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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1917
Page
1
Washington May 8 The administration plans a billion dollar appropriation to finance steel and wooden merchant ships. The full power of the government and national resources will be mobilized in a vast shipbuilding program to counter the Kaiser’s U boats. A fast approval is hoped within a week.
The Western department of the army lists Seattle men selected for enrollment in the officers reserve training camp at the Presidio starting May 15. Names include Donald Abel Clemant Akerman U S Attorney Clay Allen Frank E. Allen and others. The article notes mobilization of steel coal and iron industry for government ship building and broader war effort with private contracts halted.
Early morning strike by Milk Drivers union leads to halted deliveries. Secretary C B Ruffcorn confronts the Milk Dealers association led by W V Robb to push for higher pay. Infant son of Mr and Mrs W Merrill Smith listed as a member of the Royal Society for the Consumption of Lacteal Beverages represents the group’s stance against delay.
About 60,000 Seattle homes faced milk shortages as 200 milk wagon drivers and dairy workers walked out Tuesday. The Milk Drivers union demanded higher wages while dairy dealers pressed for a wage scale compromise. Some dairies continued operations with increased prices, and plans for strike action by others were discussed at a noon meeting.
Restaurant owners ration ketchup chili sauce and potatoes while prices and shortages ripple through the front lines. Butchers trim weights as wartime aims drive thrift and criticism of the Kaiser's victory plans surface in daily life.
The Consumers League of Washington will open the community festival at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening at the Fred Marino building located at 5511 Duwamish Ave.
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City council members rejected daylight saving plans with a 7 to 2 vote. Council postponed further action on Councilman Hanna's ordinance, a move supported only by Hanna and Fitzgerald. Public interest grew as opponents warned that advancing Seattle time could cause confusion.
The Tacoma Times reports a scheme to hire Will E. Humphrey former congressman as a lobbyist for the American lake army post at $500 a month from public funds. Additional graft charges surface involving Clinton W. Howard federal judge nominee amnesty and payments of $15,000 to Seattle attorney FR C McCord and Tacoma politician P Sullivan for legal services. A planned outright purchase of land rather than condemnation would cost Pierce County thousands more, during a section noting a $2,000,000 county project vote.
The Star urges an immediate settlement between milk dealers and wagon drivers to prevent disruption of milk supply to Seattle babies. The public cares little about sides but demands quick concessions to ensure fresh milk reaches households, urging housewives to use corner groceries if deliveries fail.
A private cable to the Japanese American News of San Francisco reports about 90 killed in a powder explosion at Osaka Japan on Sunday. Four thousand residences were destroyed and over 30 factories warehouses and public buildings demolished. Many injured and widespread damage followed the blast.
W. L. Collier former president of the defunct Northern Bank and Trust Co confessed embezzling 32000 of the banks funds and stood to plead to a total of 63070 in thefts. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny and Judge Everett Smith sentenced him to one to ten years in the state penitentiary.
Thieves stripped two rental houses at 4117 and 4125 East 41st Street of a tub faucet bath tub wash basin sink lead pipe chandeliers and incandescent globes. Police were alerted Tuesday and investigating.
New York May 8 The steamship Parthenon and its cargo valued at about 4 million dollars were reported to have been sunk by a submarine. The message, received today by her owners, confirms the loss of the vessel and its cargo.
Hundreds of public school children nearly lacked milk with the dairy strike largely a one man action. Arthur Stewart, a struck driver, attempted to deliver but found no loaders. about 40 drivers advised him not to. Stewart claimed authorities pulled officers from the dairy workers, then drove off with his truck.
A. H. O'Connor a Brooklyn native and veteran of the First Life Guards recounts German atrocities in Belgium and France. He describes witnessing naked and mutilated women in Belgian villages and the sobering screams from Hohenzollern redoubt during the Somme. He credits a long hospital recovery and lasting nerve damage to his war injuries.
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