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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
16
A grand jury returned four additional indictments including one secret and four true bills. Weasley L. Sischo was among those named. The former customs inspector, who resigned from service, was arrested last December on a charge of attempting to smuggle five tins of opium into British Columbia, valued at several thousand dollars.
An old ad touts Hood's Fills as a liver stimulant and laxative, warning against purgatives. It advocates combining Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron for blood enrichment and iron benefits, claiming three medicines together provide the strongest health boost this spring.
The article notes hail money involved at 1760 dollars and indictments against George Starovich and Louis P. Bradley as alleged slackers. A bench warrant was issued by U S District Judge Jeremiah Neterer for the secret indictment after tail values were fixed at 2000 and 3000 dollars respectively.
In San Francisco at the federal court of appeals the Minerals Separation Co Limited seeks a final decision against the Butte & Superior Mining Co. The British firm claims patent infringement of the flotation process for copper ore. A Montana ruling supported Minerals Separation and if sustained could trigger a chain of similar suits asking profits from using the process.
The Senate committee on military affairs reported favorably Senator Fletcher's resolution allowing the president to draft aliens into U S service. The bill covers aliens whose governments have treaties with the United States or will in the future.
Will H. Hays chairman of the Republican National Committee says the party is irrevocably committed to winning the war now and regards all else as chores. He arrived in Chicago today for talks with Republican leaders.
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrives home at Sagamore Hill after weeks away in New York for surgery on a heart condition. He says he feels well and expects to regain strength soon.
In Tacoma an aroused husband shot wife Leona Browne and then killed himself after a quarrel. Ed Alshire found the two bodies on South Gat Street with a revolver between them. Browne died at the county hospital, wife Leona Browne had been staying with her father after the dispute.
The second Chamber of Commerce meeting on community singing approved using Seattle high schools as six district chorus sites. Conductors and accompanists will be assigned, with publicity directed by David Scheets Craig. The group aims to launch work within a week or two and adopt the name Seattle Community chorus.
March 8 report from Fargo North Dakota states seven year old Buster Brooks fired a gun at a geography book showing the Kaiser. The paper notes the boy, angered by the image, fired at the wall and damaged the book. his mother was ordered to reimburse the board of education for the loss.
A murky consumer notice alleges a refund claim for AZO OINTMENT marketed as a cure for itching and sleeplessness. The text suggests a price detail and mentions Miles Cured in six to fourteen units, with warnings about false cures.
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