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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1917
Page
8
The Senate approved a censorship clause 43 to 33 in the espionage bill with a president authorized standard of reasonableness. The measure targets wartime information on armed forces and defense plans with penalties up to 10000 dollars or ten years in prison, while preserving free discussion of acts and policies.
Buenos Aires demands German retaliation after the German U-boat torpedoed the Argentine steamer Monte Protegido. La Nación reports authorities would sever relations and could declare war if Germany’s reply is unsatisfactory.
Field Marshal Haig’s forces push toward Cambrai in a sharp night drive. The official report says Gonnelieu was captured after fierce fighting with several prisoners taken and enemy attempts repulsed at Franquissart. Artillery activity occurred at multiple front locations as the line tightens along the Cambray St. Quentin highway.
Chief Beckingham questioned in Seattle court over the identification of men charged with Deputy Beard's murder during the Everett dock battle last November. He pointed to Charles Adama alias McDowell as a possible identification, while defense efforts to prove prosecutorial influence were rejected. A key witness, BR Watson, described rifles and shots near the water as the shooting unfolded.
Roosevelt calls for selective service for those with special fitness to volunteer if sent abroad quickly. He denounces partisan politics during war and urges unity to defend freedom against tyranny, hoping Germans may join free peoples after victory and stressing a hymn against tyranny rather than hate.
Chicago April 21 reports say David Montgomery of the famous Montgomery and Stone comedy team died yesterday in a city hospital after about a month of illness. He began as a circus clown then a minstrel before forming the partnership with Fred Stone nineteen years ago. Montgomery left their latest production.
In St. Paul a person named Chin Chin plans to travel to Chicago for medical treatment. The move underscores seeking specialized care and cross city travel for health reasons.
An office in room 21, Central building serves as headquarters for the Seattle committee on food production and conservation. People willing to offer suitable cultivation lots or seeking plots should write to the office or call Elliott 4160 via the board education exchange for information on plowing planting and seed.
Amsterdam reports 20,000 munitions workers in Berlin and Spandau on strike to protest bread ration cuts. Rioting alleged in Magdeburg with troops deployed, while Dusseldorf notes delegates reject demands for immediate reforms and franchise. Von Hindenburg urged suppression of unrest as government acts to restore order.
Prosecutor Lundin refused to discuss a Friday meeting with Logan Billingsley, head of the bootlegging family serving 13 months on McNeil Island. Billingsleys remain in immigration detention without bail. Attorney William Bell plans a writ of error to appeal, seeking bond for the trio before Federal Judge Rudkin if needed.
Rome April 21 A Vatican advisory today said a revolution is imminent in Hungary amid disturbances. The notice claimed Budapest and 25 other cities and towns had been proclaimed in a state of alert.
Broadway high school boys outclassed the girls with a 50 to 87 score in the last quarter. Twenty six of the 87 honor roll students were sophomores. Robert Wright, a sophomore, earned highest honors with six A grades.
R M Calkins traffic manager for the Milwaukee says the 15 percent freight rate hike approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission will spur large lumber purchases in the Northwest for new railroad equipment. The rise will revive transportation interests nationwide.
Reported battlefield movement across three divisions shows French artillery and infantry pressing forward through forests and ravines. Massive concentrations of troops, munitions, and equipment are visible behind the front as the French advance despite German defenses.
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