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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
3
The report describes encounters with a submarine off an Atlantic port on August 7. An American patrol boat fired eight shots as a vessel tried to torpedo a merchantman, which then fled. A second ship spotted the submarine and escaped after circling the undersea craft.
Petrograd reports the Russian women’s Legion of Death uses foot cloths instead of stockings or socks. The cloths are 18 inches square, wrapped around the feet in varying ways, with extra large boots. County engineers to oversee drainage projects. King County game commission releases 75,000 black bass into Lake Washington.
A Red Front Clothing Co sale brings Walk-Over and other brand shoes to Seattle with hundreds of pairs from Larsen Mueller stock. Men’s Walk-Over, Florsheim, Red Cross and more reduce to under four dollars, with ladies and children’s styles included.
Larsen Mueller Portland stock brings vast discounts on men's suits and hats with free 2.50 hat per suit. Prices drop from 15.00 to 5.75 and 20.00 suits to 18.95, plus cheap shirts, underwear and accessories. Sale opens Wednesday at 8 AM at Red Front Clothing, 1508 1510 First Ave opposite Public Market.
Three hundred butchers at Frye & Co Plumet packing house walked out Tuesday seeking an eight hour day with the same pay. Most strikers have joined the American Federation of Labor. others align with the I WW. Company officials say no formal demands yet and continue operations with substitutes.
Chicago August 7. Wm BD Haywood, general treasurer and secretary of the organization, says harvest hands in South Dakota have been called out and 85 percent of the lumber industry in the northwest is tied up by walkouts. He notes more than 75,000 are out now and that telegrams from across the country support a general strike in retaliation for the lynching of Frank Little. He dismisses civil war fears and says conditions will improve as the labor movement continues.
The Russian embassy reports Kerensky holds supreme power in administration while Korniloff directs the army, with full support from all political parties. This duo is viewed as guiding Russia out of disorganization toward triumph, shaping the government’s structure. The embassy notes the Kerensky administration's construction as a key factor.
An institution trains students to secure salaries by building Business Ethics and Business Personality from entry into the Business Course. It presents itself as an individual school for the ambitious offering shorthand, bookkeeping, civil service, and ethics education.
Embassy officials describe Kerensky's regime as aiming to firmly establish political democracy before sweeping social reform. Russia must not conclude peace with a reactionary Germany and must stand firm until Germany proves able to shed autocracy. They urge abandoning romantic pacifism as Russia faces its last political storm clearing the atmosphere.
Fifty four percent of local draftees passed the physical for the draft in San Francisco and claimed exemption while about 25 percent failed to meet physical qualifications according to figures announced by draft boards.
Uncle Sam seeks experienced merchandise packers for the quar termasters corps. Pay is $900 a year. Applications due August 11 in room 303 at the post office.
Alaska youths including several hundred Eskimo lads travel long distances to register for the draft as the process proceeds from July 20 to September 2. Gov. J. A. Strong reports rapid progress under difficult travel, with the drawing likely at the provost marshal general's office in Washington late in September.
An old time readers notice aging concerns and recall Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy. The advertisement claims the product restores health and happiness for women suffering female derangements and related fatigue.
Washington August 7 1917 former President Taft and H P Davison partners of J P Morgan were made majors general under a War Department order granting Red Cross commissions. The reform aimed to speed Red Cross work as it becomes a government agency.
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