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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
10
A crowded job notice from Seattle lists civil service examinations for posts including conductor street railway harbor engineer police matron and clerk among others. It notes residency requirements and the April 38 1918 filing deadline with detailed location and contact information.
The House approved a porkless rivers and harbors appropriation bill carrying 20 million dollars. It includes only war department approved projects, with four million for Charleston harbor to prepare a naval dry dock and a project deepening Hell Gate channel in New York. Other large sums fund Ohio and Mississippi river work and harbors at Norfolk Mobile Key West Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
Washington April 17 The Chilean ambassador Don Santiago Aldunate collapsed with apoplexy while walking this afternoon. Doctors say he is unconscious and probably will not long survive.
St. Paul April 17 The Minnesota Safety commission of the state war board issued an order forbidding strikes or lockouts during the war and directing employees not to seek union recognition in shops where labor organizations were not recognized before the war.
Police report Ch. FE Thomas was arrested in the rear of a Rainier Avenue poolroom at 4915 at 12:30. A search found a gun a blackjack and keys. He confessed intent to rob the business and named accomplice William Johnson staying at the Federal hotel. Johnson was arrested earlier that night. Patrolman EB Schumacher led the arrests.
Union members will again take up the wage increase dispute with the Waterfront Employers Association at Wednesday night meetings in the Longshoremen Truckers hall. The topic was discussed Tuesday with no decision. Federal mediators Henry M. White and Edgar C. Snyder await union action.
Application by Hugh M Caldwell corporation counsel to compel an immediate hearing on the city against the traction company for 61917 damages was filed Wednesday. The cane issue was continued to May 6 by Presiding Judge John 8 Jurey after Monday’s King county superior court hearing.
Prices and products from a crowded market scene include potatoes at 15 cents, coffee, sardines, Campbell soup, olives, beef, milk, mustard, cheese, tea, butter, eggs, and many other groceries. Fares and vendors are labeled with stall numbers and brands, with a Rotary club note on F. A. Silcox addressing a meeting about war production mobilization.
Washington April 17 the allies have contracted for all Liberty motors produced in excess of American needs. Airplane experts say the surplus shows efficiency and demand. American factories are still producing Rolls Royce Sunbeam and other foreign engines while motor truck production slows to free steel for shipbuilding.
Kansas City audience of 9,000 hears Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood declare the fight is a great crusade with no limit on future Liberty Loans and drafts. He says the war is not ordinary and will end only when victory comes.
Thousands of tickets distributed for an Arena talk by Dr. Charles Aubrey Eaton and Capt I T Gray of the national service section of the shipping board. An overflow meeting at the Labor temple annex will also be held. Mayor Ole Hanson will preside as Skinner and Eddy band plays.
The Ames Shipbuilding Company launched the commandeered steamer Westmount on Tuesday. It is an 8,800 ton vessel and part of a sequence of ten ships now in commission, including the Westwood and West Eagle.
The cannery tender Cyprus was launched at Marcus Johnson's yard on Lake Washington on Tuesday afternoon. Owned by the Fidalgo Island Packing Company, she will operate in Southeastern Alaska waters.
Councilman Oliver Erickson projects the proposed elevated extension could handle 6000 people during rush hours with potential for 10000 in emergencies. The landing depot on Fourth Ave and Prefontaine Pl sits two blocks from 20 car lines feeding all city districts.
In Rock Island Newfoundland on April 17 Mrs. H. J. Erbst of Davenport Iowa perished from burns after a kerosene explosion. Moments before, she wished to sing America, and sang a line as the grim reaper took her life. Her 5 year old daughter died ninety minutes earlier in the same blast.
Paris reports successful French raids at Butte-du-Mesnil and Tahure with American artillery stationed at Tahure, plus Flirey on the Toul sector. Mutual artillery action continued on the Somme and Oise fronts, and an enemy attempt east of Samogneux on the Meuse was repelled.
R. F. D. No. 4 resident B. J. Harner reports a demure dark slender woman sat beside him on an Alkicar ride to West Seattle and slid her hand into his pocket. Police seek the pickpocket. Leonard Grocery on Greenwood Avenue and a Burque property both report penny losses from burglars Wednesday. Police suspect youths.
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