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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1918
Page
2
Front line trenches near No Man's Land as Secretary Baker visits with officers and soldiers. A German shell explodes within 40 meters of his automobile, wounding none. He praises Captain Roosevelt and chats with troops amid fire, gas masks, and ruined villages, noting morale remains steadier than the ruined landscape.
March 20 report lists Lieut. A N Greene of Field Artillery and Sergeants William Norton and Pat Walsh as the first recipients of the new Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism. Greene was wounded by a grenade during a German raid on the Toul front, in a dugout, and refused to surrender. He wounded a pursuing soldier with a pistol shot and drove others off.
The California Military Bureau in Berkeley seeks 1000 skilled mechanics for the aviation section of the signal corps. Positions require engine and motor repair, wood and metal work, and top mechanical ability. Inquiries to room 114, California Hall, Berkeley.
The piece touts a store as a smartly plain outlet offering lower prices by cutting overhead and avoiding fancy fixtures. It notes expert buyers seek dependable merchandise offered at bargain levels and emphasizes the potential to save on purchases.
The advertisement showcases Silk and Serge dresses crafted from striped messaline crepe meteor chiffon taffeta crepe de chine and georgette combinations with French serge fabrics for stylish ensembles.
The sale offers wash dresses and aprons priced 79c to 89c and 1.15 per yard for fabrics. Items include neat house dresses and aprons in striped and figured gingham and chambray in all sizes.
Light weight women’s union suits offered in sizes 42 and 44 at 49 cents. Spring weight fine ribbed cotton with ribbon edging, sleeveless and knee length.
United Press reports Secretary Baker addresses the Rainbow division on the firing line in France. He promises to relay their message home and tells relatives that soldiers are well fed supplied and cared for. He commends their clean living and hard fighting aligned with national principles.
Hulet M. Welle and Joe Pass, each sentenced to two years for draft obstruction conspiracy by Federal Judge Neterer, posted $5,000 bonds Tuesday and were released pending appeal. Wells, once a city light department employee, was discharged by the civil service commission amid leave without pay and has 10 days to protest the board’s action.
Three armed robbers entered the Yokohama Specie Bank in a stolen car, held five men in the office, and locked them in the vault. They escaped with 10000 in currency 13027 in local bank checks 460 in silver and about 23000 total including cash and checks. Police seek the trio suspected of a prior Sansome street robbery.
A committee of city employees visited Mayor Hanson on Tuesday afternoon to thank him for backing higher pay in his first council message and to invite him to a Friday afternoon hearing on the issue.
The Commercial Club of Ashland Wisconsin promotes a program to allot land to returning soldiers without payment. Reimbursement would come from future land yields.
Chicago reports Jack Moore a real estate dealer was arrested Tuesday night on larceny as bailee charges involving forty five thousand dollars. Bailiff BH Flick, acting as Moore’s attorney, said Moore would not contest extradition.
Easter Post Cards and booklets offered at 10 to 27 cents, with a wide Easter selection of novelties. Upper Main Floor promotes Easter silks and dress goods at economical prices, urging quick shopping twelve days before Easter. 33 to 36 inch silks at $1.00 per yard, satins and crepes in diverse shades, 95 cents yard for Shirting Silks, 36 inch dress satins $1.65 yard, 54 inch worsted suitings $1.25, 40 inch all wool crepe 75 cents.
New oxford styles for spring feature Dark Brown Kid Seamless Oxfords with simulated wing tips and Louis heels priced 7.50. Black Glazed Kid and Patent Leather versions listed at 6.50 and 7.00 with slender lasts and turned soles.
Advertises walking Oxfords priced at eight dollars per pair in tan Russia calf. Describes light weight welted soles and leather heels about one and a quarter inches high with perforated wing tips.
On Thursday Apron Day Columbia brand new aprons clever in design shown in marine blue pink and lavender gingham. Spacious pockets and wide belt noted. Emeline and other common sense aprons offer plain or figured percale with square necks and side fastenings at 85c.
The Bon Marche advertises silk crepe de chine habutai and Japanese silk waists at 2.50 each. Fashioned for the business woman and shoppers with easy laundering, varied trims, stripes and plain spring shades. Second floor displays.
Perfection Blend Coffee AOc Ib 2 Ibs 75c. This coffee is a blend of the finest Mocha and Java with other coffees. Roasted fresh daily. Fourth floor The Bon Marche.
Advertises 32 inch ginghams in 200 and 1000 yard rolls with 82 inch width and lengths up to 20 yards. Features stripes and checks as well as some plain styles offered by the Bon Marche on lower main floor.
John Crowley a longtime Bremerton resident died aboard the U S Philadelphia when a revolver slipped from his grasp and exploded on the deck He was going on guard a companion handed him the weapon and he failed to take hold of it The bullet struck his head
Camp Lewis officials removed a man from the base for preying on soldiers. He charged a soldier's wife $20 monthly for a shack on government property, $5 for electricity, and 60 cents a barrel for water after she bought the fixtures.
The 1917 American cotton crop, as determined by ginned cotton in U S mills, totaled 11,231,263 bales excluding linters, vs 11,363,915 bales in 1916. Remaining ginners estimates to be ginned added 158,493 bales to the 1917 figure, per census bureau.
William Short, president of the State Federation of Labor, paid a friendly call on Mayor Hanson Tuesday afternoon. Short planned to depart Wednesday for England as part of the American commission to England and France.
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