John L. Sullivan Death Echoes In Olympic Boxing Talk
In Angeles on February 2 James Jeffries recalled John L. Sullivan as a pioneer who shaped modern boxing. He credited Sullivan with the knockout punch and training camp influence that helped Jeffries win the championship, then remarked Sullivan had died.
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Fort Named Director of Passenger Traffic on Government Railroads
Omaha report says Garritt Fort, passenger traffic manager of the Union Pacific, has been appointed director of passenger traffic on the government railroads and has received a Washington call from Director General McAdoo.
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Talkless Congress Order Fortifies Senate Debate
President Wilson’s appeal for a talkless congress met sharp opposition as senators from both parties prepared to renew criticism of the war cabinet bill. Senators Hitchcock Wadsworth Weeks may speak, while Chamberlain defends continued military probe and committee action delays the vote.
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Military Affairs Committee
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Parents urged to support association aiding Washington boys in France
Parents asked to join the association to finance and organize headquarters in Paris for Washington state servicemen in France. Dean Arthur R. Priest of the University of Washington will depart at noon to establish the headquarters, with contributions received by Comptroller Herbert T. Condon.
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Parents’ Association
Paris
Washington State
Arthur R. Priest
University of Washington
Herbert T. Condon
Desperado Alvarez blown up by dynamite in El Paso
Felipe Alvarez, wanted for murder, resisted arrest for hours in a Mexican quarter outhouse. Police and military police finally blew up the building with a dynamite charge as a last resort, killing Alvarez after a long standoff.
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Tex
Felipe Alvarez
Alvarez
Trinidad Lucero
Victory Bread Wins at Seattle Bakers Meeting
The Seattle Master Bakers association crowned Victory Bread winner at their annual gathering. G. G. Porter of Porter Baking Co was elected president with Jens L Hanson as vice president and Frank H. Rueth as secretary. Trustees named include Db. C. Barnes Robert Davidson H. C. Ogden C. A. Haiberg and Harvey Mosler.
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Victory Bread
U. K
Seattle
Joseph V. Bird Dies in Rochester Minnesota
Joseph V. Bird, longtime Everett attorney and former university student, died Thursday in Rochester Minnesota after years of illness. He left college in his senior year due to ill health and later earned a law degree from Northwestern University. In Washington he was student body president, Pacific Wave editor, and active in debate and oratory.
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Major Sulliger Says Army Men Do Not Want Worship
Retired chaplain Major Sulliger of the 161st Infantry urges communities near training camps to treat soldiers as ordinary men. He notes troops dislike hero title rhetoric and prefer normal life away from uniforms, hoping letters from civilians brighten days. He spoke in Seattle on Methodist district gathering and urged letter-writing to troops at camps.
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Cost of Food Shows Great Boost Upward
Washington report notes food prices in the United States rose by about 50 percent since August 1914 when the war began. December 31, 1917 figures show potatoes up 49 percent, cornmeal 130 percent, sugar 29, lard 112, pork chops 43, bacon 74, eggs 8, milk 47, butter 48, sirloin 16, rib roast 20, hens 29, and milk up 79 percent. farm products lead gains at 95 percent with metal products close behind.
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Washington
United States
John Mills Day Seeks Contempt Action On Streetcar Smoking
Seattle attorney John Millis Day and his wife push contempt charges against Puget Sound Traction Light Power Co and manager A L Kempster for failing to stop streetcar smoking. They filed affidavits alleging nuisance from fumes after an injunction dated October 3, 1914. The case is set in department No. 1 before Judge Jurey on February 8 at 9:30.
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Baron De Patterson and Wife in Divorce
New York February 2 Arthur V De Patterson a baron through the king of Portugal and his wife Mrs Beatrice Anita Patterson are principals in divorce proceedings today Patterson alleges improper conduct by his wife with an unnamed man Mrs Patterson names Susan Peterson and other women She once tried to prove herself a daughter of Lucky Baldwin They wed in 1915 after a brief acquaintance
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Government orders closure of private labor agencies
Winnipeg dispatch reports the government ordered all private labor agencies closed. It states men exempt from the army draft who are not in essential occupations will be sent to farms in the spring, and soldiers in training will help with seeding duties.
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Farma
Wilson
Baker
King County
Democratic Club
Ben Shields
Judge J C Moreland Dies at 73 in Oregon
Judge J C Moreland longtime clerk of the Oregon Supreme Court died suddenly at his home in Saline Oregon from heart trouble. He was 73, a Tennessee native, and his family could not reach his bedside before death.
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British Soldier-Instructor Fires Powder Bomb at Camp Lewis
At Camp Lewis Tacoma February 2 a British soldier-instructor ignited a small powder device and watched the smoke. A junior American officer nearby remarked it sounded like the Fourth of July. The Englishman, puzzled at first, then smiled and agreed it was a mighty fine day exactly like July.
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Tacoma
Grip Follows the Snow Tablets Timely Health Note
Odd translated item notes bromine and quinine tablets with a claim to prevent rip and groan on an ox. The piece mentions 80c price and a toad reference as part of the cryptic health cue. No clear event or named organizations are identifiable.
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Rip
Grovn
Stephens Arrested in Tacoma Over Illegal Whisky Seizure
Kh G Stephens alleged owner of 7500 dollars worth of whisky seized by Seattle police has been arrested in Tacoma. Authorities say he attempted to ship 240 quarts of whisky illegally into the area.
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Kh. G. Stephens
Seattle
Stephens
Tacoma
Eight Government Ships Under Construction at Aberdeen
Aberdeen Feb. 2 By taking over the off yards of Grays Harbor Shipbuilding company yesterday the Grays Harbor Motorship now has eight slips. Veanela will be started in two slips making eight government ships under construction.
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Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Company
Grays Harbor
Veanela
City Council Recommends Rejecting Traction Plan Offer
The finance committee urged rejecting a street car company proposal to pay a 2 percent franchise tax in exchange for release from paving obligations along its tracks and other duties. The offer was previously rejected, and is now on appeal to the supreme court.
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Supreme Court
Soldiers valuing keepsakes over rations in France returnee says
Sergt. J Wills of the Seaforth Highlanders, recently back from France, told Auxiliary D 18th Engineers in Manufacturers hall Friday night that letters and keepsakes are prized more than good things to eat.
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Seaforth Highlanders
France
18Th Engineers
Manufacturers’ Hall
Washington Steamboat Washington Transferred After Dry Dock
The Puget Sound passenger steamboat Washington will pass into the possession of W. T. Isted after leaving dry dock. Isted has purchased the craft subject to inspection and his precise plans for the vessel are not yet known.
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Washington
W. T. Isted
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