Ship Probe in Seattle Ends Abruptly After Immunity Hint
A wartime shipbuilding inquiry in Seattle and Puget Sound shut down Saturday as the House select committee said it would not call further witnesses for now. The panel indicated immunity might shield witnesses and said they would consider prosection with the Justice Department while moving to Tacoma for private talks.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Congressional Committee
Tment of Justice
Tacoma
Joseph J. Walsh
Massa
Select Committee
House of Representatives
United States
Ping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Ible Houroem
Gremnaa
First Division Home After 27 Months in Europe
YORK Sept. 1. The First Division, the American unit that fought first and suffered early, has returned to homeland after 27 months abroad. Of 27,000 who left in June 1917 only 2,000 come back with the division. Casualties total 26,332 with 9,600 lost in the Argonne. Major General Summerall led later, and the 28th infantry suffered 4,853 casualties with 75 of its original men returning.
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York
America
Coulter
Tral Robert L. Bullard
Second
Gondreedurt
Luneville
Germany
Army of Occupation
Argonne Forest
Charles P. Summerall
Frank Parker
McGlachin
28Th Infantry
Cpl. Hueger
Boy Wounded by Gun Shot Near Home
Ten year old Donovan, son of an unidentified parent, was shot Sunday night about a block from his home near St George's Church Beth Avenue and Bennett Street. He walked home before being taken to city hospital with an injured arm. No witnesses reported seeing the shooter who loitered nearby.
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Donovan
Bennett
City Hospital
St. George's Church
Beth Ave. S
Bennett St
Engineer Is Killed in Wreck of Train
In Painesville Ohio the Twentieth Century Limited crashed into a freight wreck killing engineer Thomas Sankey and injuring several passengers. Officials say Sankey's brake application likely prevented a worse collision as debris struck the cab and carriages.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Twentieth Century Limited
Painesville
Thomas Sankey
Sankey
Laundry Damaged by Fire on Third Avenue
A small fire at Washington laundry located at 1431 Third Ave. Sunday night caused several hundred dollars in damage before it was put out by a chemical hose.
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Washington Laundry
Third Ave
PLAN FOR FLEET REVIEW IN PACIFIC STATION
Seattle to join President Wilson in a Pacific fleet review in Billett Bay on September 13 if plans hold. Telegrams confirm Wilson arrival around 7 p m and list a Seattle program with Secretary Daniels visiting Bremerton and Tacoma trips before returning to Portland.
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Seattle
Wilson
Billett Bay
Joseph Tumulty
Richard Saxe Jones
C. B. Fitegerald
Harry Mield
18Th Naval District
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Hugh Rodman
New Mexico
Era
Port Angeles
Victoria
Puget Sound
Daniels
Naval Station
Bremerton
Tacoma
Land
Astoria
Portland
Chicago
Witkon
J. W. Spangter
Spangler
Woman Tours World Alone in a Flivver
Mrs. Virginia Scherer, of Chicago, arrived in Seattle after traveling 26,000 miles solo by flivver. She plans to roam further, possibly to Honolulu, praising solo motor travel as safe and noting help from kind strangers and one near Shelton when her car stalled beside a blazing forest.
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Virginia Scherer
Seattle
Chicago
Mra
Scherer
Mrs. Scherer
Honolulu
Shelton
John G. Hodge Dies. Actor and Manager
John G. Hodge 57 former Northwestern actor and later manager for Samuel Hyde liquor dealer died in San Francisco last week. He will arrive in Seattle Monday aboard the steamer Governor, to be buried or for funeral arrangements.
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John G. Hodge
Northwestern Stages
Samuel Hyde
San Francisco
Seattle
West Woodland Improvement Club Holds First Regular Meeting
The first regular meeting of the West Woodland Improvement Club will be held in the schoolhouse Wednesday at 7 p.m. Members plan discussion and project ideas for community improvements.
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West Woodland Improvement Club
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Hodge
Serge
Bon Marche
Ultra
Fond
Cretonnes
First
Second Avenues
Pike Street
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