Seattle Traction Fares Under Probe by City Council
Outside accountants will review Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co books to judge fare fairness and determine if a higher rate is justified. Mayor Hanson and officials discussed wages, prewar profits, and possible 7 cent fares with labor board involvement if needed.
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Seattle
Hanson
O. K
War Labor Board
Traction Company
Morphine
Traction
Leonard
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
Hesketh
Italian Balkans offensive narrows Albanian front
United Press report describes Italian and allied forces sweeping across Albania aided by French and Albanians with British ships. They threaten Monastir and the old Roman road to Durazzo, aiming to disrupt Austro Hungarian control and provoke Slav discontent.
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Monastir
Durazzo
Adriatic
Serbia
Vojuzza
Semeni
Skhumbi
el Basan
Essad Pasha
Easad Pasha
Bulgaria
Austria
Albania
Austrian War Office
Vienna
Berat-Mierz
Fieri
Berat
Peasants Alarmed Defending Ukrainian Villages
Dispatch from Stockholm reports Ukraine in a country-wide revolt as German reinforcements push to 35 divisions. Peasant bands of 15 000 to 20 000 with artillery defend villages and trenches against landlords land redistributions.
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Stockholm
Ukraine
Wage increases eyed for 24 street car companies
Washington July 11 The national war labor board plans wage increase awards for 24 street car companies after employees appealed for higher scales.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Real Estate and Home Buy Deals in Seattle Star
The Star announces a forthcoming large section next Saturday listing top Seattle home and real estate buys. It promises readers opportunities to profit and homes to meet living needs, with listings designed to suit various requirements.
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Star
Seattle
Entente Aerial Victory Reported Over German Lines
United Press dispatch from France on July 11 states Allied aviation dominates the air war. British bombers operate mainly at low altitude for accuracy while German pilots fly mostly at night. A prisoner cites heavy disruption at the Bapaume rail hub as troops waited to board trains. An ace reportedly downed 25 aircraft in 30 days, nearing von Richthofen's total.
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Altho
Bapaulme
Baron von Hkiehthofen
British Planes Down German Units Amid Air War
London reports the air ministry says July 9 saw British pilots shoot down 10 German planes while anti aircraft fire claimed another. Three British aircraft were lost and a total of seven teen tons of bombs were dropped on the enemy during day and night operations.
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London
Air Ministry
Geddes Finds Submarines Weaker Amid Depth Charge Change
Sir Mikie Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, opening naval photographs exhibition, says subs are weaker. He notes fewer submarines operating now and that depth charges have turned hunters into the hunted.
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London
Mikie Geddes
The
Admiralty
England
Geddes
Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund Drive at Woodland Park
The Star reminds readers of the fundraising event at Woodland park Saturday at 7 30 PM. Manager Hazen J Titus promises fun and four automobiles to add excitement as the public is invited to gather at the band stand for the big moment.
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Our Boys In
France
Woodland Park
Hazen J. Titus
Ginger
Seek Pardon for Banker Collier
Mrs. Will Collier wife of the former president of the Northern bank of Seattle travels to Olympia to present a pardon petition for her husband jailed at Walla Walla for defrauding depositors. Only 25 percent of depositor funds have been returned to the thousands who lost savings.
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Olympia
Will Collier
Northern Bank of Seattle
Walla Walla
Steam Trawler Is Sunk Off Boston
The steam trawler Georgia of Boston was sunk off the harbor in a collision with the Bristol bound from Norfolk to this port. The Georgia's crew was saved and landed here as a heavy fog settled over the area.
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Boston
Georgia
Bristol
Norfolk
Austria Says New Albanian Defense Line Established
Vienna reports the war office announced a new defensive line in Albania. A French company advancing down the Devoll valley was repulsed.
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Vienna
London
Albania
Austrian War Office
Devoll
Italians Repulse Attack on Asiago
The war office announced that an enemy attack on Canove on the Asiago plateau was repulsed. In the Kentra valley there was artillery fighting.
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Asiago
Rome
Canove
War Office
Kenta
Barefoot Days to Be Rule for Teuts
Amsterdam reports Germany may make barefoot days compulsory due to material shortages. An official Berlin statement says popularity of going barefoot could trigger government rule if material remains scarce.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Berlin
Asquith Praises Wilson At Dinner Honors American Officers
London newspapers publish Asquith's praise of President Wilson at a dinner for Admiral Simms General Grible and other American officers. He says Wilson has carried his people with him and declared the grounds for his decision in state papers rivaling those of famed predecessors.
