War Savings Day Urges Quarters to Support War Effort
Public appeal stresses saving as an elementary duty and warns that loaning quarters to the government eases the strain, calling on citizens not to be slackers while the nation faces hardship.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1918
Page
1
Idaho Forces Round Up I W W Suspects
Idaho state guard units and regular army troops continue campaigns against I W W members in Northern Idaho. Cleanups at St Maries and Benewah county will spread to other counties if needed. Fernwood placed under quarantine with troops guarding railways and roads as investigations determine who may leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Idaho
Fernwood
Push the War Is Only Plan in Washington
Washington reports urge united action against Germany and its allies. President Wilson expected to deliver a strong war message repudiating any peace terms and stressing finishing the war to end Teutonic plunder. Daylight saving bill signed into law. clocks advance March 41 and revert October 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Rumania
Teuton
Allied War Council
Germany
East
Wilson
Allied Council
London
Soldier suicide thought to be spy in Muskegon
Sergt. Carl B. Smith an alleged deserter from Camp Custer killed himself in front of his sweetheart's home after she rejected him. Papers in his pocket showed his real name Elvin R. Wier. A code letter found in his belongings led the coroner to suspect he was a German spy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
Carl B. Smith
Camp Custer
Katherine Schabler
Elvin R. Wier
Government workers exempted from strike demand raise
March 19 Chicago reports government uniform laborers were exempted from the general strike. The United Mine Workers called out 10 000 employees in 27 shops, as workers push for a 15 percent wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Unitedment
Fire at Moore & Scott shipyard pattern shop in Oakland
A fire early today at the Moore & Scott shipyard pattern shop in Oakland was extinguished with about 1000 dollars damage. Detectives believe the blaze was incendiary in origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Oakland
Cal
Moore & Scott Shipyard
Daniels Commends Brave Sailor for Gallantry
Secretary of the Navy Daniels lauded Charlies J. Jones, an oiler aboard the U S S Machias, for leaping overboard to rescue a nearby British sailor at sea, risking his life to save a comrade. The act occurred near Ashington on March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Charlies J. Jones
U. S
Machias
Daniels
Jones
Cities prepare to move clocks for daylight saving time
News from Seattle and Portland report broad support for daylight saving. City officials, bank leaders, and business managers expect clocks to advance one hour a week from Saturday night. Federal offices and railroads will lead. mayoral proclamations and store and shipyard actions follow. Oregon anticipates rainfall shifts and wartime conservation effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Seattle Berks
Frederick Karl Struve
Seattle National Bank
Wiley
Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co
Dave Rodgers
Skinner & Eddy
United Action
Hanson
Pacific coast to observe daylight saving plan
San Francisco dispatch reports daylight saving time will be universally observed on the Pacific coast. Numerous telephone inquiries today found no business firm or industrial plant opposing advancing clocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Foreign language newspapers urge Russia to resist Teutons
Seven hundred thirty four foreign language newspapers in the United States urged the all Russian congress of workmen and soldiers deputies to refuse any settlement with Germany. The message, approved by Secretary of State Lansing, pledges support for President Wilson and warns against dealings with autocratic powers aiming to destroy civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Association of Foreign Language Newspapers
all-Russian
Congress of Workmen and Soldiers
Germany
Lansing
Wilson
Teutons Continue Grab of Russian Lands
United Press dispatch from Petrograd reports German forces occupying Bachmuntych Konotop and Voroshba with Saxon troops pushing toward Kursk and Kharkoff. Local Soviet evacuates Kharkoff as the German movement seen as covering Ukraine. Odessa retreat was orderly and the Black Sea fleet refrains from bombing awaiting Socialist Revolutionary officials en route from Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Petrograd
Bachmuntach
Konotop
Voroshba
Kursk
Charkoff
Ukraine
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Seattle War Savings Day Promises Wide City Campaign
Seattle aims to boost War Savings stamps through a citywide drive led by Gov Lister and Mayor Ole Hanson. Thousands of messengers will promote stamps to workers, housewives, and students with speeches, parades, and 22 downtown booths staffed by bank clerks and attendants. Postmaster Hattle mobilizes carriers to push sales Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Lister
Seattle
Gov Lister
Ole Hanson
Raiding German Trenches In France In March
French American forces raided German trenches in the Badonvillers area penetrating 300 yards before finding the positions evacuated. The operation was launched from an abandoned German trench amid artillery fire elsewhere. 6000 German shells fell on the Soisons front as French and New England gunners fired a heavy bombardment. machinery and knives captured on the Toulefront will be sent to America for display in the third Liberty Loan campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Badonvillers
Soisons
Chemin Des Dames
New England
McAdoo
America
Nebraska Leads In War Savings Stamps Per Capita
Washington report shows Nebraska ahead in war savings stamps purchases with an average of 4.20 per person. Missouri follows at 2.54 and Kansas at 2.31, while national per capita receipts total 89 cents, with total actual receipts hitting 94 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nebraska
Treasury
Missouri
Kansas
Mother Love and Hate Tear Souls of Bodie Victims
Ida MeGlone Gibson recalls Evian scenes of repatriates with German fathers and abused babies. The piece notes mothers torn between love and anger, revealing wartime despair and French soldiers who linger for food amid shattered families.
