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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
3
Corporation Counsel Walter Meter and assistant J L Kennedy revise the traction ordinances as the city plans to issue 15 million dollars in public utility bonds to acquire the streetcar system. A council vote is expected Friday with a likely emergency measure. The company will pursue court tests of the ordinances before completion.
More than 150000 Armenians and 100000 Jews express support for Greek possession of Constantinople and Smyrna. Attacks on Greeks by Young Turks continue with nightly killings and injuries reported.
J W T Mason reports that America's squadron of dreadnoughts returned from European waters having shown feasible cooperation with the British Grand Fleet. The mission supports League of Nations sea power and emphasizes common naval tactics and a shared language between British and American officers.
J. Von Herberg treasurer of the Greater Theatres Co. and Nippon Yusen Kaisha local branch gave $150 and $100 respectively to the police relief fund as Christmas tributes. Accompanying letters praised the department's excellent work.
A gold Masonic watch charm of the 32d degree was given to Assistant County Auditor O. M. Spear as a Christmas remembrance by the office staff during the Christmas tree celebration in the auditor's office on Tuesday.
Special to The Star by N. B. A notes Americans drink more coffee than any nation except Holland and Scandinavia. It states Russians drink little and British tea consumption is about half that of Americans.
Lieut. Col. John Pringle, a missionary in Dawson's early days who served with Canadian forces at the front, will be the guest of honor at the members' council luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce Friday.
English air rights will be repealed so aircraft may use air lanes freely. Plan calls for aircraft to travel well above chimney tops to protect property. Parliament to consider air law reforms with America possibly patterning after Britain. A stationary police balloon system may curb joyriders and speedsters in the sky.
Martel of Sedgwick arrives in Seattle at the head of three families whose homes were swept away by the Cedar River dam flood at 1 45 am Monday. Women walked through dark water with babies raised high while fires warmed the group. Relief came from North Bend Lumber Co and local mills aided by Thomas Maxwell guiding villagers to safety.
Chicago reports J Laula Engdahl, editor of the American Socialist and defendant in the trial, was to resume testimony on whether he published a Jan Harder letter about converting prisoners to socialism. A letter attributed to Victor Berger of Milwaukee indicated sympathy with the I W W and described it as a superior class organization.
G O Guy president of Guy Investment Co protests city plan to build Alde walk between Atlantic and Horton. He urges delaying street improvements until peace conditions lower prices and war time surcharges ease. He sent a communication to the city council Thursday.
An vintage advertisement claims Colde Cause Grip and Influenena tablets remove the cause with one Kromo Quinine. The box features El W. Grove’s signature and a price of 30 cents.
The Chamber of Commerce received from William Howard Taft, president of the League to Enforce Peace, the proposed Victory Program in support of which immediate action is requested.
A man claims a non surgical cure for rupture with no operation, no lengthy downtime, and no selling of products. He says years later the rupture has not returned and invites readers to write for full information, offering his address in Manasquan New Jersey.
Frances Marion of San Francisco becomes the first American woman to reach the Rhine crossing with the occupying forces after four months in Europe on a U S government mission. Mine Marion arrived at Coblenz with the army, followed by Cheta Geary of Denver and Letitia Curtin of San Francisco crossing into Germany with Edward M. Thierry, a National Board of Allied something correspondent. The Lasky Film Corporation loaned her to the government for propaganda work as film writer Mary Vickford and Douglas Fairbanks among others have acted in her plays.
An information charging Hubert K.B. Cavette with withholding $55 from the Harris cigar store funds, entrusted to him, was dismissed by Superior Judge Clay Allen on motion of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Patterson due to insufficient evidence.
Two armed burglars burst into M Agen's apartment at 221 Columbia Street just after 6am on a Thursday. Agen shouted for help. the intruders fled on a ledger, roused by the noise, after rapping at the door. Mee Agen was in bed and one robber threatened to kill her if she cried out.
A rope stretched across Fourth Avenue at the Yester Way viaduct damaged C. B. Canady’s auto, ripping headlights, radiator spout and windshield. Canady filed a city claim on Thursday morning for 825, alleging the city bears responsibility though he does not know who placed the rope.
John Bursanich, father of six, adopted his granddaughter Charlotte, three, in Superior Court before Judge Allen. Bursanich said the baby's parents died and he promised his son to care for the child. The judge noted it was the first blood relation adoption he had heard of but approved to make him happier.
County Superintendent A. B. Burrows says influenza in the county is improving and teachers and pupils will report January 6 as schools reopen.
Corporation Counsel Walter Meier reported from Olympia that the public service commission recorded a formal action on the gas rate case. Seattle Lighting Co. had sought a rate increase, but the effort was dropped as the move was believed to reduce expenses.
Meier wires Washington on the fate of the capital issues committee council inquiries if applications totaling 509000 will reach the capital before the committee dissolves. The message questions whether resolutions over 100000 are still reviewed and approved.
M Courtnay, executive secretary of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, says Northland needs immediate wagon roads from key points on the government railroad. He argues the project would open mineral resources and boost mining camps, with benefits for agriculture and future discoveries.
Advertisement for Haynes near Liberty Theatre promotes best quality gold filled lockets and chains.
Dover headlines recount President Wilson at the English port on December 26. He tells Mayor and crowd that the war produced security against unjust aggression and fostered a lasting understanding among great nations. He praises comradeship and the chance to advance justice with international partners.
Thomas Murphine, chief of the municipal car system, hurried to Olympia on Thursday morning. The mayor and city council members gave no clear reason for the traction chief’s sudden departure.
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