Scott Warns of British and Japanese Military Threats
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott urged Congress that the United States must expand its initial war force to 1,500,000 trained troops with a further 1,500,000 ready within 90 days, citing England’s sea control and its alliance with an Oriental power. He contrasted national defense plans with the National Guard system while praising Guard members but noting mobilization failures on the border.
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Washington
Hugh L. Scott
Army
National Guard
Scott
Army War College
Chamberlain Senate Military Committee
England
Leonora Wood
Senate
Billy Sunday Leads Boston Dry Campaign
Boston election day nears as Billy Sunday campaigns for a dry city policy. Notables including Eliot Harvard Higginson Frothingham and ex Governor Foss back the drive while Foss offers five years of revenue guarantees and bonds. Wet supporters mobilize with hundreds of business leaders and widespread ads and rallies across the city.
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Billy Sunday
the Tabernacle
Avealist
Emeritus Eliot
Harvard
Henry Lee Higginson
Paul Revere Frothingham
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Wets
Anvass
Nonpartisan Initiative Needs 10000 More Seattle Signatures
Seattle campaign for Initiative No. 28 needs ten thousand more signatures to meet a revised tally based on total votes cast in November. Secretary Howell’s ruling raises the signature threshold by about 5 000 votes from the prior 1912 basis, prompting a final drive plan and a Saturday deadline with petitions due next week. Various partisan and nonpartisan outlets list petition sites across Seattle including Arcade Building 3197, Pike Street Ole Hanson, Globe Press, and multiple drugstores and cafes.
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Seattle
Oliver T. Erickson
Washington State Nonpartisan League
Howell
League
Secretary of State
Arcade Building
Ole Hanson's
Pike
Globe Press
Western Ave
Raymer’s Oak
First Ave
Shorey's Book Store
New York Block
Metropolitan Cafe
Fremont
Wallingford
South Shore Pharmacy
Meridian
Columbia Drug Co
Rainier Ave
32Nd Ave
Yeraler Way
Beck's Grocery
Cedar St
Cascade Drug Co
24Th Ave
N. W
Market
Beach Pharmacy
22Nd Ave
Gerke Pharmacy
Green Lake Drug Co
Woodlawn
Christmas News Ad Roundup From Seattle Furniture Stores
Seattle advertising notes list several furniture firms including Standard Furniture Co and M. A. Gottstein Furni on pages five and six. The Star highlights Christmas savings and assorted furniture ideas with full page ads by Frederick & Nelson.
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Standard Furniture Co. Furniture Co
M. A. Gottstein Furni- ST AP
Grote-Rankin
N. B
Frederick & Nelson
Wilsons Wed Year Ago Today Golf Anniversary
Washington December 18 President and Mrs Wilson marked their first wedding anniversary with an early golf round despite a below freezing day. The couple spent the day meeting senators and representatives and will host a White House dinner and theatre tonight before the president’s upcoming 60th birthday on December 28.
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Washington
Presi Dent
Mrs. Wilson
White House Tontebt
Mra. Wilson
Fire Claims Five In Cheyenne Hotel Blaze
White of Delta California and his wife perished with three of their five sons when the Inter Ocean hotel burned in Cheyenne. A fourth son is missing and presumed dead, with the body feared to be in the ruins.
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Cheyenne
Wye
Der
White
Delta
Cal
Rulna
Why Peace Is Not In Sight Says Russell
Washington December 1. Charles Edward Russell argues Germanys peace proposal is a bold clever ploy to sway neutral opinion and place blame on the Allies for continuing the war. He lists six reasons the Allies cannot accept terms, including dangers to small nations and Russia.
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Russell
Chas
Edward Russell
Washington, D
Germany
America
Belgium
France
United States
Berbla
Austria
Russia
Auto Bandits Steal 7900 From Bank in Brush
Two men held up Stockmen’s National Bank of Brush as it opened this morning and stole 7500. They fled in a closed automobile as posses chase toward the northeast after the robbers left the city.
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Brush
Col
Stockmen's National Bank
Flyweight Champion Wilde Knocks Out Zulu Kid in 11th
Jimmy Wilde of London retained the world flyweight title by stopping Young Zulu Kid of Brooklyn in the 11th round of a scheduled 20 round match in London on December 18.
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London
Jimmy Wilde
Zulu Kid
Brooklyn
Food control takes effect across England on meat
London December 18 food control began nationwide with regulations curtailing meat. The public greeted the move with light humor, saying they can cut back anyway as the measure helps reduce their intake.
