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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1918
Page
3
Seattle moves toward city purchase of the traction system as the council weighs an ordinance. The legal department is to frame the transfer policy and finalize terms after traction company letter accepting 15 million dollars for the system payable over time with interest.
A Seattle fundraising list shows numerous individuals and firms pledging varied amounts from $10 to $1,000. Names include W S S Pledges, Alfred Buckman, Viola Kozarth, Carstens & Earles, Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co and Seattle Automobile Co with gifts noted for a Red Cross or related cause.
City electrical workers refuse the city’s wage postponement until October 1 and demand 26 cents more per day. Leon Greene, business agent of the Electrical Workers union, served notice Saturday morning. They threaten to strike Monday unless their demands are granted.
The head camp degree team of the Woodmen of the World will initiate a class of candidates at Washington camp Tuesday night. Counsel br. P. Martin of the head department will attend. He will be a guest of home camp Wednesday and visit Ballard Friday. City employees plan a mass meeting Monday at 717 Third Ave to discuss organization benefits and debate the Miller wage schedule with labor organizers addressing the gathering.
T H W Bolton Seattle city council president writes to the school board condemning gender based pay discrimination. He urges equal pay for women teachers and urges the board to end paying women less than men for equal service.
United States Commissioner R W McClelland gave the government one week to show why the case against Cecil Hogue known as Jack Williams and his manager Tom Calloway should not be dismissed. They are free on $1000 bail each pending espionage act investigation in Boise Idaho. The defense calls the charge a political frame up citing a speech by Hogue criticizing a nonpartisan candidate.
Seattle shipyard representatives from six major yards plan to push Liberty Bond subscriptions to cap Seattle's total on the first day of the drive. Yard workers are urged to buy at least one bond, with owners expected to be heavy purchasers. New payment schedules set 10 percent initial, 20 percent by fall and final 30 percent by January 30, with options to reclaim money if payments lapse. Movie stars William Farnum and Parle Dressler will aid the kickoff in Seattle. San Juan County reports a 100 percent top.
San Diego report states Second Lieutenant A. B. Whittle of Oak Park Illinois and Private Allen H. Anderson of Detroit Michigan were killed when their aircraft plunged into the ocean off Coronado shore. Bodies not recovered.
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