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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1919
Page
10
Special to The Star reports Lord Kitchener is believed killed when the Hampshire sank after two explosions in a violent storm. Survivors describe chaotic scenes as the ship, with 800 men aboard, faced raging seas and failed attempts to abandon ship.
Captain J F F Abbott predicts a great industrial expansion in Japan with immense American machine and raw material purchases. Abbott, a Seattle visitor en route to Tokyo, will become commercial attaché of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. He previously instructed at the Imperial Naval Academy.
After touring the Great Lakes Atlantic Gulf and Pacific ports for associations visits Captain K Kenney president of Washington Association No 12 Masters Mates and Pilots has returned to Seattle.
Col. A. S. McLemore of the U S Marines will visit Seattle on March 1 during a nationwide inspection tour of recruiting stations. He aims to reorganize work on a peace basis and personally direct enlistment campaigns to build a 30 000 strong authorized peace strength. McLemore, famed for the slogan First to Fight, emphasizes business methods for military service and cites Chateau Thierry as a historical parallel.
Richard Spillane argues for a swift, definite decision on railroads either under government control or restored to private ownership. He warns indecision harms repairs, equipment replacement, and capacity, noting car shortages, aging locomotives, and the need for billions in investment to restore efficiency. He urges rapid consensus to strengthen every road and treat railways as the nation’s vital arteries.
The Henry Wilson, first of Libby, McNeil & Libby Alaska salmon fleet to depart this spring, sailed from Seattle Monday to Port Graham Alaska to ready the plant for the season. It will return in fall with part of the Port Graham pack and its crew. The Salvatore may follow later this week, as the company plans 24 sailing vessels to Alaska this year.
Dr R F Scholz told University of Washington students the League of Nations is the world’s protection against Bolshevism He was among six delegates the university sent to the League to Enforce Peace congress in Portland last week.
An advertisement claims Pyramid Pile Treatment grants fast relief from itching bleeding or protruding hemorrhoids. The promotion markets a topical remedy with immediate soothing effects and potential cure indications aimed at sufferers seeking relief.
Inspector Claude Bannick and his wife and two older sons are ill with influenza. George Bannick, 1 year old son of Inspector Bannick, died Monday night. Bannick remains on duty and is very ill at home with his physician's orders. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
British soldiers in Mesopotamia organized an agricultural show at Amara to promote farming among Arabs. Exhibits were few as locals viewed the event with suspicion and failed to understand the purpose or value of prizes.
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