Francis Said to Be On Job at Vologda
Washington March 19 Ambassador Francia remained at Vologda on Sunday state department cables said today Butterwright embassy attache had started for Harbin but Francia gave no indication of moving eastward himself
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Vologda
Bassador Francia
State Department
Butterwright
Harbin
Francia
Germans Claim 23 Planes Down In Battle
Berlin reports 23 allied aircraft were shot down yesterday along with two captive balloons. The German war office also said reconnaissance over Flanders yielded 300 Belgian prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
War Office
Flanders
Russian Peace Evaded In Hertling Peace Debate
In Copenhagen on March 19, Chancellor Hertling told the reichstag he would not discuss enemy views on the Russian peace treaty. He claimed the treaty lacks terms disgraceful to Russia and that provinces breaking away would be by their own choice. He warned revival of the eastern front if the treaty is adopted and blamed hardliners for prolonging the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Hertling
Reichstag
Russia
Man Claims Bounties for Seven Wildcats and Three Cougars
W. E. Taylor of North Bend reported seven wildcats and three cougars killed in one month. He brought hides to the county auditor, where clerk Morris Kennedy paid $20 per cougar and $5 per wildcat after proof the animals were pursued with dogs. Taylor used dogs to tree the animals before shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Taylor
Taylor
North Bend
Morris Kennedy
University of Washington Dramatic Association Announces Second Play
Bernard Shaw's Fanny's First Play is named the second production of the year by the University of Washington Dramatic Association, aligning with the theatre season schedule and campus arts programming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
Fanny
University of Washington Dramatic. Association
Russ Seek Aid From America
Petrograd reports persistent rumors that the Bolsheviki seek a U S accord to avert a Japanese invasion of Asiatic Russia. The Russian press discusses Wilson’s message to the pan soviet congress and French minister Pichon on allied needs to save Russia. Berlin and Moscow critics blame the Allies for misreading Russia and for aiding Bolshevik rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Shaplen
United Press
Petrograd
United States
Asiatic
Russia
Wilson
M. Pichon
Germany
Hanson Begins New Responsibilities As City Leader
Mayor Ole Hanson spends Tuesday meeting with Councilman Erickson and the board of public works to learn city operations. He plans a site visit to the Skagit power project next week and defers appointments, while pledging humane quarantine treatment for confined women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Hanson
Erickson
City Utilities Committee
Board of Public Works
Hanson
Skagit
Warren
McBride
Secretary Baker Visits French Staff College in War Effort
In France Secretary Baker with Gen. Pershing toured a warehouse near the fighting front then addressed student officers at the staff college. He said the visit lifts morale, comparing the army to a dissected watch and stressing America’s industrial and troop preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
France
Staff College
Gen. Pershing
America
Army Officer and Civilian Held on Fraud Charges
Battle Creek Mich March 19 Ralph Windhorst a Chicago civilian and Capt Ralph A Pillinger construction quartermaster at Camp Custer in charge of the half million dollar base hospital project were arrested on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States government Pillinger allegedly refused to approve camp supply orders unless funneled through Windhorst who allegedly earned four thousand dollars in five days from the scheme
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Ralph Windhorst
Chicago
Ralph A Pillinger
Camp Custer
United States
Pillinger
Windhorst
O. K
Storm Warning Issued For Northwest Coast Gale Tonight
Weather office orders display of southwest storm warnings at 8 a m. The storm lies over the North Pacific and moves southeastward. Expect fresh southerly gales along the Washington coast today and tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Friends to Fix Up Bail Late Today
Hulet M. Wells and co defendants received two year federal sentences for conspiracy to resist the draft. Bond set at 5000 dollars for Wells while Sadler and the Pass brothers face additional jail terms. Attorneys argued new trial issues as appeals were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulet M. Wells
U. S. Court of Appeals
Lt. S
Moore
Sidney Strong
Doyle
Central Labor Council
Wells
Mt. Vernem
Sam Sadler
Morris
Joe Pass
Sadler
Pass Brothers
King County
Bell
United States
Clarence l. Reames
Reames
Neterer
Indian man and American woman held in federal plot case
New York March 19. S Nath Ghose an Indian and Miss Agnes Smediey an American girl are taken into custody charged with attempting to stir hostile feeling between the United States and Japan and with seeking to ally the Russian Bolsheviks with the Hindus German plotters federal authorities hold them for further proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Japan
S. Nath Ghose
Agnes Smediey
Short Appointed to American Commission to England
William Short, president of the Washington State Federation of Labor, will leave Wednesday at 10 m for Washington D C as a member of the American Commission to England. Short was appointed by President Samuel Gompers of the AFL and will be among 30 men and women representing all classes of American society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Short
Washington
German Invite Neutral Reporters to Front Visit
Copenhagen dispatch says the German high command invites neutral newspaper correspondents to witness their West front offensive. A group of reporters will depart for the front on Wednesday as part of the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
West Front
Chicago alderman election vote on prohibition not on ballot
Chicago election officials ruled prohibition will not be an issue in the April 2 aldermanic election. The dry petition to allow a saloon vote failed by 7,515 signatures of the required 106,427.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Election Commission
Thrift Stamps Offer Quick Way to Grow Savings
A promotional note urges readers to invest in Thrift Stamps, highlighting a simple way to make money work for savers. The message emphasizes accessibility and steady growth through a government backed savings program popular with families and small investors.
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