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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
5
Defense rested in the Means case in Concord North Carolina as United Press Leased Wire reports on December 11. The article notes a price war record being set and references the defense team concluding its presentation. The report is from Washington and Concord with brief wires from United Press.
December 1 figures show winter and spring wheat production at 650,523,000 bushels valued at 1.507 billion dollars, with total value reaching 4.053 billion dollars. The data highlight market and farm sector implications for the agricultural year.
Seattle launches a whirlwind Christmas Red Cross drive aiming for 10 000 new members daily to meet a city quota. Events include in theatre solicitations by women, nurse demonstrations, Boy Scout acts, and Four Minute Men at movie houses. Campaign ends December 22 with house to house canvassing and donor incentives for employers to buy memberships.
Russian prisoners of war in Germany reportedly receive about one third of a pound of bread daily along with a so called soup made of water and any edible grass or greens found by cooks. The soup is served only once a day according to returning prisoners and English Red Cross nurses in Petrograd.
Irene Ewing, a Seattle commercial artist and Pratt Institute alumna, leads the Ottralwa War Relief Bazaar set for December. Her studio and downtown venue showcase 1500 square feet of painted brick, friezes, and oversized decor including a 14 foot Ophelia and a 40 foot country store. Ewing credits Seattle high school peers and local girls for aid, saying the field offers big potential and she loves the work.
Washington dispatch describes engineers arriving from Petersborg Virginia who drill on university grounds near a life sized horse decoy. The apparent corpse was a camouflaged sculpture built from wire netting plaster and paint housing two hidden sharpshooters, revealing a staged deception by a camouflage team.
Louis Kopetin, editor of the Appeal to Reason, a socialist paper, says the alma of the United States in the war align with Wilson's speech. The paper will rename the December 22 issue to the New Appeal.
The program lists acts including Watch Your Step and Fair and Warmer on the Moore Orpheum and Gaiety Burlesque circuits with Wilkes The Third Degree at Orpheum Vaudeville and Pantages Palace venues.
Secretary William I. Wilson told a King County Defense Council meeting that fair dealing between employers and workers can prevent strikes. He warned sabotage harms all, urges sacrifice of pride and prejudice to preserve democracy and wage standards for future generations.
A historical proposal argues for a temporary protectorate to solidify a Jewish nation in Palestine. It envisions Jewish farmers returning home, Jerusalem as a capital, and hosting oppressed peoples, with a strong power guiding growth without self interest in Palestine.
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