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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
2
Washington March 23 Every soldier now has a number and name recorded in an expanding system. The Red Cross aids in processing numbers for Pershing's army with tags, aluminum disks, and fingerprint files to prevent misidentification. Matching prints with records remains time consuming and incomplete.
A trunk of liquor was ordered destroyed in Judge Gordon's court after it was found to contain an unlawful amount. A police officer argued the liquor alone should be accounted for, and after controversy the trunk was spared from destruction.
Hoquiam reports missionary Dr. E. Carstien was arrested March 23 by the chief of police and a special officer for allegedly violating the espionage law during meetings held in the city.
A. B. Swank pleaded guilty Friday in Superior Court to participating in the December 9 pharmacy robbery. He faces sentencing Tuesday as the judge sets the next steps in the case.
Over 40 new men join the naval reserve this week ranging from buttermakers to Pullman conductors. Recruits span many professions including bank clerks, shipyard workers, a draftsman, teachers, printers and more as a statewide drive expands. Fourteen recruits from small towns accepted since Monday. Ten examined recruits found physically deficient but remediable, with surgery suggested to qualify.
The 29 Russians aboard the steamship Toula were examined Friday under U S Immigration Commissioner Henry M White to determine if they should be deported as undesirable aliens after the ship’s seizure by the customs department last week.
The Women's Civic Club filed a petition with the city council urging the city to operate street car lines for public benefit rather than private profit and opposing a traction company franchise on Avalon Way.
A federal grand jury returned five indictments after a recess. Defendants Carl Sachs John Makinia Leonard MacLaurahan Oliver McCambridge and Peter Bartell are charged with bootlegging and related offenses.
Seattle Red Cross volunteers operate a salvage truck funded by H C Henry to gather tinfoil paper tin cans clean bottles and other salvage. Mrs Wilbur Cummings and Mrs Water French drive the truck collecting lead tin foil metals rubber rags sacks and newspapers to raise funds for wartime relief.
Three forged checks passed in Seattle on a Friday, two by a woman identified as Mrs. Henrietta Payton of 1137 35th Ave North and one by a man. Payton bought a pat and received change, Dunn Trunk Co. note shows an $8 short on a $79 altered check, and Bee Hive Cash Store cashed a $42 check for E. W. Barker of Tacoma and seeks Barker’s contact.
Washington March 23 The fight over the new draft bill narrows as opponents focus on class 2 registrants and past volunteers while a compromise with President Wilson reduces major objections. House consideration looms next week with little likelihood of strong opposition beyond two points.
International Bible Students association members arrested with copies of The Finished Mystery may face federal grand jury review. Special Assistant Attorney General Reames said cases will be considered individually, with prosecutions only if books were for sale or distribution after a DOJ warning. He noted distribution largely occurred via misled women across the state.
Failure to appear for a physical examination under the select service act led to the arrest of Joan Henry Cox, 14. At the father’s request, Cox was taken to the board after his questionnaire was not returned promptly and he subsequently failed to report for examination.
One hundred and one sick and wounded soldiers arrived at a base hospital in an Atlantic port. Sixty five were just from France and many served under German fire. They suffer from diseases contracted in France or at national army cantonments.
Mrs. Rachael Rasmussen received custody of her 2 year old in a county courthouse ruling by Superior Judge Smith. The judge ordered support from Harry Kingshott and noted the mother’s custody after their divorce amid financial difficulties.
Philadelphia March 23. DOJ agents arrest two enemy aliens and one naturalized citizen for alleged conspiracy to tap submarine gauges with secret taps and pumps to sabotage government tests. A fourth member remains at large.
Thieves entered FE L Grondahl president of the State Bank of Seattle residence by breaking a side window Thursday night. Jewelry valued at two thousand dollars was stolen. Police have no clues or suspects yet.
Six Middle Western mills will ship one car of corn meal weekly to Washington for a month and two more firms will deliver eight cars weekly. The arrangement aims to ease the corn meal shortage in the state as stated by the price publishing commission.
A violin valued at 160 dollars was stolen from the home of J A Cassel at 6727 Alonzo Avenue on Friday.
Frank Crane, 45, a longshoreman, became dizzy while seated on a railing at the foot of the Pike Street market and toppled backward onto the concrete. He was rushed to the city hospital for treatment.
The Girls National Honor Guard appeals to Beatle girls to join a patriotic effort aiding the war. Any girl able to donate an hour or more daily may enroll and recruit others, with next week a member drive starting. Miss Lucile Danforth will speak on practical guard work at headquarters 1206 Fourth Ave.
Samuel Mi, returning from a Washington conference as a director of the United States Chamber of Commerce, addressed Beattie Chamber of Commerce members at the Friday luncheon urging immediate food shipments to Russia via Beattie port in cooperation with Japan and China. He called the Beattie route the most direct path to the starving country.
Hungary reports 1,172,866 babies lost to infant mortality over seven years and a 50 percent rate, with deputy Ludovic Hollo claiming wartime policies caused steep child deaths. He cites 765,000 births annually before the war and large declines in 1914 through 1917 to justify continuing the war.
Reports include the death of Harry F. Gunnison a Seattle seaman at Ellis Island. Obits note George Miller and William Bloch life events. Alsace hair stock sale 20 marks kilo. Mrs Edna Wicker injures. baby safe. Austrian preacher Antone Pichauch arrested. Col John W Barker awarded French war cross. Northwest Cooperation Campers plan a March 23 hike from Capitol Hill car line to East Madison Street.
Author Miss Gibson recalls Red Cross canteen at a camp of ten thousand troops. She praises Miss Givenwilson and the corps of young women for enduring hunger cold and long hours to serve sandwiches coffee and chocolate. She notes the American spirit and pride in the workers and soldiers.
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