Skagit Power Site Work Ramp Up 24 Hour Strategy
City Engineer Dimock announces 24 hour operations at Gorge Creek unit to speed Skagit power project. Truck fleets from Seattle will deliver materials as two large carriers start service, part of a 5 week funding plan totaling 21 thousand dollars plus existing funds.
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Gorge Creek
Skagit
Seattle
Dimock
Baer
California
Hide
Lavue
Gorge
Capital Issues Committee
Washington, D. C
Mangin's Men Smash Bodhes In Allied Push
Allied forces threaten German positions up to Fismes as artillery fire targets rail lines from Craon to Rheims. German bombardment of Rheims and surrounding villages continues, with French colonial troops repelling a new attack near Bligny while intense shelling rocks Coulommes Vrigny and Fort De La Pompelie.
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Busancy
Oulechy-Le-Chateau
Bubut
Cramailie
Cralmoiselle
Fismes
Cramaille
Rheims
de Rheims
Shella
Fort de la Pompelie
Coulommes
Vrigny
Bligny
Bligmy
Judge Winsor to Speak at Lincoln Club Meeting
Judge Richard Winsor of the Seattle school board will address the King County Democratic club at its Saturday noon meeting and lunch at the Good Fate cafeteria in the Epler building on Second Ave. The talk, titled Experiences in Educational Work, will be followed by guests from Seattle and King County schools. Mrs. Ethel Peterson, soprano, will also be heard.
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Richard Winsor
Seattle School Board
King County Democratic Club
Good Fata
Epler
Second Ave
Seattle
King County
Ethel Peterson
Casualty Roll Totals 238 in Pershing List
Washington August 12 Gen Pershing's casualty list shows 238 names and totals 42 killed in action 48 died of wounds 126 wounded severely 7 died of disease 7 died of accident and other causes 6 missing in action 2 wounded degree undetermined Western names include Captain J N Back Vancouver Wash C F Cain Shelton Wash C Scanlan Centralia Wash.
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Washington
Pershing
J. N. Back
Vancouver
Wash
C. FP. Cain Shelton
C. Scanlan
Centralia
French Dispatch New Envoy to Japan Marcel Delanney
Marcel Delanney, newly named French ambassador to Japan, will succeed BE. L. C. Regnault returning to Paris. Delanney has met Washington officials on U.S. views of Nippon and Siberia intervention. He is known in French affairs, former Paris prefect and a former Paris customs collector.
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Marcel Delanney
Japan
BE. L. C. Regnault
Paris
Delanney
Washington
America
Nippon
Siberia
Germans Hear Of Big Losses From Marne Offensive
Travelers arriving at Basle and Krenzingen report that Bavaria and Saxony fear heavy losses in the Marne push by General Foch. General Von Loringhoven, in the Mannheim Gazette, notes American help as real but untrained and overestimated in numbers, yet sufficient for Foch to gain the initiative.
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Geneva
Marne
Gert. Foch
Germany
Basle
Krenzingen
Bavaria
Saxony
German Empire
von Loringhoven
Mannheim
Foch
King George Compared To Kansas Town Mayor By Connelly
Representative John R. Connelly of Colby Kansas recalls King George as a cordial approachable ruler like a small town mayor. He notes the king’s handshake conversation and four years navy background. Queen and Princess Mary also appear engaged with wounded soldiers relief work and American women’s Red Cross activities.
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King George
Kansas Town
Connelly
London
George
Kansas
John R. Connelly
Colby
Kan
Colby Free Press
United Preas
England
King
Red Crows
Mary
Yanks Continue Heavy Assault Near Meuntere Wood
Allied forces press the advance along northward roads after clearing Meuntere wood. German resistance wanes as youths and tough machine gunners fight back with bayonets and barbed wire barriers. Prisoners speak of scarce food and war weariness while American air power hammers German positions and civilians receive aid amid ruins near Chateau Thierry.
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Gotsancourt
Clermen
Meuntere Wood
Altho
Ponta
Press Divided On Policy Of Lloyd George
London papers split on Lloyd George economic policy with mixed praise and caution while noting American stance. Some papers applaud moves easing business fears, others urge restraint until US view is clear. Haig reports raiding success and artillery exchanges in Picardy and Flanders with prisoners taken north of Albert and near Featubert.
