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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1915
Page
2
Advertises a half page style sale with drastic markdowns on women’s dresses waists and lingerie from $3.75 to 69c and many items cut to under half price. Includes House Dresses 49c and a wide range of shoes linens and trimmings with limited stock and hurry sale emphasis.
Washington reports that British and French warships linger near New Port News as the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrick is expected to intern rather than attempt to run a gauntlet of larger ships. Officials deny British protest over US fixed limits, noting Britain did not know the limit.
Police trap three men east of Riverside West Seattle as they manufacture bogus money. Detectives seize dies tools and blow torches in the cabin. A fourth member, Fred Fisher, surrendered at noon.
Thomas McDonald’s house at 7717 28th Ave Northwest burned at 4 50 am Wednesday, destroying a $6500 home valued at $4600 with $2000 in furniture saved to $200. McDonald, the sole occupant, escaped unharmed. origin of the blaze is under investigation. A secondary fire at 110 18th Ave occupied by B Haskell caused $150 loss Tuesday night.
Complete returns show William Hale Thompson, Republican, won the Chicago mayoral race by 130 624 over Democrat Robert M Sweitzer. The victory, the largest for a Chicago mayor, credits newly enfranchised women voters and signals party strength for 1916. Oscar D Priest, Negro, was elected to the city council from the Second ward, the first of his race to hold municipal office.
In Butte Montana the city’s four year socialist control ended as Chas H Lane a Democrat defeated the socialist incumbent CC A Smith for mayor. Democrats won a 13 seat majority in the city council aided by a record turnout of women voters for their first city election.
In Aberdeen on April 7 socialists won a third council seat with two prior representatives. All other officers from mayor downward were Republicans. Judge J. M. Phillips was elected mayor.
Omaha's present commissioners were renominated yesterday with fairly complete returns. J. C. Dahlman who led the ticket known as the Cowboy Mayor topped the slate in the April 7 report.
Colorado Springs voters defeated city charter amendments providing for a single tax and banning Sunday amusements. Edwin M. Capps elected mayor of San Diego over John Ackerman. In St Louis returns indicate large pluralities for the Republican ticket and Milwaukee independents winning all judicial seats.
Detroit April 7. Fourteen Michigan counties voted dry yesterday while two chose to stay wet. The tallies reflect widespread support for prohibition measures across rural and urban areas.
Mrs. A. M. Miller of 1232 North 44th Street was robbed on 44th near Stoneway Tuesday night. The attacker grabbed her purse, choked her when she screamed, but she fought back and kept the purse. Police on motorcycles searched the area but the thief escaped.
The Norwegian government demands 70 000 from Germany for the sinking of the Belridge in the English Channel on February 19. The Belridge was the first neutral ship to be torpedoed by a submarine.
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