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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1917
Page
3
Seattle dealers announce cane sugar to the state will amount to about half of prior years while beet sugar will flood the market. A North Yakima refinery claims it can meet demand and curb hoarding with ample supply.
The Huntieh recruiting station at the Beattie hotel windows exhibits a large collection of World War I trophies and relics. Gas masks tear shells star shells and various helmets are shown alongside British French and German ordnance and rifles. A German rifle grenade and an aeroplane bomb are noted with plans for a dugout feature at the Red Cross bazaar December 17 to 22.
A new Red Cross membership campaign headquarters opened at 1444 Third Ave with Hazen J. Titus as Northwest division manager Bert Swezen city manager Ralph Horr state chairman and Roy C. Lyle assisting. The drive seeks ten million members urging everyone to join with rates of 1 for straight membership 2 for annual magazine subscription or 26 for life membership. headquarters open daily until November 26 from 4 am to 10 pm.
The city court scene grew tense as City Attorney Tom Kennedy threatened to throw Attorney Walter Metzenbaum through a window after Metzenbaum challenged a $500 bond forfeiture related to a bootlegging charge. Metzenbaum refused to back down, and the dispute escalated with sharper words.
A roll of honor listing 132 Franklin High School students who joined the colors was unveiled at the school on Tuesday. Capt. Ronald Hillen, chaplain in the Canadian expeditionary forces, spoke after returning from the front.
Three day engagement begins Thursday night at the Metropolitan theatre. Max Figman stars in the lead with Lolita Robertson as chief support in a farce about a young man who speaks only the truth for 24 hours. The twist shows how his honesty works out.
A U S Army colonel described a German shelling at a chateau near the trenches as it struck the roof and sent plaster raining over his bed. Windows shattered and hot shell fragments fell as officers continued work on the second floor. An American general had just left an auto nearby when a shell hit near the vehicle.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha plans to re route 19 ships totaling 121,400 tons to ply Yokohama London via Panama touching New York and Vladivostok to aid the Allies. The move aims to satisfy U S requests for about 150,000 tons of shipping and may include rerouting passenger liners between Yokohama and Seattle to Vladivostok on return trips.
A U S army inquiry cites an Ohio man proposing dropping potato bugs over the Rhine to cripple Germany’s economy and end the war. Marine officials consider the idea, though it remains uncertain and portrayed as a humorous suggestion from wartime chatter.
In Buffalo New York on November 21 the American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution calling for deportation of allied aliens in the United States who refuse to enlist or align with their own flags. Delegate Black of Toronto denounced the U S constitution law as a dastardly act, drawing a sharp response from President Gompers during a two hour debate.
A short pamphlet touts Stearns Paste as an inexpensive, effective method to exterminate rats mice roaches and water bugs. It claims yearly food waste losses exceed 200 million dollars and that the product has been used successfully by the US government in campaigns.
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