Navy report praises postwar fleet growth and Seattle stake
The Secretary of the Navy Daniels reports postwar progress with a two-division Atlantic and Pacific fleet, plans for bases and docks to support a growing Pacific fleet, and a large wartime build program including battleships submarines and destroyers. It notes manpower recruitment trends and fuel planning for continued naval strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Seattle
Navy Department
Amerian
Atlantic
Pacific
Eagle Coast
Uncle Sam
Congress
Puget Sound
Bremle
Woman Killed by Jitney Bus at 63rd Street Corner
Fred Higgins 21 is jailed on an open charge after his jitney struck and killed Mrs. Emily Hatto 56 at the corner of E 63rd Street and 16th Ave N. Higgins claimed surprise and continued driving. Post mortem noted injuries. body at University Undertaking Parlors. funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Higgins
12Th Ave. N. E
Emily Hatto
Higgins
Hollanders Dance On New Year's Eve Ball Planned
Dutch residents of Seattle met Sunday to form a mutual aid group. A committee was appointed to arrange a ball and entertainment on New Year's Eve for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Plan class in English for girls announced
All girls interested in forming a class for the study of correct English are invited to meet in the second floor club rooms of the W. G. C. A. building on Wednesday evening at 7 30.
Lincoln Wins Port Election Amid Uncounted Precincts
With 48 outlying county precincts still uncounted, Lincoln leads port election results show Lincoln 21 717 McCorkle 17 269 Doyle 620 after final precincts counted Lincoln’s lead grows and he is assured reelection. McCorkle backed by Triple Alliance. city voting favored Lincoln while coal mining outer county precincts favored McCorkle. Doyle trailing.
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W. B. Langoin
Port
McCorkle
Lincoln
Doyle
Stolen Freight Loot Discovered in Cabin Leads to Arrests
Northern Pacific agents found hundreds of dollars in goods stolen from freight cars in a cabin at Kanasket on Saturday. Deputy sheriffs arrested six section hands Romano Sallozzi Edo Cecchi Pietro Genpile Julius Zinitti Caesart Orel and C Guintola. They face grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Kanasket
Matt Starwich
C. H. Deebe
Romano Sallozzi
Edo Cecchi
Pietro Genpile
Julius Zinitti
Caesart Orel
C. Guintola
Botiza Held on Bonds for Alleged Bootlegging Revenue Case
Chicago man Marko Botiza mistook revenue men for bootleggers and showed his stock of plain and fancy booze. He was held on bonds for $1,000.
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Chicago
Marko Botiza
Dream Death: Man Kills Wife in Irvington NJ Home
James Laplanza says a dream led him to shoot his wife in their Irvington New Jersey home. He awoke to find his wife dead with a bullet wound as his two young children stayed with relatives crying for their mother. He described seeing a kidnapper in his dream and fired a revolver kept under his pillow.
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New York
Dee
James Laplanza
Ile Waite
Irvington
N. J
John
Agnes
Raplanza
Laplanza
Jim
Hope to Sell Liquor Stock Ready for Release
The article reports that with no Supreme Court decision on war time prohibition, vast U.S. liquor stocks are ready to be released immediately. About 60,000,000 gallons of spirits are stored in warehouses and surplus box cars, awaiting sale once allowed by court ruling.
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Washington
U Press
Supreme Court
Unclear fragment reports a family encounter and birth confusion
The text describes people rushing upstairs to congratulate Laplanza on a expected birth, but discover the mother in distress and a father weeping. details are fragmentary and unresolved.
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Laplanza
Edly
Kansas Idea Winning Out In Midwest Coal Plan
Governors from Missouri and other states studied the Kansas idea to take over mines and use volunteer workers. Kansas Governor Allen cites 4000 volunteers including students and Legion members to dig coal in strip mines. Illinois and others doubt feasibility due to laws and need for skilled miners.