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London
England
Winkler Becomes Firlands Santa For Tuberculosis Kids
Jake Winkler, longtime Seattle business figure, will serve as Firlands Santa Claus to tuberculosis children. He organized gifts for orphans at the Firlands sanatorium after learning their ages and wants, with nurses helping locate suitable items. A moving picture machine and free film supply are also promised for the children.
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Winkler
Santa
Firlands
M. Seller & Co
Seattle
Jake
Firlands Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Finna Robinson
Hell
Jake Winkler
Folka
Is Billingsley Running Game in S F Hotel
Seattle bootlegger Logan Billingsley has been located by police in San Francisco. Sergt Putnam reports he operates a high class game in a fashionable hotel using Seattle experience to run liquor supply as a buying agent. Brother Sherman has gone to Detroit. Fred and Ora remain in Seattle.
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Logan Billingsley
Seattle
Sergt. Putnam
Dry Squad
Logan
San Francisco
Sugan
Sergi
Putnam
Sherman Hillingsley
Detroit
United States
Fred and
Ora
Yacolt Notes Report Peaceful Town Activity
Yacolt News reports calm town life with Geo White of Amboy driving through Yacolt on Wednesday. Election day yielded 78 votes and Mayor Olsen was reelected by 20. Amboy saw misfortunes as Guy Frost stepped on a nail and Hugh Ball damaged a hub on a Friday drive. Grange hall Thanksgiving dinner was a success and Amboy plans a new building. Helson notes mention pork sales by J E Petite Jr and merchant Morrison. Helson hopes to hire a basketball team if a hall is secured. Dole notes two youths joined in marriage about three weeks ago. cow bells and tin cans await their return.
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Yacolt
Altho
Geo
White
Amboy
Olsen
Yacob
Guy Frost
Hugh Ball
Helaon
Helson Notes
J. E. Petite, Jr
Morrison
Helson
Paul Steele
Dole
Shall Men See This Show Up to Women's Vote
The Strand theatre in Seattle shows The Unborn, a birth control themed film, to women only. Men were turned away by order and the question now hinges on a women's vote to decide if men may see it.
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Seattle
Strand Theatre
Strand
Woman Patient Falls to Death at St. Josephs Hospital
Tacoma dispatch reports Mrs. Catherine Turner, 53, of Auburn, died after falling from a third story window at St. Josephs hospital. She was hospitalized with heart trouble and likely leaned from the window seeking air.
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Tacoma
Der
Catherine Turner
Auburn
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lair
Wreck Kills 2 Near Hoquiam
A Tacoma sourced wreck on the Grays Harbor branch of the Northern Pacific killed Engineer James Peasley and Fireman L F Rape. Peasley died instantly while Rape, pinned under the tender for 15 minutes, dictated a farewell note to his wife and child before losing consciousness.
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Hoquiam
Tacoma
James Peasley
L. F Rape
Grays Harbor
Northern Pacific
Peasley
Babe
Gerard Indicates Interest in Christiania Peace Talks
U S Ambassador Gerard, en route to Berlin, said he was certainly very interested when asked about German peace proposals. He had arrived at Christiania aboard the Scandinavian American liner Frederick Will.
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Christiania
U. S
Gerard
Berlin
Frederick Will
Butcher Knife Figures in Murder Trial During Cross Examination
In a murder trial Prosecutor Lundin pressed John Soudas about a Westlake knife angle. Soudas denied calling a cafe for a butcher knife and said he asked about one a week before the June 16 slaying at the Christie hotel. A pocketknife was found on Soudas exiting the courtroom and officers wonder how it got there. London report notes American Ambassador Page delivered the German peace note to the British foreign office.
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Lundin
John Soudas
Westlake
Blanche Coleman
Christie Hotel
Paul Giose
Soudas
Gimpse
Dawn nurse and red haired doctor in a strange hospital tale
A sick girl in a boarding house recounts a visit from her sister Norah and a imposing red haired doctor. The doctor questions her husband and hints at a troubled life as the narrator reveals he is in Starkweather Hospital for the Insane. The scene ends with a prompt to continue on page 4.
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New York
Michigan
Norah
H'M
Starkweather Hospital
Sis
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Japan
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Washington Annex
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Billingsley
S. F. Hotel
Yacolt News
Britlish Foreign Office
Dawn
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