Bombardment of Yarmouth and Nordic details rise from war front
London reports a nighttime sea bombardment of Yarmouth with twenty shells. Three killed and ten injured as shells hit roofs and chimneys. the attack lasted five minutes with a star shell illuminating the town. Germany’s subs or ships likely carried out the assault.
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London
Yarmouth
Lord French
Home Case
Germany
Norfolk
England
Norwich
Day Air Raid Over Germany Fires Karlsruhe Town
A British air fleet dropped over a ton of explosives on Karlsruhe in a daylight raid. Airmen photographed factories and fires at railway junctions and munition dumps. The official report notes heavy anti aircraft fire and several enemy fighters shot down. all aircraft reached targets and returned safely.
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Ation
Karlsruhe
War Situation Across Europe and Atlantic
Allied forces celebrate air raids while Germany launches a sea attack on Yarmouth. Russia remains chaotic with Brest-Litovsk talks deadlocked. Romanian legation arrests in Petrograd shock observers. Wilson's peace drive continues as copies drop behind German lines. Teuton spy nets snag Walter Spormann and nine others in Norfolk. Pope sources say peace is unlikely.
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Russia
Brest-Litovek
Petrograd
Wilson
Teuton
United States
Walter Spormann
Norfolk
Pope Informed No Peace Hope At This Time
Vatican information reports papal nuncios to Austria and Germany saying there is no encouragement for peace hopes now. The pope will suspend judgment until governmental pronouncements are received.
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Rome
Vatican
Austria
Germany
Wife Seeks Divorce Over Picture Tearing Incident
Mrs Martha Van Houter of 5208 45th Ave NW says her husband tore up a picture of President Wilson and wished Germany would win the war. She stated he refused to give her $1 to join the Red Cross and has a navy brother. The court granted a divorce Tuesday.
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Martha van Houter
45Th Ave
United States Navy
Wilson
Germany
Red Cross
Million-Dollar Paper Mill Planned for Hoquiam
Hoquiam reports a new 2,000-ton daily capacity paper mill to be built at once using a novel process that cuts pulp production from 72 hours to three hours. R. Thomas announces the project, predicting major cost reductions and employment for nearly 5,000 workers in woods and mills with a $1,000,000 investment.
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Hoquiam
R. Thomas
Thomas
Russians Arrest Romanian Legation Members
Petrograd reports the arrest today of all members of the Romanian legation, sparking a sensation among the diplomatic corps in the capital.
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Petrograd
Slick way to gain mileage with tire soles
The high cost of shoe leather does not worry Earl Allen Carr who says he cuts half-soles from an old auto tire to save wear and get better mileage from his shoes. He claims the rubber soles provide good mileage and keep from skidding.
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Earl Allen Carr
Denman to Appear Before Probers in Shipping Board Dispute
The senate commerce committee will hear William Denman today. He is a prominent figure in the Goethals Denman shipping board dispute and seeks to deny all blame for delaying ship building.
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Senate Commerce Committee
William Denman
Goethals Denman Shipping Board
Denman
University of Pennsylvania removes Kaiser and von Bernatorff from honorary degree list
Trustees vote unanimously to strip Emperor William II and Count Johann E. Von Bernatorff of honorary degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. The action follows peaceful protests and reflects wartime sentiment in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Kaiser Bill
University of Pennsylvania
Emperor William of
Germany
Johann E. von Bernatorff
United States
Woman Claims Colusa Pig Was Best Sacrifice to Hoover
A Colusa county woman writes to the food administration boasting of her family’s wartime thrift. She says she slaughtered a 192 pound pig and produced four and a half gallons of lard, soap from cracklings, mincemeat, scrapple, sausage, pickled tongue and feet, fried liver, and bacon from the remaining meat, challenging Mr. Hoover to outdo her.
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Ban Francisco
Colusa County
The
Food Administration
Ex-Prosecutor Pattison Jailed Here On Check Scheme
Former Whitman county prosecuting attorney Paul B Pattison, 31, jailed in Seattle on charges of taking two checks from his employer and cashing them after already serving a year for embezzlement. Pattison had pleaded guilty in 1910 and received a one year sentence in the Monroe reform school. He later moved to Seattle then Spokane, where one check was cashed in Seattle and the other in Spokane. He has a wife and three children in Spokane.
