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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
1
The Star notes no Seattle bank failures in 25 years and says Northern Bank & Trust Co. failed due to poor management. Depositors will likely recover most funds as banks maintain solid liquidity. Clearing House Association pledges help to solvent banks. pooled resources exceed $130,000.
Genevieve Forbes of the Lilac Domino company and Frances Nordstrom entertain with snowy adventures while in Seattle for performances. George Curzon, manager of the production, and George Pantages of the Oak Theatre share chilly exploits from sledding to swimming in the Sound as locals embrace the rare snow.
The Federal Reserve Board of San Francisco telegrammed Seattle to offer government backing and ready money for member banks. It cites twenty million in gold, twenty million in notes, and twenty eight million more ships, with backing from Seattle Clearing House. Depositors crowd banks. most meet demands as Northern Bank and Trust Co. fails.
At Guild Hall a Crown Prosecutor charged Mrs Alice Wheeldon Harriet Wheeldon Fred Mason and Albert Mason with conspiracy to murder. Scotland Yard and the secret service had tracked the plot since December 26 with about 30 witnesses planned to testify. The four were remanded until Saturday, amid public uproar over the alleged plan targeting Premier Lloyd George.
Paterson New Jersey January 31 police believe poverty fear of another birth and worry over a tuberculosis stricken husband led Mrs Anna Goldstein to murder her baby boy aged 23. She was arrested after a grand jury indictment found her with two half naked children crawling about a dingy shanty as her husband lay ill.
Dr. Paul A. Turner of Seattle filed for divorce from Katherine Turner in superior court alleging jealousy and opposition to his cases and night calls. He claims she pursued social life, left for New York, and seeks custody of their one child. Married Mobile Alabama February 3, 1910.
Fears rise for the Japanese liner Nippon Maru of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha line as she remains four days overdue at Honolulu. The ship, due January 27 from Yokohama, carries passengers and 13,000 tons of cargo amid concern she may have fallen to a German raider.
New York January 31 A rumor and common gossip were blamed for a leak about President Wilson's note to belligerents. F A Connolly says he had no inside information though he wired Washington December 20 via E F Hutton. Bolling denies any inside track and Connolly cites Washington gossip about humane treatment at a hospital. John R Peck, Mabton, father in law of the dead woman, also seeks Senate action.
Olympia steps up inquiry into Western State Hospital where former inmates now sane allege attendants brutalized patients. Hearing named Dr. Keller and Dr. Wilt plus attendant Kate Knowles to explain death of Leone C. Peck on June 18. Eyewitnesses recount beating and torture under a cold shower bath.
The Senate approved Alaska's bone dry prohibition bill. It bans manufacture and sale of intoxicants in Alaska and prohibits shipping it into the territory.
Frank Hartman, famed American driver, slips through Dalton like a night phantom with his crippled Alaskan team, reaching Evyanaville at 1 a.m. seventeen miles ahead of the next challenger. The stunt marks a striking early finish in the Winnipeg St. Paul dog derby amid unusual conditions and strong rivalry.
England announced in official casualty lists that 2 314 officers and men were killed in December. C A Kjos, sales manager of the Western Dry Goods Co, will speak at a free salesmanship lecture at 8 p m Wednesday at the MGC A.
Joseph T. Greenleaf, cashier, states the People's Savings Bank is absolutely safe with no losses expected. The bank has been named a gold medal bank in the United States for its heavy reserve funds and has received offers of assistance from local and tonal banks, which are declined.
Petrograd dispatch says Soviet troops slogged waist deep through snow to storm German positions east of Jacobenn and break the line in a bold assault. Judge Card allows Rosa Albutt to serve a 10 year penitentiary term in county jail after conviction for assault on Mrs. Gertrude L. Robertson in Tacoma.
The Clearing House Association issued a statement Wednesday saying there is no basis for public alarm over the Northern Bank & Trust Company failure. It offers to aid solvent banks in the city, member or not, and notes city banks hold over 130 million dollars in resources while promising close oversight of banking and mercantile interests.
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