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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
7
20 acres with a large creek on a main auto highway two miles from TM station half a mile from school and close to lenders. Rich black loam level soil. Price $900 $50 cash $10 per month. Dahl 18 Rik 169 Recond Ave. Call Jones & Phinney S17 Becond Ave Main 198. 19-City Real Estate for Sale.
The OCR shows a crowded list of market items with prices from Red Bear Grocery Annex Westlake Stall 126 and other stalls. Items include onions maple syrup honey raisins butter jelly peanut butter bread coffee canned goods dried fruit and fresh produce with varied prices such as 20¢ 18¢ 10¢ and a wide range of staples.
Residents on First Hill awoke to gunfire after a prowler sighting near Boren avenue. Mrs. Starkey reported the incident to police. officers arrived too late and fired at the fleeing suspect. At Lowell Playford’s haberdashery on Third avenue thieves looted shirts and ties and left in old clothes.
THE STRAND AND HEAD MINING COMPANY Inc Nome Alaska will sell a limited amount of its Treasury Stock to raise money to operate and put mine on a dividend basis Two pre chutes In sight one car ries Gold and Silver values One hundred tons free Antimony Ore shipped during 1915 and 1916 This mine discovered and developed by well known miners who retain active management thus insuring a square deal to every shareholder large or small Shares 1 00 each Make remittances payable to the Strand Head Mining Co Inc address 631 Lumber Exchange Seattle Wash Investors Your name and address must be written plainly
City officials and industry leaders backed a steam railroad proposal to move workers and materials to Seattle shipyards. Secretary McAdoo and the Emergency Fleet Corporation were urged to approve, with emphasis on housing workers in homes rather than tenements and funding via streetcar rate increases. A steering committee under Dr. Suzzallo will craft a program before a follow up meeting.
In Centralia on January 25 an unidentified bandit robbed the Little Falls State Bank at Vader of 6000 dollars. He forced cashier A N Cheney to place the money in a sack then bound and gagged him before escaping in an automobile. Sheriff Perry leads a posse in pursuit. A hotel stay in Winlock last night gives officers a strong description.
Delegates at the miners convention in Indianapolis adopt a resolution threatening expulsion from the United Mine Workers of America unless members drop their interest in I W W affairs. The measure bars holding membership in any labor body not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
British Labour MP W C Anderson warned at a labor convention in Nottingham that a dangerous industrial situation and famine were creeping across Europe. He urged restraint while delegate Devon backed a resolution condemning profiteering and criticizing Britain's food policy. He blamed Britain being at the mercy of the American beef trust.
Washington January 25. The federal trade commission disclosed a coordinated effort by packers to block a government inquiry into the industry. Letters reveal contact with top officials and lawmakers, including Senator James Wadsworth and former census head FE Durand, as attempts to influence the 1916 Borland resolution and block the investigation.
In Prague about 100000 workers walked out on Thursday with large processions filling streets throughout the day. The Vienna dispatch notes the lack of Austrian newspaper reports arriving in Zurich amid the strike coverage.
Chas A Reynolds former chair of the state public service commission will address Der Tag at the King County Democratic club meeting at Good Bata cafeteria Saturday at noon. Chas C Pierce chairman of the Four Minute Men will also speak.
Workers at the school for the blind reseat chairs as a principal occupation but lack enough chairs to stay busy. Donors may leave word at Frederick & Nelson's, Mac Dougal Southwick's or Grote Rankin's to arrange delivery of chairs to the blind workers.
Representative Carter Glass of Virginia prepares to defend Secretary Baker and the war administration in the House after Senator Chamberlain’s charges. Glass plans a general showing of troop movements, cantonment buildup, army expansion, and rapid support from ordnance and quartermaster bureaus.
Northern Pacific and other railroads seek a flat 60 cent per ton intra terminal switching charge in Seattle, potentially tripling current costs. Protests will be heard February 1 at 10 am in the Chamber of Commerce, as shippers warn elevated costs could drive freight by auto truck to yards and terminals.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce industrial bureau seeks to attract U S aircraft factories to Puget Sound. Richard F Howe, vice chairman of the aircraft board, has been informed of Seattle’s opportunities after a telegram from Howe and a conference with Colonel Disque. The board urges an immediate survey of Seattle and vicinity to detail regional advantages including coal, hydroelectric power, mild climate, and high labor efficiency to support war production and supply routes to Europe.
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