Allied War Council urges immediate Russia action
United Press reports the inter allied war council and Gen. call for immediate military and economic intervention in Russia. British French Italian and Japanese lines land at Vladivostok after a Bolshevik Czech battle. 600 Bolshevik sailors surrender. Diplomats expect U S stance soon and anticipate multi nation involvement in Siberia.
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Washington
Russia
Inter-Allied War Council
W.heen
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
War Council
Vladivostok
Foch
Siberia
Inter-Allied Council
America
Red Guards
Balkans
China
United States
City and Traction Reach Tentative Peace Terms
Mayor Hanson sent a written ultimatum to the traction company after talks with Traction President W A Leonard. The city aims to release the company from paying obligations and grant transfers and universal exchange rights while planning to decide on fares at Monday’s city council session. The dispute centers on wage costs and future earnings.
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Hanson
Traction Company
Traction
W.A. Leonard
Stone- Webster
Movie Actors Classified as Effective Workers in Wartime
Washington July 6 Colonel Warren heads the appeals section of the provost marshal general's office declares movie actors musicians and skilled stage workers engaged in performances will be treated as in effective industries under the work or fight regulation. Baseball players retain their original ruling.
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Washington
Warren
McAdoo Improves After Yosemite Outing
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo along with Mrs. McAdoo and Assistant Director On ear Price traveled from Merced toward Lake Tahoe after a two week Yosemite outing. He remains in gradual recovery from the illness that ended his vacation and will stay at Tahoe for several days before returning East.
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Merced
Cal
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Ear Price
Lake Tahoe
Yosemite
Tahoe
Four Million Dollar Deportation Suits Filed in Bisbee
Damages totaling 4 million dollars were filed in Cochise county superior court against firms alleged to have participated in deporting 1200 I W Ws from Bisbee last year. Nearly 200 of the deported men are listed as plaintiffs in the suits.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Superior Court of
Cochise County
Bisbee
Fourth of July TV and Film Tease at Liberty Theatre
The Star Liberty Weekly previews Fourth of July celebrations at Volunteer Park with hand grenade throwing and a Navy tug of war. The feature show includes Crowds at Alki and aviator Eddie Hubbard with Lt. Condon heading to Camp Lewis aboard a Boeing airplane. Mayor Hanson leads the grand march down Second Avenue in the Fourth of July pageant.
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Star-Liberty
Liberty Theatre
Seattle
Volunteer Park
U. S
Alki
Eddie Hubbard
Condon
Camp Lewis
Hanson
Second Ave
Mitchel the Young Mayor Dies in Europe War
Ex mayor Mitchel is praised as a fine, upstanding American who died in active military service in Europe. The tribute highlights his patriotism, opposition to corruption, and immigrant heritage, asserting he represented the Mitchel type of true American on the battlefields against the Hun.
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Mitchel
Europe
River disaster leaves Pekin in mourning
Sixty four bodies were recovered from the Columbia wreck with about 100 listed as missing. Coroner and Red Cross officials voiced estimates of the death toll between 50 and 75 as crowds mobbed morgues and undertakers. Survivors were rushed to Pekin for care while troops restored order and tickets for the excursion were traced.
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Jesse Black
Red Cross
Pekin
Wealey
Weeley
Clary
Lack Signatures Keep Initiatives Off Ballot
Olympia July 6 No initiatives will go on the ballot this year as a result of failing to obtain sufficient signatures. Final filing ended at 5 p m Friday. The non partisan election bill municipal marketing eight hour measure prevention of taking fish with traps seines or nets and a bill to legalize picketing during strikes failed of signatures.
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Olympia
Second Camp to Open on Campus Monday July 8
The second civilian military camp for business men and youths aiming for the army opens Monday at the university. Over two weeks of intensive training under Capt. P. J. Perry includes bayonet drill grenade throwing semaphore signaling and close order drill with lectures from military and university authorities on army topics.
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No Man's Land
University
P. J. Perry
Six Missing in U S Ship Loss Covington Torpedoed
Six crew members are missing after the U S transport Covington was torpedoed in a war zone while returning home. The ship sunk the next day after Monday’s hit. destroyers and surrounding convoy prevented sighting the submarine. Some crew were injured and treated in French hospitals.
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Washington
U. S
Covington
Navy Department
Canadian Troop Ship City of Vienna Sunk off Atlantic
Boston July 6 report says Canadian troop ship City of Vienna was wrecked off the Atlantic coast. Seven hundred Canadian troops aboard were rescued safely by an American patrol boat that navigated dense fog to reach them.
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Boston
City of Vienna
Atlantic
British Patrols Capture Teutons
London reports Field Marshal Haig says hostile artillery at Villers-Bretonneux, with a patrol encounter near Ypres yielding prisoners.
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Teutons
London
Villers-Bretonneux
Marshal Haig
Ypres
Aviator George Roe Reported Captured by Germans
Washington July 6 The naval department was advised that Ensign George Roe a Scituate Massachusetts aviator in the navy has been captured by the Germans and is imprisoned at Camp Landshut the German internment camp for aviators.
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Washington
Naval Department
Lima
George Roe
Scituate, Maass
Camp Landshut
Tobacco Fund Drive Closing This Saturday July 13
The tobacco fund drive will end at 7 30 p m with a public meeting at Woodland Park to mark the close of the drive for 40000 dollars. Manager Hazen J Titus announced that by tonight they expect to top the goal.
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Woodland Park
Hazen J. Titus
Aviator Maj. John Purroy Mitchel Dies In Plane Crash
At Gerstner Field Lake Charles La July 6 Maj John Purroy Mitchel former mayor of New York City was killed instantly when his scout airplane plunged about 500 feet during training. Officials said they would not yet explain the accident and ordered an investigation.
