Hearing Opens On Transcontinental Freight Rates Case
A Monday hearing in Portland before Examiner Thurrell of the Interstate Commerce Commission heard shippers from Portland Seattle Tacoma and Spokane in the re opening of the freight rate case. Spokane and other inland cities argue shorter haul rates should not exceed coast bound through rates.
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Portland
Thurrell
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Auto Thief Outwitted In Tacoma Car Swap
Tacoma man C M Bartlett pursued a man and woman who were driving his car toward Everett. After trading cars to reach a dying relative, the pair fled in Seattle. Bartlett recovered his auto but the thief escaped. the woman exited at Everett.
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Tacoma
Everett
Bartlett
Seattle
Woman Slayer Hunted After Grave Found
Police hunted Antone Gomes after a ranch house death of Mrs Maria Rodriguez with a bullet to the head. An empty newly dug grave behind the house suggested the killer planned burial but fled. The woman held an industrial policy in a reinsurance firm. several receipts pointed to this, but the policy was not found.
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Redwood City
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Antone Gomes
Maria Rodriguez
Air Raiders Do Damage
Austrian official statement for December 6 says air raid by naval airplanes hit three hangars at Belgena and damaged enemy aero stations at Hel genes and Soobba despite bad weather. Austro-Hungarian machines returned unharmed.
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Sayville
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Soobba
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Woman Injured in Auto Collision Involving Two Cars
Mrs. P. C. Webb of 1128 23rd Ave is seriously hurt at home after a Sunday night crash in which her husband’s car was struck by a vehicle driven by W. W. Kearns of 402 20th Ave. Kearns’ car reportedly traveled about 70 mph. both cars were wrecked.
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W. W. Kearns
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Seattle Camp No 69 Hosts Masquerade Dance
Seattle camp No 69 of Woodmen of the World invites members and friends to a masquerade dance on Tuesday evening for entertainment and socializing.
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Seattle
Woodmen of the World
Democracy Triumphs Under Lloyd George Critics Question
The piece argues democracy proves superior to autocracy as Lloyd George forms a strong new ministry with Balfour and Deeds amid Northcliffe hostility. It notes his rapid cabinet creation, labor support, and a centralized war council showing decisive leadership in Britain's crisis.
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Labor Party
England
Britain
New Cabinet to Pilot England in Great War
London December 11 The Lloyd George government to be headed by a war council including David Lloyd George Earl Curzon Arthur Henderson Milner Bonar Law and other senior ministers. Vacant lord privy seal Finlay Carson Cobden Cave Balfour Long Derby Chamberlain Illingworth Stanley Rhondda Fisher Cawley Mond Smith and other officials named in the lineup.
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House of Lords
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Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Robert Bannatyne Finlay
Edward Carson
Admiralty
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Walter Hume Long
Far of Derby
Austen Chamberlain
India
Munro
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Frederick Cawley
Lancaster
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Frederick E. Smith
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Detective Wickman Named Police Relief Association Head
Detective John Wickman has been chosen president of the Police Relief Association. He has held the job for the last three years, with Patrolman Guy Carleton as vice president, Captain John Sullivan as treasurer, and Lieutenant D J Drew as secretary. The association, organized nearly 25 years ago, provides sick benefits and burial funds to members.
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John Wickman
Police Relief Association
Guy Carleton
John Sullivan
D. J. Drew
England to cut luxuries and push war under Lloyd George
Lloyd George forms a new cabinet bent on total war economy. A war council consolidates power with Milner Henderson Curzon Law as key figures. Prohibition on spirits likely, meatless days and food control by Lord Devonport aim to curb waste and drive a spring offensive.
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Lloyd G George
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Lord Devonport
Jldoyd-George
Lord Devonsport
Port of London
France Plans Vigorous Work
France shows growing support for a limited war council and views Lloyd George as England's man of the hour. With west front activity slowing due to rain and mud, events in England Greece and Romania loom larger as Paris demands immediate, bold action.
