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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
14
In Kansas City on May 11 a welfare board loan clerk approved a loan on a diamond ring claimed by a woman who said it belonged to a friend. The friend could not come due to a robbery the previous night that left her clothes stolen, so the proxy obtained funds to buy replacements.
Mayor Gill doubts council can ban dance halls via ordinance. He says the chief can only close them for good cause, noting courts have held dance halls themselves are not disorderly. Council considers an ordinance prohibiting girls from soliciting dances.
In a public safety incident, Sergt. V. R. Putnam oversaw the spilling of 400 quarts of whisky and 60 cases of beer poured onto the pavement behind the Public Safety building. The liquor was gathered from prior seizures.
In Ross New York on May 11 Elmer French the church janitor found an east window broken and a game rooster facing its own reflection. The fowl charged the glass again and broke it, seeming to fight another rooster. The rooster was captured and housed in a pen.
In Pittsburg on May 11 a local hotel scene turned comic when Jasper Cook, a negro Walter, opened a sealed eel tin expecting eels from Southern mountains. Instead a prank delivered young black snakes. Jasper prepared a dishpan and hatchet as the slimy creatures emerged, prompting a waiter to cry snakes.
Mme Truyon recalls German forces entering her French city. Officers seized her child and imprisoned her for three months while insulted and abused her. Now in England, she is separated from her baby. Her husband was wounded on the Salonika front with the French army. The photograph shows Mme Truyon and her baby before the separation.
Hood River Oregon May 11 Jack Gordon killed two cougars recently under his back porch after the animals approached barking collie. from a window he mistook them for other dogs and, when a snarling cat appeared, barred the basement door and fired. Seattle Dramatic club to present its first play What Happened to Jones a three act comedy at the Press club theatre Sunday May 20.
The Star reports on a Canadian effort in British Columbia where 3,000 women are sought to perform ten harvest tasks. Officials note wartime needs and extended conflict prospects, with Vancouver cited as a key locale near the U.S. border. The piece promises further investigative installments on home front labor.
Vancouver notices in the last two weeks spark a drive to raise funds for war relief while warning of farm labor shortages. The British Columbia Consumers' League mobilizes to boost production as U S entry shifts trade dynamics. Rumors of importing Chinese and other workers raise public concern amid wartime pressures.
In Orofino Idaho on May 11 Harmony Smith boasted a gold rush after finding a pea sized nugget in a chicken’s claw. A pan of their interiors showed more nuggets but experts found no deposits. It emerged the nuggets came from ore shipments once sent from Elk City district, hidden by workers emptying ore.
The Consumers' League expresses strong confidence that she will win, projecting success in the upcoming endeavor and signaling broad support for her effort.
Three black women were arrested in Earle Arkansas on May 11 for assaulting an elderly black man with heavy sticks. They chased him into town and warned he must leave the community within five days or face further action.
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