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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1917
Page
7
Red Cross canvassers signed up 143 members at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday, expanding local support as volunteers collected pledges and registrations for relief work.
General Film Company of Seattle extends a Paralta film contract across the district. Early Northwest showings feature A Man's Man The Turn of the Card Madam What and The Robe of Honor with stars Jack Kerrigan Heasie Barriscale and Henry Walthall. Also on view Liberty at the Coliseum and Strand offerings include That Night and Sylvia of the Secret Service.
Fire prevention committee of the Municipal league issues eight holiday don ts warn against risky tree practices. Chairman Harry W Bringhurst urges firm fastening asbestos fiber decorations electric lights over candles keep matches from children guards against leaving cut trees unattended and safe disposal of packing material.
William Allen White spoke at a Red Cross meeting in Kansas City urging funds for soldiers in France and proposing postwar temperance efforts. He argued it is better to address the habit after the war than during.
The French mitrailleur named Van Kemmel advances from shell holes to within 15 yards of an enemy gun. He kills a German gunner with a grenade, destroys the machine gun, and, after subsequent assaults, captures a blockhouse. He continues to press the attack alone, silencing another machine gun and manning the captured nest with his rifle.
All Canadiana will vote today on conscription with the unionist government pledged to continue or Sir Wilfrid Laurier offering a volunteer alternative. The decision unfolds as the nation weighs compulsory service versus voluntary enlistment.
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