Seattle Vice Quarantine Sparks Call for Action
Editorial argues against waiting for a Moses to lift Seattle’s vice ban and urges immediate action. It imagines arming 3 000 to 5 000 Minute-Men to pressure Gill, while notes Maj Gen Henry A Greene and staff travel on a quarantine directive that bars soldiers from Seattle for weeks or months with details scarce.
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American Destroyers Sink German U Boat After Capture
About 40 crewmen were captured when American destroyers engaged a German submarine after it surfaced. A crew member died aboard the U boat during transfer to a destroyer and another died of wounds. The submarine sank after being towed and the event marked the first capture of a U boat by American vessels.
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Louise Cann Weds Japanese Artist to Explore His Mind
American author Louise Gebhard Cann marries Japanese artist Yasushi Tanaka in Seattle, linking art and philosophy. The couple, famed for cosmopolitan ideas and a planned collaboration on a book about art and truth, vow a union of minds as they pursue careers across Seattle and New York.
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Seattle Launches First War Freighter at Skinner & Eddy Yard
Seattle launched its first direct war freighter at 12 30 p m Saturday, a 1 800 ton steel ship named Seattle. Built by Skinner & Eddy for the Shipping Board Fleet Corporation, it was completed in 78 workdays and will join the government transport service. The vessel features guns fore and aft and a capacity of 8 400 tons, with 54 main engines and a speed of 11 1 2 knots. Ernest Lister sponsored the ceremony, the ship marking a milestone for local workers.
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Telephone Girls Draw Big Orpheum Crowd
Standing room packed at the Levy's Orpheum in New York as telephone operators staged a minstrel show after midnight. The charity event raised a substantial sum, with the theater offering a free encore for a later performance. A donation by Levy helped fuel the program and audience turnout.
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Byng Fights Toward Cambrai in Desperate Advance
General Byng advances to within two miles of Cambrai as British forces push through Montaine Notre Dame and Fontaine Notre Dame. German defenses retreat toward Proville with the town on fire and prisoners indicating orders to hold Hourlon wood. The行动 signals a wedge through the Hindenburg line toward the German supply center.
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Russian embassy breaks with Bolshevik government
United Press reports that the Russian embassy in Washington severed allegiance to the Bolshevik regime. Ambassador Bakhmetieff will stay at his post to protect Russian citizens while other staff depart. several attaches and diplomats resigned and naval officers may offer services to the U.S. government.
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Late cattle king leaves forty million estate
San Francisco reports the estate of the late cattle king Henry Miller valued at about forty million dollars as appraisers near completion of their figures.
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Italy Urges U S to Declare War on Austria Hungary
Rome reports both press and public rally behind a coming American move to declare war against Austria Hungary. The Giornale D Italia calls it a clear sign of America's determined resolve to join the fight against the Central Powers in World War I.
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Secret agent disappearance tale puzzles Chicago guest
Frank Ris don Moore of New York, linked to Flint & Co. ship builders, vanished a week ago with a tale of being stolen by German epics. Detectives found him in the Grace hotel and brought him to the Atlantic hotel where he now stays. He says he remembers nothing after taking two girls home and returning to search for friends.
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Vegetables Rct in Chicago U S Funds
Chicago officials report 1500 carloads of vegetables rotting in rail yards, with most held for speculation. Samuel Livingston, chief of the federal food inspection department, said steps would be taken to force their marketing.
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Whitcomb Owns Prices At Mines Not Scientific
State Fuel Administrator David Whitcomb states coal prices fixed at Washington mines were obviously unscientific and set for an emergency. He says experts are compiling a fuller cost tabulation and that local officials fixed only post mine costs. The letter summarizes the Fuel administration aims and Seattle ties.
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Charles Ed Russell to Speak Monday at Mason Temple
Charles Edward Russell, noted Star writer, will speak Monday night at the Masonic temple under President Wilsons committee on public information. He arrives Sunday. a previous Sunday meeting by King County council of defense was canceled as Russell will be at Camp Lewis.
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Christmas drive for Red Cross memberships lanterns
The Red Cross drive opens at 1424 Third Ave asking boys to craft cut out cigar box or tin can lanterns. Each lantern should have red tissue over a cross and a candle inside. Deliver lanterns to Red Cross headquarters between Vike and Union streets.
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Minute Men Plan War on Vice and Pro-Germanism in Seattle
The plan centers on an immense mass meeting next Wednesday to address vice and pro German influence tied to Army discipline at Camp Lewis. Civic groups and the Minute Men aim to use Hippo drome for the gathering, demanding action to purge moral contagion affecting soldiers, with Mayor Gill pledging restraint.
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Labor Re-elects Gompers Endorsing Pro-War Policy
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor at the closing session in Buffalo New York. The vote endorsed the pro war policy he championed and marked the defeat of pacifist factions. Daniel J Tobin won the treasurer post defeating John Lennon 13376 to 9102. Lennon long served as treasurer for 35 years. Tobin condemned reports linking his bid to socialism and pacifism.
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Suffragists Win Victory Over Forced Labor
In Alexandria on November 24, Federal Judge Waddill ordered the suffragists picketing the White House area to be removed from the Ocoquan workhouse and sent to the District of Columbia jail.
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