Plan for Eight American Airways to Carry Mail
The article reports on a proposal by Rear Admiral Peary and the Aero Club of America to create eight transcontinental airways for mail express and passenger service. It details proposed routes from New York to San Francisco and Boston to Seattle, with designated woodrow wilson, Wright brothers, Langley, Chanute Hell, Rodgers, Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Airways. It notes the need for landing places, aircraft certification, and government support as wartime aviation expands to civilian use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick M. Kerry E. A
Washington, D. C
Great American Airways
Continental
Robert E Peary
Aerial of America
Peary
National Aerial Coast Patrol Commission
Aero Blue Book
New York
Aero Club of America
E Xpert
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Ohio
Indiana
Louis
Kanaan City
Santa Barbara
Cal
Chanute & Hell
Grand Rapids
Minneapolis
Bismarck
Montana
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Rodgers Airway
Calbraith Perry Rodgers
Newport News
Norfolk
Los Angeles
Atlantic Airway
Bangor
Maine
Key West
Fla
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Airway
Rio Grande
Gulf Coast
Pacific Airway
San Diego
Puget Sound
Pacific Seaboard
Postal Service
Drafting bill for purchase of car lines
City officials and Sound Traction officials finalize terms to transfer Seattle streetcar lines. City to pay about fifteen million dollars via twenty year bonds at five percent with power costs set at one cent per kilowatt hour for a period, after which city power to be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F
Heak Lane
Moore
Fitgerald
Bolton
Seattle
Sound Traction, Light & Co
Lines Trans- Shipyard
Ite
Sanatiman Lane
Thieves strike Butternut 64 on Friday night
Thieves entered the Butternut 64 and fled with 26.95 dollars. The break in left the door hanging on its hinges as police investigated the Friday night incident.
Huns Retreat East of St Quentin Amid Battles
Paris dispatch reports Gen Debeny pressing evacuation of the pocket between the Oise and the Serre as German forces withdraw toward Vervins. French lines push toward Chatillon Du Temple and Chevrisies with Crecy sur Serre area seeing gains. East of Vouziers French and American forces outflank wooded heights while near Verdun Americans confront Prussian troops defending the Stenay corridor.
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United Press
Paris
Debeny
Oise
The
Serre
Vervins
St. Quentin
Chatillon Du-Temple
Chevrisies
Dames
Crecy-Sur-Serre
Vouziers
Boy Shot Playing Dies After Accidental Shooting
Clayton Crawford 12 of 1816 Lander Street died Saturday morning in a local hospital after being accidentally shot by companion George Hutchenson while playing with a gun at 20th Avenue and Lander Street. Police investigate the shooting circumstances. The boy who fired the rifle was 12 and lived on Latcher Street between 19th and 20th avenues.
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Clayton Crawford
Lander St
George Hutchenson
20Th Ave
Latcher At
20Th Aves
Salvage Old Linen Used For Surgical Work
Linen and other fabrics salvaged from old engineering drawings are used for surgical needs in England and France. Over 30,000 pieces, sizes 2 feet to 30 feet by 8 inches to 48 inches, have been turned in six months. The Times reports depots opening in India and Scotland to receive the material.
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N. FE. A
London
Holland
England
France
Times
India
Scotland
Divorce suit begun against Harry Bolton
Mrs Rose Bolton files divorce papers through attorney Walter Fulton alleging desertion and an affair with a detective co respondent. She says Bolton limited credit to the family grocer and provided only 17.50 weekly while she is destitute and unable to work. Alimony and $200 expenses sought. married in 1906 in Tacoma, no children.
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T. H. Bolton
Mra
Rose Bolton
Walter Fulton
Bolton
Mayfair Addition
Mrs
Tacoma
Burglary Hold-Up Delays Central Police Call
The report describes a hold-up at Denns Way and Summit Ave Friday night near 9. Ww. C. Carson of 123 Queen Anne Ave tried to reach police for 90 minutes to no avail. Carson says a gun was shown, he had no cash but wrote a $5 check to one burglar and offered advice as police later arrived.
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Helday
Denns Way
Summit Ave Sonty
Ww. C. Carson
Queen Anne Ave
Sheriff Stringer
Carson
Face Shortage of Officials to Man Election Booths
County officials fear a shortage of workers for November polls as pay rules shift to a 24 hour duty. State guidance ties the rate to a full day, risking staffing woes. The county may rely on women to staff the booths.
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N. M. Wardall
Clausen
W. V. Tanner
Wardall
Hotel Proprietors Plead Not Guilty
Hotel proprietors pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges of disorderly houses. BK. F. Sweeney Hen Koda night clerk and R. A. Ryan auditor of the Butler hotel and Jules Zbinden owner of the Seward hotel were released on 2000 bail each. Judge Neterer set cases for November 5. Walter Fulton represented Butler defendants while former Mayor Hiram Gill was Zbinden's attorney.
