War correspondent Phil Rader vivid first WWI dispatch
Former United Free correspondent Phil Rader writes from London after furlough, detailing the French army's foreign legion and the grim reality of 1915 trench warfare. The article blends his keen observation with a trained journalist's eye to reveal the war's stark horrors.
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Phil Rader
United Frees
Foreign Legion
London
Rader
William Rader
Calvary Presbyterian Church
San Franacisco
Trench Tales of War Dead and Dread
A WWI reminiscence details a German body hung on barbed wire and the slow erosion of humanity in trench life. It recalls Samuels the Englishman, Scherr the Swiss medical student, and Victor Chapman dragging bodies to safety, with deaths, funerals, and the moral weight of watching friends suffer.
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United Press
London
Samuels
Red Cross
Scherr
Harvard
Victor Chapman
New York
Paris
Jaasoo
Boston Garment Suit Dismissed in U S Shoe Machine Case
Boston March 18 the garment suit seeking dissolution of United States Shoe Machine Co was dismissed in the United States district court today.
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Boston
United States Shoe Machine Co
United District Court
Last Chance to Use Referendum on House Bill 120
The piece calls House Bill 120 a death to initiative and referendum rights, arguing it undermines constitutional protections. It warns the legislature could sell out further and leave the people powerless, urging immediate action before the June 10 effective date and referendum petition deadline.
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Gov. Lister
Dope Victims Treated With Cautious Morphine Cure Plan
The Star prints a physician approved step by step morphine withdrawal cure intended for those unable to access hospital care. The regimen uses belladonna and other extracts with timed cathartics and repeated morphine reductions, to be supervised by a competent doctor and careful nursing.
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Mcbride
Nice
Aviators Raid Towns on Border
French aviators reportedly dropped bombs on Schlettstadt in Alsace, killing a teacher and two children and injuring ten. German forces later retaliated by bombing Calais. The raid occurred under cover of darkness and damage totals were not fully known.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. 1
Schiettstadt
Alsace
Calais
Girl Kills Boy On Street Near Mount Vernon
In Mount Vernon on March 18 Miss Mae Angeredo 19 shot and killed Birdeen Peterson an employee of Buick Auto Co and son of a prominent East Stanwood farmer after a lovers quarrel on a sidewalk. She swallowed wood alcohol and was taken to Stanwood hospital in serious condition. The couple had traveled from Burlington late Wednesday night and were quarreling on a station platform before the shooting. She pleaded to die at the hospital as doctors attempted treatment.
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Woods
Louis Abrams
Lilly Levine
Mount Vernon
Stanwood
East Stanwood
Mae Angeredo
Birdeen Peterson
Buick Auto Co
East
Peterson
Ste
Cedarholme
Burington
Uncle Sam Asks Japan to Keep Hands Off China
Washington reports that the United States has asked Japan to respect China's integrity in a friendlier note. Secretary Bryan and President Wilson declined to reveal how the representations were made, while Russia and England were said to have communicated with Japan as well.
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Japan
China
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Russia
England
America
Tokio
Sociiety Raffles Leader Titus Carr Sentenced in San Quentin
Los Angeles report says Titus J. Carr a society raffles organizer who worked only during the day was sentenced to five years in San Quentin.
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Los Angeles
Titus J. Carr
Who Would Like to Borrow Cute Baby
An auto mechanic husband, jobless for months, and his wife with a 11 week old baby seek help from The Star readers. They need someone to care for the baby temporarily or a job for the father to stabilize the family. Call the city editor for contact details.
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Latona
the Star
Admiral Caperton May Lead Fleet to Progreso
Washington dispatches report insurgents in Yucatan state defeated again raising threats near Progreso and Merida. Rear Admiral Caperton commanding the Vera Cruz squadron may be ordered to proceed and personally manage the evolving crisis.
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Progreso
Merida
Mexico
State Department
Yucatan State
Caperton
Vera Cros
Diggs and Caminetti Sentenced to McNeil Island
In San Francisco on March 18 the U S circuit court of appeals upheld a lower court ruling sentencing Maurii Diggs and F Drew Caminetti to McNeil Island prison for violating the Mann white slave law.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Maurii Diggs
F. Drew Caminetti
McNeil Island
AWAIT LAND FORCE IN SMYRNA ATTACK
London reports the Anglo French bombardment of the Dardanelles and Smyrna forts paused awaiting arrival of French and British expeditionary forces. Dispatches from Athens indicate the suspension is in effect.
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Smyrna
London
Dardanelles
Athens
German consul arrested in Seattle on spying charge
German consul Wilhelm Mueller and secretary B M Schultz arrested at the Seattle consulate on a charge of attempting to obtain nine bills of lading to prove submarine parts shipments by the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co. to Great Britain via Vancouver. Investigations widen as the state department and Washington dispatches consider neutrality violations and possible submarine part sales.
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Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co
State Department
Washington, D. C
Wilhelm Mueller
Great Stain
British Columbia
J. W. Paterson
Icence
Lundin
British Pacific Engine Construction Co
Mueller
B. M. Schultz
John Murdock
Washington
Seattle Construction & Drydock Co
Canada
RB. M. Schultz
Consul
Bond
Edward von Tobel
Shipbuilding Company
Murdock
Dan Tarnisasky
Portland
Schultz
Great Britain
Vancouver
Tarnisasky
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