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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
12
Under orders from Hazen J. Titus of the Northern Pacific dining car department 300 stamped postcards were sent to the Washington Guardsmen at Calexico. The cards are provided for guardsmen to write messages home.
Mrs. Robert H. McCormick mother of Medill McCormick and Chicago society figure arrived in Seattle from the East on the Northern Pacific. She is a guest at the New Washington hotel and viewed the boulevards Friday guided by D. S. To bias of the Northern Pacific dining car department.
Acting Secretary Polk submitted Carranza’s plan for a commission of three men from each nation to settle the Mexican problem. Wilson reportedly approved the proposal and was set to formally approve before departing on the Mayflower for a Potomac weekend trip.
A six member commission split with three from each country would be appointed by Gen. Carranza to investigate U S Mexico border tensions. They would propose remedial steps possibly including joint troop patrols and would hear testimony from Americans and Mexicans about the incidents leading to the border raid.
Fox star June Caprice debuts at the Strand in Caprice of the Mountains and wins Seattle crowds. Strand manager William Smythe praises her instant appeal and predicts rapid rise as a top screen star. The program also features National Guard troop footage, a comedy, and Matt and Jeff cartoons.
British troops pierced a four mile front breaking the German line at dawn and advancing beyond Len eval and Bazentin le yland while clearing Trones wood. Special dispatches report Longueval Basen Unle-Grand and Trones wood taken as French forces push from Hardecourt to Guillemont.
The budget estimate to the finance committee shows the public library requesting $5,062.7 more for 1917 than 1916, while the city treasurer seeks $3,290 less than the 1916 award.
After a long period of financial weakness the Western Pacific railroad passed out of receivership at midnight Thursday and began anew under the control of Charles M. Lavey as president.
Heavy rains sweep across Philadelphia and parts of New York and Pennsylvania ending several days of extreme heat. Temperatures plunge about 20 degrees within minutes, easing the suffering of residents.
Sixty five men have enlisted in the new field artillery battery being organized in Seattle by National Guard officers. Sixteen of this number signed up Thursday. Downtown recruiting headquarters will be opened shortly.
In White Stone New York two kittens fled a pursuing dog attempting an aerial escape. One was rescued from a well after an hour of effort while the other required a hazardous 100 foot tree climb to reach and save it.
Four people were hurt when buckshot hit the observation platform of the Pitcairn car attached to the Broadway Limited near Maples Indiana. Injured include R. J. Wood H. P. Gillet Master Keifer Newman and Miss Bertha Gowetler. Train halted for 15 minutes in Lima for treatment and investigation.
In Cleveland on July 14, 200 New York troops en route to the border for anti bandit action halted at the Nickel Plate depot to feed. Impatient sailors helped themselves to watermelons meat tobacco and wine from three commission houses and a restaurant. Police aided storekeepers. no arrests were made. One trader cited soldiers lacking food for 36 hours.
In New York on July 14 Felix Jacobus a member of the Great Neck L L golf club was struck by lightning and killed while holding a flag for Mrs Oscar Lewishon formerly Edna May the actress. After the tragedy Mrs Lewishon and many society women knelt in the heavy storm and prayed following the electrical attack.
A grand sacred concert will be given by Cantor Rev Solomon Tor bin and choir assisted by Mr B Dolgox choirmaster under the auspices of the Congregation Bikur Cholum at 17th ave and yesterday on Sunday evening July 16.
Minneapolis was chosen as the site for the next annual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine after the close of the 42nd session held in Buffalo New York on July 14.
Valuable Belgian paintings were rolled in cloth and enclosed in water-tight metal tubes before being sunk to protect them from wartime damage. The operation safeguarded culturally important works by concealing them in secure containers.
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