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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR text lists land with unclear acreage and prices, mentions water rights and credits, plus scattered names and addresses. The readable items include a 10 acre adjoining tract, crops producing nominal yields, and a sale price around 100 per acre, with a water right priced at 75.
The navy aims to build submarine patrol vessels resembling a cross between an Eagle destroyer and a destroyer to counter coastal raid threats. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt backs the project while Henry Ford is urged to speed Eagle boat production after recent Norwegian ship sinkings near the Virginia capes.
Washington Detective Bureau head C F Reid testified to Seattle license committees that his agency is not a subsidiary of the employers association and not involved in supplying strike breakers. A ruling on revoking the bureau license over Telegraphers lockout ties to Western Union was postponed to next week, as officials debate the charges and give officers a chance to respond. Mayor Hansen opposes detective agencies lacking a legitimate excuse to operate in the city.
In Tacoma stadium on July 4 the Western States Military tournament will showcase how the National Army trains at Camp Lewin American Lake with artillery and cavalry demonstrations for residents of eight western states. A Ames shipyard worker George TL Mallett had $27 stolen from his pocket while waiting for a train at Flint and Yester. Eleven dollars and seventy cents were stolen from the Cascade pool hall cash register Sunday night.
A dense stock list from public markets across stalls shows meats such as pot roasts sirloin steak and hamburger, dairy including butter and milk, canned goods, produce like cauliflower rhubarb and carrots, spices and baking items, teas coffee and household staples with dozens of prices and units per stall. Major entries include Mtalle Westlake stalls and multiple vendors offering fresh ground corn meal, sugar, and canned fruits.
Percy Baylies, former British consul general in Russia, killed himself with gas in his San Francisco apartment. He had recently returned from a local hospital after a nervous breakdown following his flight from Tiusela. The Baylies family fled Moscow four months earlier when the consulate was ordered closed, and they faced hardship after being robbed.
After 14 days in an open boat from the five masted schooner Crescent, 14 people reach Melgen wharf San Francisco. Captain Olson Mrs Olson and 12 crew survived a fire that burned the Crescent 1,400 miles off the coast. They endured scarce provisions and seas until sighting the President before landing in good spirits despite exhaustion.
Everett in June reports the Norway Pacific Construction and Dry Dock Co under superintendent John L. Nield will expand rapidly as a major shipbuilding unit. Over $300,000 already spent on tools with a permanent yard planned beyond wartime needs. M Iverson, ex Todd yards chief, leads erection of the yard and shipways.
Wort from Superintendent W Allen reports salvage operations underway for the wrecked steamer Admiral Prana in Hawk Inlet. Beaching announced and salvage work to be completed soon before towing to the nearest drydock for final repairs.
In 1917 the Third Alaska division packed 2,605,981 cases of salmon. The Alaska Packers Association led the season with the Naknek operation.
The Beattie carr iery steamer Rovalli burned at Lowe Inlet Saturday and is a total loss. She was bound for Southeast Alaska with cannery supplies.
In Seattle praise floods in for the Skinner and Eddy freightER Canoga. Master Capt. T C Neylan lauds the 890 ton ship as 100 percent perfect and among the best built by a local yard, echoed by several shipping experts.
One man died and three soldiers were hospitalized after a motorcycle collision with a car driven by FE M Marshall. A stolen car veered off a 20 foot embankment on Puallup boulevard. Leslie K Patterson was jailed as investigators questioned the group. Soldiers Sergt Earl L De Witt and Privates Teddy Wetzer and W F Hayden were not seriously hurt.
June 17 in Tacoma Harry Pollen a well known local athlete and Standard Oil gasoline station attendant is under arrest charged with grand larceny. He allegedly stole gasoline coupon books from his employers at the service station.
At Lees, Del on June 17 a boatload of survivors from a submarined ship landed this afternoon and departed for Philadelphia. Naval intelligence officers barred viewing, so the survivors count and ship identity remain unknown.
Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks will sell peanuts and popcorn from the grandstand as part of a benefit game at Los Angeles. The Oakland club of the Coast league faces the submarine base nine this afternoon to aid the enlisted men’s club with assistance from other movie celebrities.
D W McMorris Seattle assistant city engineer enrolled in two weeks noncom course at University of Washington campus. He has two sons in service and joins 146 recruits under Capt Perry with lectures by Dean Condon and Professors Smith Curtis. Reveille at 545 am and cost $23.41 including board and uniforms.
The war service department of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will run a special bureau to place men with disabilities in suitable occupations in cooperation with the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men. One leg or arm or partial disability will be considered, with positions to suit abilities, including shipyard work. Applications should be made to the chamber’s war service department or the federal labor bureau.
Premier Orlando disclosed to the Italian chamber that Germany offered an honorable peace to Italy. Rome cables noted no reply, and the expectation in Washington was that Italy likely rejected the proposal.
A Seattle council committee argues for federal examination of Puget Sound power plans. It cites a $12.5 million bond issue by Puget Sound Traction Light and Power to refund bonds and enlarge plants, risking criticism and higher rates. The report, signed by Mayor Hanson, F inance chair Fitzgerald, and counsel Caldwell, urges immediate capital action.
The espionage act case against Ludvig Kann is delayed for one more week. The hearing was to be before U.S. Commissioner Robert W. McClelland on Monday.
U S Attorney Wertz said he will refer any Debs remarks potentially violating the espionage law to a federal grand jury. Debs spoke in a Canton park before about 1200 delegates to the state socialist convention, defending the party platform on conscription and war measures.
The Wisconsin socialist party adopts a peace plank calling for an early lasting democratic peace with no annexations or indemnities and nations free to determine their own destiny. Emil Seidel is nominated for governor with Victor Berger prominent in promoting the peace ticket.
Twenty three women registered by noon with fingerprints taken for future reference under Wilson era orders. Some protested the process as others, including a German wife, planned divorce proceedings. A.C. Graff estimated under fifty women would register at the federal building in Seattle.
June 17. Americans at the Montdidier edge face an ominous quiet as artillery falls silent and airplanes drone overhead. The sector, though quiet, holds keen alertness with French units serving under American commanders in the Montdidier salient, signaling a possible breakthrough before Amiens.
Dr Henry Suzzallo wore a gold service pin representing 1833 adopted sons in Uncle Sam's forces. D E Skinner presented the pin for the Parents' association of Washington boys in service at a Faculty Club dinner. The 1833 symbol marks University of Washington men in service.
Tacoma June 17 L H Burnett local chairman of the campaign committee urged loco motive engineers to lead fellow workers nationwide in buying War Savings stamps with their wage increase recently awarded by the government. The raises through January 1 1919 will total over 3 million dollars per official reports and Burnett plans to have local men use their share to aid the war effort.
King County Bar Association honored members serving in the United States with a roll of honor presented Monday in Superior Court No 1. United States Attorney Robert C. Saunders spoke, and Presiding Judge John B. Jurey accepted the roll for the bar.
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