Traffic Violators Brought to Seattle Police
Three traffic violators were brought to police headquarters in Seattle on Thursday morning. W. F. Miller, 24, chauffeur, released on $10 bail after crossing an intersection at more than 15 miles per hour. V M. Thornton, 27, salesman, charged with passing a car discharging passengers, bail set at $5. C. Brockman, 44, grocer, detained for rear light not lit.
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W. F. Miller
M. Thornton
Bell
C. Brockman
Water famine hits Jersey City as taps run dry
In Jersey City residents left faucets open to guard against frozen pipes causing a water famine. Railroads with local terminals face engine water shortages and limited drinking water for residents amid the cold snap.
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Jersey City
N. J
Kaiser Paves Way For Real Peace Plans
United Press correspondent reports entente and neutral diplomats in Washington believe Germany aims for a genuine peace offer within two months. The plan is seen as an atmosphere setter, with concessions expected but ensuring elimination of Kaiser and the German military. Russia's Brest-Litovsk stance adds tension as officials monitor counter propaganda and potential shifts in fighting posture.
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United
Washington
Jan
Entente
Germany
Hohenzollerniem
Russia
Lenine Trotsky
Red Guards
Seattle Firm Is Investigated Over Navy Ship Contracts
Washington officials probe Sloan Shipyard Corp of Seattle into payments of $400,000 to Clunchfield Navigation Co of Dante VA claimed as brokerage for securing six wooden ship contracts after inquiries by the Senate Commerce Committee.
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Washington
Sloan Shipyard Corporation of
Seattle
Senate Commerce
Sloan Corporation
Clunchfield Navigation Company
Dante, Va
Quarters Commutation Urged for Officers by Hawthorne
Col. J. M. Hawthorne presided at a meeting of local exemption boards urging Congress to provide commutation of quarters for officers of the national army. Maj. F. W. Manley and Representative Miller attended the session at the Scott's Clearing House association headquarters and endorsed the proposal as an urgent corrective measure.
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F. W. Manley
Representative Miller
Rscott
Clearing House Association
National Army
Congress
J. M. Hawthorne
Russian War Orphan to Enter United States for Adoption
Twelve year old Dania Lucia Lauberg, a Russian war orphan held by U S immigration officials after arrival on a Japanese liner, will be granted entry. She seeks refuge in America, believes her father is in New York, and Seattle plans to adopt her after red tape and an effort to locate her father are resolved.
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Tattle
Dania Lucia Lauberg
U. S
New York
Dania
Japan
America
Seattle
Shipyard Employees Aid Burial Fund Raising
Fred Jamke of the Skinner & Eddy shipyards collected 710 from fellow workers on Thursday morning and handed it to the burial fund for Mrs. Betty Norbury. Mrs. Norbury lay in the undertaking parlors eight days as her soldier son lacked funds to cover funeral costs.
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Fred Jamke
Skinner & Eddy Shipyards
Ralph Horr
Betty Norbury
Mrs. Norbury
Caldwell to Haste to Washington for Diablo Canyon Permit
Corporation Counsel Hugh Caldwell will hurry to Washington this week to assure Secretary of Agriculture Houston that Seattle intends to develop the Diablo canyon power plant if a permit is granted. Arrangements have been completed to obtain control of the site from the Stone Webster interests. The council met Thursday and decided to send Caldwell.
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Hugh Caldwell
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Seattle
Diablo Canyon
Stone Webster
Caldwell
Cow attends school in Chicago for ag clinic
A cow joined students at Lane Technical High School in Chicago for a three day agricultural clinic. The animal will be used in laboratory work to aid teacher training and lesson demonstrations.
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Chicago
Lane Technical High School
Glycerine Mixture for Appendicitis
Beattie residents advised a glycerine and buckthorn bark mixture to flush the bowel and relieve stomach issues as a preventative for appendicitis. The advertisement claims instant, pleasant action and a clean stomach, with Swift's Pharmacies listed at Second Ave and Pike St and 235 N. Roadway.
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Adierika
Swift
Second Ave
Pike St
Farmers and Government Tackle 1918 Labor Challenge
FE Wilcox of the agriculture department says wartime farm production can rise despite army mobilization. Canada showed high output with 600 000 workers abroad. the U S can match by better coordination and local labor management. The issue is distribution not total labor, and farmers and towns must cooperate to win the war in the furrows.
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Harry B. Hunt
Washington
Dan
United States
Army
Navy
Feeb. Wircox
Division of Farm Management
Department of Agriculture
Wilcox
Canada
France
Must Use Boys to Help Solve Farm Problem
The farm labor problem is present and ongoing. the plan calls for a systematic labor survey to determine farmer needs and methods to meet them. It also promotes fuller cooperation among farmers in utilizing available labor within the community.
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Fuller
War Labor Plan Proposes Shifts To Aid Agriculture
The proposal outlines steps to move labor from saturated industrial areas to farming regions, expand machin ery for transfer, utilize underused labor such as high school age boys, replace men with women in some roles, and ensure able bodied men not working full days are regularly employed. The plan aims to relieve labor shortages in agriculture and maximize available workforces nationwide.
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Stepa
Plan to Mobilize School Children for Harvest Labor
Secretary Corbaley of the Chamber of Commerce proposes a plan to close schools during harvest season and release workers from nonessential industries next summer. School authorities would temporarily close and towns would halt nonessential public work to mobilize labor for Washington crops.
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Washington
Corbaley
Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Rogers
Farm Labor Committee
State Council of Defense
Huns Evacuate Russia for Bolshevik Peace Demands
Copenhagen reports Brest Litovak peace talks collapse as Russian delegates reject German terms. They say German proposals ignore the siege conditions and the will of occupied peoples, insisting evacuation of Russian lands before any settlement can stand.
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Russia
Copenhagen
Petrograd
Brest-Litovak
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Large Christmastime Red Cross Enrollment Reaches 16 Million
A nationwide official report states 16 million new Red Cross members joined during the Christmas campaign. The figure reflects substantial public support and broad participation across communities.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
Submarine Losses Surge in December War Report
London reports December saw the highest submarine sinkings since the war began as crews deteriorate and equipment worsens. Allied tonnage fell from prior months with British arrivals at 2,111 and 2,074 sailings, French and Italian losses listed.
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London
Man's clothing found strengthens gearhart death theory
Seaside Ore January 5 Belief that FE. J. Frazier who disappeared from Eugene recently committed death by own action at Gearhart beach was strengthened today by the finding of clothing and papers supposed to have belonged to him.
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Seaside
Ore
FE. J. Frazier
Eugene
Gearhart Beach
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