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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
2
In Chicago on August 30 Bryant Washburn famous as "the man who was afraid" won a reprieve from the draft. Exemption board No 55 reaffirmed its earlier dependency ruling with a sealed verdict, sending the case to the district appeal board as federal officials vow to contest the decision.
At 10 o clock after a light shower a bright full moon created a very plain rainbow in the western sky. Many Bastrop residents witnessed it and several old citizens said they had never seen such a phenomenon before.
A simple home cosmetic recipe claims mixing lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white creates a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. It promises daily massage to fade freckles and blemishes and whiten skin, noting the mixture is harmless and inexpensive.
Local exemption boards were reversed 26 times by the district board of appeals during Thursday deliberations. Seventeen appeals were denied while others were allowed for various claim grounds including dependents and industrial status. Names and divisions of those granted or denied appear with grounds and later actions for deserters and enlistments.
Robert S. Lovett as government transportation director issues orders within 48 hours to give coal shipments priority. Great Lakes carriers and 46 coal railroads must move coal to lake ports, ensuring coal moves ahead of other traffic this winter.
State Labor Commissioner C H Younger announced the federal child labor law effective September 1. It bans employment of children under 16 in mines and quarries and under 14 in mills canneries workshops factories and manufacturing establishments when products are distributed interstate.
Quarantine at the naval training station in carp ends Monday. Militiamen will receive shore liberty after three weeks of confinement.
Nadeen Hunter and Leonie Campbell, both 12, living at the Monterey apartments, organized an afternoon entertainment for The Star's Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund. They performed alone, inviting Monterey tenants and a few outsiders, delivering a singing and dancing program that raised 3.05 for the fund.
A lifelong defense of Russia as a democratic experiment argues that village life kept democracy alive under autocracy. It praises restraint after the 1917 upheaval, noting nonviolent reform like abolition of the death penalty universal suffrage and amnesty. It warns that American reactionaries must prepare to meet Russia with forceful resolve.
Advertisement urges avoiding pepsin or soda mint remedies for digestion. Recommends drinking a cup of water with a teaspoon of pure bisulated magnesia with each meal to strengthen digestion. States bisulated magnesia is not a laxative and sold by druggists everywhere.
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