Ski Experts Plan Seattle Ski Tourney on Sunday
Ski enthusiasts John Sagdah and Laurence Arnold urge The Star to host a Seattle ski tourney on Sunday at 2:30 p m on Queen Anne hill. Jon Olson from Trondheim will attend, with Clara and Olga Hanson directing the ladies event.
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Seattle
John Sagdah
Pontius Ave
Laurence Arnold
M. Pretvick
Sixth Ave
Queen Anne Hill
Fourth Ave
Westlake Ave
Stone Ave
Fremont Ave
John Olson
Trondheim
Norway
Clara
Olga Hanson
Fifth Ave
Central Asia
Ekill
Ragnar Omtvedt
Ironwood
Mich
Speaker Clark Pushes New Committee for Liquor Legislation
Washington Feb 5 Speaker Champ Clark gained House approval for a resolution creating a new standing committee to handle legislation on liquor control. The move centers on tightening oversight and unified action in liquor policy.
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Washington
Champ Clark
House
Goethals Says Canal Reopening Date Unknown
Gov Gen Goethals of the Panama Canal Zone told the House Appropriations Committee on Friday that he could not specify when the canal would reopen to traffic.
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Washington
Gen. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
House Appropriations Committee
World’s Work exposes pork barrel with Seattle case
Burton Hendrick’s World’s Work article labels federal pork barrel spending as wasteful and corrupt. It highlights Seattle congressman Will E Humphrey and a $169000 post office site underwater, plus similar overruns in Pittsburg New Haven Texarkana and Stone Gap Virginia with costly federal buildings and questionable sites.
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Will E. Humphrey
Seattle
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Hendrick
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Will
Washington
Seattle Boulevard
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Pittsburg
New Haven
Conn
Mys Hendrick
Stone Gap
Texarkana
Tex
Young Grand Duchess of Luxemburg Faces Harem Destiny
The 2 year old Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide fears an arranged marriage to a Teuton in a war torn era. Court officials favor Austrian princes as eligible matches, amid pressures to secure Luxemburg through alliance while war rages nearby. Marie Adelaide once defied German forces at a border bridge, signaling her bold stance despite royal expectations.
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Luxemburg
Marie Adelaide
Germany
Archduke Maximilian
Archdukes
Leon
Wilhelm
Franz Josef
Archduke Karl
Archduke Rainer Karl
Archduke
Salwarchduke
Trade unharmed by war. British plan restricts commerce
Washington reports the British embassy and officials show US exports to neutral nations rose after Germany blockade. The British argue tighter controls on trade with neutrals are needed, arguing disruptions to Germany persist. Data illustrate shifts in wheat, bacon, boots, cotton, and other exports from 1913 to 1915.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington
United States
Germany
Tisepre
Hoke Smith
Congress
Austria
Neutrals
Seattle pastors urge male members to register for convention
Seattle pastors will urge male members of their congregations to register for the Lay Men's Missionary Movement convention to be held here February 9 to 13.
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Seattle
Laymen's Missionary Movement
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