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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1918
Page
5
A New Yorker Radward J Woods offers a book claiming easy and quick banishment of tobacco habits with benefits including calmness, tranquil sleep, clear eyes, normal appetite, good digestion, vigor, memory and efficiency. He will mail the book free on request from New York City.
An encouragement to lose fat through daily outdoor activity and Korein capsules. The ad claims lack of fresh air weakens the blood and slows organs, urging readers to weigh regularly and use a course of Korein with directions, promising a free book and mailed sample from Korein Company Station F 418N New York.
University experts estimate a 1505 annual living cost for wage earners and demand higher pay with hazard pay. The piece argues municipal utilities should be publicly owned to benefit the public and promote democracy. J D Blackwell calls for more small business and wage earner opportunity.
Washington battles over railroad control legislation as lawmakers split between Cummins who seeks guaranteed dividends with debt interest and Smith who backs income-based funding using three prewar years. The dispute centers on who pays and how much the government must bear each year, with a gap around 200 million dollars.
Johmn F. Murphy, longtime prosecuting attorney from 1911 to 1915, built deep knowledge of Seattle police conditions. He oversaw the county city building, Lake Washington canal cases, and other major civil and criminal matters and prosecuted a graft case against a former police chief. He supports a police commission, elevated road for the industrial district, and economical public facilities with strict law enforcement. He opposes large regrades not serving industrial districts.
Washington experts say Russian demobilization will have scant effect on near front conditions. A few Teuton divisions may move west, but Germans already shifted divisions from the east. The main impact is freeing transport and enabling centralized German munitions production for the near front. Teuton troops cannot be removed from the east front despite demobilization.
February 12 in St Louis finds the Republican National Committee split over a chairman race. John T. Adams of Iowa announces candidacy. Opponents led by an Indiana faction rally behind Will Haye unless plans shift.
In Seattle on Monday the Knights of Columbus launched a drive for the 60,000 of the 10,000,000 national war camp fund. More than 5,000 was obtained on day one as 200 men joined the effort and Chairman Ford called the start very satisfactory. Knights continued collecting on Tuesday.
The permanent home committee of the Chamber of Commerce chaired by J. D. Lowman will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss housing for incoming shipyard work. All interested are invited to attend and share views in the chamber assembly hall.
An advertising note promotes Hyomel as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming rapid relief by breathing the antiseptic from the lungs to the inflamed membranes. It urges readers to ask Bartell Drug 60 for the Hyomel outfit and warns the disease can be dangerous and lead to consumption.
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