The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-25
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The building committee Of tho
school board is considering plans and
looking for available sites for new
schools TO take care OF the incrcas
Ing child population.
Nine year -o,d Emma Davis drown.
ed In Salmon bay Thursday when
she fell from raft. The body was
daughter Of c. Y. Bower. eth ave.
and Government way.
Funeral services for Thad Wylie.
OF the engineering division Of the
training school at Pullman. Wash.
who died October 10 from pueu.
monia. will be conducted Friday at
the Butterworth chapel. lie Ii sur
yived by his parents, of Az Fifth
ave. ". and two brothers. Floyd
wylic. OF the Seattle fire department.
and Fred wylie. now in Alaska
Dr. !. frvd Lundy. s05 Ninth ave-.
has been commissioned first iicuten.
ant In the army medical corps. An.
other Seattle man. Edward II. Hail.
65st 18Th ave. -. f.. was also given
a commission. lie Is now captain OF
the engineers
Caught In n plate rack. Clyde Pearl
Brown. ar. ~. oil Pine st.. was
crushed 20 death Thursday after
noon. while Mt work In the North
Pacific shipyards-
Work WA suspended In the Siems
Carey-H. s. Kcrbaugh corporation
plants at .. m. Thursday In mem
DRY OF Chester T.. Stems. president.
who died In New York. In Chinese
and Canadian branches work vas
also stopped.
Tho Pacific Steamship company
liner Admiral schiey leaves for San
Francisco with full freight cargo and
passenger Hist Saturday.
The ve&seis w. y. Burrows and
Oriental and George Curtis. OF the
Libby. Mcneil a Libby company.
have been chartered by the Pacific
Steamship company. the charter hav.
ing been concluded Thursday. The
vessels. OF which the w. r. Burrows
is motorship. will ply between Sc
attic and the Hawaiian islands.
The Pacific Steamship company
liner Governor steamed from seat.
tie for san Francisco Friday morn
ing at IL. with more than $50 pas
sengers.
The Pacific Steamship eompany's
liner Admiral Watson leaves for
Anchorage. Alaska. Saturday morn.
ing with a special freight cargo. The
Admiral Watson win accommodate
passengers who have teiegraphed for
transportation 20 the States for the
winter.
PORT TOWNSEND. Oct. .5,-The
schooner Rosamond. manned by a
special crew from Seattle, was sched-
uled to put to sea Friday. weather
conditions permitting. The schooner
J. A. Campbell. with n Seattle mate,
will sail also. Both are bound for
Sydney.
The jefferson. Alaska Steamship
company's liner. Is in Seattle, with
a passenger list of 22s and some
freight. The vessel arrived Thurs
day at p. IN.
w. y. Atcbison, manager Of the
vogan Candy company. 1907 Eighth
ave. was Thursday fined $40 In po-
lice court for selling candy unfit for
human consumption. One hundred
and fifty pounds OF the CONNECTION
were collected from various parts OF
the city by the health department
and destroyed.
Following conviction on the charge
OF having an unlawful amount Of
liquor in his possession. NJ. r. Morse,
arrested at Kanaskat October ~, BY
deputy sheriff. was Thursday
fined 5000 In n county court.
Frank II. Peterson, 32, alleged
forger, IL held by the Seattle police
following his arrest here Thursday,
for Spokane authorities. who charge
him with passing a fraudulent 5000
check on the Davenport hotel In Spo-
kane. and with passing smaller
worthless checks on hotels In Cen.
tralia, Chehalis and other smaller
cities.
Maurtce nelson, VINO reitnquisffSi
a commission In the Canadian army
to go overseas as a private. has been
killed In action. according TO word
received by his cousin. J. ID. Ross,
superintendent OF the city lighting
department Nelson was II years OF
age.
Fire Of unknown origin in the New
Richelieu hotel. sI5ia Third ave. Fri.
day resulted in loss Of 5000.
Clayton Wilbur, Of Bow, Wash.
reported killed In action July 1s, is
believed by his relatives TO be still
living. Under date Of September 10
he wrote TO his parents that he was
in charge Of a contingent OF German.
prisoners.
Edward }. Spcrry, former Seattle
boy. has received his commission as
second Lieutenant In the quartermas-
ter's corps. according to word re.
ceived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
a. II. Sperry. OF 4f23 Ainsworth ave
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