Battle on Bain-sitza plateau dominates war updates
United Press dispatch from Washington reports the Au strians with 20 French divisions pressing on the Bain sitza plateau as German contingents reinforce. General Cadorna and French British troops prepare to defend Italian positions amid aerial battles and ongoing claims of heavy losses. King Albert of Belgium may visit the front to witness the engagement.
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United Press
Washington
Bainsitza
Autriana
Cadorna
Iullan
Rome
Teuton
Tain
Albert
Belgium
Seattle School Board Recall Timing Warns Of Delay
Miss Anna Louise Strong, Seattle school board member facing a recall petition, cannot be subjected to a recall election before December or January. Attorney H W Pennock explains petitions must be circulated and checked for roughly 6000 valid voters, with a 10 day injunction window and a 30 to 40 day lead time before the election. Strong favors waiving formalities to settle at the regular December school election.
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Anna Louise Strong
Seattle School Board
Board of Education
H. W. Pennock
Pennock
Rex
Miss Strong
Woman Slayer's Fate With Jury
A Superior Court jury considers if a woman may kill her husband after years of alleged abuse in the murder case of Mrs. Rosenburg. The trial in Cleveland area details her testimony about cruelties leading to the shooting at their Brandon Street home.
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Smith
My Rosenburg
Fred .Rosenburg
Brandon
Rosenburg
Women Ready to Run Railroads War Time Pledge
Chicago October delegates to the Ladies Auxiliary of Railway Conductors vow wives of railroad men stand ready to take over train runs to aid the war effort. The statement signals preparation for broader wartime staffing if needed.
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United Press
Chicago
Ladies’ Auxiliary of Railway
Phone Girls Stand Pat on Union Rights in Strike Clash
In San Francisco on October 26, representatives of Oregon and Washington girl operators met with the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph conference committee amid rising tension. Mortimer Fleischhaker, federal mediator, traveled to Washington as negotiations continue. John Morgenthaler of the electrical workers union insists on recognition of the girls unions and warns a general strike could begin Saturday midnight if demands are not met.
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John Morgenthaler
Electrical Workers
University to furnish 32 men for officers training camp
The University of Washington will furnish 32 men at the third officers training camp starting January 5 at the Presidio in San Francisco. Capt W T Patten says graduates and undergraduates are included. Enlistment is required and failure to be commissioned will require serving out enlistments in any government branch. James H McKnight a 47-year-old janitor for the Seattle school board died after indigestion at a party. funeral services set for Friday.
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University of Washington
Presidio
San Francisco
W. T. Patten
James H. McKnight
Seattle School Board
North 40Th St
Punera
Free Labor Offer Could Push City Carline Work
City council members must appear in superior court Friday to show cause why work on the Carline should not be halted. A temporary restraining order blocks the extension until funding via supposedly illegal appropriations is resolved. James Duncan proposes free union labor to cut costs and suggests public donations may cover materials. A large stock of ratio and tiles has been purchased and officials may employ gratis labor soon.
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Superior Court
James Duncan
Duncan
American league president Dan Johnson ordered to report for war service
Dan Johnson, president of the American League, has been ordered to report immediately for war service in France, canceling a speaking engagement. He is expected to be called by the intelligence department abroad.
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United Pres
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dan Johnson
American League
France
Intelligence Department
Colored boys in draft will get a send off
Thirty five drafted colored men from Seattle and King county will be hosted by the local colored community at a luncheon in the Y M C A hall on Saturday at noon. Ex United States Senator Samuel Piles and other prominent colored residents will speak. Afterward the group will march along Fourth and Second avenues to board trains for Camp Lewis American Lake. Naval volunteers firemen's band and Northern Pacific band will accompany them. Tickets for dining are available by calling Black at Main 4554 or visiting 316 Pacific block.
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King County
Y. M. C. A. Hall
United States
Samuel Piles
Fourth Ave
Second Ave
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Naval Volunteers
Firemen's Band
Northern Pacific Band
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