First clash of war with Germany. U boat misses destroyer
Washington reports Germany fired on the U S S Smith at 3 30 am. torpedo missed by 30 yards. The Smith pursued the submarine as it submerged and escaped. Navy bulletin confirms the encounter and notes Fire Island lightship relay and rapid reporting from New York yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Germany
America
Navy Department
United States
Smith
Fire Island
Navy
Boston
New York
Belknap
New York Navy Yard
Charlestown
Chester
Sandy Hook
New York Yard
New York City
New York’s
Greatest Allied Drive Pushes Toward Lens and Laon
London reports the greatest offensive of the war across a 170 mile front as Anglo French forces strike the Hindenburg line. Key targets Lens Cambrai La Fere and St Quentin face possible fall while Cambrai Laon areas remain under threat. Allied counterattacks are repulsed and French advances press south of Cambrai toward Epehy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hindenburg
Lens
la Fere
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Laon
Haig
Epehy
le Ani
Paris
Nivelle
Ailles
Vivele
Tragedy Witness Reports Deputies Armed with Rifles
Robert Thompson testified in Judge Ronald's court that deputies who fired on the Verona on November 5 were armed with long rifles. He described deputies distributing rifles from cars near Hewitt and Wetmore, with warnings of danger as a crowd gathered, while the case of Thomas Tracy against Deputy Sheriff Jefferson Beard unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Thompson
Everett
Ronald
Thomas Tracy
Jefferson Beard
Verona
Advertising and stores featured in The Star
The Star promotes daily home delivery with Seattle style news focused on fabrics prices and shopping opportunities. It touts newspaper advertising as a business service and invites careful reading of store ads as part of its northwest growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Seattle
Farm expert Floyd Rader to publish productive backlot series
Tomorrow Floyd W. Rader, county agriculturist, will start a series of articles in The Star on making backyards productive. The first installment publishes tomorrow, outlining practical steps for land use and crop planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pertoning
Firing during boat arrival noted with multiple shots
Eyewitness accounts describe shots fired as Verona docked with a man on the boat shot and falling into the water. A dock shooter and a float shooter, Kiatawa, fired several times toward the craft while additional fire came from the east warehouse area. The cross examination of Hans Roberts was postponed after he failed to answer his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona
Kiatawa
Hans Roberts
Turkish Bulgarian Break Reported in Paris
A Paris report states that Turkey and Bulgaria have formally broken off relations with the United States. The dispatch notes the severed ties affecting diplomacy and regional alignments in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Turkey
Bulgaria
U. S
Strikes Tie Up Berlin Factories
A general strike in Berlin protesting bread ration cuts fizzled out with only a few factories forced to suspend. On streets, a few hundred agitators and demonstrators marched undisturbed as socialist factions clashed with the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grandens
United Prem
Berlin
London
Dutch Leaders to Make Peace Plans
The Dutch socialist leader Troelatra left for Stockholm to join the socialists conference on peace. Camille Huntamans, permanent secretary of the international socialists bureau, also departed for Stockholm to advocate peace based on President Wilson’s declarations and Kerensky’s recent remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Troelatra
Stockholm
Camille Huntamans
International Socialists’ Bureau
Wilson
Kerensky
Wheat Rush Planned to Aid Allies From Northwest
Portland April 17 One hundred carloads of wheat daily for two months will be rushed from the three Northwest states to the Atlantic seaboard for shipment to the allies. Railroads cooperating with shippers, on suggestion of the American and British governments, will grant the grain shipments right of way across the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Northwest States
Atlantic Seaboard
Italians May Strike In Western Front Offensive
Italy may begin an offensive timed to hit the Teutons as they face a major Franco British push on the western front. Advices from Switzerland report Italian artillery activity and preparatory movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Switzerland
UW Women Train As War Nurse Aids
One hundred University of Washington coeds study practical nursing in the Home Economics basement under graduate nurses. The program, supervised by Dean Ethel Coldwell, teaches bed making, patient handling, and improvised supports as part of a broader campus wartime drill for possible front-line service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Martin
Hortense Marion
Mary Wold
Seattle General Hospital
University of Washington
General Hospital
Ethel Coldwell
British mission arrives in Washington under secrecy
The British high commissioners location and arrival timing remained a mystery to the state department on April 17.Officials said they had no word on whereabouts but were monitoring potential visitors and keeping in touch with prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Whitlock Arrives in Paris Before Belgian Government Move
Minister Brand Whitlock envoy to Belgium arrived in Paris today. He was greeted at the Gare Lyon by Ambassador Sharpe and French officials. Whitlock will stay several days before sailing to Havre where the Belgian government currently has its temporary capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Gare Lyon
Sharpe
Whitlock
Havre
Write to Bolton to Have Poor Folks Lots Plowed Free
After a conference among Public Welfare Commissioner Cal Laghan Councilman Bolton and others the city will spend 500 dollars for plowing to aid the poor who cannot afford it Those in need should write to Councilman Harry Bolton with time address lot and block number of intended garden If possible include telephone number Also notes the funeral of Mrs Eli Brackett 63 at Christchurch BE 47th and Brooklyn Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callaghan
Bolton
Harry Bolton
Eli. Brackett
79Th St
Christchurch
Brooklyn Ave
My Son Saved Me in a Pool of Pride and Humiliation
A Seattle father recalls a boy's splash party at Luna Park natatorium where fathers, including himself, were mocked for aging bodies and faltering swimming. The sons, ages 10 to 12, revel in teaching back the fathers the Australian crawl and trudgeon stroke, ending with the father nearly drowning but being saved by his son.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tell OF War
Ed Thompson
Hewitt and
Wetmore Ave
Northwest
Floyd W
Rader
King
The
Star
N. W. Wheat
Skinny City
the City
Son
Plat Rock
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!