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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
2
The article notes German submarines step up warfare against Britain early in the war. It cites Britain’s 1914 registered steamships and estimates German losses of English ships over about a month, projecting a long timeline to overwhelm merchant fleets and the potential shipbuilding pace of England.
From London April 9. Allied armies push toward victory on two vast battlefields 700 miles apart. In the Carpathians Russians advance into Hungary while Austro German forces retreat. Reports claim over 300000 Austrians and Germans killed wounded or captured. Hungary trembles as demands for peace grow.
Washington dispatches report a desperate fight between Villa and Carranza forces near Celaya with no clear victor. Villa’s agents deny a Carranza victory while Carrancista lines claim Villa lost about 3,000 men and Villa allegedly fled as the battle turned.
American troops are encamped in Brownsville amid a border artillery duels and dust clouds signaling Villista concentration. Carranzista forces outnumbered by at least two to one, defenders expected to be annihilated or pushed back into Mexico if engagement resumes.
Bert Williams a leading member of the Ziegfeld Follies appears at the Metropolitan for a week starting Sunday. The show features 150 musical comedy players including Leon Errol Vera Michelena Louise Seyers Ed Wynn Arthur Deagon Anna Pennington and many others with a large chorus of Ziegfeld beauties. Williams is highly popular in New York with access to clubs and hotels and is welcomed by peers in the Lambs club and at the Waldorf Astoria.
Mina Julia Grace Wales a University of Wisconsin faculty member was credentialed by Governor Philip to serve as Wisconsin’s delegate to the Hague conference called by Queen Wilhelmina of Holland. Wales authored the Wales peace plan.
Death Valley California hosts the lowest land point in the United States at 276 feet below sea level marking a stark geographic extreme for the region.
Washington April 9 Secretary Franklin K Lane says good times are here now after a three week tour of the United States He asserts the nation will see continued improvement with many industries prospering War benefits continue and Europe rebuilding will boost American lumber demand with much lumber needed there He forecasts within six months no idle workers among job seekers.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective constipation remedy. It claims modern science replaces harsh old-time purgatives and offers a narcotic free formula suitable for babies and adults. A free trial bottle is available by writing to Dr W Caldwell at 452 Washington St. Detroit?
A heap of ashes in the former Walter A. Byers residence yielded a quantity of letters believed stolen. Byers is incarcerated at McNeil Island for mail theft.
Molly Burgett Joe Carlson and William Halder were arrested in Baker Oregon after bullion worth 7000 dollars was found in a badger hole near the Rainbow Durkee stage robbery. Halder confessed to conspiring with Burgett and Carlson in the plan.
In London during the war sixty thousand women lost their jobs as employment patterns shifted. The figure underscores the broad impact of wartime labor changes on civilian work.
The prominent national figure known as Uncle Joe Cannon plans a Seattle stop en route to the Panama-Pacific exposition. The letter to the Commercial Club secretary confirms his coming and notes other congressmen visiting Seattle, with 27 members expected.
Sheriff Longmire of Tacoma links bones found in Eatonville woods to missing civil engineer Harry Morgan. A skull and charred bones were discovered with a handkerchief tied around a rock nearby, suggesting homicide after his disappearance over a year ago.
San Francisco April 9 United States sues Louis R. Glavis former Northwest disbursing officer for 331 dollars claiming he paid himself expenses for a Seattle to Beverly Mass trip to present Alaska land case evidence to President Taft. The government says the trip was not official business. Glavis, now a San Francisco lawyer, was linked to Ballinger Pinchot Alaska land dispute.
A shipment of 100 boxes of Australian apples entering the United States via Vancouver was ordered returned to that point by the state horticultural department due to danger of introducing the Mediterranean fruit fly.
An appeal targets wives dealing with a drinking husband or son. It promotes ORRINE as a home treatment, claims it has saved thousands, offers a money back guarantee, and invites readers to visit Swift's Pharmacy at 2nd and Pike for a free booklet and product.
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