Bible Student On Trial For Espionage Act
A Bible student is on trial under the Espionage Act for distributing The Finished Mystery, with prosecutors claiming he circulated 1,500 copies to oppose conscription and support German propaganda. Evidence includes boxes found in a barn near Everett and receipts from the post office. The defense notes questions about authorship and the book’s framing as antiwar propaganda.
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Bustom
Everett
Bible Students
Ason
Iemeon
Neterer
U. 8
Aftor
Reames
Shaffer
I. Johnson
Debt of Justice
Cole
United States
Dotty N. Florence
Russell
War pictures may be probed by congressional resolution
A resolution was introduced in Congress seeking a detailed report from Secretary of War Baker on the making and sale of official war pictures. Representative Treadway of Massachusetts said the move follows charges that George Creel favored the Hearst-Pathe film concern, hindering other exhibitors. A thrift stamp a day will keep the Hun away.
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Washington
Baker
Treadway
Massachusetts
George Creel
Hearst-Pathe
Food Situation Worsens in Germany Amid Austrian Emissary Worries
Wire reports from Zurich say German cities Stuttgart Cologne and Dusseldorf council measures aim to curb further ration cuts. Austrian influence grows as food scarcity deepens with potatoes often sole available sustenance for many localities.
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Germany
Zurich
Stuttgart
Cologne
Experts Snobs Charge over British Handley Page Here
June 26 report from Washington says American experts accused before the Senate aircraft subcommittee of harassing British engineers who came to the U S to supervise the manufacture of the Handley Page bombing plane.
Salem men leave for Camp Lewis
Salem, Ore June 26. Sixty five men drafted for army service departed for Camp Lewis marking their entry into military training.
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Salem
Camp Lewis
Ore
Cle Elum Fire Wrecks Town
A large fire starting behind George H Moon’s racket store swept southward aided by wind, destroying most of a three to four block district south of Main Street. The Milewood school was saved by a Ellensburg steamer, while at least one man was injured by debris and a suspected arsonist is jailed. Major losses include Miller Short Lumber Co, Masonic temple, and Werlich hardware and furniture store with substantial insured totals.
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Howe
Mile Wood
Ellensburg
Miller & Short Lumber Co
Masonic Temple
Werlich Hardware and Furniture Store
Haines & Spratt
Clenum High School
Kinney
Howe Theatre
Jones Store
Behele's
Trucano Opera House
Diagen Mercantile Co
Koeh
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Cle Flum Creamery
Demark Tailor Shop
Mathus Fruit & Produce Co
Hornerhoe
Mre. Mons
Oblak
Mine Haltern’s
Picnic Bakery
Cle Flum Hank
Irish Worrying Lloyd George in Commons on Irish unity aim
In London on June 26 Lloyd George pressed for settlement of the Irish question to aid war effort while Sir Edward Carson warned against appealing to the Roman Catholic hierarchy with concessions. The discussion centered on imperial unity and a united war effort amid Irish tensions. Other items note losses from a Pacific Telegraph plant fire and multiple local businesses and buildings damaged or insured.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Manard Carson
Ubeter
Uleter
Great Britain
United States
Edward Carson
Ireland
Nine are hurt in accidents in Tuesday incidents
One man is dead and eight are injured from a series of Tuesday accidents. The deceased is BK Navolet, 67, who died at city hospital from a fractured skull after falling from Phinney jitney. Others include August Lutz, Henry Madison, George Kerberter, William McFarland, Mrs Snively, Mrs Querser, and two circus performers Jillian Kinkaid and Margaret Strekler with injuries ranging from fractures and dislocations to bruises.
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Navolet
City Hospital
Phinney
Traction Company
Mre J. Snively
Arch Ave
Irvin Querser
Ninth Ave
Madison
Margaret Strekler
Bella Flota
Jillian Kinkaid
Sella Floto Circus
Former Seattle Boy Killed in Action
Roger H. Hillie a 24 year old former Seattle youth was killed in action while serving with Canadian forces. Word reached his mother Mrs Whitman A Hillie in Los Angeles. His father serving in the Far East as a Bible secretary is unaware of the death.
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Roger H. Hillie
Seattle
Mra
Whitman A. Hillie
Los Angeles
Far East
Canadian Ace Downs 72 Enemies
Maj. W. A. Hishop, a Canadian ace, reports 25 enemy aircraft destroyed in the last month, raising his total to 72. He writes to Mrs. Charles Burden of Toronto about his latest actions and says he will return to England to stay.
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Toronto
W. A. Hishop
Charles Burden
Thie City
England
U S May Increase Wages of Car Men
Washington June 26 announcement from officials that the federal labor war board will raise wages of street railroad employees if needed, regardless of impact on company finances.
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U. S
Washington
Ployee
Fonal Labor War Board
Spruce Workers to Get Holiday on the Fourth
Portland June 26 The spruce production division of the signal corps A. and A. will knock off work on July 4 Col Disque commandant announced today The decision affects all workers in the division and marks a holiday closing for Independence Day period in the unit located in Portland
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Portland
Signal Corps
Col. Disque
Princess Mary Begins Nurse Training in London Hospital
LONDON June 26 Princess Mary daughter of King George has started training as a nurse at the Children's Hospital Great Ormond Street. The move marks her first public step in medical service as part of royal duties and welfare work.
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London
King George's
Princess Mary
Children’s Hospital
Great Ormanst
Margin of Safety: Savings as Protective Margin
The author argues that every American should build a personal Margin of Safety through savings and investments in sound securities. It warns that prosperity can falter and rainy days come, urging people to secure their future by keeping money in the bank and increasing self-respect through prudent savings.
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United States
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