Socialist Leader Hoover Enlists as Private in Army
Lailornia, Bare ua Glenn KE. Hoover, a Seattle socialist known for free speech advocacy and UW debating, left law practice for postgraduate study and joined the army as a private after not being in the first officer list. He trained at Fort Lawton and remains in a military camp.
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Glenn KE. Hoover
Seattle
Altho
Hoover
University of Washington
Law
Congress
Fort Lawton
Glenn Hoover urges democratic ideals in camp life letter
Glenn Hoover, socialist and soldier, writes to the editor from Camp Hoover amid Seattle anti select service agitation. He argues the army will test democracy by equal treatment, noting no class distinctions in dress or gear, and cites Wilson’s aim to defend political democracy.
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Glenn Hoover
Hoover
Seon Sere
Seattle
Milliona
America
France
Russia
Turkey
United States
Wilson
Lloyd George to outline British war aims
June 6 London Premier Lloyd George will soon state England's interpretation of restitution reparation and guarantees so the world and Russia may know Britain's war aims. The move follows France Italy and other allies outlining their aims amid Russia’s push for a collective restatement. Brothers George Joseph Lapassin and Albert James Lapassin aged 22 and 24 registered together at 1700 25th Ave 8 claiming no exemptions.
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London
Lloyd George
England
Russia
Petrograd
United States
Italy
Belgium
Premier Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
France
George Joseph Lapassin
Albert James Lapassin
25Th Ave
Escaped Prisoner Lectures At Seattle Orpheum
Sergt Fred Wells, four months in a German camp, escaped by feigning insanity and exchanged. He will lecture at the Orpheum for one week starting Sunday, under the Canadian Club of Seattle. Wells served with the Seventh battalion and lost his left arm after capture at St Julien. Lectures feature photos by Lieut Dwyer. Proceeds aid Seattle dependents of Canadian and American soldiers at the front.
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Fred Wells
Orpheum Theatre
Canadian Club of
Seattle
Wells
New Westminster
St. Julien
D. J. Dwyer
Presbyterians Plan Aid and War Service Committees
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Dallas formed a 60 member social service commission to study industrial and social questions, propose a war aid program, and offer church resources to the U.S. president. A national service commission and talks of reuniting with the Southern church were approved, with laymen now eligible for moderator. Patriotism marked the assembly with no rancor or flamboyance.
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Charles Stelzle
General Assembly
Dallas
National Service Commission
Presbyterian Church
United States
Washington
Southern Presbyterian Church
Southern General Assembly
French Papers Laud War Unity After Chamber Vote
Paris June 6 French papers hailed the chamber of deputies overwhelming wartime vote. They say the nation has eliminated politics from the war and all people are united to go through to the end. They praise government unity and pledge discipline for future conduct of the war via Strasbourg.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
la Matin
France
Petrograd
Bernager
le Midi
Straasburg
Stockholm
Palmer Builds War Slogan HQ at Green Lake School
Palmer adds slogan flags and pictures of Washington, Lincoln and Wilson at registration headquarters in Precinct 24 Green Lake School. The slogan under the Wilson picture reads He kept us out of war.
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Palmer
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
Precinct
Green Lake School
Soldiers of Lost Provinces Desert
Registrar Evan Palmer added as long as honorable. Deserted soldiers of the Lost Provinces are noted in archival records. The terse statement reflects a formal acknowledgment within a marginally documented event. The record highlights individuals and a regional designation without specifying dates or outcomes.
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Evan Palmer
When Democracy Goes To War Bonds Drive
A campaign urging support for Liberty Bonds emphasizes that democracy funds its wars through bond purchases. The message underscores citizen responsibility to buy bonds today to finance wartime efforts.
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