Special Meeting Called by City Council
An order signed by Councilman William Hickman Moore calls a special city council meeting at 2 PM Wednesday to approve April salaries for officials and employees. The council may pass an ordinance authorizing Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission against a proposed freight rate decrease from Portland and Inland Empire points. The gathering is an emergency measure. Also on the agenda are funeral closures for Councilman Roland Wes Cotterill.
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William Hickman Moore
Eity
Walter F. Meier
Intermate Commercce Commission
Washington
Portland
Oregon
Inland Empire
Seattle
Everett
Puget Sound
Roland Wes Cotterill
Seattle May Get Low Freight Rate
A. J. Whodes, acting president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, says freight rates may be lowered to help Pacific coast shippers compete with Atlantic firms in Oriental trade. Gordon C. Corbalay reports Edward Chambers agrees Seattle’s principle to set export rates by principal manufacturing centers with blanket rates to the Pacific coast.
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Railroad Administration
A. J. Whodes
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Gordon C. Corbatay
Chamber
New York
Seattle
Corbalay
Edward Chambers
Pacific Coast
Make Phone Users Pay Burleson Bill
Postmaster General Burleson drives payment by telephone users for damages to telephone companies from federal control. The municipal league heard Walter F. Meier claim Congress planned to fund deficits from the federal treasury, while new rates in this state raise the average Seattle phone rent by 75 cents monthly.
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Burleson
Congress
Federal Treasury
Walter F. Meier
Municipal League
Federal Con
United Stas
Seattle
Assign Troops for Early Convoy Home
Washington May 7 United Press reports the following organisations assigned to early convoy Bales commissary unit 151 butchered company 710 veterinary evacuation section No Companies C and D 528th engineers Company D 515th engineers headquarters Third battalion Seventh Eighth and Ninth companies and Third battalion medical detachment 20th engineers evacuation hospitals 21 and 23 sanitary squad 64 and camp hospitals 42 and 65
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Washington
United Preas
20Th Engineers
Red Cross Memorial Observances Held Across Nation
Memorial services were held nationwide by Red Cross workers on Wednesday in tribute to Miss Jane A. Delano director general of nursing who died in France on April 15. Seattle memorial was set for 8 p m in the members hall of the Y W C A.
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America
Red Cross
Jane A. Delano
Baveny
France
Seattle Red Cross
P. m
United States naval vessel grounded near Trepassy Bay
The United States naval vessel that grounded at Trepassy Bay during Monday’s storm has been refloated without serious damage. No significant harm to any ships is believed to have occurred.
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ST. Johns
N. F
United Arena
United States Naval Vessela
Trepassey Bay
Pershing’s Unified Command Story At Allied Front
Gen Charles G Dawes recalls Pershing pushing for unified command of lines of communication. He faced objections from officers who feared Americans would be sidelined. Pershing reportedly declared he would become a private if it served the common good, stressing unified action was essential for success.
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N. EB. A
Paris
Rte
Charles G. Dawes
Pershing
Oyver
Dawes
Cleveland, O
Dawen
Nansen to Lead Swiss-Scandinavian Food Commission
The famed explorer Fridtjof Nansen has been chosen to chair a commission of Swiss and Scandinavian citizens tasked with directing the distribution of food in Russia if the Bolsheviks agree to halt fighting. The plan aims to secure humanitarian aid and manage supplies amid upheaval.
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Nansen
N N
Selec
Russia
Archibald Takes Marriage License
Archibald Hutcheson under sheriff will wed within 24 hours. Cupid Kennedy marriage license clerk issued the license Wednesday morning. Miss Myrtle M. Riley of 2040 West 67th Street will become Mrs. Hutcheson. Riley is sister in law of Chief Deputy Shields of the county treasurer's office.
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Archibald
Archibald Hutcheson
Benedict
Cupid Kennedy
Archie
Myrtle M. Riley
Hutcheson
Miss Riley
Shields
Only joking when he asked wife back in divorce case
BE. H. Link told Judge Taft in Los Angeles that he asked Olive Taylor Link to return but was joking. Olive Link sued for divorce. the judge granted a decree and $35 monthly alimony, calling the matrimony joke poor.
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Los Angeles
BE. H. Link
Taft
Olive Taylor Link
Pioneer Woman Bet ey Jacobsen Dies in Seattle
Bet ey Jacobsen 56 a pioneer since 1888 passed away at 3440 Linden Ave Seattle. Survived by husband Edward Jacobsen and son Edwin a State university student. Funeral set for Sunday 3 30 p m at Breitz Rafferty chapel 617 Kilbourne St with Rev H A Stub officiating.
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Bet«ey Jacobsen
Seattle
Linden Ave
Edward Jacobsen
Cascade Laundry
Edwin
State University
Breitz Rafferty Company
Kilbourne St
H. A. Stub Willl
Prosecution Recommended for National Security League Officials
A five member congressional committee urged Attorney General Palmer to prosecute National Security League officials for violating the corrupt practices act. The penalty: up to a $1,000 fine, a year in prison, or both. The report links league funding to Wall Street and lists major contributors including Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, and DuPont, with details of various corporate backers and beneficiaries.
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Washington
National Security League
Congress
Palmer
Ben Johnson
Pat Harrison
Be. W. Saunders
R. H. Caraway
Co. F. Reavis
E. E Brown
Committee
Wall Street
Johnson
Bourth Dakota
House of Representatives
France
Carnegie Corporation
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ridley Watts
Leonard St
New York City
Eversley Childs
Wiliam Hamsein Childs
Batteryplace
New York
U. S. Letter Co
T. Coleman DuPont
Henry C. Frick
U. S. Steel
Charles Hayden
R. B. Price
U.S. Rubber Co
Geo. W. Perkins
International Harvester
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oi! Co
Charles Deering
the Harvester Co
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York Central
Clarence H. Mackay
Telegraph and Cable Company
B. M. Baruch
Mortimer L
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Nicholas F. Brady
Stanwood Menken
House of Commons
England
Menken
Beckman, Menken & Griscom
New Orleans
Knoxville
Relieve Head Noises With Parmint Mixture
If you suffer from roaring or rumbling in the ears, visit a druggist for Parmint double strength. Mix 1 ounce with a pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar, then take a tablespoonful four times daily. Relief often follows as nostrils clear and breathing eases, making mucus less likely to drip.
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Pike
Bessie Barriscale
Ernest P. Russell
Wurlitzer
California
McCormick Line
Pheee Elliott
Bordeaux
Kar-Ry
Recere
Ctimnonic Me
Grimmers
Kar-Ry Company
Treema
Wash
Seattia
Waele
Boston Dental CO
Second Avenue
Bon Marche
Roland Cotterill
Gen. Dawes
Edward M. Thierry
DR Frctiof Nansen
Crystal Pool
Donald J. Vickers
Natatorium Co
Lenora
Pen Daily
Phone Ellicott
Grote-Rankinco
Security League
Francis Bacon
Wilson
Bacon Piano Co
W. P. H. Bacon
John Jacob Astor
University
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