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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1919
Page
8
The League of Nations Commission met at 10 30 am to speed work on the constitution draft. Agreement on chief points was reached but changes will be referred to sub committees for classification. President Wilson will likely defer sailing home to February 16 or 17 due to unfinished league work.
London Feb 8 The National Union of Railway Men repudiated last night’s subway settlement and signaled a possible nationwide railway strike. The move, initially a sympathy walkout, is driven by the railway workers own grievances, signaling a broad industrial action across the rail system.
Captain Hiram M. Read former chief surgeon for the Great Northern railway in Seattle has returned to practice medicine. He served with the 19th Division as it prepared to go overseas, but the armistice delayed its movement.
Advertisement notes Haynes repairing watches near Liberty theatre promising prompt service and dependable results in a concise local ad style.
Berlin reports show German and Austrian newspapers demanding accountability for wartime leaders. Editors attack Wilhelm II as a failed ruler, warn against restoration of monarchy, and call for his public trial or punishment. Some outlets condemn Vienna Berlin actions and urge further sanctions and exposure of guilt to mankind.
Claude R Jewett accidentally shot himself in the face while shooting hoes on a California ranch. He walked to a Chico hospital conscious as surgeons removed a breech block embedded three inches in his head. He commented, Gee, that hurt.
The Northwest's widest readership turns to Star Want Ads for its daily listings. Readers find jobs, classifieds, and notices reaching a broad audience with speed and reliability. The Star brands its classifieds as the region’s go to source for local opportunities and deals.
The true long rifle once carried by Daniel Boone was recently bought by Mr. Rafter of Platteville Wisconsin from a former Missourian. The 46 inch barrel 62 inch overall 45 calibre flintlock weighs 10 pounds and bears a silver patchbox tusk carved stock notches and jackknife initials.
Mrs Georgia W Schermerhorn filed in the supreme court to declare Lieut Amos Cotting Schermerhorn U S A incompetent. The army board said he is unsound mind and a Bloomingdale resident. A committee was appointed to handle his $376000 estate and arrange an alienation hearing. He is 30 with two children Georgia six and Amon.
Oscar Battersen and Waldo Kodie were wounded in a hotel shooting at the Apple hotel on Marion Street Thuresday night. Four robbers entered Suttersen's room with revolvers demanding valuables, two others waited in the hallway. Battersen and Kodie were shot. both are in City Hospital and expected to recover.
Special report notes France moves industrial strength southward after war, creating a manufacturing belt along coal and iron regions with new docks and transportation capacity. Northern France will rebuild, while Southern France rapidly positions for postwar production and hydro power growth.
J L Dago Smith, a convicted bootlegger, vanished from a Milwaukee train near Cheney on Thursday night after a deputy trusted him to buy tobacco. Smith fled as the train, moving about 20 miles per hour, carried him away. He had accused two deputies of bootleg deal connivance and was later arrested in Tacoma.
Shelbyville siblings Lyle and Velma Beck attended a theatre in Mattoon when a war film was shown. A telegram earlier announced their brother William had been killed in action in France. During the screening a scene from the war film triggered Velma to exclaim that she saw William on the screen, a moment both found remarkable.
In Paris on February 8, Rev Father Lemire representing Nord deputies urged planting a continuous avenue of trees along the front as a pilgrimage site for those unsure where kin fell. Albert Sabrun replied that the government would honor the dead with cemeteries at key battles and transform entire battlefields into national monuments.
The body of an unknown man was found in the bay near Pier 20 as Peter J. Delaney claims a nighttime quarrel over the Seattle strike led him to push the man off the pier. Delaney and the victim were telegraphers, with the man reportedly forgotten by Delaney.
Senator Lodge quoted a telegram from J J Bush of New York urging an investigation into the condition of American seaboard companies in France. Bush, president of the Michigan society, said conditions at the St Aignan camp were bad enough to warrant inquiry.
This notice lists paints and finishes for home use. Ironite Floor Paint dries by breakfast after dinner, Jap a lac Stain and Varnish brighten furniture and floors in one coat, Lion Varnish and Pratt and Lambert No 61 suit high gloss floors and woodwork, Rainier Mixed Paints cover interior and exterior, Val Spar and Jap Spar exterior varnishes protect doors boats and outside surfaces, Interior Enamel offers color for kitchens bathrooms chairs beds dressers, Special White Enamel resists heat and cold for bathtubs refrigerators.
The piece highlights Moresco Wall Tints available in many colors and easy application. It notes washable walls satisfy practical housekeepers and praises Lovelaid Flat Wall Paint for a soft velvety finish and washability over kalsomine.
The article advises applying Lion Linoleum Varnish to linoleum to extend life and ease mopping. It mentions lifting rugs after high school for a separate “girl dance” once the floor is waxed. It lists Frederick and Nelson Old English and Johnson Floor Waxes with Weighted Brushes and recommends Johnsons Kleen Floor Boyle’s Brightener and Frederick and Nelson Floor Cleaner for varnished shellacked painted or waxed floors.
The Basement Store highlights Frederick and Nelson furniture polish for efficiency, with supplies of boiled oil raw oil turpentine and paraffin oil. It promotes brushes for paint finishes, shellac for a glossy two hour dry, O Cedar mops, dustless dusters, aluminum glaze for tanks and radiators, bronzi liquids gilding outfits and stove enamels in glass and dull black.
Archivist Jacob Friis in Christiania recalls Berlin after the revolution where Kaiser signs vanish from cafes and public spaces. He notes a shift toward forgetting the last Hohenzollern emperor and mentions officers shedding epaulettes, along with a discussion of celluloid fabric used by Austrian officers.
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