Port to Help Smash Milk Trust Bridges Outlines Plan to Cut Cost of Living
Port Commissioner Robert Bridges outlined a program to curb food speculation at a Commonwealth Club talk, proposing a port run selling agency for grocers and hotels, progressive storage rates, farmer owned plants for milk and flour, and direct sales to consumers. He urged using Seattle facilities to serve national needs and to drive down prices by cutting out middlemen.
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Plana
Robert Bridges
Commonwealth Club
Seattle
Bridges
Wilson
Joseph Tumulty
Grange
Registration details cleared on militia registration rules
Officials announced that militiamen not in active service may be excused from registering, while the governor and adjutant general seek guidance. Caldwell warned aliens must register if in the U S and June 5 remains the deadline for in-country registrants.
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Adjutant General’s Office
Caldwell
War Department
Department
Seattle
Canada
United States
Registration Eve Observed by Band Music in Seattle
The Central Council of Patriotic Service plans downtown events the eve of June 5 to mark selective service registration. Elks, Knights of Pythias, Eagles, Woodmen, Firemen, Moose and other groups organize concerts and talks at venues including Pioneer Square, County-City Building, Pike Place Market, Bon Marche park, and Metropolitan park. The event coordinators urge precinct decorations and employer holidays after 3 pm, with mothers, G A R, Spanish American War Veterans, and militiamen communities invited to greet registrants. A Red Cross benefit program, a university concert, and a big patriotic arena program are also planned with speakers and orchestral performances.
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Elke
Proneer Square
Knights of Pythias
Eagles
Pike Rt
Woodmen of the World
Bon Marche Park
Gates
Metropolitan Park
Metropolitan Theatre
Moose
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Frank Gates
Patriotic Council Committee
Patriotic Societies
Ballard
Arena
Red Cross
Carter Helm Jones
Philharmonic Orchestra
Hospital ship Dover Castle sunk with six lives lost
London May 29 Dover Castle a hospital ship was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean Sunday according to the admiralty. Six persons are believed to have perished.
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London
Dover Castle
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Four Die When Submarine Sinks Off London
The merchantile cruiser Hilary has been submarine in the North Sea. Four crew members were killed. The announcement came today.
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London
Hilary
North Sea
Auto hits two men on Whatcom avenue in Whatcom
George Shaw aged 58 of 2821 Jackson Street and Albert Miller of 325 29th South were struck by a machine driven by A. Claussen of 1422 2nd Avenue near Connecticut Street on Whatcom Avenue Tuesday morning. Both men suffered head and arm injuries.
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George Shaw
Jackson
Albert Miller
A. Claussen
Connecticut St
Whatcom Ave
Ball Season Opens On Front In France
In May the Canadian forces in France begin a league baseball season with games near battlefields. The Canadian Second brigade defeated the Third brigade in the opener in a high scoring, lively game. Every Canadian brigade fields a team with full uniforms and gear donated by local fans.
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United Precedal
France
Balla
War guidance on registering for selective service rules
Q and A cover proof of birth records for ages past 31, exemptions for disability, and how to register from out of state. It explains that first training for the 500000 men starts in September with draws undecided, and notes on exemptions for married men with dependents.
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Caldwell
Canada
War Department
Europe
Seattle Memorial Day Observances and Schedule
Seattle marks memorial day with a citywide closure of shipyards and banks. Decoration day parade begins at 10 20 from Pine street, proceeding to Union and Fifth avenues ending at the Arena for music and addresses. Memorial services follow at Lakeview cemetery and on local docks at 6:50 p.m. through the G A R.
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Seattle
First Ave
Pinest
Pine St
Cherry St
Second Ave
Union At
Union St
Fifth Ave
University St
Dry Squad Man Kendall Death Reported At Reynolds Hotel
Patrolman R. B. Kendall was found dead in a fifth floor room at the Reynolds hotel on Fourth Avenue at 9 30 am Tuesday. Police had searched for him since Monday after he asked for a quiet room and used the name H L Brown. Kendall died of suicide from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the forehead. He was 40 years old and had served with Seattle police since June 1908 on the dry squad. He left home Monday promising to return for lunch and had a spine ailment.
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Kendall
Reynolds
Fourth Ave
Il-health
Eva Eperson
H. L. Brown
J. BE. Daley
Mary J. Kendall
Seattle
Emblems for Scouts Tied to Liberty Bond Drive
The United States government will award war service emblems to Seattle Boy Scouts and Scout Masters who obtain 10 bond applications during June 11 to June 14. President Wilson urged Scouts to aid the drive with the motto Every Scout to save a soldier. Seattle Scouts plan to distribute cards Saturday to gather bond information from homes. Cassius Gates, W E Chambers spoke to Sears Roebuck workers, and J W Bryan addressed Heffernan Engine Works staff urging bond purchases.
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United States
Seattle
Boy Scouts
Wilson
Treasury Department
Cassius Gates
W. E. Chambers
Sears, Roebuck & Co
U. S
J. W. Bryan
Heffernan Engine Works
Barnes Circus Draws Crowd at Fourth Ave and Lenora St
More people than seats filled Al G. Barnes wild animal show on Monday night. Many stayed to sit on the ground. The circus performs again Tuesday at 8 p.m. with snarling panthers and roaring tigers described in vivid terms.
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al G. Barnes
Wild Animal Circus
Fourth Ave
Lenora St
Nominations for Philippine Islands Governor and Justices
President Wilson nominated Charles Emmett Yeater of Missouri for Governor of the Philippine Islands and Thomas F. Street of Alabama and George A. Malcolm of Michigan for associate justices of the Islands supreme court.
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Washington
Wilson
Chas. Emmett Yeater
Missouri
Philippine Islands
Thomas F. Street
Alabama
George A. Malcolm
Michigan
Supreme Court of the Islands
Florence Upstate Store Bargains Drive Hourly Sales
A local retailer touts three stores to leverage buying power and offer hourly bargains. The Florence Upstate Store at Second and Unton promises strong discounts on suits coats dresses and hats to draw in customers seeking value.
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Florence
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Clay Allen
Central Council of Patriotic Service
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Langdon Mitchell
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GOLD
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Laiming
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Hunt
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Adjutant General
W. Carver Gibson
Bond Drive
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