Incendiary Fire Destroys Six Dakota Street Homes
Fire department officials investigated a blaze of incendiary origin that swept six houses at Dakota Street and 28th Avenue S W. between 4:00 and 4:28 AM Tuesday, destroying 4109 and 4111 28th Ave W, 2807 Dakota St, and damaging 2801 to 2411 Dakota St. No保险 was carried on several frames, with losses reported on furniture.
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Registration Drive Seeks 300 More Women to Register
The city urges 300 more women to complete registration by Wednesday night. About 600 women have registered so far, with rural route residents encouraged to register at local police stations. Three small portrait photos showing shoulders and full face must accompany registration papers, and a set of prints is made for each card.
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Seattle
Police Riers
Save the Date for War Savings Stamps
A public notice urges readers to mark June 28 for War Savings Stamps campaigns. Officials promote purchases to support wartime funding and community participation.
Germans land troops near Batum in Caucasus drive
Dispatch from Jos Shaplen reports about 3000 German soldiers with a cruiser two destroyers and a submarine landing at Yoru near Batum likely aiming to occupy the Caucasus and threaten Persia and Mesopotamia. It notes accompanying rail links to Baku and border areas Kuban and Kutais and cites Moscow unrest as Bolsheviki move against the workers conference.
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Caspian Port
Batum
Kuban
Tatum
Kutais
Don River
Moscow
Dolsheviki
Workmen's Conference
Mensheviki
Pan
Bolaheviki
Germany
Northwest industrial zone formed to fill war orders
Organizers in Washington Oregon Montana and Idaho worked Tuesday to measure Northwest industry capacity for government war orders. They left Seattle after a Chamber of Commerce conference that created the Northwest industrial zone under federal direction to streamline work and cut the confusion in Washington DC where thousands of clerks handle many agents.
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Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Northwest Industries
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Northwest Industrial Sone
Uncle Sam
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Rosa Romland Saved From Hagenbeck Wallce Wreck
Performers of the Sells Floto circus cheered after receiving a Chicago telegram confirming Rosa Romland a former star in 1915 1916 was rescued from the Hagenbeck Wallce wreck. Crowds filled the tent Monday night and enjoyed the show with lighthearted humor. The engagement ends after two performances Tuesday.
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Sells Floto Circus
Chicago
Rosa Romland
Forgers Flood City with Counterfeit Checks
A group of check artists cashed fraudulent checks at numerous downtown stores on Saturday. They forged the cashiers’ names of Skinner & Eddy Corporation and Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. The Spring Cigar Co. at 707 Firnt Ave. cashed about $1,000 of the worthless paper, making it the heaviest loss.
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Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Spring Cigar Co
Firnt Ave
Major Roosevelt Receives War Honor in France
Maj. Theodore Roosevelt Jr and 132 members of the First Division along with two field artillery batteries were cited for bravery in France. Roosevelt continued to lead his men after being gassed in the lungs and eyes.
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France
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Hoquiam Boy Dies of Wounds on Front
Hoquiam couple learns their son Charles Gelden was killed May 20 by a German shell while serving at the front. He is the first Hoquiam boy to lose his life in the war.
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Hoquiam
C. O. Gelden
Wash
War Department
Charles
Gelden
War Economy Call Urges Bigger Savings and Waste Cut
A June 28 appeal declares it vital to the war effort to significantly boost savings, economize all materials, and cut nonessential expenditures to keep health and efficiency without delay.
New Dry Bill Introduced in Senate Proposes Liquor Ban
Washington June 5 A bill introduced by Senator Norris Nebraska would prohibit sale of din tiled apirite during the war or the manufacture or sale of beer or intoxicating malt liquors as a substitute for the Jones prohibition amendment to the emergency appropriation bill then pending.
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Washington
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Will Sell Only 40 000 Tickets Drive Ends July 14
A community ticket drive announces a four in one plan with four autos for sale Marmon Buick King and Maxwell. The campaign, run by Titus and committee, aims to end by July 14 with tickets sold at Bon Marche park and 612 Second Ave headquarters. Committee members include Hagen Titus Kathryn Kittinger Ralph Horr J Cunningham Fred Graham George Dowlin D J Hamilton J Q Clemmer D D Stewart Robert Hesket h and labor groups. A separate dance at Fletcher Bay netted $20 for the tobacco fund with an extra $5 from young Robert Priete who sold roses.
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Third Ave
Priest
Automobile
Second Ave
Hagen J. Titus
Mias
Kathryn Kittinger
Ralph Horr
J Cunningham
Automobile Row
Fred 8. Graham
Transportation Club
George Dowlin
The
National Cash Register Co
D. J. Hamilton
J. Q. Clemmer
D. D. Stewart
Merchants’ Division
Robert B. Hesketh
Fletcher Bay
Foster's Pavilion
Robert Priete
Coupon Drive to Help Sammies in France
A war era appeal promotes seven tobacco packages each with a 45 cent retail value. Each package contains a postcard to the recipient, inviting a message of thanks from the soldier addressed with the writer’s name and city.
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France
Finland Learns Real Motives Behind German Move
Helsinki alerts that Finns now see Germany with ulterior aims as large German forces push north toward Murman. Propaganda blames Britain for seizure plans while Germans deepen Finnish Swedish class tensions. Moscow signals no action while German influence grows and Finnish opposition weakens amid brutal treatment of Red Guard prisoners.
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Stockholm
Thornwell Haynes
Helsingfors
Ambarnador Morris
Germany
Finland
Haynes
Murman
Great
Wodaliete
Red Guard
Italy Victory Grows as Foes Retreat on Piave Front
General Diaz reports a great Italian victory on the Piave front after eight days of heavy fighting. Austrian forces retreated to the left bank with 40,000 prisoners taken and vast booty captured. Italian pressure widened at Montello and along the Asiago plateau as the enemy losses mount.
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Diaz
Piave
Montelio
Musile
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