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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1918
Page
3
The Puget Mill Company announces the Cottage Grove subdivision on 26th Ave 8W Youngstown near Harbor Island. It offers moderate priced lots close to industrial plants with graded streets and city water, already selling fast with easy terms and a bay view.
February saw Paloma Shukis' husband Jack leave for Portland, abandoning his wife and five children in Columbia. Despite neighbors and $10 monthly county support, the prosecuting attorney cannot compel his return. Washington state law does not cover returning deserting husbands across state lines.
An order for 600000 sphagnum moss dressings was placed by J W Hotsen director of mess work for the Red Cross. Dressings must be ready by July 1 due to front line hospital demand. Hotsen, an assistant professor of botany at the University of Washington, plans new sphagnum auxiliaries to supply the moss. Moss beds will be sought in Alaska and moss is cheaper than cotton and absorbs 10 to 20 times its weight.
Councilmen Pirickson and Lane visited Cedar Falle on Saturday to inspect the nickel work and Cedar Falls water basin. They returned Friday night from inspecting the Packwood lake power site and concluded it would not produce enough power to compare with other sites.
The government ended its case in federal court against Carlos L. Byron, a Seattle man, charged with using the mails to defraud more than twenty people who paid for fictitious claims. Byron was indicted with Frank E. Alley, a Roseburg attorney.
Amsterdam April 13 Kaiser Wilhelm telegraphed Emperor Karl praising his stance against the French premier. The dispatch says Kaiser notes no doubt Karl has made their cause his own and vows to fight enemies who resort to sordid methods in all war theatres.
In Crockett California Walter Peters is jailed after a neighbor suspects goose step in his stride. He admits being aboard the German cruiser Leipzig when sunk by British ships off the Falklands and reports to a German consul in a Mexican port before arriving in California. Authorities seize hidden reports to the consul, harbor defenses diagrams, shipbuilding notes, and a Leipzig diary.
The Puget Sound navy yard seeks 79 laborers 69 general helpers 12 molder helpers 4 boatbuilders 23 boiler makers 4 calkers and chippers 44 machinists 90 machinists with marine experience 11 shipwrights and 1 toolmaker. Wages max 46.64 to 3.60 daily for ten days then merit based. Civil service exams not required in the state during wartime. Eligibility requires satu year residence in a state or territory for permanent appointment in Washington DC.
Seattle shares the push for commercial economy with every city in the Union. RE F Dahm, head of the commercial economy committee of the State Council of Defense, says all cities are active along commercial roving lines.
When you have him loved the contract may bind or fail. Lawyers are needed to decide. Save more on each spring suit coat dress and hat at the Florence Upstairs Store Second and Union.
Gardener enthusiasm for wartime self sufficiency grows as RE J Cole, former British lecturer, outlines wartime gardening at Green Lake branch library. Police report burglary at F Nelson Stu dents Tailors shop with four rolls of cloth stolen. another entry at J M Rosencranz cash remitter found pried open and money missing.
Service resumed by Seattle Taxicab & Transfer Co after a wage dispute with 44 drivers including eight women. Negotiations led to a Sunday night agreement with concessions and a driver savings plan. Neal H. Begley, company VP, announced the settlement and return to normal operations.
Miss O. W. Angel of 716 North 63rd reports poultry damage to police. A clerk labeled the neighbor’s flock as pro German, noting the dispute involves domestic animals and alleged political sentiment.
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