Allied Threats More Troops on Rhine If Germany Refuses
Dispatches from Paris and London report 12 000 American troops on Rhine ready for action as Europe demands Germany sign the enforcement protocol. British and French commanders consider invasion if Berlin rejects terms and surrender of docks and shipping returns to pay for Scapa Flow losses.
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Paris
Berlin
Cal
Onal
Scapa Flow
London
Wilson
Rhine
Christmas Shopping and Thrift Admonitions in Autumn
A column reflects on last hour Christmas shopping versus giving, urges early buying, and laments thrift stamp declines. It recalls wartime thrift lessons, praises saving for children, and critiques current fashion masks and skating on the Pacific coast.
Firlands Christmas Show Needs Help From Town
Fir lands hospital for tuberculous patients seeks a Christmas program again with Winkler Newberger Co no longer directing. Joe Newberger urges volunteers to perform on Christmas Eve while reading public funds to buy a $100 Christmas dinner. first 100 donations of $1 each welcomed.
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Firlands Hospital
Winkler, Santa Claus, Newberger & Co
Winkler
Jake Winkler
Santa Claus
Newberger
Joe Newberger
Seattle National Bank
The
Star
Portland
Firlands
Cold spell grips Seattle area with 29 degree low
The city saw temperatures plunge to 29 degrees early Saturday as Seattle and vicinity endured one of the coldest spells. By 8:30 am the mercury recovered to 33 degrees and forecasters warned of a clear but chilly night with gentle easterly winds.
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George N. Salisbury
Seattle
Mercury
Girl of Mystery Pleads Not Guilty
Nora Edwards a 23 year old unidentified waitress pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Superior Judge A. W. Frater to a first degree murder charge in the killing of 47 year old T. C. Ludwig on November 1 at 696 12th Ave. &.
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Nora Edwards
T. C. Ludwig
12Th Ave
A. W. Frater
Thieves Steal From Westcon Auto Co. Delivery Truck
Thieves backed a small delivery truck to the rear entrance of Westcon Auto Co on Fifth Ave and jimmied the door. They loaded 44 gallons of lubricating oil, tires, casings, tools, a typewriter and a camera before escaping. Tire tracks led toward Westlake Avenue and Olive Street but were lost amid other auto tracks.
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Westcon Auto Co
Fifth Ave
Westlake Ave
Olive St
Fragmentary Portraits of Youth in Blackened Court Rooms
A fragmentary OCR line evokes images of youth facing harsh judgment in a stark courtroom, with references to signs of strain like blgck court plaster and lacquered faces shaping a grim, period texture.
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Darta
World not ending December 17 says sunspot forecaster
The Star publishes Albert F. Porta's forecast dismissing doomsday fears. Porta predicts a series of storms and earthquakes across December with a major Pacific coast storm and Europe affected, but the world’s end is ruled out.
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Star
Albert F. Porta
Porta
Ollly
Spota
Professor Porta
Seattle
Pacific
Magnolia Bluff
Weather Bureau
USA
Thief Steals Pensioner’s Purse in Downtown Store
Mrs. F. Martz 76 widow of Civil War veteran was robbed Friday afternoon in a downtown department store. She had just cashed her pension and, while navigating a crowded aisle, a thief snatched her handbag containing $17 as she sought gifts for grandchildren.
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F. Martz
Bunnyside Ave
Presenta
Port commissioner race in King county narrows to Lincoln and McCorkle
Polls opened at 1 p m and close at 8 p m as King county voters choose a port commissioner to succeed William S Lincoln who seeks a second term. His main challenger is J A McCorkle backed by the triple alliance railroad unions and rangers. Lincoln warned the alliance aims to install one man for a three year term and later another, risking leadership by political hirelings and possible bankruptcy.
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King County
Williams
Lincoln
Triple Alliance
Line Forms to the Right Men Don't Crowd for Cupid Ad
A humorous recruitment note from the Seattle Branch of the Daniel Cupid Society reopens its matrimonial bureau with G Stuart Costello guiding. A Cal Gerdena widow seeks a mature, well off, American man 5'9" to 6'0" tall, 160 pounds, with good morals and references. Prospective husbands will form to the right as they enter the mayor's office next Monday morning.
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G. Costello
Seattle
Daniel Cupid Society For the Relief of Hungry Hearts
G. Stuart Costello
C. Bernard Fitzgerald
Charleston
D. C
G. Stuart
Gardena
Cal
Los Angeles
Altho
Cupid
Senate Action on Treaty Causes German Defiance
Twelve thousand American troops along the Rhine could be used by Marshal Foch to enforce signing of the protocol by Berlin. Foch can command these forces under armistice terms, states the state department. Germany’s rejection of the peace treaty is blamed for stirring allied discontent and delaying payment for seized ships scuttled at Scapa Flow. President Wilson says responsibility rests on others as Bolshevik threats and German trouble follow rejection.
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Hugh Baillie
United Press Staff
Washington, D. C
Rhine
Marshal Foch
Berlin
State Department
Foch
United States
Department
Germany
United States Senate
Scapa Flow
White House
Foct Ready to Start New Invasion of Germany
Paris dispatch reports Henry Wood United Press that allies prepared to launch a triple invasion of Germany if Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty protocol. The item notes Allied readiness as of December 6 with ongoing wartime tension in Europe.
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Foct
Germany
United Press
Paris
German Cabinet May Step Down Amid Entente Demands
Berlin reports say a cabinet reorganization is probable if the protocol terms are enforced Germany may resign over surrender of docks and shipping while Reuter's scuttling is labeled robbery France protests prisoner releases and an ultimatum to Germany looms within 48 hours Military plans for enforcing armistice terms are prepared Foch and Wilson discussed invasion routes via Essen Muenster and Ulm to Berlin and demobilized forces are being considered for mobilization
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United Press Staff
Berlin
Kerman Mueller
Germany
Scapa Flow
von Reuter
France
Marshal Wilson
Great Britain
Foch
Lorraine
Ulm
Miners Strike Rumors Stir Officials Across States
Officials refused comment on rumors of a miners strike while claiming progress may end within a week. They report miners face stricter shortages than other workers and have sought permission to mine coal to support families, which was denied. Chicago endures non essential shutdowns as power firms comply with fuel administration orders amid heavy snow.
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Chicago
Commonwea Edison Company
Train service cut down here
Detailed orders canceling passenger and freight trains on roads other than the Northern Pacific were expected to reach Seattle Saturday. The Northern Pacific will discontinue four trains in and out of the city on December 8, including the North Coast limited Nos. 1 and 2 and trains 422 and 423 between Seattle and Grays Harbor. Parlor cars on trains 407 and 408 between Seattle and Portland and train 4 between Seattle and Spokane are cut off.
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Northern Pacific
Seattle
City
North Coast Limited
Railroad Administration
Co Coal
Here
Grays Harbor
N. P
Portland
Spokane
Are You Going to the Clemmer
Prize winners are announced today in the Classified Section. The new line for next week asks How can I increase my trade Turn to the Cl Page and find out sure way.
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