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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
1
The Sun Star reports Seattle residents largely back a plan to move clocks ahead an hour in summer. The City Council will consider the proposal at the next meeting Monday. Citizens urge daylight use to save energy and improve health, urging mass letters in support.
A Rochester news digest notes widespread approval for advancing clocks to gain daylight. Cities like Detroit Cleveland and Seattle consider adoption. Business groups New York Merchants Association endorse a national change with Europe already using the system. Cleveland figures spokesman Newton D. Baker backs the plan citing smooth local transition.
Tomorrow promises a bell ringer bargain Friday as Seattle shoppers are urged to consult The Star for deep discounts across furniture stores and drug outlets. The issue features Standard Furniture Co Grote Rankin Co Eastern Outfitting Woodhouse Grunbaum Rhodes McCormack Brom plus Farrell Drug Stores and Bon Marche among others with bargains spotlighted on pages 3 4 6 and 43. Local readers are told to check the paper for best offerings and latest ads.
In Chicago on April 26 workers across more than a dozen large factories approved an earlier summer start time in a referendum vote. The decision will affect factory schedules during the upcoming warm months.
Seattle residents largely favor advancing clocks to save daylight from May through October. Inter views with PORT WARDEN PAYSSE and several Seattleites express support for the plan citing patriotic value and practical benefits.
A brief excerpt titled Con fessions of a Wife notes Margie follows Malcolm Stuart who is drowned while her husband swims to safety. The Star previews the chapter appearing daily, prompting question what happens next in Margie’s tale.
A series of Seattle residents from 13th Avenue to Ninth Avenue N E express support for daylight saving. Annie Myers and others say the plan would provide more evening light, enable garden work, and let them finish tasks before peak heat.
The Puget Sound Power Company and the city council utilities committee nearly agreed on exchanging power during emergencies. Arrangements were nearly finished at a joint conference of both systems yesterday. A schedule for emergency service rates will be prepared soon.
United Press staff writer reports at the Allied war conference in Washington that an American—likely Herbert Hoover or Secretary of Labor Wilson—will become the world food dictator within months. The council’s talks focus on feeding the Allies, with finance and shipping issues seen as secondary to U S control of global food.
The U S S cooper news states the wooden four masted schooner Percy Birdsall of Perth Amboy N J sank after submarine gunfire near April 26. Nine or ten shots hit the vessel with seven below the water line. The crew were rescued by a patrol boat after the attack and no warning preceded the fire.
Sneak thieves entered the Meridian Repair shop at 1915 North 45th Street last night between 10 and 11 o’clock and made away with plumbing supplies valued at 10 dollars and shoe supplies from the adjacent shop of about the same value.
Police detectives led by Capt. Chas Tennant face a weeklong lack of progress in solving the murders of Mrs. Florence Wehn and Aaron Rehfeld. Wehn was clubbed to death near Queen Anne after leaving a Kinnear park car, while Rehfeld was stabbed in his Green Building office and the suspect escaped in daylight. Investigators seek identity of N. L. Batley and bailed Bailey.
Washington reports indicate moves in Switzerland to promote republicanism in Germany led by Dr. Reese Meyer and the Frie Zeitung. The German public shows an increasing desire for peace as a Berlin labor strike and bread ration cuts reflect antiwar sentiment.
Elihu Root former secretary of state accepted the chairmanship of the American commission heading to Russia. He conferred with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing about the commission’s aims and would not reveal detailed plans. The full personnel, including railroad and financial experts and other leading business figures, will be announced soon.
Louis F. Post argues for compulsory military service over volunteers. He asserts voluntary recruitment fuels militarism and opposes volunteer campaigns. He contends a nationwide volunteer effort would embed militarism in the American public and undermine democratic ideals.
An author argues recruiting myths hide war’s horrors and lure men to join. The piece contends campaigns glamorize battle with flags drums tunes and romance, leading volunteers to face grim realities later.
San Francisco April 26 Lieut Col Otho W Farr of the Seventh Field Artillery was named today commandant of the officers reserve corps training school to be held at the Presidio beginning in May Lieut Col F W Sladen will be senior instructor
The Federal Farm Loan Board announced appointments today for two Spokane district positions in Ruspert Idaho and Palouse with C. F. E. RB. Roberts and C. B. Kegley named along with A. D. Davison of Stevenson Washington.
The Foreign Office announced in London that the blacklist imposed on American companies has been removed. The action ends a policy phase affecting U S firms abroad.
Seattle milk suppliers serving 29 000 families announce a May 1 price increase from 10 to 12 cents a quart due to high feed costs and demand from wartime nations. Dairies include Brooklyn Pure Milk Hollywood Northwest and Seattle with 2 3 and 4 thousand customers respectively.
Steel manufacturers will supply war orders at reduced prices, ranging from 3213 to 5123 percent below current market quotes. The cut was set by a general committee of the American Steel Institute and approved by the heads of United States Steel Corporation Republic Steel and Midvale Steel.
Heirs of J. J. Hill, noted railroad builder, face an inheritance tax of 1.489 million dollars. The estate is valued at about 51.18 million by appraisers.
A puzzle explains a math trick claiming the war end year is always 1917. It sums birth year and age then halves, matching married years sum. both yield 1917 when birthdays have passed. If not yet, adjust for upcoming anniversary.
In New York on April 26 the largest wholesale bakers announced the 6-cent loaf would end, replaced by a 10-cent loaf with a smaller weight. Prices for other loaf sizes rise, restaurants face higher costs, and merchants anticipate further increases as flour and wheat costs push up supplies.
Bakers in Seattle plan a future price rise though an official advance was not yet debated. San Francisco warns of 6 cent bread to start Monday with 10 cent loaves becoming 12 cents due to rising flour costs. Chicago expects bakery price hikes soon after bakers and drivers strike is settled. A crude oil prank damaged Mrs. Smith's storefront at 1900 Sixth Ave, prompting police notification.
The I W W trial defendant Tom Tracy sits beside his lawyers in Judge Ronald's courtroom for eight weeks. He rarely speaks, as debates over free speech, Beverly Park, Sheriff McRae, and the Everett Commercial Club fill the case. Tracy, guarded by deputy F M Gregory, faces a jury expected to decide if he is guilty of murder at the Everett city dock on November 5.
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