10 000 Troops With Baker On France Voyage
Newton D. Baker American secretary of war arrived in France aboard a cruiser carrying 10 000 troops. Some details place a portion of troops on a former liner. An earlier submarine alarm and cannonade were reported as the ship neared port. Baker toured Paris with Gen Pershing and others and planned further talks with French officials and President Poincare about allied support.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
France
Mit Ovean
Port Y
Baker
Gen. Pershing
Sharpe
Poincare
Seattle Freight Backlog Holds Ocean Carriers in Check
Frank Hanf, joint export agent, outlines methods to curb export freight buildup at Seattle. regional director R. H. Ion will rule. Freight piles in Seattle warehouses as ocean tonnage is scarce and shippers use dealer consignments to move goods. Railways urged to bar Seattle consignments to avoid further delays.
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Frank Han F
Car Commission
American Railway Association
R. Hion
Chicago
Seattle
Ocean
Australians Raid East of Messines Pressured by Artillery
March 12 report says Australian forces conducted successful raids east-northeast of Messines last night. German casualties were noted with a few prisoners taken. Australian casualties were light amid mutual artillery exchanges near Armentieres and east-northeast of Ypres.
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Messines
Field Mar- Haig
Aus
Armentieres
Ypres
Airplane photographer uses gunlike camera sights
Describes a new aircraft camera that photographs enemy trench layouts. The camera resembles a gun with a long black strip on top and fires pictures via a regular trigger to aid artillery targeting.
Wife Slayer Taken To Oregon Prison
Clarence Guy confessed slayer of his wife who left him and married another man. He was taken to Salem to serve from 5 to 15 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter. The charge was reduced from murder due to his mother’s insanity and a hereditary factor.
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Portland
Oré
Clarence Guy
Salem
Guy
One Dead Two Hurt In Airplane Collision At Kelly Field
Official report from Kelly Field states Lieut. Orton L. Mitchell died and Cadets Raymond Wakefield of Colchester Illinois and J W Pemberton of Downey California were seriously injured in a collision between two airplanes near San Antonio on March 12.
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San Antonio
Orton L. Mitchell
Raymond Wakefield
Colchester
Ill
J. W. Pemberton
Downey
Cal
Kelly Field
Second Draft Calls 800000 Men Amid War Labor Needs
The article reports that 800,000 men will form the base for a new draft quota under pending legislation. It describes allocations to agriculture, deferments for farm work, furlough options, and a plan to mobilize skilled artisans and students into technical units while avoiding wholesale labor disruption.
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Congress
Senate
House Military Committee
Col Ora
Amr
Secretary of War
Farma
Quartermaster Department
Piret
Epecial Unite
United States
Auch
Wilson message boosts Russian ratification hopes in Moscow
The article discusses Woodrow Wilson's telegram to the Moscow Soviet Congress expressing sympathy for Russian freedom and promising future aid. It notes the impact on Allied plans, fear of German territorial gains, and uncertainties about Britain Japan and Siberian intervention, with Russia weighing peace terms.
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Congress of the Soviets
United States
Germany
Mussa
Russia
Congress
Europe
Woodrow Wilson
America
Massa
Wi Won
Britain
Japan
Kitalin
Nunssla
Wilson
Moscow
China
Boys' Cotton Union Suits 69 Cent Sale
Discounted medium weight boys union suits with long sleeves offered at 69 cents each. Great for saving now and using next season.
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Union Uits
Muslin Petticoats for Women's Pretty Lawn Handkerchiefs
Page item notes price and style details for muslin petticoats and lawn handkerchiefs priced around five cents. Includes brief mention of available fabrics and household fashion use.
Women's Cotton Union Suits 75c
Advertises women's cotton union suits priced at 75 cents each with a note on slight imperfections mentioned.
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Women’s Cotton Union Suits
Seattle Man Listed on Canada Sick List
Ottawa dispatch lists Americans in today casualty list with categories: killed in action at La Blanche Freeno Cal. prisoner of war repatriated G. W. Coover Cin. wounded include W. J. Paine Detroit and Warren Oklahoma City. Sapper C F Soltau Seattle.
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Seattle
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
la Blanche
Freeno
Cal
G. W. Coover
Cin Ata Weed
W. J. Paine
Detroit, Mich
Warren
Oklahoma City
LL Sapper C.F. Soltau
Wash
Students Fight Among Chemicals to Curb Flames
A beaker containing boiling toluene shattered in the University of Washington chemistry lab menacing Fragley Hall and a $200,000 chemistry building. Students using a dozen fire extinguishers slowed the fire until firefighters arrived. A nearby ether stock could have caused a large explosion. a $50,000 chemical stock room was within ten feet. The blaze began in Professor William M. Dehn’s physiology chemistry lab, causing $300 in property loss and valuable research data to be damaged.
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Fragley Hall
University of Washington
William M. Dehn
Prof. Dehn
Homing Pigeon Delivers Mrs. Wilson Message to Gov Whitman
A White House pigeon carried Mrs. Wilsons note to New York Gov Whitman declining a military meet with thanks and good wishes. The test flight, by a trio of pigeons, was arranged by the war departments signal corps with Percy Baker releasing them.
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Washington
Signal Corps
War Department
Percy Baker
Secretary of War
Nonpartisan Leader Townley Arrested in Minnesota
A. Townley president of the National Nonpartisan League was arrested in Fairmont Minnesota on charges of obstructing war policies and circulating sedition. He was bound over for trial in $1000 bail and awaited Martin County grand jury action on the sedition count.
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Fairmont
Minn
Townley
National Nonpartisan League
O. Gi. Lee
Tie
Martin County
Grand Jury
Special Silk Dress Sale At 17 50 Features New Styles
A special sale offers silk dresses at 17 50 with crepe de chine designs, embroidered yokes, and color options white navy black. Georgette crepe and taffeta combinations, embroidered waists, metal braid trims, and soutache detailing appear in black navy Copenhagen white and tan. Jersey dresses in five new coatee redingote and Zouave styles are also priced 17 50 in popular colors. BREDCOND floor The Don Marche.
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Copenhagen
Jersey
Special Easter Fabrics and Satins Offered at Low Prices
A sale feature highlights 40 inch Meteor Satin at 1.50 a yard and 36 inch Messaline Satin at 1.25 a yard. Crepe Poplins at 1.25 and Rich Black Satin at 1.35. 36 inch Black Duchess Satin 1.65. 83 inch Silk Pongee with colorful designs. Also Silk and Wool Suiting Poplin on the main floor.
Hair Switches at Modest Prices in Shades
Advertises hair switches with three stems per cover in 22 inch, 18 inch, and gray varieties priced between $2.00 and $7.50. Notes color options brown black blonde red and gray with first quality natural hair. Also promotes Bon Marche third floor dresses and wash dresses in gingham chambray with listed models and styles for fit and materials.
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BON Marche
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