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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
3
Shoppers flock to a clearance sale featuring low prices on shirting, lace curtains, ribbons, ladies waists and coats, handbags, gloves, infant wear, dolls, furs, and dresses. Many items fall to fractions of their former cost with prices from a few cents to under $13, urging quick purchases before stock ends.
President Robert B Boyns announces resignation amid a disagreement with club officials. The executive board defers action until consolidation with the Commercial Club is resolved. Election of an executive secretary is postponed for at least two weeks while a special committee report is reviewed.
In London on January 5 Premier Asquith outlined a conscription bill that would draft single men aged 18 to 41 and widowers without dependents, with exemptions for certain occupations and conscientious objectors. Ireland is excluded. Kitchener to introduce in the Lords. Nearly 3,000,000 indicate willingness to serve.
Councilman Ira D. Landy was found not to have defrauded the Winchesters who sued him for 100 dollars after paying 490 for a car they claim was worth no more than 300. They testified the car rattled and squeaked, with experts noting a loose part. the judge concluded Lundy was not a sharp or black-hearted rascal.
Hugh M. Caldwell joins the city counsel race alongside Thomas F. Murphine Frank Griffith James Bradford and B H Gute bringing the field to five. A Young Men's Republican club meeting discussed unifying behind a single Republican candidate and named Griffith Gute Caldwell and Willett but Gute refused. Frank Griffith denied rumors he would withdraw and said he is in the race to the finish.
A phonograph recording of a prayer the chaplain wrote twelve years earlier was played during the funeral services for Chaplain W. P. Scott of the U S Army in Alameda California.
Following congressional calls for an inquiry into gasoline costs Standard Oil of Seattle announced another one cent per gallon hike. The new retail price stands at sixteen and a half cents per gallon.
Within a 24 hour period from Tuesday to Wednesday noon 38 arrests occurred and only one involved drunkenness. Another intoxicated person was jailed at 4 am Monday. No additional drunken arrests have occurred since the New Year crowd was released Sunday.
A brief weather note recalls last year’s day with a high of 47 and a low of minus 8. The item mentions classic home remedies and notes signature B. W. Grove.
An old style advertisement pitches GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Ol Capsules as a health tonic for kidneys and bladder. It claims cleansing effects, relief from excesses, and health benefits from daily use. The text stresses government chemist approval and direct import from Holland with a refund policy through the druggist.
The Atlantic and Pacific liner Santa Clara of 6310 tons, sailing from New York to Valparaiso, was wrecked in a fierce storm in the Straits of Magellan. Reports from New York say the ship is badly damaged but not lost and no further details have arrived.
Several Seattle composers presented their own music at a delightful concert staged by the Seattle Musical Art Society in Boylton Avenue Unitarian Church Tuesday night. Among the composers were Mrs. A. B. Kerry, Mary Carr Moore, Mabel Vollentine McGill, Allie M. Griggs, Kate G. Black, Daisy H. Hildreth, Adeline L. Appleton and Mrs. L. F. Ashton.
After two and a half days 2275 voters had registered by Wednesday noon. The previous morning 375 registered and the first two days Monday and Tuesday yielded 1218 registrations as the books remained open.
A Bucharest message says Austrian forces have retired across the Pruth north of Czernowitz Bukowina after heavy bombardment. The report notes two Pruth bridges blown up during the retreat and does not confirm Petrograd claims of Russian occupation.
London report states 60,000 casualties in the Loos battle during the September west front drive. Under Secretary Tennant announced the figure, including 2,578 officers among the losses.
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