon
Samuel Hills
Harvey W. Whiley
Baker
Wiley
Northern Pacific Railway
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Reserve Corps
Exiled Russians Refuse Steerage on Kamakura Maru
About 97 Russian exiles and their families refused second class on the Kamakura Maru sailing from Seattle, citing unmet terms of a Russian consul backed agreement. They telegraphed consuls in New York and Washington and planned a 2 PM meeting to seek guidance, while expressing distrust of steerage conditions and a desire to return home eventually. Claude W. Meldrum of the Great Northern said the line cannot arrange second class to Russia from Seattle, as tickets were issued by Cunard and routed through Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
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Washington
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Seattle
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Vancouver
America
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Ing
Freman
Claude W. Meldrum
Great Northern Railway
Cunard Line
Great Northern
Nipon Yusen Kaisha Company
Potatoes Allowed In Mt Baker Park Under War Rules
Mt Baker park residents may grow potatoes on unused park grounds with the condition they eat only their own harvest during the war. The park board approved the request by Charlies A. Reynolds, former state public service commissioner, on Friday.
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Jon
Park Board
Charlies A. Reynolds
State Public Service Commission
Woman Vanishes Prompting Police Search for Viola Walworth
Police started a search for Viola Walworth who disappeared April 13 after leaving her room at 402 Sixth Ave to prepare a home for her husband J D Walworth of Minneapolis. The husband replies he has heard from her in two weeks, her trunk remains at the room, she had been Viola Jacobson a Seattle waitress before marrying two years ago.
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Sixth Ave
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Minneapolis
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Seatlie
Reserve Officers of Guard Called to Active Service
Washington April 28 The War Department announced reserve officers of infantry cavalry field artillery and coast artillery will be ordered into active service at once
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War Department
Paper mill at stake near Seattle could bring big plant
Sound Paper Co urges city to accept a site near the Sultan river power facility to house possibly the world’s largest mill. City officials doubt the Sultan site is usable for city needs, risking a government permit pull. The plan promises 800 to 1,000 mill jobs and signals statewide scarcity of paper plants outside Everett.
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Seattle
Bultan River
City Light and
Henry O. Pond
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Pond
Everett
Defense cites alleged half breed lover in Hewitt murder trial
Defense claims Mrs. Hewitt did not love the four Hewitt children and was intimate with other men. Witnesses describe Mrs. Hewitt caring little for the children while Hewitt favored them. Prosecution notes a prior elopement plan and a doctor identifies stains on Hewitt's coat as human blood.
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S. A. Hewitt
Auburn
Dollie Morris
Hewitt
Jack Paris
Chicago War Debate Over Envoys Sparks Civic Clash
Citizens clash with Mayor Thompson over inviting French and English envoys to Chicago. Thompson argues against it citing potential embarrassment to German descended residents dominating the city. Mayor Gill counters urging repudiation of Thompson supporters and asserts foreign born citizens’ patriotism.
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Thompson
Chicago
Gill
Freight hike to hit lumber industry says Dixon
A. C. Dixon, manager of Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. in Eugene Oregon, warns that the 15 percent freight raise authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission will primarily burden the lumber trade.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
A. C. Dixon
Booth-Kelly Lumber Co
Chicago Mayors Clash Over City Control
Mayor Gill labels Mayor Thompson a trimmer and political opportunist in a sharp exchange. Gill responds to a Chicago Herald query on the city’s course to pursue in control matters.
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Chicago
Gill
Chicago Herald
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