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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1918
Page
3
Voluntary enlistments for the land division of the signal corps and for all branches of the engineers’ corps cease today. The local draft board received the notice from Gov. Lister. It may indicate an early draft call instead of the June date announced Saturday.
Advertisement claims Danderine completely removes dandruff after one or two applications. Scrub into scalp with fingertips and buy a small bottle at drug stores for a few cents. After several uses, dandruff disappears and the scalp stops itching with no renewed shedding.
Senator McCumber pushes a bill to recruit workers by conscription. It would register all males 18 to 62, classify them by occupation, and authorize wartime labor calls with flexible pay. It would not require drills uniforms or interfere with employment or contracts.
Senator McCumber blasts capital and labor in a Senate speech calling for his labor conscription bill. He labels shipyard extravagance as Bolshevik excess, criticizes Gompers and unions, and argues millions idle could be placed in work, with women filling some vacancies to support ship production.
Labor leader Tom Barker plans two weeks of talks in Seattle area industrial plants urging workers to push every trade to the limit to aid the war effort. He will speak at noon with William Short of the State Federation of Labor, invited by the metal trades council.
John A. Reid aged man missing since October 4 was found Sunday morning partly underwater in a gulch about a mile and a half past Greenwood. Leater Gordon, 14, found the body. Reid had been living with his son Flobert A. Reid at 508 83rd Street North before his disappearance. The death is attributed to accidental wandering and a fall due to his advanced age.
In San Francisco the defense for Hindu revolt plot trials plans to subpoena witnesses including William Jennings Bryan Robert Lansing Postmaster General Burleson Rabindranath Tagore the maharaja of Kapoor thala and others among potential witnesses. The prosecution prepares to close its case with Capt P H Schiuter testimony and Berlin code messages.
Arthur Woods alias Joe Taylor, part of a four man group, escaped King county jail in August 1917. He was detected sawing his way out of Santa Clara county jail on a Thursday and is held on a burglary charge by Santa Clara authorities.
Federal agents found valuable literature in two steel boxes inside a safety deposit vault in the city. The material, linked to 160 S W W members in Chicago, will go to Chicago after further investigation. The property is tied to FE Robinson, a secretary of a lumber workers branch of the I W W who was arrested Thursday.
Local councils plan meetings at West Seattle high and branch libraries with notices of elections and officer appointments. A piano recital at Meany hall benefits the Tom Mooney fund. Red Cross receives charity from Nome Eskimos and Lutherans note war drive totals. Navy yard seeks 5000 men for cantonment as training and convoys continue. San Francisco reports 30 million pounds of white beans commandeered for war needs.
Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung says a separate peace with Russia will bring victory as Great Britain France and America continue the war to the bitter end. The article cites Pyrrhus and Asculum to warn a pyrrhic victory could ruin efforts.
Eugene Campbell, 19, was jailed after being seized by Mrs. Joe Toupin who caught him burgling her home at 1816 Terry. Campbell broke free and was pursued by a neighbor, W. Water, who answered Mrs. Toupin’s call for help.
The King county exhibit of the Chamber of Commerce was taken over by the county commissioners Monday and will be moved at once to the Jefferson at the entrance of the county city building. A chamber committee told the commissioners the chamber needed the space.
Claiming rapid healing of eruptive skin troubles Poslam promises soothing and inflammation relief. Apply at night to a small area then check morning improvement. distributed by Emergency Laboratories New York City and Tosiamn Soap with Poslam agents.
United Press describes a national push to support the American army in Europe. General Pershing coordinates operations from headquarters as a vast network of roads railways and telegraphs links home fronts to the European trenches. Freight delays and ship tonnage limits threaten supply lines and prolong the war effort.
An advertorial urges immediate dental care citing decayed teeth causing stomach irritation and disease. It touts a fully equipped modern clinic with graduate dentists, state board certificates, best materials, lowest prices, guaranteed work, and free examination with no obligation.
In Los Angeles on February 25 seven hours of deliberation ended with the jury deadlocked in the murder trial of Marie Pinton Edwards. Edwards, who testified of her love for State Senator Henry H. Lyon, collapsed when the disagreement was announced. The senator's wife, Marie Lyon, a state witness, heard the verdict with no comment.
A local drive urges potato consumption to reduce last year's surplus. Teachers will give five minute talks on Friday, and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce along with the Commercial Club will distribute 25,000 potato cooking pamphlets.
Thousands of tons of snow slid onto Southern Pacific tracks near Lakeview in the Sierras delaying westbound train No 6 carrying 300 passengers for 12 hours. Passengers walked a mile through the snow to a farm house for food as pastbound trains also faced serious delays.
Years ago fat reduction meant diet and exercise. Now Marmola Prescription Tablets are promoted as a simple, harmless method to lose two to four pounds per week while eating and living as usual. Sold by druggists or direct from Marmola Company Detroit Michigan.
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