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Monroe Reformatory
Paul
Pattison
Whitman County
Seattle
J. W. Redy
White Building
Rody
Spokane
Train wreck kills three near Beloit on Union Pacific line
A Beloit branch passenger train on the Union Pacific toppled into Plum Creek after a loose rail. Three or more are dead and 18 injured as the engine cleared the bridge but coaches derailed two miles east of Beloit, Salina, Kansas, on January 15.
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Salina
Kan
Beloit
Union Pacific
Plum Creek
Ritter's Fate Remains Unknown at Camp Lewis
Camp Lewis, Tacoma January 15 The War Department has not decided how to handle Sergt Major Helmuth Ritter held on espionage charges. No formal charges have been filed and a decision on trial for espionage or internment as an alien enemy awaits the judge advocate general. Ritter allegedly stole documents from the division adjutant and passed them to German agents.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
War Department
Helmuth Ritter
Judge Advocate General
Insurance for seamen in new subboat zone
Washington January 15. Insurance of officers and crews on American merchant vessels traversing Germanys newest submarine zone was made mandatory by Secretary McAdoo, head of the war risk bureau. The order covers ships bound for Cape Verde ports and west coast ports of Africa north of Sierra Leone.
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Washington
Germany
McAdoo
War Risk Bureau
Cape Verde Islands
Africa
Sierra Leon
Nugent Seen Likely to Fill Brady's Senate Seat
Boise Idaho January 15 belief grows that John F Nugent a Boise Democrat will be appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator James H Brady Nugent left for Washington Governor Alexander declines to discuss the appointment Hawley supporters concede Brady's seat to Nugent
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Boise
Ida
John F. Nugent
Idaho
Call Volunteers For 250000 Ship Workers
Washington January 15 a quarter of a million men will join as volunteer reserve shipyard workers announced by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board. State councils of defense and employment agencies will enlist 250000 men and send them to shipyards quickly with about 100000 at work within five months.
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Washington
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
State Councils of Defense and Employment Agencies
Germany denies plan to ill-treat American POWs
Copenhagen reports a Berlin dispatch stating the German general staff denied any intention to treat American prisoners of war more severely than others. The denial accuses the United States of relying on irresponsible sources seeking to provoke hatred.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
United States
What Ho Dont Use Sammy Name Any More
Brig. Gen. Frederick B. Foltz at Camp Lewis asked correspondents to drop the nickname Sammies for American soldiers. Capt. M D Welty informed writers of the order, which omits a stated reason but reflects a broader move to avoid terms not pleasing to soldiers.
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Sammy
Tacoma
Frederick
Foltz Today
Camp Lewis
M.D. Welty
Gill Files for Another Term
Mayor H. C. Gill filed for re election at noon Tuesday. He had long been expected to run and indicated he would after the Seattle ban and the vice debate with Gen. Greene. Following his disbarment he decided to enter the race.
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Gill
Seattle
Gen. Greene
Washington shield bill blocks cities from water power sites
Public utilities committee of the Municipal league urged amendments to the Shields bill. A full report was read at the Masonic club meeting. The measure would bar municipalities from applying for power sites unless state public service regulation would cover rates and service. The state commission cannot regulate municipally owned utilities.
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Washington
Public Utilities Committee
The
Municipal League
League
Masonic Club
Arcade Building
State Public Service Commission
Four Thousand Germans Storm Junker Party Meeting
Report from Amsterdam dated January 15 says four thousand people at a Fatherland junkerite meeting in Jena turned the event into a peace conference. They stormed the platform and ousted Pan-German speakers, voting for peace negotiations.
