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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
3
The balance of the V. and H. shoe stock has been turned over to this store to be sold for whatever it will bring. About fifteen hundred pairs of shoes are involved. Ready on Saturday morning on the third floor. Full particulars tomorrow night.
Frederick Greisheimer, alias Gresham, declared he had no bail jump intent and went to Seattle to close a deal. Det. Fred Kracke brought him from Seattle to San Francisco where Dr. Carl Muck of the Boston Symphony accused him of fraudulently posing as a Patherland agent and taking several hundred dollars. He was jailed in the city police court on bail.
The Brownsville area fears a bank raid by Mexican bandits from Matamoros. The sheriff has been alerted and efforts to round up the brigands have continued. Border violence previously claimed lives near Raymondville as authorities tighten patrols.
British artillery gunners staging a horse show behind the lines awarded the blue ribbon to a noble dapple-gray horse that once pulled a plow in Yorkshire.
An Austrian submarine sank the Italian armored cruiser Amalfi in the upper Adriatic yesterday while on scout duty. Most of the 684 crew were saved, marking the first major warship loss for either Italy or Austria since hostilities began.
The government takes over the Sayville wireless station, citing violations of neutrality as Germans used the facility to communicate with Berlin. The action follows ongoing probes into neutrality breaches and marks a wartime assertion of control.
In Rome today Gen Cadorna declared a busy day for the Italian air forces. Austrian aviation camps were bombarded and bombs dropped on Goritz garrison. Ammunition trains and supply stations were attacked. An aerial raid on Alsorza aviation camp started fires and several enemy aircraft are believed destroyed.
Petrograd July 8 The arrival of fresh supplies and ammunition in the Russian lines halts the German drive toward Warsaw from the south and blocks Von Linsingen's eastward sweep through Galicia. South of Lubin Russians are reinforced as trainloads of shells arrive. Ammunition production is sped up after a government official met with manufacturers and within weeks Russia will be ready to offensive everywhere.
The liner Adriatic is expected to arrive in Liverpool this afternoon as anxiety grows over reports of a submarine attack. White Star Line officials say no confirmation will come until she reaches the harbor. The vessel left New York on June 20 and has not been heard from since, with agents noting she will not use wireless signals to avoid revealing her position.
London reports state the Palaba was not armed and carried no extra munitions beyond peacetime cargo. Lord Mersey-led inquiry found the submarine failed to give women and children a fair escape, and concluded the commander planned the sinking and sacrificing lives aboard. Passenger Leon Thresher, an American, perished in torpedoing. Crew allegedly jeered at survivors in the water.
Mr and Mrs J Roy Owens landed the largest Dolly Varden trout ever taken from Lake Wenatchee using one of the smallest fishing hooks. The catch occurred in July near Wenatchee.
Ottawa reports that Canadian soldiers in training will be allowed leave to help harvest the large wheat crop. Acting Minister Lougheed said commissioned officers and men who wish may take time off to assist with the harvest effort.
Miss Dorothea Abbott who had just been released from ten months in a plaster cast after a birth hip malady operation was injured in an auto accident. The operation must be repeated due to the new injuries.
Gov. Lister released two letters praising Washington's exhibit at the Pan-Pacific exposition. One letter comes from former Secretary F. Nevins of the Tacoma Y M C A and the other from four Texas young women.
Arthur A. Lewis of the public service commission was yesterday appointed by Gov. Lister as a third member of the state board of equalization.
An auto driven by 8 E Clark of Seattle ran away on the east side of Blewett Base. It upset but he his wife and four children escaped with minor bruises.
British boy scouts in Northern France saw 40 East London scouts enlist two months ago. only four remain. Rev Edward Digby called them the fighting parson and noted they charged German lines at Ypres with gallantry under heavy fire.
July 8 report states the Republican central committee is preparing to push Senator Borah for the 1916 presidential nomination. The effort centers on organizing support and rallying party backing to secure Borah as a leading candidate.
A London hospital report says surgeons removed several coins from a wounded soldier’s thigh after shrapnel carried his pocket and its contents into the flesh. In Portland, officials announce St Johns and Linnton were annexed, boosting the city population by about 7,000.
At the Liberty theater through the week Barrymore stars in The Dictator as Brook Travers a moneyed American facing comical misadventures endangering his life with sailors saving him. The Colonial features Theda Bara in The Devil's Daughter. The Mission shows Mina Jekyll and Madam Hyde with Helen Gardner and Play the Game. The Alhambra begins The College Widow with football realism. Griffiths Birth of a Nation plays at Clemmer. Grand presents The Wrong Label and Diamond From the Sky. Class A shows Captain Macklin with thrills. Melbourne screens Avenging Conscience starring Mae Marsh Blanche Sweet and Henry Walthall.
The Liberty closes Saturday night with The Dictator featuring John Barry More. Alhambra finishes Wednesday night with The House of the Lost Court starring Viola Dana Gertrude McCoy and Robert Conness. Clemmer presents The Birth of a Nation with Lillian Gish Mae Marsh Miriam Cooper Henry Walthall and Ralph Lewis. Mess Colonial ends Saturday night with The Devil's Daughter starring Theda Bara. Melbourne screens The Avenging Conscience with Henry Walthall Mae Marsh Blanche Sweet. Mission shows Miss Jekyll and Madam Hyde with Helen Gardner and Playing the Game starring Lillian Walker. Class A offers Captain Macklin four part drama Pirates Bold and a comedy. Grand screens The Wrong Label, a comedy drama with King Baggot Jane Gail, plus The Diamond From the Sky No. 10 and Animated Weekly. 7 Alaska presents The Garden of Lies with Jane Cowl and Papa's Baby Girl, a comedy. Madison ends Thursday night with Officer 666 Howard Estabrook and Her Bargain Sydney Ayres.
The listings announce Thursday closings for two part dramas The Little Mr Fixer and A Buried City with two part dramas. A two act or two part comedy Almost a King is also shown alongside two parts of The Black Box at Ye College.
William Hudson, injured weeks ago while cleaning an evening gown, was discharged from the hospital then readmitted after an explosion and fire at the cleaning plant. The blaze caused about 500 dollars in damage to the facility.
Tacoma July 8 Warrants for the arrest of 30 Seattle drivers of motor trucks who carried passengers to auto races on July 4 and 6 without a proper license were to be issued today by the prosecuting attorney.
Mrs. Mattie H. Hynes dies when a rowboat collapses at Sagle Harbor after a birthday celebration for her. Her husband a one year old child and two others are rescued. In Portland inspectors process jitneys and drivers under the new city ordinance at about 30 per day.
An advertisement promotes mercorized wax to remove sun damage and give a clear complexion. It recommends spreading a thin layer on the face at night and washing off with warm water, claiming daily improvement. A Saxolite solution is also advised to reduce wrinkles.
An advertisement advises that most stomach troubles stem from excess acid and fermentation. It promotes bisulfated magnesium as the best antacid to neutralize acid, stop fermentation, and calm the stomach after meals. It claims water and the magnesium compound restore normal digestion.
The Consumers' league will meet Friday at 2 p.m. in the Henry building with several speakers. Plans for future jaunts will be discussed.
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