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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
4
Four songs including The Morning Wind By the Pool Im Zitter den Mondlicht Wiegen and Indian Love Song drew five encores as the audience urged more. The writer commends John Spargur and his Philharmonic orchestra, crediting Spargur for trellisless dedication and Seattle pride.
Theodore Brent, vice chairman of the new federal shipping commission, says his Seattle trip aims to assess the situation and decide later if federal coast-to-coast steamship service is warranted. A Thursday hearing brought in representatives from nearly all major Northwest industries to discuss trade, the Panama Canal, and regional impact.
Seattle musicians prepare for a May concert in Tacoma to aid veteran violinist Olof Bull injured in a car crash at Tacoma General Hospital. Organist Claude Madden’s accompanist wife Mrs Per Olsson leads arrangements with a committee including Mme Pubney Victoria Mrs Broome president of Ladies Music club Mrs Chandler Shan Tacoma soprano Bernice Newell Tacoma journalist and others.
Argentina fears London will retaliate for the wheat embargo by halting coal exports. Officials fear railways, shipping, and industry would halt, worsening shortages as authorities weigh removing Gov. Ugarte over a feud with President Irigoyen.
In Indianapolis on April 6 Department of Justice agents seized Christian Leucky on a charge of threatening bodily harm against the president. He allegedly said he could reach Washington to kill the president.
A newspaper blurb promotes Danderine as a remedy for dandruff and hair loss. It claims feverish scalp irritation, shrinking hair roots, and rapid shedding can be stopped after a few applications. The ad recommends a 25 cent bottle at any drug store and instructions to rub it into the scalp.
Seattle churches held three hour morning services and evening musical programs for Good Friday. A 50-voice choir conducted by J Edmonde Butler performed Olivet to Calvary at Trinity Parish Church.
The United Press reports about 9,000,000 persons of German stock in the United States per the 1910 census. It details births in Germany, naturalization, and native-born counts, noting an exodus of German reservists to Mexico as tensions with Germany rise.
New York April 6 Capt Alfred A Fritzen pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring with Capt Hans Tauscher to blow up the Welland canal and was sentenced to 18 months in the Atlanta federal prison. He was called a tool in the hands of Von Papen by Assistant District Attorney Knox. Fritzen, former German artillery captain, was arrested in Los Angeles and received his first U.S. citizenship papers in 1912.
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