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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1917
Page
2
Mrs. Stanton of Hot Springs Arkansas proposes a powderless gun based on a slingshot principle. She, heir to a $30 million estate from Frank Stanton, says the simple device requires no experienced gunner to operate.
SHORT NEWS CAPT. ARTHUR P. 8S. HYDE thanked the women of Seattle for pledging support in case of war. MRS. 8. S& HELLIWELL, 1705 Madrona drive, robbed of a fur collar valued at 15. MRS. MAY BUNCE collapsed and died at home after an oil stove explosion set clothing aflame. Mrs. Anna Cudney burned to death in Richmond California. Five U. of W. students and four newspaper men were initiated into Sigma Delta Chi. The Whitcomb hotel and a confectionery store at Rochester near Tacoma burned. Mrs. Minnie Williams stabbed herself in Hoquiam jail after commitment order. Nine injured in a downtown Los Angeles fire. Seattle Hotel Men's association election April 10. Frank Vivano kidnap victim found exhausted in St. Louis after sending $4000. Seattle Chamber speakers listed. A music recital at First Unitarian church. Dr. Edward A. Salisbury in Seattle en route to Vancouver. Boy Scout aims explained to Municipal League. Fremont residents seek a county dock at Stoneway. F. L. Hestes and Harry Hammond abandon appeals, taken to Walla Walla.
Defendant Robert Hodge arrives late to the Gill trial as the small crowd gathers. Judge Neterer questions proceeding without counsel while the chief witness Logan Fillingsley may skip UW this semester, derailing the booze conspiracy case.
John Lorenze, a reportedly deranged man from Milwaukee, armed with a revolver, forced Gov Lin ter and Auditor Clausen to seek refuge in the vaults of their offices. A. W. Calder persuaded him to surrender. Lorenze was jailed after being taken to the county jail for examination.
Torio March 14 Official announcement confirms a German raider in the Indian Ocean after its destruction of the untreat Fukai Maru bound for India. Japanese and Anglo Japanese fleets scour the sea for the raider and all shipping is warned.
Cloth sale item notes a shipment of long cloth offered at 15 cents per yard. No additional details on date or seller provided.
After 32 years of married life Mrs Bridget Costello filed for separate maintenance in the superior court against John Costello. The Costellos have 11 children and live on a farm near O'Brien. She says her existence has been made miserable by his cruelty.
Textile listing records pongee silk imported at 48 cents per yard with a note of zero yard quantity listed, indicating stock or pricing details.
Fiber silk plating gives stockings a lustrous look in colors gold Copenhagen champagne smoke gray tan navy pearl pink sky blue and white. Available sizes 8 4 to 10 per pair.
A note written from Tacoma by John Soudas, who escaped with F. J. Dusky, confuses officials. Soudas says Dusky surrendered while he remains at large and claims to be safe. Deputies have searched near Renton for Soudas and question if the Tacoma mailing is an attempt to mislead them.
Gov Lister signed 17 bills in Olympia including the single standard of morals bill and the act prohibiting advertising for divorce business. The report notes the U S imports many hides despite leading cattle production globally.
Olympia report says only one more witness remains for the state in the John Van Dell murder trial. Van Dell shows signs of distress with a flushed face and a headache as testimony proceeds in the case involving E. W. Olson of the industrial insurance commission on February 1.
Senators Jones and Poindexter of Washington were urged to press the post office department to keep existing Northwest mail service until business interests receive a hearing. Northwest Railway Mail Supt. Roscoe Knox denied that proposed changes would cause delays, citing efficiency. Vernon M. Powers, a 24 shingleweaver of 920 West Board Street, died at the Federal hotel Sunday.
The text reads Initiated Handkerchiefs 12 c Each The initial of these.
A catalog of sewing supplies and notions offered at low prices. Items include safety pins by the dozen, darning cotton, linen thread, machine thread, silk spools, machine oil, hairpins, dress shields, berry pins, middy laces, trimming buttons, yarn, cotton tape, bone hairpins, hairpin cabinets, hair nets, hand scrub brushes, bonnet pins, dress forms. Basement salesroom.
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