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United Press
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England
War Council
France
Lloyd George
Romania
Greece
West Front
Rumania
Study on American Preparedness at Southern Meeting
Norfolk Va December 11 With the changed outlook produced by the European war the Southern commercial congress convenes here to examine commercial preparedness amid anticipated competition from abroad after peace. Experts from both countries will discuss economic financial agricultural and commercial aspects. Notable national figures are slated to address the gathering.
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Norfolk
Southern Commercial Congress
Italy Priors War Effort as 1917 Hopes Grow
Rome reports Italy readies for intensified war drive with two decisive moves. The 1898 class is drafted a year early and Parliament grants strong confidence to the government in a secret session by 376 to 45. Strong public resolve signals a hard wartime year ahead.
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Rome
Italy
Port Angeles Plans Million Dollar Paper Factory
Engineers work on a $1,000,000 wood pulp factory at Port Angeles. T. T. Aldwell, president of the Port Angeles Commercial Club, announces an 80 acre year lease for the plant. The facility will produce more than 60 tons daily of news paper pulp with financing by Peabody, Houghteling & Co of Chicago.
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T. T. Aldwell
Germany Awaits Important Political Announcement
Amsterdam dispatches report Germany plans a decisive statement when the Reichstag meets tomorrow. Berlin sources say Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg will address a secret topic as ministers from all German states convene for a confidential conference.
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Reichstag
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Vossiche Zeitung
Mrs H C Bowers in Critical Condition in City
Mrs H C Bowers wife of Calhoun hotel manager is reported in very serious condition by physicians and not expected to survive the day Bright's disease has troubled her for two years Pop Bowers previously headed the Calhoun hotel for six months after moving from Portland where he worked 22 years in hotels.
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Pop” Bowers
Calhoun Hotel
Bowers
Bright
Portland
Advertising talk on Individuality in Advertising
Advertising Manager Biboulke of the Grote Rankin Company will address the Broadway night high school class in salesmanship this evening. He will discuss how individual approach and personality influence effective advertising.
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Biboulke
Grote-Rankin Co
Wax Robbed Widow of Her Jewels in Portland Scheme
Portland dispatch reports Charles H Wax posing as Col Mason swindled widow Mrs Lillian M Ikle of about 10000 in diamonds. She identified him from photos viewed under a microscope after meeting on a train. Wax, also linked as H M Hudson, had prior arrest in 1913 for forgery and served five months before escape.
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Charles H Wax
New York
Col
Mason
Lillian M. Ikle
Ikle
Wax
Co! Mason
H. M. Hudson
Bulgarian forces seize Kalapasi across the Danube
Take Bridgehead Sofia reports a Bulgarian crossing of the Danube near Silistra and capture of Kalapasi in Romania. It notes that the west bridgehead at Cernovoda was announced as captured and several enemy assaults in Macedonia were repulsed.
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Cernovoda
Danube
Rumania
Silistra
Kalapasi
Macedonia
Death of Cyrus C. Blouch Reported After Found Unconscious
Deputy coroners at the morgue rule Cyrus C. Blouch dead Monday morning after Dr. Ned Miller pronounced him dead at city hospital. He was found lifeless in a chair at the St Francis hotel Sunday afternoon. Mrs Pearl Creager sister in law urged delaying embalming believing he was in an epileptic state. He was night manager of Stokeslee Cream Co. and had lived in Seattle five years.
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Ned Miller
City Hospital
St. Francis Hotel
Pearl Creager
Seahurst Park
Blouch
Stokeslee Cream Co
Seattle
G P Bemis Dies in Omaha Widow of Tramway Builder
G P Bemis, builder of London's first tramway, died Sunday in Omaha Nebraska. He was noted for pioneering urban transit projects and held influence in early 20th century public works. Memorials planned by his family and local civic groups.
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G. P. Bemis
London
Omaha
Neb
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