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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
2
United States Army transport Thomas carrying 2000 men was driven toward a typhoon in Oriental waters on August 20. A sudden engine reversal and a towering cliff wall just missed catastrophe, saving the vessel which later went to dry dock in Nagasaki.
The International Timberworkers union reports rising optimism for an early settlement as 5,000 carpenters and helpers press for an eight hour day. Henry White plans to back guarantees with access to sufficient lumber. several shipyards have signed contracts for eight hour lumber. Brown notes no widespread opposition and signals potential nationwide action along the Columbia.
United Press reports internal German espionage and international intrigues are being exposed by government disclosures. Detention of German Vice Consul Conrad Andre in Cebu for inciting insurrection is cited as evidence of effective action. China’s expulsion of German plotters, and Costa Rica Germany tensions, are noted as shifts in activity.
Wage adjustment board debates shifting duties away from wage boards as labor unrest grows in the West. Protests arise over a death sentence imposed on T. J. Mooney while Germany-linked propaganda spreads in Russia. The president faces clemency appeals as laborers doubt Mooney's guilt and seek to ease Western unrest.
A big four bit Friday matinee at the Metropolitan raises funds for a smoke fund and Hoover food campaign. Sidney Grant and Morressey perform with Charlotte Greenwood helping write a song. show lasts about an hour. Tickets 50 cents in advance, two bits for gallery. room for 1500+. box office opens Tuesday afternoon.
Gen Korniloff finished a written defense to the commission probing the revolt he led. The inquiry continues with interrogations of other officers as the panel prepares its recommendations. Korniloff and 23 officers are placed under guard in a hotel at Mobilev amid public pressure on civil versus military trial.
In Tacoma on September 18 Linn B. Capps sought a divorce after his wife Bertha left him for the garden spade expert he hired. Judge Feasterday granted the divorce but barred remarriage for six months and advised both sides to do their own spading.
Tuesday evening, Central Library, Librarian Judson T. Jennings chairs a meeting to organize plans for a $25,000 campaign. This local effort funds library erections in 37 cantonments nationwide as part of a $1,000,000 national drive.
Tacoma dispatch reports Dr. Henry Suzzallo head of the state council of defense will appoint a vice chairman to aid him due to his duties as arbitrator for traction employees and president of the state university. The council authorized the move and planned a two day session with the state council in Yakima on October 1. It aims to secure signatures from every woman in the state on Hoover food pledge cards. Chairman Marsh outlined lumber strike matters with no debate.
A brief item notes a “Standing Room Only” sign went up well before Friday noon. Mentions more details to follow in tomorrow’s issue and directs readers to watch The Star for updates.
Cigar shops in the Seattle Northwest district will collect donations for the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund. The Star, as appointed collector, will publish contributor names, while administrations costs are funded by prominent citizens. Each 25 cent kit buys 45 cents of tobacco for soldiers, with envelopes for return of bank notes.
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