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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1917
Page
8
Striking Seattle telephone operators and electricians will vote Sunday on a mediation board proposal. Balloting begins after a 10 am mass meeting, with results expected by Sunday or early next week. Ernest P. Marsh of the Washington State Federation of Labor attended the executive council meeting.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a universal remedy for fatigue, weak health, and various ailments. It claims three capsules daily restore strength, improve sleep, and aid uric acid, kidney, bladder, stomach, or other issues, with a money back guarantee and no substitutes.
Advert says Dr Edwards Olive Tablets soothe the liver and improve digestion by restoring natural bowels. It claims better appetite and energy with a gentle, vegetable formula. instructions advise one or two tablets at bedtime and note prices of 10c and 26c per box.
I J Jacobson appeals for volunteers to join the 25th Engineers now based at Camp Devenna Ayer Maas. Those wishing to enlist should contact the nearest recruiting station or write to the regiment's commanding officer stating the intent to join.
Rev. Francis R. Bateman will be installed as rector at St. Clement's Episcopal Church Sunday morning. The Right Rev. F. W. Keator bishop of Olympia will officiate.
Front reports furious engagement between Brenta and Piave rivers as German and Austrian forces mass defenses and new large caliber motorized guns emerge. Italian lines hold with reinforced units expected from Piave area while aviators note a defensive trend along the Tagliamento.
Washington reports a radical pooling of railway interests and equipment is near, aiming to relieve war transportation congestion. The plan contemplates overall coordination while preserving some passenger service and prioritizing war materials over nonessential goods.
Mrs. Blanca De Saulles, jailed in Mineola after confessing to killing her estranged husband John L. De Saulles to protect their son Jack, awaits testimony detailing a romance, betrayal, and alleged fortune disputes. Defense aims to portray her as abused, with letters and witnesses including Miss Jo and a duke, while asserting mental distress from head injury.
An epidemic of mutilla-like mischief hits the state university as a 1921 class member climbs a 200 foot water tower and paints a green 21 on top of the tank. Authorities plan to repaint and bill the class as the prank is traced.
Trotsky the foreign minister of the no aged viki government plans to publish secret Russian diplomatic correspondence. Nevayashien calls the move lunacy and treason while other papers condemn it. Allied ambassadors meet to seek instructions on the Holshevik peace offers seen as violating the London treaty. Fraternization reportedly resumes between Russian and enemy troops on western and southwestern fronts.
London reports Trotsky, Bolshevik foreign affairs head, denounces the United States in a Soviet address. He accuses America of entering the war for financial gain and predicts U S rulers will back the peace decree. Danes report fraternizing on the Russian front. fighting nearly ended.
A Harbin dispatch reports a reign of terror with hourly robberies as mobs roam the streets. Police are powerless while the city splits between the old provisional regime and Bolshevik factions. Foreign consuls pledge protest and protection for foreigners as Kerensky’s whereabouts remain unknown and maximalists fade amid factional shifts.
Amsterdam dispatches relay the Frankfurter Zeitung claim that Russian soldiers have abandoned advanced positions against German and Austrian forces on various front sections. Tarnopol reports indicate Russians plan full evacuation of Grzymalow and Skalat.
Formal negotiations for an armistice have opened on the Eastern front between the Germans and Russians, according to dispatches received today by the Social Demokraten.
London November 22 L A Le Gros former president of the Automobile Engineers institute says those who can make dominoes or craft penknife blades or build organs are qualified to enter the aviation field. He extols practical skill for aircraft construction.
British forces renewed the advance toward Cambrai with gains around Bourlon wood and the Canal du Nord area. Haig reported over a hundred German guns captured, including some eight inch pieces, as Allied lines tightened their wedge between Cambrai and the Sensee valley amid continued bombardment and withdrawals.
Territorial Delegate Charles A Sulger of Alaska on the wrecked ship Maripona voyage to Washington to push navigation reforms. He will urge Congress to authorize more buoy lights and dredging a channel through Wrangell Narrows to improve navigation.
Lieut. Col. David L. Stone praised Seattle's role in building Camp Lewis during a Seattle Chamber of Commerce luncheon. He noted many supplies and mechanics came from Seattle and commended both employers and unions. He also spoke of Gen. Greene's concern for camp conditions and his quarantine order.
American Field Headquarters reports normal artillery and patrol activity but describes heavy mud at the front. Rain slickens trenches turning the No Man's Land into quagmires as U S soldiers conduct nightly excursions into the wet, risky ground.
The Ladies of Elks Aerie Lodge 92 will host a dance next Tuesday at Redding's Hall on First Ave to raise funds for Christmas packages for soldiers and sailors. Proceeds support Lodge 92’s Christmas shipments.
The club extends invitations to two hundred guests to spend Thanksgiving in Seattle homes. The venue showcases shower baths a swimming tank and other features prepared for the event.
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