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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1917
Page
1
A playful ad invites readers to donate five dollars to transfer their names into a ringside seating list for The Star's boxing event at the Arena on August 28 to support the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund. The list includes many local names and businesses, encouraging larger donations.
Seattle braces as two weeks remain before 1 456 men entrain for Camp Lewis. Doctors examine the last recruits while patriotic committees plan city and division celebrations to honor the departing youth.
A 32 caliber revolver was used in a jail break at a county jail Saturday afternoon. Four fugitives remain at large while deputies and city officers pursue leads across the county. Jailer Norman A Schellberg indicated a lawyer may be arrested as part of the investigation.
Contributions pour into the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund at The Star office as the Y M B C sends 12 dollars and Western Union workers donate 5.25. Dance tickets go on sale at multiple spots for Friday night at Dreamland with Joe Schermer guaranteeing music. A boxing show tickets delay noted and a France tax proposal for pensions to mothers faces debate.
Governor Lister convened the State Council of Defense in Tacoma to outline action if a general I W W walkout threatens Washington. He warned against jailhold decisions and possible crop disruption as eastern state inmates remained in custody. Seattle headquarters denied plans for a coast strike while construction workers’ action was postponed for a referendum on September 10.
Northwest states Washington Idaho Montana join in a general walkout as governors refuse to release war prisoners. Early reports indicate about 2000 workers walked out across the four states amid demands for an eight hour day and better sanitary conditions.
Charles Dickey 58 and Mary 50 head the largest family with 22 children and 15 grandchildren living on 160 acres in Canaan Maine. The couple endured poverty through farming and faith, while Mary manages the household and oversees bread baking and sewing after months of hard work.
A man identified as W. Winter, about 35, registered at the Jackson hotel on 822 Jackson St for three weeks, was found dead in his room at 9 30 a m Monday. The body lay face down under the bed with a hemp cord around the neck. officials call it likely suicide with no sign of struggle. Suspected missing baggage and lack of family details noted by Dr C C Tiffin county coroner.
Six people die in a Williams Sunday crash as the Southern Pacific Shasta Limited collides with a car driven by Nicholas Spiss of age 38. Mrs Spiss and three children plus a guest Margaret Reber are killed instantly. Spiss dies in the wreckage when the gasoline tank explodes. In a separate note Turkey's paper money in circulation stands at 350 million dollars, up from four million before the war.
President Wilson has chosen a top American fuel expert to lead the nation’s fuel policy. The appointee heads a premier institution and is awaiting his confirmation before an official announcement.
Viscount Ishii, head of Japan's diplomatic mission to the United States, was asked by cable to negotiate lifting the U.S. wartime embargo on steel exports. Opposition party leaders warned the embargo would deal a death blow to shipbuilding and related industries in Japan.
Rioting and gunfire mark the first day of the 1800 United Railroads platform workers strike in San Francisco. Conductor Roy Strothers was attacked by five men, shots fired with no injuries. Three strikebreakers were beaten. a man claiming U S A connections was detained while trying to photograph crowds.
Seattle building managers prepared to switch to coal and wood burning after Standard Oil announced fuel oil supply would be cut off soon. Government demand and tanker shortages are given as the cause for withdrawal of supply.
United Press reports in London that Sammy’s shrapnel helmet will embody the best qualities of British French and German trench hats. The helmet will bear the United States coat of arms stamped on the front.
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