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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
6
Postal rules require requests for package contents sent by mail from soldiers in France to be signed by an officer with rank of major or higher, according to guidance from the assistant postmaster general in Washington.
Instructions request sending a clip to Ohio state senators Miles Poindexter and Wesley L. Jones and district representatives from Seattle and Kitaup, Lynn Hadley, Albert Johnson, Wm. La Follette, C. C. Dill, with delivery to Washington, D. C. addresses.
The University of Washington awarded 261 bachelor degrees and 15 graduate degrees to graduates as ceremonies began Monday morning. Chancellor Edward Charles Elliott of Montana delivered the address. Alumni vs faculty game was set for 2:30 PM and alumni events followed. Bishop Matthew Simpson Hughes urged soldiers to fight for democracy and noted 1918 graduates entering a historic wartime movement.
In a France letter Sergeant A. G. Engler of the quartermaster corps writes that Germans may be advancing and that army life is active. He describes building shops, repairing auto trucks for the front, and notes visits by General Pershing and Secretary Baker. He mentions good meals via the Y M C A and a planned musical entertainment for troops. Engler formerly led Detroit’s Broadway and Pike auto painting shop.
The Food Administration urges using potatoes in every form to ease wheat shortages. A surplus from last year remains and potato stock is deteriorating, making it a national duty to avoid waste and conserve wheat for the army and Allies.
Mrs. Heater Napper of Salt Lake City recounts decades of gastritis and stomach distress. After trying many medicines, she credits Tanlac with restoring appetite, reducing pain, and improving sleep and overall health. Tanlac marketed in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores under a special representative.
The Masonic Grand Lodge adopted patriotic resolutions drafted by E. F. P. Waggoner of Spokane. Seattle soprano Ruth Miller scored as Gilda in Rigoletto at Pittsburgh, replacing Maggie Teyte. City workers hosted 200 servicemen with a supper dance at the Soldiers and Sailors club. Police found Lola Davia and her brother Orrin wandering far from home, 715 Olive St. Serbian and Yugoslav recruits from California paraded in Seattle toward Vancouver to join service.
Residents of Division No 4 Queen Anne hill urged to attend a meeting at Queen Anne high school Tuesday at pm. Speakers include Attorney Sanders Attorney O L Wileta and Sergt Christwell of the Canadian forces.
Tommy Atkins teams with the Yankees while Gussie Atkins aids naval trainees at the university carnival to benefit sailors relief funds. Contestants invited include a brunette Cleopatra Venus red head, with Gussie Atkins in brunette class. Nude details include entrant residence 320 Ninth Ave and deadline at The Star office Fourth Ave. Saturday. London news adds a Leigh, Lancashire man fined 12 shillings for midnight street lighting violation.
Scout masters school opens under University of Washington extension division in cooperation with Seattle Council of Boy Scouts Monday at 7 30 p m. Sessions held in Henry building rooms 1042 43 44. The school is open to all men over 21 who wish to register in the scout masters reserves.
Hugo Kross, of Bristol, was arrested Sunday afternoon for violation of the city ordinance after officers trailed a trunk containing 24 quarts of whisky from Pier B to a hotel room on Seneca street. Oriental chapter No 19 Arch Masons installed officers Saturday afternoon.
An editorial style notice argues inherited blood disorders like scrofula burden posterity and touts Swift Specific S S S as a curative antidote. It claims the remedy restores blood purity and offers free personal consultations from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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