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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
7
London clubs begin Friday meals as meatless days to curb weekly meat intake. Lord Devonport backs a 4 pound per person cap, with rationing likely if not adopted nationwide. Several clubs trim courses to save food as government urges economy.
Style decrees that women wear footwear that buckles the toes causing pain and infection risk. A pharmacy remedy called Freezone is offered as a cheap corn remover. A quarter of the product removes soft or hard corns. a few drops relieve soreness and lift the corn without inflaming surrounding tissue. Ladies are urged to share with sisters.
Bremerton February 22 Navy yard tradesmen continued their labor repairing fighting craft despite Washington's birthday. The USS Frederick now in a dry dock receives new radio equipment an improved firing director system and general repairs to enable 22 knot speed. She belongs to the navy scout force of the Atlantic and will depart March 29 likely toward the East coast.
U of W students presented A Woodland Night a fairy ballet at the Press Club Theatre Wednesday under the Mask and Quill chapter of Associated University Players. An orchestra conducted by Walter Bell Whittlesey performed the score in a forest tale of witches and fairies on a summer night.
San Francisco flags were at half mast for the funeral of Maj. Gen Frederick Funston. His body arrives for burial at Presidio national cemetery with a large military and veteran presence, including Maj. Gen J Franklin Sell in command of ceremonies and a 13-gun salute at taps.
Madame Yvette Guilbert questions motherhood as a wartime protest. She urges a universal strike of women against bearing children until war ends, saying women should refuse to bear babies of soldiers if all nations did likewise.
Whitman College will sue to obtain the W. G. Preston $100,000 fund for free scholarships for underprivileged students. The school contests a codicil that transferred the property to Preston’s son claiming undue influence by the son after the will was altered.
Stockholm reports Sweden has lodged a formal protest with Germany over the sinking of the Swedish steamer Hugo Hamilton, according to information released today.
United States and Austria face a potential diplomatic break over Germany's U boat decree. The State Department weighs the scope of severed relations and possible passport withdrawals while Vienna strives to support Germany. A broader rift with Germanic allies seems likely.
An advertisement promotes Electra-Vita dry-cell body battery as a sleep worn cure for rheumatism. It claims electric galvanic flow soothes nerves, builds energy, and dissolves uric acid, with testimonials and an invitation for a free 0-page book from The Electra-Vita Co. Seattle office.
Five hundred carloads of meat poultry and potatoes from the West are expected in New York today prompting Mayor Mitchel to launch a price investigation on the East Side. Retailers chief Frank Jamieson says ample stock will push prices down with 190000 pounds of meats already stored. Onions and potatoes pile at piers awaiting shipment and the interstate commerce commission is urged to enforce storage limits. The health department issues daily food bulletins promoting substitutions and efficient cooking to curb price rises.
Representative Fess of Ohio says he will introduce a resolution for temporary food control to relieve shortages and bread riots in New York and other large cities. He supports a permanent government food control law to meet the current emergency.
Seattle troops from Washington and Oregon were mustered out after eight months on the Mexican border. Before dawn Captain H. F. Coburn paid off Troop B of Tacoma and Company A signal corps of Seattle. They boarded a special train to Olympia where legislators will greet them. Troop A and Battery A of Oregon followed as Washington troops began their return.
TACOM February 22 Twelve Spanish American War veterans volunteered to undergo blood transfusion operations to save their comrade W. H. Miller. Arthur Weat and W. N. Russell flipped a coin and Russell won the decision.
Seattle union butchers favor a municipal meat clearing house but oppose House Bill 164 they say would set a clearing house in a large packing plant and raise prices. The report was presented to the Central Labor Council on Wednesday.
Members of the Master Mates and Pilots association plan a large smoker in their new rooms at 106 110 Grand Trunk dock on Thursday night March 1 at 8 o'clock. The program includes stunts and speeches for the gathering.
The Seattle police celebrated with a 4 000 strong crowd at the Hippodrome dancing into six this morning. Mayor Hiram Gill led the grand march as officers from Chief Beckingham to rookies attended. City expects increased police relief fund allocations this year.
The twenty one Villa bandits captured after the Columbus New Mexico raid were bound over to a federal grand jury. The Rotary club heard two midday addresses on Washington and Lincoln by John L Hall and Fred Everett.
A stockholders committee was named to work with the bank directors on reopening or selling the defunct institution. Members include Nathan Eckstein, C B Harley, Roger D. Pineo, I J Riley, and M J Henehan. The group believes depositors will be paid dollar for dollar.
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