Deserters From U S Army Endure Hardship in Mexican Exile
Ragged and starving deserters from an American regiment flee into southern Chihuahua Mexico. Garland Whitt, 18, describes life sleeping in Mexican hovels eating beans and tortillas living on burros and freight trains after slipping from El Paso into exile. He is now in a military prison awaiting fate.
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Deserters in Mexican Colony Face Unknown Fate
Whitt and another U. S. Army deserter drifted into a Mormon Colony in Mexico where they lived as part of a countryless group. They earned little, worked as vaquero, and were warned by a white rancher that if they did not return to estates they would face harsh punishment. They eventually headed toward Juarez hoping a future in France might come after the war.
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Probe of Coal Prices Under Review by Trade Commission
In reply to Mayor Hanson’s request for an investigation the trade commission wired Thursday that the matter is under consideration. Seattle will be advised later if a probe is advisable. Telegrams dated July 9 show the commission is taking the matter up with the fuel administration and will advise if assistance can be given.
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No Mortal Man Could Fill Wilsons Place
Letter to editor from Cliff L. Moore praises the current president and opposes any European trip by the president. He argues no mortal man could fill the president’s place at this critical time and urges caution, signing on behalf of himself and his wife.
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Wilson
the Star
Star
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White House
Cliff L. Moore
U S planning heavy tax on profiteering
Washington July 12 war profiteers will bear the heaviest taxes under a new war tax bill to raise five billion dollars. Luxuries for the people are a secondary consideration as the house ways and means committee drafts the measure. Profiteers must disgorge and return to the public part of their gains.
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Senate
Government rail standards urged in Ripon luncheon talk
R H Aiston regional director of the federal railroad administration told the Transportation club that the rail system must not revert to prior practices. He stressed maintaining the standards set by the government regardless of ownership.
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Federal Railroad Administration
Transportation Club
Japanese Officer Heads West Front Mission from Seattle
Japanese cavalry Colonel Masato Ishibashi arrived in Seattle from Tokyo and will visit Tennessee before sailing overseas to the western front as a special representative of his government.
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Tennessee
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Inland waterways branching project costs revealed
Washington reports the railroad administration plans to spend about $2.5 million to establish branch lines on inland waterways along the Mississippi and Black Warrior rivers. The allocation was learned today.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Missisippi
Black Warrior
British Take 120 Teutons on Flanders Front
London July 12 More than 120 prisoners and 10 machine guns were captured in a minor operation southwest of Morris on the Flanders front. Haig reported successful raids elsewhere on the Flanders front and in Picardy. Will Bt. Moore of Mount Vernon seeks relatives in Seattle after arriving last Monday. his mother Mrs Kate Moore died Thursday.
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Mount Vernon
Seattle
Mra Kate Moore
Largest draft quota leaves here July 25
The draft exemption board reports an average of 300 appeals daily from men seeking deferred classification after reclassifications. Entrainment orders set July 25 for Seattle departures, with the July quota projected to exceed June by about 60 percent. Authorities urge cooperation to enforce work or fight rules and capture evaders. A separate note mentions old newspapers ending up in China for wrapping, with a Hong Kong firm spending nearly a quarter of a million dollars last year.
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Ch. L. Proctor
Seattle
Thurreday
China
Hongkong
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