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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1918
Page
8
A Washington state convention recommends broad patriotic support for the upcoming Liberty Bond third loan drive. The resolution calls on all bond pars to advertise and allocate funds for government financing. Joseph A. Bwalwell of the National Bank of Commerce is noted among state banking leaders.
Gen. Wood, wounded in the right arm by a splinter while visiting the front, left the French hospital today. His chief of staff and two officials accompanying him were also severely wounded, it was reported.
Advert says young at sixty and stiff joints signal health issues of kidney and back. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing remedy imported from Haarlem Holland, recommended by druggists with no substitutes.
Joseph Shaplen reports from Petrograd that Saints Peter and Paul fortress, once a czarist prison, now houses political inmates under the Bolshevik regime. Gen Sukhomlinoff, once war minister, says conditions improved, with visits, letters, books, and freedom compared to Kerensky days.
Portland Feb 2 Floyd Ramp of Roseburg the self styled radical socialist filed an appeal for a new trial after being convicted of violating the espionage law by a federal district court jury He faces a fine up to 10000 and a 10 year imprisonment is in federal custody pending appeal His bond was raised from 5000 to 15000 Ramp was indicted on charges that he made seditious speeches to California soldiers en route to Camp Lewis.
All Germans living outside the city who use rural routes from Seattle must register next week in room 104 at the post office building. German boys and men over 14 must register and supply four photographs each. Photos must be on thin paper with a light background and not larger than 3 by 3 inches.
New York newspaper reports that Canada secretly sought to bring American farm laborers into Western provinces due to wartime labor shortages. The Canadian chief censor circulated instructions to editors to suppress the matter, while U S officials denied awareness of the campaign.
British war council member Geo H Roberts warned that if Germany Austria Hungary and Bulgaria prevail a secret treaty with Turkey would allow harsh measures against Armenians and Arabs after the conflict. He said the pact aims to support Turkey’s territorial recovery and keep the sultan as caliph.
In St Helens Oregon February 2 a hotel built by Sommar strom Shipbuilding Co for plant workers was found ruined after threats warned of danger. A laborer was injured escaping his room. Authorities investigate possible cause and motive.
Champaign, I a Feb. 2. Produce more essential foodstuffs this was the keynote of the decision reached at the farmers war council just ended here. More wheat leaf corn and oats more pork and beef more sheep for wool more poultry these were some of the aims the farmers are to lend their efforts to raise. Build more silos. Many only such crops as are certain to succeed in your locality wan the final admonition. Boy labor on the farm was also advocated.
Twenty Indian braves from the government reservation answered the draft call in Redding California today. They were eager to fight but the draft board ruled them exempt as government wards.
Tales of Monte Carlo style gaming spaces run solely for fashionable women will be investigated in open court. Prosecutors report a wealthy woman lost $10,000 in two hours at one venue in a residential district. The piece closes with a wartime appeals line urging thrift stamps.
A public notice offers a bread making recipe using ordinary flour water and salt. It promises a wholesome digestible loaf with no fermentation and no buttermilk, claiming a quarter hour for rising and one hour baking. The notice asks readers to send 25 cents and a self addressed envelope for the recipe.
London reports urge rapid U S food shipments and production to aid Allies. Officials warn delays at American ports slow war momentum and cite English rationing plans. Wilson’s farm push and Daniels antisubmarine device are highlighted as signs of increased American resolve.
About 000 workers staged a bread riot, Amsterdam Mounted police ordered dispersal and fired on crowds. Demonstrators formed improvised barricades and engaged in street fighting. Several strikers and police were wounded.
Martial law was proclaimed in Berlin with a drumbeat reading in the Schloesplatz. An extraordinary court martial was announced as the great general strike faces hunger and threats. Police were attacked during a Spannau riot as thousands resist the military crackdown. Independent socialists protest the arrest of Reichstag member Herr Dittmann.
Berlin munitions plants were placed under martial law and workers ordered back to work Monday on threat of military punishment. In Dantselg and Duesseldorf many strikers returned to work as political tensions rose over the arrest of independent socialist Dittmann and the Reichstag member Haase urged his release.
Thrift week begins Sunday to foster thrift habits in preparation for postwar readjustment. The Y M C A will run the effort with help from civic educational industrial and religious groups across the community.
Dr Louis Dechmann head of the Qui Si Sana sanitarium at Lake Crescent is released from the immigration station after inquiry into pro German affiliations. He was arrested January 20 and has been in the northwest for 26 years since coming from Germany. He authored Within the Bud and Dare to Be Healthy.
Food administrators from Washington Oregon California and Alaska meet in Portland Monday as a special committee to pass on nearly 40 cannery licenses for salmon and herring.
The 46th Infantry unit friends plan a Saturday dance at the New Masonic Temple Harvard Ave and Priest to raise funds for the company mess fund. Franz Bostrom, Tacoma bookstore owner, was acquitted in federal court Friday of selling literature insulting the British army.
Havre France February 2 A secret German document on the dismemberment of Belgium approved by the Kaiser was found in the Belgian government’s possession. It was meant for circulation among German military and civilian populations in conquered territories and justifies the separation of Belgium. It declares support for a Flemish policy and foresees reconquering Flanders for pan Germanism.
The steamship Alabama, tanker for Texas Oil Co, lies on a dangerous ledge off an Atlantic port. Wireless calls report imminent breakup and seek aid as rescue boats prepare.
Frank Berger described as a Bolsheviki and Russian radical was brought to San Francisco from Camp Fremont under federal custody. He faces allegations tied to the dynamiting of Governor Stephens mansion in Sacramento and C C C threats, after six weeks of detention over plots to destroy an irrigation system near Visalia.
OTTAWA Ontario February 2 The casualty list includes American killed in action C R Gibbs Portland Oregon and A H Lindsay Los Angeles California Readers are urged to buy thrift stamps today in this home front notice strength and morale message.
Washington February 2 America s horse and livestock raisers answered the war call for higher production The agricultural department reports hundreds of thousands more horses mules cattle sheep and swine produced in 1917 than 1916 with total animal value rising by 1 527 912 000 or 22 7 percent Record gains include 353 000 horses 101 000 mules 390 000 milk cows 1 857 000 other cattle 1 284 000 sheep and 3 871 000 swine Each head saw value increases from 1 39 for horses to 7 76 for swine The overall value reached 8 263 524 000 in 1917
Cincinnati weather officials warned no definite flood relief in sight as ice-filled gorges at Modoc bar and Sugar Creek keep the river stagnant. A slight nightly drop in stage does not change the need for a thaw or greater pressure to free streets and homes. Mississippi shipping worth millions faces ice jams from Cairo to Natchez.
London February 2 The 88 Montreal was sunk in a collision on Wednesday. The crew were saved.
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