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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
8
Four months of relentless U boat operations threaten American transport routes. The Antilles disaster shows rapid loss with many lives saved by life jackets and lifeboats. Deck drills and liferafts remain vital as crews endure the submarine zone and seek safety ashore.
The inter allied council began formal sessions in Paria at 10 a m with 54 statesmen present. Leaders from England France Italy Serbia Greece Portugal and Montenegro head delegations as foreign ministers and envoys attend to discuss the Russian situation and potential armistice next Sunday. The talks occur at the French foreign affairs building.
Staff correspondent reports at Camp Lewis that a single officer, known only as General Rumor, dominates camp chatter. Rumors claim moves to Camp Kearny, division redeployments to France, or Seattle quarantine shifts, with Believers growing as the war’s rumors spread.
Dairymen fear rising feed costs will force reductions in herds or closures as hay shortages bite. Merchants Exchange groups discuss coping with the market, while millers offer to sell 10,000 tons of mill feed at $5 above current prices if available. Milk prices to dairymen sit at $2.85 per hundred pounds with biweekly regulation upcoming on December 1.
Seattle and Tacoma navigators certified as officers in the Washington state free navigation school in Tacoma will command the first U S Shipping Board steel ship. The vessel, the Seattle, launched last Saturday at Skinner and Moldy yards, and the news came to Prof. James A. Gould, head of the navigation school, who pushed for Northwestern navigators on the board vessel.
The Coastwise Steamship and Barge Co. seeks $81,600 in admiralty damages after the barge St David, valued at $60,000, was wrecked October 31 while being towed by the steamer Kern from Valdez to Ketchikan carrying $21,000 in copper.
The listing showcases fabrics including wool velour, kersey, broadcloth, silvertone, crystal cloth, homespun and pompom coatings in colors Black, Navy, Brown, Green, Copenhagen, Taupe, Burgundy, Plum, Olive drab and Pekin blue.
Full description of coats offered for 35 dollars each detailing brown kersey and broadcloth fabrics with fur trim collars and bespoke pocket edging. Items include 50 inch long coats with Nutria edging, Nea fur shawl collar, Nearseal collar, and Hudson seal accents. Second floor display location noted.
Ogue notes Pettibockers solve the issue of bloomers appearing when raised by providing a knee held elastic band and full ruffle. Heavy glove silk Pettibockers in navy gold gray or myrtle suit sports wear or street outfits. Priced at 6.50 and sold in the Underwear Section on the First Floor.
Illustrated flesh color and black with white models feature lace with Georgette crepe or chiffon. Large collars cascade fronts and ruffles define the design. Sizes 36 to 44 offered at 3.75 dollars. Basement Salesroom.
Featured in the Basement Salesroom are cotton blankets with a short nap and felted finish. They come in plain gray tan and white and plaid patterns blue tan gray with white, priced from 2.00 to 5.75 per pair.
In the Silks satins messalines taffetas poplins crepe de chine crepe meteor and fancy silks measuring from one to five yards. In the Woolens coatings serges poplins fancy mixtures plaids broadcloths velours coverts wool crepes in lengths from one to six yards. Aisle Table First Floor.
Short lengths from the month’s selling including Robings Out ing Flannels Per cales Perca lines Sateens Devonshire Suit ings Madras Char lies Cotton Suit ings Bleached and Unbleached Mus lins mostly long enough for children's dresses waists or skirts Basement Salesroom.
Madison Wis November 29 United Press Leased Wire Congressman John M Nelson and his son Byron were indicted on a conspiracy to violate registration laws. The son had been previously indicted for failure to register. Nelson allegedly advised his son not to register. They will be tried in December. Byron Nelson is on his father’s ranch near Spring Coulee Bask where he married Anita Tluess of Madison. The congressman was in Washington and returned to Madison then to Canada.
Five children of Mr and Mrs Geo Oaks died in a farmhouse fire four miles south of Innisfail Alberta while parents attended a Chautauqua lecture. The blaze occurred in the Oaks home with authorities reporting the tragedy as a sudden blaze.
Margie Waverly visits a Chicago lobster palace with Jim and orders bread and milk to resist meals. The couple dances freely, enjoying youth’s joy while observers misread them as professionals, ending with the waiter’s bemused reaction and a tease for continuation.
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