Overalls Hold War Sector in Seattle Industries
About 75 women are working in the Kilbourne Clark plant on government contracts making radio apparatus and mica condensers for 250 ships. Miss Burah Malone, a 19 year old from Nashville, runs a turret lathe and says she loves the work. Ada Greer works beside her. Margaret Houta supports her mother and sends her brother, a private in the 100th aero squadron, among survivors. Mrs. Houta has not yet received a government allotment.
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Seattle
War Industries District
Kilbourne& Clark Manufacturing Co
Connecticut
Fast Waterway
Burah Malone
Nashville
Miss Malone
Star
Margaret Houta
100Th Aero Squadron
Tuascania
Houta
Aerial Cavalry Clashes Over No Man's Land
British air crews claim success in northern France with 35 German planes destroyed and 19 driven down in three days. Ground troops raid and repulse enemy raids as fighting rages in frozen No Man's Land amid blizzard skies and cold artillery fire.
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Philip Simms
Britain
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
France
No Man's Land
German Spies Routed in French Town
Paris Feb 21 An undercover German spy network aimed to incite insurrections in France during the German offensive has been uncovered in Saint Etienne. The operation allegedly ran under a German bartender, with numerous arrests including a draughtsman at a local arms factory linked to recent strikes.
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Paris
France
St. Etienne
St Etienne
Robert Warren Listed as Safe From Tuscania Sinking
Private Robert F. Warren of Seattle was initially listed among Tuscania victims but was reported safe. The Schwager Nettleton company, where he was a bookkeeper, received word of his official rescue with few details. Early reports had him among the five Western Washington men unaccounted for. His mother Mrs. Julia Warren and sister reside at 1734 Terry Avenue Ravenna apartments.
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Robert F. Warren
Seattle
Tuscania
Schwager Nettleton Company
Warren
Tuascania
Washington
Julia Warren
Ravenna Apartments
Terry
Labor Council backs Wilson and cabinet
The Labor Council adopted resolutions pledging support to President Wilson and his officers and condemning the Chamberlain bill calling for a cabinet, as part of its weekly meeting on Wednesday.
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Wilson
Chamberlain
Tral Labor Council
Incident at Tillamook Involves I. W. W. Arrest
In Tillamook Oregon on February 21 a Portland attorney C H Lib acting as counsel for the I W W reports a bid for return of confiscated incendiary material seized during the arrest of an I W W organizer at a local lumber plant.
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Tillamook
Ore
Dei
I. W.W
C. H. Lib
Portland
Exemption Board 6 Mobilizes Local Volunteers Friday
Exemption board No 6 handles nearly all out of town men and will send away about volunteers for mobilization Friday. The board is much larger than the average enlistment through the board.
Col L J Simpson Announces Bid For Governor Nomination
Marshfield Oregon February 21 Col L J Simpson declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor and says he will open his campaign this evening.
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Marshfield
Ore
Col. L. J. Simpson
Republian
Playwright Chooses Chester as Reporter of War Human Element
George Randolph Chester, author of Get Rich Quick Wallingford, is praised by The Star as the greatest reporter. The playwright dramatizes Chester’s transcripts describing the human element behind military operations. Chester is in Paris with stories arriving in America, to begin publication Monday.
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George Randolph Chester
Wallingford
Chester
Cohan
Star
Human Chester
Paris
America
End Testimony in Wells Case
Testimony in the trial of Hulet M. Wells Sam Sadler and the Pass brothers on sedi tious conspiracy ended shortly before noon Thursday. Judge Jeremiah Neterer called counsel to the bench and court adjourned for final arguments to follow after lunch with the jury to be selected and instructed later. Prosecutor Clarence L. Reames and defense attorney W R Bell argued over a transcript of Joe Pass examination by New York officials.
