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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
10
A health warning urges Seattle bread buyers to visit multiple bakeries to observe unsanitary conditions. It describes open seams in wooden troughs, unwashed workers, and dough prepared in basements or backrooms with inadequate separation from living spaces.
A striking contrast showcases the Sun-Lit Three Girls Bakery where workers must shower and wear clean uniforms to enter the plant. The process uses shiny automatic machinery from sifted flour to the finished loaf, with the Special 10c wrapped loaf touted as near perfect.
Seattle waterfront employers and longshoremen watch the San Francisco conference for a wage and hour settlement. Mediator Henry White expects a move from both sides with employers showing resistance. In San Pedro, dock workers and lumber handlers return to work as strikers are rehired and strikebreakers discharged.
Mrs Florence Mills scared a burglar near to death with a Fourth of July revolver a toy pistol from the parlor table she pointed it at the thief and fired a paper cap the burglar fled from the window attempt in San Francisco on July Fourth local neighbors witnessed the scene
Miss Walton is described as the loveliest girl on the New York stage famous for both beauty and dancing. She garners wide acclaim for her grace and performance.
Bucharest announces Romania will introduce new army uniforms patterned after wartime nations. The garments will be more practical in color and design and require less material while maintaining functionality.
A tornado ripped through northern Minnesota and southern Canada early today, wrecking buildings and blasting across rail lines. Crookston area suffered the heaviest damage with crop losses estimated over a million dollars. officials believe no lives were lost.
In Indianapolis on August 4 the progressive movement shows a nameless head of ticket aiming to influence the electoral college rather than win the presidency. John M. Parker will campaign solo after a national conference, which declares the party alive, forms a campaign committee, condemns past GOP cooperation, and rejects a national convention.
The Italian mail steamer Letimbro sank in the Mediterranean with between 80 and 100 missing and many perished. Survivors say panic broke out as the submarine shelled the vessel after a chase, with several killed or wounded by shell fire. Only three boats reached safety at Syracuse and Malta. The sinking marks a rare large passenger liner loss to submarines amid increased Austro German submarine activity in seaports recently.
German editor Georges Sylvester Viereck says English doubt over Earl Kitchener's death fuels a wartime myth. He asserts Kitchener may be dead due to a mine or submarine, while Britons cling to a living legend. Viereck calls the idea a war psychology artifact and Mona myth parallel.
Washington officials said there were no Americans aboard the Italian mail steamer Letimbro when a submarine shelled and sank her. Survivors reports indicated the ship was attempting to escape, and American consuls will inquire to see if any Americans were among the crew or passengers.
Mrs H B Smith wife of a torpedo boat sailor attempted to jump from the rail of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co vessel Congress between San Diego and San Pedro. Passenger J Prenties leaped overboard to save her and the authorities were notified late Thursday night.
The streets and sewers committee endorses widening the West waterway to allow deeper navigation and a bridge at Spokane. The council will consider the improvements and levy funds. Pedestrian vehicular and street car traffic will use the bridge, which could spur demand for industrial sites.
The Ten ryu Maru arrived Thursday at Smith's Cove carrying soya bean oil Japanese oak curios porcelain and fish oil and will load cargo for the Orient. Five vessels sailed Thursday for Alaskan ports including the Ali Humboldt Curacao Juneau and Alaska with many interior passengers aboard.
Dr. Edward L. Smith of New York told the closing meeting of the Pacific Coast Theological conference at the First M. E. Church that the European war does not prove Christianity fails. He said it will draw the men in battle closer to God.
Mrs. Alle Carter Forseman returns to Seattle after her paintings are accepted at the National Academy of Design spring exhibit and she is elected a member of the Association of Women Painters and Sculptors of New York.
Calexico California August 4 Maj James T Dean in command of the Third battalion 21st Infantry 8 S A transferred from Vancouver Washington has been promoted to lieutenant colonels position with the same regiment and assigned to the adjutant generals staff. He will be transferred but the destination is not known until a successor is appointed here.
The Northern Express Co. was found guilty Thursday of transporting intoxicating liquor into the state without proper labeling on the package and was fined $100. Fourteen similar charges against the company are to be tried Friday.
Minnesota, seen in Seattle possibly for the last time, has been purchased by Charles W. Morse, former ice king of New York. The ship repair and tow to the Atlantic are planned for trade with Europe, as Morse leads the United States Steamship Co. in New London.
William Lawther, a laborer at Skinner and Eddy, fell 30 feet from a scaffold Thursday afternoon at Seattle General hospital reports he will recover. He struck his head but his skull is not fractured.
Edwin Woolard 17 of Sumner drowned after diving into the Stuck River near Tacoma on Thursday afternoon and striking his head on a rock. A friend searched for the body for about 30 minutes before it was found.
The Alaska Steamship Company's new steamer Juneau sailed from Seattle for Bering Sea ports on its maiden voyage. Calls will be made at St Michael Nome Tellier and York. The Eureka, bought by the Alaska Steamship Co, will be christened the steamer Skagway and sail to the same ports with materials for the Alaska railway commission.
The National Pet Stock Association of America held its annual Chicago conference and elected Lewis Griffin of Colorado Springs as president.
Residents living in the quarter mile strip north of the city limits between Lake Washington and Puget Sound will receive telephone rates under a new order by the public service commission. Four party lines will replace the old ten, costing $2.50 a month.
F. M. Tucker struck down Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Harrison of North Yakima at Fourth and Pike in Seattle Renton Southern street Thursday night. The incident followed a collision earlier that evening. Police reported no serious injuries and ongoing investigations.
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