W. G. T. U. Holds Annual Meet and Jubilee Plan
King County Women’s Christian Temperance Union met at Madison Street M E church. They voted to support the Smith Towner educational bill for the next Congress session. Mrs. N E Walton urged education of foreigners via day and evening schools and factory work. A $20 000 jubilee campaign follows the Victory Loan drive, led by RE A Rowell. Mary B Stilwell presided. Clara Ansorge Fuller received a gold medal for reading at the oratorical contest. music highlighted the evening.
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King County Women's Christian Temperance Union
Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Smith Towner
N. E. Walton
Tacoma
King County Ta
RE. A. Rowell
King County
Mary B. Stilwell
King County Union
Clara Ansorge Fuller
Delays in U S Cables Across Ocean Routes
Western Union Telegraph announces delays in transatlantic and Pacific cable service. Cables to Great Britain Scandinavia Central and South America and Australia experience no delay. France Italy Switzerland and Spain messages travel beyond London by post due to interrupted channels. Far East messages over Pacific cables show about six days delay while Atlantic cables run seven to eight days late.
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Great Britain
Scandinavian Countries
Central and South America
Australia
Western Union Telegraph Company
France
Italy
Switzerland
Spain
London
Far East
Pacific
Atlantic
John A. Returns From Fiji for North Sea Fishing Season
The John A. recently arrived from the Fiji islands began its annual voyage in the Bering Sea with the Alaska fishing fleet. It will stay in northern waters until the next autumn.
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John A
Fiji Islands
Hering Sea
Alaska
Lenine Leads One Gay Life At Villa Ostroumoff
Berne April 30 reports details from Nuasian refugees about Lenine living in luxury at Villa Ostroumoff on Montagne des Moineaux. He fortifies the villa with machine guns and artillery, hosts grand dinners and fetes with a military band, and brings gratuitous performances for guests. He fears for his life and travels only in an armored car with guards. A picked guard includes Chinese Letts and former Russian navy personnel.
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Berne
Fy Mall
Russia
Lenine
Palace Hip Vaudeville Opens With Two Big Acts
The Palace Hip opens Thursday with two major acts. Polly, Ox and Chick present Cute Clever and Classy featuring comedy singing piano dancing. McGrath and Yeoman headline The Lunatic and the Prima Donna. Additional acts include Fred and Peenxy Pumm Snow Sigworth and Sharpe Sam and Lou La Mert and The Golf Cure sketch by Wolf and Wilton.
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the Palace
Polly
Chick
McGrath and
Yeoman
Lunatic
Sigworth and
Sharpe
Sam and
Lou la Mert
Wolf and
Wilton
Spring Rains Bring Grippe and Home Cures
The piece warns that wet weather brings colds and grippe and may lead to influenza if untreated. It promotes early purification of toxins with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and urges using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for persistent coughs, noting the tonic contains root and herb extracts without alcohol.
Italy Will Not Fight Over Fiume Says Envoy
An Italian breach over Fiume is seen as ending the Orlando government. The Jugo-Slav delegation in Washington expects a calmer ministry with fewer territorial demands. Officials say Italy will not war with the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes, accepting Dalmatia limits.
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Alk. Geldhof N. KA
Washington
Italy
Maine
Orlando
Berbroat
Fiume
Vogelay M. Yovanovitch
Legition
Ter
France
Great Britain
Balahevinta
Wilson
Dalmatia
Government to Return Cable Lines to Private Ownership
Washington April 30 United States will give up cable lines by May 2 at midnight with private ownership resuming. Postmaster General Burleson announced after a Wilson approved cablegram. Legislation needed for land systems but not for cable lines.
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Washington
Burleson
Wilson
Beautiful Silk Petticoats in Spring Colors
An advertisement showcases Silk Petticoats in Navy, Black and White in several price tiers from 3.95 to 7.95. Features include elastic fitted tops, self or contrasting silk flounces, and accordion pleated or ruffled styles with fabrics like Floriswah Silk Jersey and Satin. Two sketches illustrate designs.
