City Prison Cruelties Charged by Inmates at Stockade
Former prisoners allege brutal treatment by Superintendent Owen Roberts and guards including Rory McDonald at the city stockade. They describe beatings with a club, solitary confinement in the black hole, and handcuffing during field work. An investigation is urged by Chief Lang.
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City Stockade
Lang
Owen Roberts
Rory McDonald
Stanley Jackson
McDonald
Jackson
Roberts
Miller Gunther
Gunther
Star
Stockade
Black Hole
McDonald Bee
A. McKinnon
Griffiths
McKinnon
Great Discovery of Effluvium on Lake Union Shores
A Seattle tale reports rich effluvium deposits at the Lake Union south shore sparking a citywide flap. The Women’s Civic club cites garbage dumping near the Hergert Mill site as creating an invisible emanation, while officials dispute the findings and describe sanitary fill.
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Lake Union
Tenino
Women's Civic Club
Gill
J. 8. McBride
C. L. Murray
Woman's Civic League
Hubby
Women's Civic League
Womane Civic Club of
Seattle
Cater & Complaint
Hrace & Hergert Mill Company
William Spurck
W. C. Frederick
A. J. Shoberg
Carrie L. Miller
Webster
McBride
Charlie Murray
Chicago
Night watchman hears strange dolls in quiet toy store
A night watchman in a department store recalls a midnight scene in the toy department where soft voices, yawns, and a shouted quarrel hint at a hidden domestic drama. The tale, framed as a truth-teller’s account, is tied to a broader feature on Cyn Grey’s confessional pieces about wives and divorce.
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Night Watchman
Toy Department
Hill
Cyn Grey
Star
Kaiser Suffering Pneumonia Amid War Strain
Berlin dispatch reports the kaiser has pneumonia with serious illness declared by doctors. He previously faced bronchial catarrh and headaches while traveling between fronts, with nervous strain and extreme agitation noted by advisers and staff doctors urging rest from fighting duties.
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Berlin
U S Artillery Sent to Border from El Paso
Batteries A B and C of the Sixth U S field artillery moved from El Paso to Naco Arizona to cover potential emergencies near the border. Maj Gen Bliss travels from San Antonio to Naco to oversee the response as Villistas in Juarez react with excitement. Villa claims Mexico City air disagrees with him and plans to take the field.
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EL Paso
U. S. Field Artillery
Naco
Ariz
Bliss
San Antonio
Villistas
Juarez
Rio Grande
Naco Sonora
Villa
Mexico City
Belgian Prince Knits Mufflers During Convalescence
Paris dispatch reports Prince Albert King George s second son knitted a dozen woolen mufflers for soldiers while recovering from appendicitis. He undertook the gift as a personal act of support during wartime.
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Paris
Prince Albert
George
Vienna Etiquette Offense Defines Paria Hat and English Cut
In Vienna on December 9 an etiquette offense is described as a woman wearing a Paria hat or a man in English cut clothes. The note outlines social expectations and rules for attire seen as improper in polite society.
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Vienna
Resolution to sell city car lines laid to rest
Unheralded, unsung, the Dale resolution to sell the city car lines and the Seattle, Renton and Southern to the Seattle Electric Co. was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon. The city utilities committee viewed it briefly and declared it a dead deal with no coroner's inquest or public mourning.
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Dale
City Car Lines
Seattle, Renton & Southern
Seattle Electric Co
City Utilities Committee
Sic Transit Gloria
Nebraska May Play Game Here on Thanksgiving Day
Lincoln Neb Dec 9 Coach Dobie of the University has opened negotiations with the athletic authorities of the University of Nebraska for a football game next Thanksgiving day in Seattle. Nebraska authorities will not commit until after the Missouri Valley conference board action next month on resuming Thanksgiving day football.
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Lincoln, Neb
Dobie
University
University of Nebraska
Seattle
Nebraska
Missouri Valley Conference
Julian Hawthorne Injured by Automobile in New York
Author Julian Hawthorne was knocked down by a vehicle in New York causing painful injuries. Witnesses reported the collision occurred on a city street and Hawthorne received medical attention. No further details on the vehicle or condition were provided.
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Julian Hawthorne
New York
Christmas charity from Hanna's office fuels dreamland tree
County Treasurer Will H. Hanna donated 36 to The Star's Christmas show from his department. The gift lands the treasurer's staff in the Empty Stocking club as rival offices cheer the generosity. City officials praise the contribution as beyond expectation.
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HANNA
Will H. Hanna
Dreamland
Court House
Harry Carroll
Aviator's Bomb Wounds Lady Decies in Dunkirk
The Westminster Gazette reports Lady Decies formerly Miss Vivien Gould of New York was slightly wounded by a German aviator's bomb while aiding Red Cross work at Dunkirk.
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London
Westminster Gazette
Lady Decies
Vivien Gould
New York
Dunkirk
Soldier barred from funeral of dead sister in French army
Paris December 9 So strict is French discipline Charles Dakmores the grand opera tenor serving as a private was not allowed leave his post and see the body this sister who died at Nancy miles away.
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Paris
Charles Dakmores
Nancy
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Balidalalel
Iy Gward
Cynthia Grey
Boalt
Fred L. Boalt
Gealt
Miss Grey
Dispatch
U.S
Prince
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