Fuel Admins Garfield Resigns. Wilson Accepts
The Fuel Administration chief Garfield resigns and Wilson accepts. No reason given or effective date stated. J. W. Lees wins election to fill the uncompleted term of Dietrich Hamm in commercial waterway district No. 1. Max G. Smith elected for three-year term.
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Washington
Garfield
Wilson
J. W. Lees
Commercial Waterway District No. 1
Dietrich Hamm
Max G. Smith
Many Kinds of Rheumatism One Sure Mode of Treatment
Urier ad promotes S. S. S. blood tonic as a cure for rheumatism and related pains. It claims purifying the blood removes uric acid and poisons, revitalizes nerves and blood, and offers complete recovery backed by decades of laboratory testing at the Atlanta company. Consumers urged to consult druggists or write Medical Adviser in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
S. S&s
S&s S
Swift Laboratory
Ukrainians Plan to Starve Lemberg
Vienna dispatch reports Ukrainian forces aim to surround and starve Lemberg now held by Poles. Rail lines have been cut and troops returning from the Italian front bolster the Polish defense as travelers arriving from the city relay the details.
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Vienna
Lemberg
Wood Ship Campaign Under Way In Seattle Area
Seattle and Northwest wood ship builders push to reverse a recent cancellation order by the United States Shipping Board. Washington Wood Shipbuilders' association leads the effort with backing from Mayor Hanson and the King County Reconstruction Congress. Telegrams are sent as organizers plan a vigorous campaign to save Northwest wood shipbuilding from a slack period. A separate note reports John Ropper, serving a 42 day sentence for stealing pennies from newsboys, received an extra blanket while a trusty in jail and was resentenced to four months in the county stockade.
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Seattle
Northwest Wood Shipbuilders
United States Shipping Board
Washington Wood Shipbuilders’ Association
Hanson
King County Reconstruction Congress
Northwest
John Ropper
Ropper
Olive Tablets and Quick Constipation Relief
Dr Edwards offers Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute for constipation and torpid liver. The sugar coated tablets use a vegetable laxative to stimulate normal bowel and liver action without harsh effects. One or two tablets at bedtime are advertised as quick, gentle relief, priced at 25 cents per box.
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Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Doctor Pierce
Aly
Senators Demand Explanation of Delay in Casualty Lists
Washington December 4 senators pressed for delay explanations in casualty lists as war department officials testified. Secretary Baker and General Marek said no casualty lists were withheld and that expedient efforts were made with Pershing and other measures to speed publication amid numerous delayed notices and inaccuracies.
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Washington
War Department
Maker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Baker
Marek
Haker
Gen Pershing
Mooney Strike Delayed by Pacific Coast Labor Men
The Mooney strike is postponed after San Francisco labor leaders propose delaying while death sentence commutation is considered. Seattle council Secretary James A. Duncan says unions should send delegates to a national labor congress in Chicago on January 14 to plan a nationwide strike for Mooney.
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Pacific Coast
Mooney
Mooney Defense Committee
San Francisco
Labor Councils
California
James A. Duncan
Seattle Central Leabor Council
Moone
Alo
Minute Men Launch $100000 Expense Fund Drive
In 1919 the Minute Men began a nationwide fund drive to support government work. Two thousand men targeted business and residential districts, with 500 spearheading morning canvassing and 1 500 divided into house to house teams. Government agencies insisted on continued activity for another year.
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Beattle Minute
Minute Men
Government Departments of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization
Lieut. Perry Admits Killing Superior Officer
Los Angeles dispatch reports Lieut. H F E Perry confessed to shooting Capt. Abram Posner after inviting him to ride from San Diego to Camp Kearney. Perry says Posner forced his hand and escaped before dying at Fecondido, claiming he acted to leave the army amid alleged mistreatment. He also ties a prior admission of shooting a man at age 14 to a separate Alaska mine stake dispute.
