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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1918
Page
2
American troops aiding the French on Hue Marne clear 204 and attack a hill position. Some soldiers climb trees to ambush a German sniper, with hand-to-hand combat and grenades. Brooklyn’s Meissner is named American ace. Goodale and Sedgewick reported in action.
Official confirmation comes as wreckage of the ex steamer Columbia reveals 73 bodies at the site where pleasure seekers perished. Between 20 and 30 more are missing while cranes and crew work from daybreak. Steamboat Inspector R V and investigators query crew but find no proof of a perilous condition or oil on board.
Col Al Lynch, nationalist figure, invites Theodore Roosevelt to tour Ireland to rally young men for the allies cause. Lynch, who accepted a coin for the recruitment effort, frames the call as a push to win Irish youth to support allied forces.
Albert Johnson of Hoquiam addresses the Washington State Association in Spokane on July 12 and 13. Secretary Franklin K. Lane may also attend.
Gen Pershing reports 50 U S casualties with 6 killed in action 14 died of wounds 2 died from accidents and others 29 severely wounded Names listed include Walter L. Crouch Anikewleh M N Wright and Wray among the wounded and missing Tieman Dayton Ky among prisoners Seattle Washington territory referenced.
Ottawa reports a Canadian casualty list includes American J. Mathews from Lewiston Idaho as wounded in action.
Vice Admiral Von Capelle told the Reichstag that five big submarines are being sunk daily and that Allied losses are exaggerated. He asserted submarine warfare remains efficient and dismissed claims of growing Allied ship production.
Berkeley July Canton Schwab director general of the emergency fleet corporation told 10 000 members of the Associated Advertising convention that recent output of one 10000 ton ship daily for 60 days would be doubled in the near future.
Washington announces coal rationing for households to prevent a winter fuel shortage. Maximum heat set at sixty eight degrees and only enough coal to maintain that temperature will be allocated.
In Juneau Alaska the Guard surpasses ninety members as Governor Thomas Riggs Jr. joins as a private Special Assistant. U S Attorney Reames returns from Oregon after delivering a Fourth of July address at Ashland.
A note from German airmen says Lieut. G C G Hyler, Lieut. B B Battle of Columbus Ohio, and Lieut. J W Williamson of California are uninjured and held as prisoners. Lorraine saw heavy artillery after dark and a failed raid at Xivray, with Allied fire during a German advance.
John D. Carmody deputy prosecutor under Alfred H. Lundin announces candidacy to succeed his chief. He served two terms, is son of the late Daniel Carmody, studied at Notre Dame and Michigan, earned law degree in 1905, and is a sergeant in Co B 3rd Washington Infantry National Guard.
Troops from Camp Pike and county officers hunted for more than 20 draft evaders and their friends in Cleburne county after a battle near Heber Springs. Deputy Porter Hazelwood was killed when evaders fired on a posse, and Thomas Atkinson and his son Tom were shot dead as officers surrounded Atkinson's home. Several others wounded as the fugitives fled into the hills with a large pursuit continuing.
The Italian aviator Caproni may attempt the first transatlantic flight with a crewed aircraft. Four routes are proposed from New York, Newfoundland, and Spain to Ireland, Portugal, or Cuba, with simultaneous flights to compare routes and craft. The Aero Club of America sponsoring the effort links Caproni with Columbus in American history.
Tokyo reports two weeks of talks with European allies on Siberia intervention. Japan may refuse without U.S. consent as President Wilson's stance appears to shift, though Tokyo leans toward joining allied demands if Washington agrees.
A French Army doctor in Brussels performed an experiment on a dog that had killed, injecting a living heart blood into the body. The dead heart began to beat again and function normally, showing dramatic revival of the organ.
A local sale lists 24 and 36 inch plain and fancy silks 85c per yard with 86 inch wide fabrics. Domestic pongee, silk and cotton blends in natural shades and white are offered, plus 36 inch navy gray marine myrtle pink silk cotton poplin in 25 pieces. Mill ends and sample pieces range 2 to 20 yards, including luster poplins satins tub silks messalines pongee foulards Florentines and novelties.
Silk suits on the second floor clearance at Bon Marche priced at 17.50 with belted and semi fitted styles. Some include vests pleated pockets and satin lining in colors navy gray rose blue and green.
Odds and Ends of wash fabrics priced at 15 cents per yard with limits of 10 yards per customer and no delivery. Merchandise includes 24 and 34 inch widths in silk and cotton blends, stripes, duck and beach cloth. Also listed are Stork Sheets with pre-cut sizes and clearance prices across multiple dimensions on the slower main floor.
A clearance sale offers art items at half or less, with deep discounts to reduce stock. Pacific Package Goods features half price items such as NOW 13¢ 25¢ 38¢ and 58¢ each, plus small lots like Hot Rolls Cloths Vanity Sets Caps and more. Centerpieces 36 in on ecru linen priced at 60¢ with embroidered designs. Riderdown Yarn skeins priced 15¢ on the third floor.
Fresh chip straw hats and turbans in purple taupe sand blue cherry green and black with droop brims chin chins and bonnet shapes. Fancy feather stick-ups imitate burnt goose in several styles and colors to trim hats.
A millinery notice lists banded hats in rose green black and patent leather crowns along with two toned banded sailors with colored facings in gray rose gray and green and black and rose priced at 1.25 in the second floor millinery section.
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