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Lloyd George
Tandon
London
America
United States
the Mail
the Express
the Graphic
Wilson
the Chronicle
Bonar Law
the Post
Picardy and
Flanders
Field Marshal
Haig
Albert
Featubert
Community sing and rally planned at Municipal Beach No 3
A community sing and patriotic rally is scheduled for Tuesday evening at Municipal Beach No 3. Minute Men of Precinct 125 will hold a meeting Friday evening in Carroll apartments at Bellevue and Thomas.
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Municipal Beach No. 3
Minute Men
Precinct 125
Carroll Apartments
Bellevue
Thomas
Vaughn Sent to New York Over Forgery Charge
Joseph Benjamin Vaughn, an alleged farmer accused of cashing $2,000 in government checks at Cacap Upton, was removed from King county jail to New York Friday morning after three weeks in custody.
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Joseph Benjamin Vaughn
Cacap Upton
New York
King County
Allied advances north of the Marne reportd by French war office
An Aug 2 4 update from Paris notes further Allied progress north of the Marne during the night. The French war office said the forces advanced in the Soissons Rheims area, with continued momentum in the eastern sector as reported.
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Parie
Soissons Rheime
French War Office
The
Marne
Anid
Labor party moves toward 40 hour week on demobilization
Special dispatch from London Aug 2 reports a labor party movement pressing for a 40 hour working week as sections debate mobilization of the army and related domestic reforms. Strong entities include The Star and London.
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X. EB
London
Labor Party
Teutons Lose 844 Planes in July Month
Allied air forces claimed 844 enemy planes shot down in July with 352 Allied aircraft losses. British pilots claimed 410, French 200, Italians and Belgians four, Americans three. Hanldng in Balkans 26, Palestine five. German losses totaled 216 with Bulgarians five and Austrians four.
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Teutons
London
Halkans
Palestine
Coatz Nabbed After Jail Escape in 1917 Case
William A. Coatz former King county jail escapee from March 4 1917 is recaptured in San Francisco where he served as a U S Navy member. Deputy Stark will bring him north to begin life term at Walla Walla. He was caught by fingerprint records marking the fourth apprehension since January 1 using the system.
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King County
8. A. Hewitt
FE. G. Brown
San Krumph
George Smith
Coats
United States Navy
San Francisco
Stark
Coatz
Walla Walla
More Wire Men Are Discharged
Western Union officials in St. Louis refused to confirm or deny reports that 20 telegraphers were discharged last night for union activity. Some had been dismissed, but officials would not discuss causes or confirm further dismissals today. The Commercial Telegraphers union protested the discharge in a telegram to Washington.
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ST. Louis
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Washington
Man Killed in Auto Accident at Fifth and Pike
W H Tyler of 1420 Eighth injured when struck by touring car at Fifth and Pike at 7. He died hours later at Providence hospital. G Schultz of 1806 11th Ave W booked by police. report says car traveled about miles per hour, streetcar blocked view, Tyler suffered skull fracture and internal injuries as the wheels passed over him.
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W. H. Tyler
Fifth and Pike
Providence Hospital
G. Schultz
11Th. Ave
Seaboard
Tyler
Fifth Ave
Pikest
Skoropadski Promises End to Uprising in Kieff
Aug 2-4 dispatches from Amsterdam report Skoropadski, leading Ukrainian troops, vowing to crush the revolt in Kieff with German aid if needed. Cologne Zeitung copies note German forces could be deployed to restore order, while Berlin papers question Germany’s Ukraine and Russian peace stance.
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Amsterdam
Skoropadski
Ukraine
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kieff
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Dean's Kidney Pills Promoted for Seattle Pain
A vintage ad extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney weakness causing backache headaches and urinary issues. It claims the pills help many Seattle people and urges readers to buy today to avoid more serious conditions like gravel dropsy or Bright's disease.
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Bright’s
Dean’s
Seattle
Seattle Citizens Endorse Doan's Kidney Pills
Local notices recount former patients from Seattle claiming kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. J M Johnson, Mrs Luckharst, Mrs Green, and Wallace Pike describe back pain, frequent urination, and cloudy urine clearing after treatment.
Mrs. R. H. Melany Recovers After Kidneys Disorder
Mrs. R. H. Melany of 1086 Thistle It says kidney trouble left her weak and dizzy last fall. Back pain made housework hard until she took Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Bartell's drug store, which she credits with a cure.
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J. M. Johnson
Carpenter
Mra. W. P. Luckharst
Sullivan St
Dean
Henry Green
Pike St
Doan
Wallace Pike
Americus St
Bartell’s
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