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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
7
Registration for services will be held Sunday in several locations including the Boylston Unitarian. President L. Southwick of the Emer School of Oratory in Boston will speak in the evening, with Anne United Presbyterian also involved.
Paris reports scattered German attacks around Hurte bise Craonne Chevreux and near Froidmont farm west of Cerny repulsed. French forces on the Meuse hills conducted a raid taking prisoners as artillery remained active in Chemin des Danes sector.
London dispatch says the lull on the western front persisted with quiet last night. Haig notes enemy artillery active near Bullecourt and firing around Vimy village as the night wore on.
Paris June 28 German aviators flood the scene with attacks on American fliers of the La Fayette Encadrille. Dr Edmund Groe urges Americans to back the unit with funds and moral support. He cites Clyde H Halaley of San Antonio hurt at Verdun as example of brave, underfunded service members needing aid.
Harry Stahl, a restaurant owner at 1218 Third Ave, urges closing one day weekly and using evaporated vegetables to cut waste and supply costs. He predicts regional plant growth, California prices dropping for meats, and shifts of business to other eateries as more establishments rotate closures.
The War Department ordered nine regiments of engineers into service to go to France for lines of communication work. Mobilization and training likely before departure, with four regiments already at war strength and total strength about ten thousand men under presidential direction and department orders.
Thieves entered Knights of Columbus club at 1401 Harvard Ave on Friday night and took $12 in cash along with cigars tobacco and candy before fleeing in a high powered car. A separate tobacco theft at J Piedmonts cigar stand 1025 Prospect St saw several hundred dollars worth of tobacco stolen and a car getaway.
The Waste Editor notes hundreds of Seattle women join the Woman's Army Against Waste pledging to save food for America’s war effort. The Seattle regiment may be the nation's largest reported to the Department of Agriculture. Enlistment cards urged for local participation and list new signups and suggestions from Mrs Myhra for using stale bread.
H P Davidson announces a 100 million preparedness fund and calls prominent men to a Portland convention to finalize plans. Herman Chapin takes Red Cross leadership in Seattle, with plans for a National Red Cross week and expanded local relief efforts. In Kansas, a tornado kills at least 20 across eastern Kansas western Missouri and nearby states, with Coffeyville devastated and martial law imposed.
J. H. Spring, 47, shot Friday night by his wife Ida Spring during a family quarrel at 1751 Howard Jr. The victim hovers between life and death at the city hospital with possible loss of sight in the left eye. He says the shot was accidental. Mrs. Spring and their eight year old son are in police custody awaiting investigation.
Chicago reports a fresh round of tornadoes across Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas raising the death toll to 95 and injuries to 1 586. Weather officials note the storms hit densely populated areas expanding harm and costs.
The University district Masonic lodge will attend the University Christian church Sunday morning service in a body. The subject of the sermon will be, The Rule and authority and the church’s program for members.
L. L. Beveridge manager of the Richmond Paper Co. sustained possible multiple rib fractures after his car skidded into a street car at Westlake Avenue and Republican Street on Friday night.
In Springfield Missouri the 14 month old son of banker James Holland Keet remains missing amid a kidnapping. An early contact attempt occurred when a boy delivered a message. Keet later retrieved the note and drove away without the child. Judge Arch Johnson aids the search as rainbound roads hinder movement. Mrs Keet rumored critical, and Keet rejects a $5000 reward while urging safe return of his son.
A National Guardsman on duty near Kilbourne Wisconsin on June 2 fired on a touring car that failed to halt on the big river bridge. One man died instantly and three others were wounded but not seriously.
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem O11 capsules as a remedy for backache promising relief tomorrow. It claims national endorsement by the Netherlands government and urges readers to buy from the Ow! Drug Co with money back guarantees.
In Olympia, lawyers scrub both sides of the jitney dispute with Judge Ellie and Prosecutor Lundin sharing time. The jitneys showcase a $500,000 bonding outfit backed by 321 drivers and $12,000 cash, seeking a writ to compel insurance bonds. The traction firm seeks a permanent injunction and restitution of daily losses as the case heads to the Supreme Court for the writ hearing.
London crowds witness the first public investiture by King George as 250 army and navy officers, men, and nurses receive the Victoria Cross and other decorations. Among invited spectators are American doctors and nurses from army medical units.
Kaiser Wilhelm sent hearty congratulations to Emperor Charles of Austria for the Austrian defense on the Italian front. Berlin dispatches quote the Kaiser praising the Austrian troops and noting their success on the Isonzo front with a call for God’s help.
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