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Hulet M. Wells
Sam Sadler
Pass Brothers
U. S
Jeremiah Neterer
Clarence L. Reames
W. R. Bell
Joe Pass
New York
Lawyers Cannot Aid Drafted Men
CAMP LEWIS Tacoma February 21 Drafted men cannot be aided in obtaining discharge by civilian lawyers The government has the facilities and will fully protect the rights of any soldier claiming discharge from the army Maj Eugene West camp judge advocate told members of an investigating committee of the Tacoma Bar association The committee investigated charges against several Tacoma lawyers by Maj West that they had received undue fees for alleged assistance to enlisted men seeking a way out of the service The committee exonerated the men claiming they were paid for helping the men while their claims pendend before local boards
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Eugene West
Judge Advocate
Tacoma Bar Association
Maj. West
Immense Finance Bill Reported to Senate
Washington February 21 The senate finance committee reported the 500 million dollar finance corporation bill. The measure has been materially amended and portions rewritten.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Corporation
New Zealand Raid Captures Germans Near Polygon Wood
Field Marshal Haig reports a successful dawn raid by New Zealand troops near Polygon Wood yielding a few German prisoners. He notes enemy artillery activity the prior evening and mentions Col. C Dercle, a French physician in Britain, who bears 97 wounds and ten shell fragments.
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London
New Zealand
Polygon Wood
Haig
Col. C. Dercle
Francis Is Ready to Escape
American Ambassador Francis and allied envoys in Petrograd prepare to depart after Lenine and Trotsky announce willingness to sign a German dictated peace. Four commissaries back Lenin while four oppose, with fate seen as decided in a fortnight.
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Francis
Joseph Shaplen
Petrograd
Lenine
Trotsky
Russia
Fussa
Allenby Nears Jericho in Bible Town Spotlight
British General Allenby’s force pushed to four miles from Jericho, despite rains, advancing 34 miles through tough terrain on a seven mile front east of Jerusalem. Jericho, 14 miles northeast of Jerusalem, is famed for the biblical fall of the city after Joshua’s triumphs.
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Allenby
Jericho
London
Jerusalem
Joshua
Tragic double murder suicide shocks Los Angeles crowd
Traveling salesman Don Van Dusen aged 25 shot his wife Anna 21 on a crowded Los Angeles street and then killed himself. Witnesses H. P. Jackson and J. R. Minter chased him as he fled in the drizzle. Police seek motive.
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Los Angeles
Don van Dusen
Anna
H. P. Jackson
J. R. Minter
van Dusen
Jackson
Minter
Universal military training urged at Congress of National Service
Gov. Frank C. Lowden of Illinois opened the Congress of National Service urging a permanent universal training policy and a clear for this war. He warned adoption would thwart central powers hopes of war weariness. Taft and eight state governors expected to speak to 1,500 delegates shaping war civic education.
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Chicago
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Taft
Congress
Germans Take 9000 Russians As Prisoners
Berlin reports pressing east from Dvinak and Rovno along a 400 mile front to clear territory and capture a general several divisional commanders 425 officers and 8700 men.
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Berlin
London
Dvinak
Rovno
German War Office
Seattle Street Car Bandit Strikes Again
A street car bandit robbed a Fauntleroy line car at the suburban end of the route. Conductor D Rodgers lost 327 company funds and 10 dollars in personal coins. The description matches prior capers by the same thief.
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Seattle
Fauntleroy
D. Rodgers
Bradford Men Organize For The Campaign
Organization of supporters for mayoral candidate James J. Bradford is under way with campaign headquarters in the Postal Telegraph building. Bradford spoke at the Good Eats cafeteria and the Labor Temple and a mass meeting is planned at Dreamland Saturday night at 7 45. He has run for city office four times and led a shipbuilding effort with Otto A. Case during the war.
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James J. Bradford
Dreamland
Bradford Campaign Committee
Postal Telegraph Building
Good Eats
Labor Temple
State Prison Reform Club
Central Labor Council
Irish Republic to Open Washington Embassy with Ambassador
The Irish Republic plans an embassy in Washington with Dr. Patrick McCarten as ambassador. A New York meeting raised $2,000 to support the embassy, including a $10 gift from the Bolsheviks club of New York. McCarten will visit President Wilson on his Washington arrival to establish ties.
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New York
Washington
Bolsheviks Club of
Patrick McCarten
McCarten
Wilson
Girl Refuses to Salute the Flag in San Francisco
Sixteen year old Hazel Stewart was suspended from a San Francisco girls high school after refusing to salute the flag. She said she is a socialist and believes saluting any flag goes against her creed. Her mother defended the action saying the belief was taught.
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San Francisco
Hazel Stewart
Girls’ High School
Dance Hall Owners Bail After Nuisance Charge in Tacoma
In Tacoma on February 21 proprietors of the American Liberty and Lowenna dance halls were released on $500 bail after Wednesday arrests on charges of maintaining nuisances.
