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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
8
Milwaukee education board votes to remove all German language instruction from grade school programs before the next term. The decision follows a meeting held last night and affects the elementary curriculum citywide.
At J F Duthie company shipyard work resumes after two freight cars derailed the previous Tuesday. An 8400 ton vessel keel is laid in one of three vacant ways as two more ways fill. Nearly 5000 workers may return if steel shipments continue. Two engines for ships are being installed as the US Shipping Board moves to add two new freighters under Emergency Fleet Corporation contracts.
Washington reports 123 vessels launched in July totaling 651 644 dead weight. Deliveries total 41 ships at 235 025 tons. Records mark the highest for any month and year. Japan also delivered two new weasels to the United States totaling 15 855 tons.
Port Warden A A Paynee warns residents to stop cluttering Elliott Bay with logs boards boxes and debris. He vows strict enforcement with fines from five hundred to two thousand five hundred dollars and possible jail for offenders.
Oakland California August 1 Following three years of service with the British Royal flying corps Captain Guy D Smith D O suspending a leave of absence with his parents here Captain Smith who is 23 years old has hunted U boats in the North sea and has bombed Turks in the Arabian deserts He was lost for a month on an island in the Indian Ocean With the aid of natives he finally made his way back to his unit again.
Gas masks for carrier pigeons are issued to protect messenger birds in combat zones. Food containers are sealed in paraffin and gas zones at the front are traversed in safety.
LARK'S O. N. T. Lustre Crochet thread available in cream blue pink yellow black rose cerise orange and green with shaded effects. 100 yard spools priced at 8 to 10 cents each or two for 15 cents. Hasement Salearoom.
HESE Union Suits described as fine-ribbed cotton in delicate pink with silk straps at the top and shoulders. Low neck sleeveless style with tight knee. Sizes 86 to 44. Price one dollar fifty cents.
Reinforcing of stitched tape makes these knitted underwaists especially strong and serviceable. Sizes 2 to 12 years. Price 21 cents. Basement Salesroom.
Women's wash skirts offered at 85 cents each in white pique linenette and gaberdine. Styles include gathered backs full belts patch pockets and desirable models for general and house wear with middies and waists. Assorted waist measurements from 26 to 38 inches.
Henry James Harris 40 and Gua Lofberg 54, employees of the Great Lakes Dredging and Dock Company, were rescued this morning after marooning all night on a scow 3,000 feet above Horseshoe Falls. The craft lodged on a rock shelf in the rapids near the cataract at 3 pm yesterday and the men reached safety via breeches buoy.
Special to The Star reports Germany’s animal population decimated by war. Cats and dogs are killed, poultry gone, cows starve with slaughter likely, and horses receive minimal feed of oats and hay.
Two men collapsed after disembarking at shore, authorities reported no further injuries and unknown causes are under investigation.
Former Gov. Joseph W. Folk wins the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate by a substantial plurality, with early returns showing strong support. Judge Seiden H. Spencer wins the Republican nomination over Col. Jay L. Torrey by about 26 000, and Congressman Borland of Kansas City is defeated on early returns.
On August 7 to fairly complete returns Gov. Arthur Capper led former Gov. W. R. Stubbs and ex Senator J. L. Bristow to win the Republican nomination for United States senator. The primary results show Capper with a wide margin over his rivals. A separate incident reports Walter Chilstrom losing his right forearm in an accident on a Ballard Street car trestle assault area Tuesday evening.
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