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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1918
Page
10
State Administrator Hebberd issues statewide plea urging immediate organization of food conservation campaigns. Precinct level committees to be formed and housewives engaged to drive stricter rationing, emphasis on eliminating waste and boosting exports by more than 50 percent through intensified public outreach and patriotic leadership.
French and Serbian troops drive Austro-Hungarian forces northward in disorder after recapturing Vranje, 10 miles northeast of Uskub. Alliance advances in Albania continue with several hundred prisoners and weaponry captured. Serbians occupy Dedra near the Serbo Albanian frontier.
Dr. David Starr Jordan did not speak in Seattle on Sunday due to a Spanish flu order. He returned to Tacoma after a brief stop in Seattle Saturday night amid calls for a federal investigation over his plea against collecting indemnities from Germany for damages in France Belgium and Serbia.
Famous New York restaurant Delmonico's faced bankruptcy after a petition in bankruptcy flagged liabilities over 200 dollars. The wartime impact on food supply and banquet curtailment were cited as factors in the decline.
Madrid reports the steamship Francoli, requisitioned by the government, was torpedoed fourteen miles off Cape. Official announcement confirms the loss and raises wartime danger amid ongoing coastal patrols.
James Pershing, brother of General John J. Pershing, left Seattle after urging people to wear old clothing to stock uniforms for U S troops. He warned wool prices would rise until peace and a restructured wool market, and planned a Liberty Loan talk disrupted by rain.
Advertisement notes play aprons for girls aged 2 to 4 years at 35 cents each. Sold at The Basement Store, promoting easy laundering savings when worn over dresses.
Practical purses and bags priced from $1.00 to $2.50 offer convenient shopping companions with strong frames. They come in small money only, medium, and large sizes, in tan, purple, green, and black, with mirror and coin purse. Also available mini shopping bags for girls with chain or strap handles and safety clasps.
The report lists missing person John Murray a 54 year old checker at the CPR docks and notes suspicious disappearances and possible foul play. It details arrests of John W. Williams 4 and Andrew Berg 41 in Seattle, health department actions on Cornish School of Music classes, and the death of Capt. Arthur Hamm in New York. It also covers liquor seizures at Great Northern and O W stations, juvenile car thefts linked to Arthur Kidwell 15 and Paul Spring 17, Marion Tucker 28 a deserter at Camp Lewis, a mugging incident, a self-inflicted shooting by Mary Placowski 20, and local draft board resignation of J Y Kennedy. In Everett, George Woolam 69 dies by suicide after planning his affairs. a water main break disrupts Sixth Ave S and Weller. W Robertson Chisholm of Universal Shipping arrives in Seattle with notes on the Gallipoli campaign.
Front reports show German city burnings as a prelude to retirement while Anglo Belgian forces slow, repel, and advance from Lens to La Fere and Rheims. French American units push toward Neufchatel and Suippe valley as German counterattacks persist. In the Balkans, Serbian forces seize Debra and Austro German troops retreat in Albania under Italian pressure.
Electric appliances save fuel time energy and effort by using any electric light socket. Irons reduce labor and waiting on ironing day while cooking appliances let quick meals at the table. The Housewares Section at The Basement Store stocks Hotpoint Universal and Westinghouse items including grills toasters percolators immersion heaters and more with demonstrations available.
The Basement Store offers Laurette Pattern tableware in French gray finish for daily use. Sets enable gradual collection with items like six knives or six forks at prices ranging from $1.25 to $2.50, plus individual pieces such as butter knives and oyster forks at corresponding prices.
A description notes aprons made from strong art cloth priced at 65 cents each. The item highlights cross stitch embroidery featuring bluebirds as a decorative detail.
Black fleece lined stockings sized 6 to 9 with fine rib for school wear. Warmth for outdoor play. Priced 35 cents per pair with a special offer of three pairs for one dollar.
Advertising copy for dress nets offered at 65 cents and 1.00 dollar per yard in white pink rose sky turquoise green yellow gray purple brown and black. Fabrics described as filmy and of superior quality forty inches wide.
Heirloom style Percale Dresses for play time priced at 35 cents each. Pin striped patterned fabric with dark figures and Delft blue piping along square or round yokes. Sizes for 1 to 3 years. Imsement Store.
The advertisement markets Crepe de Chine envelope chemises at 2 75 with high quality fabric. It highlights filet lace insertion satin ribbons and lace edging on the drawer part with satin shoulder straps.
Do it yourself paint and polish guidance from the Housewares section. Recommends Ironite Floor Paint Japa lac Stain Varnish Lion Lino leum Varnish and Pratt and Lambert No 61 for floors woodwork and furniture. Suggests Rainier Mixed Paints Moresco Wall Tints and Kalsoomines for color and easy application.
New York expert prediction at the Aero Club of America frames a future 100 passenger airliner capable of New York to San Francisco or London in about 86 to 48 hours. Henry Woodhouse and engineers like Handley Page Caproni and Curtiss say larger planes become feasible as engineering advances erase prior limits. A 15 ton Caproni example would carry 6 tons of load with 40 percent useful weight.
Seattle physician Dr William C Kantner well known in the city died of angina pectoris in France on September 15 while serving as first lieutenant with Maj W G Eagleson base hospital corps He leaves a wife a one year old daughter and two brothers Prof Clifford Kantner and Penrod Kantner both in Seattle The Avord report reached Seattle Monday
Sequin resident T H Adams, Clallam county’s wealthiest bachelor, invested 500 in Liberty Bonds and donated 100 to the Red Cross after a 100 member committee called on him. Adams had previously refused bonds, noting last year’s income tax totaled 30000.
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