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Amsterdam
Fatherland Junkerite
Jena
Leipzig Volkazeitung
Arizona National Guard Officer Jailed for Border Desertion
Joseph W. Conroy a former second lieutenant in the Arizona National Guard will serve two and a half years in a federal disciplinary bar racks for deserting while his unit was on duty at the Mexican border last year.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Joseph W. Conroy
Arizona National Guard
City Council Committee Advances Fish Market Funding
A resolution to appropriate 1500 for a municipal fish market was passed by the utilities committee on Tuesday. It was referred to the finance committee, which will act on it Friday.
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Utilities Committee
Finance Committee
Grover Alexander Drafted in Lincoln Class 1
Lincoln Nebraska January 15 Grover Alexander reports via telephone he has been drafted and placed in Class 1 Division A. He recently received his draft card from St. Paul Nebraska and is awaiting call for examination. Alexander spent the winter in Omaha.
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Lincoln
Neb
Grover Alexander
Alexander
St. Paul
Omaha
Hunts Lost Brother Believed Deceased Sought by Brother in Seattle
Emil Allbrecht of Rolla North Carolina searches Seattle for his brother Ernest missing since leaving home thirteen years ago. Emil suspects foul play and notes Ernest recently sold Alaska mine holdings for eight thousand dollars.
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Ernest Allbrecht
Rolla
N. C
Seattle
Emil
Ernest
Alaska
Unique Zero Street Highlighted at Camp Lewis
Camp Lewis Tacoma reports a street named Zero praised as the only highway with that designation in the country per municipal authorities. The note emphasizes the distinct naming at the cantonment as a point of interest for visitors and residents.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Northern Bank Dividends to Be Paid Tomorrow
A 20 percent dividend from the Northern Bank and Trust Co. will be payable after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday January 16. Depositors may receive slips but need not wait for notification to apply at the state bank examiner's office in the White building.
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Northern Bank and Trust Co
State Bank
White
Superior Court
Issaquah Coal Lands
Five Die in Fire Destroys Home Near Expyville
A fatal blaze at the home of Chris Houck near Expyville in this county left five people dead. The fire occurred early today, and investigators traced the blaze to an unsafely housed dwelling, with casualties including children. Further details and official statements were not immediately available.
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Chris Houck
Expyville
Marion
Nate Per
Italians Succeed In Monte Zolone Rail Operation
Italian troops carried out operations around Monte Zolone Monte Spinoncia and Caposile with many prisoners taken according to Gen Plummer. British forces north of Lens raided and captured prisoners and a machine gun in an official statement. An earlier Berlin report said Italian attacks around Monte Solone and Monte Pertia failed with heavy losses.
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Monte Zolone
London
Monte Spinoncia
Caposile
Plummer
Italy
Lens
Armentieres
Berin
Berlin
Monte Solone
Monte Pertiea
Fortune of Mrs Wenban Falls From 4 Million to Forty Four
Before the 1906 San Francisco fire Mrs Caroline Wenban held an estate valued at 4 000 000 dollars. A month before her death her will was filed showing only 44 46 in actual assets.
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San Francisco
Caroline Wenban
Detectives monitor pallbearer in Napavine murder case
Chehalis January 15. Two detectives watched Oscar B. Main, a pallbearer at Fred Swayne’s Napavine store death, as authorities seek evidence linking Main to the hatchet murder. Sheriff reports no details released. Main claims an alibi. friends gather.
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Chehalis
Oscar B. Main
Fred Swayne
Napavine
Main
Swayne
Plan to register all men of age since June 5 1917
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon proposed immediate registration of all men who have become 21 since June 5, 1917. Secretary Baker endorsed the bill, which is estimated to add 500000 men to the national army.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Oregon
Baker
National Army
Kaiser Worries Over Short Baby Crop Drives Mothers to Labor
Washington January 15 Kaiser worries over a short German baby crop but the same advices show concern for mothers after men go to the front. The magistry doubled food vouchers for newly married couples and a Bonn notice demands soldiers wives report for labor under penalties.
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Kaiser
George Martin
United Press
Washington
Germany
Austria
Magistry
Bonn
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Lewis County
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Justice of the Peace
W. A. Westover
Swaynes
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Oscar R. Main
University of Washington
Avi
John F. Hearley
United Press Correspondent
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Nugent
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Joker
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Junker
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