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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
2
Joe Smith, a longtime advocate of public ownership, urges the city to purchase the traction line. The journalist-publisher notes his 1911 council race platform against Seattle Electric Co and says his effort reduced traction company influence in city affairs.
A Seattle writer argues the wartime scope of votes is limited but calls for municipal ownership of streetcar lines to boost industrial efficiency and protect living standards. He denounces private profit and urges a public utility model to drive postwar reconstruction and shipbuilding.
Paris dispatch details German propaganda aimed at American troops via the Ardennes Herald. The paper, printed in English behind lines, shipped by balloons and balloons carried lists of prisoners and burials, portraying Americans as the British goats while maintaining a calm editorial tone.
A federal suit seeks 700000 from Osaka Shosen Kaisha, owners of the steamer Mexico Maru, after it rammed the Northwestern Fisheries sailing vessel A. J. Fuller in Elliott Bay, sending the Fuller to the bottom in ten minutes. The Fuller is valued at 250000 with cargo at 450000.
The 9,400 ton steel freighter Yaklok was launched by Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Co on Thursday with no ceremonies due to influenza regulations. The Yaklok is the second product of Seattle's infant yard and reflects local shipbuilding capacity.
The Industrial Association of the South End urges Seattle voters to approve city purchase of the street car system to extend lines and raise service for war plants along the East West and Duwamish waterways. PF Goodwin and others stress transportation as vital to shipyard labor, health, and industry, arguing government contracts depend on reliable urban transit.
Seattle draft boards will supply 840 men for Camp Lew in two November calls. City first entrains 110 men between Nov 19 and 24. second call for 730 men leaves Nov 20 to 24. State total is 4,026 men. local Board No 10 lists 50 men for medical examination Monday including Andreson, Newman, De Vasconcellos, Parezanin, Konen, Brunner and others.
Special to The Star from Stockholm reports the Russian Reds advocate ruthless bloodshed in the style of the French Revolution. An article titled Blood for Blood declares hearts tempered by suffering will shed enemy blood without mercy and aim to kill hundreds.
Emil Hansen and a long roster including Dan Adams Ben Sledge Thomas Joseph Gallagher C 8 Lovejoy Alfred Haber land Alvin John Spohn Walter Nelson Richard Frank Tobin James Wesley Baughman Jack Joseph Middleton Edward Stevens John James Wilson Charles Ludwick Solminen George Rogers Ira O Anderson and Philip Thomas appear in a memorial or notice in Bremerton.
North Pacific Coast artillery district commander EK Allen reports six Puget Sound district artillery registrants are proving their marksmanship on retreating Germans in France and Flanders.
American potash output for January through June 1918 reached 25 000 tons as producers ramped up supplies during the war year. The figure reflects activity across major mining regions and supports wartime fertilizer needs.
Von Falkenhausen, governor of Belgium, receives each morning a clandestine paper called L Ame Helge or the Belgian Soul. The mysterious publication spoils his breakfast, taunts Kaiser's detectives, and asserts editors will remain uncaptured.
In a Paris infantry regiment two men, lifelong comrades since the war’s start, stand out. A young lieutenant, decorated with the Legion of Honor and cited for bravery, leads an old pollu who volunteered in 1914 and earned the Medal Militaire. The veteran sergeant always serves in the same company and faithfully follows his son’s commands.
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