Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund drives readers to give
The Seattle Star promotes its Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund to raise money for 5200 soldiers. Each 25 cent donation buys a 45 cent tobacco package with a postcard for the recipient to thank the donor. The Star reports nearly 1300 dollars raised, surpassing other papers. A page 8 coupon invites readers to send contributions to the fund.
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Star
Our Boys In
France
Sammy
The
San Francisco Bulletin
Bulletin
Providence
Journal
Seattle Star
Oil up bikes for endurance race
Listing of bicycle and motorbike equipment, tires, and accessories from various manufacturers and stores including Excelsior, Firestone, Goodyear, and Fisk. Special prizes include a $15 gold watch set for first boy under 14 who finishes the course.
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Piper & Taft Serond
Arnold Sehwinn & Co
Chicago
Excelsior Motorcycies
Excelsior
Hristomakere
Pearth
Bf Rubber
Fisk
Fisk Rubber
Firestone
Upass
Geedyear
Federal Rubber Co
Cycle Exchange
Hendee Manufacturing
Persons Manufacturing Co
Kelly Handie
Steve Co
Cleveland
Ander
Eclipse Machine
Kimire
SN. Y
Eclipse Coaster
Pirestone
Beattie
Theer
Leslie Cardin
Howell St
Seneca
Piper & Tafa
L. B. Pittman
Pittman Pattison Co
Elgin Six
Piper & Taft's
Piper & Taft
Second Ave
Weekend Bike Rostrum Gathers Young Riders
Willie Grown and about 150 boys prepared their bicycles this Saturday. They adjusted handlebars and tightened chains to enter a local cycling event.
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Willie Grown
Pope Seeks Peace Plan Tied to German Democratization
New talks and a proposed peace plan from Rome aim to push democratic reforms in Germany. The Vatican allegedly plans to present terms to President Wilson, including Belgium’s restitution and adjustments in Alsace Lorraine while keeping Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian control. Diplomats expect a papal note may be sent through the U.S. legation, with officials awaiting official confirmation.
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Wngton
Rome
Wilson
Germany
Belgium
Antwerp
Lorraine
Alsace
Trieste
Bosnia Herzegovina
Tates
Ania
Serbia
Balkans
Kaiser
Tate Department
Eleven Years After Murder Logan Vernon Confesses
Pendleton North Carolina Logan Vernon confesses murder of Newell Rippey in Surrey County North Carolina. He awaits transfer back to face trial as authorities prepare for proceedings.
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United Preas
Pendleton
Newell Rippey
Surrey County
North Carolina
Logan Vernon
Vernon
Wealth Tax Fight Splits Senate Over War Profits Levy
Washington Sept 1 Wealth conscription battles raged as an 80 percent tax on war profits was defeated 17 to 62 in the senate while supporters vow to push for 60 percent proposals. Senator Johnson denounced the finance committee plan as unfair to big corporations and warned against hoarding profits.
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United Press
Washington
Sept
Senate
Johnson
Finance Committee
Ashurst
Borah
Brady
Gore
Gronna
Hollis
Hasting
California
South Dakota
Jones
Kirby
la Follette
McNary
Norris
Thompson
Vardama
Senate Finance Committee
Why a Percentage Asks J. T. Heffernan Ought to Take ALL
Heffernan Engine Works proprietor J T Heffernan argues against an 80 percent war profits tax. He says government should take none and strip us of all profits, noting his firm pledged all their resources to the war effort.
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J. T. Heffernan
Heffernan Engine Works
Congress
Mr. Heffernan
State housing law may kill GAR strike
The new state housing law, effective today, will force United Railroads to remove strikebreakers from car barns. Officials of the new commission say state authorities will take action. Strikers believe the law will lead to a settlement of the strike.
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United Presses
San Francisco
United Railroads
New Commission
Liberty loan committees begin action for second 1917 issue
United Press reports committees in Washington and across the country start organizing to push the second Liberty loan of 1917, targeting a date no later than October 1 and an expected total around 3 billion dollars.
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United Press
Washington
No Panic When Big Ship Goes To Grave
The liner Natal was sunk by a collision today near Marseilles. Five hundred and twenty persons from the vessel have been landed with no panic among survivors or rescuers. News transmitted by United Press Leased Wire.
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United Press
Marseilles
Natal
Pacifists Beg Arrest as Police Disperse Chicago Meeting
The People’s Peace Council conference in Chicago was broken up by Deputy Superintendent Westbrook and about 24 officers on Governor Lowden’s orders. Delegates, led by Seymour Stedman and Louis Lochner, sought to stay in session, while arrest demands from some attendees were blocked. A nominating committee for a permanent executive group was formed, with a meeting set at the Fort Dearborn hotel.
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Chicago
People’s Peace Council
Westbrook
West Side Auditorium
Lowden
People's Council
West Side
Seymour Stedman
Socialist Party
Louis P. Lochner
Stedman
United Press
Springfield
Rebecca Shelter
Chesaning
Mich
Sarah Field
San Francisco
Lochner
Fort Dearborn
Clare Warner
St. Louis
Miss Field
Emily G. Balch
Wellesley College
Florence Stevens
Arden
Del
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
I. Maybrick
San Antonio
Tex
J. A. Slusky
New York
Mary Windsor
Philadelphia
Don R. M. Lovett
University of Chicago
Picket Fight Grows As Candy Strike Targets Local Firms
About 500 candy makers and cracker bakers in the city strike, with Imperial Candy Co resisting union talks after conceding most wage demands. Two firms, Queen Anne and Washington, have settled with the union. Picketing actions and a court move to stop protests unfold as 70 workers at two companies already yield.
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Roberts
Imperial Candy Co
McGuinn
Doyle
Central Labor Council
James Duncan
Imperial Company
Superior Court
Queen Anne
Washington
Your Truly
Apprentices in Women Labor Wage Rise Illinois? no
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Theo Karle and Fiancee Feature in Star Weekly
Seattle tenor Theo Karle and his fiancée Miss Christof appear in Star Weekly Liberty theatre bill photos. Photographer Frank Jacobs shoots Karle and Christof on a park bench near their home, then tours rugged Stillaguamish river scenery from a gas car on the N P railroad line.
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HBO
Karle
Seattle
Nora Christof
Star-Liberty Motionature Weekly
Frank Jacobs
Theo Karle
Ancee
Near Park
Miss Christof
Maristo
N. P
Hee
Stillaguamish
Woodland Park
W. Ipincott
City Withpartment
King County Democratic Club
Pershing Ammunition Shortage Faulty Italian Potassium
A Pershing expeditionary rifle ammunition batch proved faulty after tests at Frankford arsenal in Philadelphia. The lot deteriorated and became useless due to impure domestic potassium citrate as German supply ran out.
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Washington
Gen. Pershing
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelp
City Rules Questioned Over Examinations and Officers
W J Santmyer alleges Georgetown city regulations violate its own ordinances by restricting engineer examinations and officer hours. He will bring the matter to Mayor Gill and the buildings superintendent for review.
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Georgetown
Ballard
W. J. Santmyer
Gill
King George I night shirt burn sale aids war charity
A night shirt worn by King George V was burned in a London museum and sold for five dollars to a curio dealer. The proceeds funded a war charity. Separately, Articles of Incorporation were filed for a Professional Millers' Association with about seventy millers from Tacoma Portland and Seattle as members.
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King’s
London
George TV
England
Millers of the
N.west
Tacoma
Pland
Seattle
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