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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1915
Page
1
A nurse defended her home by shooting a burglar. The incident is reported amid coverage of preventive medicine and medical society articles. The Star presents Baldridge’s wartime sketches and a look at life behind enemy lines as part of its broad news package.
Vienna dispatch reports four large Russian columns advancing from Nyskow Skyi Turka and Gorlice through Galicia into Hungary as Austro Hungarian forces fight back. Slavs push toward Budapest raising concerns of a possible Austro Hungarian split. Fighting continues in Russian Poland as Germans attempt renewed offensive in the Miana region.
The war report outlines Allied efforts to push Germans from France with fierce line battles and sapper roles. Germany denies gains and accuses Allied excesses in villages. Russia fights hard in Poland and the Baltic region, while Turkish and Russian forces clash in Transcaucasia. Four Russian columns push through the Carpathians into Hungary as news of naval disaster near Portsmouth emerges with a high death toll.
Parts of a man's body were recovered early today from marshes near Coney Island. The torso was in one package wrapped in clothing and burlap, the head and arms missing, while another package held part of a leg. Clues include copies of a New York paper and an Italian paper from December 21. Separately, Secretary Wilson said he would appoint mediators to address issues in the Ohio coal strike.
The coming legislature faces a major clash over liquor policy centered on initiative bill No. 18 the Schmitz brewery and hotel proposal. If valid signatures hold the bill reaches a public vote possibly in 1915 with options to delay until the 1916 general election. Allies push a second ballot bill to keep breweries allowed while banning saloons and hotels with 50 rooms.
The Call and The Bulletin in San Francisco announced a price increase today. Newsstand copies rise by one cent, monthly subscriptions by 40 cents, effective soon.
J R Weston, a Salt Lake City market owner, chased a holdup team after they stole $60. He persuaded one robber to return $50 after a two block pursuit and a polite demand for the money.
A severe wind storm described as a terrific gale has passed over southeastern Alaska and is moving toward Seattle and other Washington seaports. The blow is forecast for tonight with strong winds expected along coastal areas and the inland route.
Intruders entered through a front bedroom window at the McConaghy home on Corwin Place. Mrs. McConaghy used her revolver on a masked burglar, wounding him, but the man fled with another calling for her husband at the lodge. Police search for the wounded suspect while the family frets over missing dishcloths.
City officials debate connecting divisions A and C of the municipal railway and lifting legal blocks on Rainier Valley improvements. Two options are a 28 year Renton and Southern purchase for 1.5 million and a low cost motorbus line at 25 to 30 thousand. The council may submit both plans for a March vote.
Denver woman Mrs Arthur Little battles charges of African ancestry and enlists Police Chief O Neill help to prove she is white for an unborn child. Health records burned in a prior fire complicate verification. A tip mentions a Wade family application to adopt a white child when Mrs Little was born.
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