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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
8
The ministry of munitions in London calls for 20 000 additional women to join the second line in munition factories to sustain the war effort. The earlier appeal for 8 000 women was quickly met, and officials urge participation from all social classes for the final push toward victory.
All students enrolled in the officers' reserve training corps at the University of Washington are required to attend the government training camp at American Lake from August 4 to September 2. This order sets the duration and target participants for the drill at the lake facility.
The steamer Golden Gate the first of two 7 500 ton atee steamers built by Seattle Construction and Drydock Co for Knut Knutsen Co of Haugesund Norway was launched yesterday morning. It was christened by Mia Anna Sunde wife of Carl Sunde with a bottle of champagne.
Rudolf Mats, a Chicago lawyer, leaped from an 18th floor window at the Helmont hotel in New York. He was found dead by a nurse after he appeared ill and slipped from his bed to the window. Mrs Mats stated her husband had been ill. Police located the body after guests reported a crash and the nurse began a search.
In Los Angeles on March 15 a blaze in the older section of the Rosslyn hotel sent 800 guests fleeing into the streets. The basement and adjacent business rooms were damaged and losses are put at about 100000 dollars. Korean immigrant Y K Lee suffered injuries from a jump from the third floor.
The Palace Hip presents Little Donna's Circus headlined by Chin-Chin the smallest elephant in the world with other animals under a child’s direction. Also featured are Stone and King in a singing comedy sketch The Cowboys Courtship, Dunlap and Virden in Bite of Wit, Estelle Thornton as prima donna, Love and Wilbur as king and queen of the rings. The Last Volunteer with Irving Cummings is the feature photoplay.
In Juneau on March 15 Senator John Sundback switched to the Wicker faction and helped elect Senator O. P. Hubbard. New officers named include William M. Eddy secretary from Nome, Joseph Baxter sergeant at arms from Valdez, and John Hegly messenger from Anchorage after twenty three roll calls in the deadlock.
In Denver on March 15 the court resumed selecting jurors for the murder trial of Mrs Stella Newton Moore Smith charged with killing her husband John Lawrence Smith at their home. Twelve tentative jurors stood in the box as deliberations continued.
Gaile Morgan expressed intent to wed his cousin Nan, known as Nan of Music Mountain, in a family matter reported in local records. The note highlights a preferred union within kinship and regional naming.
London reports detail the sinking of the American steamer Algonquin by a German submarine. Survivors recount the U boat crew laughed at aid refusals and fired shells from a distance before closing to finish the vessel. Rescue involved 27 hours of rowing and lifeboat distress after the attack.
A mill in the Hagley yard of the DuPont powder plant along the Brandywine exploded today near Wilmington. Albert Van Natta of Wilmington, operator of the mill, was killed in the blast.
Thirty five professors from universities and colleges across the United States will assist in conducting the University of Washington summer school, announced by director Frederick E. Bolton. The program is set to run from June 18 through July 39.
Joseph Wortzky was killed in Tacoma when a crow bar pierced him as it was driven like an arrow in a confrontation with a falling log. Authorities investigate the incident and the weapon involved.
A Chicago graduate nurse, after two years of poor health and six months under care, reports relief from displacement and pain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She calls it life changing and offers to recommend the medicine to other women, inviting confidential advice from the company.
Patricola says she has shed 40 pounds using a simple eat and grow-thin plan. She asserts this method explains dropping weight amid high prices for potatoes sugar and bread.
Samuel Gompers declares support for compulsory training and service, military or industrial, after voluntary service proved ineffective. He says service should be voluntary at first, with no mandatory conscription until voluntary efforts fail, while labor pledges its services to the country amid ongoing peace talks.
Due to high demand for first aid instruction, the Seattle Red Cross forms new morning and evening classes. For information contact Red Cross headquarters Elliott 527 between 9 30 a m and 5 p m.
The St. Louis flower show opened at the Foret Regiment Armory. Beautiful girls in rich spring gowns carried lavish bouquets. Florists note many women do not know how to wear flowers and the models educated attendees in the art of flower wear.
Short obituary reports the death of Edward P. Ferry, 80, longtime Everett resident. Also listed are land trades in Yakima, an antisepic wedding in Omaha, a state fish commission funds deposit in Seattle, Phi Delta Theta anniversary events in Seattle, highway 3-D road study by county officials, a 30 tank car shipment of soya beans for a Cincinnati soap maker, and Tau Beta Pi pledges for University of Washington engineers.
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