Army to Build 16 Cantonments for 500000 Soldiers in 90 Days
Washington June 30 The U S Army plans to house half a million trainees in 16 wooden cantonments, each 40 000 population, ready by October. Sixty thousand bunks, 1 000 buildings per cantonment and vast material needs, including 26 000 000 feet of lumber and 150 000 carloads of material, will be deployed in a blitz building program to accelerate training and preparedness.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington, D. C
Panama
Pershing Welcomes Overseas Force on French Soil
Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing and Gen. Wm. L. Siebert meet on French soil as the first American troops arrive. Pershing praises the fleet, aims, and joint efforts with French commanders to fight side by side. The scene in Le Havre shows busy transport activity and cultural miscommunications at the port.
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Siebert
Wilson
Spain
Greece
Preas
Star
Nch
John J. Pershing
Wm. L. Siebert
Black Jack
Sammy
Atlantic
Lear
Imesire
Pelletier
Rue Constantin
Paris
Gleaves
Navy
Ten- Pershing
Idaho Launched at Camden Shipyard in War Effort
The Dreadnaught Idaho, sister to Mississippi, was launched at New York Shipbuild Company. About 100 sailors from the Destroyer Downey attended, and Miss Henrietta Simmons broke the ceremonial bottle with Miss Honora Devers assisting. The public was not admitted to the launch.
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United Frees
Camden
N. J
Idaho
Ereerrenie
Mississippi
America
New York
Downey
Ition
Germany
Ted
Henrietta Simmons
Moses Alexander
Honora Devers
Snake River
Miss Simmons
Finance Paper Backs Girls In Laundry Strike
The Business Chronicle endorses the laundry girls strike, citing justice and the owners’ wage law evasion. It notes minimum wage avoidance via subterfuge and quotes Crangle on Model Electric laundry practices that speed up work to short the eight hour day.
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Business Chronicle
Pacific Northwest
Edwin Selvin
Selvin
Publc
Mises Lucia A. Crangle
Aya Mise Crangle
Model Electric
Tacoma Couple Held in St. Louis
G. W. Edwards and Miss Mabel Bates of Tacoma are held by St. Louis police at the request of Pierce County Washington authorities awaiting a Tacoma deputy sheriff with a warrant. They were arrested on arrival in the city and Edwards suggested the case relates to a failing importing firm he was connected with in Tacoma.
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ST Louis
G. W. Edwards
Mabel Bates
Tacoma
Pierce County
Washington
Edwards
Seattle Shipbuilders Bands Plan Park Concerts
Shipbuilders bands schedule free park concerts in Seattle this Sunday. The Ames band with Mae Baddeaux soloist will play Volunteer Park, the Duthie band at Leschi Park from 7 to 9 pm, and Adams band at Alki Beach from 2 30 to 5 pm. Wagner's band at Woodland Park.
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Seattle
Ames
Miss Mae Baddeaux
Volunteer Park
Duthie
Leschil Park
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock
Skinner & Eddy
Adams
Alkin
Wagner
Woodland Park
Slavic Bank Heist Reports Ten Bandits Steal 100000 Roubles
Petrograd reports ten masked bandits held up the Oceanic Bank of Ast, fleeing with 100000 roubles and valuables. Several townspeople were killed or wounded as chaos spread. Government reacts with martial law measures and altered juror rules.
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Petrograd
Jesse James
Oceanic Bank of
Ast
Won't Return $500 To L. Billingsley
Deputy Prosecutor Hessell filed an affidavit on Saturday resisting Logan Billingsley’s motion for the return of $500 cash forfeited last October after he failed to appear before Judge Dykeman to answer a charge of possessing too much liquor. He was in San Francisco then and later arrested by federal authorities.
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Hessell
Logan Billingsley
Dykeman
San Francisco
Army recruiting mass meeting postponed at the Armory
A recruiting mass meeting planned for Saturday at the Armory under the Second Infantry has been postponed. The postponement affects all scheduled attendees and related arrangements.