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BK. F. Sweeney
Hen Koda
R. A. Ryan
Butler Hotel
Jules Zbinden
Seward Hotel
Neterer
Walter Fulton
Butler
Hiram Gill
Zbinden
Dairymen Postpone Convention at Tolt Washington
King County Dairymen's association will delay its convention at Tolt, Washington, until after the influenza ban is lifted. The postponement shifts the event to a later date once public health orders permit gatherings.
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King County Dairymen's Association
Tolt
Wash
Hindenburg Urging Speed in Retreat as Winter Gathers
Western front cold weather and American advances toward Luxemburg exit press Von Hindenburg to accelerate retreat from Belgium and Northwestern France. German rear guards face congestion risks while Pershing’s push tightens the squeeze on the Meuse Argonne line.
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New York
Luxemburg
France
von Hindenburg
Belgium
Germany
Stenay
Pershing
Argonne
Meuse
Argonne Meuse
Anti Rent Profiteering League backs McCormick for sheriff
The Anti Rent Profiteering League endorsed P. J. McCormick for sheriff after a unanimous vote. The group urged voters to support the candidate, condemning landlords profiteering and stressing economy and fairness in office. The statement notes the league's aim to protect women and children and to keep politics out of its decisions.
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Anti-Rent Profiteering League
M’cormick
Sherife
N. A. Havercamp
P. J. McCormick
AntiRent Profiteering League
McCormick
Flying Near Safe As Walking In Early War Glides
London dispatch reports a British flyer demonstrating safety in a 20 mile glide after engine failure. The pilot released hands from the controls and steered solely with feet on the rudder, landing smoothly at the air drome.
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N. BE. A
London
England
Hrntiah
St Paul Stove Repair & Plumbing Co Ad
St Paul Stove Repair and Plumbing advertises firebacks linings and repairs for stoves ranges and furnaces water backs and cols installed connected at 608 Pike St main 875.
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St. Paul Stove Repair & Plumbing Co
Pike ST. Main
Ban on Women Students Ends At University of Washington
Washington university suspends admission of women until influenza epidemic subsides. Men may enroll except those not in the student army training corps. Enrollment for officers training camp and for army and navy service continues as announced Friday.
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University of Washington
Army Training Corps
University
Flivvers Tow Planes With Rubber Tire Tractors
Small propeller planes or flivvers with hard rubber tires are described as being used to tow airplanes in and out of American aero hangars, showing an era of light aviation ground handling.
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American Aero
Tenants Score Rent Reductions At City Commission Meeting
The rent control board in the Securities Building cut multiple bills after tenants prevailed in ten cases. Reductions ranged from 10 to 19 dollars while several operators faced no-eviction rulings and a hotel rent was restrained from rising. Women landlords were noted among offenders.
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Fair Rent Commission
Securities Building
Rainier Valley
Thief Edward Zachrisen Sentenced to 15 Years
Edward Zachrisen alias Eddie Wilson received a 15 year term in the Monroe reformatory after pleading guilty to stealing a purse on October 7. The item contained Liberty Bonds and $235, left on a trunk outside Miss Anna Pitt's room at 619 Blanchard Street. Judge John S. Jurey handed down the sentence in superior court Friday.
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Monroe Reformatory
Edward Zachrisen
Eddie Wilson
John S. Jurey
Anna Pitt
Blanchard St
Free to asthma sufferers offers no cost trial method
An advertisement promises a new asthma cure at the sender’s expense. It appeals to sufferers with long standing or recent cases and claims rapid relief from wheezing and breathing troubles. Send no money and mail a coupon today for a free trial.
Wilson ties Austro-Hungarian dissolution to independence claims
President Wilson urged dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire, stating autonomy is insufficient. He backed independence for Czecho-Slovaks and other nationalities, signaling dismemberment while gaining support from Congress and Republicans for ending Hapsburg rule.
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Washington
Wilson
Charles
Hungary
Bohemia
Austria
Germany
Teutons
Vienna
National Council
United States
Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Seaman Walsh Gassed by German Sub Attack on Atlantic Coast
Special to The Star recounts James Walsh an American seaman from Waukegan NL who on deck during a German submarine gas attack on the Carolina coast was exposed to poison gas. He was treated at New London hospital and Fort Lyons recuperation, now home on furlough.
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Waukegan
James Walsh
Carolina
America
Walsh
Navy
New London
Conn
Navy Recuperation
Fort Lyons
Colo
Atlantic
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Aeronautic Maps Association
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United Press War Expert
Fred Asthma Coupon
Frontidpr Asthma CO
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Poland
Great Britain
First Ave
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Dexter Horton Trust’ and Savings Bank
Cherry
Second Avenue
Dexter Horton Trust & Savings Bank
Dexter Horton National Bank
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