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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
3
Detroit December 23 Ford Motor Co will suspend operations tomorrow and stay closed until January 3 to ease railroad congestion. About 30,000 employees will be affected with no pay during the shutdown, costing more than 1.47 million in wages and cutting output on roughly 17,600 cars while the plant produces about 2,600 machines daily.
A reader asks if sending flowers to Firlands hospital is okay. The response confirms flowers are welcome and the hospital will appreciate messages of goodwill. A movie fund event and Saturday night show promise a lively program with musical numbers between reels in Seattle.
Rome December 21 officials the press and the public applaud the allied position on peace as voiced by Premier Lloyd George and former Premier Asquith. It is asserted there is complete agreement among the allies on how Germany's offer was rejected and that the rejection unified the allies in purpose as nothing else could.
Mrs. Josephine Mitchell aged 60, once wealthy, died Monday night at the Hotel Sather Mo% Pike. She suffered from cancer and, it is said, was too proud to seek aid. She reportedly held a $200,000 California estate tied up in lengthy litigation. Her body rests at the county morgue while relatives may be sought.
Citizens urged to return No 26 petitions to Nonpartisan headquarters at 3107 Arcade building. Initiative Bill No 25 must reach the Secretary of State next week for timely signatures. Unfilled forms may be kept for additions this week, with hours at Nonpartisan HQ and Ole Hanson’s 316 Pike Ave opening evenings.
Chief Beckingham and a squad of wreckers raided two gambling dens at 668 Weller Street and 515 Seventh Avenue West on Wednesday night. Nineteen Chinese and American men were arrested. Ah Joe and Leo Song were released on $500 bonds, others on $60 bonds for being in a place where gambling occurred.
A blaze in Sacramento began at 3 a.m. in the Columbia grocery basement and caused about $256,000 in damage. Four firemen were overcome and one was in serious condition. others were injured as crews fought the flames in the main business district.
Karl R. Kostner died after he fell while attempting to catch a calf he had just bought in Dixon Newfoundland and Labrador. The accident occurred on December 21. Authorities reported no further details.
Burne detectives say Dr Percival V. Allen and Harry Gardner were two of the highwaymen in the Bothell State Bank robbery on December 6. Allen fled to California then may head to Seattle or Canada to enlist, with associates tracing his moves and his wife’s movements. A third man, Hoover, is suspected as another holder in the crime.
Olympia December 21 Governor Lister will abandon the state mansion avoiding further appropriations to maintain it after a finance board meeting. Opponents charged extravagance during the campaign as the mansion’s upkeep was debated.
Alaskan dog team racer Scotty Allen completed a sled round trip from Nome to Valdez in just under 10 days, shaving weeks off the former 80 day duration. He used an sero sled with a motor ready for the Alaska trial, recently returning from France where he aided Allied war efforts.
An office promotes a thorough exam by a registered dentist with state board credentials and affordable costs. It highlights Novo Cain anesthesia, superior materials, an ironclad guarantee signed by the operator and LL Clark DD S owner manager, and urges readers to buy a Christmas present of lasting dental health.
An account notes Regal Dental Offices with Dr. L. K. Clark as manager at 1406 Third Ave NW near Third and Unton, across from the post office. It highlights directions and service quality for local residents.
Port commission, railways, manufacturers and the city will confer to decide conditions under which the belt line franchise may be surrendered and a common use line built to serve the East Marginal industrial area. The commission demands buyer rights, joint spur use, a single switching zone, a $2 per car switch rate, single switching operator, and city streetcar rights.
London reports indicate England and its allies will send identical replies within 48 hours. The entente nations will hand their replies to neutral powers to deliver, with day by day discussions shaping the form of response after Germany disclosed terms.
Police hunted Ed Livingston on Thursday in connection with a stabbing of 26 year old logger A. H. Morris during a debt dispute in Moore and St. Marie's employment office Wednesday night. Morris collapsed in the doorway as Sergt. Dan Quinn assisted him.
Morris reports that Livingston stabbed him with a pocket knife during the attack. The weapon pierced Morris' kidney and the assailant fled after the stabbing. The incident occurred in the city with Morris hospitalized in critical condition.
Mrs. Georgia A. Robinson, recently appointed policewoman in Los Angeles, becomes the first colored woman to hold such a position in the country. She speaks French fluently and is studying Spanish.
After years ashore and bedridden from a double rupture Captain Collings sought many doctors and trusses with no relief. He faced a brutal operation or death but chose a different path and cured himself without medical help.
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