Presentation of colors at Armory ceremony
Maj. George R. Drever led troops in the street formation before the Armory as girl sponsors presented the flag to Maj. Bolles representing the governor. Dr. M A Matthews gave a patriotic address and colors were presented to Maj. Drever. Frank Gates chaired the organizing committees. Frank A Jacobs shot photos for The Star and Star Liberty weekly. films debut at Liberty theatre starting Sunday.
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George R. Drever
Maj. Bolles
Adjutant General's Office
M. A. Matthews
Maj. Drever
Frank Gates
Frank A. Jacobs
Star
Star-Liberty Weekly
Liberty Theatre
German Fliers Bomb Paris as War Fronts Shift
An official war office statement reports German air raids on Paris targeting rail hubs and military facilities with observed hits. The crown prince leads a Western drive in Champagne and Chemin des Dames while British dispatches note heavy artillery near Armentieres and Ypres. In the east, German forces push through Galicia and Bukovina amid stiff Russian resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
War Office
Germany
Galicia
Bukowina
Crown Prince
Champagne
Chemin Des Dames
Armentieres
Ypres
Nieuport Coast
Russia
Tarnopol-Stanialau
Troops Await Move Orders At Armory
Washington's coast artillery signal corps and hospital unit remain housed at the Armory and await orders that could come at any hour directing artillerymen to sound Forts and the mobile forces to American Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coast Artillery
Signal Corps
American Lake
Receivership arguments up again Monday
Traction attorneys must appear before Judge Frater at 10 a.m. Monday to show why a receiver should not be appointed to operate street cars for the company as their franchise requires. The city won a remand to state court after earlier federal transfer.
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Traction
Neterer
Tallman
James B. Howe
Public Service Commission
Walter Meter
Frater
Duncan Challenges Employers to Arena Debate in Seattle
The Seattle segment of the Washington Employers’ association attacked striking union street carpenters and lumber workers seeking higher wages. Secretary James A. Duncan of the Seattle Central Labor council called for a public debate at the Arena in Seattle on Sunday afternoon, inviting both individual members and Stone & Webster to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington Employers’ Association
Union Street Carmen
Union Lumber
James A. Duncan
Seattle Central Labor Council
Duncan
Star
Tacoma
Employers’ Association
Post-Intelligencer
Stone & Webster
Arena
War Work Seeks Artists From Maynard Dixoon in Seattle
Maynard Dixoon arrived in Seattle to recruit for the American Camouflage corps Western division. Camoufleurs must be a designer scene painter sign painter architect or landscape gardener. Apply by writing Arthur Brown, American camouflage Western division, c/o California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco.
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Maynard Dixoon
Seattle
American Camouflage Corps
Western Division
Arthur Brown
American Camouflage
California School of Pine Arts
San Francisco
Phone Girls to Obtain Charter
Seattle's telephone workers will meet at the Labor temple Saturday evening to perfect their union and receive a charter from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. There are 1,200 in Seattle, with organizers pressing signups as the union braces for a potential strike over higher wages across Washington, Idaho and Nevada.
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Seattle
Labor Temple
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Mrs Kelly Dies Two Weeks After Birth Of Infant Son
Mrs Fenton Kelly épouse of Kent dies at 6 am Saturday two weeks after the birth of her infant son. Age 20, she was a Kent High School graduate. She leaves husband, her parents, one sister Mrs J T Krum of Riverton, and six brothers: Robert John James Thomas Charles Walter Bridges. Funeral services likely Tuesday from Chittenden funeral parlors in Kent.
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Re. Fenton Kelly
Robert Pridges
Kelly
Kent High School
Slater
J. T. Krum
Riverton
Robert
John
James
Thomas
Charles
Walter Bridges
Chittenden
Kent
Eight Hour Mills Run Only With Eight Hour Day
The International Shingleweavers union asserts no mills in Beattica or Tacoma run without eight hour agreements, suspending operations except on eight hour bas is. In Seattle several mills remain shut pending settlement while others operate on an eight hour basis. A federal mediation conference yielded no tangible results and adjourned to August 7.
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Mille
Beattica
Tacoma
International Shingleweavers” Union
International Timber Workers’ Union
Danaher Lumber Co.p
Wheeler, Osgood Sash and Door
Seattle
Schwager Nettleton
Mullin’s
West Waterway
el Hiett Bay
Stetnon Post
Newell, Stimpeon
Canal Lumber Co
Bryant, Gould, Brace & Hergert
Washington Fir
Seattle Cedar
Dickey Manufacturing Co
Pacific Coast Pipe Co
Pacific Coast Fuel Co
Phoenix
Motor
G. Brown
Timber Workers’ Union
Edgar C. Snyder
Raymond
FB. & Grammer
Lumbermen's Defense Committee
Herald
Carlton Parker
War Department
Dr. Parker
Washington
Wie Timber Workers’ Union
Lawyers Elect New Officers in Northwest Bar Groups
Speakers at a joint session of Washington Oregon Idaho and British Columbia Bar associations included Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper Vancouver Dr Henry Su zzallo Samuel White Oregon Bar president Prof Orrin Kipp McMurray UC law school and ex Idaho Chief Justice James F Allshire. They toured Seattle and will proceed to Victoria for a banquet at the Imperial Hotel.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
British Columbia
Charles Hibbert Tupper
Vancouver
B. C
Henry Suzzallo
Samuel White
Oregon Bar Association
Orrin Kipp McMurray
University of California Law School
James F. Allshire
Seattle Bar Association
Victoria
Imperial Hotel
Women urged to follow food pledge and defense orders
At the Press club auditorium Mrs. R F Weeks leader of the local NLWS urged women to obey government requests such as signing the food pledge and aiding conservation. She warned that a woman who disobeys is a slacker on par with those who refuse to defend the country. The meeting marked the NLW Defense’s first public city gathering led by State Chairman Mrs. Winfield R Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Club
R. F. Weeks
National League For Women's Service
United States
National League For Women's Defense
Winfield R. Smith
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WM. S. Hart
Fatty Arbuckle
Pire and
UNION
France
Gee
Levi J. Brown
Palatial & & Tacoma
Endianapolis
Colman
Paget Sound
Berlin
London
Washington Savings & Loan Association
Beattie
Millie Close
National Medical Institute
Occidental Ave
Coliseum
Emily
Emily Stevens
New York City
Washington State Bar Association
Nathan C. Richards
Yakima
C. Will Schaffer
Olympia
Atwood A. Kirby
Spokane
DR. Pierce
Kerensky
United Prose
Provisional Government of
Petrograd
Juneau
Henry Villard
Alaska Engineering Commission
Alaska Railway
St. Michael
Villard
Everett
Anchorage
Suroe
DR. Wilson
First Avenue
Yeslerday
New Branch
Pike St
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