Mayor Gill Displays War Garden in 35th Avenue Parking Space
The Star Liberty weekly features Mayor Gill tending a thriving war garden in the parking space at 526 35th Ave. He grows vegetables to cut grocery costs and plans a film segment by Frank Jacobs showing the garden and city life. Other photos cover draft officers at Fifth Ave and Bell St, a convoy canteen, and an auto crash into a Second Ave store window.
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Liberty Theatre
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Fifth Ave
Bell St
Eilis
Wenatchee
Second Ave
Wilson restricts draft to single men in first 687000
President Wilson writes Secretary Baker that the initial draft of 687,000 citizen soldiers should exclude heads of families. An exemption for those with dependents may be allowed if they lack sufficient income. The letter prompts a review of Crowder rules and a conference with officials. The War Department plans a public statement on exemptions for married men. Willy Weeks letter outlines his stance.
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Last Call for Funds in Arena Tobacco Fund Drive
A call urges named standees to pay $5 for ringside seats to the Arena show or be labeled slackers. The note reveals a last day deadline, with a list of donors and a boxing exhibition as the fundraiser for tobacco for the Sammies in France. A mysterious sack arrives with $5 and a puzzle note, tied to draft board member Billy Connor’s prank.
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Dreamland dance raises funds for Boys in France Tobacco Fund
A lively Dreamland crowd enjoyed a Ringling Bros circus event and a later Star dance benefiting the Boys in France Tobacco Fund. Ticket sales reported tardy but expected to exceed 200 dollars, with all proceeds aiding a noble cause.
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Seattle Building Trades Urge Eight Hour Lumber Rule
A Seattle Building Trades council telegram threatens to halt building work unless Congress enacts an eight hour day for lumber mill workers by September 1. The message, read to the U S Senate, says labor will refuse to handle lumber from mills not on eight hour shifts and urges government contracts to include the eight hour requirement or commandeer plants to supply industries.
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Timber Union Chief Charges Collusion Against Washington Lumbermen
J G Brown head of the International Shingleweavers union says the Washington lumbermen protected league bonded mills by forbidding eight hour operations. He cites 500 dollar daily forfeit and reports Western Mill Co Aberdeen sought exemption. Cascade mill Vancouver and McKenna Lumber Co resumed eight hour work with union crews.
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Wilson to Tell Pope That the Kaiser Must Go
President Wilson plans to respond to the pope's peace offer after finishing talks with allies. Congress and the country await his reply amid unsettled German and Austrian conditions and a broader push to tax wealth and reveal hidden fortunes. The United States forms a new purchasing board to supply copper steel and other materials for allies. The Moscow conference on the Russian situation draws global attention.
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Moscow
Senate
Pride Obstacles Peace, Archbishop Warns In America
Arch bishop Bonzano, papal envoy, says pride is the main obstacle to a just peace and urges warring nations to lay down arms. He notes that removing pride would allow arms to be laid aside for peace through justice and persuasion.
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Hesketh May Be Candidate Next Spring
Councilman Robert Hesketh may resign from the council to run for mayor next spring. He says he has not decided but is considering the move as several delegations urged him to consider the mayoral run. He notes he will resign if he can serve the public better as mayor.
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Women doctors press for army commissions
In San Francisco on August 25, women physicians demanded Army commissions for female doctors in the medical corps. They criticized the War Department offer of $1,800 yearly without rank, arguing women are entitled to commissions equal to male physicians.
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War Department
Louise Deal
Woman Physicians’ Society
President's Ruling Exempts Many Seattle Men From Draft
Dozens of married men certified for war service in Seattle would be exempted and many single men called to take their places if President Wilson's plan to exempt heads of families is enforced. Officials predict substantial changes statewide, with officials noting exemptions have often favored households headed by childless men. A new bureau of information will track slackers and fraudulent claims as part of the review.
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Howles
Sherrett
Timekeepers
Charles Edward Russell Advocates Russian Democracy Reforms
The Star reporter Charles Edward Russell outlines the challenges Russia faces after the revolution. He argues autocracy left a vast, wasteful machine and praises the provisional government for tackling transportation, supply, and governance despite slow progress.
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