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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
6
At Camp Lewis Tacoma the W W A hostess house reports 14 visitors in 16 days, averaging 900 daily. Cafeteria served about 2 500 daily with Sundays similar figures. A rest room cared for 77 women as children waited during parents’ army visits. James P Hood found guilty in federal court Wednesday.
A Seattle report describes Ad erika containing buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients as an instant laxative. One spoonful flushes the entire bowel and relieves sour stomach gas or constipation, with doctors and patients surprised by its rapid action. Swift's Pharmacies on Second Ave and Pike St and 235 N Broadway supplied it.
British forces checked Crown Prince Rupprecht's assault near Bullecourt as Germans pressed with heavy guns and Havarian shock troops. Despite fierce fighting, the attacker gained only a few yards, marking a bold but repelled breakout in the sector.
London reports British lines near Cambrai remained firm as Crown Prince Rupprecht’s reinforced army struck a heavy blow. Haig said the German attacks penetrated some trenches but were repulsed on multiple fronts with several enemy casualties and prisoners taken. Local fighting continued late in the day.
Gov Moses Alexander told a crowd at Camp Lewis that after France a man named Bill may replace Kaleer Wilhelm, urging soldiers to be hopeful and to trust the Father of all mankind. The speech was delivered to several thousand Sam mies at the YMCA auditorium.
General Crozier faced sharp questions from Hitchcock Weeks and Chamberlain over waiting from 1917 April to August to seek funds from a 100 million emergency pool. He blamed Congress for delays and warned prewar stockpiles and rifle allocations were insufficient to ready troops for action.
London dispatches report Korniloff defeated and wounded in fighting with Bolshevik forces between Hielgorod and Sumy. Bolshevik claims say Korniloff’s entire Cossack force is near capture while surrounding the rebels. Petrograd reports mention railway union denial of reinforcements and ongoing clashes as factions fight for Tostoff.
The first American ambulance section enters active service on the Italian front departing Milan. Three units with 65 ambulances and 116 American university students were greeted by Milanese officials in a grand parade before boarding trains. The Red Cross expects 200 ambulances in the field by January 1, marking America’s initial official participation on the Italian front.
Maj. Gen. BR. G. Edward Leckie of British Columbia forces will visit Camp Lewis in Tacoma to observe the military pageant from the general's box. Brig. Gen. James A. Troms invited him to attend Saturday and Sunday events.
Pope Benedict is intensely gratified by Christian liberation of Jerusalem from Muslim control. Vatican authorities said the Holy Father is greatly concerned for the city’s future. James Keenan, one of the L W W members indicted in Chicago, surrendered at the U S marshal’s office in Seattle on Wednesday.
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