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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
2
City committees plan a joint meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss overtime for city employees and the link between an eight hour day and emergency work. The corporation counsel’s department has ruled that the city may pay overtime to salaried staff.
A home remedy suggests using Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar. Take one tablespoon four times daily to relieve head noises and open nasal passages, with mucus stopping from dripping into the throat. Easy to prepare and inexpensive.
Mayor Hanson postponed a fire prevention meeting planned in the council chamber. He expected eight to ten waterfront property owners and insurance experts but received many inquiries. The meeting was prompted by the Great Northern oil docks fire last week destroying property valued at 1 350 000 dollars. The mayor said it would be held after the flu ban ends.
Six one man street cars of the municipal traction lines vanished after arriving from St. Paul. Supt. Thomas Murphine said workers scoured the city Wednesday as officials sought the location of the Ballard line cars. The Northern Pacific Co. disclaims knowledge of their whereabouts since unloading here.
Thomas P. Revelle, a candidate for the superior court judges, shows stronger interest in an army commission than in campaigning. If he withdraws, the contest will be between Judges Clay Allen, Calvin Hall, and Crawford White.
Washington dispatches report a Vienna stock panic after President Wilson's note to Austria. Austrian bank stocks fell 80 to 95 percent, industrials dropped 4 to 40 percent, and state railways 42 percent. Czech securities were the only gainers in the volatile session.
Eleven Norwegian aliens and alleged anarchists accused of planning unlawful destruction of property will be deported to the Scandinavian peninsula. They have been in the U S for five or six years and work in lumber camps near Seattle. Inspector Callahan oversees the operation under Commissioner Henry White. They are scheduled to leave Seattle next Thursday.
Foreign Secretary Balfour stated at a luncheon in the Australian and New Zealand club that returning the German colonies would not be consistent with the safety, security, and unity of the British empire. He made the remarks amid ongoing postwar debates on colonial policy.
The complaint notes some doctors favor profits over care during the influenza outbreak. L Mee chee recalls unsuccessfully calling half a dozen physicians before one agreed to visit only if paid $15.
A detailed catalog of stall numbers with prices for milk fish potatoes onions apples oysters butter coffee and various goods. Includes stalls 1511 73 31 65 59 19 43 14 11 102 18 25 20 21 22 31 92 45 28 51 and items such as fresh milk 12¢ quart Dungeness crabs 2 for 25¢ and up Mazilla oil 35¢ pint, 65¢ quart.
Three newsboys Harry Campbell Virgil Steinmetz and Thomas McCormack face possible arrest after the Newsboys Union executive committee in the Orpheum building obtained a warrant on charges of disturbing a meeting.
Ne Yee, from a respected family, wore a $20 gold watch charm handed down by ancestors. Walter King, 18, followed him to crime, robbed a man, and restrained Ne Yee near 414 Eighth Ave Tuesday night. Police arrested King. Yee appealed for ancestral protection.
Rome reports Hungarian leadership remains tied to Austria despite a declared separation of Hungary from Austria. The view holds the Habsburg grip theaters Hungary through Germanized elites and feudal privileges, aiming to mislead the Entente and dampen anti-Austro-Hungarian sentiment among Bohemians Moravians and South Slavs.
Col J M Hawthorne candidate for congress from the first district and the West Side Democratic executive committee open campaign headquarters in the Railway Exchange building. The Hawthorne team includes Elaie B Cox secretary Clark Davin treasurer D Tobias publicity chair and John Wenner finance chair. George Harroun to direct the state committee campaign across three western districts.
The city engineer's department asked the corporation counsel's office to prepare an ordinance to assess the city for a share of the new traction line from Spokane to Seattle North Pacific shipyards. Proposed by the shipping board, the line aims to ease shipyard congestion and will be funded by the city, the federal government, and the shipyard company under a tentative agreement.
Fire Chief Stetson proposes placing the city electrician under fire department control and renaming the post superintendent of fire alarms and police signal system. City council votes on Monday to approve the plan.
An advertisement touts Hyomel for sore throat colds coughs and catarrh with a claim of relief in ten minutes. It touts a pocket inhaler system and guarantees to banish catarrh croup coughs colds sore throat and bronchitis or money back. Extra bottles and outfits are available from druggists and Bartell Drug Co.
A letter to The Star from a local business figure proposes Seattle phone subscribers pay only the proportion of service received starting November. He advocates legal defense funding and a united subscriber movement to pressure Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. amid alleged deliberate poor service.
An advertisement claims Stearna Hicetric Paste is a reliable, low cost method to exterminate rats mice cockroaches and water bugs in homes stores and warehouses with government use cited and promises quick, cheap pest control.
London via Oct 22 German troops east of Courtrai have been pressed back to the eastern outskirts of Vichte eight miles west of Audenarde. The war office said the Germans evacuated the bridgehead near Houth of Marle and withdrew along the Serre in the Bouche region.
A quoted protest from a veteran operator advocates strong action to force improved service and salary terms. The speaker suggests a united stand to refuse bill payment until service improves, expressing reluctance to return to work for any telephone company.
A dental office markets its services as graduate dentists from top colleges with state board certification on display. They claim to cure tooth related pain by treating the source, promise a real guarantee signed by the operator and L. R. Clark D D S owner and manager, and boast low costs due to high patient volume.
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