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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1918
Page
6
Government reports place the 1917 Alaskan salmon catch at 40 million dollars, with critics noting the total cost to the public could reach eighty million. The note follows a broader dispute resolution between Pacific Telephone Telegraph Co and electrical workers, linked to a Northwest strike last fall.
A political essay argues the soul as living light born from reason and consideration for others. It denounces autocratic Germany under the Kaiser as soulless, mocks high tariffs, and praises Allied democratic actions in Cuba and the Philippines. The piece urges nations to develop a shared soul through universal respect and peaceful industrial progress.
Washington opinion today centered on a massive 1918 American mobilization. About one million men, numerous destroyers, and hundreds of aircraft were cited as America’s possible share. Experts cautioned that victory by end of 1918 was unlikely and that even by 1919 the war could still be unresolved amid shifting Allied and German fortunes.
The district tax collector reported a big rush to file income taxes, but the office turned people away as no forms were on hand. A telegram from the tax commissioner said floods and a paper shortage delayed arrival of forms expected by January 2.
The Italian embassy force in Washington works overnight to regulate munitions and food flow to Italy under Count C. Maccchi di Cellere diplomat and High Commissioner for America. Gen. Emilio Guglielmotti and Capt. Lamberto Vannutelli assist, as the embassy reflects luxury with Italian art and bronze lamps.
A Paris reader appeals to women to stop using face powder to save rice byproduct poudre de riz. The letter notes a French woman of Paris claims never to have used powder, a claim tied to a beaten husband in local elections.
Portland dispatch reports Col. B. P. Disque of the army signal corps asserts Germany uses forced labor in invaded Russian forests. Prisoners are driven from dawn to dusk at bayonet point to produce spruce for airplane stock, and he calls on Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen to back war production.
Movie houses greeted New Year with lively shows and late-night programs. Dorothy Dalton stars in Love Letters at the Liberty while Nan of Music Mountain closes at the Coliseum with Wallace Beaudin in the lead. The Strand Colonial and other venues offered extra screenings as crowds enjoyed the holiday.
Rex Reach promotes The Auction Shock and The Daughter of the Gods draw crowds at the Strand Clemmer and Colonnial while Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer screens at the Colonial. Carmet Meyers performs My Unmarried Wife at Mission as Big Bil Hart features The Narrow Trail. An incident links George De Bollis to a June 27 assault. Salt Lake City police hold him with Beattie extradition papers due.
Advertisement invites patients with gum disease to receive free advice and discounted dental work for 30 days. It promotes a 50 day offer to extract all teeth free of charge to introduce the Painless Method from a former manager of Painless Austin and National Dentists at a new office on Third and James Streets.
A New Yorker Edward J Woods claims a book shows how to banish tobacco or snuff habits quickly with delightful benefit. He offers the book free by mail, noting health improvements calm sleep clear eyes appetite digestion vigor memory and overall efficiency.
In Dinwiddie Virginia a big red fox in the Blue Ridge foothills reportedly befriends a family of skunks. Maryland County Hunt Club records trick trails as skunk tracks cross the fox path, hindering fox hounds. The fox allegedly brings food to the ravine for the skunks and the club plans to use skunk hounds to stump the nest and resume pursuit.
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