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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
2
A Lenora Street tent setup hosts the Floto circus with parades from Lenora to Second and 2:15 pm performances. Journal notes a Keystone clown, mentions Hagenbeck-Wallace train wreck victims, and recounts colorful anecdotes from the troupe and their boss.
Authorities report the I W W is attempting a name change to the Work Education League aided by cards and literature with the new label. federal agents say the Roy sisters were sent from Chicago to organize the Western Territory under the new league. At a Finnish workers picnic outside Juanita about 200 attendees, half were I W W agents, singing I W W songs led by a man in an army uniform with insignia removed.
In Ghent forty four Belgians were tried for passing papers to the allies about the British army and air raid effects on Bruges canal. Sixteen received the death penalty, five were acquitted, and the rest got prison terms from two to twenty years. In a separate note, John Hockings, a Fort Lawton soldier, lost an arm after being struck by a Great Northern train in Ballard district.
Amsterdam report notes a Berlin official statement listing 614000 tons of shipping sunk by German submarines in May. It also cites 56000 tons lost in allied ports, while April losses were 365000 tons. allied totals for May are not yet announced.
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a call for 120 colored draftees and 500 white draftees for special instruction in various Army branches. The 189 colored draftees come from Ohio to join the Normal and Industrial colleges, while 500 white draftees from Wisconsin proceed to Valparaiso University, Indiana.
An antic port report says twenty crew members of a British ship sunk off the Virginia capes by a submarine have arrived here on a revenue cutter. The incident underscores wartime peril in Atlantic waters and highlights emergency evacuation efforts.
Firemen fought a blaze likely started by a cigarette stub that destroyed the Spokanest trestle between 8 p m and midnight Sunday. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars as firemen labored through gas from a broken main. City weighs filling and paving the replacement. Whiton Bontish of Snohomish visited Seattle and reported his young son missing, later recovered at police headquarters.
Walter F. Dankers of Worcester Massachusetts died from wounds received during German bombardment after Mass last Sunday. He is the first American chaplain killed in France and was decorated with the French War Cross for aiding wounded from No Man's Stand. All Lorraine sectors were quiet.
Sheriff John Stringer urged reform at the Washington Sheriffs association convention in Vancouver. He proposed ending the jury system and appeals to the supreme court, with miscarriages of justice handled by the governor, arguing three judges should decide misdemeanors and five for felonies. He also urged lifelong or good behavior based terms for superior judges and prosecutors.
Washington dispatch reports sixty two casualties listed by General Pershing to the war department. Four killed in action, two dead from wounds, disease deaths include, forty five severely wounded, three wounded, degree undetermined. Names include Northwest soldiers Privates Gelden Hoquiam Washington and Jackson Salem Oregon killed in action and Private P E Zumwalt Boise Idaho died of wounds.
Seattle hosts its fifth annual rose show at the Arena to aid French orphans. The exhibit runs Monday and Tuesday with elaborate programs, featuring five sections for different growers and exhibitors including schoolchildren and boxed displays.
Made of fine percale and corded madras in striped patterns. Men’s work shirts priced at 1.39 with extra heavy collars. Munsing Union Suits offered in wool at 0.98 and in light summer weight athletic styles. other suits at 1.39 in barred nainsook.
Slipover gowns of good grade muslin with lace trim and embroidery. Full length muslin petticoats with embroidery. High neck, long sleeve night gowns made of quality muslin, cut full and embroidery trimmed.
Honolulu reports Charles J. McCarthy was inaugurated on June 22 as governor of the Hawaii territory, succeeding Lucius B. Pinkham. The ceremony took place in the capital as the new administration set its course.
New York June 24 Affected by news of Italian successes leading issues made rapid gains shortly after noon.
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