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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1917

Page

7

84- Female Help Wanted

Classified ads offer women for canning and war vacancies with pay and training. Listings include government jobs, sales agents, home stamping, and room and board offers. Multiple firms and locations such as Franklin Institute and The World’s Mirror advertise opportunities.

National Canning Co W. Bockaneave Alki Pauntleroy Gatewood Youngstown Niverside Station Franklin Institute Pept Kneechester Ant Pitth Oswald Bittott Warri Fraser Paterson Tea Room

Diamond Watch and Jewelry Advertisements and Notices

A collage of mixed notices includes jewelry ads, old gold and diamond buyouts, piano lessons, and public notices for a Port of Seattle election. It lists vendors and services with names like SMITH JEWELRY and 1204 Second Ave, plus a Port of Seattle election detail by President Robert Tridges.

Carret Peter Michar Hippodrome Levice Dalton Wits Deldits Willatkorn Kodarure IW Jacobs Pitt Bemi Kingaton Nate

Conscription Of Skilled Labor For War Near Washington

Conscription of skilled labor for war work may become a fact under the new draft regulation issued today. The national interest may require inducting such men into military service rather than leaving them in industry or agriculture, and deferred classification or order numbers cannot delay the call.

Washington

Bandit's Victim Dies After Seattle Robbery

Charles Martin age 28 died at city hospital early Saturday from a bullet wound after an assault by highwaymen on Eighth Ave between Union and University Sts. Detectives arrested Nick Labusta, 27, an Austrian laborer, found with a loaded nickel plated .44 gun while leaving 624 Weller St. He is held on an open charge and suspected of the robbery attempt.

Seattle Charlies Martin City Hospital Martin Union University Ste J. M. Blaine R. EF. Benjamin Nick Labusta Wellerst Labusta Ia Charles Martin

Public Markets List Items and Prices at South End Stall

A brief market list from South End stalls notes items such as pot roast lamb chops and mince meat, with prices around $1.75. Other goods include gelatine, tea, prunes, white figs, sardines, butter, cheese, cookies and bread, with multiple stalls and quantities listed in dollars and pounds.

South Fend Anderson

Phone Strike Delays Seattle Delegates in Mediation

United Press dispatch from San Francisco reports Northwest telephone workers delaying negotiations by withholding delegates to the federal mediation commission. Delegates were expected Sunday as the strike’s status dispute with the operators union was clarified by receipt of the tentative settlement.

Northwest San Francisco Federal Mediation Commission Northwrat Operstor

City Moves Fast On New Health Laws For Vice Crackdown

City council aims to rush amendments to health ordinances to authorize isolation and quarantine of those labeled with contagious diseases. Proposal, urged by Corporation Counsel Caldwell, would empower the health commissioner to detain immoral women and others as part of wartime vice control. Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Society backs the plan and endorses a broader internment scheme in reclamation camps during the war.

Caldwell Ecounctl Public Safety Committee

Army seeks men for industrial positions

Army industrial organizations need men both trained and untrained. Maj. F. A. Boutelle, Northwestern recruiting officer, says applications should be made at the recruiting office located in the Pioneer building.

Army F. A. Boutelle Northwestern Pioneer Building

Man fined $25 for clubbing a horse

Ralph Walker of Osceola Shingle Mille Maumelaw Washington was arrested and brought to Seattle. He pleaded guilty to selling a horse with a club and was fined $25 by Judge Brinkertoday morning following an investigation by the King County Humane Society.

Ralph Walker Osceola Shingle Mille Maumelaw Wash Seattle Brinker King County Humane Society

B C Premier Visits Seattle Shipyards

The premier of British Columbia Captain G W Brewster arrived from the Dominion last night to inspect Seattle shipyards. He plans to gather ideas for enlarging Canada's shipbuilding plants during his daylong visit.

British Columbia G. W. Brewster Dominion Canada

Phone Strikers Send Delegate to See Wilson

A Beattie strike committee reporter Frank Tuetin and Northwest delegates depart at 9 00 am to San Francisco mediation. W Hurd of Spokane accompanies Tustin. Portland's W G Junkin joins. Tacoma withholds a delegate, seeking plebiscite outcomes. The group aims for a hearing style meeting to present sides before a referendum in Beattie.