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Los Angeles
H FE. Perry
Abram Posner
Aheriffa
Perry
Posner
San Diego
Camp Kearney
Fecondido
Camp
Lieut. Perry
Lieut
Alaska
Volunteers for Navy and Marine Corps Accepted Without Local Notice
Olympia reports that volunteers for the navy and marine corps will be accepted without local board notice according to a wire from Provost Marshal General Crowder. The same telegram says local boards will not receive discharge notices for drafted army men. A separate San Diego item notes a fatal Curtiss biplane dive at Rockwell field killing Lieut William Goodwin and Master Electrician Roy Teernstra.
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Olympia
Navy
Marine Corps
Crowder
Army
San Diego
Cal
Rockwell Field
Lieut
William Goodwin
Alamogordo
N. M
Roy H. Teernstra
Hieflin
Holland
Woman's Devotion to Home Duties Affects Health
The piece warns that women allying themselves to routine chores suffer headaches backaches and nervousness as a female complaint takes hold. It promotes Lydian B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long trusted remedy used for over forty years to restore health after other treatments fail.
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Lydian KB. Pinkham
Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills Ad
A historical ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery for stubborn coughs and colds with rapid throat relief and broad esteem. It endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild laxative to aid daily relief, sold by druggists everywhere.
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Dr. King
Camp Lewis Chosen as Permanent Demobilization Center
Washington dispatch reports Camp Lewis designated as a permanent demobilization center with indefinite maintenance. Burglars stole 350 dollars in Liberty bonds and 60 stock certificates from the Arcade building federal shipping corporation offices, accessed via a rear fire escape to the seventh floor.
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Camp Lewis
Washington Today
Liberty
Federal Shipping Corporation
Star writer named in Frank Walsh's place
Basil M. Manly, a familiar Star writer, is named joint chairman of the war labor board succeeding Frank P. Walsh who resigned. Manly led the Star campaign for income tax return publicity and has written extensively on economic questions. He previously worked with the Newspaper Enterprise Association and The Star.
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Basil M. Manly
the Star
War Labor Board
Frank P. Walsh
Manley
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Police fail to trace bandit after 40 robbery at druggist
Police combed the vicinity and notified all precincts but could not find the bandit who stole 40 at the point of a revolver from J. H. McKretchie, druggist, at 2600 California Ave at 10 p m Tuesday. The gunman escaped in an automobile.
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J. H. McKretchie
California Ave
Weather warning shifts to small craft advisory
The weather bureau changes the storm warning to a small craft advisory at 7 20 am as a Wednesday strong southerly wind forecast continues.
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Weather Bureau
War department lists 746 casualties Monday and 755 Tuesday
The War Department releases casualty tallies for Northwest and Pacific states with 12 Washington men among the listed. Names include Sergeant Thomas A. McDaniel and Private Vig Jensen among the wounded, with next of kin details and addresses in Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, and Colorado. The tallies separate killed in action, died of wounds, accidents, airplane incidents, and missing in action in both lists.
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United States War Department
Uaelin
Seattle
Sergt
Thomas A. McDaniel
David McDaniel
Dakota St
Conrad H. Eepeland
Ostius Eepeland
Vig _ Jensen
Johanneh Jensen
25Th Ave
Pietro Mell
Frank Mell
12Th Ave
Northwest
Pacific State
Washington
Private and family notices amid wartime casualty list
A dense roster lists private names and hometowns including Kuhr Moenkhouse Braymanne Causint Bent Dunning Jacques Patton Seiger Ebner Herrera Melbo OConnell Steffensen Eastdale Kirstein Harrell Stewart with addresses in Centerville Helena Fresno Portland and more. The formatted casualty summary shows DIED OF WOUNDS WOUNDED SEVERELY MISSING IN ACTION and WOUNDED SLIGHTLY with next of kin names Martha Seabourne Eckerlon Seale Mannin Satterfield Parker Walker and others.
