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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
6
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo presented Congress with a new 5,000,000,000 war revenue budget just before Senate Finance Chairman Simmons was to introduce a 1,672,000,000 bill. The Treasury said the money covers new war department estimates and the bill is expected to be held up indefinitely.
Mayor Gill and Police Chief Beckingham refuse reinstatement for 15 policemen who balked at riding with nonunion drivers. J J Riley surrendered and was released on bond. Fifty two new officers joined the force Monday with more to come in days ahead, per Police Secretary Charles Sullivan.
Hulet M. Wells contests an indictment claiming he engaged in anticon scription after the May 18 law. Attorney George F. Van derveer urged quashing before Judge Neterer as District Attorney Allen argues Wells showed an overt act by presenting a seditious motion in the central labor council on May 25.
A meeting at the Elks club saw the Retail Clerks association newly formed and receiving a national charter. The group voted four delegates to the Central Labor council while merchants agreed to close shops at 6 o clock rather than 9 or 19.
Death, believed to be drug related, follows widowhood of a prominent attorney. Bella Israel, 39, was discovered in her bed at the Shelton Hotel on Fifth and Union by hotel attendants. The body was taken to Butterworth & Sons' parlors.
Frank B. Shull, a Second Avenue confectioner, runs a jitney service with a growing “mess fund” from passenger fares. Plans call for each car to bear a sign reading Mess Fund Car as funds accumulate.
Dr. Chas. Warwick, physician of 1810 Sixth Ave., and his son Charles Warwick Jr., 21, were arrested on a warrant by Detectives McLennan and Borgstam and Patrolman Max Meyers for allegedly assaulting Noble A. Johnson, a Western Hardware & Metal Co. salesman living at 823 Went 64th St. last night.
Seventeen speeders were arrested Monday in the campaign against violators of the auto speed ordinance. They were released on $100 bond each. Motorcycle policemen have been stationed on highways where speeders thrive with orders to pick up everyone who exceeds the 20 mile limit.
United Press reports in Rome that Amerten s war declaration stopped a proposed 160 million dollar peace contribution by Henry Ford. The claim came from socialist deputy Morgari who had returned from Stockholm.
Henry Ford's secretary George Liebold branded a Rome report that Ford would give 150 million toward a socialist peace effort before U.S. war declaration as a falsehood. Liebold said the story was absolutely without foundation.
Mrs Thomas Watt Gregory wife of the United States attorney general adopts a food conservation role. She plans a wartime diet for her household denying meat three or four meals weekly and providing at least one wheatless meal per day.
The ad argues that thin and weak people suffer nerve starvation and that Bitro-Phosphate, an organic phosphate, rebuilds nerves. A five grain tablet with each meal allegedly restores sleep, vigor, appetite, and weight, with caution against use by those not seeking flesh gain.
John W Ford of Philadelphia was elected supreme dictator at the 29th annual international Moose convention in Pittsburg. Ford had previously acted as supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose of the World. The session concluded with his unanimous selection.
City fireman Arthur K. Higgins of 6209 has passed examinations and been commissioned lieutenant in the infantry.
The draft board offices and district headquarters remain unsettled as officials await Washington lists. Exemption procedures rely on district boards with judges and appointees named, while inmates may seek exemptions with affidavits. Eligible men may join the naval militia or be drafted, with militia troops still accepting recruits at 608 Second Ave.
Anti-Traction Co. tags circulated by car strikers bear an ultimatum to the traction company. A tag proclaims I WON'T RIDE ON STONE & WEBSTER'S CARS and demands employees’ right to organize and bargain collectively. Tags, marked with an American flag, offered from strike headquarters 308 Crary building.
Bert X Wahl, a real estate and rental man who enlisted in the sub chaser branch, registered June 5, and appeared in the 11th capsule drawn at Washington, is set for war service though he enlisted before registration and remains liable only for the service he volunteered for.
The council on Monday approved Mayor Gill’s appointment of 78 special policemen to guard express wagons and 61 specials to guard traction company property. Councilmen Bolton Hesket h and Lane voted no with concerns about names and process.
Due to a street car strike a class of 100 volunteers forming an officers reserve corps will be moved from Fort Lawton to Fifth avenue and Bell street. The group is organized for conscripted men to receive military training for appointments as non commissioned officers.
No man of draft age could serve on an exemption board, prompting W. F. B. Quigley to resign from district board No. 5 on Monday. District 4 and 5 doctors, Dr. H. E. B. Allen and Dr. J. F. Hill, were replaced by Dr. H. F. Wiltsie and Dr. Daniel Buckley.
The Drapery Section offers fifteen pairs of Voile and Marquisette Curtains in assorted patterns and colors white cream and ecru. Prices range from 0.68 to 1.50 with discounts per price tier. Figured Voiles shown in fancy designs suited for summer dresses with ample selection to choose from.
The sale highlights reductions on heavy Le Jerz Silk Khaki Kool Silk Osaki Silk Silk Poplin and wool fabrics in pleated and plain styles. Garments feature stripes patterns wide belts and attractive pockets with fashion for late fall and mid summer wear.
These One Dollar Shirts come in laundered or French cuff style and fit well. Made from serviceable percales and other sturdy shirtings, they feature a wide range of stripes and figures in many sizes. Perfect for the man who plans carefully and seeks value.
Milwaukee paper the German Herald attacks Chancellor George Michaelis stance as not representative of the German people. It urges the populace to take matters into their own hands in response.
Takitaro Tanaka a 22 year old sailor from the Mex ico Maru jumped from the vessel at Pier 6 Sunday night swam to shore and hid in alleys Patrolman Robertson picked him up at 42nd ave 8 and Brandonst He was taken to the city jail for action by U S Immigration officers.
A wartime pitch states one million men are drafted with a chance to go to France and notes Congress passed the draft making some nervous. The Florence Upstairs Store advertises savings on suits coats dresses and hats at its Second and Union location.
In the ship yards and factories as well as open air work, men seek an inexpensive shirt with minimum soil, good fit, and serviceability. The flat collar shirt is offered in sizes from 141% to 174.
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