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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
4
New York artists dub Mies North the modern Venus an English beauty who came to the United States and sang in church choirs and at benefit concerts before being discovered by painters and now posing for them.
May 11 report states Goody Clark, a negro barber, shot his white wife and then fired a bullet at his own head. The bullet exploded on impact, leaving only a small bump on Clark's skull as he collapsed.
Seattle buyers flocked to a new whale meat product sold at ten cents per pound with no bones or gristle. The American Pacific Whaling Co., importers, arranged to keep Seattle markets supplied through the summer after a ton sold on Thursday and strong demand continued.
The South End Community festival at Fred Marino hall in Georgetown will end Friday night. President Rhodes and Secretary Corbaley of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club will speak.
Labor representatives from Great Britain Canada France and Cuba will join American delegates in Washington on May 15 to discuss wartime labor problems. The gathering is called by Samuel Gompers as chairman of the national defense council's labor committee.
Basil M. Manly reports from Philadelphia that food and farm experts urge immediate mobilization of farm labor in the United States. Labor shortages threaten large crops as wages rise and city work drains rural fields, with officials insisting action within days to prevent reduced yields.
The coroner's jury investigated the death of Frank Camard as Kent Sancher was killed by a gunshot Saturday. Tomas refused to testify citing language barriers and distrust of an interpreter. John Rivera testified Tomas wore boots while slaughtering pigs. blood on his shoes was undetermined.
Mrs. Edith Townsend, assistant to R. B. Chapman, head of the school board garden movement, says people complain about trampling war gardens and shortcuts across vacant lots.
Pendleton Ore May 11 Lou Bulin of Bingham Springs slipped while crossing a stream and broke both bones in the upper part of one leg. With five feet of snow and two miles to camp, he broke up his fishing pole and fashioned splints to reach home.
Grace Ford of the MacDougall Southwick Co. raises 50 new Red Cross members in a single effort the largest by an individual to date. She credits calling friends and meeting shoppers in stores for the success.
Louis Lokhammi in Leith North Dakota May 11 escaped a bull attack by forcing his fingers into the animal's eyes pinning it to a barnyard fence. The blinded bull allowed Lokhammi to flee as onlookers watched in shock.
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