Government ownership proposed as labor solution in Seattle letter
Letter from E Feisst printed in The Star urges government ownership of all human utilities as the fix for labor problems. He cites New Zealand railway and telecom ownership, argues private owners ruin nations, and claims interstate commissions are useless. He offers prize money for letters responding to Fred W Strang’s question.
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Star
Fred W. Strang
Strang & Prosser Advertising Agency
the Star
Strang
Seattle
The
Lorz
New Zealand
Althoit
Little lame princes at Firlands win movie wishes
A Firlands tubercular sanitarium ward houses twenty afflicted children including Edward Lindholm and Everett, with parents dead, as plans grow to bring moving pictures to cheer them this Christmas. The drive received a $100 donation from Provident Loan Company, and needs more funds to buy a $500 movie machine and related equipment.
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Richmond Highlands
Edward Lindholm
Everett
Firlands
Santa Claus
Provident Loan Company
Travis
Firlands Tubercular Sanitarium
Huward Lindherm
Peace Nearing as Wilson Holds War Policy
Washington reports President Wilson believes the war effort is nearing its end and neutrals can offer friendly service soon. He says now is not the time for mediation and awaits central powers peace proposals from their enemies before extending any offer.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
New Blood Shows Through Allies Action In London
Ed L. Keene reports that allied pressure prompts British and French governments to reorganize ministries. An ultimatum to Greece and France's Verdun offensive signal renewed determination to wage war, with King Constantine’s likely submission boosting Lloyd George and Briand. News frames a more vigorous leadership and impetus.
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ED L. Keene
U. P
London
Greece
France
Verdun
Constantine
Lloy George
Briand
Lloyd George
Nivella
Germany Ready to Offer Full Peace Terms to Allies
German Ambassador von Bernstorff said Germany will provide a full statement of peace terms to the Entente at any conference. He could not specify the terms but said they would be freely given. Germany also favors disarmament and a league to guarantee peace in any negotiations.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press State
Washington
Germany
von Bernatorff
Lansing
Bernstorff
Slayer avoids crime ruin of sisters Christmas
Herbert M. Stokes killed Alexander Millar after an argument in the Mutual Life building, then surrendered his pistol to police. Millar’s family and associates questioned payments on patent rights, while Stokes claimed the killing was over overdue payments. Millar’s body was handed to private undertakers as the case drew quiet attention.
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Herbert M. Stokes
Alexander Millar
Mutual Life
Stokes
Millar
Beckingham
J. A. Russell
Vancouver
Mia Millar
New York
Advertising Manager's Daily Talk
Fine attractions will be the rule at Seattle theatres tomorrow and readers can learn all the details from the ads in today's Star. The ad pages cover Rex Rex Theatre Mission Liberty Colonial Class A Strand Coliseum Clemmer Moore Pantages Palace Hip Alhambra Metropolitan theatres with more than 60 000 copies daily.
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Seattle
Rex Theatre
Mission Theatre
Liberty Theatre
Colonial Theatre
Strand Theatre
Coliseum Theatre
Clemmer Theatre
Moore Theatre
Pantages Theatre
Palace Hip Theatre
Alhambra Theatre
Metropolitan Theatre
Germans Reach Second Line Trench
Berlin reports a German thrust reached the second British line southeast of Zillebeke in the latest official statement. Sayville dispatch notes the action occurred on December 16 as part of ongoing trench operations.
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Berlin
Sayville
Zillebeke
Mass Meeting of Housewives Votes Boycott
Seattle women at the Homekeepers' club mass meeting approved a boycott on high priced food items. They pledged not to buy potatoes above 15 cents a pound, butter over 2 weeks, or eggs above 45 cents, with extra milk used in cooking.
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Seattle
Homekeepers’ Club
Press Club
Million a year for E B McLean
Edwin Beals McLean will receive the entire income from his father John R McLean's estate and be recognized as head of the Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquirer by an out of court agreement. The income is estimated at about 1,000,000 dollars yearly or more.
