Officials Untroubled by Cedar River Dam Leakage
North bank seepage at Cedar River dam noted at two to five inches per hour. City officials say no danger to water supply or power service and anticipate sealing the leakage with clay puddling over five years. Former City Engineer Thomson explains hydraulic methods to fill gravel crevices.
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Cedar River
Snoqualmie
Thomson
Seattle
North Bank
Dimock
Gill
Ross
Lighting Department
Youngs
Water Department
Cotterill
Board of Public Works
Bell-armed rancher dares bear in Wyoming camp
Worland resident known as Dad Worland rode to a sheep camp with supplies when a large black bear charged him. He clanged a sheep bell to deter the animal, which hesitated briefly before fleeing into the timber up a nearby tree.
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Worland
Wyo
Dad” Worland
Coast Defenses Inadequate For Real Security Says Army Report
Brig. Gen. Weaver warns in his annual army report that only about a quarter of regular officers and half of enlisted men are available to man U S coast defenses. With Manila Hawaii and Panama garrisons nearly complete, home defenses would rely on 176 officers and 7 548 enlisted men in the coastal artillery, about one third of a full relief. The article notes 19 000 enlisted men in 1914, a shortfall of 10 998 against authorized strength, risking only caretaker detachments at key defenses.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington, D.C
United States
Manila
Hawaii
Panama Canal
E. M. Weaver
Army
Coast Artillery Corps
War Department
Coast Artillery
Regular Army
Canal Zone
Regular
Weaver
Coast defenses strained by limited militia for key fortifications
The piece notes only 7 122 militiamen and 441 officers are available across coast states. It calls for bigger guns and cites Cape Henry Virginia defense needs and extra mortar batteries in San Diego California. Gen Weaver warns modern warships with large guns render current defenses less effective despite proposed fortifications in several ports.
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Cape Henry
Chesapeake Bay
San Diego
Cal
Weaver
Chief of Coast Artillery
New York
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Jason's Cargo of Toys Provokes European Anger
Open indignation rose in Rome as European philanthropists faulted American toys sent by the Jason for being wasteful amid wartime needs. Evelyn Falkner, head of Servian relief, denounced the voyage as misdirected sentimentality contrasting with bread, clothing and medicine needs for women and children.
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Alice Rohe
United Press
Rome
Europe
Jason
Mies Evelyn Falkner
Servian Relief Society
Marie Antoinette
Man Works by Day Sleeps in Bastile
Richmond California December 56. Ward Brophy was arrested after a weeklong spree. He pleaded guilty and Justice Nichols sentenced him to sleep in the county jail for thirty nights and to work at his trade during the day. He was told to return to the jail after finishing work and to stay there on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Cal
Ward Brophy
Justice Nichols
Jalil
Brophy
Check Up on Old Harbor Leases
Port commission enforces no assignment of harbor area leases not improved and approves new leases only to those surrendering old ones who agree to begin improvements by September 1, 1918. The resolution, pending for about a year, addresses nominal rentals on state waterfront property.
Mayor Addresses Business Women at Banquet
At the Women’s Commercial club banquet in the Washington Annex, Mayor Gill praised the club’s progress and women’s role in city affairs as speeches songs and living pictures entertained. A Chicago paper claims Ping Bodie plans to sign with the Feds and pull a fast one on Comiskey. his projected average would be .007 if true.
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Women's Commercial Club
Washington Annex
Gill
Chicago
Ping Bodie
Comiskey
Feds
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Jonathan
Yakima
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EM. Weaver
Peabody, Kan
Abel Cartwright
Cartwright
Martin van Buren
DR. Kloeber
Charles EK. Kloeber
J. & Kloeber
Green River Hot Springs Hotel
Morris Bywater
St. John's Episcopal Church
NEW York Bakery
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Grestmas
Shebettie Cateup
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Bere
Lée Phe
Italy
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Iowa
Carnation Butter Stores CO
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Golden West
Bu Ae
Sanitary
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Chester Raleina
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Pratt Cake
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Armeur's
Ontfre
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Brenneman & Mcintosh
Ige
Tokio Grocery CO
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la Font
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Inc
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Imperial Meat CO
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Union Fish Co
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China
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Rouse
Boye
Old Harbor
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