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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
5
The Star highlights its 70 000 circulation and diverse readership to attract advertisers to its classified columns. It promises lower costs than other media and urges calling Main 600 for rates and information on placing ads.
Deputy Sheriff reports confession by John Knox in the Jakupaleh murder case. Knox says the suspect knew a mysterious woman called Mme HL who spent time at cabins in the Sierra Madre with Frank Schulenberg and Jakupaleh. He describes gun incidents and a touring car connection.
Olympia dispatch reports Gov. Lister received a telegram from Provost Marshal General Crowder stating the next draft will be held February 15. The message confirms the schedule as official guidance for state selections and timing.
Notice of bankruptcy in the Western District of Washington Northern Division. Marry Edger Loeshe and Winifred J. Reesche were adjudicated bankrupt on December 1, 1917. The first meeting of creditors is January 10, 1918 at 2 PM in Beattie at the Referee in Bankruptcy office for proof of claims and trustee appointment.
Arthur Henderson tells Britain's trades unions and Labour Congress that Wilson's war aims should be asserted strongly. He says the war is a clash of systems, urges abandonment of secret diplomacy and conscription, and demands a clear stance on democracy over autocracy. Labor seeks clarity on Russia and Turkey and peace terms.
Washington reports Germany seeks to address the United States and allies through Russia with peace proposals relayed by Kusela on Germany's mouthpiece. Officials dismiss the move, saying Kaiser Wilhelm must be removed before any settlement, and view Germany’s “No annexations, no indemnities” as a trap.
A fogged windshield caused C J Melhuish to be struck and killed by a machine driven by T W Gilmore at the Westlake and Olive streets intersection in Columbia county Oregon. Gilmore 29 of North 75th Street said he did not see Melhuish who stepped from the sidewalk. Gilmore drove him to a drug store then Beattie General hospital where Melhuish died. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Irwing Palmer questioned Gilmore and released him on personal recognizance to return Saturday.
Congressman John F. Miller will speak at the King County Democratic club noon meeting and lunch at Good Fats Cafeteria First Ave and Cherry. J D Trenholme and Mrs Ellen Colby Lane and Mrs Lillian Seaton will also speak or perform.
Mrs. Lucy Tenert, a recent Seattle arrival, reported her room was entered during the night and $500 stolen. She cried for seven hours and was kept from giving police the room location due to a hysterical condition.
Public Markets at Pine Street show a long list of groceries with varied prices. Items include apples, canned vegetables, coffee products, flour, bread, beans, and canned meats. Stall numbers and local brand names appear throughout the dense market inventory.
A garbled OCR fragment lists various grocery items with prices and vendors. Items include Del Monte tomatoes, Park's pineapple, Aunt Jemima pancake flour, Silver Shield pens, Campbell's soup, bread and coffee cake. No clear event or narrative appears beyond catalog entries.
Mrs August Larson of 6716 32nd Ave N W was slugged on her way home after boarding a Ballard Beach car late Friday. Four men alighted at 32nd Street. a blunt instrument struck her on Jind Ave between 66th and 67th. Floyd Doersch of N M Lumber aided her as the assailant fled. Police report no further developments. She suffered a cut and black eye.
In Tacoma on December 28 Pat Matteson, a taxi driver, was struck with an iron bar or pistol butt and robbed, leaving him unconscious in his car and in a hospital. Earlier, Lawrence Berquist was found unconscious with a crushed skull near Murray, while George Pidd, a Camp Lewis private, awaits trial.
In Superior Court Friday morning Attorney Bradford for Erwin B. Ault editor of the Seattle Union Record sought a restraining order against Heuben W. Jones, school board secretary, to stop canvassing recall petitions against Anna Louise Strong. Bradford said he represented labor interests, not Strong.
Washington dispatch reports thousands in Guatemala City left shelterless as aftershocks continue. Water supplies are strained raising pestilence fears. sanitary conditions worsen. The American Red Cross is aiding the homeless and has collected $500, with offers of further help. Foreign colonies, including Americans, are safe.
Residents in the district submitted a petition to the city council on Friday requesting improved car service along Greenwood and 85th streets. The action reflects local concerns about transit reliability and access.
Raymond Mige, sought by local detectives for burglaries and thefts in Seattle in recent weeks, has been arrested by Portland police and sent to King County authorities for disposition.
Marie Louier, 65, returns to her Alene department village despite orders and now occupies a pig sty as her home. She refuses to leave even after French soldiers and aid workers urge evacuation. An American helper, Miss Mary Virginia Peyton, notes the scene in northern France.
Tacoma reports the Puyal up three feet in 48 hours and rising about a foot every four hours. Engineer Roberts, in charge of inter-county improvement work, says there is little possibility of the river overflowing its banks or causing another major flood.
U S correspondents report Germany’s Zeppelins, once boastful in 1914, largely failed by 1917. Of 52 ships commissioned since 1914, 35 destroyed, two badly damaged, two missing, one damaged in December. thirteen remain in service with eight to the North Sea, two to the Baltic, three as school ships.
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