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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
2
Superintendent R Case of the street department and Sergt Quinn debated how to cut traffic crashes. Case urged strict enforcement as the only remedy while Quinn blamed slippery pavements and called for roughing the streets. Case said drivers must follow crossings to lessen trouble and noted sand has been laid on slick pavements.
Washington January 4 The Navy Department seeks government control of wireless and aims to purchase all stations for commercial use. Secretary Daniels, via United Press, calls government control essential and urgent for the nation.
A vintage advertorial advises using multified coconut oil as a safe shampoo alternative. It warns soaps and prepared shampoos contain alkali that dries the scalp and damages hair, and promotes plain coconut oil for rich lather and easy rinsing.
An advertisement touts Pinex cough syrup made by mixing 7% ounces of Pinex into a pint bottle with sugar syrup to create a full pint remedy claimed to cure throat and chest coughs in hours. It highlights benefits for children and adults, lists uses and substitutes to beware, and urges asking a pharmacist for 2% ounces of Pinex.
Special session proposes a charter change to fund pensions by employee contributions only. Plan eliminates direct taxes and disability features, shifts to state insurance for disability, and sets retirement at 65 with half pay. A pensions board would manage funds. eligibility begins after 16 years of contribution.
Mayor Gill will veto the ordinance that would submit a $450,000 bond issue to voters for arterial highway improvements. The council had voted to present the plan at the spring election, with the mayor arguing it returns to using public funds for private property improvements.
Goldendale January 4 Henry Jones the young bank robber who was sentenced to 5 to 18 years in Walla Walla for the December 22 Bickleton bank holdup plans to learn a trade while in prison so he can lead a decent life after his release He says his home is in Nova Scotia and this is his first trouble.
Corriere de Italia reports foreign ministers from Germany Austria Bulgaria and Turkey are assembling in Berlin for an important conference. An invitation has been sent to presidents of the parliaments of Austria Bulgaria and Turkey for a conference in Berlin on January 19 likely linked to the meeting already announced.
Sergt. Putnam and his squad raided the Es Skeletona soft drink shop at 122 Washington, finding it emptied of liquor after patrons bought alcohol with marked money. Bartender L McGlen was arrested and bailed for 500 dollars. Owner Frisco Stanley did not appear during the raid. Fixtures valued at 2500 dollars were damaged.
Former outlaw turned actor and evangelist Al Jennings joins police in Hollywood to locate the arsonist who set fire to his residence. He claims to have spotted the suspect and begins a personal search with detectives assisting.
A Pittsburg Idaho mine near Gilmore Idaho was rocked by an explosion of fasciline. A crew of 100 seeders found three bodies and freed ten miners trapped since Wednesday afternoon.
Seattle cooks waiters and waitresses will meet Thursday night in the Labor temple to discuss better labor conditions. The gathering aims to address pay, hours, and workplace safety with union representatives present.
J Saxon of the Sunrise hotel at Second Ave 8 and Washington St. was jailed after selling a drink to a dry squad officer on Wednesday.
Washington January 4 The Hitchcock resolution asks the senate to endorse the presidents notes to belligerents and to invite nations in war to state terms for peace. Lodge objects saying the senate should first know what the notes mean. Gallinger offers a substitute urging humanity and civilization and early peace.
Washington January 4 The House passed the Wadsworth bill to authorize the secretary of war to grant Water power users the full 20 000 cubic feet per second of Niagara river water under a Canadian treaty. The bill previously cleared the Senate and goes to conference for amendments.
Centralia residents object to a proposal to ask the legislature for 300000 dollars to finish the Pacific highway project. The move faces local opposition amid concerns over spending and project scope.
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