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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1917
Page
8
London reports Wing Commander John F. of the Royal Navy Air Service and civil servant William August Cassoon charged with receiving 240000 dollars in connection with contracts with the Car Aeroplane Co.
Five of the armed guards aboard the American oil tanker Motano were rescued after the vessel was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank in one minute. Eight guards are missing and regarded as lost, according to state department advices released today.
C E Russell describes Russia’s two socialist branches the moderate majority and the extremist minority. He calls current Russia a socialistic state with a booming talk culture, notes the push for democracy, and explains his expulsion from the socialist party in the United States. He visits The Star and plans future reporting after the mission.
The former Yale quarterback and 1911 South American syndicate envoy De Saulles married Chilean heiress Bianca Errazuriz in Paris after a storied career at Yale. Their marriage unraveled with a 1916 divorce suit naming dancer Joan Sawyer as co respondent. Custody battles followed amid a fatal shooting with De Saulles dying of three gunshot wounds. bullets remain unfound.
In Kalamazoo on Aug 3, Single G dominated the free for all race at the Grand Circuit meet, winning with ease. The event drew local spectators and highlighted Single G as a standout in the program.
London dispatches report a fourth cabinet reform in Russia since the fall of the monarchy. The resignations of most ministers including Kerensky came after treason accusations against socialist Agriculture Minister Tehernoff and presumed links with the German staff. Foreign Minister Terestchenko remained in place amid mixed reaction. Reports also claim General Srdelis, Petrograd military governor since July 26, has been shot in the back.
Col Eugene T Hurd a Russian army officer and former Beattie physician and Washington state legislator arrived in Seattle with Root mission members aboard the Buffalo He is 36 a former 56th district legislator who went to Russia at the war start served in medical corps through Galician and Carpathian campaigns and cared for 7500 wounded then 15000 more at a base hospital He will go to Washington on a three month furlough.
The American mission party led by Rear Admiral James H. Glennon travels from Seattle after a brief stay of May 20, bound for Petrograd. Members include Bernhard aide to Glennon and Maj. Washburn with a security detail and a crew that logged over 9,500 miles since leaving Seattle.
In Ada and WeWoka on August 4 a large armed group formed to confront draft rioters. Sheriff Grall led 150 men from Seminole county to join posses from Ada Okmulgee and Saskawa for a coordinated drive against the demonstrators terrorizing southeastern Oklahoma.
Deserters and those opposing the draft in Oklahoma and Georgia face trial before a military court as the government moves to enforce the Select Service Law. Maj. Washburn conducted two trips to the Black Sea amid reported fighting between German and Russian troops. The Buffalo crew received three days liberty on the beach after docking at Vladivostok and Yokohama with Cmdr. A. W. Hines in command.
Dr. Holton Co. Curl, physician to the party, reports a mob of drunken soldiers burned a bridge the special Russian mission had to cross on a czarist trip. The train was delayed by a few hours, the commission staying in the czar’s winter palace and traveling on a special train.
Rear Admiral James H. Glennon reports from Seattle harbor on his Russia visit. He recalls German taubes bombing the Black Sea fleet and credits Russian sailors as a fine, well trained fighting force. He laments his son's death but praises Russian courtesy and officers.
Siberian wolf hounds named Peter the Great and Catherine the Second arrive in the United States as pets. Basil Miles, secretary to the Root commission, brought them from Russia and re christened the dogs to pronounce their names.
Successful poultry raisers in the Pacific Northwest acquire Alderwood Manor farms to build modern poultry plants. S. Shultz of Ballard leads a $5 home project with 240 foot main buildings and electric farm operations. John J. Devlin of Oak Harbor also joins the Alderwood Manor venture as interest from poultrymen grows and visitors are invited to the Demonstration Farm near Seattle.
James Dooley a valet to two members of the Russian commission says the Russians are generous. They do not say much but will give the shirt off their backs. He notes no flag waving or shouting as the commission passed through Russian cities.
John R. Mott, chairman of the war council, states the Y M C A positions prison camp service as a major wartime duty. He notes the association extends to every battle front and works behind lines to aid prisoners and hospital patients who bore the battle's brunt.
Russia presents exclusive commercial and trade opportunities to the United States, says Samuel F. Bertron of Bertron & Griscom, New York bankers. Bertron, a member of the Russian special mission, notes Russia has vast natural resources and undeveloped commodities yet to be explored.
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