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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1916
Page
7
Suzzallo of the University of Washington and Drs Whitaker of Tacoma spoke at the opening Wednesday morning session in the Elks Building. The Elks Hall will host a smoker this evening followed by a banquet for visiting delegates with Gov Lister and Gill expected to speak.
The project to deepen and fill the Washington canal to 26 feet will take about a month, enabling deep sea vessels to pass into Lakes Union and Washington.
Bremerton reports New Orleans is loading coal stores and ammunition to equip the Washington naval contingent for a cruise starting July 14. They will sail to Sitka Alaska and return.
John Carmody, a local figure in Fremont, contracted pneumonia and died after being forced to bathe on July 4 following an unhappy romance. The incident reflects his long neglect since the affair.
Advises replacing commercial soaps with plain melted coconut oil to avoid alkali damage. Claims cocoanut oil is pure grease free, cheap, and available at drug stores. Uses a teaspoon, yields rich lather, cleanses, rinses easily, leaving hair soft, bright, and free of dust and dandruff.
Dan Curran, 24, of 6132 Westlake are, arrested after being seen in the corridor of the police station at 3 30 this morning. Lieutenant Hedges notes Curran loitering and links him to a liquor theft at the old city hall. Curran declines to speak beyond waiting for a friend.
Lieut. Henry Rodney Adair lay in state at the Armory in Portland for two hours before a funeral procession. He was given full military honors with a company from Vancouver barracks firing three volleys over his grave after the battle of Carrizal.
Adjt. Gen. Thompson, by orders from the war department, will name five National Guard officers to serve as regular recruiting officers. Washington Guard units must recruit about 775 men for potential border service and federal duty.
County game warden Harry Reif raises gnats to feed pheasants at Fall City area farm. Neighbor E G Plum seeks condemnation as a public nuisance amid health inspector probe into gnat smells drifting to Plum’s home. Plum objects to insect rearing method and pollution of his water stream.
Washington July 12 a Mexican American commission will be appointed by the two governments to settle the Mexican problem details not yet decided but the plan is uppermost in negotiating circles meetings likely to be held at a northern summer resort and Carranza government sources say the effort aims at an agreed settlement
Mary Matear aged 44 received a five day jail sentence imposed by Justice Brinker for shoplifting at a downtown department store. The case involved a younger woman taught by Matear the so called tricks of the trade. They were arrested July 1 by House Detective Gideon for stealing a centerpiece a jar of salad a lavalier and fabric. The note ends with a line about dyes and red tape for government offices.
Dr. David Starr Jordan, returning from the border, says intervening in Mexican affairs now would be a blunder that would undermine U S moral prestige among nations.
Pacific Coast health officials plan near isolation limits to halt infantile paralysis, restricting carriers west of Idaho Montana and California lines. A Portland conference will finalize the plan with health officers from British Columbia Montana California Idaho Washington Oregon and U S health service represented.
Vance McCormick of Pennsylvania chairing the Wilson campaign committee announced plans to open a Democratic national headquarters in Chicago to influence Middle West voters for Woodrow Wilson. He said radical progressives will not back the Republican old guard.
A Duryea blaze destroyed McCullum's hotel and several residences near Scranton leaving one man dead and several others missing. Firefighters fought the flames as the inferno swept beyond control around 11 o'clock.
T. S. Ingersoll executive secretary of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges will speak at the 12th annual dinner of the Seattle Real Estate association at the Butler Wednesday evening. A Seattle made movie, sprightly songs by a male quartet, cartoons and a military tabloid will be features.
Altoona Pa July 12 to midnight a dynamite blast with a time fuse ruptured under the track near Bellwood tearing a large hole just after a fast passenger train passed. Railroad officials say the explosion occurred within seconds of the train crossing the spot.
A Portland taxicab driver, W. M. Biggs, was pelted with stones and had his car damaged by strike sympathizers on Railroad and Spring streets at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Police rescued him after the attack. He had warned earlier that night to stop carrying nonunion workers to the waterfront. The day also saw Portland ship merchants rally to the wage scale and demand police support, while San Francisco strikers pressed for enforcement of the La Follette seamen law and fund-raising for anti closed shop efforts.
July 12 report says democratic and republican leaders plan continuous sessions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to finish essential laws before adjourning for the campaign. Republicans will likely drop filibuster on the shipping or revenue bills while navy and army appropriation child labor and corrupt practices bills are slated for votes.
Gen Funston announced Gen Bliss will arrive to assist in tactically organizing state troops along the border. At present only New York and Pennsylvania have their units arranged.
Superintendent Valentine of the public utilities department estimates salaries for municipal street car employees will total 37 770 in 1917, up from 33 791 in 1916. Total car line expenditures, including bonded interest, are forecast at about 63 786 with revenues around 40 000 for 1917.
The naval collier Jason sailed from La Paz to San Diego and is due here late Friday or Saturday bearing mail from U S Pacific fleet vessels on duty in Mexican waters.
Five companies of the Fifth Massachusetts infantry were moved by motor trucks from Camp Cotton to patrol stations along the New Mexico border as far as Ampar a, relieving detachments of the Eighth U. S. cavalry.
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