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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1915
Page
2
In Colfax near Hay in Western Whitman county a 9-year-old boy discharged a shogun by accident killing his mother Mrs O R Mete 35. The incident is described as an accidental discharge.
Mrs. Hauck narrates a seven year sleepless ordeal with weight loss of 25 pounds and no sleep, despite doctors calling it impossible. Her husband Edward works nights as a cook while she sits with a lamp, counting the hours in a rocking chair.
An auto owned by Sergi Dagner and driven by Motorcycle Officer C G Stanley with Chauffeur Ernest Oblatrom struck three people at First and Union. Stanley and Oblatrom admitted they were in the vehicle. Injured include Hi B Johnson in serious condition, Mrs C M O Daniels and Miss Louise Brust. All were hospitalized at Seattle General.
Mrs Hauck and her husband describe a sleepless two room Heaven Hill home in Seattle where the mother sought medical help in the East and from various remedies without relief for their baby Irene Belle who recently won a liver patter prize at a Hippodrome baby show.
Washington reports the state department asked the British ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice to obtain a full explanation after a report from Ambassador Gerard about the detention of the cotton ship Greenbrier.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick remedy for indigestion sour stomach belching gas and stomach pains. It claims rapid relief and permanent digestion support with harmless effects and urges trying a free sample via mail.
Olympia January 20. Senator Arthur McGuire charges that active railroad lobbying is shaping legislative action. The state senate withholds confirmation of C A Reynolds as public service commission chair and L H Darwin as fish commissioner, while other appointments pass. An investigation is urged to probe opposition motives amid county factional strife affecting Darwin.
G B Ault of Seattle told the State Labor convention in Olympia that about 40 percent of Washington wage earners are out of work in normal times and over 50 percent in hard times. He cited 225000 wage earners who lose an average of 129 days annually. The convention raised 102 to aid families of mill strikers at Centralia.
Seven union miners pleaded guilty in federal court in Ft. Smith Arkansas to charges of conspiring against the government. Thirteen others had charges dismissed. The indictments arose from disturbances after a lockout of miners at the Bache Denman Company location.
H T Denison publicity commissioner and secretary of the Board of Trade of Kamloops B C reports that sentiment across the United States is overwhelmingly favorable to Great Britain and her allies in the European struggle after extensive inquiry.
Lieut. M. S. Lawrence died in Victoria while leading a British storming party. He attempted a heroic dash to rescue a fellow officer during military action, and his death is mourned in local military circles.
A Philadelphia sermon argues that the coming Day of Messiah will shake financial and social orders. It links demonetization of silver and overvalued stocks to a global reckoning, predicting bank failures and a collapse of present elites before Christ's righteous reign begins.
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