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Chicago
Dec
Mid-West
Gardner
Missouri
Kansas
Commonwealth
Henry J. Allen
Richard J. Hopkins
Cherokee
Crawford
Allen
Washington
Anderson
Palmer
Hopkins
American Legion
Illinois
Lowden
Smith Back Again May Be Deported
Arthur J. Smith an alleged I W W agitator held by federal authorities on espionage act charges faces possible deportation a second time under telegraphic instructions from the U S Commissioner of Immigration A J Cammenett received by local head Henry M White The hearing with seven other alleged I W W was postponed and deportation action is believed to be taken against the crowd members charged with inciting resistance to the United States Smith had been ordered out before and returned again
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Smith
Commissioner of Immigration
A. J. Cammenett
Henry M. White
Smith
Bea
R. W. McClelland
District Attorney's Office
U. S
Business Men Help Mop Up for Red Cross
Three hundred business men crowded the downtown area to support the Red Cross Christmas seal drive. Each firm was rated in line with Liberty loan practices and asked to purchase seals, with nonresponders visited to solicit explanations. Seattle’s drive targets $22,000 to fund a tuberculars home and eventual hospital assignment.
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Red Cros
Liberty Loan
Seattle
Firlands Sanitarium
Debutante Courtney Letta to Wed Wellsley Hill Stillwell
The marriage of Miss Courtney Letta of Chicago to Wellsley Hill Stillwell of Chicago has been announced. Letta, daughter of Frank C. Letta, debuted in Washington last winter while her father volunteered with the Red Cross and was a popular debutante in the capital last season.
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Courtney Letta
Chicago
Wellsley Hill Stillwell
Miss Letta
Frank C. Letta
Washington
The
Red Cross
Sleepwalking man found shoeless in loop after night in pants
Lloyd Craig of Owkaloosa Iowa wore his pants to bed and was found walking the Chicago loop in his sleep with no shoes or shirt. Authorities say he appeared confused but unharmed after the overnight episode.
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Chicago
Lloyd Craig
Owkaloosa
Coal strike settlement plan eyed as vote looms
United Press reports President Wilson proposes a wage settlement plan for the coal miners. If the Indianapolis wage officials approve, a commission would study the situation and help prevent recurrence while wage adjustments align with the economy. White House stresses no official terms released.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
Dec
Indianapolis
Presient Wilson
Railroad Administration
Altho
de Tall
Wilson
Lewis
Sarct
Garfield
Lewin
Green
Palmer
Sacramento Street Car Sprinkling Rule Upheld
The supreme court ruled that Sacramento's street car company must sprinkle the streets it traverses. The Pacific Gas & Electric company had challenged a city ordinance requiring sprinkling. lower courts had fined the firm $400 for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sacramento
Supreme Court
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Hardtack Tales From Soldier Food Unearthed
A fragment describes hardtack issued to soldiers as tough as rock, noting how one finds a comparison by stepping barefoot. The line suggests the bread’s extreme hardness and the rough condition of army rations.
Man builds better than he knows says contractor on political job
A wry saying notes a contractor on a political project often knows the better way to build, while the man responsible for the work sometimes lacks the same insight.
A Man’s Heaven Would Mean No Wife Requests Money
A humorous reflection suggests a man’s idea of heaven is a place where wives never ask their husbands for money, implying a view on money and marriage.
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NAVY
Alaska
University
N. P
Kananaket
Uni
Ita
United States
Paul
Canada
Europe
Tacoma
Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Growers’ Canning Company
Puyallup
America
Gov. Allen
Milton Bronner
Courtney Mains
Coal Commission
White House
Paul’s
Cooperative Fruit Growers’ Association of the
Puyallup Valley
Augustine & Kyer
Cole & Haraden Groceteria
Stavig Bros
G. A. Stavik
Dd, B. Lashley
Harrah Bros
H. C. Nicholson
J. E. Hanson
P. Waters
R. H. Ashton
Biles & Hepler
Ralph H. Williams
J. D. Choquette
FF. A. Ausman
A. A. Maltby
J. R. Harvey
D. W. Ault & Co, Hulette’s Grocery
C. D. Bridges Co
DPD
W. Scott
Zoble Grocery Co, Geo. D
Wm, Flumerfelt & Son
Goemaere
A. Hall
Scott E. Matson
W. H. Frances
W. H. Peek
W. W. Phalen
Puyallup & Sumner
Fruit Growers’Canning Co
W. H. Paulhamus
Pres
Puyallup, Wash
Pauls
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