Wilson names Col House as peace agent
The United States establishes a Peace Information Bureau with Col EB M House heading it for up to five years. Officials say the role does not signal peace negotiations but prepares documentation and data for a future world peace conference including railway and economic details.
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United States
EB. M. House
State Department
Department
Wilson
Col. House
England
France
Det
House
Frisco Strike End Hangs On Boiler Makers Vote
San Francisco shipbuilding strike may end today as boiler makers vote 503 to 463 to refuse to abide by the Iron Trades Council decision. Conference committee warns employers to keep shops closed if the stand continues. Metal Trades council had recommended accepting the mediator's agreement.
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Walied Press
Maan Francisco
San Francisco
Iron Trades Council
Ers
McNab
Metal Trades Council
Readers letter on tobacco fund for soldiers in France
To the editor a letter requests contribution to a tobacco fund for American troops in France. The writer explains each dollar buys four 45 cent packages, with a postcard inside for a message of thanks from the soldier. The note ends with a blank name and address line for readers to respond.
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Beye Ta France
Mena
France
Ime
Dreamland Dance Tonight For Fund
A local appeal lists donations and a note urging support for the tobacco fund. Residents from Mukilteo to Anacortes and Seattle contributed gifts and letters, including two dollars from Thomas H. Revan and a backyard circus by University district children raising funds for the drive. Multiple named donors and addresses appear in a long list of contributions to the cause.
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John Yeakel
Mukilteo
Tobacco Fund
May
Thomas H. Revan
12Th Ave
Merton Lewis
Kenneth Lewis
Margaret Nevins
Nellie Hawkins
Knights of Pythias to Host Dance and Card Party
The Uniform Rank company will hold a dance and card party on Saturday evening October 13 at their hall at First avenue and Pike street. Proceeds go to The Star's tobacco fund. Admission is 50 cents for the dance and 25 cents for the card party.
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The
Knights of Pythias
First Ave
Pike St
Star's Tobacco Fund
Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund drives support
The Seattle Star asks readers to send funds via a coupon on the page, with donors' names and addresses in each package of tobacco sent to Sammy in the trenches. The campaign uses the slogan “A smoke for me a smoke for Sammy,” aiming to aid soldiers abroad. contributions listed include various donors and amounts.
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Star's Fund
Sammy
Seattle
Star Fund
Fn France Tobacco Fund
Seattle Star
Festenty Emncanions
Peter Larren, Jr
van Horn
J. A. Carnen
Fecatello
C Mr
Avis Bowman
Hartford
Wash
Underwood
Ellensburg
Brown
Fifth Ave
M. Johnson
McKevett
Phil Melville
14Th Ave
Elton W. Chase
Washington Ave
Bremerton Gede
New Orleans Hit by Storm Strikes City Foreshadowed
New Orleans on September 28 faced winds over 70 miles per hour as a hurricane warning was issued. Residents evacuated from lower Maratea swamp lands and Grand Island areas while telegraph lines remained operational and no damage was yet reported.
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United Pieee
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Maratea
Grand Island
Spies Suspected as Plane Crashes Linked to Defective Wires
Reports from Selfridge Field indicate airplane stay wires show acid traces and fire damage weakening the frame and causing collapse in mid air. Authorities suspect a spy plot may be behind the issue and tie it to the death of Wilbur Mong whose aircraft recently crashed.
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United Press
Mount Clemens
Med
Selfridge Aviation Field
Wilbur Mong
Pope Will Not Quit Peace Efforts, Austrian Says
An Austrian official in Zurich states the pope will continue pushing to end World War I and soon propose new peace terms, signaling ongoing Vatican mediation amid global conflict.
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Hy United
Zurich
Grand Opera Singer to Be Heard at Met
Nina Morgani coloratura soprano with the La Scala Grand Opera company sails in to the Metropolitan Theatre the week of October 7 performing Rigoletto Madame Butterfly Carmen Thais La Boheme Lucia and Il Trovatore per the seasonal slate at the Met.
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Met
Nina Morgani
la Scala Grand Opera Company
Metropolitan Theatre
1600 Men Drill at Camp Lewis as Army City Grows
The article describes 1600 Seattle troops at Camp Lewis arriving in uniform, undergoing inoculations for typhoid and smallpox, and preparing for a third draft. It notes vaccination for Hurley-Mason workers, segregation of colored troops, and the ongoing cultural life with phonographs and music from the Y.M.C.A. plan. It also reflects on Private Destabelle, a Belgian-born musician now serving as a soldier, and includes geological notes about the glacier origin of the camp’s gravel foundation.
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American Lake School
Hurley-Mason O
FL Devabelle
Co. A
Destabelle
Anaconda
Mont
America
Charlerot
Tacoma
Camp Lewis Street
Puget Sound
Fee Wall
J. Franklin Bell
Western Department
Army-City
Women’s All-Wool Dress Skirts at $3.75
Unusual values in separate skirts neatly tailored from heavy wool poplin and mannish serge. Styles include pointed yoke belts braid trimming pleated shirted and plain options offered at three dollars and seventy five cents.
Have you a house for rent
Star want ads ask if you have a house for rent and seek listings.
Dr Dentons Sleeping Garments for Infants and Children
Sleeping garments sold by Dr. Denton offered infant and child sizes up to 14 years with price range from 65 cents to 1.75 dollars.
Women's fleece lined union suits advertised at Bon Marche
The Bon Marche upper main floor offers women fleece lined union suits at 1.00 with ribbed cotton, fleeced interior, high and Dutch necks and ankle length in sizes 34 to 44. Women wool union suits priced at 1.95 feature twin needle ribbing in white or gray with Dutch neck and elbow sleeves in sizes 36 to 42.
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Venice
Copenhagen
Cardinal
BON Marche
Try a Cup of Mayflower Coffee and More
Roasted fresh daily coffee priced at 25 a pound. Baking powder Royal or Dr Price 1 lb cans 39 cents. Dromedary Golden Dates 14 cents per package or three for 40 cents. Snider s Tomato Catsup 20 cents a bottle.
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Dr. Price
Snider
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