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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
6
Paris May 9. Official dispatches report staggering losses as German assault waves fail to retake French positions on Chemin des Dames. The war office says Allied counterattacks secured a first line German trench northeast of Chevreux, spanning three quarters of a mile and yielding 160 prisoners.
President Wilson summoned Democratic and Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to urge immediate consideration of a billion-dollar ship construction appropriation.
Lt. A H Pannell of Chatham VA says the 38th Battalion with about 10 percent American volunteers breached Vimy Ridge. The unit advanced after a mine explosion at 5 30 am and pressed the second line amid shellfire while Germans surrendered in the trenches. Maj Harrison wounded. Abe Walters killed. H D Gossard wounded. Pannell later convalesced from shrapnel in his left arm.
Northwest lumbermen plan to idle no saws as they prepare to supply 740 million feet of timber to the federal government for shipbuilding and barracks. About 140 million feet of long clear lumber valued at 5.6 million dollars will go to ships, with 600 million feet more worth about 14 million dollars for other needs. Seventy ships could be built from the shipbuilding lumber. North West mills expect to meet government specifications but exact output depends on bid calls.
Wage increases for bakers workers range from one to three dollars weekly after union agreement. Contracts signed remove threat of bread shortage in Seattle amid potential strike.
The Star reports in New York on May 9 that ongoing food shortages threaten social stability during wartime. Brokers admit price manipulation by speculators and major traders while smaller retailers lag, as middle and lower classes face famine prices and rising costs. Traders blame market speculation and warn federal intervention may be necessary to curb profits and restore fairness.
Six Seattle men selected for reserve officers camp training at the Presidio have war prep in their blood. Coach Gilmour Doble at the University of Washington trained them on football fields. the group includes Wee William Coyle captain and drop kicker Fred Spargur Charlie Smith Elmer Noble Willis Bryant and Joel McFaea.
One thousand eight hundred German officers and men from ships interned in Boston Philadelphia and New Orleans will be kept on a 500 acre tract between Asheville and Henderson North Carolina. They will cultivate 200 acres and receive military pay.
Ohio plans to support Buckeye youth in pig raising. Hundreds of children will get help to raise pigs starting at 12 weeks old and care for them until they reach a manageable size.
A $1.95 millinery sale features 200 trimmed hats selected from regular stock. The assortment includes Sailors Mush rooms and Tupans in hemp and Isere materials, trimmed with seasonal adornments in Black Rose Blue Natural and Purple for street dress and outing wear.
Summer weight material favored for designing summer dresses separate skirts and palates. Displayed in a wide range of novelty patterns on colored grounds thirty inches wide a yard.
Washington reports the state department has recent evidence that Germany is continuing plots in Central America. The department would not specify which countries are affected or the scope of the intrigue.
The British motor steamer Sebastian, ablaze off Nantucket early today, is being towed by a Norwegian steamer toward Newport R I, with patrol boats in pursuit ready to rescue the crew if the fire worsens.
Washington May 9 Nearly half of the two billion dollar Liberty loan has been subscribed. Among the larger individual subscribers is a former United States senator who telegraphed a personal subscription for eight million dollars in bonds.
Rio de Janeiro May 9 reports that German immigrants to Brazil since 1828 total under 150,000, countering fears of a bayonet driven takeover by organized colonists in the three southern states.
The police record shows Raske arrested Tuesday after officers found a stash of copper wire and plumbing fixtures. He had been jailed two weeks earlier for carrying concealed weapons and paid a $25 fine.
The Seattle High School Men Teachers club met Tuesday at the Good Eats cafeteria. R. E. Chapman, city schools agricultural expert, and Edwin Selvin, editor of Business Chronicle, spoke on war finance alongside gardening topics.
The United States government calls for increased pig farming to raise meat output. Officials emphasize hog production as the fastest path to expanding the nation’s pork supply.
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