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Corp Aa Nunes Vorb
Clarence W. Braymanne
Albert Causint
William J. Bent
James EK. Dunning
Pri Charlies H. Jacques
John D. Patton
John E. Seiger
Hugo Ebner
Paul Herrera
Pietro Melbo
John O'Connell
William A. Steffensen
Scepter Eastdale
Gustav Kirstein
Steve KR. Harrell
Clifford Stewart
Next of Kin Corp
B. J. Scovelle
Portland, Or
Martha Scoville
Ernest T. Eckerlon
Balem
Alice Eckerlon
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Seale Corp
Clyde W. Seale
Cce
Peter Bosch
Frank Bosch
Sonoma
Cal
Stephen A. Manning
Portland
Felicia M. Mannin
Ployd PD
Satterfield
Everett
Wash
Minnie Satterfiel
Geo. Williams
del Monte
W. Carlos Williams
Corp
Lawrence T. Brown
Lemon Grove
Rennie Brown
Walter T. Moore
Fresno
Emma Moore
Eugene J. Parker
Roxbury
Hannah Parker
James A. Walker
Oakland
May Walker
Carl J. Klemme
Boulder
Colo
Hettie A. Klemme
Anuric Offers Quick Relief for Uric Acid Symptoms
Swollen hands ankles and feet signal disordered kidneys with waste buildup. Anuric, a double strength remedy praised by Dr. Pierce, claims rapid relief from inflammation caused by uric acid including gout and rheumatic conditions. Send ten cents for a trial package.
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Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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Frank Walsh
Basil Manly
Dinenae
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Dikd of
Addrean
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A. W. Walker
Parkland
Mary Anderson
Santa Barbara
Givanni Cavalli
Mies
Christina Pearson
Stockton
George N. Sivley
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Charlie Yazsza Wounds
Marcellus H. Chiles
Denver
John Horne Chiles
Anthony Centenis
Emma Marzan
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Daniela
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Wye
Ines Daniels
Earnest R. Dunlap
Butte
Mont
Laura Dunlap
Lloyd JL. Baker
Burlington
Wyo
Ida R. Baker
Ellie Christopher
Vacaville
Mra
Edna Christopher
Peter Detomaai, Jr
Silver City
Utah
Peter Detomask
Melvin L. Frericha
Byron
Anna M. Frericha
John S&s
Purvia
Hanford
James A. Purvis
Oreal D. Reeder
Brigham City
Geo. D. Reeder
Anthony C. Romano
Loulaville
Mike A. Romano
Clyde Th. Blades
Penrose
Mary Levine
William Godney
Buhl
Idaho
Harriet Godery
Rufual Lopez
Montrose
Cora Jutten
Clifford L. Reed
William L. Reed
Ralph B Reem
Frederick C. Trebilcock
Mia
Mary Trebilcock
Albin C. Youngquint
Andrew FE. Anderson
Harry KE. Price
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F. Price
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John F. Reilly
Jesse K H. Bachant
Louis Surdessee Mechanic Huge G Thompson
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Edward Sk. Johnson
Albert G. Vinot
Lloyd J. Tibbits
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Weasley Teving
Sergt, Dan Wirkhoffe
Next of Kin
Sanger
David Bachant Beverely
Frustvale
Mary Michelet
Ida Thompson
Ella Thompson Ruch
George O
May Davey
Johannah Jensen
Anaconda
Rafelo Monaco
Cresa
Grace D
Young Sacramento
Mra C
H. Marehard Collbran
Mina Sehults
David A. Parka
Evernese
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Stacy Ludden Harding
Stout
Edmund A. Parrott
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Patterson Sergi. Wm
Frank McDonough
Gilbert L. McDonough
Kenneth Bruce Gresham
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Grote-Rankin
Pike
Ferdinand J. Kuhr
Ernest J. Moenkhouse
Centerville
R. Sacco
Helena
Mary Srayman
Domico Grenart
Katie Webb Preston
Charles A. Muffer
Mary Serge
Lillian Applebaum Ellensburee
Thos
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E. A. Herrers
Frank Mek
Ferndale
George Oconnel
Lewistown
Alec Fab Goshen
Kef Stewart
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