Germany to Fight On Unyielding to End in War Effort
Copenhagen observers report Germany will not seek peace and will keep fighting despite censorship hints of peace moves. Americans and Allies in Copenhagen urge full American involvement, interpreting Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg's speech as a pledge to continue the war. The speech signals political survival and a firm stance against concessions.
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Copenhagen
Germany
America
von Hethmann- Hollweg
Hollweg
Woman hunts brother who is ex soldier
Mrs Dietrich of 2030 Dearborn Ave seeks her brother Hugh McCrudden a 19 year old bugler who after leaving Canada and crossing the Atlantic reached Seattle but vanished. She fears he has no money and may fall under bad company while in a strange city and asks The Star to help locate him.
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Flanders
Kitchener
Atlantic
Hugh McCrudden
Seattle
Slater
Mra
F H. Dietrich
Dearborn
Hugh
Pocland
America
Mra. Detrich
Misa Sophia McCrudden
Boyston Ave
Hough
Lord Cecil Clarifies Allied Aims In Commons Speech
In London on May 17 Lord Hubert Cecil stated in the House of Commons that the allied war aims favor the Reesan plan of no annexations and no indemnities. He noted annexations and indemnities may be needed to free and protect oppressed peoples and atone for invasions of Belgium France Serbia and Poland. The speech was seen as a strong reply to German pressure.
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London
Russia
Hubert Cecil
House of Commons
Belgium
France
Serbia
Poland
Lord Cecil
Bargain Friday Women’s Vests and Pants at Bon Marche
Bargain Friday specials feature summer-weight women’s vests and matching knee length pants at 25 cents each. Sizes 34 to 44 offered in lace or tight-fitting styles. Upper main floor at The Bon Marche.
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BON Marche
Women's Oxford Ties at $1.95 a Pair
Oxford Ties of patent leather or Russia calf on a neat last with leather military heels. Also patent leather Strap Pumps with torn soles and quarters of white corded silk.
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Oxford
Russia
BON Marche
Taubell's Fiber Silk Stockings at 39c Pair
Women’s fiber silk hose offered at 39 cents per pair with 65 cent quality variants. Stockings described in black white and subtle shades. Located on the upper main floor at The Ron Marche store.
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Taubell
RON Marche
Clearance of Silk Four-in-Hands at Bon Marche
Men's open end silk four in hands in stripes figures and dots in all colors. Also pure silk accordion knit four in hands 3 for 50 cents. Lower main floor Bon Marche.
Boys' Reefer Coats Special at 3.95
Bargain sale offers 200 coats for boys aged 2 to 10 years in meat checks, tweeds, plaids and stripes. Coats include belt and pinch back styles with varied textures and patterns. Limited stock and sizes.
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BON Marche
Madras Shirting Sale Listed at 15 Cents a Yard
1,500 yards of Madras shirting waisting or shirting offered at 15 cents per yard. Full width inches, good patterns, lengths up to 10 yards per lot.
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BON Marche
Five Murders Attributed to Blackhand Gang
Joseph Pendone confessed under life sentence to five murders and an 11 year extortion plot by a 15 member Blackhand gang. The gang allegedly destroyed 82 homes and terrorized wealthy Italians into paying thousands. Police and Sal Mateo county authorities, led by Chief White, investigate the case.
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San Francisco
Joseph Pendone
Hfe
Gaedeno Ingrassi
Sal Mateo County
White
Car stolen as salesman touts model at Madison residence
Thieves snatched the salesman F. D. Smith’s car while he spoke about the car’s advantages at a house on 1616 East Madison on a Wednesday. John K. Ryan of 1802 Fourth Ave reports the seventh disappearance of his seven passenger car.
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F. D. Smith
Seattle Automobile Co
East Madison
John KE. Ryan
Avi W
Peters Son to Sail for France with Yale Ambulance Unit
Churchill C. Peters, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Peters of Seattle, is a member of the Yale university Ambulance corps unit that will sail from New York for France on May 26. The Peters family will visit him in New York before departure.
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Churchill C. Peters
W. A. Peters
Seattle
Yale University
Ambulance Corps
New York
France
Mrs. Peters
Roommate Arrest Over Theft Warrants Issued in Portland
Gus Chiatiria identified Stergios in the post office lobby and had him arrested Wednesday evening. A warrant in Portland charges Stergios with stealing 195 dollars from Chiatiria during their roommate arrangement.
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Gus Chiatiria
Stergios
Portland
Chiatiria
Episcopal Olympia Diocese Shifts Fiscal Year to Calendar
The diocese convention at St. Clement’s church voted to align the fiscal year with the calendar year instead of Kas ter to Easter. The next convention will be at Trinity Parish church in February 1918.
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Episcopal Diocese of
Olympia
St. Clement's Church
Kaster
Trinity Parish Church
Seventh Coast Artillery Benefit Concert Closes Schubert Club Season
The Schubert Club held its season finale a benefit for the artillerymen’s mesa fund. Men of the Seventh Coast Artillery served as ushers during the Wednesday night event at the Unitarian Church.
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Seventh Coast Artillery
Schibert Club
Artillerymen's Mesa Fund
Ehuce
Powers Receives 800th Wedding of H K Powers at University Church
Elevator operator at the police station H K Powers was greeted with 800 hand-shakings today. He wed Miss Vesta Erskine of 6421 Corlisa Ave at University Presbyterian Church Wednesday morning.
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H. K. Powers
Vesta Erskine
Corlisa Ave
University Presbyterian Church
Port Commission Plans Food Jobber Regulation in Seattle
The Port of Seattle Commission contemplates limiting food storage and using warehouses to stabilize prices. President Bridges argues the jobber must be eliminated and banks will finance producers with warehouse receipts at 6 percent interest. The panel approves a belt line project from Hanford Street to connect with the Northern Pacific to West Seattle, linking six spurs to terminals.
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Seattle
Bridges
Port Commission
Geattlie
Spokanest
Hanford St
Northern Pacific
West Seattle
Spokane Et
Movement to suspend child labor law in wartime Congress
Washington May 17. A movement in Congress to suspend the child labor law during the war gains momentum. Supporters argue selective service will draw many men from fields and factories, and some Southern senators led by Overman of North Carolina push for allowing children to work.
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Washington
Congress
Overman
North Carolina
New Net Curtains and Cedar Storage Chests in Show
New net curtains in sheer and draping designs priced at 2.50 and 2.75 per pair. Marquisette and voile curtains offered at 2.25 per pair. Cedar storage chests of Eastern cedar, well built, 18x19%4x48, priced at 9.00 each from Firet Fleer.
Basement Accessories at Low Price Draw Crowd
Hats turbans and related wearables described as desirable with drape veils and feather trims sold at an exceptionally low price of 1.75 dollars. The sale emphasizes affordable adornments and ornamental extras for attire.
Extra Food For Navy Authorized In Senate Bill
Washington May 17 American sailors will receive more rations during the war under a Senate bill. It allows an extra ounce of coffee or cocoa two ounces of sugar four ounces of hard bread or its equivalent and four ounces of preserved meat or its equivalent for enlisted deck force and standing night watches from 8 p m to 8 a m.
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Washington
Senate
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