Two Officers Fired For Refusal to Ride Express Wagons
Chief Beckingham dismissed patrolmen W. C. Farmer and C. J. Henderson for refusing orders to ride on express wagons driven by non union drivers. The action followed recent disturbances with strike breakers as crowds hurled objects, with Mayor Gill backing the punishment and fourteen other officers added to duty.
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Beckingham
Police Department
W. C. Farmer
C. J. Henderson
Force
Gill
Henderson
Thomas G. N. Finneyy
G. F. How
H. P. Brown
FE. A. Meany
J.weltch
P. J. Schelling
J. B. Lit- Edgar Barr
Emmett Carey
An Donohoe
A. Gunterman
W. Pendergast
J. J. Hayes
Run
Pendergast
Hayes
Red Cross Depot Planned for Seattle Northwest
Seattle will host a Red Cross supply depot to serve Idaho Washington and Oregon. A 10 member committee led by J A has been appointed to oversee installation and operation.
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The
Red Society
Northwest
Seattle
Chapin
Red Cross
Washington
Idaho
Wash
Oregon
J.A i
Doctor to Study Neuropsychiatrics of Soldiers
Dr. Robert Percey Smith of Seat has joined the medical reserve corps and will study the minds of soldiers. He has served as a Washington representative for the neuropsychiatric unit during wartime.
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Robert Percey Smith
Seat
Medical Reserve Corps
Washington
Scheidemann Attacks Michaelis Over Reform Speech
Philip Scheidemann, German majority socialist leader, voiced dissatisfaction with Chancellor Michaelis' Reichstag address. He criticized vague internal reform promises and opposed the submarine policy, saying it did more harm than good. Other party leaders shared concerns about the speech.
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Amsterdam
Philip Scheidemann
Michaelis
Berlin
Reichstag
Scheidemann
Winnipeg Man Marries On License To Hunt Deer
A Winnipeg man recently married using a hunting license as the backdrop for the ceremony. The event blended rural practicality with a lighthearted, unconventional union unique to the local community.
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Winnipeg
Port Figures Go Back to Capitol
Interstate Commerce Commission representatives from Washington conducted a full investigation of port commission properties here. The sudden inquiry followed decades of requests by President Bridges to present the facts and figures. Agents would not comment, but railroads seeking freight-rate increases have suggested the port commission investigated earnings. The commission aims to verify the situation directly.
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Sion
Washington
Port Commission
Cal
Bridges
End of Goethals Denman shipyard clash in sight
Washington July 20 the Goethals Denman dispute over shipyard location nears resolution Denman says the Shipping Board has full cooperation from Goethals while the board weighs two government owned yards and Goethals plan to build 400 ships could affect a 500 600 million contract tensions remain over financing and production.
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Washington
Goethals-Denman
Denman
Shipping Board
Goethals
City wins bid to compel care operation amid Seattle car strike
City officials secure a writ of mandate forcing the street railway to operate all lines on schedule before 4 p m today. Judges indicate likelihood of receivership if the company fails to comply. Strikers guard barns not to provoke violence while car service faces possible higher gas prices as tensions influence Seattle transit.
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Deckingham
Kempster
Heckingham
T. J. Cusack
Woyd Tallman
Thru Corporation
Hugh Caldwell
Walter Meier
Seattle
Caldwell
Massachusetts
Frater
Shell Co
Carmen Refute Co. Salary Claims Stir Trainmen Row
Press committee of strikers counters Carmen Refute Co. statements on trainmen wages. They challenge average pay of 90 dollars, claim long hours and false figures for 100 dollar monthly earnings, and explain 65 dollar guarantees amid shift requirements and constant readiness.
Simmons Company Wins Army Bed Contract for $40,000
Manager Arthur T. Neilson of the Seattle and Portland branches said Simmons Hed Co. secured the government contract to furnish 40,000 beds for use at American Lake and other cantonments where draftees are prepared for service.
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Arthur T. Neilson
Seattle
Portland
Simmons Hed Co
American Lake
Union Fines for Riding Non-Union Streetcars
Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Local 242 members vote to fine those riding non union streetcars ten dollars. The penalties go to the trainmen strike fund.
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Hod Carriers and Building Laborers’ Union
Local No. 242
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Miney
Barrer Rie
United Press
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Commis
U. S
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Copenhagen
Ibli
Cnit
Tommy Tucker
Carmen Refute CO
Simmons Company
ARMY
George W. Smith
Stephens-Smith Grain Co
Merchants’ Exchange
Board of
ER. H. Hamlin
R. D. McAusland
Remis Bros. Bag Co
Eighth Engineers
Eighteenth Engineers
Raflway
U. A
Regula
BON Marche
Continental
Queen City
Union Street
Kodak, Jr
Leslie
Hershey
Cial
Uaranteed
M. Mae
California
HE Bon Marche
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