Seattle Welcomes 1000 Sailors From Sound Stations
One thousand sailors from Sound stations will be on liberty in Seattle from Wednesday to Sunday as patriotic groups line up to give them a full welcome. Sailors from the Middle West plan to see Puget Sound country in their brief visit. Local residents are urged to host guests, provide dinners, auto tours, dance parties, and space for the Soldiers and Sailors' club to showcase Seattle’s war spirit.
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Sound
Liberty
Seattle
Middle West
Puget Sound
Soldiers and Sailors’ Club
German teachers killed in the war total 14 722
Amsterdam reports the German press gives a total of 14 722 German teachers from public schools and colleges killed at the front since the war began. The figure comes from a special dispatch to The Star by N. BE. A.
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N. BE. A
Amsterdam
Man James Conroy Detained Over Milk Theft Claim
A man who gave the name James Conroy was arrested by a dock officer on Tuesday after allegedly stealing a bolt of milk from the wrecked Canada Maru cargo scow. He was turned over to the police and held at the city jail.
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James Conroy
Oxygen Vapor touted as all purpose therapy in medical notes
An eminent Rocheste r physician calls Oxygen Vapor the best therapeutic agent for known needs and its effects extend across chronic and acute asthma bronchitis anemia malnutrition nervous disorders and other blood conditions. Reports from doctors nationwide note remarkable results and describe Oxygen Vapor as a constitutional remedy cleansing the blood and enriching it with oxygen. Free treatments offered at 317-318 Seaboard building Fourth and Pike.
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Rochester
N. Y
Seaboard Building
Fourth and
Pike
New York Broker Indicted by U S Grand Jury
Jacob Simon Herzig known as George Graham Rice faced a federal indictment in New York on fraudulent use of the mafla. He previously faced a county grand jury indictment on five counts of grand larceny.
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New York
Jacob Simon Herzig
George Graham Rice
Austrian Ads Seek Food As Scarcity Hits Austria
Special to The Star reports Austrian newspapers publish want ads trading art objects, furniture, jewelry, and clothing for food. Listings from Trieste and other papers include iron beds for food, novels for five pounds of food, stockings for sugar, linen sheets for cash or maize, and other exchanges such as a canary for a rabbit and coffee for a bed and mattress.
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N. FE. A
Rome
Austria
Trieste
French Seeks Supreme Court Seat by Promising Diligence
Walter M. French, Kiteap county superior court judge, pursues election to the state supreme court. He explains when not in his county calendar he calls the clerk for work, then travels to Seattle to work on cases. He was the first UW law graduate admitted to the bar and has labor endorsements in Bremerton and Seattle. He says he would fire the supreme court seat if guaranteed enough work.
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Supreme Court
University of Washington
Organized Labor
Bremerton
Seattle
French
Miners Adopt War Funeral to Boost Coal Output
The war funeral pact in the anthracite regions has miners and operators agreeing to a six member committee attend a fallen worker’s funeral while other men continue work. The company pays the six committee members' wages and gives the heirs $150 extra, aiming to curb coal loss and speed production under U S fuel administration supervision.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Fuel Administration
French Gas Trick Outwits the Huns
Paris reports a World War I tactic where French forces used poison gas every three days with stink bombs, then followed with gasless shells and infantry to surprise German troops. Most defenders reportedly surrendered or were captured in the process.
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N. FE. A
Paris
Sightless Soldier Returns as Barber in London
Private Leonard Jackson, a barber before the war who was blinded in service, has reopened his barber shop at St Dunstan's. His customers say he can wield a razor with as much skill as when he could see.
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London
Leonard Jackson
St. Dunstan’s
Mange Spreading in Occupied Belgium
Special to The Star by N B A The outbreak of mange in occupied Belgium is rising due to soap shortages and lack of antiseptics. The article notes a skin disease spreading amid harsh conditions and mentions Norwegian researchers producing a bread with 20 percent fish, highlighting wartime food experiments.
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Amsterdam
Belgium
New Afternoon Dresses Arrive in Gown Room
Georgette crepe and satin dresses arrive in black navy and taupe on the second floor with prices ranging from 35 to 55 dollars.
New Shipment Brings Wide Range of Women and Childrens Wear
The shipment features many ready to wear women and children garments all made up stamped for embroidery with ample thread. It includes two new models in Women’s Pajamas pink and white batiste four new styles in En velope Chemises and Combinations some for embroidery in color several new Gown models new Blouses Breakfast Jackets and various dresses for children infants dresses and Petticoats pillows and carriage robes and little boys suits.
New Tub Silks and Taffetas For Dresses and Shirts
New Tub Silks offer practical everyday wear for women blouses and men shirts. They feature even and cluster stripes in blue tan rose gray wistaria and red on white ground. 32 inches wide at 2.50 a yard. Self color plaids and ribbon stripes woven into new taffetas for dresses and skirts navy taupe and black 36 inches wide at 3.00 a yard. First Floor.
Star urges Seattle to meet war savings quota
War savings stamp pledges totaling 1225 were turned in after Friday’s appeal showing Seattle must raise 3,000,000 more. The Star promotes a $100 club and cites pledges by Mr and Mrs Moore and others, urging readers to fill pledge blanks and mail to H Clarke in Lyon Building.
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Star
Seattle
Uncle Sam
J. Alvin Moore
Railwaymen’s Department of the State War Savings Commit
Jewelry Novelties at Basement Salesroom Prices
Jewelry novelties offered at 10c per item with side combs in amber and shell effects. Small medium and large sizes, priced 25c and 35c per pair. Basement Salesroom.
Von Capelle Resigns as German Naval Minister
Paris dispatch reports Admiral Von Capelle will resign as minister of marine. It notes Southern German papers mention the move as imminent and mentions rejoicing over Field Marshal Von Holtzendorff's loss as Austrian armies commander. It also references Admiral Von Tirpitz as proponent of submarine frightfulness.
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Admiral von Capelle
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
von Holtzendorff
von Tirpitz
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