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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
3
London reports the Admiralty announced weekly sinkings by submarines or mines are the lowest in a month. It records fifteen vessels over 1,600 tons sunk, five under that tonnage destroyed, eleven fishing vessels lost, and sixteen vessels unsuccessfully attacked.
An advertisement claims Horsford's Acid Phosphate eases disordered stomach and weak digestion and strengthens the digestive system.
United Press reports 11 women and one man were arrested in front of the White House as about 5,000 onlookers watched. Miss Lucy Burns fought two policemen before banners were torn apart while suffrage demonstrators picketed the executive mansion gates.
A historical look at Hitt's Fireworks plant near Rainier Valley reveals how rockets are built from pine sticks and paper tubes, with lift and star charges creating color. It notes vast production, international sourcing from China and Japan, and safety claims by DEF. Mevis, head of the bomb department, who says the plant is the safest in America after 12 years with only minor fires.
Belgian commissioners arrive in Seattle Sunday and will be hosted at Samuel Hill's home. An escort of U S soldiers from Ft Lawton will guard the mission members during their stay. A luncheon, public meeting, and dinner are scheduled with a 1920s city proper tone and a local committee arranging events.
W. W. guards seal passage to the Old Dominion mine at Globe Arizona as engineers hunker on 48 hours without food or sleep to save the mine from flood. Vigilance committees organize and arm to break I W W blockade and rush food to the beleaguered workers.
President Morganthaler of the Pacific Coast District Council of Electrical Workers said the dispute with Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Co. remains unchanged. A federal mediator will be sought, but no arrival date. Union leaders said 6,000 Coast workers will vote on a strike Thursday and walk out Saturday. thousands of unorganized girls may also strike. The trouble began in Aberdeen when 28 operators walked out two weeks ago for higher pay and the right to unionize.
Over 10 000 letters collected at the Seattle coast mail office in the first week of the new fiscal year quarter and month. Superintendent Wm. Copestick cites this triple timing as the cause of the surge.
R. J. Ruckman reports a chicken and two boxes of strawberries were stolen from his refrigerator on Tuesday night at 2505 16th Ave. Police investigate the theft of food items prior to a Fourth of July repast.
Richard W. Feltham aged 638, of 2125 Fourth Ave West, died on a trail between McDougal and Cache Creek near Anchorage Alaska. The death occurred Friday and word reached his Seattle family Tuesday.
Advertisement for Liberty theatre listing the theme of money driving wartime efforts and Haynes manufacturing watches, likely a promotional card aimed at wartime audiences.
Secre tary Thyng of the Laundrymen's club says no agreement is likely today as unions and owners convene for a conference following Tuesday preliminary talks. Neither side reveals the conference topic or details.
Rudolph Block known as Bruno Lessing, a New York feature syndicate head and writer of human interest stories, visits Seattle to see his son Rudolph Block Jr a local newspaper man.
Friends of the Seattle Workshop and Industrial School for the Adult Blind ask The Star for volunteers to wash windows and donations to provide an awning. They say the institution urgently needs these improvements and would value such simple services.
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