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Lake Charles
Gerstner Field
Here
John Purroy Mitchel
New York City
Ma. Mitchel
Signal Corps
Mitchel
Geratner Field
New York Mourns Mitchel as Mayor Turned Aviator
Former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel died in a plane crash at Gerstner Field Lake Charles Louisiana. The city hall flag was flown at half mast and Mayor Hylan issued messages of sympathy and calls for honors to be paid to the late leader. Mitchel born July 19 1879 in Fordham and educated at Columbia and New York Law School married Olive Child in 1909.
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New York
John Purroy Mitchel
Gerstner Field
Lake Charles
Mitchel
Hylan
Fordham
N. Y
Capt
James
Mary Mitchel
Columbia University
New York Law School
Olive Child
Franklin D Child
Boston
Wheat price fixed at 2.40 a bushel in agricultural bill
Washington reports the House approved an amendment fixing wheat at 2.40 dollars per bushel by a 150 to 106 vote. The action marks a compromise with the Senate which had pressed for 2.50 per bushel in previous amendments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ole Hanson Arrested in Portland for Non Support
Portland police detained Ole Hanson on July 6 on a charge of non support of his wife and children. He is held pending arrival of an officer from Spokane, his home, clarifying that he is not Seattle's mayor Ole Hanson.
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Ole
Portland
Ole Hanson
Hanson
Spokane
Seattle
First Official U S War Film at Met on July 15
The United States government will present at the Metropolitan theatre starting July 15 the first official American war film, Pershing's Crusaders. Produced and owned by the government, no private interests are involved and all proceeds go to the U S government. The aim is to strike a blow to German propaganda.
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United States
Metropolitan Theatre
Senate Heated Debate Over Wire Seizure Bill
President Wilson clashed with the Senate over a measure to empower seizure of national communication lines. House approval came 221 to 4, sending the bill to the Senate as Borah criticized a late recess while Martin argued presidential authority suffices. Wilson urged action before recess.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Martin
White House
Senator Borah
Want Filipinos For The Border Invasion Plan
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Hartigan promotes sending a division of Filipino troops to guard the Mexican border. He argues it would relieve white forces and benefit Mexicans by channeling influence through Spanish-speaking island troops with strong patriotic ideals.
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Los Angeles
Thomas L. Hartigan
Girl quits taxi job will be mail carrier
Miss Alpha J. Rudd of 2509 Fight ave transfers from taxi driving to delivering mail for Uncle Sam. She is the second woman temporarily assigned to a Seattle mail route, starting with rounds of the Green building and nearby blocks.
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Alpha J. Rudd
Fighthave
Uncle Sam
Seattle
Fatal shooting by father-in-law ends with suicide in San Francisco
In San Francisco on July 6 Mariani Pointerl shot his son-in-law Michael Rinella after a quarrel over Rinella moving from Pointerl's house. Pointerl then shot himself in the head. Rinella was fatally wounded, relatives said.
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San Francisco
Mariani Pointerl
Michael Rinella
Rinella
Wire Strike goes into effect at 4 A M Monday
Seattle local of the Commercial Telegraphers Union will strike at 4 A M Monday. An open meeting at the Labor temple Sunday evening will finalize strike plans with Western Union employees invited. J J Rohan will lead the action in Seattle and says Western Union staff will join. The union members, known as such, have been in Western Union offices gathering information on company anti union methods.
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Seattle
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Labor Temple
Western Union
J. J. Rohan
International
Rohan
Senator Lewis Pushes Bill to Create Transportation Department
Washington July 6 Senator Lewis of Illinois introduces a bill establishing a department of telephone and telegraph to oversee railroads and lines owned or controlled by the government. The measure also creates a secretary of transportation and telegraph to supervise rail and water transport and all telegraphs and telephones.
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Washington
Lewis
Illinois
Department of Telephone and Telegraph
Transportation and Telegraph
Sun Rising in the West Prompts Astronomical News
A special Star dispatch reports a remarkable astronomical phenomenon with a courier arriving by Monday. The Star urges readers to watch Monday's edition for full details.
War Office confirms Hamel capture in Somme operations
London reports the war office admits Hamel fallen to Italian and American forces. Berlin counters with claims of Australian attack north of the Somme. Haig notes 1500 prisoners taken in Somme actions. Italians announce success on the Piave and in the mountains.
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London
War Office
Hamel
Berlin
Somme
Czecho Slovak forces capture Vladivostok
Slovaks establish a Siberia commissariat after their Saturday seizure of Vladivostok. About fifteen thousand Cyvechs took the city, seizing the soviet HQ, the national bank, offices, railway station, and ammunition depots with minor resistance. Casualties: Czechs 3 killed 155 wounded. Soviets 51 killed 159 wounded. Allied forces landed to restore order.
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Tokio
Vladivostok
Siberia
Call Conference at White House
Washington July 6. Decisions on the inter allied war council urge for Russia aid were believed in the making after noon at an important conference at the White House. Secretaries Baker Daniels and Lansing Chief of Staff March and Admiral Benson responded.
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Washington
War Council
Russia
White House
Baker
Daniels
Lansing
March
Benson
Naval Operations
March Names Vaux Heroes in War Summary
Washington report lists Ninth and 28th Infantry and 12th 15th 17th Field Artillery as key units in the American success at Vaux. Chief Staff March says these forces formed part of the end division under Maj. Gen. Bundy. He notes 1,000,000 men embarked and warns Germans prepare for a renewed assault.
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Washington
Vaux
March
Bundy
Ing
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Met
L. C. Martin
R. R
Toul
Paris
Toul Front
French War Office
le Chaume Wood
Vaux Heroes
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