Turkish peace offer reaches British and French ministers
Turkish minister brings a peace offer to Swiss contacts with Britain and France seen as surrender in effect. Reports from London and Washington note shifting war cabinet positions and disputed casualty figures amid Armistice talks and Turkish evacuations in Tabris and Baku.
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London
Switzerland
Daily Mail
Washington
Tabris
Persia
State Department
Baku
Allies Strike Across World War Fronts in Broad Offensive
News cables report allied forces pushing on multiple fronts. Diaz leads Italian British and French gains on the Piave capturing heights and prisoners. Marshall advances on Tigris and Adhaim rivers and nears Kurkuk. Austro German forces retreat from Parachin to Kraljevo as French patrols move along the Danube.
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London
France
Belgium
Balkan
Asia Minor
Russia
Diaz
Brenta-Piave
Piave
Mesopotamia
Marshall
Tigris
Adhaim
Tauk
Kurkuk
Parachin
Kraljevo
Serbia
Danube
Verdun
Plans for shipyards hockey league here
Washington letters note plans for a shipyard hockey league in Seattle and fan controlled pricing. Reports cover draft boards, rent control, war-time food measures, and local crime as the city handles flu restrictions and wartime shortages. Notables include Kennedy, Crawford, and Gormanter amid a mix of civic efforts and social notes.
Fierce Snow Gale Sweeps Middle West
A severe snowstorm and subsequent windstorm cripple communications across Kansas Nebraska and adjacent states. Eleven inches of snow along with sleet near Grand Island Neb disrupted telephone telegraph and railroad lines as a high wind event from Garden City to Dodge City Kan further disrupted re routed lines. Officials of the American Telephone Co expected relief not before late this afternoon.
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Denver
Middle West
Kansas
Nebraska
Grand Island
Neb
Garden City
Kan
Dodge City
American Telephone Co
Wilson's Appeal Stirs Oregon Senate Campaign Clash
In Wilbore, Oregon, supporters rally around Senator McNary and challenger Oswald West, breaking a rare campaign lull. The season marks the first time local papers publish both sides, with West as governor and McNary once appointed to the state supreme bench.
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Wilbore
Pia
Siete
Pep
United States
Oregon
McNary
Oswald Weat
West
Supreme Bench
George Albers Becomes New Head of Albers Milling Co
Portland news reports the resignation of J Henry Albers from Albers Milling Co after a federal espionage charge. George Albers of Seattle was elected president. directors met to confirm leadership and pledge loyalty to America. Employees voiced confidence in the new head and American loyalty.
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Portland, Ore
J. Henry Albers
Albers Fblcon, Milling Co
George Albers
Seattice
Albers Milling Co
America
Powell River Paper Mills Closed Down
Powell River paper mills shut down due to an outbreak of influenza with 190 cases among 1,500 residents. The closure threatens supply for Vancouver and may force smaller newspaper print runs. Seattle papers rely on Powell River mills for supply.
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Powell River Paper Mills
Vancouver
B. C
Powell River
Salle room bungalow near car line with easy terms
Classified note highlights a Salle room bungalow near the car line offered with easy terms. Mentions read more among a hundred similar listings on pages 8 and 9 of today's Star.
Judge Calvin S. Hall-Able for King County Judge
Voters in King County face two judges to elect on November 5. Cast one vote for Calvin S. Hall who was appointed in October 1917 after Judge Albertson's death. His rulings include supporting the Ballard streetcar extension and denying liquor permits under the Reed amendment. He also presided over the Puget Sound Traction case, aiding city recovery of 60,917 dollars plus ongoing streetcar costs for the Fremont avenue bridge.
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Calvin S. Hall
Judge Hall
King County
R. B. Albertson
Ballard
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Fremont Ave
Clocks Set Back One Hour In Daylight Saving Change
Nation wide clock adjustment ends daylight saving with clocks turned back one hour or advanced eleven hours as per law. Jewelers note benefits for timekeeping. To avoid missing work, set clocks before bed and check alarms. Seattle anticipates easier change due to fewer scheduled public events and ample time to correct errors.
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Seattle
Refugees cared for by Red Cross housing service
French and Belgian refugees and people liberated from German yoke totaling 1,600,000 are aided by the Red Cross housing service.
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Red Cross Housing Service
Yeggs Blow Up Safe At Spring Cigar Store
Thieves blasted a small office safe at the Spring cigar store 707 First Ave Seattle between 1 and 4 am Saturday, taking about $1,000 in cash and silver. A larger safe containing $20,000 in silver and notes was left untouched. Capt. Tennant’s detectives search for suspects, aided by clues from the Isis theatre entrance next door.
