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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
2
Our Suquamish sale has been wonderful with over 500 bona fide sales. We now arrange to supply custom houses at the lowest quoted prices. We will build a two room 10x20 foot bungalow complete with five bows two doors chimney and ready for occupancy for sale.
Mayor Gill and Miss Gertrude Fonda led the grand march at the Movie Operators ball in the Hip podrome drawing about 3000 people. The event featured cameras, costumes, and appearances by Charlie Chaplin Fatty Arbuckle Ambrose and Ford Sterling as guests.
Dr Spiro Sargentich a Serbian born physician formerly of Seattle died in Nish Siberia where he had been combating a typhus epidemic. News reached Seattle on Wednesday. He chose to dedicate his later years to Serbia’s health crises after legal separation from his wife. He was closely connected with Montenegro’s royal circle.
Berlin police and foreign embassies posted notices urging all foreigners except Turks and Austrians to register between June 11 and June 20. The drive appears to prompt many Americans to register.
A wartime tally reports nearly 6,000 lives lost and 133 ships sunk by German submarines. The record lists ships torpedoed and mined, burned, and the broader impact on warships, merchant vessels, and allied and neutral losses.
The piece notes submarines and mines as the era’s deadliest threats, counting 133 ships sunk and a value around 100 million dollars. It highlights the Lusitania sinking on May 7 with 1,400 deaths, including 130 Americans, and cites other losses such as the British ships Hague Creasy Aboukirne and the sinking of the Bulwark in 1915, plus Bouvet and Princess Irene incidents. It emphasizes naval daring and the mysterious methods behind some sinkings.
Paris June 2 five thousand German dead were found after bloody fighting about Notre Dame de Lorette an eye witness report says German morale collapsed under French artillery and machine gun fire, many wounded waited for ambulances. Capt Sievert's diary covered fighting May 12 to May 21 and noted shortages of food and reinforcements.
Mytilene dispatches report Turkish casualties in the Dardanelles approaching 100 000 after 48 hours of night attacks. Repeated assaults were launched against Anglo French positions on Gallipoli but were repulsed with many Turkish dead and wounded.
Italian batteries at Monte Altissimo shell Mori as the railway bridge is wrecked and the station damaged. Heavy rain hampers movement to shell Roveredo from the Zugno heights, reported as captured yesterday.
Rome June 2 A bombing raid by Austrian air force struck Molfetta near the cathedral and bishop’s palace. Bombs fell on the shipyards. one workman killed and several injuries reported.
Rome June 2 The Italian fleet destroyed the Austrian wireless station on Lissa island off Dalmatia and the semaphore station on Curzola island, it was announced today by authorities.
An official statement from Petrograd says Russians push at Turka, drive Turks from Van, and report disorderly retreat with rifles and ammunition abandoned. Russians occupy Karpel in further advances.
New York artist and author Elliott Gregory has died at age 61. Details of his death were not released. Gregory was known for his paintings and numerous published writings.
An old fashioned advertisement touts TIZ foot bath as instant pain relief for sore feet, corns, bunions, and callouses. It claims relief from swelling and burning and urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at drug or department stores, promising happy, dance-worthy feet.
In this brief telling the adage urges readers to avoid wasting funds and to open a savings account. It emphasizes that prudent money management leads to surprising positive outcomes.
Louise Darity a 27 year old former Providence hospital nurse and William Siewert a young fisherman disappeared Sunday afternoon after a strawberry picking trip near Glendale. Siewert was found dead a half mile from shore Tuesday morning while Darity's body remained missing prompting a search by twenty five fishing boats off Whidby Island. The overturned boat was found on the beach at 3 am Tuesday and Screams heard by the Campbells were misjudged as seagulls.
An advertising blurb urges readers to kill cockroaches now using Stearns Fletric Paste. A two ounce box costs twenty five cents and promises complete elimination for homes, with directions in fifteen languages.
The Hesketh detective bill was approved over Mayor Gill's veto by 7 to 2 with Lundy and Dale voting no. The measure licenses private detectives and requires a $2500 bond. Dale's milk depot plan mandates city milk division inspections of all Seattle milk. Other actions include $90,000 for Salmon Bay bridge approaches and taxi rate reform. The Mountain Co power site offer was tabled.
Coroner's jury rules the two deaths in the first Zeppelin raid on London were murder by agents of hostile forces. Henry Good and his wife died from suffocation and injuries when bombs hit their home early yesterday. Police say the attack followed by German shops and stores and warn against Berlin claims of retaliation. Daily News calls the raid a prelude to more serious actions ahead.
John Bonzano D D official delegate of the pope to the United States and head of the Catholic church in the country arrives in Seattle August 2 as guest of Bishop ODea. He attends the national convention of the supreme council Knights of Columbus. Bonzano resides in Washington DC and was named archbishop of Militine after his 1912 appointment. He was born in Casteletto Italy.
New York June 2 officials of the American Steamship line report no word confirming a rumor that the St. Paul was chased by a German submarine.
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