Army plan outlines mobile commands and key posts
General staff proposes abandoning the old paste system and concentrating the U S Army into major groups. Two lines are to run along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts with Fort Porter Port Erie and Fort Oglethorpe as hubs, plus Fort Lawton and the Presidio posts for the Pacific group, and three inland reserves including Fort Sil Oklahoma for artillery training.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
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Seattle
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Portland
Presidio
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Cal
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California
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Fort Sil
Okla
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Editor Held on Charge by Girl
Olympia, Nov 1. F E Seeley editor of the Oakville World is jailed without bail awaiting arraignment on charges to be filed by the prosecuting attorney. He was arrested with Olfie Erickson of Tacoma after the girl’s mother supplied information from a want ad seeking a girl to learn the printing business. The mother says the daughter had visited Olympia and received a letter with money for expenses and promises of a trip to California and life as a millionaire.
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Oakville
Wash
Yantle
Seeley
Olfie Erickson
Tacoma
California
Russian Warships Bombard Varna to Land Troops
A Russian transport fleet escorted by destroyers neared Varna Bulgaria on Sunday. Warships bombarded the port as transports moved in likely to land troops at the harbor.
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Varna
Bulgaria
Vashon Folk to Vote on Ferry Question
Public meetings are set on Vashon and Maury islands to discuss ferry terminals. On December 4, island residents will vote on the ferry matter, following a meeting of about 100 property owners at Good Fats cafeteria. Proposed routes include Vashon to Three Tree Point, Portage to Des Moines, or Vashon Heights to the Seattle waterfront.
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Vashon
Maury Islands
Mrs Beulah Marie Dix Reading At Queen Anne Church
Mrs Sarah Andrewa Thornton read Across the Border by Beulah Marie Dix at the Queen Anne Congregational church Sunday night. The piece explored how foolish behavior is looked on in the future world.
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Sarah Andrewa Thornton
Beulah Marie Dix
Queen Anne Congregational Church
British seize American ship Llama off Scotland
Washington reports a British prize crew boarded the American steamship Llama grounded off Scotland with no stated reasons. Consul Young at Halifax also reports the vessel Hocking, formerly the Danish Gronland, on the British black list and brought into Halifax after being halted off New York by British warships.
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Washington
Scotland
Dundee
State Department
Consul Young
Halifax
Hocking
Gronland
New York
Queen City Cat Show Announces January Exhibition
The Queen City Cat Club will hold its annual show in the city on January 20 21 and 22 with a long list of blue ribbon winners expected to be entered.
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Queen City
Yearly Waste and Savings From Consolidating Army Posts
The War Department estimates saving 5,507,038 annually by consolidating 59 mobile army posts into eight. Savings could fund 9,000 additional infantry or expand each unit by 20 privates, boosting overall effectiveness by about 5 percent, not including coast artillery or foreign garrisons.
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War Department
Continental
United States
Quartermaster's Department
Medical
Coast Artillery Corps
Congress Can Save 5 Million Yearly by Closing Forts
The column argues that many U.S. forts near cities, like Fort D. A. Russell in Cheyenne and Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, waste funds. It cites past wartime troop movements and Secretary Stimson on the posts as revenue sources, urging Congress to cut costs and strengthen defense.
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Douglas
Salt Lake City
Jinx Night Scheduled by Seattle Press Club
The Seattle Press club announces Jinx night on Friday with double entertainment. Vaudeville and music fill the club theatre at Fifth Ave and University Street, and a Hippodrome dance across the street. Guests receive a copy of the Masque year book as tickets sell fast.
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Press Club
Seattle
Jinx
Fifth Ave
University St
Hippodrome
Financial failure closes opera season at Moore theatre
After a week of singing at the Moore theatre the Standard Grand Opera Co has closed its season due to receipts failing to cover expenses. Business manager B A Sprotte cites poor box office returns as the reason.
