738 Men Leave Seattle for Army in Two Special Trains
Seven hundred thirty eight Seattle volunteers depart by two special trains at 1 30 p m for induction into U S service. The march includes county divisions and city units, with a flower-filled parade route, allied flags and a reading of President Wilsons Red Cross message in schools.
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Seattle
National Army
King St
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Lister
W. W. Conner
Draft Board No
Third Ave
James St
Virginia St
Seecond Ave
Second Ave
Washington Hotel
Bremerton Navy Yard
Lake Washington Training Station
Gill
District Appeal Board
Wilson
Red Cross
Committee On
Jas
Marmaduke
Seattle Boys Send Tips to Draft Forces
Seattle men at Camp Lewis offer packing advice for the next contingent. Co A 261st battalion members favor suit cases to store belongings, with others adding pipes, comfortable water-proof shoes, and soft shirts.
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Seattle
Mall
Lewis
American Lake
Co. A
W. F. Graham
Timothy Ike
Burke
20Th Ave
Kenneth Parker
Advertised Stores Highlight Seattle Retail Offers
Ad column notes standard furniture, wood and mill companies with specials across multiple pages. Readers are urged to check The Star for the best offerings from Seattle stores including Pace Grate Rankin Co and Frederick & Nelson.
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Standard Furniture Co
Pace Grate-Rankin Co
Mill Co
Seattle
The
Star
Army of 350000 Moves to Camp
Sept 19 reports show American youths marching toward cantonments as the first draft gathers, with 275000 to 350000 men expected to be mobilized in the coming days. Regions vary in draft readiness from 35 to 45 percent of eligible youths enlisting for service.
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Washington
Cantonmenta
Charlotte Greenwood Star Show Benefit at Metropolitan
Charlotte Greenwood and the So Long Letty company stage a vaudeville benefit at the Metropolitan theatre Friday noon. Proceeds go to The Star story tobacco fund Our Boys in France. The act features new material and local color. downstairs and balcony seats are reserved at 50 cents with gallery at 25 cents.
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Miss Greenwood
Star’s Smoke Fund
Charlotte Greenwood
Metropolitan Theatre
Star’s “Our Boys
France
Orpheum
Misa Greenwood
Met
Star's Tobacco Fund
Sammies
So Long Letty troupe rehearses amid Metropolis bustle
Nace Bonnville stage director drills 12 principals for the Florodora Sextet revival starring Charlotte Greenwood at the Metropol itan theatre. A New Verse by Miss Greenwood honors the vaudeville show to aid the Sammies tobacco fund. The company works through opening chorus and scenes about Seattle.
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Nace Bonnville
Kisses May Be Auctioned to Aid Star Smoke Fund
Will Morressy, famed as an Allied Bazaar auctioneer, plans noon hour vaudeville surprises for The Star smoke fund. He may auction kisses, suggesting the So Long Letty trio could offer bids to spark lively bidding at the event in New York.
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Star Smoke
Will Morressy
Allied Bazar
New York
W. K. Vanderbilt
Hia
War Bill Settled by House and Senate Conferees
Washington Sept. 19 Conferees on the 11.5 billion bond bill reach agreement. Report to senate Thursday and house Friday with final signature anticipated Saturday. La Follette amendment on 4 percent rate for two billion in war savings certificates struck out. Treasury advertising and expenses on bond sale capped at one fifth of one percent, vs one seventh to one fourth in earlier versions.
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House
Senate
McAdoo
Treasury
Baker Seeks 287 Million More for Federal Army
Secretary of War Baker asked the senate appropriations committee for 287 416 000 extra for the army to extend facilities for ordnance and equipment for an army of 2 300 000. The request includes 40 000 000 for ordnance supplies and 76 676 000 for ammunition.
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United Press
Washington
Baker
Senate Appropriations Committee
National Army
Daniela
Navy
Rock Island Arsenal
Crozier
Black
Settlement forecast for San Francisco shipyard strike
A U S labor department telegram from W T Boyce signals a settlement of the San Francisco shipyards strike within 48 hours if leaders hold their current positions. The United States Shipping Board chair Hurley expects a nearBterm announcement once strikers accept the government wage offer. If not, workers may return to Mare Island pay levels while negotiations continue. Senate approves war savings certificates allowance at 0.1 percent.
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Dy United Press
Washington
San Francisco
Labor Department
W. T. Boyce
Pacific Coast Shipyards
Wag
United States Shipping Board
Hurley
Metal Workers Push Plan for Eight Hour Day Fight
The Metal Trades propose a coordinated stance against lumber from unfair mills. They want the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen to refuse trains carrying 10 hour lumber and the Teamsters to stop hauling it. Longshoremen would be urged to avoid handling it at docks. The move, presented to the Central Labor Council, is not a general strike but a targeted leverage against lumber interests.
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Central Labor Council
Metal Trades
Brotherhood of
Teamsters’ Union
The
A. K E. Miller
Russia in Revolt Paralyzes Kerensky as Bolsheviki Rally
United Press reports from Stockholm recount Korniloff's uprising in Petrograd with Bolshevik loyalists seizing control of streets and workmen councils. Kerensky is effectively prisoner in the Winter Palace while Kronstadt sailors and mobs terrorize the city. Tscheidze counsels compromise as ministers rotate and Bolshevik radicals push immediate socialist reforms.
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United Press
Stockholm
Korniloff
Russia
Premier Kerensky
Petrograd
Korniloffs
Kerensky
Kronstadt
Winter Palace
Tschernoff
Minster of Agriculture
Tscheidze
Council
Cow Wrecks Two Autos Near Tacoma
Four persons suffer severe injuries in a collision on the road to the army camp when a wandering cow darted into the roadway. A car driven by Lee Ells hit the animal, which was thrown into the path of another car driven by James Duncan in the opposite lane.
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United Press
Tacoma
Lee Ells
James Duncan
Ford Carr Is Run Over by an Auto
CHICAGO September 19 A Ford Carr a dentist was run over by an automobile today A policeman asked if there was damage Carr replied nothing but a busted lamp likely bruised eye Carr is a dentist with no serious injuries reported
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Ford Carr
United Press
Chicago
Carr
Who Aided Auto Victim Sought by Mrs Stone
Mrs M R Stone of 7225 Third Ave NE seeks to identify the man who aided her after she was run down by an automobile at the corner of First Ave and Pike St on September 4 between 4 and 6 pm. She asks the man or any witnesses to contact her or the police.
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M. R. Stone
Third Ave
N. E
First Ave
Pike St
Russia shifts to elections as crisis ends
Petrograd reports the cabinet crisis ended and Korniloff revolt quelled. The provisional government begins reorganizing the army and establishing boards to select delegates for the constitutional conference on December 11. Kerensky aids in reform and defends actions amid foreign attacks.
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United Press
Petrograd
Korniloff
Russia
Kerensky
Today
Ter Tschernoff
Voliana Rada
Tschernoff
U S Ship Sinks Submarine in Brisk Battle
An American armed steamer reportedly sank a German submarine southeast of the Shetlands in a lively duel. The clash began when the steamer engaged a U boat and damaged its periscope, as a second submarine fired two torpedoes that missed. British destroyers arrived to assist, rescuing six German crewmen.
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United Press
London
Shetlands
Central News
Bergen
Aftonblad
Ing
Stroyers
American Steamer Platuria Sunk with Nine Lost
The American steamer Platuria was torpedoed and sunk with the captain and eight crewmen dead. Forty-five survivors were rescued. the admiralty announced the tragedy in London.
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London
Admiralty
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