British General Plans Atlantic Flight to Europe
Maj. Gen. Brancker of the British army arrives in Washington to finalize an air route across the Atlantic. Officials expect a 40 hour flight using Liberty motors, with aims to send hundreds of aircraft across and raid munitions plants in Germany, plus cross to France.
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Europe
Brancker
British Air Equipment
Washington
Germany
English Channel
France
Movie Queen Seizes Silk Flags At Naval Camp Tale
One sailor and one girl worry as Clara Kimball Young visits a naval training camp aboard the Princeton. She admires two wig wag flags, takes them from the signal locker, prompting Jackie to fear Mary’s reaction to the star’s bold snag.
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Miss Young
Naval Training Station
Lake Washington
Princeton
Jackie
Mary
Thrift Stamp Day Aimed at Civic Support
A local thrift stamp drive promotes wartime savings to aid the war effort. Organizers urge participation to back national defense and bolster morale through small, affordable stamps.
Labor Buy 40000 Tickets for Seattle Victory Carnival
The Seattle Girls' Victory carnival industrial committee with 160 workers canvassed shipyards and plants to sell 40000 season tickets toward 100000 required this week. A Seattle bank refused solicitors leading to doubling the bank’s quota. The Streetcar Men's local bought 100 tickets for members and Schwager Nettleton Mill gave a ticket to every employee who bought one.
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Seattle
Beattle Bank
R. KR. Fox
Schwager. Nettleton Mill Company
Tiffin's Record to Be Campaign Basis
Dr. C. C. Tiffin, king county coroner and reelection candidate, cites his tenure for reducing political influence on the coroner's office. He notes passage of a bill penalizing officials who use office for private business and reports on accident prevention and safety in an annual office study.
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C. C. Tiffin
King County
Bay City Considers Hill Sluicing Plan from Seattle Model
A letter to Bay City Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier from San Francisco city attorney George Lall indicates Bay City's hills may be sluiced following Seattle’s plan. Lall seeks information on statutes used to carry out the Seattle work and possible legal footing for replication.
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Bay City
Seattle
Walter F. Meier
George Lall
San Francisco
Lall
Show-Cause Order Granted Prisoners
Carl Martin Edward L Twitty and Francis Williams held at the city hospital detention ward appealed to the supreme court for show cause orders for their release. The supreme court directed Chief Warren to appear in King county superior court to show cause why the prisoners should not be released.
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Carl Martin
Edward L. Twitty
Francis Williams
City Hospital
Supreme Court
Warren
King County Superior Court
Young Bellingham Graduate Becomes Army Captain
Alfred L. Miller of Bellingham, a former University of Washington cadet, is now a captain in the United States Army Ambulance Corps on active duty in Italy. Miller, who was a colonel in UW’s cadet corps last year, credits the training with preparing him for the regular army rank.
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United States Army Ambulance Corps
Italy
Alfred L. Miller
Bellingham
University of Washington
Miller
Messenger Girls Examination Notice Seattle 1919
A messenger girl examination by the civil service commission will be held in Seattle on August 24 to fill vacancies in the depot quartermaster office. Applicants must be between 16 and 18 years old. Salary is 720 dollars per year. Information available at 303 Postoffice Building.
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Civil Service Commisaion
Seattle
Postoffice
More Women Doctors Granted Degrees in London
July 18 report from London states that 183 graduates of the University of London received medical degrees, with women making up 107 of the total. The long-awaited milestone highlights rising female participation in medicine.
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London
University of London
Labor Day to See Large Ship Launchings
Washington July 18 American labor heads proposed to the shipping board that Labor Day be made more significant than the Fourth by launching a greater number of ships. It is believed many ships on the ways could not be completed in time for the Fourth, and the plan may exceed the national holiday launches. Shipping board officials voiced approval.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Port Commission Fights Seizure of City Terminal
The Seattle port commission orders a protest to the treasury department over a notice by U S customs that part of the Spokane street terminal’s storage facilities will be required by the government. The commission says every foot of the terminal is needed and plans temporary enlargement at an estimated cost of 135000 dollars. Objections to grain storage provisions were voiced at the Wednesday meeting.
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United States Customs
Spokane Street
Seattle Port Commission
Hamilton Higday
France
Treasury Department
Port Commission
Merchants' Change Elects Officers
At a Wednesday meeting of the Merchants Exchange trustees officers were chosen for the coming year. RE. H. Hamlin is president, FE. mh Adams vice president, Walter FE. Galbraith secretary treasurer, and Robert C. Hill manager. The exchange’s condition is reported as perfect by examining committees with progress in service and membership.
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Merchants’ Exchange
RE. H. Hamlin
RE. H
Saloons Close Near Fort Miley After War Order
San Francisco reports 118 liquor houses, plus 56 package stores and saloons, shut down at midnight under war department orders near military posts. Cliff House near Fort Miley is among the establishments affected as many beach resorts switch to soft drinks.
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San Francisco
War Department
Military Post
Citheea
Cliff House
Fort Miley
Logan Billingsley Bound for Seattle Under Local Terms
Logan Billingsley travels to Seattle arriving Sunday with Deputy Sheriff Von Gerste and Joe Driscoll. He faces a 13 month term on McNeila Island after arrest in Toledo at Sheriff Stringer's request. Driscoll, captured in St. Louis, is wanted for robbery with a 10 to 20 year sentence and $3,500 bail forfeited in 1915. Billingsley also convicted of violating federal liquor shipment laws. Both county and federal authorities seek him.
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Logan Billingsley
Seattle
von Gerste
Joe Driscoll
Archie Hutcheson
Billingsley
McNeila Island
Toledo
Stringer
Driscoll
St. Louis
Fillingsley
U S Entry in War Prompts Serious Newspaper Tone
Geneva reports the Pester Lloyd in Budapest warns American intervention is already having effects and must be taken seriously. It notes Austrian losses in the Italian offensive at 250,000, blaming numerical inferiority and improved Italian methods for defeat.
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U. S
Geneva
Pester Lloyd
Budapest
Belgian Foresters Ejected From Hertogenwald
Special to The Star by N E A Havre July 18. German authorities ordered all wardens and foresters in the Hertogenwald near Liege to evacuate the forest. Those who refused were punished. The waters and forests inspector was forcibly ejected by soldiers and fined heavily.
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Havre
Hertogenwald
Liege
Snakes Reported Along Ireland West Coast
POBLIN July 18. Reports say snakes have been seen near Ireland's west coast points. The sighting coincides with German submarine activity and Sinn Fein contacts. Some suggest Germany landed serpents to sway public opinion. St Patrick is famed for driving snakes from the island.
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Poblin
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Germany
St. Patrick
Bernhard Honored Again by Kaiser in Amsterdam
Amsterdam July 18 Gen. Von Bernhard a former German commander in Flanders has been awarded the oak leaves for his order of merit by the Kaiser The report notes his book Our Next War in which he warned of Germany seeking world power or downfall and his continued prominence in German military affairs
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Amsterdam
von Bernhard
Germany
Flanders
The
Fined 100 Pounds Each for Concealed Rubber on Ship
John Henry Thorne of Bethnal Green and Bertie Dednam of Gravesend, seamen, were fined 100 pounds each at Gravesend England for concealing rubber aboard a vessel bound for Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam
John Henry Thorne
Bethnal Green
Bertie Dednam
Gravesend
England
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