Industrial King Hugo Stinnes Or Wilhelm II Battle Over War Origins
Milton Bronner argues the world war was driven by industrial power, not monarchic ambition. He profiles Hugo Stinnes as the real center of a new German power, contrasting him with Wilhelm II and tracing Stinnes’s rise from coal to shipping to a nationwide business empire.
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House of Hohenzollern
Berlin
America
Wilhelm the Second
Germany
Ruhr
House of Stinnes
Hugo
Republic
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Wilhelm
Hohenzollern
Brandenburg
Stinnes
Mulheim
Matthias Stinnes
Rhine
Matthias
Finland
Sweden
Austria
Switzerland
Caldwells and Camels in a City Nonsense
A humorous fragment shows Mayor Caldwell with glasses and a New Nile temple camel as readers chuckle at a lighthearted scene. The piece references hay fever from grass and flowers and includes mock quotes about freedom and city governance.
Five Firemen Die In Milwaukee Sewer Gas Tragedy
Five men died when a gas pocket in a Milwaukee sewer overpowered a rescue crew as they attempted to save two unconscious workers. The two rescuers were pulled to safety but in critical condition, while three of the deceased were firemen and two were laborers.
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Milwaukee
Gaa
Tony Krafchek
Paul Walsauer
Matt Stambach
Tacoma Club to Announce Hotel Drive Success Tonight
Tacoma leaders report $871,700 in subscriptions for a new community hotel with $128,300 still needed. Donations come largely in $100 to $500 amounts, and stock control will rest with citizenship. Three sites are under discussion, including Broadway at Ninth, 11th and Pacific, and the current Tacoma hotel area on A street.
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Tacoma
Tacoman
Tacoma Theater
Broadway
Ninth Et
Pacific
Scandinavian-Amercan Bank
Tacoma Hotel
Ast
Ninth and 10Th Streets
Engagement of Nile Announced by Mayor
Mayor and Mrs Hugh Caldwell announce the engagement of Nile a dromedary from Nile Temple to Reginald Marmaduke Potentate of Shanghai The wedding date for June 1 when Potentate will be released from government quarantine Nile known in Seattle after accompanying the Mayor on a Shrine Pilgrimage She has become a familiar figure at Woodland Park Zoo Their Woodland Park home will be open to friends after June 1
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Homer Brew
Noel
The
Star
Hugh M. Caldwell
Nile
Nile Temple
Reginald Marmaduke
Shanghai
Potentate
Misa Nile
Seattle
Caldwell
Orient
Althe
Woodland Park Zoo
Votentate
Phi Delta
Upper Pekin College
Keystone State
China
Mias Nile
Mr. Potentate
Shriner
Woodland Park
Gus Kaoudisene
Mrs De Valera Presented With Twin Sons
London May 24 Mrs Eamonn De Valera today presented the former president of the Irish republic with twin boys according to a dispatch to the Evening Star.
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London
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Evening Star
Alfred Norwood Held on Grand Larceny Charges
Alfred Norwood aged 25, a wood hauler, was jailed on grand larceny charges on Wednesday. He is alleged to have aided in concealing and abetting the theft of a automobile owned by W. J. Morrow of Leg Moines.
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Alfred Norwood
Norwood
W. J. Morrow
Leg Moines
Democrats Battle Dope Evil At Washington State Convention
The May 4 Seattle dispatch reports Democrats redrafting a platform to curb narcotics traffic and aid addicts, criticize the Hart administration taxes, back reclamation and irrigation, with King County leading in delegates and key appointments. Congressman Dill pledges to back Newberry if nominated, signaling a pivotal U S Senate ballot stance.
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Robert B. Bermann
Olympia
Hart
King County
Stephen J. Chadwick
Seattle
William Hickman Moore
Frank T. Bell
Ephrata
W. A. White
Walla Walla
Ion
George F. Ryan
Mra
Hugh C. Todd
Cedentials
C. ©. Dill
U. S
Newberry
Michigan
Dill
Meeting on Lower Taxes Urged by Seattle Real Estate Group
The Seattle Real Estate Association invites homeowners to a 8 p.m. mass meeting at the Press Club Auditorium to push for a 40 mill real property tax limit. Speakers include George F. Meacham and Percy Livesey as they back a proposed property owners league to press the Legislature for tax relief and justice.
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Seattle Real Estate Association
Press Club
Fifth Ave
Seattle
F Woody
Real Estate Association
League of Property Owners
George F. Meacham
Percy Livesey
Northwest Real Metate Association
Bellingham
Woody
Freight rate cuts ordered by ICC to take effect July first
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a nationwide freight rate reduction about 10 percent, effective July 1, saving shippers roughly 200 million dollars annually. The panel, unanimously in favor, signaled potential passenger rate cuts and set a 6 percent return standard, with carriers urged to notify by May 31.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Altho
Western
Southern
Mountain Pacific
General Wood Yacht Missing Off Philippine Typhoon
No word reached the War Department on May 24 regarding General Leonard Wood governor general of the Philippines his wife and daughter aboard the yacht Apo near typhoon battered coasts. Attempts to contact the vessel by wireless failed. Wood and family sailed Saturday for Mindoro for a brief inspection tour.
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Washington
War Department
Leonard Wood
The
Philippines
Apo
Wood
Mindoro
City Hall Pay Blocked as Mayor and Council Deadlock
The Caldwell administration and city council remain split over municipal railway funding as pay for over 5,000 city employees hangs in the balance. A veto threat targets segregating railway expenses from the general fund, with payments delayed 30 to 50 days unless resolutions pass.
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Caldwell
Supreme Court
Law Department
Walter F. Meker
Three men held in fake rum label plot arrest
Beckenhaus owner of Home Beverage and Supply at 705 EK Pike st along with clerk Thomas Been and Gus Nocken were arrested by federal agents after a weeks long stakeout. Nocken delivered 1000 counterfeit stamp sets to a buyer at 705 EK Pike st before a sting. A search found two etched plates and 800 finished labels at Nocken’s home 1619 Minor Ave. Stamps were intended for moonshine bottles imitating high grade brands. Been is believed to have guilty knowledge.
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Internal Revenue
Pike St
Stora
Noecken
Minor Ave
Been
Daugherty Orders Secret Service to Shadow Senators
Attorney General Daugherty has ordered secret service agents to shadow critics led by Senator Caraway of Arkansas. The move comes as Morse release from Atlanta penitentiary prompts renewed attack on War fraud prosecutions.
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Washington
Daugherty
Secret Service
Caraway
Arkansas
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
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Hades
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Colum
Philippine Mission
Peres
Natividad Albert
Philippine Independence Mission
Islands
Miss Albert
Jose Albert
Manila
University of the Philippines
General Wood
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