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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1917
Page
5
A Boston woman urges all mothers to follow duty and send their sons to national service. She states the sacrifice is essential for the country and reflects the prevailing wartime resolve.
Eastern Washington fruit crops will be ruined unless sufficient harvesters can be obtained immediately. The Washington State Harvesters' League opened recruiting headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club on Monday.
Julian Eltinge, famed female impersonator, arrives in Seattle from Portland to film scenes on the Columbia River highway for his first movie. The show will be at the Clemmer next month with many other film and stage acts noted across local venues.
The column notes Mary Thurman of Keystonia as the subject of sensational tales about athletic records she allegedly set as a Vascar student. A Keystone director dismisses the claims, calling them bunk and suggesting no Vassar students could have achieved such feats.
The Metal Trades council has paused wage scale talks with Seattle shipyards while awaiting answers from Washington. A three-man delegation led by A. E. Miller, Dan McKillop and A. E. Brantingham headed to the capital to stay in touch with national actions. Some yards, including Skinner & Eddy and Winslow, have set wage terms, while Seattle Dry Dock and Construction Co. and others have not yet signed.
E F Benson head of the state department of agriculture predicts Washington potato yield this year will be double previous records. He urges unrestricted home use to relieve a glut and suggests drying plants to make potato flour to substitute for wheat. The development bureau of the Chamber of Commerce questions restrictions on potato use.
Mrs. G. Perry of 3816 Fuhrman Ave. swallowed iodine at home in a bid to scare her relatives. The poison was removed from her stomach at the city hospital.
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