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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
5
Mayor Hansen declares city blameless in Seattle telephone service problems and urges the public service commission to provide a remedy. He defends the operator as doing her best and not to blame due to inexperience or workload, while noting shared responsibility between users and officials.
An organized gang at the Foundation company shipyard was busted for defrauding by gate checking and passing checks to coworkers. Ringleaders arrested, Leo Culberteon sentenced to 40 days in jail. A new checking system will be introduced.
In cooperation with the Beattie public library a technical library will be established at the Beattie North Pacific Shipbuilding Co plant.
Hanson absolves the government from blame and charges the current phone management with full responsibility for rate control of public service corporations, arguing the commission appointed by the governor holds the key to rate regulation.
Police arrest three youths under age and three younger boys in Seattle end a wave of juvenile crime. Gerald Drennan age 19 and Lynn Smith age 18 admit thefts at Brown Drug Store Matier Beach, while tex Hunter 17 is jailed on an open charge after a rooftop arrest. Police recover a stolen auto and gear, plus two crates of soda from Star Potting Works. juveniles taken into custody.
Industrial division reports subscriptions totaling 4,592,060 from 44,526 subscribers with initial payments of 920,952. City comptroller and treasurer provided office space and help nightly to verify figures, with similar support from Northwestern Fruit Exchange and its Stuart building manager.
More than 60 quarts of contraband whisky were turned over to the naval hospital at Bremerton for medicinal use to aid the flu battle by federal authorities. The shipment was made by order of United States Judge Neterer who announced future transfers of contraband and whisky usable by the hospital.
The Seattle Red Cross asks residents to donate linen to meet a national quota by November 1. Napkins are fully needed, while handkerchiefs towels and bath towels are still required to supply about 6 000 to 7 000 hospitals in France.
City Health Commissioner Meliride warns barbers to wear flu masks and boil them nightly to disinfect for safety. Masks are to be procured through Red Crow headquarters and barbers must comply or face arrest.
Rome reports the transfer of Cardinal O Connell to New York is inadvisable as Boston’s interests demand attention. The candidates to lead New York are Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco and Archbishop Glennon of St Louis with a decision anticipated soon.
Pleading guilty to selling smuggled whisky to a longshoreman, Nakawa a Japanese carpenter aboard the Oriental liner Atsuts was fined 400 dollars by U S Judge Neterer Wednesday.
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