Grave decision looms as Japan faces naval pact crisis
Washington reports Japan must accept a 10 10 7 armament ratio or risk breaking the conference. If Tokyo refuses the plan, it could lose Western friendship and face Anglo Japanese alliance pressure. UK and France, among others, push for compliance while Tokyo weighs naval power and liberal influence against the general staff.
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William Philip Simms
Washington
Japan
Hughes
Orient
Tokyo
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Portugal
Ada
America
Pacific
United States
Nippon
Baron Kato
Water woes and quirky city notes echo through Seattle
A jumble of local sketches describes water damage in White River valley towns and flooded cellars. The piece weaves in civics, a Paris theatre lease, Marshal Foch gifts, Education Week jests, a Hanna hash joke, and a night at Georgetown punch, ending with a corn price remark.
Lorenz Invited to City for Seattle Visit
Vienna surgeon Dr Lorenz, famed for orthopedic work, is in America to aid war orphans and has cured 63 children in New York. He may visit Seattle this winter, with the Star urging medical associations and welfare groups to appeal for his coming.
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R. Adolf Lorenz
Vienna
Seattle
America
Austria
Tate
New York
Chi
The
Star Today
Lorenz
Northwest
Seattle Star
Star
Arbuckle Fate Near as Court Sees End of Trial
Crowds gathered in San Francisco as the Roscoe Arbuckle trial neared its conclusion with Gavin McNab set to open Patty’s defense for the charge that led to Virginia Rappe’s death. Arbuckle studied his attorney while police and spectators filled the room, hoping to witness the verdict by evening.
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San Francisco
Roscoe Arbuckle
Patty
Virginia Rappe
Gavin McNab
Fatty
Arbuckle
McNab
Women Enchanted by Burch Trial Shown in Court
In Los Angeles on December 2 exhibits for telegrams between Mada lynne Obenchain and Arthur C Buren are presented in the murder trial of John Belton Kennedy. Mada lynne sits pale beside her ex husband Ralph Obenchain as witnesses recount the night of August 5 and a hotel package carried by Buren. Young Kennedy was slain near Beverly Glen late on August 5.
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Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C
Bureh
Madalynne
A. B. Wilson
Fussell Hotel
Young Kennedy
Beverly Glen
Tacoma Arrests Soft Drink Parlor Owner for Liquor
Tacoma officers on special police duty arrest M. Septnat, proprietor of a soft drink parlor, on allegations of liquor possession. Rodius and Armbruster, ex-service men, led the raid.
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Rodius and
Armbruster
M. Septnat
Ray Eckmann to Led Sun Dodgers in Final UW Battle
Sporting editor recalls Ray Eckmann captaincy and 11 year Seattle football career as he leads Washington against Penn State in his last game. The 146 pound halfback known as Eckmann rose from Interlake to Lincoln High then to the University of Washington where he starred for three seasons amid limited team support.
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Ray Eckmann
University of Washington
Sun Dodgers
Stadium Field
Nittany Lions
Penn State
Eck
Seattle
Washington
Eckmann
Interlake Grammar School
Lincoln High School
Railsplitters
No Ark Needed For Penn State Washington Game
Plans for an ark at the stadium for the Penn State Washington game were dropped as sunshine returns after two weeks. Seattle weather forecaster George N. Salisbury predicted another sunny Saturday as flood concerns ease.
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George N. Salisbury
Seattle
Edison and Ford to Inspect Mussel Shoals Plant
A special train carrying Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford left Detroit at 10 a.m. to inspect the government Mussel Shoals plant, which Ford aims to purchase. The route will use the Ford railroad, the Detroit, Ironton & Toledo line.
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Edison
Ford
Mussel Shoals
Detroit
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Ford Railroad
Detroit, Ironton & Toledo
Bremerton Project Creates 625 Jobs for Sea Wall and Pier
Washington dispatch to the Chamber of Commerce reports Bremerton sea wall and pier work ready to start. Telegram notes plans and specifications 80 to 90 percent complete with work for about 685 men and an expenditure near 1.1 million dollars.
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Bremerton
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Bureau
Japs Seek Six Month Notice Before War
A Japanese delegation spokesman suggested Japan would accept Hughes naval program if a six month breathing spell before war were granted. Japan might yield to a naval ratio above 69 percent, but the American group opposes such a bargain. The move signals Britain seeking to abrogate the Anglo Japanese alliance as Pacific security shifts.
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Carl D. Groat
Washington
Japan
Hughes
Feeler
Great Britain
United Press
Longtime county official dies after illness
Health failed him over months with an operation six months ago and a recent acute illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. at Chittenden Undertaking chapel in Kent. Bridges leaves a widow and seven children and a ranching family home in Orilia. Born in Ayreshire Scotland he came to the United States as a miner and worked in Illinois Iowa before moving to the county in 1887. He held multiple public offices including public lands commissioner and drainage district chairman and served seven years as port commissioner before the port was organized.
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Diamond
J. Reynolds
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