Frank Tuetin Beattle Northwest San Franciero Mediation Comrmuncion Bright Co W. Hurd Spokane Tustin Tacoma Junkin Hurd Portland Secretary of Labor Wileen Beattie South Federal Commission San Francisco H. le Hughes Olympia State Industrial Insurance Commission Mrnday Hughes Lister Mediation Commission

State urges daily two meatless one wheatless meals

Beginning next Wednesday State Food Administrator Charles Hebberd aims to require every person in the state to observe two meatless and one wheatless meals daily. Harold Preston, chair of the King county council, received a telegram urging action. Hebberd favors corn products and plans grocer ads and loyal price promotions on Mondays and Tuesdays. A corn meal sale license possibility is mentioned with consumers bearing extra cost until after the fall harvest.

Charles Hebberd Harold Preston King County Council Webberd Hebberd Kebberd

Russian party to speak here in Seattle Monday

A commission headed by Major Stanley Washburn will visit Seattle to discuss the new order in Russia. They arrive Sunday from Spokane, with a reception at the Press club, a Monday luncheon at the Butler, and a big public meeting at 8 p m at First Presbyterian church.

Seattle Stanley Washburn U. A Russia Spokane Press Club Butler Chamber of Commerce First Presbyterian Church

Portland to Dine 900 Soldiers on Thanksgiving Day

Portland families accepted the task of feeding 900 soldiers from the Vancouver barracks for Thanksgiving. By early today they had sent 1,000 invitations and committees were seeking additional soldiers to include.

Portland Hy United Press Vancouver Barracks

Three Candidates Vie For Port Commissioner Seat

Thomas Lippy FE M Farmer and Frank W Cotterill will run for the port commission seat to succeed Carl A Ewald. Captain Omar J Humphrey failed to gather 100 signatures with 82 disqualified for district residence or voting last March as the December 1 election approaches.

Thomas 8. Lippy FE. M. Farmer Frank W. Cotterill Port Commissioners Office Omar J. Humphrey Carl A. Ewald

Biter and punished soldier tale from Tacoma

In Tacoma a lieutenant attempts to force a private to salute him sixty times and is halted by a major who cites War Department rules. The officer must return the salute of an enlisted man, and the punishment ends up being cut short.

Canny Lewis Tacoma Leutenant War Department

Manhattan wreck survivors accused of looting ship

In Juneau on November 11 28 survivors of the fishing steamer Manhattan were brought aboard the Mariposa after a reef strike near Kakataga harbor. They were arrested on federal warrants for looting the wrecked steamer Albi at Point Augusta and rifling mail sacks. Six crewmen are missing though Captain J Kobeeth is among the survivors. The ship foundered in a nighttime storm while the crew escaped in improvised boats.

Juneau Hiddeas Manhattan Mariposa Albi Point Augusta J. Kobeeth Kakataga Harbor

Beating in City Jail Injures Inmate

Two men, reported as W. W. members, allegedly beat fellow detainee James Collins in the city jail receiving cell after he refused to join their group. Collins required hospital treatment for his injuries.

W.W James ¥. Coline Collins

Admiral Fivans Returns to Seattle After Rescue Mission

The Pacific Steamship Co. liner Admiral Fivans arrived in Seattle Saturday morning from the North. Capt. F. Bistrom and six crew members from the wrecked barge Lt. David accompanied the ship. The Admiral Evans rescued the crew at Juneau on the way to Seattle.

Pacific Steamship Co Admiral Fivans Seattle F. Bistrom David Admiral Evans Juneau Sealtie

Ford Could Mass-Produce 3000 Trucks a Day for War

Ford Motor Company could produce 60,000 military trucks in three months if the government orders exclusive truck manufacture. Vice President Fr L Klingensmith told United Press the plant could shift to 2000 trucks daily in addition to current 300 daily, suspending most car output to mobilize for war.

Ford Motor To Fr. L. Klingensmith United Press Klingensmith

Janitor Dies En Route Home at West Seattle Ferry Landing

Sanders S. Scott aged 60 was found dead on a bench at the West Seattle ferry landing Saturday at 10 am by bus driver F. K. Waird. Believed to have died of heart failure he worked as a janitor for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co at the West Seattle branch and was on his way home. Body taken to the public morgue.

Sanders S. Scott California Ave West Seattle F. K Waird Scott Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co

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