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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
15
Special to The Star by N. Bad Berlin reports German business interests claim German forces saved industrial stock from occupied France and Belgium. They allege British destruction was systemic and say Germany can supply former customers with vast quantities after peace.
An advertisement promotes Freesone as a cure for corns and calluses on feet. It promises painless relief with a few drops, leaving underlying skin pink, healthy, and non irritated after removal.
Residents of Magnolia Muff offered the city two automobiles to run with an extended carline to that area. The utilities committee postponed action on this and five other line-extension petitions after reviewing Morphine's list of proposed constructions. Morphine opposes further extensions except where feeder lines are used, for Magnolia Muff and other districts. A $520000 bond issue funds the planned improvements, and council considers legal options to operate buses within city limits along with municipal railways.
Announcement of Crane's appointment as first U S minister to Czecho Slovakia is expected from Partagoon. Crane is private secretary to Secretary Lansing and has spent four years in the state department. He is 33 and the son of Charles R. Crane of Chicago.
Queens Anne hill residents press to restart the Ray Street stub line for the street railway. Street Superintendent Murphine notes previous 1919 discontinuation due to daily loss of 7.59 in loaned funds and only 31 riders per day at 1.59 dollars in receipts, with most riders walking blocks to reach the business district. The utilities committee will inspect the ground before deciding.
An American financier advising the peace mission says France requires a strong finance minister to impose a harsh direct tax on the rich. He warns that without bold tax reform, Bolshevism would gain, and six difficult months lie ahead before France recovers.
Tokyo cabled that President Wilson and Japanese delegates in Paris are fully satisfied with the agreement on the China Japan territorial dispute. The big three agreed to insert all of Japan's claims on Kiaochow into the peace treaty, and restoration details were entrusted to Japan after clarifying questions with Chinese authorities.
Ballard Beach line renewal plan faces objection from district residents who allege property values rely on streetcar service. They note the Tregoning Boat Building Plant sits about 600 feet west of the line end and urge preservation of transit along 32nd Ave Northwest.
City residents quizzed railway officials after the 23rd avenue car line delay. Superintendent Morphine explained the May 1 routing plan was a misunderstanding and service will begin Monday May 5 turning down Union at 23rd and looping back along Third Avenue past the post office.
John F. Malone of Ironton Ohio, 65, told Wheeling police May 1 that his 28 year old wife vanished a year earlier and he will pay $50 to anyone who can locate and send her back. He described her as his wife and asked authorities to help.
Seattle tenor Theo Karle will solo with the Seattle Symphony at the Masonic temple third auditorium. The program features Mozart Symphony in G minor, The Marriage of Figaro overture, Boekman Variations, Caprice Expagnes, Rimsky Korsakov, and Chadwick Tam o Shanter arranged as an orchestral novelty by Conductor John Spargur. Tickets available at Sherman Clay's on Third Ave and Pine.
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