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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1918
Page
2
Washington weighs whether former Russian dictator will press for U S financial aid. Officials doubt he can gain quick acceptance, while debate centers on intervention plans and how the United States would respond under President Wilson’s policy.
W H Paul and other officers of the ap and Sumner Fruit Growers Hen were charged with high dealings with the company in a suit filed by dissatisfied members. The complaint seeks a complete gating of the books and an act of irregularities. He stated the suit is an effort to discredit him by a faction that hates him.
Ladies may enroll in a Red Cross course at Wil Fourth to study elementary hygiene and nursing. Mrs M Louise Lazier will lead a program of 15 lectures designed to fit women for aid work alongside hospital training.
G Flowers twenty from Camp Lewis on furlough shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself. The tragedy occurred Tuesday in Oregon as authorities investigated the double fatality linked to the soldiers troubled state.
Private Frank E B Lenert of Chicago and a 19 year old brother assisted in marching seven percent German officers and soldiers to American lines after the Belleau Wood engagement. The young soldier led a detachment of prisoners amid the chaotic aftermath of battle.
Pierre P. Ferry a wealthy businessman and brother of Mrs Fliza Ferry Leary was bound over to the federal grand jury after a hearing before U S Commissioner Robert W McClelland Tuesday He denies evading the food hoarding law Secret Service operatives led by Captain Thos B Foster found 548 pounds of wheat flour at his home He says the flour was for three families and bought before the food regulations took effect He claimed he was ignorant of the 43 pound per family limit He testified he held 196 pounds of flour per family and was released on $1000 bail via certified check
Portland hosts a party of 20 Mexican editors who pause for two days during their U S tour. They will tour the city and the Columbia Highway, fatigued by travel but hopeful for better Mexico United States understanding.
In San Francisco a sack of flour named the Shriners Red Cross Sack of Flour sold 21 times, bringing in $127,500 so far. The fund raising aims to reach $1,000,000 to aid the Red Cross with proceeds from sales across several states.
Chief Warren presented the Seattle Police Department with a new silk flag at headquarters Tuesday noon. The flag, ordered for Memorial Day but delayed, features a blue stripe on a white field with gilt fringe and inscriptions reading Seattle Police Department on both sides.
W. Dwight Mead Jr., 13, son of Seattle businessman W. Dwight Mead, Jr., fell three stories from the roof of the St. Paul apartments at Summit and Spring to a green parking strip, Tuesday afternoon, suffering only slight injuries.
Amsterdam reports a semi official Berlin statement today denying that Germany sank the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle. The denial follows Allied claims of the attack and emphasizes no such action by German forces occurred.
Mrs. R. FE Kalephorn of Tacoma was struck and killed by a wild-running car while en route to Camp Lewis with ten pupils to perform a dancing exhibition. The driver and passengers were uninjured. The report also notes a separate July 3rd call for a national banks condition statement as of June 29.
The Cologne Cazette reports the cathedral chapter has ordered the removal of the most valuable windows of Cologne Cathedral as a precautionary measure. The action focuses on protecting irreplaceable stained glass from potential risk.
William Short of the State Federation of Labor told a Masonic Temple audience that German labor cannot negotiate peace as it would undermine the will to fight. He cited passive Reichstag socialists and the Kaiser’s military. The talk, under the King County Council of Defense, stressed broader Allied unity to crush Germany’s war machine.
Chicago financier crowd cites J Laurence Laughlin, economist at Chicago University, to support tax financed war funds. Laughlin says Germany is bankrupt with debt near 37 billion dollars and interest exceeding productive power. notes 5.9 billion in paper money and 350 million gold reserve, now 5.9 billion convertible paper and 600 million reserve.
Paris July 3 a government decree allows French universities to award the title of doctor honoris causa to President Wilson He is the first recipient of the new degree as published in the Paris journal.
San Francisco July 3 reports from the war department say Lieut Earl Marshutz Hammer of California, who joined the honor squadron last July, was captured after notable victories in the Toul sector.
July 3 report from Berne states Marshal Mackenzen and General Below, who led the German Austrian offensive last autumn, have gone to Austria. Below is credited with becoming commander in chief of the Austrian armies on the Italian front.
Portland casualty list confirms Elyvia A. Frost killed in action. Frost enlisted in the Third Oregon here and previously lived in Linnton where he worked as an assistant engineer at a lumber plant.
Renowned Congregational minister and writer Dr Washington Gladden died in Columbus after a second stroke. He was editor of the Independent for four years and linked to Roosevelt through coal strike mediation in 1907. Born 1836 in Pottstown Pennsylvania, he spurned a Rockefeller gift as tainted money.
General Pershing reports heavy enemy losses after a July 2 engagement in the Chateau Thierry area. U S infantry and French forces captured Vaux and surrounding woods, advancing about a mile and a half to 1,000 yards depth, with over 500 prisoners taken in one day and more than 60 machine guns captured. American aviators supported the operations. three pilots did not return.
Italian soldiers cheered the formal announcement that American troops soon join the line. Dispatches from the front emphasize the planned recapture of the Col dell Rosso and consolidation of Italian positions at Monte di Valhella.
Three brothers, Wilhelm, Henry, and Anton Meitmann, German natives and former Vomona residents, were interned at Fort MacArthur for violating the espionage law. They were arrested on the border while attempting to enter Mexico after being charged with pro-German activities.
The Pullman company will be operated under federal control, announced by the railroad administration in Washington on July 3.
A stream of birth notices reports Roy Fahey at 1621 Fifth Ave on June 29 and several other newborns to couples including Stone, W. Pfiang, and Nelson with addresses in Madison Park and Denny, plus multiple June dates. Marriages list Stanely Callow and Dolly Melean, Hoort A. Soward and Margaret Kimore, and others across Seattle area amid a broader public notices section.
Seattle audiences enjoyed The Wanderer at the Metropolitan this week. A herd of sheep used for pastoral scenes was halted at the Canadian border as officials demanded clearance and a price for export. After anxious talks, the Hebron hills sheep were released and returned to the show.
PUYALLUP July 3 The first berry pickers have arrived in Puyallup Valley and from now on they will come in large numbers.
A June drowning at Green Lake Municipal Bathing Beach prompts a letter from Mrs. Nickerson. She decries the absence of a lung motor and telephone, arguing lifesaving facilities are essential and urging quick action by authorities to prevent a repeat tragedy.
Alvin Adams, self confessed killer of Milton Raymer, will not enter a plea to second degree murder until next Tuesday. He remains under observation by Dr D Ansicholign alienist, aided by a letter from the army. The 19 year old’s mental attitude toward the crime perplexes authorities, according to Deputy Prosecutor S M Brackett.
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