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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
5
United Press correspondent reports on the draft system as Provost Crowder clarifies that the industrial exemption list is for guidance only and district boards decide necessity. The four main points guide work or fight determinations, with boards weighing industry essentiality against national needs. Buy War Savings Stamps.
Washington dispatch reports German artillery aiding Bolsheviki from Pengza to north of Kagan on the Volga front. Bolsheviki allegedly gaining strength due to German support and an unofficial report claims Samara may be taken, risking Overburg Simbick and Kazan.
German efforts to stop American and French forces flank the Chemin des Dames from the west as fresh troops are committed between the Allette and the Aisne. At Celle Sur Aisne the enemy mounted furious counterattacks in today’s front dispatches.
Minute Men of Precinct 78 will hold a reorganization meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Gibson Casey Real Estate Co. rooms located at 16th Ave W and Crockett Street.
The city license committee on Monday recommended passage by the city council of a cat ordinance. It would license male cats at 1 and female cats at 2.50, aiming to regulate pet licensing and generate revenue.
A dance organized by Irondale furnace workers raised 153.75 for The Boys in France Tobacco Fund. George A. Haberly and others led the event, with a list of contributors including Limpright Day’s logging camp and residents on Ninth and Arcade avenues. The Star reports the project as a big success.
A long OCRed payroll ledger lists names and payments from the Irondale blast furnace and surrounding postings. Amounts range from fifty cents to several dollars, with many recipients in Irondale and nearby towns such as Trondale Hadlock Chimacum Port Ludlow and Fort Worden.
Hugh Creque age 11 and Dalton O’Neill age 13 held a yard carnival at 2417 Second Ave W after a Star boys event. They charged a small admission and collected 11 dollars 20 cents, which they turned over to The Star for the Boys in France Tobacco Fund.
Edward Gillespie, 45, of 502 Northlake Ave, suffered a broken left leg and bruises after a collision between a Cowan Park street car and a Ravenna car at Eastlake and Roanoke Monday night. Over 100 passengers were shaken and some cut by splinters from broken glass. The Ravenna car rear collided due to faulty brakes, said motor man J Dozier. This echoes a similar Eastlake line accident from several weeks earlier.
Albert Beyer Jr. is missing. His parents, living in Treworth Washington, report he was aboard a boat operating out of Seattle and are anxious for information on his whereabouts.
The Minnesota, wait Washington article reports 4260 vehicle licenses issued in August bringing 51719 to state coffers. Six months total 118053 licenses worth 850044.50. Hickey reelected MTAW president. Eckstein to push salary standards for teachers entering service. Engler named president of newspaper deliverers union. Guests at Canadian club luncheon include S Reid and W Creery. Red Cross dance planned with Naval Training Station band.
Jack Williams known as The Human Fly and his manager Tom Calloway were released on $2,000 bail. Williams who scaled the 42 story L C Smith Building drew about 8000 spectators and will appear before United States Commissioner McClelland on September 14 in Boise Idaho on charges of impersonating an army officer. Williams and Calloway say they are victims of a political frameup.
The Star received a card from Ident. Wm. J. Coyle in France showing an American emblem and the slogan The emblem of freedom. He writes ten millions of the best in the world and, if needed, ten millions more to keep it flying. Coyle, a former star and captain of Dobie’s Wisconsin gridiron team.
President Wilson has definitey abandoned plans for a Pacific coast tour tied to the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. He cites duties in Washington and the war needing his presence, saying an absence of more than a day or two would be improper.
Augusta Mo September 10 Republicans carried away the spoils in the Wennial election of the state Figures today showed Gov Carl F E Milliken Republican reelected by a plurality of at least 6 000 over B G McIntyre Democrat U S Senator Bert M Fernald was elected by a plurality of 12 341.
Advertisement urges watch owners to trust Haynes for repair services at Next Liberty theatre with a concise call to action and venue cue.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a lasting cure for catarrh and related ailments. It promises relief by daily inhalation with a hard rubber inhaler, claiming the product clears air passages and soothes inflamed membranes without stomach dosing. The copy asserts growing yearly sales and offers a complete outfit for immediate use.
Private John J. Davis of Camp Lewis is jailed with a bruised head after an arrest at the New Cecil. He faces a charge of drunkenness. Witness A. P. Chalivat says the arresting officer subdued Davis with a black jack.
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