Invasion of Romania Ends
Romanian forces halt a Austro German invasion south of the Red Tower pass and push the attackers back from the border. Falkenhayn’s advance checked along the southern Transylvanian frontier while Romanian resistance stiffens on both wings in the Balkans. Serbs, British forces near Seres outskirts, and Greek king Constantine weigh Greece’s entry into the war amid German advances.
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London
Red Tower Pass
Bucharest
Falkenhayn
Balkans
Seres
Constance
Greece
Athens
Daily Chronicle
Romania
Argentine President Irigoyen Declines Gift Automobile
In Buenos Aires on inauguration day, President Irigoyen refused an automobile offered by a friend, preferring a street car. He returned the gift to Don Horacio and noted taxis are available for hire in the city.
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Buenos Aires
Irigoyen
Don Horacio
Haarlem
Holland
War losses are enormous in Somme offensive
Berlin reports via wireless that ninety Anglo-French divisions totaling about 1,620,000 men were virtually annihilated in four percent months of the Somme offensive. Since the start 178 divisions (3,184,000 men) have been launched against the German lines, while Russian losses June to October reach about 1,000,000 men. The figures are attributed to a Kiev officer quoted in a Swiss paper.
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Berlin
Sayville
Somme
Crite
Kiev
Capitalist Here Sees Big Growth in Seattle
Frank J. Parsons vice president of United States Mortgage and Trust Co of New York visits Seattle. He says the city is fully prepared to benefit from the expected economic rush in the coming years, with Fisken & Co as agents representing the head company and visiting all local agents.
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Frank J. Parsons
United States Mortgage and Trust Co
New York
Seattle
Fisken & Co
Parsone
Bear Traps Self in Milk Wagon on Snoqualmie Road
A bear rambled along the Snoqualmie river highway on a Wednesday and charged into a milk delivery wagon driven by A. Frederick, son of Monroe. The bear caused the wagon to pin a man named Steels Head under the front axle. Frederickson jumped away, obtained a rifle from a farmer about a mile and a half away, and killed the bear upon returning.
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Snoqualmie River
A. Frederick
Monroe
Steels
Frederickson
Barber Warns Hughes Fulton Letter Cites Chin Adornment
Michael Cruba a master barber sent a letter to Candidate Hughes warning that he would be in greater favor with tensorial artists if he trimmed a pound or two off the famed Hughes chin adornment.
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Fulton
Michael Cruba
Hughes
Liquor Bootleg Shipment Bound for Alaska Halted by Dry Squad
Dry squad officers report hootlegger whisky valued in the thousands shipped to Alaska for distribution, addressed to an Alaska firm in care of a Seattle transfer company. Goods hidden in warehouses and docks, with Alaska men allegedly stealing their supply. Jesse Moore Hunt of San Francisco linked to the shipments.
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Alaska
Alto Ft
North
California
Seattle
Traveling Salesman at Wilkes Players and Vaudeville Next Week
The Wilkes Players at the Orpheum announce The Traveling Salesman a human drama with Phoebe Hunt as the girl and George Rand as the salesman. William C. Walsh plays a blackface hotel porter with the touring company. Matinee Sunday will feature the sample unpacking scene.
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Wilkes Players
Orpheum
James Forbes
Rose Stahl
Mr. Forbes
Indiana
Phoebe Hunt
George Rand
Wilson Women Heckle Hughes Boosters at Moore Theatre
Democratic women in Seattle heckled Hughes supporters during a Moore Theatre rally for the Republican candidate. Seven speakers, including Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott and Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, urged Hughes as Wilson opponents clashed with fair Hughes backers and a massed gallery cheered for Wilson.
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Y Hughes
Wilson
Moore Theatre
Hughes
Fair Wibeor
Charles B. Hughes
Seattle Citiens
Seattle
Spokane
Moore
A. J. Beveridge
Josiah Colling
Maude Howe Elliott
Julia Ward Howe
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Rheta Childe Dorr
War Warns Against Resuming Submarine Warfare
Berlin reports that Dr. David, socialist member, told the reichstag that unrestricted submarine warfare would not hasten peace and would prolong the war. Meanwhile CAPT. R. S. Patton of the U S Coast Survey spoke to the Engineers' club Friday on Pacific Coast navigation problems.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. L
David
Reichstag
R. S. Patton
U. S. Coast Survey
Engineers’ Club
Pacific Coast
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Monte Carter
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al Allen
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Palace Hip Theatre
Lillipute
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Adelyne Lowe and Company
Moloch
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Oak Theatre
Second Ave
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Tijuana
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Florence Moore
James Grady
Jue Quan Tai
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Whistler
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Blanche Sweet
Theodore Roberta
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Elizabeth Freeman
Katherine B. Davis
Little Doctor
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