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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1919
Page
3
The Aero Club of the Northwest led by W. E. Boeing seeks Seattle as the main station for the coast and Alaskan aero mail service. Plans cover water and land landing sites and have been shown to civic groups. Judge George Den praised the club’s future role and its expected growth comparable to the auto club.
Grieve serves as navigator for Capt. Harry Hawker awaiting a favorable moment to take off in a Sopwith plane from Newfoundland on a transatlantic flight.
The Seattle building trades strike ends as the Master Builders' association agrees to a truce. Workers return to jobs under a new wage scale with carpenters earning 7.50 dollars and bricklayers 9 dollars daily, and a five day week recognized pending further conciliation talks.
F Treiehel of 1015 Mastlake says he can identify four youths who attempted to force him off Hothel road early Sunday. He phoned police Monday night after an auto bearing four youths was seen near Bothell just before 11. The stolen car, taken from Catherine Hoyd, 2727 34d ave, was found on Heacon bivd near Hamler and Henderson. It had run about 400 miles.
The opening of Carleton park on Magnolia Heights above Puget Sound drew many visitors Sunday and Monday. The park will be open all week before sales begin next Sunday. Arthur A. Phinney of Jones and Phinney praised the project as a superior Seattle park with a salt-water panorama akin to Mount Baker park.
Ruth St Denis stars at the Pantages offering a terpalichorean dance act praised for its oriental and nymph-like style. She is backed by four graceful girls with lavish staging and costumes while the rest of the bill features Alice Teddy the bear on rollers, Joe Reed on music, Caltex Brothers and Beat rice, and a London Bridge comedy sketch by Billy Abrams and Agnes Johns.
W. D. Lane acting mayor of Seattle told the Womens Christian Temperance Union banquet that world prohibition is essential if national prohibition takes effect. He urged that a dry county cannot have a neighbor wet and nations cannot trade with wet ones. The event kicked off a drive to raise 35,000 for King County’s share of a national 1,000,000 fund.
The Martha Washington club a group of women bonded to rent a house on a cooperative plan has been formed as the first of several similar clubs for local business women. Miss Cilo Hulbert announced the venture and invites interested women to call on Miss Hulbert at room two Central Building between 12 and 1 30 and 5 and 8 30 for explanation of the plan.
North Lake residents vote June 1 on bonds totaling 40000 to improve water service and elect a water commissioner. The district now uses a four inch pipe linked to the city main at 85th et Greenwood are but growth outpaces capacity. Seattle considers a 16 inch main for North Park and Firlands with half the cost borne by the city and half by North Lake.
State and city authorities seek the shooters who downed a race balloon carrying Lieut Howarth and Ensign Wm White near Baden Pennsylvania. A volley from high powered rifles punctured the bag as the balloon descended safely after the cap was knocked off Ensign White.
The city council on Monday appropriated 245000 from bridge bond proceeds to complete the 10th Ave NE bridge project.
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