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Tacoma
Liberty
Dutch Butchers Strike in The Hague Over Cattle Prices
Dutch butchers stage a strike in The Hague as government fixed maximum retail prices squeeze profits. The government reportedly plans to seize cattle to enforce controls.
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The
Hague
Holland
Hanson and Brown to Speak at City Campaign Meeting
Ole Hanson and Dr. E J Brown will address a public meeting at Eagles hall Bal lard and in Hanson campaign offices at 210 New York block tonight at 8 oclock. Brown, a labor and municipal ownership candidate in 1912 and 1914, contrasts with Bradford while Hanson refrains from personal campaigning.
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Ole Hanson
DR. E. J. Brown
New York Block
Eagles’ Hall
Ballard
Er. J. Brown
Rep
W. T. Christensen
H. V. Bohlke
Dr. Brown
James EB. Bradford
Corporation Counsel
al the Brown
Bradford
Brown
Hanson
West Seattle
Canned Salmon Supplied to Army and Navy Halts Local Sales
The Pacific Northwest canned salmon supply was commandeered by the government. Ed B. Deming in Bellingham ordered holding all canned salmon for army and navy use, with prices to be fixed later. Chum grade excluded. Retail sales halted until further notice. Local canneries nationwide report complying and awaiting guidance.
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Pacific N West
Ed B. Deming
Bellingham
Northwest
Alaskan
Deming
W. Hoopes
Seattle
Apex Co
Food Administration
R. E. Small
Kelley-Clarke Co
Small
H. J. Tillman
The
San Juan Co
Embargo on Lake Coal Affects Two Dakotas
The fuel administration announced an embargo on lake shipments of bituminous coal to North and South Dakota, except for public utilities. Dakotas must rely on Montana and Wyoming stockpiles, freeing docks for Illinois and eastern centers.
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Washington
North
South Dakota
The
Fuel Administration
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Illinois
Mayor Mitchel Reports for Aviation Duty
Former New York mayor John Purroy Mitchel reports for duty at the North Island army aviation station with the rank of major. He joined the corps in New York after his defeat for re election.
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San Diego
Cal
John Purroy Mitchel
New York
North Island Army
German Press mocks Eastward successes as grotesque
Zurich reports Mannheim Volks Stimme condemns Germany's claims of successes in the East as baseless and unbecoming heroic troops. The pamphlet decries a non-existent enemy’s mobilized army and ridicules the wartime rhetoric.
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Zurich
Russia
Mannheim
Germany
Elihu Root Warns America Against Peace Talk
Elihu Root addressed the Congress of National Service in Chicago urging opposition to peace talks with Bolsheviks and warning that Russia’s leadership seeks territorial gains. He says Bolsheviks agitate peasants with peace rhetoric then pursue annexations and a Baltic province.
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Elihu Root
America
Chicago
Russia
Congress of National Service
Root
Litovsk
Baltic
Chop Trains Off N Y Chicago Run To One Fast Train
Washington officials announce a phased reduction of the New York to Chicago passenger service to one fast train each direction daily. Surveys determine exact conditions and line routing, with Regional Director Smith in New York and McAdoo noting current trains lack full passenger loads.
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N. Y
Chicago
Washington
New York
Railroad Administration
Seattle Man Burned Fighting Home Fire
Endeavoring to put out a blaze Wednesday morning, M. Shird of 2732 Commodore Way suffered severe burns to the neck and chest. Damages to the Patterson property in the Hogue building were slight.
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M. Shird
Commodore Way
D. C. Patterson
Hogue
Harry Lauder Misses Camp Lewis Speech
Harry Lauder III did not speak to Camp Lewis soldiers in Tacoma on February 21 due to illness, according to reports. The incident limited a planned address by the famed entertainer to troops at the military post.
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Harry Lauder III
Lewis
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Harry Lauder
Police Ball Set At Masonic Temple Friday Night
Police relief group hosts an annual ball at the Masonic temple Friday night with officers expected to attend in full dress and enjoy a social event to raise funds for the association.
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Relief Association
Masonic Temple
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W.W
Simpson
George M. Cohan
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Labor
B. J. Brown
Irish Republic
Army
Navy
the Food Administration
Northwest Canneries
Mitchel
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