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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
15
Seattle fuel dealers warn of a potential coal shortage next winter due to two month delays in deliveries and a labor shortage from departing foreign miners. They urge consumers to fill bins now to ease fall congestion and help keep costs down.
The piece cites Mrs. Carroll Fraser's four month jail term for a high speed crash that injured Miss Emma Wissman in Philadelphia. It notes 1917 case details, a $16,430 verdict that was unpaid, and argues autos threaten public safety with rising deaths and injuries nationwide. It warns that without action, restrictions may hit manufacturers.
Sluicing clay into the Cedar river basin behind the masonry dam will begin next week to seal the large reservoir and curb water loss. About one third of the basin had been completed before the low period last summer. Councilman William H. Moore Oliver T. Erickson and W. D. Lane with Supt. L. B. Youngs of the water department just returned from the Cedar river inspection of preparations.
Oscar Kellar independent labor candidate for congress to succeed the late C. C. Van Dyke won the St. Paul seat by about 3000 votes in the special election, according to preliminary totals.
At 6 30 p m a Yesler cable car collided with a Seattle Fire Department truck at 18th Avenue and Yesler Way. The rear axle and wheel were smashed, the car derailed but no injuries occurred. Traffic resumed by 8 p m after the car was reboarded.
Lot 8 offers good quality cotton garments in white or cream with short sleeves and ankle or three quarter legs in all sizes up to 50. Firsts sell at 2.00 dollars with special pricing indicated. Men’s Section first at 1.39.
Twenty eight Rhodes company employes depart for their annual vacation. They head east and west with plans to spend time in California and the mountains. Names include Miss M Fross Mrs L Oglesbee Mrs V Lavell Mrs EB F Landon and others with several men, among them Glen Rhodes and W S Sailing.
While en route to Seattle General hospital the Seattle resident Marie Ward aged 72 died late Monday night in an ambulance. Ward lived at 723 28d Avenue.
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