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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
6
Mrs Lewis of Brooklyn is urged that her conditions stem from a fall or general weakness. The ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the remedy to restore strength and health, inviting readers to write the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn, Massachusetts for guidance.
Congress resumes work after a five week recess to debate a sweeping draft bill and war measures. Senator Gore proposes delaying drafting of men under 21 while older men are called, with 18 to 45 age range and a goal to pass the bill by weekend. Provost Marshal Crowder orders 5 709 white registrants for grammar school instruction to entrain September 12. quotas list Arizona and California schools.
The war department announced 376 casualties on Sunday night and 282 on Monday morning. Categories include missing in action, killed in action, wounded severely, died of wounds, disease, accident and other causes, and undetermined wounds. Partial lists name Seattle and Northwest residents among the killed and missing, with next of kin and addresses given for several. Marine Corps casualties and undetermined status are also listed alongside local names such as Laird A Wray and Theodore Hansford.
British forces pushed forward in Flanders and Arras sectors advancing on a four mile front from Vieux Berquin to Bailleul gaining about 2000 yards. Prisoners and machine guns were captured in Ayette and Merville areas while raids near Scarpe were repulsed. Hostile artillery remained active south of the Somme and around Failleul.
Walter Kuirk a carpenter living at 7015 California Ave was arrested Saturday on a bootlegging charge. Police found four boys under 20 drunk and two were used as decoys for further liquor purchases. After his arrest three additional quarts of liquor were found on the premises.
A 50-year-old woman claimed victory in the 100 yard race for the eighth consecutive year at a munitions workers field day held in Woking England.
Reports say enemy troops depart Moscow heading to Petrograd as new Moscow government may be formed under Chernov. Stockholm dispatches note refugee removal difficulties as Germans demand safe conduct negotiations with England on China's treatment. Czecho-Slovaks warned of retaliation for executions at the Samara front. Rail service between Moscow and Petrograd is disrupted.
Rioting in Japan over rice shortages sparks fears of political upheaval as German agents and anti annexation factions are suspected of fomenting disorder. Authorities note profiteering and social tension, with riots targeting wealth and rice storage while Japan’s political climate shifts amid war. Paris dispatch adds Haig medal note. meanwhile a gambling raid in New York arrests Charles Woo and eleven others as police seize lottery tickets and $225.60.
Soldiers have been deployed in major cities to curb mobs damaging property of affluent rice owners. The riots, linked to a weeklong rice shortage, involve raids on rice shops as farmers hoard 120,000,000 bushels. Police in some areas sympathize with crowds. Tokyo orderes began Tuesday and were quashed with troop help.
MAGNOLIA Mass August 19 President Wilson has gained weight on his war vacation with his doctor expressing pleasure at the change for a man of his age. A local table tallies his 108 hours here including 24 automobiiling five hours walking ten hours working five hours golf reading meals 12 idle 15 and sleeping 34. The president has driven about 500 miles and enjoys fresh seafood though lobsters are avoided.
London reports the British air ministry states five German planes and a hostile observation balloon were shot down today. Three British aircraft failed to return. Thirteen tons of bombs were dropped on targets, but night operations were hindered by low clouds rain and high winds.
AmsterdamAug 19 German headquarters report says Kaiser and Emperor Karl agreed on forming a Polish kingdom in close alliance with the central powers. The German press does not mention naming Archduke Carl Stephen Polish king.
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