Council to Demand Heat in Seattle Street Cars
Seattle authorities consider filing with the Public Service Commission to require heating in street cars on cold runs after the 40 degree threshold. Officials urge immediate action to prevent health risks and pneumonia among workers commuting to the shops, citing safety and welfare as priorities.
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United States
A. L. Valentine
Public Utilities Department
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Public Service
Hradford
Public Service Commission
Street Railway Company
Seattle
Military training urged to avert conscription
Secretary of War Garrison told the House Military Committee that voluntary training is essential to avoid conscription like England's, warning a large standing army is undesirable and that a continental army of 400 000 volunteers could be the feasible alternative. He outlined a preparedness plan including increased army strength, munitions, and coast fortifications. He said national integrity may depend on timely action and rejected Swiss or Australian universal training as impractical.
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Washington
England
War Garrison
House Military Committee
Judges to rule on constitutionality of state prohibition law
Three federal judges will decide this afternoon whether the state prohibition law is constitutional after a hearing in Tacoma. Seat Brewing & Malting Co seeks an injunction to stop brewing and to prevent destruction of $50,000 worth of beer and equipment as of January 11. Attorney Howe argues the threat to remove or destroy the Seattle plant and 40,900 barrels of beer is improper while the state contends partial validity allows action after notice.
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Tacoma
United States District Court
Seat Brewing & Malting Co
Cash- Gilbert
Rudkin
Sta
Sebrewing Co
Howe
Sestiie Company
Seattle
New Reporter Finds Seattle Folks Struggling With City Landmarks
A visiting reporter from Portland chronicles wandering Seattle by bus and foot in search of the Willard hotel the Star office city hall and police station. He reports wide misdirection and uncertainty among locals about place names and depots in the early 1900s town.
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Portland
Geottie
The
Eat
King
Staton 1
Williard Hotel
Leeward
Star Office
Star
Newsbay
Fair City
Heated Brick Sent Home Resident Keeps Feet Warm
0. J. Hobson of Fauntleroy heated a brick and placed it under his feet while riding into the city on Thursday morning. He reports no icicles formed on his shoes during the trip and says Superintendent Kempster had no involvement.
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Kempster
J. Hobson
Fauntleroy
Councilman Seeks Heated Cars as Freezing Mornings Persist
Councilman Fitzgerald reports regular freezing commutes from Ballard and complains no warmed cars are available. He cites 25 minute trips and says mornings are consistently frigid with 29 degree nights and 45 degree mornings. Snow or rain forecast for Seattle Thursday with melting snow expected as temperatures rise slowly.
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Ballard
Tong Yun
Seattle
Salisbury
Tvery
Theore
Senate Demands Information on Mexico Policy
Senate unanamously adopts resolution urging President Wilson to provide information on the Mexican question. Sen. Fall of New Mexico criticizes administration for broken promises of public policy and accuses the president of ignoring the Senate in this matter. Chairman Stone supports adoption while objecting to Fall’s remarks.
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Senate
Fall of
New Mexico
Wilson
Fall
Mexico
Stone
Foreign Committee
Moosers Back Roosevelt Amid Political Talks
King County moosers rally behind Roosevelt as the progressives meet to map a strategy. They propose three compromises: active support for Roosevelt if he is the GOP pick, a national mooser convention to endorse that choice, and a convention to nominate a moose ticket if the Republican choice fails.
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King County
Roosevelt
Weather and power progress amid extreme cold in Minnedosa
In Minnedosa Manitoba on January 6 the thermometer read thirty two below zero. California has advanced in water power development in recent years and now ranks second only to New York in that field.
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Minnedosa
Man
California
New York
General Hamilton pins Gallipoli collapse on Britain's reinforcements
London reports Gen Ian Hamilton says 50 000 British troops were needed at the Dardanelles, and his recall followed a demand for an unbiased view on possible evacuation. He cites a message from Lord Kitchener hinting at leaving Constantinople and Gallipoli. John Redmond later called evacuation information a scandal.
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Great Britain
Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Hamilton
Monro
Earl Kitchener
Gallipoli
Constantinople
John Redmond
Policeman's Wife Chases Bandit
Mrs. P. A. Laubscher, wife of a former police captain, chased a handbag thief for more than two blocks after he snatched her purse containing $5 on Wednesday night. The pursuer grew winded as the man disappeared in the darkness.
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P. A. Laubscher
20Th Ave
Laubscher
Property Owners Warned Over Snow Removal
Police warn dozens of property owners to clear snow and slush from walks or risk police visits or rides to the city. No arrests had occurred by Thursday noon, and the ordinance puts responsibility on property owners, including Mr. Renter unless he acts.
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Police Department
Bottles of Lemon Soda Contain Whiskey Charged At Pike Street Store
Police accuse T. F. Kennery and W. F. Lynch proprietors of the confectionery at 621 Pike Street of keeping intoxicating liquor with intent to sell after confiscating bottles labeled lemon soda cream soda and ginger ale said to contain whiskey.
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T. F. Kennery
W. F. Lynch
Lalis
Tox
Sergi
Smart
Humphrey Predicts Postwar Panic If Democrats Stay In Office
Seattle congressman Humphrey told a congressional audience that there is no lasting prosperity. He warned that continuing Democratic control and Wilson remaining in office would bring a worse panic after the war. He claimed farmers prosper now from high crop yields but this would not endure.
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Humphrey
House
Washington
Will E. Humphrey
Seattle
United States
Congress
Wilson
Plaster Thieves Prompt Police Alarm at City Cafeteria
A 3:45 am call claiming robbers were blowing up a safe sent officers to the Newsall Hotel cafeteria on First Avenue. Officers found only a pile of ceiling plaster fallen from above after the landlady reported a noise.
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Wicafeteria
First Ave
Newsall Hotel
Bargain Friday at Fraser- Patersons Tomorrow
Fraser-Patersons invites shoppers to Friday bargains with substantial winter merchandise reductions. The Star ad on page 7 lists tempting specials and ads of special interest as stores clear out winter stock.
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