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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
9
The mayor Ole Hanson left Seattle Wednesday night for a brief vacation and rest. He did not reveal destination or return time but is expected to be back at City Hall Monday. The quotation about experiences reflects a common adage on timely delivery.
Col Roosevelt post Veterans of Foreign Wars planned a lawsuit to stop State Senator B K B French from drawing ten dollars a day and expenses as a code commission member. French, already barred by the state constitution, did not receive pay after state auditor C W Clausen refused to issue a warrant. French sought a Supreme Court order, but the court upheld the auditor. He opposed the Lamping soldiers relief bill.
United Press reports the FTC denied any communications with British officials about prosecuting American meat packers in England. The Senate received a formal reply to Senator Sherman's resolution, while the report allegedly outlines packers’ activities abroad, notably in Great Britain. Attempts to suppress publicity failed as debate over reading the document continued.
Washington July 31 Senator New Indiana introduces a bill to create a department of aeronautics headed by a cabinet member. The proposal seeks central oversight of air travel aviation regulation and related programs in the United States.
William Jennings Bryan former secretary of state and presidential candidate arrives in Seattle from Standwood to address the West Seattle Chautauqua at 8 p.m. He will be honor guest of King County Democrats at breakfast Friday in the Masonic Club rooms Arcade building. Bryan tours Pacific Coast states lecturing from Chautauqua platforms.
Vicente Ratone aged 33, a Spaniard who had lived in the country four years, was arrested near the North Pacific shipyard early Thursday and is jailed on an open charge for registering under a false name for the selective draft. He will be turned over to federal officers.
H. H. King of Portland says Tanlac restored his health after three years of stomach trouble and rheumatic pain. He describes improved appetite and sleep, no more gas or dizziness, and his return to work. Tanlac is sold at Bartel Drug Stores under a Tanlac representative.
Francis Burton Harrison, governor general of the Philippines, is en route from Seattle to Manila after testifying before a Senate committee on the proposed Philippine independence plan. His wife Elizabeth Wrentmore, 18, a UW Kappa Kappa Gamma alumna, said he has no definite return plans. Harrison, 45, met his wife in Chicago last year and announced he has no further statements to offer. He hopes to depart soon to finish unfinished work in the islands.
The Society for the Destruction of Agricultural Pests prepared a national rat destruction bill for Parliament. Three days of threshing at a Derbyshire farm yielded 1 126 rats killed.
Robert Halsey Crane a porter at Farnborough station was fined 25 dollars for stealing a quart of milk to feed his sick child. The incident occurred at Farnborough station and the judge cited the motive as caring for a ailing offspring.
San Francisco began a city sale of army bacon in a relief effort and sold 6,000 pounds in under an hour with 60,000 more queued for delivery. The bacon goes for 84 cents a pound at a local department store as Newark launches a similar low cost bacon drive at 36 cents per pound spearheaded by Mayor Gill.
A new drive for American Expeditionary Forces service in Siberia is announced by the army recruiting station. Volunteers are sought for infantry, ordnance, or signal corps with or without prior service to replace casualties and support the ongoing Bolshevik engagements.
Army recruiting officers report two airplanes assigned for Oregon forest fire duties. The craft may miss the Fort Lawton August 10 sham battle. Capt. BE D Gunning promises excitement with Ermentrude the tank and 44th Infantry participation. Lieuts Ben B and Rudolph II Hehman return to Seattle with no planes to fly after the loss of aircraft. A sailor falls from his ship, leaving her crew in shock.
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