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Second Infantry
Democracy and war profits deepen the debt debate
The piece argues that war debts will burden the common folks while the wealthy reap profits. It urges democracy to seize wealth through conscription and confiscation to curb plutocracy and pressure autocratic regimes, warning that war profits provoke broader democratic reform. The author links debt, conscription, and political power to national survival.
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Republic
Altho
Mrs. Axtell Tours Navy Yard Safety Survey
Mrs Frances C Axtell of Bellingham leads a national safety council survey of arsenals and navy yards to curb accidents from rapid war work She travels with C W Price and meets Cmdt R E Coontz at Bremerton to plan inspections and discuss replacing men with women in war production The group will address the Commonwealth club at 6 30 Monday evening
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United States
Frances C. Axtell
Bellingham
Employes’ Compensation Commission
Washington
National Board
Seattle
C. W. Price
National Safety Council
Lou Palmer
Harrisburg
R. E. Coontz
Bremerton Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Council of National Defense
Price
Bremerton
Slackers face federal charges for draft registration failure
Federal Judge Neterer presided Saturday over a draft registration case in which slacers were charged. Four pleaded guilty and received sentences. Thirteen pleaded not guilty and await trial. Carl Gillman admitted drunkenness on June 5 and received eight months. Charles Gray and David Anderson also got eight months. Bernard Schmidt, described as a German alien, was sentenced to 30 days.
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Neterer
Carl Gillman
Charles Gray
David Anderson
Bernard Schmidt
Cost of Buildings to Be 7 000 000 for Army Camps
The quartermaster's department ordered rapid construction of 7 million dollars worth of buildings at nine posts to house 150000 men by June 15. A typical camp near Quantico Virginia houses 8000 marines with streets, utilities, and rapidly developed housing from cleared forest to completed structures. Capt. John Smith reported three weeks ago on the land’s transformation into a bustling cantonment.
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Quantico
Uncle Sam
American Lake
Tacoma
Quartermaster’s Department
John Smith
Permit Counter Closed at Noon in Liquor Crackdown
Amid a citywide liquor crackdown Mayor Gill orders the permit counter to close at noon and declares all liquor found after noon on Saturday contraband. Federal officials debate enforcement of the Reed amendment while local authorities warn of prosecutions for illicit shipments.
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Gill
United States
Clay Allen
Lun
Reed
Washington
Allen
Lundin
Port votes to build belt line to East Marginalway area
Port commission passed resolutions Saturday morning to construct an immediate belt line extending to Carlton Street, known as Eighth Ave South, to serve the East Marginalway industrial district. Funds are from harbor area rental revenues, with shipbuilding and manufacturing firms awaiting railroad access to begin operations. The railroads seek a franchise, the port already holds one.
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East Marginalway
Carlton St
Eighth Ave. S
Port Commission
Harbor Area
Howell Says Bone Dry Petition Wins
Secretary of State M Howell announced in Tacoma on Saturday that bone dry law Referendum petition No 10 appears to have enough signatures to be legal The 500 names submitted after the original document would likely cover any deficiency in the petition count The release came from the United Press Leased Wire copy.
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United Press
Tacoma
M. Howell
Dry squad raids three joints in city crackdown
Sergt. Comstock leading a dry squad conducted three raids on Saturday afternoon. Beer and whisky were found at 7 Union Street, 2612 Washington Street, and at the Jersey House.
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Sergt. Comstock
Union St
Washington St
Jersey House
Scandinavian Fraternity Holds 14th Annual Convention Banquet
A banquet closed the fourteenth annual convention of the Scandinavian fraternity Friday night at the Swedish club.
Explosion at DuPont plant in Augusta kills four
An explosion at the DuPont De Nemours powder plant in Augusta Colorado on Friday killed four men, among them the superintendent.
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DuPont-De Nemours
Augusta
Colo
Number Please Hello Girl Echo Zahl Reports Seattle Exchange
The Star reporter Echo Zahl recounts the Seattle telephone exchange experience. She describes working as a hello girl amid employer threats of a strike and promises a two chapter feature detailing conditions for young women workers.
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Echo Zahl
the Star
Seattle
Miss Zahl
Re of the Star
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