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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
9
Tacoma February 15. Herlin Wood is in American hands after a mock engagement with the Huns at Camp Lewis. Two hundred National Army fighters went over under a barrage and cleared German trenches in a staged battle guided by French and British officers. The scene resembled a French front with trenches mines and shelling.
Berlin reports lively artillery action southeast of Tahure with American artillery aiding the French in the sector. Tahure lies near Meaulne, signaling continued Allied bombardment in the region via London.
Archibald B. Roosevelt is promoted to captain of infantry in the national army, moving up from lieutenant as of February 15. The report notes the same day that William Torka, arrested for taking gun pictures at Fort Worden and suspected spy, is held for a preliminary hearing after missing $10,000 bail.
An Oregon woman farmer who raises six hundred chickens yearly reports improved health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits renewed strength to the remedy and endorses it to others suffering similar troubles, inviting advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Senator Weeks delivers a three hour senate speech denouncing President Wilson for injecting politics into the war and labeling Secretary of War Baker a pacifist by nature. He defends the Chamberlain war cabinet bill as a coord inating body and urges independence of Congress against executive interference.
Attorney Glen Corkery announced plans to remove Nell Pickerell from the Public Safety building detention ward within days unless she is released. Superior Judge Mackin refused a writ of habeas corpus Friday, prompting Corkery to seek a jury verdict on the ward's propriety, describing it as a nuisance and unsanitary. Nell’s mother Mrs Jennie Pickerell sought her release on Friday.
Disbarment hearings resumed at 1 30 Friday before State Bar Examiner Dix H Rowland in room 409 county city building. Three witnesses testified including former Prosecuting Attorney C Rose of Clallam County and Port Angeles attorney Thomas J Trum. George H Rummens is accused by Mille of instigating the charges.
Complaints charging rioting were filed in superior court Friday against G. Merie Gordon and J. Fred Drake as alleged ringleaders in the January 5 wrecking of the Pigott printing company plant. The article also notes wartime losses on the West Front with January totals.
A war shipping committee proposed a $3,000,000 federal loan program for Seattle shipyard workers to buy homes at 4 percent interest under nonprofit supervision. William Pigott of the Emergency Fleet Corporation would be placed in charge if the action is approved. The move followed a revised subcommittee report led by BE C Hughes and discussed at a Thursday meeting with labor and trade representatives.
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