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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
12
Police lock the doors of the Dumas club at 208 Fifth Ave on orders from Chief Warren as a crackdown on gambling and bootlegging. Eleven arrests were made earlier this week but released for lack of evidence. City officials vow a broader cleanup of suspicious venues in Seattle.
New York May 2 Carl Rodiger a German agent suspect was arrested here Wednesday and held in fifteen thousand dollars bail. He is alleged to have been active as paymaster of German agents in this country. Rodiger is said to have been a lieutenant commander in the German navy prior to the war.
President C. H. Shields of Washington Oakland Co. and H. C. Whitley, sales manager, will depart Saturday for a month to Oakland factory to gather data for improved business methods and to arrange further Oakland car shipments. Past six months saw trainload exports to the Pacific coast halted by government rail control, with hopes to resume.
Camp Lewis reports plans for a rugged Y M C A canteen to serve trench diggers in a remote trench field. Soldiers will construct the hut providing writing tables reading lounging quarters and shelter from the regular facilities.
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