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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
8
Fraser-Paterson Co joins a city curtailment plan to reduce street congestion and influenza risk. The store will open tomorrow from 10 a m to 3 p m and close all day Saturday, hoping reduced downtown crowds curb the illness spread.
The author extols a department store for six selling floors and large windows that let in fresh air, claiming the store is exceptionally safe and well known to the public after six years of experience. The building measures 120 by 108 feet with air throughout the space.
Telephone connections with the store will be maintained all day Saturday to care for urgent needs. Orders may be sent by mail and will receive prompt attention.
The United War Work drive will mirror the Fourth Liberty Loan method with individual HQs in businesses and clubs for subscription share. Seattle and King County target is 620000. campaign runs November 11 to one week with HQ at 721 Second Ave RK. Publicity chiefs Fraser Morgan Pinkham Grant Oldham McCullough Steward McVey lead committees and district soliciting teams.
The Motor Transport corps of the U S army nicknamed Gas Hounds, composed of chauffeurs, auto repairers and signal men, trains similarly to infantry and wears same uniform with special markings. Inducted from drafts, they await overseas duty and desire action against the Schwinhund before peace, per Roger Atkinson of 405 University St.
Geneva reports daily demonstrations across Germany against the Kaiser. Dr. Haase, minority socialist leader, strongly condemned Wilhelm at the Schumann Circus, drawing loud cheers from the crowd. Calls for abdication of the Hohenzollern family are frequent and growing.
Postmaster General Burleson touts 100 percent daily air mail service between Washington Philadelphia and New York since May 15 1918 with 11361 miles flown 15199 pounds of mail and only three forced landings. He envisions future nonexperimental routes including New York Chicago and other hubs as equipment becomes available.
Seattle faces a serious power shortage after clocks were set back one hour. J D Ross, city fire department superintendent, says two peak loads now hit at once due to the streetcar rush and lights for dusk. He estimates the extra load could light 10 000 more Seattle homes and credits a winter daylight saving extension, blocked by the House after Senate passage. Ross warns the situation is critical amid wartime housing growth and widespread coal oil lamp use.
SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 31 A nation wide search is underway for John Phillips accused of swindling prominent San Franciscans out of thousands of dollars. Phillips allegedly posed as a British government agent to collect funds from businessmen to finance a shipyard, then vanished. Robert W. Neal, editor of an insurance paper, is said to have lost $12 000.
Arthur Lee Day of Pullman Washington a U S Navy member died October 26 from drowning the Navy Department announced today in Washington.
Thomas Murphine, superintendent of public utilities, said his report on Seattle telephone service will be completed by week’s end. The mayor and city council will review it before it goes to Washington for presentation to the postmaster general.
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