Epidemic Flu Sees 1196 City County Cases Quarantined
Flu epidemic expands in city and county with 1196 total cases and six deaths. City reports 190 new cases on Wednesday and 72 more by Thursday noon. county adds 26 outside the city. Emergency measures include quarantines, hospital opening at Soldiers and Sailors Club, and school dismissals for first symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
University St
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club
City Health Bureau
County Health Bureau
Reon
Enyy Wees
Alice Adams
Smyrna
Wash
City Hospital
W. S. Adams
Providence Hospital
Mike Petrick
Ninth Ave
Charles C. Smith
Macardo Lety
Soldiers & Sailors’ Club
H. M. Read
Public Safety Building
City Health Department
G. H. T. Sparling
al Tho
King County Association of Graduate Nurses
Visiting Nurses’ Association of the Red Cross
Flu Symptoms Highlight Urgency and Quarantine Measures
Symptoms include fever body pains cough and diarrhea with onset about 24 hours after exposure. Public health officials urge bed rest hydration masking, ventilation and isolation. Authorities report four deaths and call for volunteer nurses, an emergency flu ward, and clinic staffing as county and city health departments expand quarantine and ward capacity.
Famine Alarm Across Central Europe. Millions At Risk
Washington reports five million children under fifteen face starvation in Central Europe as winter worsens. Vienna and Budapest show extreme deprivation with most children depending on charity. Poland, Czecho Slovak areas report hundreds of thousands at risk. Red Cross and American Relief warn of possible mass deaths without outside aid.
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Washington
Europe
Oiis
Red
American Relief Administration
Vienna
Albert Halstead
Budapest
Hungarian Red Cross
Poland
C. T. Ekelund
St Paul, Minn
Red Cross
Palmer Fuller
Austria
Hungary
Ekelund
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Sarajevo
Freeing a boy from death penalty sparks debate and doubt
A letter-writer argues against capital punishment, citing a boy named Isom White and his family history of alleged mental illness and fate. The piece questions justice, efficiency, and humanity of hanging, noting slow executions and possible abuse of prosecutors. It also touches on a musical melody’s history and cultural journeys.
Hotels Washed Away by Tide at Rockaway Beach
Four hotels and a large section of the boardwalk were swept into the sea at Rockaway Beach by an unusually high tide driven by a strong northeast wind. Additional summer hotels bungalows bathhouses and pavilions along Coney Island and Rockaway suffered serious damage from the heavy waves.
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New York
Rockaway Beach
Coney Island
Rockaway
The Canton wedding scam movie plot stirs local buzz
Canton Ohio reports a staged wedding scheme aimed at movie fame. Wm Bennett Hoffman marries waitress Ida E B Hinton for a rumored $75,000 inheritance then vanishes after 48 hours. Canton's film-minded public questions if the ruse will succeed on screen. Hoffman threatens film stakes, while Mrs Hoffman vows to profit in movies if he stays away. A separate note: William McLin faces five to 20 years for theft of 75 cents amid other local robberies.
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Canton
Wm. Bennett Hoffman
Ida EB. Hinton
Hoffman
Ida
Hoffman's Hotel
Moving Picture Company
Miss Hinton
William McLin
James Fahlback
25Th Ave
Foreign money to force prices down
Washington reports a potential price drop for essentials in weeks as foreign buyers in England France and Italy cut purchases. U S exporters ship breadstuffs meats and dairy abroad at about four million dollars daily. Officials warn a rapid export decline could hurt American consumers and jobs, urging a gradual adjustment.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
Pavehanan Vwatae Santinaa
England
France
Italy
Pedestrian Collision Report Sparks Verbal Altercation
Mrs. H. Center of 3211 Belvedere Street told police that at 7 45 am on Third Avenue near Spring Street a male pedestrian bumped her car. When asked his name he replied Go to the devil. The incident adds to the year’s 145 pedestrians hit by autos.
Woman Injured in Street Car Collision Reported
Mrs. Louise B. Dorman of 6325 36th Ave W is in city hospital with a broken leg and arm and a deep facial cut after being struck by jitney driver John M. Lindmark at Rainier Ave and Brandon St at 6 15 a m. Lindmark said he ran over her as she stepped into the street to catch a street car and the car passed without stopping. He drove on after the wheels rested on her body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise B. Dorman
36Th Ave
John M. Lindmark
Holly Place
Miss Virginia Richards Hurt By Auto on Westlake Ave
Miss Virginia Richards twenty a telephone operator of 910 Stewart Street sustained a broken leg when an auto collided with a machine she rode to work on Westlake Avenue Thursday morning. She was taken to the city hospital.
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Virginia Richards
Stewart St
Westlake Ave
Fined for liquor in former Little Brown church
George W. Roberts of the Grafton hotel at 319 Seneca street, formerly the Little Brown church, was fined 150 dollars for unlawful liquor possession by Justice Otis W. Brinker on Thursday.
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George W. Roberts
Grafton Hotel
Seneca St
Little Brown Church
Otis W. Brinker
Should civilians be allowed to tote a gun
The column lists five residents opinions on civilian gun possession. Paul R. Chaney says no except in stress for self defense. F. E. Elliott supports carrying when rural life makes it necessary. Oscar Nelson favors carrying given current conditions. H. A. McVeerty cautions against general use and urges consideration of circumstances. N. E. Lieberg questions the suitability of any man to bear a gun and warns that danger signs are unreliable.
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Paul R. Chaney
Arctic
F. E. Elliott
Seaboard
Oscar Nelson
California Ave
H. A. McVeerty
L. C. Smith
N. E. Lieberg
10Th Ave
Seattle bank clerk indicted for embezzlement of 3500 dollars
Waterhouse, a City National Bank employee and bookkeeper in charge of incoming clearings, was indicted by the federal grand jury on a secret indictment for embezzling 3500 dollars. He was arrested at noon Thursday and a bench warrant was served by Deputy U S Marshal Frank Colligan Wednesday noon at his home on Beach Drive.
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Waterhouse
City National Bank
Beach Drive
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
Frank Colligan
Shipyard Probe Leads to One Marriage Claim
Walter C. Foster a 36 year old Justice Department investigator in the shipyard probe married Minnie M. Andrews who traveled from Baltimore to New York to wed him after obtaining a license on Wednesday. Foster lists Alexandria West Virginia as his home.
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Walter C. Foster
Department of Justice
Minnie M. Andrews
Baltimore
Foster
Alexandria
W. Va
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Dana Sleeth
Stanwood
Isom White
Isom
Ruth Garrison
Fsom White
America
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Orient
Egypt
Arabia
Coney
United States
Quentin Quidnunc
Seattle
Shipyard Probe
Cupid
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