Seattle Star exposes phone firm alibi over service decline
City utilities chief Thomas Murphine reports 1918 daily calls down from 1917 and 1916, disputes wartime shutdown claim, cites store free-phone elimination and cash and carry as causes. Union rep May Duffy accuses Bell of underpay and discrimination, seeks $1 daily wage hike. readers complain of poor service and outdated equipment.
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Seattle
City Utilities Department
Thomas Murphine
Hanson
Chilean Consul Urges Nationwide Phone Bill Boycott
The Chilean Consul for the Northwest, Luis A. Bantander, urges Seattle residents to withhold payment on telephone bills starting November 1 until service improves. He argues current service harms the city’s business and urges collective action by 400,000 inhabitants to force contract compliance.
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the Star
Seattle
Kiven
Luis A. Bantander
Northwest
United States
Tournai Encircled as British Troops Close In
British forces press toward Tournai from north and south as German lines brace for defense. Shelling targets Neuville where residents flee with belongings as troops advance and civilians escape the city amid ongoing fighting.
Kaiser Must Make Sacrifices, Declares Maximilian Harden
Amsterdam dispatch reports Maximilian Harden in Hertin urging Germany to accept peace and bear sacrifice. He warns Austria Hungary is finished, Hitler’s regime must withdraw troops to frontiers, and the Kaiser should align with a new Germany after the October 5 act. A riotous end marked the meeting.
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Kaiser
Maximilan
Harden
Mulgaria
Turkey
Hungary
Germany
Austria
Reichstag
British Praise Reply to Karl
London dispatch notes universal approval of President Wilson’s reply to Austria. Editorials in London papers praise his stance as defending small nations. The Times says the sword cannot be sheathed until rights of small nations are secure, while the Express calls Austro-Hungarian empire outdated in geographical terms. The Telegraph deems the reply a hammer blow, signaling Austria is too late to accept the fourteen points.
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London
Wilson
Austria
Times
Wilson replies to Austria-Hungary seals stern reply
Reports from Washington state that President Wilson has issued a decisive reply to Austria-Hungary and the entente nations view it as a crushing blow to the Austrian morale.
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Washington
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
High Commission
German Note Text Arrives for Decoding at Swiss Legation
Washington reports the official German note has reached the Swiss legation and is being decoded. It will be delivered to Secretary Lansing soon.
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Lansing
German press assess Solf reply as basis for talks
Copenhagen October 23 The German press generally views Dr Solfs reply to President Wilson as a satisfactory basis for further negotiations The Tageblatt declares should Wilson demand im positions we must reckon on continuation of the war
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Copenhagen
Dr. Solf
Wilson
Note to Austria Refuses to Recognize Government
Rome reports President Wui sch sends a note to Austria that declines to recognize the Austrian government as the legitimate representative of the people. The official note, issued today, frames the position as a repudiation of the regime.
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Rome
Wuisch
Austria
Editors Call for Unconditional Surrender in German Note
Across U S newspapers the reaction to the German peace note is a unified demand for no armistice or negotiations until unconditional surrender by Germany. Editors label the note insincere and insist the war must continue to victory and a peace founded on defeat.
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United States
Germany
NEW York Herald
Chicago Tribune
Berlin
America
Baltimore
German note on armistice and peace terms debated abroad
Dispatches from Copenhagen report Germany plans demobilization and retreat as Austria nears collapse, with officials split on accepting an armistice. Entente diplomats seek swift end only under German surrender or stringent guarantees, while Wilson may seek allied consensus and a statement from Foch on terms.
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Austria
Germany
Kaiser Blamed by German Paper for Abdication
The socialist Frankische Tagespost in a sensational article urged the Kaiser to abdicate, arguing he bears the burden of the greatest world war and remains the last military monarch. The piece was quoted widely in Germany.
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Copenhagen
Frankische Tagespost
Germany
Girls Wearables and Coats on Sale in Youth Sizes
A catalog item lists heavy coated wearables and coats for girls in sizes 8 to 14 years. It features fur trimmed hats and collars, olive drab military coats, and a range of better dresses, silk dresses, and middy suits with matching skirts, in various fabrics and price points from 95 cents to several dollars.
Infants and Little Tots Dresses and Children’s Wear Sale
Infants long dresses from 1.95 to 4.95 feature finebatiste and lawn with lace and embroidery. Boys and girls dresses 2.25 to 3.25 in linen pique repp dotted Swiss voile and poplin. Coats double lined in navy delft blue wine brown for 2 to 6. Rompers white madras from 0.50 to 1.25. Oliver Twist suits in chambray poplin linen and gingham for ages 2 to 4.
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Delft
Little Boys
Basement Basement Basement Underwear Sale
Underwear and hosiery offered at basement prices. Listing mostly fleece lined and fleeced union suits for boys and girls across several sizes with prices from 69c to $1.89. Includes infant and children hose in various sizes and colors with small lot notes on seconds and broken sizes.
Good Bargains in Boys Wearables at Local Store
Bargains on boys wear including wash suits 1.49, school blouses 0.75 to 1.15, negligee shirts, knickerbockers 0.75, Jersey sweaters 2.49, and wool mixed suits 5.95 to 7.75. Sizes range from 2 to 17 years with choices in madras, chambray, percale, and navy blue options.
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Madras
Kaynee
Shoes and Rubbers at Low Lower Prices
Shoe sale listing children youths and infants footwear with sizes from infant to youth including scout shoes hard sole rubbers and gunmetal options. Prices range up to 3.00 and under 1.00 for rubbers with multiple size runs for boys girls and misses.
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Miss May Duffy
Switchboard Operators’ Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Miss Duffy
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Josephine Commer
W. Thoman
Girla
Seattle Girla
Mavis Martin
Tournai
Haig
Lowell Mellett
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France
Imep Weiges
Neuville
Tommina
Amsterdam
Hertin
Maximilian Harden
Die Zukunft
Junkers
Karl
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U. K
U.S
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Post
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Foch
Boston Globe
Atlanta
Constitution
Joves
Hberiia
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West Front
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Altho
Solf
Dia
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
McComber
Borah
Lodge
Thomas
Coats
Oliver Twist
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