Toronto Tops Victory Loan Drive Through Pickford Gift
Mrs. Charlotte Pickford, mother of Mary Pickford, subscribed 100000 to Canada's Fifth Victory Loan, placing Toronto over Montreal in the Dominion drive. The donation came the day before the loan closed in Toronto where Mary Pickford was born, local officials state.
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Los Angeles
Dee
Leow
York
Charlotte Pickford
Little Mary
America
Canada
Mra. Pickford
Toronto
Mary Pickford
Dominion
Montreal
Crime in Britain Declines Sharply in Prisons
Special to The Star reports England and Wales prisons reduced by 44 percent for indictable offenses and 81 percent for non indictable crimes from 1913 14 to last year. Drunkenness convictions plunged 98 percent. Ten years ago 67000 entered prison in seven days or less. last year 2900. Full employment and drink restrictions cited. Early century prison rate was 4833 per 100 000. now 887.
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N. BE. A
London
England and
Wales
The Iron Cross Contrast in News Reflection
A stark line contrasts grim tyranny with humanitarian relief as iron symbolism clashes with Red Cross ideals. The text frames deathly cruelty against life affirming aid and renewal.
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Iron Cross
The
Red Cross
The Cheatest Thing to the World and Other Dramas
A compact page lists theater offerings with Jillian Gish in The Cheatest Thing to the World and Clara Kimtell Young in The Head Thre the Dark, Mildred Marie in The Doctor eed the Woman, Piliett Deater in The Squew Man, Beld Dennett in Pace amt Peathers, and Willams in The One Women.
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Prroonams Lindaty
Jillian Gish
Clemmer
Teder
Your Nings
Colishum
Clara Kimtell Young
Mildred Marie
Chartie Chaplin
Japanese Ships to Be Delivered Here
Five Japanese steel freighters contracted by the United States Shipping Board will be delivered at Seattle in January. Built at Kobe by Kawasaki yards, the ships range from 9 000 to 44 000 tons. The five vessels are scheduled to arrive December 26.
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Seattle
Kobe
Kawasak!hipyards
Macel
United States
Dee
Mrs Pankhurst May Win Cabinet Place
London December 17 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst famed British suffragist may become Britain's first woman cabinet minister according to circles. Voters crowded the polls Saturday with women said to greatly outnumber men in many districts. Laborites express confidence of a landmark victory.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Mngliah Fem. Net
Britain
Pyramid Pile Treatment Offered As Quick Relief
An advertisement promotes Pyramid Pile Treatment promising fast relief from hemorrhoids. It claims to stop itching and protrusion, offers private home use, and quotes 60 cents per box with free trial samples and booklet mailed in plain wrap upon request through a coupon.
Pyramid Pile Treatment Free Sample Inquiry From Massel, Michigan
A request seeks a free sample of Pyramid Pile Treatment in plain wrapper. The message lists Pyramid Didg and Massel Michigan and asks for a no cost trial product.
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Massel
Mich
War Memorial Hospital Favored by Washington Soldiers Association
Washington Soldiers and Sailors parents' association meet in the Smith building to favor a hospital memorial plan. Some oppose a purely utilitarian institution, while supporters urge honoring dead soldiers with a hospital. The group backs aiding returning troops in civilian life and creating a state reconstruction bureau with Seattle headquarters.
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Parents’ Association of Washington Soldiers and Sailors
Smith Building
Seobert C. Maunders
Shinner
Henry Suvzalle
Lfe
Association
Seattle
Lyon
War Parents’ Bureau
Chinese Don’t Know Their Emperor Has Gone Says Traveler
American traveler C. C. Matehelder told the China club at the Mallway Exchange Building that many Chinese peasants still believed the emperor reigned in 1916 while recognizing a republican government in Peking Canton and nearby areas. He noted generals levy tribute and that villagers self rule through village elders, with peasants indifferent if taxes remain light.
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C. C. Matehelder
United States
China Club
Mallway Exchange
Peking
Salt
Canton
Elmer Fights Health Rule To Attend Dance
Navy petty officer Elmer Abert plans to challenge a health department ban on his dancing after influenza concerns led San Juan County Health Officer V R Caproni to forbid attendance. The case marks a rare challenge to the health official’s authority in the area.
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Friday
Abert
Health Department
V. R. Caproni
San Juan County
Elmer
Seattle Woman Frees Britisher From White Slavery Charge
In San Francisco on December 17 a remittance man identified as Wilkin son was freed from a white slavery charge. The case collapsed after Mrs. Cecilia Furness Seaton of Seattle testified she owed 80 dollars and had him loan it to her. She traveled to San Francisco to pursue the matter but the U S attorney requested dismissal.
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San Francifco
Harold Willdnem
Prgdah
Cecilia Furness Seaton
Seattle
Seaton
Wilkinson
U. S
Detroit May Buy Traction System
Edward T. Fitzgerald, secretary to Mayor James Couzens, travels to Seattle to study a proposed traction deal amid Seattle plans to take over streetcar lines and a parallel move by Detroit is under way.
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Edward T. Fitzgerald
James Couzens
Detroit
Seattle
Fitzgerald
Brazil Ships 80 000 Tons Meat to Europe
Special to The Star reports from Rio de Janeiro that Brazil, once a non exporter of frozen meats, now ships 80,000 tons annually to Europe amid wartime demand.
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Brazil
Europe
Rio DE Janeiro
Distinguished Journalist With Global Ties Enlisted By Post Intelligencer
A famed journalist educated from the College de France to Kharkoff boasts languages and links across Europe. The Post Intelligencer announces a staff of renowned writers and editors led by Melville E. Stone and a global bureau network in Paris London Rome Washington Berlin and more.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Post-Intelligencer
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Porte
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Leipzig
Tubingen
Petrograd
Louvain
Kharkoff
le Mareon
Odensa Messenger
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Armenia
Spain
Crete
Dreyfus
Paria
China
Russia
Melville E. Stone
Elmer Roberts
Paris
Robert M. Collins
London
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Rome
L. C. Probert
Washington
Naval Problems and French Problems Leaders and Commentaries
A list of prominent naval and foreign affairs commentators including Herbert Sidebottom, Captain Charles Napier Robinson, H Wickham Steed, G B Adam, McClure, James David Bourchier, Perry Robinson, and others noted for their insights on naval issues, European diplomacy, and war coverage.
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Kitchener
Capt
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R. N
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The
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Hapsburg Monarchy
G. 8. Adam
Paris
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