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Jersey
Yankee Major Receives Distinguished Service Cross in Berlin
Maj. Lindsey M. Sylvester of Virginia earned the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in the Marne area last summer. He directed his battalion from an exposed dugout under heavy shellfire to aid the wounded, staying in the open trench two days. The award was presented in Berlin at the American embassy on Wilhelmplatz by Gen. Harries, with British and French generals present.
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United Press
Berlin
Mall
Lindsey M. Sylvester
Marne
Maj
Sylvester
Harries
Wilhelm Plats
Ready to Wear Display Highlights Shades on Second Floor
The ready to wear section on the second floor features the complete set of preferred long bloomer shades. The display showcases a broad palette and seasonal color options for shoppers.
Peretz Hirshbein to Lecture on Literature and Life
Jewish playwright Peretz Hirshbein will give a 3 30 p m lecture on Literature and Life at the Educational Center Hall 18th Ave and Main St. He will read from his dramatic works at 5 00 p m on Wednesday May 7 in the same auditorium and speak the following Sunday at 3 30 p m in the Y M H A hall 17th and Jefferson. The final Sunday address Children of Our People will be delivered in Yiddish.
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Peretz Hirshbein
Educational Center
18Th Ave
Main St
Hirshbein
17Th
E. Jeffersonst
School Census to Begin on Thursday
The annual school census will commence Thursday with about 90 enumerators ready to answer parent questions on compulsory schooling. Enumerators were paid an increased rate up to 2.5 cents per name, allowing some to earn as much as four dollars daily, per Secretary Reuben W. Jones.
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Reuben W. Jones
Jones
Three Are Injured as Car Overturns Near Kent
Harry Proctor 22 Miss Mara Manville and Miss Ella Drew were slightly injured when the car they rode in left the road two miles north of Kent Tuesday night and overturned. George Eaterworth Leonard Shay and Miss Mary McCormack were uninjured. All residents of Tacoma. J R R Lake 4915 Wallingford Ave brought the injured and another machine took the others to Tacoma. Proctor drove the overturned car.
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Harry Proctor
Mara Manville
Ella Drew
Kent
George Eaterworth
Leonard Shay
Mary McCormack
Tacoma
J. RR
Lake
Wallingford Ave
Proctor
Seattle Music Dealers Form Association
The Seattle Music Dealers association was formed at a Tuesday meeting with over 50 local music and instrument retailers present. C. H. Hopper was elected president with Charles B. Corbin as vice president Richard Fringer as secretary and Charles Rowe as treasurer. The group aims to raise business ethics and engage the public in good music.
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Seattle Music Dealers’ Association
C. H. Hopper
Charles B. Corbin
Richard Fringer
Charles Rowe
Man Drops Dead in Cobb Building Nisqually Resident John Gerner
John Gerner, 56, of Nisqually, suddenly collapsed and died on the 11th floor of the Cobb building. The body was taken to the county morgue. No relatives have been located.
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John Gerner
Nisqually
Cobb Building
Fire Leaves 19 000 Homeless in Yokohama
A Yokohama fire yesterday left 19 000 Japanese homeless with over 2 000 houses destroyed and thousands damaged. Casualties reached 66 as relief funds grow rapidly to aid victims.
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Tokyo
United Press
Yokohama
Lemon Juice for Freckles Beautifier
Squeeze juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Grocers supply lemons and three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and soften the skin. Harmless and non irritating.
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Ion
Undertaker Richardson Arrested After Morphine Seizure
Police reports say A. L. Richardson an undertaker was seized with a large quantity of morphine at 12th avenue and Jackson street. He was arrested by Sergt L F Forbes and Patrolman C D Graves on Tuesday.
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Richardson
Ll. F. Forbes
C. D. Graves
12Th Ave
Jackson St
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