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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
8
In a special session President Fitzgerald led the council to pass amendatory ordinances for bids on developed power sites and the first unit at Skagit river, aiming to decide by May 15 on Skagit development and possibly delay other bids.
Two more steamers join the list of weasels operating in a South American trade out of Se. The Norwegian ship Li yard, recently bought from Denmark by the government, and the motorship Surenne, recently acquired by W. BR. Grace & Co.
Artillerymen at Camp Lewis achieved excellent results in their first live shell target practice. Brig. Gen. Burr commanded a full regiment of light artillery who fired shells onto the Nisqually river bank about two miles from Roy More. Further live-shell targeting is planned soon.
An advertisement describes infant discomfort from constipation and promotes Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a gentle non opiate laxative. It claims quick relief, notes safety for children, and provides ordering details from a Monticello Illinois address.
American officers describe torpedo hits and a chaotic retreat as the Tuscania sank. Lighted cigars, orders, lifeboats, and a last rescue by a destroyer fill accounts of crew and soldiers facing death with grit and fear.
New York February 9. The United States Marine Corps recruiting office here is overwhelmed by new applicants after the sinking of the transport Tuscania.
Washington reports 145 US officers and soldiers listed as missing or dead after the torpedoed Tuscania. The war department has not yet corrected Thursday tallies with 113 missing and 97 passengers and crew. Late survivor records suggest crew losses may be smaller, with full survivor rosters due by next week.
A number system will identify United States soldiers. Each soldier will have a stamped metal dime with a unique number that corresponds to his name in the war department records.
In Belfast on February 9 a Royal Irish Rifles battalion greeted about 100 Tuscania survivors arriving from Irish ports. The men, many in plain clothing, were paraded to the city center where residents cheered them and private homes offered hospitality while entertainments were organized in their honor.
Washington reports two more American soldiers wounded on the western front Private Joe Pekas of Deciacs North Dakota and Private Frank Chavers of Ban Jone California. The death toll from natural causes includes Private Chas Burns Houston Private Geo Ross San Francisco Corporal Jee Sailors Pittsburg Kansas Private Herbert Oleman Marshfield Private Robert Noy 479 Hast La Platte Butte Montana and Private Earl Davenport Tehachapia California.
The United States civil service commission will hold examinations on March 9 to fill vacancies in the reclamation service and related fields for the position of bookkeeper. Open to men and women. Appointing salaries range from $900 to $1,200 per year. An assessment of $139,000 will be levied against property along the unpaved Rainier Avenue portion to Ryan Street when work begins under plans approved by the board of public works.
The coming election will be decided by 81,627 registered voters as of Friday night. Chief Registrar Gaines notes about 25,000 qualified voters did not register, while a record 2,379 names were added in the last day rush. This year’s total outstrips 1916 municipal numbers and nears presidential-era turnout.
New York February 9 Col. Roosevelt’s condition improves at Roosevelt Hospital. Surgeons say he had a satisfactory night and if today continues as well, no further operations will be needed.
Camp Lewis authorities grant A. O. Kenson permission to build a 600 room hotel in Greene park at the camp. The $500,000 structure is said to be the first of three similar buildings to meet rising demand for lodging.
One hundred sixty four pupils were graduated from Wilson's Modern Business College Friday night in the Masonic temple auditorium.
Four men are in custody amid a tightened spy net by the justice department and army intelligence. Dr. Ed L. de Cramm was arrested before leaving for the Orient on undisclosed charges. Austrian engineer William Frank Holeka allegedly held 400 to 500 blueprints of U.S. Army aircraft. P. G. Ferrer, ex-president of the Mexican National Trading Company, linked to Mexican plotting. BE. J. Janney pretended to be a British aviation officer.
Washington dispatches report the Austrian government decorating soldiers for killings in Serbia Bosnia and Galicia. In parliament Deputy Ravnikar condemned the policy saying the Austrian bureaucracy instigates murders and allows widespread propaganda including postcards and photographs of these acts.
A purse containing forty one dollars was stolen Friday night from the apartment of Mrs. A. A. Hitler at 170 11th Avenue.
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