Somme Battle Fights Ease as Haig Reports Slower Progress
Haig reports continued but slower fighting on the Somme with German holds diminished at Roye and Chaunes. British forces halt aggressive advances as lines stabilize across the front near Albert, Roye, and Peronne with German gains limited to a few miles southwest of St Quenin.
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London
Roye and Albert
Haig
Somme
Roye and Chaunes
Albert
Roye
Peronne
Fines
St. Quen
Buy 2 War Savings Stamp to Support War Effort
A brief government notice urges residents to purchase two War Savings Stamps as part of the national effort. The item highlights patriotic duty and the availability of stamps through local post offices.
Five Hundred Japanese to Work in French Factories
Tokyo reports that 500 skilled Japanese mechanics will depart for France to work in munitions factories under contracts between French government representatives and the Franco Japanese labor firm. The arrangement may include 1,000 more workers for the war’s end and postwar expansion. Dorins of the Franco Japanese bank in Yokohama and Lieut. Col. Tripple of the French army participated in negotiations.
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Tokio
France
M. Dorins
Yokohama
Tripple
Aero camp may be established here
A special board led by Maj. Gen. Edwin B. Lyon will study establishing an aero camp in Seattle. The board, to locate aero coast defense units in the North and South Pacific districts, will meet first in San Francisco and then in Seattle.
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Seattle
Edwin B. Lyon
Signal Corps
War Department
Monnday
Aero Coast Defense Squadron
Balloon Coast Defense Company
North
South Pacific Coast Defense Districts
San Francisco
Rally Night Attended by Business Leaders at Eagles Hall
Guests of honor from the British American Relief association join Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club members for a patriotic rally at Eagles hall on Wednesday night.
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British- American Relief Association
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Eagles’ Hall
American engineers lose in West Front drive
Washington dispatch reports American engineers suffered limited losses in the German West front offensive. Two regiments remained within the British line and three Crozat canal companies in the area. U.S. officials remain confident victory depends on reinforcing Allied forces and deploying American troops abroad.
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West Front
Washington
Cambrai
Crozat Canal
Berlin
I W W Placed Under Arrest in Montana
Forty one members of the Industrial Metal Workers union were arrested after a police raid on Finnish hall in Butte where the group held an executive session. I W W literature was found at the scene.
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Butte
Mont
Industrial Metal Workers’ Union
Finnish Hall
Prominent Citizens to Tell of Whisky in Portland Barbershop
Portland police hunted well to do residents to prove barber M F Rogoway kept a blind pig in his shop. Rogoway is charged with selling whisky to customers as refreshment between shaves and towels at $12 per quart.
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Portland
German Music Master Is Jailed In Boston
Dr Karl Muck director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra sat in a cell as an alien enemy in Boston on March 26. He was not granted bail and federal authorities, who arrested the former director of the royal opera house at Berlin, refused to comment.
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Boston
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Royal Opera House
Berlin
Elks Lodge Donates Big Belgian Relief Cloth Drive
Seattle's largest clothed relief gift came from the Elks Lodge. Three tons were sent to the Red Cross relief drive last night as officials aimed to reach the city quota of 40 tons.
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Rom the Elks’ Club
Seattle
Lodge
Red Cross
Hotel men organize wartime coast states in San Francisco
The hotel men of three coast states formed an organization in San Francisco last week as a wartime necessity. J. C. Marmaduke, president of the Washington State Hotel Men's Association, said this was the most important action taken at the meeting, with excursions planned.
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San Francisco
J. C. Marmaduke
Washington State
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Dantzig
East Prussia
State Department
Christ Saverson
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Joe Martin
Berne
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
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Germany
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Iron Cross
Amsterdam
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von Ludendorfft
Order of the Iron Cross
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A. F E. Murray
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Eton
Milan
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Carl D. Groat
United Prene
Nesle
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March
Leonard Wood
Prre
McIntyre
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ELKS
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