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Washington
Edwin Beals Mclean
John R. McLean
Washington Post
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Wilton J. Lambert
McLean
Wedding Bells at Mutual Laundry
Four union members tied the knot this week, disrupting operations at Mutual Laundry. First John Potts and Kate Hansen traveled to Everett to wed, followed by Andrew Doty and Flora Domelin who wed in the city.
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Mutual
John Potts
Kate Hansen
Everett
Andrew Doty
Flora Domelin
The
Laundry Workers’ Union
Fire guts Shamokin business district in high winds
A wind driven blaze swept through Shamokin, Pennsylvania late last night damaging the business district with an estimated loss of 350000 dollars. Fire crews battled the flames through the night as firefighters assessed the extent of the damage and began stabilizing structures.
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Shamokin
War Machines Hum Through Mud in Frontline Style
United Press reports a machine war in France where weather hinders humans but devices keep fighting. Snow, mud, and fog slow operations yet artillery and trench warfare persist, while mortars exploit soft earth. meanwhile a San Francisco strike ends as waiters and musicians settle.
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France
Tommy
Harvard Professor Hugo Munsterberg Dies During Lecture
Cambridge Mass December 16 Professor Hugo Munsterberg a German psychologist and Harvard lecturer collapsed during a Radcliffe psychology class and died within minutes The medical examiner was summoned and heart failure is suspected The incident disrupted the class as he fell to the floor He was born June 1 1863 in Danzig Germany and educated in Germany
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Cambridge
Mass
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard
Radcliffe College
Munsterberg
Lowell
New York
League
Oxton
Dean Briggs
Radcliffe
Danzig
Germany
Do You Know of a Kidlet Santa May Overlook
Herb Schoenfeld president of the Dads association seeks names of every child Santa may overlook this Christmas The group provides togas and candy to ensure all needy children receive a call from Santa Claus Contact Schoenfeld at Standard Furniture Co to submit a name
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Santa
Herb Schoenfeld
Dads’ Association
Santa Claus
Schoenfeld
the Standard Furniture Co
German Mortality Rate Stands Still in Six Months
Berlin reports Dr Karl Helfferich presented Germanys mortality statistics to the Reichstag showing per 1000 deaths of 16.5 in 1911 14.6 in 1912 14.0 in 1913 16.1 in 1914 19.7 in 1915 and 17.0 in the first half of 1916 for cities over 15000 inhabitants. Infant mortality fell from 29.7 in 1911 to 11.5 in the first half of 1916.
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Berlin
Karl Helfferich
Germany
Reichstag
Countryman to Lecture Sunday at YMCA and Church
Carl C. Countryman of Chicago author traveler and lecturer will speak Sunday at the YMCA in the afternoon on Red Rock and at Queen Anne Congregational church in the evening on Pots and Kettles. He is executive secretary of the National League of Young Americans and a noted progressive and long distance walker.
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Carl C. Countryman
Chicago
Red Rock
Queen Anne Congregational Church
Countryman
National League of Young Americans
French push back Germans near Verdun in WWI update
Berlin admits a Verdun district advance by French forces according to today’s statement. The same release notes a new German thrust against British troops around Ypres. W A Holzheimer of Juneau named assistant United States district attorney with offices there.
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Berlin
Sayville
Verdun
Ypres
W. A. Holzheimer
Juneau
United States District Attorney
Downey Named Civil Service Commissioner in Seattle
James C Downey 815 29th ave N salesman for Wadhama Oil Co was appointed by Mayor Gill to the civil service commission to succeed R C Erskine. L H Youngs was reappointed water department superintendent for his ninth term. Downey, 40, a former Downey Walkup haberdashers partner, earns 600 dollars yearly. Civil service judges disputes among city workers and heads. Voltungs receives 5000 dollars annually.
