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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1917
Page
1
Opinion argues democracy must conscript money as it does men during war. Government cares for people and property, but excess war profits should be seized to fund the fight. The piece warns Congress risks impotence if profits are protected, urging no excess profits.
In a courtroom recollection Mabel Abbott describes I W W danger after the Everett dock shooting. She cites trial impressions, calls the movement a grave national menace, and notes public attitudes and rhetoric amid ongoing prosecutions and witness testimony.
The piece promotes theater advertising and urges managers to use the new pro Brame ads as a reliable source of helpful, lively promotional material for attracting audiences to shows and events at the theatres.
The emigration of J. W. W. from Seattle to Eastern Washington grain fields has been checked, per Chief Criminal Deputy Sheriff Frank Brewer. Deputies Starwich and Elliott reported over a dozen trains passed Kanasket since Friday with no prisoners taken, and Skykomish reports said the crisis there was over and crowds dispersing.
Frank Jacobs the Star Liberty movie man will photograph Seattle's outdoor life at Alkibeach this Sunday between 3 and 4 p m. Films will be shown at the Liberty theatre starting four days from tomorrow and include Camp activity at American Lake and entertainment of Belgian war mission plus Seattle girls walking to San Francisco.
Federal Judge Neterer weighs permitting jitney routes on streets outside trolley car lines. Five buses begin new connections serving Cowen Park and Capitol Hill areas, with passengers not boarding or alighting on restricted streets. Route details list major streets and intersections in East Union Jackson Street and Capitol Hill corridors.
The war department seeks 50 volunteers to raise the Eighth engineers U S A to full strength in Seattle. Forty men visited Lieut Don Fyvans at the recruiting office seeking information and many filed applications with several enlisted. The unit trains at American Lake and will sail for France soon. recruitment aims to finish by Monday or Tuesday next week.
Three groups of militant suffrage pickets were arrested in Washington as part of the fourth and largest White House demonstration. About 16 women faced no physical assault this time, with banners intact as crowds watched. Separately, shipments to Mexico now require export licenses under the embargo, with the government offering to aid legitimate commerce.
A proposed Ren ton located steel plant is described as the turning point for Seattle becoming a major Pacific Coast industrial hub. Experts say it will drive a vast shipbuilding rise, fuel Northwest consumption, and position Seattle ahead of many Midwestern cities.
The Minnesota senator Frank B Kellogg sent The Star a copy of his speech on Conservation of Food and Fuel from the Congressional Record. He mailed it with a two cent U S stamp, a rare use of a government frank for his address.
The Duthie band performs at Alki and Adams Military band at Woodland at 2 30. Wagner's band plays Volunteer Park at seven in the evening.
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger was suppressed by the government today over its frank discussion of peace and parliamentary issues in recent issues. The action was reported from Amsterdam by United Press Seased Wire.
Secretary Daniels announced a million dollar aeroplane factory to be built by the Navy. The site is likely near Detroit in the automobile district. Aerial experts are abroad studying foreign aircraft types to be produced here.
The British transport Armadale was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic on June 27. Six crew members were killed and five others are missing, none of them military officers, the Admiralty announced in London.
Bisbee Ariz July 14 armed guards in permanent camps along main rail lines and highways enter Bisbee district to challenge and examine every person today in a show of determination to keep deported J. W. W. from returning. At each depot passengers alighting from trains are questioned.
The piece notes the 99th day of the war and announces an embargo on exports starting Sunday to choke food channels to Germany. It quotes Premier Lloyd George endorsing Wilson's war aims and suggests this will boost Slavic armies and unrest in Germany.
President Wilson issues a July embargo blocking exports deemed essential to war without license. First U.S. needs then allied needs govern licenses. neutrals face rationing as Germany’s hunger gains. The move is described as the wartime act with broad economic impact and sharp rhetoric toward neutral nations.
In Berlin and London the center party's peace terms gain support in the Reichstag while rumors of Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg's resignation fade. Officials meet with the emperor and leaders as a great debate looms in the Reichstag Saturday over parliamentary reform and Prussian electoral changes.
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