Higday Resigns as Port Manager to Join Oakland Firm
Higday, nine year manager of the port of Se, resigns and will affiliate with Parr McCormick in Oakland California. He tendered resignation to the port commission on Wednesday and leaves for Oakland to pursue new services. The commission regrets his departure as Frank M. Carock agent at Smith Cove also leaves for the Orient.
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Highday
Parr, McCormick & Oakland
Cal
Port Commission
Oakland Imations
Frank M. Car
Smith Cove
Orient YY
Car
Students to discuss peace problems at university
R. Porter, national student of the YMCA, will speak Friday at the university. He will lead a discussion on reconstruction problems in the men’s building.
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R. Porter
Uni
Mayor Hanson Signs Bonded Streetcar Purchase Ordi nances
Mayor Hanson affixed his signature to three ordinances enabling the city to buy traction systems for 15 million dollars in public utility bonds. The signing followed a delay to obtain a site and interest in the Skagit river power rights. The traction company had spent 221000 on Skagit exploration and surveys. the city seeks full claim to those rights before final bills are signed.
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Hanson
Skagit River
Skagit
Traction Company
Republican Leaders Weigh 1920 Plans in East Chicago
East Chicago, Jan 9—Republican leaders discussed presidential possibilities for 1920 ahead of the national committee meeting. Roosevelt's death alters the field whether he would have run. Will Hays arrives to confer with the women’s committee as Reynolds signals routine business and a curtailed session. Committeemen Fred Stanley and others travel to the conference.
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Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Will Hays
Republican Women's National Committee
James B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Seasion
Roosevelt
Fred Stanley
Kansas
Pat Sullivan
Wyoming
Allan Jaynes
Arisona
Harry Kelly
New Mexico
H. H. McGregor
Texas
Seattle Foreign Trade Club hears Tokyo embassy official
Pacific coast opportunities to enlarge trade with the Orient were emphasized at the Seattle Foreign Trade Club meeting. Dr Frank R. Rutter, commercial attache of the United States embassy in Tokyo, spoke at the Wednesday night session.
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Pacific Coast
Seattle
Funeral for Mrs. Fannie A Crocker Held at Lake View
Funeral services for 92 year old Mrs Fannie A Crocker who died Tuesday at her home 968 Doriast Georgetown will be held tomorrow morning. The body will be buried in Lake View cemetery.
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Fannie A. Crocker
Doriast
Georgetown
Lake View Cemetery
Prominent ship men to attend Washington Association dinner
G W Keeney named new president of the Washington Association No 1 Masters Mates and Pilots. City and county officials and leading shipping men will attend the annual dinner on January 39 at the Masonic club.
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Washington Association
Masonic Club
G. W. Keeney
M'Bride to resign as city post amid health crisis
Mayor Hanson announced M'Bride’s resignation at a Frederick and Nelson gathering as the city battles a deadly epidemic. He urged a state prisonlike lockup for disease victims and supported reconstruction plans in Tacoma. Evelyn Gardiner backed public welfare boards and visiting nurse programs.
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Hanson
Out
Frederick and
Nelson
McBride
Seattle Charity Organisations Society
Maj. Lieyd
U. S
Public Health Service
Red Cross
Fourth Ave
University
Russian Ambassador Charged With Aiding Old Regime
Alexander Brakovsky, editor of the Workman and Peasant, claims boris Rakhmeteff the Russian ambassador to the United States had 85 million rubles in banknotes printed in the U S to restore the old regime. Rakhmeteff now attends the Paris peace conference.
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New York
Boris Rakhmeteff
United States
Russia
Alexander Brakovsky
Rakhmeteff
Paris
Joshua Sykes and Apostles Guilty
Joshua Sykes and his three followers were found guilty in federal court of obstructing the draft. The jury urged leniency for the founder of the Church of the Living God and his apostles, who had been run out of Berkeley after UC students burned their church.
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Ban Francisco
Jan
Joshua Sykes
Church of the Living God
Berkeley
University of California
Sykes
12941 Americans on Russian Front
The War Department released figures showing 12 941 American forces operating against Helsacheviki elements in Humda including 12 941 officers and men.
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Washington
Humda
War Department
Peaceful Uses for Implements of War
London readers learn that trenching tools will be repurposed for gardening with farmers and gardeners set to benefit. Surplus khaki to be scrapped for making shoddy, aiming to lower men’s clothing prices. Barbed wire recommended for fencing and duckboards for chicken houses and pigpens.
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London
Frisco Board to Redraft Flu Mask Ordinance
San Francisco leaders plan to rewrite and reenact the influenza mask law as public concern over the illness remains high. The board of supervisors is expected to meet today to finalize the language before a re enactment tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Three Ship Workers Face Fraud Charge
Arthur Hadevia aged 18 Erick Anderson 17 and Leo Hade vis were arrested Wednesday in Ames for manipulating gate checks to defraud Ames Construction and Dry Dock Co. They are held in the city jail.
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Ames Construction & Dry Dock Co
Arthur Hadevia
Erick Anderson
Leo Hadevis
Roosevelt Memorial Services Held At St. Mark's Church
Memorial services following the Oyster Bay church form will be repeated at St. Mark's on Sunday night. Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner of Portland will deliver the oration.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Mark's Church
Walter Taylor Sumner
Portland
Cuba Seeks 160000 Barrels Flour and Spare Ships
Cuba urgently requires 160000 barrels of flour and ships to transport it. The U S shipping board coast headquarters in San Francisco is seeking carriers and local shipping men indicate Beattie may be called to supply some vessels.
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Cuba
U. S. Shipping Board
San Francisco
Beattie
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