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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
8
The Northwestern division Red Cross institute met at the University of Washington on Monday to discuss making sphagnum moss ear dressing pads as its chief topic.
After an executive session the board of public works and city leaders indicate majority favor the Skagit river site for a major power project. Officials say other sites are largely eliminated and bids for construction may be sought, with a May 15 deadline looming for priority rights.
Free lectures on cooking fish will be given under the Seattle Chamber of Commerce with the US Bureau of Fisheries. In the Masonic club rooms on Mondays Thursdays and Saturdays at 2:20 p.m. All housewives invited. A music and dance soiree at the Cornish School of Music will occur Monday Tuesday and Wednesday evenings with one third of proceeds to the Fine Arts society.
United Press dispatch from May 7 reports German troops blocked at Manders for six days and held at Amiens for 35 days. Prisoners show apathy while letters home reveal confusion and delayed peace. Allied troops, including Americans, prepare for further heavy fighting with cautious optimism.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will send a silver thimble by the first aerial mail from Washington to New York to the National Special Aid society. The move accompanies other war effort notices as defense and relief groups mobilize nationwide.
World famous Russian pianist Tina Lerner performs at the Moore Theatre this week with a May fever of audience anticipation. She opens with Tachalkowaky’s Valse de Concert and Liszt Campanella, delivering encores to delighted Seattle listeners.
A hearing is set for Wednesday before Judge T J Ronald on the writ of habeas corpus filed by 211 International Workers of the World members jailed after a police raid on the IWW headquarters. Chief Warren must show why the writ should not be issued. Federal draft evasion charges are filed against 18 of the group, who are to be sent to Fort Lawton.
Metropolitan opera singer Alice Gentle arrived in Seattle for a Metropolitan engagement on Wednesday night. She formerly lived in Seattle and will spend the days before the concert renewing acquaintances and visiting her old home city before returning to New York.
Harold H. Booth of Springfield Ohio will be guest of honor at a Y M C A luncheon Tuesday at 1215 p m He has just returned from six months in the Y M C A war service in France and will describe the service requirements and how war needs are met.
Portland May 7 Yellow dogs disloyalista will be hunted down here by the Anti Yellow Dog club newly organized Seventy charter members have concluded preliminary organization and will form a permanent body this week electing officers whose sons are in the trenches
Funeral services for Owen Roberts chief guard of the city stockade on Beacon Hill will be held Tuesday at 1 pm at the Bonney Watson chapel. Roberts died Sunday morning from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on April 28. He served with the Seattle police department for 18 years.
The catalog lists grass rugs in American and Japanese weaves from 1.50 for the 27 by 54 inch size to 16.00 for a 9 by 12 foot de luxe piece, with many sizes and prices in between. Rag rugs are described as tasteful colorings key to summer plans, offering plain blue gray pink options and cretonne effects.
Veritable inspiration for the home furnisher features Cretonnes for hangings upholstery pillows and slip coverings with sun room and bedroom patterns. Prices range from 45 cents to 1.25 a yard. Vador Shades offer an airy porch room with ventilation and light priced at 3.00 5.00 and 6.00.
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