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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
5
In Orange New Jersey on June 4 Thomas Alva Edison urged citizens to donate to the Liberty Loan. He urged paying what it's worth to be an American citizen and serving the country with a spirit of 1917. Edison, at 70, works up to 20 hours daily to aid America.
Elihu Root as ambassador extraordinary leads a commission of American advisers that has arrived at a Russian port. The group crossed the United States secretly and sailed from a Pacific coast port with a message of aid to Russia in the war against a common enemy and in postwar reconstruction. News of the Petrograd arrival is awaited in Washington.
The United States commission to Russia arrived in Seattle early May 20 after a train ride to launches that ferried them to a waiting battleship. The press was not informed of the arrival due to a government request.
New York dispatch notes Uncle Sam’s probes into evaders who miss registration. Officials can instantly verify age from birth records census, school, marriage licenses, life insurance files, and labor exchange applications. Federal agents will inspect employer, licensing, immigration, and union records to trace the sleuths.
Police report resumption of ethnic clashes in Chinatown after two Saturday night shootings. Eng Hong, near Maynard Avenue, was struck three times by two assailants while walking home. In a separate incident three men opened fire inside a store at 795 King Street injuring Jim Sing.
A renewed war between Bow Leungs and Bing Kongs against Hop Sings and Suey Sings left three men wounded but not fatally. The victims were at Providence hospital as extra police patrolled Chinatown and a fragile peace appeared to hold Monday.
Recruitment for five additional divisions of the Washington naval militia will begin as soon as authorization arrives from Washington. The enlistees will join the Bound district and enter the navy directly.
In Hinsdale two elderly residents Charles Barnick and his wife, both 81, faced poverty when a man posing as Barnick asked an undertaker about funeral costs. The coroner found the man dead while the wife was rescued. a letter from the woman advised the coroner to make him well at home.
In Cumberland British Columbia four men, including Chief Surveyor G N Bertram, were killed instantly when an explosion tore through the Dunsmuir collieries as they prepared weekly mapping on Sunday. Rescue workers recovered all bodies and warned that a weekday blast could have endangered 180 workers.
Seven men with gas engine knowledge and seven without will be enlisted in Seattle by the army recruiting officer for training in aviation at the army school at Pensacola Florida. Until now there have been no vacancies at the school and admission has been difficult.
Auditor Wardall announces a reduced current expense levy for 1918 due to office receipts. Five months total $104,945.98 with liquor permits contributing $71,972.25.
The piece describes a brave trained soldier and notes upcoming graduation milestones. City high schools will graduate 1,036 students next week under Supt. F.8. Cooper and graded schools will award 1,271 diplomas. The high school class is the largest ever graduated in the city.
In Shanghai on June 4, reports say President Li Yuan Hung is nearly a prisoner as militarists seize control. Eleven of eighteen provinces have seceded including Chib Li where Peking lies. Military governors block orders, railways under military control, and calls for immediate new elections and a war bill against Germany circulate amid a divided parliament.
June 4 in Torio Japan affirms it will not intervene in China's internal affairs unless open conflict erupts. News from Beijing says 11 of 18 provinces have seceded and formed a provisional government while rebel forces march toward Pe king. President Li Yuan Hung is expected to resign as Beijing and surrounding province fall under new government control.
The Minsk forest fires have burned over 7,000 acres and destroyed 3,000,000 bushels of wheat and the Saratoff elevators. Officials suspect incendiary arson as a cause and pursue a vigorous investigation while the Petrograd cabinet confronts resignations. The Workmen and Soldiers Journal calls for confiscation of war profits and warns rising prices as rouble value falls.
San Francisco officials announce two thousand deputies including women will register 60000 residents tomorrow. Federal District Attorney Preston states authorities are ready to handle any trouble as registration day approaches.
Mrs Wallis, a popular club woman in New Orleans, is described as the only Southern woman to manage a tobacco shop after her husband died. She heads the New Orleans branch of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, leads the local Federation of Women’s Clubs, and remains active in D. A. R. circles.
Jitneys continuing as donation buses offer free rides while accepting contributions for a fund to fight rights to street use. The injunction would stop for hire operation. current practice is donation based. The case argues Massachusetts law limits the traction company from buying outside systems unless connecting with internal ones.
The U S army near Vancouver Washington races to complete 140 buildings in 20 days for the Vancouver army post. Work started 11 days ago and 73 buildings are finished with the rest likely done ahead of schedule before the period ends June 15.
Assessor John M. Thatcher says rising prosperity will add nearly 15,000 names to King County personal tax rolls. The 1916 list contained 70,000 names, illustrating growth in the region.
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The jitney men claim the traction company is not new and has failed to pay 2 percent of gross earnings to Seattle, refuses road paving near tracks, and balks at city bridges costs. About 200 jitneys started noon operations as free buses, with jitney trials to be sought by jailed operators after complaints by traction officials. Attorney Howe warned the city the company will sue for losses if jitneys run past Monday noon.
Three hundred patrons attended the funeral of Marco Nammias a Turkish bootblack with a stand at Firetave and Virginia Street Sunday. He died following an operation.
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