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James C. Downey
29Th Ave. N
Wadhama Oil Co
Gill
R. C. Erskine
L. H. Youngs
Water Department
Berskine
Downey
Seattle
Downey-Walkup, Haberdashers
First Ave
Red Shield Creamery Co
Civil Service
Voltungs
Train Strikes 3 Year Old Boy Near Kirkland
A 3 year old boy identified as Sanberger was struck by a train while playing along tracks near Kirkland and rushed to Seattle General Hospital by Northern Pacific crews. Initial scalp cuts seemed serious but doctors deemed them not life threatening. Attempts to notify his parents failed. an N P agent was sent from Redmond to locate them.
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Sanberger
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Kirkland
Seattle General Hospital
N. P
Redmond
Laurette Taylor Writes Of Career From Seattle To Broadway
Laurette Taylor, famed Seattle actress, recounts her rise from the old Third Avenue stock company in Seattle to creating Peg o' My Heart on Broadway. She describes the long run in New York and her progression in theater.
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Seattle
Broadway
Out Today
Laurette Taylor
Third Ave
Peg O' My Heart
New York
May Extend Life of Rail Probers
Chairman Adamson of the house interstate commerce committee introduced a resolution to extend the Newlands railroad investigation committee another year until January 1, 1918. The panel has not been able to report a railroad legislation plan, including government ownership, within the allotted time.
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Washington
Adamson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Newlands Railroad Investigation Committee
Congress
Southern Pacific to pay 10 percent Christmas bonus
Ten thousand SP employees will receive a Christmas bonus equal to 10 percent of their annual salaries. The payout applies only to workers earning under 2500 dollars per year and excludes members of railroad brotherhoods.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Cave dweller arrested near Bothell after cave residence
Louis Smith, 45, a heavily bearded recluse living in a cave under a Bothell bridge for two months, was arrested and jailed for investigation. Deputies say he carried canceled checks, a Bible, and a human finger bone when taken to Seattle on Friday.
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Louis Smith
Bothell
Starwich
Seattle
Fire at Llewellyn Iron Works Blamed on Crossing Wires
Los Angeles officials and detectives concluded high power wires crossing caused the Llewellyn Iron Works fire. The blaze began on the second floor, burned before discovery, with gasoline in the building delaying explosions. Loss includes buildings and machinery valued at about $500,000 plus potential half a million in burned vaults and plans. David Caplan denied involvement. two alarms delayed suppression.
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Los Angeles
Llewellyn Iron Works
Reese Llewellyn
Concern
King and Ferland
Claire Woolvine
Malcolm McLaren
David Caplan
Mane
Los Angeles Times
Llewellyn
Caplan
Alki Beach Swim Witness Describes Suspect Injury
Mrs Sadie Wilson testified the defendant swam at Alki Beach with a friend and returned claiming a cut suffered while bathing. Mrs Agnes Conners added the man had worked for them as a houseboy at Earlington Country Club and was treated like a son with a good reputation.
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Sadie Wilson
Soudas
Westlake Ave
Alki Beach
Agnes Conners
Earlington Country Club
Woman Murder Suspect Tied to Alaska Case
Police investigate the record of Harry Againsky who was arrested Friday in connection with the murder of Babe Brown in Douglas last Wednesday. Brown had left her husband in California and was followed to Alaska. She was seen with Againsky several times before the crime, after which her husband disappeared.
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Juneau
Harry Againsky
Babe” Brown
Douglas
California
Alaska
Againsky
Brown
Seven Iowa guardsmen injured in rail accident near Grapeland
Seven members of Battery A First Iowa field artillery were injured when a broken rail on the International and Great Northern line caused two Pullmans to derail near Grapeland Texas early today. A brakeman was among the injured.
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Grapeland
Tex
First
Iowa Field Artillery
International & Great Northern
Seattle Car and Foundry to Build 200 Box Cars
The Seattle Car and Foundry Company will immediately commence construction of 200 box cars for the Union Pacific Railroad, marking a significant expansion in rolling stock production and rail logistics.
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Seattle Car & Foundry Co
Union Pacific Railroad
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