McAdoo outlines plan to aid state with merchant navy
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo argues for a national shipping program to supply naval auxiliaries, propose a Shipping Board, and launch government backed steamship lines operating under American registry to bolster wartime and peacetime commerce. He calls for a $50 million appropriation and a Panama Canal Railroad aligned corporation.
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Wilson McAdoo
Frisco
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Fed
Uildings
Ecenery
Commercial Club
McAdoo
Reial Club
Shipping Board
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of Commerce
Senate
Congress
South America
Lsiges
Panama Canal Railroad
Washington
Northwest
German conspiracies threaten U S munitions output
President Gompers told President Wilson of a German plot to tie up munitions plants and a plan by Robert Fay to blow up ships bound for allied ports. He urged sharp Germany protest and new neutrality laws as Attorney General Gregory planned congressional action.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Robert Fay
Germany
Fay
New York
Gregory
Congress
United States
City Council Passes Levy Amid Tax Dispute
Bradford's opinion cites Remington and Ballinger code Section 65115 supporting including a 200000 refunding bond retirement item in the 1916 budget. Mayor Gill contends the levy by resolution lacks veto power and warns of court fights and job cuts as expenses are trimmed. vote: For Erickson Lundy Marble Bolton Hesketh. against Fitzgerald Dale Haas Hanna. Comptroller Carroll certified the levy, handed to the county assessor Thatcher.
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Bradford
Councilmankson
Remington & Ballinger
C. Shrader
Altho
Councill
New
Finance Committee
Gill
Erickson, Lundy, Marble
Bolton
Hesketh
Fitzgerald, Dale, Haas
Hanna
Carroll
Thatcher
President's Fiancee Breaks Washington's Social Bar
Edith Bolling Galt, soon to be Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, faced a 19 year social snub because her family was in trade. The piece notes her rise from modest origins to First Lady, contrasting Washington society's labels with her status and independence, including her choosing St. Margaret's over St. Thomas.
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Washington Society
Em All
Gilson
Ashington
Norman Galt
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Edith Bolling
Wytheville
Bollings
Virginia
Galt
Edith Bolling Galt
Porro
Wilson
the Land
Mrs. Galt
Charlotte Hopkins
Settlement House Ased
Preston Gibson
Chevy Chase Club
End Riding and Hunt Club
St. Thomas Episcopal
Germany Faces Food Supply Crisis Amid War Strain
Copenhagen Oct 26 German representatives from all Reichstag parties will meet tomorrow with Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg to discuss the food problem. Allied reports of food rore in German cities and the government’s takeover of distribution and price regulation underscore the seriousness of the situation.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Reichstag
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Berlin
Exports for Week Hit a Record Mark
Washington reports weekly exports reached 9 777 016 dollars, 70 609 402 dollars above imports, marking the most favorable October trade balance for the third week of the month in U S history. Conviction noted in separate brief as a 16 year old high school girl case involving Hermeson Jackson and Robert Hunter 27 received eight months in county jail.
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Washington
Hermeson Jackson
Robert Hunter
Frater
Storm Warning Issued for Washington Seaports
A storm warning was ordered at 6 30 a m Tuesday for all Washington seaports. The storm centers on the Columbia coast and moves east with strong southerly winds today turning to gale force tonight per the weather bureau.
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Washington
Riush Columbia
Weather Bureau
Witness for boy husband is arrested
Mrs. Wilmot P. Stewart wife of a Bothell dairyman has vanished and is believed to have joined her daughter and son in law Penfield Peabody. A deputy sheriff served a warrant for William J. Flannery charged with perjury over the couple’s ages. Five people traveled to Chehalis for the elopement. Silenced by urgent business Peabody Sr. offered no comment.
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Wilmot P. Stewart
Bothell
Martha
Penfield Peabody
Charles K. Peabody
Seattle
Stewart
38Th Ave
Meridian
Chehalis
William J. Flannery
California Ave
Young Peabody
Flanery
John 8. Robinson
Charles F. Peabody
Peabody
C. E Cunningham
Lewis County
Second Chapter in Edith Bolling Galt Life Story
The Star presents Chapter 2 of the Life Story of the Next First Lady of the Land. Edith Bolling, newly finished at an exclusive Richmond girls’ school, returns to Wytheville and charms suitors with beauty and skill in sewing, hatmaking, and Southern hospitality. She rejects many, then, in 1896, marries Normal Galt of the Washington jewelry firm at St John’s Episcopal, and leaves for their life in Washington as townsfolk bid farewell.
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Richmond
Edith Bolling
Norman Galton
Wilson
Wytheville
Bolling
Edit Bolling
Bollings
Hollings
Normal Galt
Galt
Washington
Jefferson
St. John's Episcopal Church
Merge P
Pier 14 Damaged by Fire While Unloading at Pier
Fire broke out early Tuesday in wallpaper and rattan unloaded from the Blue Funnel liner Ixion at Pier 14. Chief Stetson discounted incendiary theory, suggesting a cigarette butt caused the blaze. About $200 damage.
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Pier 14
Ixion
Stetson
U. S. Secret Service Takes Charge of German Bomb Plot
Federal authorities assume control over the bomb plot case involving Robert Fay and Walter Scholtz. Fay described making bombs timed to explode by sea water action on ship propellers. Others implicated include Paul Daeche and Dr. Herbert Kienzle with chlorate of potash and acid unearthed. Paul Slehs of the German army provides testimony.
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New York
Robert Fay
America
Fay
Walter Schultz
Chief Flynn
United States Secret Service
Max Breitung
Edward N. Breitung
Walter L. Scholtz
Paul Daeche
Cologne University
Herbert Kienzle
Watch Company
Employe
Hreltung
Paul Slehs
Flynn
Public belt line gain clear support after port meeting
A public owned belt line on Railroad Avenue to reduce heavy switching charges gained clear momentum after a port commission meeting with railroad officials. A public hearing is set for November 3 and a December vote by residents. Judge Brown and Rob Bridges backed the plan amid protests from J. D. Farrell and James Goldsmith, with Bridges noting possible railroad cooperation and track duplication questions.
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Railroad Ave
Port Commission
J. D. Farrell
Oregon- Washington Railroad
Farrell
Bridges
F. V. Brown
Great Northern
Seattle
Rob Bridges
Federal Trade Commission
James Goldsmith
Bausman Named New Supreme Judge of Washington
Frederick Bausman of 424 Harvard Ave N is appointed Tuesday to the Washington state supreme court to succeed the late Herman D. Crow by Gov Lister. Bausman joins Hausman Kelleher Oldham Goodale and has practiced in Seattle since 1891. duties begin immediately.
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Frederick Bausman
Harvard Ave. N
Washington
Fire Destroys Upper Structure Of Steamship Colorado
Fire yesterday near Charleston South Carolina destroyed the upper structure of the steamship Colorado. Towed by tugs today, the vessel was extinguished and remains at the dock with the blaze under control.
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Charleston
Colorado
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