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First Ave
Charles A. Tetinacht
Seattle
Tennant
Isis Theatre
Isia
Isis
Yeges
Princess ship wrecked crew stranded on reefs
Wind and sea drove a southbound ship from Skagway onto Vanderbilt reef trapping passengers for two days. Tees salvage vessel expected to reach Sunday to remove water prisoners. Princess Alice reportedly en route to evacuate, Princess Sofia resting on rocks, as Vancouver dispatches confirm the loss.
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Lynn Canal
Skagway
Vanderbilt Reef
British Columbia Salvage Company
Tees
Princess Alice
Assengers
Therincess Sofia
E. E. Pen
Canadian Pacific
Star of Dispatches
Vancouver
Terror Regime Said To Be Expanding In Russia
A London sourced report claims Bolshevik terror is rising across Russia. It cites German and Bolshevik cooperation against Czech forces, mass killings in Petrograd, and circumstantial details alleging the murder of the former czarina and her daughters at Ekaterinburg, with uncertain proof and ongoing inquiries.
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London
Volsk
Kazan
Kharkoff
Volga
Petrograd
Czarina
Ekaterinburg
Helen Keller Plans France Trip to Cheer Soldiers
Los Angeles reports Helen Keller will travel to France to support blinded soldiers. She says delivering hope and cheer to the blinded veterans would bring her happiness.
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Helen Keller
France
Los Angeles
Misa Keller
Liberty Bond quota overrun in Pacific Coast district tops 25 million
The twelfth federal reserve district on the Pacific coast oversubscribed its Liberty Loan quota by about 25 million, with every town and county reported over the top. Exact totals were not yet compiled. Walters in New York Lunch adopted gauze masks to ward off flu with manager J C Michaels urging all restaurant workers to do so.
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San Francisco
12Th
Federal Reserve District
Pacific Coast
U S Fighters Drive Wedge In German Front
American units drive a wedge into German lines north of Grand Pre in Bourgeogne forest and push eastward behind enemy positions. The Grand Pre area seen after yesterday’s advance near Bantheville with a high ridge north of the village. One hundred seven prisoners taken. Bantheville lies ten miles east of Grand Pre.
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France
Bourgeogne
Grand Pre
Bantheville
Bourgeogne Forest
Teutons Flee From Serbians Front Report
Paris report says Allies drive Austro German forces north on 45 mile front between Parachin and Kraljevo. On the Danube French artillery damages an enemy monitor and patrols take casualties and prisoners. In the Serbian front from Parachin to Kraljevo, 200 prisoners were captured and the enemy falls back northward.
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Paris
Parachin
Kraljevo
War Office
Danube
French Youth Rename Pets After American Soldiers
French boys and girls who admire the Yankees have given their pet cats and dogs American names learned from soldiers, reflecting wartime influence on domestic life.
British and French Advance Between Lys and Escaut
British and French troops attack between the Lys and the Escaut east of Courtrai on a 15 mile front. They report captures of Ooteghem Ingoyghem and Zulte with village advances and 9,000 prisoners and 150 guns taken on Lacabre Scheldt front.
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London
Lys
Escaut
Scheldt
Courtrai
Marshal Haig
Ooteghem
Ingoyghem
Audenarde
Zulte
Centrai
Lacabre-Scheldt
Valenciennes
Bruille
Buridon
Pan-Germans Rally Against Peace in Troop Pamphlet Campaign
Pan-Germans launch a counter pamphlet drive after Hindenburg urges no heed to Allied leaflets. They distribute thousands of leaflets to troops and civilians arguing peace would mean death by their own hand and treason to the fatherland, with calls for a large war indemnity.
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London
Hindenburg
Apponyi Named Premier of Austria-Hungary
Copenhagen reports Count Apponyi has been appointed premier of Austria-Hungary replacing Huszár, according to a Vienna dispatch to Politiken.
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Copenhagen
Count Apponyi
Austria-Hungary
Hussarek
Vienna
Politiken
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J. Brightman
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George Kawaki
Seta
William Spurck
Draft
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Clay Allen
Army
Seeurace
Washingen
Henry Who
Health Chief
U. S Employment Bureau
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Jefferson
Muff Bronson
George Ingle
Aberdeen
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Food Administration
Hanson
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Luis Santender
G. M. Butterworth
U. S
Rnders
Naval Hospital
Bremerton
Feroe
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J. Henry
Powell River Mills
Pioneer Square
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Yeggs
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Fred S. Ferguson
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