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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1919
Page
7
Eleven and 27 destroyers arrive at Guantanamo for annual fleet drills as part of war department preparations. The U S dreadnoughts, ships from the fleet, join in the scheduled maneuvers.
An advertisement-like piece touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous disorders and indigestion. It cites Chris Deeds of Muncie Indiana as a case who recovered after five boxes, and invites readers to order by mail with prices and free literature.
Senator Taylor holds key power over the Lamping bill offering a ten dollar monthly bonus to soldiers in the World War era. The measure rests with the senate rules committee, which can delay or block passage. Readers are urged to write committee members Carlyon Hall Taylor Groff Cornwell French and Metcalf, with special note to Senator Taylor of King County, to secure a floor vote.
Editor argues both sides in the Puget Sound shipyard wage dispute are right. A profit sharing scheme tied to net earnings above 7 percent would automatically adjust workers’ incomes to cost of living changes, with a nine member committee to draft details and quarterly distributions to officers and employees.
The piece mocks legislative cost debates and criticizes stalling tactics by senators. It notes Prosecutor Fred Brown’s stance on nepotism, Illinois misnaming aside, and mentions Dr. Henry Susaallo addressing Lincoln and Washington on Feb 12. It highlights Loomis opposition to physician powers and boxing bill conflicts at Camp Lewis.
A letter from Lee Johnston proposes a permanent profit sharing plan to stabilize wages regardless of business conditions. The plan would set fixed daily wages while employee earnings vary with profits, creating shared prosperity. It advocates forming a joint committee of employers and employees to implement the system and to have workers return to prestrike scales.
Telephone operators of the East office canceled their dance planned for Thursday because of general strike conditions.
Mies Hilda K. L. Howard, secretary for the University of Washington, plans to depart next Tuesday to attend the YWCA conference in Evanston Illinois.
After the influenza outbreak, weakened patients show pallor and fatigue. The text urges toxin elimination via laxatives like castor oil or Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, plus an anti uric tablet Anuric, and recommends iron tonics or Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to rebuild blood and strength.
Washington judges from Beattie craft a bill to slow divorces, requiring two years of residence and a one year wait to remarry, removing incompatibility as grounds. A public divorce proctor would investigate cases for the court, with Pierce Lonergan supporting the measure.
City councilmen will hold a Wednesday session to discuss a protest resolution drafted by Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meter. The measure would empower the public service commission to raise street car fares without city input and, if approved, be sent to Olympia legislators.
Boxing fans statewide will address the health and public morals committee in Salem at 7 p.m. in a public hearing on two boxing bills. One bill calls for a municipal boxing commission to regulate ten round exhibitions with referee decisions. The other proposes a state boxing commission with similar provisions.
The District Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will hold a day of prayer Friday at the first Methodist church. Friends and members are invited and asked to bring lunches. A social hour will be a feature of the day.
Olympia report proposes doubling auto license fees and changing the basis to tonnage rather than horsepower, pending adoption by a bridges and highways sub committee.
Two armed men robbed M. Elliott of 22 dollars at 10 30 p m Tuesday near the corner of Third avenue and Virginia street. Elliott, living at 1948 Tenth avenue West, reported the crime. Multiple details unclear in text.
The Eagles will mark their 21st anniversary with a ball at Eagles hall Thursday night. Members plan a formal gathering to commemorate the milestone and renew fellowship.
Alaska Steamship Co reports influenza quarantine abolished for Cordova. Vessels on the Alaska Seattle run are affected and a large list of passengers departed Cordova on the steamer Alaska Tuesday.
Robert Welch an attorney was riding with Walter Metzenbaum in a new machine when it crashed into a car at the curb near 42nd and Brooklyn Welch suffered severe injuries and was taken to Providence hospital Metzenbaum escaped unharmed.
An old time remedy promotes Hamburg Breast Tea as an inexpensive vegetable cure for colds and grip. A tablespoonful brewed in boiling water, strained, and drunk relieves congestion and loosens bowels to break a cold. Available at pharmacies in small packages.
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