Time to demand better phone service in Seattle
Mayor Hanson urged Postmaster General Burleson to demand real service from the telephone management as the Public Service Commission dodges duties. He criticized the commission for stalling on gas rates and streetcar service, urging accountability and a fight against “passing the buck” to other officials.
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Seattle
Burleson
Tee
Hanson
State Public Service Commission
Postmaster General
Spokane
Commission
Blaine
the Public Service Commission
Pianne
Public Service
United States
Arrest of J. G. Taylor for auto theft in Seattle
Spokane police wired Seattle that they have arrested J. G. Taylor charged with stealing an auto owned by C. R. Douglas from the corner of Seventh and Pike at 11 p m October 7.
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Spokane
Seattle
J. G. Taylor
C. KR. Douglas
Seventh and Pike
Tenants win relief as fair rents commission halves hikes
At a Friday meeting in the Securities building the fair rents commission granted 16 tenants legal protection and reduced rents in multiple cases. A three room Howard Ave N unit fell from 27 to 15, while other properties saw reductions from 40 to 35, 36.40 to 24, and similar adjustments. The commission also halted planned increases and ordered heat improvements for a hotel unit charging 3.50 a week.
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Fair Rentals Commission
Securities
Howard Ave. N
Georgetown
Interlaken
246Th Ave. N
Yealerway
Madison Park District
Queen Anne
Choicest Cows for Hospitals from Jersey and Guernsey
Special to The Star by N. Ela reports that dairy cattle from Jersey and Guernsey islands were donated to a U S hospital project in England. Cattlemen appealed to breeders, noting Americans’ wartime rationing and aid, and farmers sent only their best cows to stock the hospital farm.
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England
Channel
America
Guernsey
Jersey
Tank Chases German Colonel in Desert Battlefield Tale
Special to The Star describes tanks in action from Parib October 26. A British tank charges a house packed with German machine guns, destroys the structure, and crushes occupants. Another tank pursues a German colonel across fields, trenches, and open ground until surrender aboard the tank occurs.
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PARIB
Huns and Hun Guns Divided Pro Rata
German prisoners and material taken by American and French forces are allocated by the proportion of American and French participation in the action. If 00 French and 200 Americans capture 700 German prisoners and 250 guns, the French receive 560 bodies and 200 guns, while the Americans take 140 bodies and 50 guns. Charles Myers, a Russian Pole in London, was fined under the alien restriction order after saying he slept in parks nightly since March to avoid service.
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N. BE A
Paris
Charles Myers
London
War humor sketches from the front and hospital wards
A mash of World War I humor shows soldiers and nurses trading jokes about mules and death, admiral flyers and Zeebrugge, Elsie Janis anecdotes, officers tests, and Pat and Ignatius puzzled by Mangin. The pieces mix British, American, and Canadian voices with hospital and frontline scenes.
Woman Seeks Divorce From Prosperous Husband in 1907 Marriage Case
Etal K. Peterson sues Gustav B. Peterson for divorce alleging cruelty since 1907. She claims hardship, says she worked washing to support herself. Peterson, a Skinner Eddy shipyard foreman, earns about $250 monthly and owns a $1,500 Buick. She seeks a restraining order to stop release of community property: $1,000 cash and $1,650 in Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps by National City Bank and Pacific Safety Deposit Co.
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Etal K. Peterson
Gustav BE
Plans to Ship Coal to South America From Seattle
Yerkes arrives in Seattle to coordinate sending Western Washington coal along South America's coast. The plan aims to replace Western states coal sources and could save tens of thousands of dollars yearly in transportation costs.
New Flu Measures Amid Surging Los Angeles Cases
Los Angeles reports 680 new Spanish influenza cases and 14 deaths in two hours. City health officer Dr. L M Powers outlines upcoming vaccination with general use within days and serum trials to determine practicable forms. Masks rise in city streets and stores though some physicians doubt practicality for the general public. A man claims robbery after police find a laborer wearing an anti flu cage.
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Los Angeles
L. M. Powers
U S Naval Guns Smas hing Germans in France
American naval guns trained on German railroad centers behind the Serre Oise front and on supply stations near Vervins and Hozey. The navy weapons, later transferred to the Western front, fire one ton projectiles with great range.
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France
Serre-Oise
Vervins
Hozey
Weet
Caterer to Wealthy Cooks for Soldiers
Mary Elizabeth Evans serves as caterer de luxe to wounded American soldiers in Paris hospitals. She runs kitchens in the Hotel Regina and Red Cross headquarters, overseeing jellied soups wine jellies ice cream and pastries for wounded heroes. She plans longer cake candy and biscuita with maple syrup when supplies allow.
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Pahkis
Mary Elizabeth Evans
Paris
Hotel Regina
Red Cross
Why Hoover Asks You to Save Sugar
Special column explains Hoover’s sugar saving push to aid troops and Allies. It notes disrupted German and East Indies supplies, sugar must come from the United States, Cuba, and Hawaii, and compares wholesale prices in New York Montreal Paris London Rome to show urgency and impact on Allied needs.
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N. Kba
Milton Bronner
Washington
Hag Herbert
Hoover
East Indies
United States
Cuba
Hawaiian
Italy
France
Food Administration
England
Armica
New York
Montreal
Paris
London
Rome
Two Famous French Pilots Missing
Paris reports Lieuts. Lucien Martin and Jacques Erlich missing. Erlich credited with downing 19 German planes and balloons and has the Military Medal and Legion of Honor proposal. Martin credited with 95 bombardments and two enemy aircraft downed. believed captured.
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Paris
Lucien Martin
Jacques Erlich
Erlich
Martin
German Artillery Direct Hit Met with Quick American Return Fire
German artillery scored a direct hit on an American gun but the efficient Yankee crew had the weapon returning fire within five minutes, maintaining pressure on the frontline position.
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Uncle Sam
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HU Colonel
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Kaiser Biii
Wilhelm II
Wuerttemberg
Wilhelm the Damned
Prussia
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Friedrich August
Saxony
Waur
Pat Casey
Alabama
War Hospital
Horace
Maizypep
Chicago
Admiral Gime
Napoleon
Dover
Zeabrugge
Zeebrugge
Elsie Janis
Red Cross Magazine
Tompkins
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Stars and Stripes
Pat
Ignatius
Mangin
Hun
Denver
Meing
Ernest Morris
Denver County Council of Defense
F. G. Bonfile
H. H. Tammen
Denver Post
Humphreys
Olive T
Liberty
California Commission Co
Wm. Meister
Western Ave
U. S
Cottage Grove
Pacific Northwest
West Waterway District
Fauntleroy
Youngstown
26Th Avenue
West Seattle
Alki and
Puget Mill CO
Land Department
26Th Avenue S. W
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