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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1915
Page
2
Giornale da Italia reports Italian troops winning decisive Isonzo engagements and inflicting heavy losses on Austria while Goritz garrison suffers food shortages. Defenders subsist on vegetables as city remains dark at night to deter air raids. Night light bans ordered with threats for window openings.
Poslam claims rapid action for eczema acne itch and scalp scale with claims of clearing blemishes overnight. It promotes Possum Soap as safe for tender skin and offers samples via 4 cent stamps to Emergency Laboratories in New York City. Sold by druggists.
Petrograd July 21. The duma will authorize creation of a ministry of munitions modeled after England's. This decision was announced today in the capital.
Delta Kappa Epsilon members join a 50 strong delegation from the San Francisco national convention aboard the Oregon Washington. An elaborate Seattle entertainment plan includes an auto tour, banquet at the New Washington, and a Seattle booster welcome. Gov. Dunne of Illinois and party were hosted at the Commercial Club.
King county poultry dealers will gather at the Commercial Club on August 3 to discuss why the chicken crosses the road and how to increase egg production for the Little Red Hen.
Secretary Lansing works toward final language to restate U S policy on submarine warfare. The cabinet approved the wording as President Wilson and the premier favor. the note is to be sent to Berlin likely Saturday after Friday cabinet review. The dispatch will avoid reference to the Orduna sinking until investigations of passenger testimony are complete. A reply to Austria’s protest over munition shipments is also being prepared.
Henry S. Graves chief of the U S forestry service and assistant E A Sherman travel toward Ketchikan Alaska to assess the Chugach and Tongass reserves and gather data for timber conservation. Graves opposes abolishing Alaska forest reserves and says reserves should supply timber while being protected from ruthless cutting. He notes reserves are available to miners and builders and discusses funding for new trails and roads in the Olympic national monument.
The Commercial Club heard that Pacific Oil Mills, Inc. cannot build a new plant in the Duwamish waterway due to ongoing red tape. A club resolution was passed protesting delays in improving the thoroughfare and urging action.
Col Theodore Roosevelt plans a public speech on War and Peace at the exposition in San Francisco. He denounces the peace at any price campaign and mocks mollycoddles while meeting with Governor Johnson and other progressives. A marine escort accompanies him to the event and a fireworks display tops the day.
Friends feared disaster for Miss Ethel Henry and Frederick Roys after they disappeared while fishing in the Sound late Tuesday. They reappeared near midnight and said a strong tide and the elusive salmon delayed them, after a fleet of rowboats and a police patrol boat searched for hours. Miss Henry lives near Linden Avenue and close to where Miss Annie Anderson drowned Sunday in Lake Washington.
Milledgeville, Ga. July 21. After examination physicians said Leo Frank will recover unless complications arise. Swelling in the throat wound has lessened and his temperature was lower today в
In Seattle during Shrine week, famed showman and hotel owner Charley Haynes nicknamed Marvelous Haynes offers a staged comeback. He plans a test performance promising to locate a blank letter in a safety box and identify its addressee without opening it.
Portland July 21 Boyd R Welch city poundmaster is charged with cruelty to animals alleged to have killed 15 dogs by knocking them in the head instead of using the lethal chamber.
CAPT Robert E. Coontz succeeds Commander De Witt Blamer and assumes command of the Bremerton navy yard. Formal ceremonies were held yesterday afternoon after Coontz arrived from the battleship Georgia on the Atlantic coast.
Two women, Mrs. W.ke and Mrs. C. Y. Obak of 1019 East Pike, escaped a kidnapping attempt by a jitney driver and his companion on Second Ave. The men, described as tall and about 35, pursued the car and sped away after the women jumped out near Pike St. The incident left the victims with severe bruises.
The council will discuss comfort station facilities once saloons go out of business in a special session. A lobby of interested parties, harbors and public grounds committees will confer. Building plans propose curbstone type facilities with ornamental exteriors on side streets off main business thoroughfares.
Public utilities department improves area near Highland Park and Lake Burien line with six picnic tables a fireplace and trails. A spring and ample grounds invite riders from the southern Lake Burien terminus for holidays and Sundays. Councilman Will Hannasse secures free use from owner J B McDougall.
Port Warden Paysse seeks a dramatic pay raise in 1916. He currently draws 1800 and asks for an 8600 salary in his harbor department estimate presented to Mayor Gill. His request jumps to 29107 with 14065 for a new patrol boat, while the board of public works seeks 7600 up from 8800 and the purchasing agent would rise from 2100 to 3000.
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