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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
1
The Star Oy editor proclaims oversubscribing the Liberty Bond issue by a full billion dollars. He urges shaming German leaders and boasting that American resources are not yet exhausted as Seattle celebrates subscription.
An oversubscription of the Liberty loan totaling two billion dollars marks a strong public response as estimates vary between half a billion and one billion over the target. Gen. Pershing receives ovations in Paris while Congress faces pressure over food legislation and possible food riots.
Miss Valeska Sadler the Seattle Red Cross nurse recounts the Charleroi fighting and her escape with other nurses as German forces overrun the city in 1914. She describes hiding in a cellar from morning until the town was captured and the mitrailleuses approaching, amid shattered windows and bombardment.
Washington officials say besides drafting men for the National Army the government will likely draft additional forces to fill the regular army and National Guard. They cite returns showing only 1,000 enlistments yesterday, the lowest since April.
In Tacoma on June 15, Frank M. Lathem founder of the Tacoma Rose Society notes roses with German names show stunted growth. Detectives O'Brien and Montgomery arrest Loren Leon Randall, 22, a paroled prisoner, Friday night after finding several smoking pipes.
A Red Cross appeal urges wartime sacrifice to aid wounded soldiers and their return home. It calls readers to help financially and with acts of mercy, asking communities to provide care and support as a humane duty. Names of Red Cross committee members are listed.
Seattle launches a week long silent appeal for funds to the Red Cross. Streetcars and autos will halt for one minute daily to raise awareness and donations toward a $500,000 target. Public meetings, a pulpit push, and a Volunteer Park rally accompany the campaign led by Dr. Suzzallo and Mrs. Burleigh.
New York, June 15. War time profits flood the city as patrons lavish wealth on cabarets and revues in gala patriotic displays. Stars and stripes costumed performers perform amid Lincoln and Roosevelt imagery as doors close at 1 a.m., signaling a blurring of patriotism and excess.
The Greek consul C. Liliopoulos repudiated a telephone interview released in his name by a clerK in his office. He says he has not been officially informed of King Constantine's abdication and cannot discuss the situation.
The Puget Sound Navigation Co. plans the first sea excursion Sunday to Hood Canal points. The trip will visit Hood Canal landmarks and offers scenic coastal views for passengers.
Jack Hamilton, 34, wrote a remarkable suicide letter to his wife Nora expressing despair over an incurable illness and devotion to their two boys. He urged her to remarry a good man and promised they would reunite in the Sound after his death. He had vanished days earlier. police seek him, believing he carried out the threat. Hamilton had moved to Seattle from Los Angeles and worked at Seattle Construction and Dry Dock.
In the House of Commons Bonar Law announced general amnesty for Irish political prisoners, chiefly tied to the Dublin riots and Sinn Fein plots. Earlier reports note the armed merchant cruiser Avenger torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea with only one survivor.
Seattle reports nine million dollars in Liberty Bonds, about eight hundred thousand more than government estimates. The Liberty Loan committee cites Seattle’s record as proof of city unity and patriotism with more than ten thousand individual subscriptions.
In Seattle a large Liberty Loan Bond block was formed from individual subscriptions by Bon Marche employees who bought 40,700 dollars in bonds. Frank McDermott purchased 15,000 dollars and Mrs. McDermott bought 15,000 dollars as well.
Governors of the New York Stock Exchange ordered Liberty bond trading to begin at noon. The 10 a.m. report showed district subscriptions at 952 million dollars, nearing the one billion target. The first Liberty bond traded above par with a small premium, a block of 10 thousand dollars at about one fiftieth of one percent above par.
On June 15 the Chicago Board of Trade floor saw informal bids of 101 for Liberty Loan bonds. The event marked a symbolic showing of support for the war effort through bond purchases.
The Norwegian steamer Sinaloa bound from South America to Tacoma via San Francisco with a nitrate cargo went ashore off Cape Blanco, 425 miles north of San Francisco, Thursday night. A tug was dispatched for rescue. The ship has 11 tons net tonnage and a crew of 40 men.
Manuel former King of Portugal is appointed by the British Red Cross society to head its orthopedics section. He has long shown interest in treating deformities of wounded soldiers and will oversee relief work on this front in Liverpool.
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