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London
Herbert Asquith
Wilson
Admiral Simms
Gribble
Asquith
Washington
Lincoln
No Censorship on Press Assurance to Senate
Washington July 11 Burleson the Postmaster General assured the Senate there will be no censorship of newspaper dispatches under government control of telegraph lines He said newspaper men would be asked to name one member to supervise transmission of press messages once the wires are taken over and a supervision system is established
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Burleson
Congress
Senate
Lewis
Ilinois
Germany names Von Hintze as foreign minister
Amsterdam July 11 reports Germany positively announces Admiral von Hintze will replace Kuehlmann as foreign minister. The Frankfurter Zeitung says Von Hintze already has been appointed.
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Amsterdam
Germany
von Hintze
Kuehlmann
Frankfurter Zeitung
If They Can Buy War Savings Stamps Title
The article notes war savings stamp purchases by inmates at McNeill Island. Thirteen prisoners bought stamps totaling 692.22 for the quarter ending June 30 1918. One inmate Andrew loedel bought 54 certificates at 4.17 each.
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War Savings
W. EE. Peachy
McNeill Island
United States
Andrew Loedel
British Advance Along Somme River Reported
British troops improved positions east of Villers Bretonneux after night operations south of the Somme. Haig said raids near Merrin and Festubert yielded prisoners and a machine gun. Paris reported French gains between the Aisne and Marne including Corey, the station, a castle, and St Paul farm with 40 prisoners.
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Villers Cretonneux
Marshal Haig
Villers Bretonneux
Merrin
Festubert
Flanders
Paris
Aisne
Marne
Corey
War Office
Retts Forest
St. Paul Farm
Maison Champagne
Mount Sansnom
Merris and
Health of Troops Reported Very Satisfactory by War Office
The War Office announced today that general health conditions among troops in the country remain very satisfactory, with figures cited to support the assessment.
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Washington
War Office
Italians Forcing Austrians Back to Skhumba River
Rome reports the Italian army in Albania continues its advance. The war office states Austrians are retreating toward the Skhumba river as Italian forces push forward.
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Rome
Albania
Skhumba River
Italian War Office
French gains, Corcy village seized southwest of Soissons
On the Marn front French troops captured Corcy between the Aisne and Marne, nine miles southwest of Soissons. Picardy reports show British advances east of Villers Bretonneux amid heavy shelling on the Somme. Albanian front notes Italian and Albanian forces pushing north along a 60 mile front between the Devoli and the Adriatic.
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Marne
Corcy
Soissons
Picardy
Somme
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Devoli
Adriatic
Monastir
Italian and Serbian Officers Apprehended in Archangel
The Bolshevik war commissariat in the northern region of Russia orders rapid war prep after allied landings on the Murman coast. Three hundred Italian and Serbian officers are reported arrested at Archangel on Lenin's orders, as consular officials deny any proclamation urging intervention.
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Stockholm
Bolshevik War Commissariat
Russia
Murman
Archangel
Lenine
Ukrainian Defi of Huns Voiced at Pan-Soviet Congress
A Ukrainian delegate at the pan soviet congress in Moscow denounced German imperialism in Ukraine. He accused German influence and warned of repression, while Mir Bach and allies watched as leftists cheered. The report notes tensions at the gathering and ongoing Bolshevik negotiations.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Petrograd
Mirbach
Ukraine
M. Alexandroff
Skoropadsky
Social Revolutionaries Rally in Moscow Siege
Amsterdam dispatch reports the social revolutionary committee still barricaded in Moscow’s municipal theatre and defiantly holding out. After the Mirbach assassination arrests followed as the revolutionaries moved against the viki, the latest official statement says they were defeated, hundreds arrested, others fled the city.
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Social Revolutionary Committee
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Berlin
Socialist Revolutionaries
Mirbach
Avolt
Viki
German Will Never Get Corn in Ukraine Says Hershfield
Hershfield a former inspector of levy for the Russian artillery commission said Ukraine corn will never be in German hands. He linked German seizures to peasant land dispossession and warned a 30 000 000 despoiled peasants hate Germany. He cited Napoleon's defeat as precedent for famine fear. Also reports from Copenhagen say Grand Duke Alexis was murdered by a Bolshevik bomber.
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Russian Artillery Commission
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