War Savings pledge drive shows mixed Seattle results
Citizens filled precinct polling places to pledge War Savings stamps with Seattle quotas ranging from 8 000 to 20 000 while precinct 116 led with 49 780 against 27 552. Hollywood farm surpassed its quota by 5 420 and Grays Harbor Kent Richmond Beach Woodinville and Sunnydale reported 100 percent efficiency.
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Seattle
Uncle Sam
C. H. Clark
Capitol Hill
Hollywood Farm
Grays Harbor County
Kent
Richmond Beach
Woodinville
Sunnydale
Chan, Clarke
Pro German revolt threatens Tyrol in Austrian empire
In Tyrol a pro German sentiment grows for closer union with the German empire and weaker Austro Hungarian ties. Regions in Tyrol already controlled by the German food ministry to supply the people. Calls arise to replace Austrian civil law and state institutions with German rule.
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Berne
Switzerland
Tyrol
Short named labor leader reelected at Aberdeen convention
William H. Short was reelected president and Charles P. Taylor reelected secretary treasurer as the Washington State Federation of Labor closed a four day convention in Aberdeen. A resolution pledged support to Cle Elum union men and Bellingham was chosen as next convention city.
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Aberdeen
William H. Short
Charles P. Taylor
Washington State Federation of Labor
Bellingham
Colored Club Women Hold Session in City
The Colored Women's Clubs of the Washington State Federation held their first annual convention at the A. M. E church on 14th Avenue and Madison. Mayor Hanson delivered the opening address on behalf of the city.
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Colored Women's Clubs
Washington State Federation
14Th Ave
Madison
Hanson
Rumor Of German Foreign Secretary Resignation
Paris June 29 rumor says Dr Von Kuehlmann offered resignation as German foreign secretary and the kaiserin expected to accept. London June 29 Lady Rhondda wife of the food controller urged every English family to keep a goat to produce milk and butter at a Mitcham meeting.
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Paris
von Kuehlmann
Kaiserin
London
Rhondda
Mitcham
Two Men Held in Murder Probe by Sheriff
Carl Anderson and Joe Smith of Redmond Transfer Co are jailed as murder and robbery probe widens. Victim M. S. Traymer found murdered at a cross road three miles east of Nedmond after last seen near Disard cigar store. A soldier in uniform was later seen with Traymer’s car headed toward Portland. Portland police notified.
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Carl Anderson
Joe Smith
Redmond Transfer Co
M. Ft. Raymer
36Th Ave
Traymer
Disard
Third Ave
Wesler Way
Nedmond
Centrala
M. S. Traymer
Portland
Profiteering Outrages in U S Says Report
A federal report details profits and margins across industries during 1917. Noted gains in Southern pine, coal, leather, millers, and canneries, with figures for margins per ton and percentages of cost versus investment. Some firms cited evasion and inflated salaries as part of costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Borden Condensed Milk Co
Helvetia Milk Condensing Co
Helvetia
Borden
Wounded Yank Pilots Plane in French Skies
Lieutenant Jack Chambers piloted a Finnish bombing plane over German lines near the front. Severely wounded in the right arm, he nevertheless guided the craft back to the American airfield after an attack on a moving German troop train. His British gunner aided the strafing run as sustained fire raked the cockpit.
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France
Jack Chambers
Chambers
Chambera
Bomba
Surprises Officers Then Kills Himself in SF Police Station
An unidentified man walked into a southern San Francisco police station at midnight and fired three shots at three officers before fatally shooting himself with a small caliber revolver. The incident occurred June 29 and left the officers shocked and the station on high alert.
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San Francisco
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Cherry
Danz
All the Stars
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Wallace Reid
Olive Thomas
Heald
Bill Hart
Ene
Margery Wilson
Ohio
University
Fraser
Paterses
Occidental Ave
Walter Owens & CO
Jerry and the Diamond
Swamp Committee
Short
LABOR
SUI Kang Tong
United States
Colored Club
Rumor Kuehlmann
Wda
Florengs
Union
U. S
Dispatch
Frank J. Taylor
United Presse
Vyonight
Josh
SANT
Lev Mat
Moore
Orpheum
Martin Meek
Mme, Sarah Bernhardt
Acta
Mayo and Lynn
Hienser and Baird
Lew Madden and Company
Marion Weeks
Albert Donnelly
Palace Hip
Hippodrome
Hardare Castleton
Irving Cummings
LeEwvwyYy
Pheory
Adelman’s Symphony Orchestra
Frank Adelman
Walter G. Reynolds
Constance Talmadge
Gop
Paul
Hearst-Pathe News
British Official
War Pictures
Burton Holmes
Constance
R. Clinton Montgomery
Tukwila
Matt Starwich
Walt Kerr
Kerr
Starwich
Tacoma
Vancouver
Wash
Oregon
Washington
Kormens
War Mothers’ League
Labor Temple Annex
James 8. Goldsmith
King County
No. 3 Central Building
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