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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1917
Page
6
A narrator recalls a quiet moment with Dick and Jim as she restrains herself from revealing life troubles to avoid drama. Jim’s tale about Mollie and Eliene shifts to a hungry, tired woman seen by a policeman and a benevolent passerby, leading to a modest meal at a sidewalk restaurant.
Secretary of Labor Wilson opposes mandatory labor conscription, urging government employment for workers if needed and outlining a plan for collective bargaining among the government, unions, and business. He calls for pensions for mothers in industry and old age pensions for government workers, plus soldier land colonization and wage earner programs.
In Minneapolis 29 080 Home Guard members are summoned for tomorrow as 29 000 union workers prepare to strike in sympathy with 1000 street car workers locked out. Union leaders meet in Washington seeking federal arbitration as every union craft plans a Twin Cities gathering.
Staff Correspondent at Camp Lewis reports Sammies will start intensive rifle drill with a 10 day range schedule. The Délet 364th 362nd and 361st infantry regiments will rotate to the range in a set order and live under near warlike conditions while training.
A narrator recalls a starving woman in a ruined city who drinks hot milk and eats beefsteak to regain strength. Her feverish eyes show little hope, and she laments that she has no home or city left to return to, moving the speaker to tears.
An advertisement extols a "Cast Iron Stomach" cure for nervous prostration and stomach trouble. It praises a mediator product named J-0-T-O as instantly helpful, guaranteed and harmless. The Bellingham Chemical Co of Bellingham, Washington distributes samples by mail.
Secretary Baker’s weekly war summary warns the nation not to underestimate massed German forces on the West front. He notes Germany’s gains from the East and a possible temporary edge in numbers, urging theU.S. to speed its military effort and be ready to win.
Vladivostok and Amur province declared independence, a provisional government formed, and a Russian-American society met in Vladivostok to keep order. Allies worry over supplies and protection as Chinese troops and regional factions influence the crisis.
The Beattle meat strike grows as 250 extra independent cutters join picket lines after a Saturday lockout. Low fresh meat supplies and a union decision to refuse transporting meat to shops intensify disruptions with docks restricting shipments to curb. Barton company aims to operate squecking plant. Frye & Co. works under crippling conditions. Master Butchers deny broader aims, saying open shop remains.
On opening night of the Girls' War Relief Hazaar, December 17, winning a seven passenger Marmon requires haste. Tickets cost $1.00 and are sold at major hotels and department stores, and from the Marmon car itself which tours downtown daily.
Three more buildings will be erected at Camp Lewis in Tacoma to house crowds of Sammies who flock to the existing seven structures during their spare hours. Camp secretaries say current capacity is insufficient.
Citizens present to the improvement committee a petition urging installation of new waves for the harbor to replace worn and ragged ones.
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