Steps to purge spies outlined in Wilson era report
United Press Leased Wire Washington reports Attorney General Gregory echoed President Wilson's recommendations to Congress. The Justice Department outlined extensive spy and traitor controls, praised American Protective League, and urged laws curbing alien movement and emphasizing hard labor penalties for violations. Extension of bankruptcy statute and prison factory plans were urged.
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Dreadent Wilson
Congress
Gregory
Ciregery
Department of Justice
Department
Justice Department
Apy
American Protective League
Coast Organizes to Combat German Influence on West Coast
Organization of the Industrial Interests of California Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana to combat L W and pro German activities on the coast is forming in San Francisco under a representative of the national council of defense.
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United Preas
San Francisco
California
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
National Council of Defense
Permanent injunction bars jitney operators in Puget Sound case
Federal Judge Neterer made permanent the injunction against 196 jitney operators, forbidding competition with Puget Sound Traction cars. The July 11 filing led to the ruling that jitneys were common carriers and subject to bonds. Nominal damages to Puget Sound Traction were awarded. costs were not taxed.
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Neterer
Jitney
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
The
Traction Company
jJitneya
Machine Gun Drill Daily at Lewis
More than 1 000 rounds of ammunition are fired daily in machine gun practice at Camp Lewis. The training focuses on the mechanism of the weapon before actual target work. Hugh J D Marshall of Washington, D C, a war savings committee member, spoke on war savings at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday.
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Lewis
Tacoma
Hugh JD. Marshall
Washington, D. C
National War Savings Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Dandruff Cure Claims Glossy Hair Revival
An advertisement promotes liquid arvon as a night time treatment to dissolve and destroy dandruff. It asserts four ounces will remove all flakes, stop itching, and improve hair appearance, with affordable, widely available Arn.
Wilhelm Trotsky and Lenine Form New Co partnership
Fragmentary verses reference a trio named Wilhelm Trotsky and Lenine forming a partnership. The text speaks of crucifying old Russia as a subject to the Rhine and mentions Cousin George, with garbled phrases about support or plans for fall and something about a coat, dross, and a store menace.
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Wilhelm, Trotsky and Lenine
Old
Russia
Rhine
Women War Parade in Seattle Aids War Relief Effort
Seattle organizes a women led war parade on December 16 at 2 40 p m to raise 100 000 for a base hospital in France and support families of service members Six thousand union labor girls and horsewomen will march with service flags while no men appear The event promotes Beattie Civil War Relief at the Hippodrome Arena opening December 17 and lists district leaders and contact points for information.
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Seattle
Womanpower
France
Beattie
Maxaar
Hippodrome and
Arena
Capitol Hill
Madison
Queen Anne Hill
Mallard
Fort Lawton
Magnolia Bluff
Fremont
Green Lake
Mount Maker Park
Heacon Hill
Mainier Valley
Georgetown
Weert Seattle
Youngstown
University
Margaret London
Capitol
Mary Anderson
Queen Anne
Thetricta
Mary McDermott
Ballard
Dorothy Willard
Kenwood
Vivian Lundberg
Bernice Smugherty
Weet
Dorialy Kenwood
Byng Retires In Bourlon Sector As German Push Looms
The British army prepares for Germanys final offensive as General Byng withdraws from Bourlon with two options: advance or retreat. The retreat aims to secure land while German forces mass on Cambrai, and British engineers erase traces of the evacuation. German airmen probe behind Byngs lines for details of the move.
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United Pree
Philip Simms
Germany
Byng
Bourlon
Kusela
Ftyng
Cambrai
Hritieh
Forest of
Fourlon
Alligator Swallows Twins. Father Slays Reptile
In British Honduras near Hell Isle a mother washing clothes by the river watched a large alligator seize her twins in a basket. The father from a nearby farm rushed to help and killed the reptile. The babies were retrieved unharmed.
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New Orleans
Helle Isle
British Honduras
Jazz band no music for Uncle Sam limits dances
New York officials order that only stringed instruments play at dances for soldiers. No jazz bands or fox trots beyond soft drinks and four simple tunes. The plan includes soft drink service and a curfew with “Home Sweet Home” at eleven.
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Uncle Sam
New York
Mayor's Committee of Women
Will Leaves Estate To Sow Then Shoes To Ex-Husband
The will of Mrs. Carrie Br. Fabian Smith opened in San Francisco bequeaths $8,000 to her sow and states that if Daniel Carrigie Smith appears claiming he is her second husband she will be generous to him, leaving him two pairs of her old shoes.
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San Francisco
Carrie BR. Fabian Smith
Daniel Carrigie Smith
Tacoma Red Cross Aids Lew's Men With 1600 Sweaters
The Tacoma Red Cross chapter will supply all needs for Camp Lewis soldiers. Sixteen hundred knitted sweaters are required at once and every city woman is urged to contribute. The sweaters will be distributed free to the soldiers.
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Tacoma Red Cross
Lew
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
The
American Red Crows
Cantonment
Dentist Arrest Case Tangles Trade Aims in Pittsfield
A. E. Scaff, once in South America, arranged with Israel Bluhm to forge a set of false teeth in exchange for a custom suit for Scaff’s mother. The teeth failed to fit though the suit fit, leading to Bluhm’s refusal to deliver the suit and Scaff’s arrest on a charge of practicing dentistry without registration.
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Pittsfield
A. E. Scaff
South America
Israel Bluhm
Bluhm
Scaff
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