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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1917
Page
1
German officials say submarines could reach American waters near the Panama Canal and launch large land, air, and torpedo fleets. They claim Germany is stronger than at the war’s start and expect the Entente to fall within six months despite U.S. involvement. They view America’s isolation as limiting its impact on the war.
In Hoboken 150 customs neutrality squad deputies and Hoboken police escorted German ambassador Count von Bernstorff and his suite from Washington. The party boarded the liner Frederick Will, with 175 German diplomatic corps members, and the ship departed for the bay. A heavy security perimeter remained as reporters courted a brief interview, while police and secret service stood watch near the pier and harbor.
Plans by Allen Dale and political allies to stage a dramatic flag salute at a council meeting collapsed. A hurried photograph and staged applause failed as smoke and coughing halted Dale mid speech, leaving Erickson and others bemused while the clerk read only part of a printed address.
The Taxpayers league of Seattle and the Federated Improvement bids of the city will hold a joint meeting at the Good Fats cafeteria Tuesday at 12 15 p m to hear the candidates for the council.
The Star highlights Heath Heattie live stores work to maximize value for money. Daily features report efforts to offer better value and hot offerings at Heathen best stores, encouraging readers to follow ongoing ads for informed spending choices.
John C. Jacobsen alleges in a superior court divorce action that his wife Serene was not peaceful, claiming she threw dishes and once struck him on the head with one.
In Cuba, President Menocal orders three month army enlistments amid Santa Clara province uprisings sparked by the November election. The U S agrees to sell 10 000 rifles and 5 000 000 rounds to Cuba as mutineers resist. Two government troops are killed and rebels number over 150 in Santa Clara.
Panama Pacific exhibitor accountant P E Anderson testified in Seattle on the Gerber custody case for Aneal age 7. He said Mrs Gerber later Mrs Ralph De Bit led a Mes sianic Message cult at a Beaux Arts Lake Washington headquarters and described a fortified apartment. Neither parent attended the hearing.
Washington February 14 Woodrow Wilson was officially proclaimed re-elected president with 277 electoral votes to 254 for Hughes. The count occurred before the Senate and House, with Justices of the Supreme Court and Senators Kern Clapp and Representatives Mapes Rusker serving as tellers.
In San Francisco a 15 year old boy from Reno Joseph Rosasco was found dead with a gunshot wound to the neck in a Columbus Avenue rooming house. The slain youth's cousin, also named Joseph Rosasco, 20, was taken into custody after police examined him for sanity. The father, Benj Rosasco, said he brought the son for mental evaluation.
In Olympia the senate opens a probe into the $80 000 public service commission appropriation. Senators Nichols and Palmer and others question how the funds were used, alleging telephone valuations funded rate increases and private corporate benefits. The inquiry seeks clarity on who benefited.
Olympia Feb 14 The banks of this state are in better condition than in years with no cause for uneasiness. The report submitted to the senate by Ren Frank A Case of Spokane says recent failures were due to improper banking methods and not to systemic weakness, finding other banks blameless for not funding defunct institutions.
After leaving court for a 90 day vagrancy sentence Morris bolted through courthouse corridors and marble stairs. Deputies Von Gerate and detectives Yorts Waechter nabbed him when his foot slipped, ending the escape as Morris was found taking orders from county jail prisoners through barred windows. Also notes a rising US car count reaching 53,946,664 vehicles valued at about 2 billion dollars.
A series of quotes from mothers across neighborhoods express support and opposition to a military training bill. Some favor early training in high school citing discipline and citizenship benefits, while others oppose militarism but see value in basic preparedness. Opinions range from backing college to high school programs to cautious acceptance of training if war looms.
Atlanta Feb 14 Mrs Ida Mae Innes wife of Victor Innes of Portland Ore was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary on conviction of larceny tied to the disappearance and supposed murder of Lois and Peatrice Nels.
In Hoboken New Jersey a man calling himself Alfred Hopkins claimed kinship to Prince William of Germany. He tried to rush guards delivering a letter to Count Von Bernstorff and was taken to police for examination. The letter from "Frederick Hohenzollern" professed a conspiracy and urged an appearance for an interview. The incident occurred as embassy staff boarded the Frederick Will, with photographers capturing the moment.
Burglars struck the home of Superior Judge Everett Smith on Holly Street Tuesday night stealing silverware and wearing apparel. At the Y M C A F M DeLan reported loss of clothes and field glasses, with police noting frequent burglary reports at the facility.
Rear Admiral Y Takashita’s squadron officers say Japanese warships will assist in the blockade of central powers. In Seattle on shore leave from three cruisers Iizuma Iwate Nishin, they are at Esquimalt awaiting orders to European waters. ships expected to proceed to the Mediterranean.
In Dallas on February 14 N Nagahima head of Mitsui & Co declared Japan would use all naval and military power to help the United States if the U S and Germany go to war He said Japan values the friendship of the United States more than Germany and noted 85 percent of U S export trade last year went to Japan He added the United States would be wise to go to war with Germany due to profitability
R Linton walked into police headquarters last night and admitted he had been speeding by five to ten miles per hour, struck a man with his car, and injured him The police say the frank admission is unparalleled in the department's history.
The Seattle Chess and Checkers Club moves into vacant Transportation club rooms in the Railway Exchange building. N W Banks, a Wisconsin champion, will visit with a guest from the 25th to the 28th. Also noted is a tribute to the linguist Mezzofanti famed for reading and speaking many languages.
Casper Fisher trains Elks as talking singing minstrel men for the Metropolitan Theatre show. Interlocutor Henry Monroe prompts jokes from the Bones. Sidelights profile Billy Hobson Tanner Wattelet McNeill Shirreff and selling cemetery plots as stage fodder and audience lure. The show opens Thursday night with Caspar and his trained Elk leading the act.
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