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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
9
The Belt Line league announced it will furnish speakers to cement clubs organizations and even private homes to argue the port belt line proposal. Secretary Higday and the port commission were noted as involved with a talk set for Friday at 3 percent. The plan hinges on a March 6 vote.
New York Feb 23 The freighter Orleans one of the first American ships to defy Germanys submarine order is expected to reach Bordeaux tonight or tomorrow Word received at the offices of the Oriental Navigation Co owners of the ship here today convinced the officials that she has made her voyage on safety.
Five hundred deaths from smallpox are occurring daily in Hong Kong, according to passengers who reached port recently. The report highlights a severe outbreak affecting residents and commerce in the city.
Olympia report on Guy Kelly speaker of the 16th legislature, praised for steadying the house as rivals threaten disruption. The piece recalls his early GOP splits, role in Aberdeen and Chicago conventions, and the lengthy rise to a smooth speakership backed by experience and political tact.
An advertisement touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla for rheumatism and blood impurities with Peptiron Pills boosting nerve health. It promotes a combined treatment and urges families to use the medicines, noting broad household adoption and a political aside about Kelly.
Twin Falls Idaho attorney Co M Booth testifies before the Idaho Senate Judiciary committee denying he sought 10000 from a Japanese in the event the land bill failed. Other items note gala gowns at a New Washington dinner and fashion show, and several university and civic speeches on current events.
Tacoma Elks celebrated Washington's birthday with a parade and a large banquet, declaring readiness to enlist if war comes. Sir Cecil Spring Rice met with Secretary Lansing at the State Department. A Cuban Special train was robbed near Memphis by three highwaymen. William Howard Taft condemned the bone dry bill in Baltimore, calling it an encroachment on states’ rights. The Washington Oregon camp of the Patriotic Sons of America in Tacoma pledged support to President Wilson.
If the United States is called upon to send troops to Cuba to quell the insurrection, the commander will likely be Gen. Wood who served 1900 to 1902 or Gen. Barry who intervened in 1906 to 1907.
The entertainer Charlie Chaplin donated 150000 to the British War Office. The contribution is expected to support war efforts, with Chaplin noted for his wartime morale activities.
An advertisement claims applying about four ounces of plain liquid argon at night will moisten and rub in the scalp, promising that by morning most dandruff vanishes and further applications erase all signs. It touts instant relief from itching and hair becoming fluffy, lustrous, and soft, with four ounces available inexpensively at drug stores.
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