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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
8
M Boudreaux 33 took a car for a first spin and caused 15 dollars in damages before being chased by Sergeant Keefe. Arrested for reckless driving he posted 100 dollars bail and promised to appear Tuesday at headquarters.
Illness in his family forces Ole Hanson to decline President Wilson's December 5 luncheon. Hanson, who campaigned for Wilson across the Western and Middle Western states, remains in quarantine for two weeks due to diphtheria.
Workers from Galbraith Bacon recovered a driverless auto left at 68 Vine Street during a Friday delivery. The brakes failed letting the wagon roll off the viaduct into 18 feet of water as divers attempted retrieval.
Dec 2 reporting gains in the western Cerna voda bridge area as part of the Great Russian Offensive. The official statement notes continued advances and strategic movement in the western sector.
A New York estimate says 1,806,019,560 eggs laid in a year would reach around the world more than twice. The annual egg bill stands at about 50 million dollars.
London reports from December indicate rumors that David Lloyd George plans to resign as minister of war. Papers cite a cabinet crisis and dissatisfaction with Premier Asquith as contributing factors to a potential dissolution and reorganization amid the war effort.
Kappa Sigma members wrapped up their biennial gathering with a Friday night banquet at the Elks Club. The Spaler Benevolent Club plans card parties and dances to raise funds for philanthropic work. Seven individuals indicted by the King County grand jury pleaded not guilty Friday. N Miller Jr was named district commercial superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Co Northwest. Charles T Walters, Pasco hotel manager, died Friday at Providence Hospital after a brief illness. Deputy Game Warden Dun sent four quarters of deer and 25 pounds of trout to Mother Ryther home for Thanksgiving. Epworth League district rally drew 400 attendees at First Methodist church Friday night. H O Stewart Construction Co won the Ames shipyard’s first building contract. The city’s suit to recover 15641.52 in interest on a sewer contract against Erickson Construction Co was dismissed in Superior Court. John Nelson and wife lost a suit to dodge payment on a plane bought by Nelson after learning the husband had made a similar purchase. Richard Croxel, missionary, returns from China to speak at King County Holiness Association December 5 at Green Lake Free Methodist.
John Jirolmo told W H Mart of the liquor permit department he lived at 210 Washington when applying for a permit and was arrested for making a false statement. Hart, familiar with the address, says violators are being sent by bootleggers and aims to arrest them. Jirolomo is to appear before Justice Brinker.
A German engineer introduces a pocket watch with a dry battery powered lamp for night reading and claims a celluloid wing that is 0 transparent making aircrafts invisible at 200 feet. The invention includes an electric lamp and a glow device designed for nighttime visibility.
London dispatches report a massive Russian offensive in Dobrudja and Southwest Bukowina aimed at flanking the Jablonitza pass. Russia pours troops to aid Romania as Austro German forces face the threat. Kirilbaba’s position looms as a decisive rail hub.
During November 627 building permits were issued with an estimated construction cost of $481,325. The year to date totals reach 7,987 permits and $7,859,399, up from $5,856,270 for the first eleven months of 1915.
Acting Police Judge P V Davis ordered the trial of former Patrolman C C E Francis to proceed and exonerated him by discharging the charges. Francis, a Seattle policeman for 11 years with an unblemished record, said friends may have brought liquor to his rooms while the chief was away.
Charles E Gaches of Mount Vernon was elected president of the state university board of regents at the annual meeting. A native son and University of Washington graduate, he succeeds O A Fechter of North Yakima. The board urged building a bridge at Montlake Avenue across the Lake Washington canal and planned a joint meeting with the State College regents in Beattie on December 8.
Trustees of the late John F. Irvine estate allocate 200000 from a 300000 donation to support the existing Masonic state home in Puyallup. The fund becomes available in a year as forty rooms are added to the facility this year.
Mary Alice Smith abandons a quiet Amboy farm after a year to pursue a Chicago life and a promised $10,000 inheritance, drawn by city companionship and opportunity. She previously earned $12 a week as a stenographer and had considered staying, but returned to Chicago seeking the urban future.
King County bootlegging story centers on Sgt. Ed Norman who led a raid at a Lavilla all night roadhouse. He was suspended after arguing that the raid occurred outside city limits and he refused to yield to Lt Charles Dolphin. Norman claims to have arrested suspects and taken them to county jail while planning to press charges.
The Seattle built steamer Niels Nielsen, which lost her propeller 200 miles off Cape Flattery, will arrive at Victoria Saturday for repairs. Divers will inspect the damage to determine if repairs can be done in the water or if the vessel must go to dry dock at Esquimalt.
A fresh southerly gale shifts to southwest as weather bureau forecaster warns Seattle to expect continued rain formation continues through the weekend with an active storm pattern in the region.
Aviator Herbert Munter will attempt a non stop flight from Seattle to Portland in a hydroplane when weather permits. The 230 mile trip uses a Seattle manufactured craft from Pacific Aero Products Co headed by W E Boeing, with a water route to ensure safe landings in case of accident.
Petrograd reports that Rumanian troops successfully resist German pressure toward Bucharest. Officials say all assaults in the southern sector have been repelled and that enemy forces were driven from Komana and Gostinart villages, captured a day earlier.
London December 2. The government granted South Wales miners a 15 percent wage rise. The decision comes after the nationalization announcement and the mines being operated by a government commission.
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