War needs private cars and pilots for troop transport
Washington reports the government would rely on private individuals to supply automobiles for troops and supplies in case of war. Chicago offers 1,000 cars and Detroit a potential 5,000 cars. Aviators and 558 physicians in private practice have volunteered, alongside 400 medical reserve officers not on active duty.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Detroit
Surgeon General
Medical Reserve Corps
Whaler Belvedere Returns From Arctic Patrol
The Belvedere under Captain A. P. Jochimaen arrives at port with furs and oil after a seven month Arctic cruise. Four crewmen, George Lahester Antonio Roderick John Domingo and an unknown Russian, were lost in a Kamchatka Bay storm. Olaf Swenson and Chief Engineer J. T. Clayton survived to report the tragedy. The vessel had supported the Stefanason expedition and assisted the rescue on Wrangell Island.
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Arctic
Belvedere
A. P. Jochimaen
Kamchatka Bay
George Lahester
Antonio Roderick
John Domingo
Olaf Swenson
J. T. Clayton
Stefanason
Nome
Herschel Island
Achooner King and Winge
Wrangell Island
Reporter Runs Spy Gauntlet Without Being Cleared
A London based American reporter undertakes a fictitious spy test to Berlin. He travels under a neutral pretense, avoids screening at the Hague but is scrutinized multiple times by British officials at Tilbury. He passes baggage checks with chalked initials, illustrating how spies could slip through.
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United Piece
London
Fy Mall
Aples
Flanders
England
Germany
Holland
Berlin
Home Office
the Hague
Hague
Tilbury
Sal
Flushing
Scotland Yard
Custom House
North Sea
Aged Woman Exile Is Given Freedom
Mme Breakovakaya, a renowned revolutionary leader banished to Northern Siberia after a dramatic escape in disguise, may relocate from Yakutsk and settle anywhere in the Irkutsk government outside Irkutsk city.
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Petrograd
Mme
Breakovakaya
Siberia
Kirensk
Lena
Yakutsky
Irkutsk
Irkutsk City
Weeks As Presidential Hopeful Faces Tariff Reform
Senator Weekes of Massachusetts is described as a Taft type candidate with a high tariff stance and opposition to initiative referendum and recall. He rose from farm roots to public life via the Massachusetts naval militia, now 55, and claims no stock brokerage ties after leaving those offices. He lacks a presidential manager, with Louis Coolidge showing interest in the campaign machinery.
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John W. Weeks
New Fangland
Louis Coolidge
Washington
Aloe Machinery Trust
Weeks
William Howard Taft
Taft
Kornblower & Week
Portland delegate reports fellow citizen missing
Lawrence, a delegate to a Portland Maine WCTU convention, told police at midnight that Mrs. Mabel P Andrews, 55, also of Portland, was missing. Rosalia Brothers opened a new floral shop at Third and Madison Thursday.
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EM. Lawrence
Portland
Mabel P. Andrews
Rosalia Brothers
Third and Madison Thursday St
Society Circus Opens Monday at Hippodrome in Seattle
The Hippodrome is being converted into a big tent for a week of charity entertainment led by Nedra Seecamp, a noted Seattle child dancer. A cast of 250 will perform ballet numbers and ride the circus elephant, with daily voting determining the net proceeds to the winning charity.
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Hippodrome
Seattle
Society Circus
Nedra
Daby) Seecamp
Kirmens
Ireus
Estate of King Valued at 67481.99 in Probate Records
The estate of Ah King, a Chinese Seattle merchant, is valued at 67481.99 dollars per the Inventory and Appraisement filed in the probate court.
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Ah King
Seattle
Seattle and San Francisco Chambers Protest British Cable Censorship
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce asked to join in protests to Secretary of State Lansing against British censorship of American cable messages to foreign countries.
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Chamberlain Backs War Army Plan In Senate Speech
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the Senate military affairs committee, declared strong support for Secretary of War Garrison's plan to increase the army during remarks in Portland. He endorsed expanding national defense and the readiness of forces.
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Portland
Ore
Garrison
Senator Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Mrs Elizabeth Guve Reaches 89 After Birthday
Mrs Elizabeth W P Guve formerly walked a forest trail from her home at 1627 17th avenue and now travels by her son's car over paved streets. She has just celebrated her 89th birthday.
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Elizabeth W. P. Guve
17Th Ave
W C T U Leader Drives National Relief Network
Miss Lalla M. Sewall of Brookline Massachusetts leads the W C T U relief effort coordinating clothing flour medicines and helpers with a Boston depot to aid flood floods and disasters. In Seattle the charity spreads to 800 yearly holiday dinners and aims to cover every American city including Alaska. The convention closed after prayers for Richland Montana and the Abernathy bill on liquor ads with 1000 attendees singing farewell.
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Ohio
Galveston
San Francisco
Lalla M. Sewall
Brookline
Mase
Mise Sewall
Boston
Miss Sewall
Flower Mission and Relief Work Department
America
Misa Sewall
Hoston
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Seattle
Alaska
Richland County
Montana
Hich
Richland
Dry
Abernathy
Delegates Decide 1916 WCTU Convention Location
The executive committee of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union selects Indianapolis for the 1916 convention and aims to push national prohibition before the next Congress adjourns, with about 700 delegates expected.
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Indianapolis
Apple Growing Tree Produces 22 Ounce Fruit
A nine year old tree on Lee Gardner's property at 242 Rainier Ave bears apples weighing 22 ounces each. It took 44 of these apples to fill a box, showcasing the harvest.
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Lee Gardner
Rainier Ave
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