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Moore Theatre
Standard Grand Opera Co
B. A. Sprotte
Eight States Vote Tuesday on Suffrage
New York dispatch notes eight states voting Tuesday with governors elected in Massachusetts Maryland Mississippi and Kentucky and legislators in Massachusetts New Jersey Maryland and Kentucky. Suffrage could enfranchise 6 000 000 women if New York Pennsylvania and Maronetts approve. Leaders express confidence but odds against victory.
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New York
Massachusetts
Maryland
Mississippi
Kentucky
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maronetts
Want No Monarchy
A group of young Chinese students in Seattle who studied in the United States say monarchy would be foolish for China after establishing a republic. Named are M. Y. Loo K. Y. Chen C. M. Ku from Columbia J. Chow from Cornell P. 3 Cha of Union College and P. Chen of the University of Chicago.
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China
Seattle
M. Y. Loo
K. Y. Chen
C. M. Ku
Columbia University
J. Chow
Cornell
P. 3
Cha
Union College
New York
P. Chen
University of Chicago
Finest Dentists Offer Low Prices and Guaranteed Work
Dental office advertises highly trained staff with state board certificates displayed. Promises ironclad satisfaction guarantees, best materials, and thorough examinations at low, non negotiable prices. Manager JL Clark assures responsible service at 1405 Third Ave N and WW Cor Third and Union.
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State Dental Board
JL. R Clark
Northwest
Third Ave
N. WW. Cor
Third and Union
Arizona Alien Labor Law Struck Down by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court ruled Arizona's alien labor law unconstitutional. The statute required employers with more than five workers to have 90 percent qualified electors or native citizens, and was adopted via initiative.
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Washington
Arizon
Supreme Court of the United States
Chamber to Challenge City Tax Levy Action
The Chamber of Commerce hired Hughes McMicken Dovell Ramsey to seek an injunction against county officials over the city tax levy adopted by a council majority. The King County Democratic club invites Councilman Erickson and Mayor Gill to speak at the next meeting on Saturday at noon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hughes, McMicken, Dovell & Ramsey
King County Democratic Club
Erickson
Gill
Question Making Levy by Resolution
The Municipal League faces a possible court challenge to Seattle budget adoption by resolution. At its weekly luncheon at the Hotel Washington Annex Tuesday, Mayor Gill comments. Trustees backed the finance committee report and authorized a lawyer committee to study the legal aspects.
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Municipal League
Seattle
Hove
Washington Annex
Gill
League
Municipal Finance Committee
Sunday Play 6 G. K. Reverend Calls Sunday Leisure Religious
Rev Ernest V. Shau gler of St Mark's Episcopal argues in a sermon that a Sunday jaunt game or ride can be a religious act if done in a religious spirit after six days in an office and preceded by worship.
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Ernest V. Shuagler
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Tug Daring to Attempt Rescue of Annie Larsen at Aberdeen
The tug Daring will try again today to bring the schooner Annie Larsen, 24 days from Honolulu, over the bar at Aberdeen. Two prior attempts failed when the cable snapped, and the Larsen was swept to sea before being picked up 40 miles offshore by the US mine planter Maj. Sam Ringgold last night.
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Daring
Annie Larsen
Honolulu
Here
United States
Tayler
Sam Ringgold
Daughter wed angered father kills three in Texas tragedy
Perry Morris a wealthy Texas farmer, angered by his daughter's marriage, killed J. F. Sheets and seriously wounded his son, then killed C. J. Maddox and his wife before killing himself. The spree started at Sheets’ home and ended after Morris returned home.
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Tex
Perry Morris
J. F. Sheets
Morris
Sheets
C. J. Maddox
Maddox
War helps workers with shorter hours and higher pay
George Leary of Cincinnati, VP of the Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, Brass and Silver Workers union, reports wage gains of about 40 percent and reduced hours for metal workers. He travels with other union leaders to labor conventions in Seattle and San Francisco. Hollywood Lunch Waffles listed at 212 Pike St Ady.
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George Leary
Cincinnati
Seattle
San Francisco
Hollywood
Pike St
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