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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1919
Page
5
Jan 13 report from Petrograd indicates Leon Trotsky has introduced new military laws replacing older Rugged Czarist rules. W. Spangler, vice president of the Commerce, has been nominated for president in a related note.
Senator Smoot of Utah introduces a bill to grant Edith Roosevelt widow of the late president a five thousand dollar annual pension and free use of the mails. Argentine subscriptions to the French Liberation loan exceed twenty five million nine hundred thousand dollars.
Starry Ness, a Seattle longehoreman and ex officer, shot himself in the bathroom of the Nels apartment at 1621 16th Ave North after a three year federal sentence was imposed. Ness had been convicted of transporting Mrs Zena Murphy from Portland to Seattle for immoral purposes and faced sentencing.
Three young men ages 18 and 17 were arrested by Police Sergt. W F Holand and Officer F W Pilow at Howard Ave N and Republicans for burglary and holdup. A search of their Interurban hotel rooms on Occidental Ave yielded jewelry believed stolen. All are held in the city jail as burglary suspects.
The fragment muses on human imperfections and the folly of relying on machines to fix faults. It notes merchants urging improvement of dress and appearance, while suggesting self-knowledge and weakness reveal wisdom, with garbled references to a store and practical attire.
Tributes to the late Col Roosevelt were paid at three Seattle churches Sunday evening. Bishop Walter Sumner of Oregon spoke at St Mark's Episcopal, praising Roosevelt as American and Christian. Mayor Hanson and Rev Crowther spoke at First Methodist. Rev Matthews highlighted Roosevelt’s achievements at University Baptist. Sumner’s sermon drew on Roosevelt’s exhortation for the strenuous life. A relief check of 1000 dollars was to be sent to the Near East fund after Hinshaw’s address.
Steve Sobkoff, 35, a laborer, is held for questioning in the Monday city stall robbery of Sam Mloff at the Leonard lodging house on King Street and Eighth Ave. Mloff, an acquaintance, was relieved of 1000 in war savings stamps. Eloff told police Sobkoff scratched his assailant’s face during the struggle, leaving a lacerated face on Sobkoff and no money found on him.
Fort Worth Texas January 15 two fliers were killed one instantly and another fatally hurt with a fourth slightly injured in accidents at Carruthers Field. Lieut John K B Garbut Sheridan Wyoming and Mechanic H L Quinn Pittsburgh PA fell 5000 feet in a tallpin and were killed. Cadet F C Botsick Amity Louisiana and Mechanic Ralph Mellimain Oakville IL also crashed in a tallpin two minutes later Mellimain probably fatally injured but Botsick only slightly hurt.
French decree prohibits any import of German banknotes coins or monetary instruments into the country. The measure aims to curb circulation of foreign currency and enforce customs controls.
Three hundred influenza deaths monthly are reported in Beatle area with 145 new cases Saturday and additional figures expected by night. City Health Commissioner J S Meffride warns the public that the situation is worsening and that cautious measures like wearing ice and daily cleaning are insufficient without broader public cooperation.
A historic ad extols Mothers Friend as a prenatal remedy aiding nerves and ligaments for easier childbirth. It claims reduced pain, nervousness, and discomfort, promising easier expansion of the abdomen and less danger during delivery. The copy urges purchasing from stores and requesting a Mothers Book from the Radfield Regulator Company in Atlanta.
A Seattle advertising piece promotes high grade registered dentists with state board certificates and ironclad guarantees. It touts low prices from high volume, modern painless dentistry, free initial examination, and no obligation estimates.
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