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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1915
Page
7
An ad proclaims a new fat producing prepar ation Sargel promises to rebuild flesh and strength for the thin and weak. It asserts a regenerative force aids digestion and nerves, offering concentrated fats and nourishment via a tonic used by eminent physicians and distributed by Swifts Pharmacy and others.
The article notes that allies demand banning American shipments to Germany via neutral countries, labeling it absurd. It says the US would view British orders as their stance and warns negotiations may delay. It denies any plan for a special congressional session to grant an export embargo, citing neutrality concerns.
Mrs. Hal T. Brady, wife of Omaha millionaire Hal T. Brady, has left the Brady mansion and returned to New York with friends saying she plans to resume her stage career. The former Miss Madah Weems wed last Thanksgiving after a 24 hour courtship and moved to Omaha.
In Cleveland on March 19 George D. Kent, 20, died after a confrontation with his lifelong friend Lester W. Scheu, 21. Scheu claims Kent forced him to drink chloroform and threatened to shoot him, leading Scheu to grab the revolver and kill Kent. The men had pledged eternal friendship and an anti marriage pact, but Scheu allegedly married in February amid Kent's jealousy claims.
The first annual street fair in University district drew about 30 000 fun seekers with shoppers and jitneys filling 46th Ave N and the surrounding business district. A parade led to a fire station rescue show on the Bank Building stage as Mayor Gill spoke and merchants hailed the carnival's success and planned a repeat next year.
Carson City reports that at session close the Nevada legislature legalized nearly all gambling forms by passing a revived bill as a substitute. It allows poker, stud poker, solo, whist, panguingue, five hundred and other games except percentage games. Felony status remains for dealer controlled and house percentage games. Races with pari mutuel betting had been addressed weeks earlier.
Dispatches from border towns report a major battle for Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina, as Austrian forces push from the city toward Sadagora. Russians, warned of the approach, meet the attack with determination and repulse the Austrians with losses.
The United States will inspect prisoner of war camps in Great Britain Germany Austria and possibly France and Russia to check conditions and supply prisoners with government aid. England and Austria consented to the plan with Germany. about 530000 German prisoners and 25000 British aliens are noted.
Berlin reports admit Russian raiders crossed into Prussia reaching Memel. War office calls Russians involved firebugs not soldiers. They burn houses pillage towns then flee back across the frontier.
In San Francisco on March 2 Alfred Braun and C. Silva, linked to a wealthy South American family, were arrested for opium smuggling upon their arrival aboard the steamship San Juan from Panama.
Multiple brief items: Mrs G S Pease dies at daughter’s home in Minnesota. Fifteen garbage men arrested for overturned cans on Western Ave. Welford Beaton writes for Harpers Weekly. Charlies J Bingay hikes from Vancouver to New York. Bainbridge Island school districts consolidate. F J Craig 55 asphyxiates at Ivy Hotel. Robert Boyns speaks on insurance at the Commercial Club. 75 lawmakers to visit Northwest per Humphrey. Babe Livingstone to answer defrauding innkeeper case. Boys’ club at Queen Anne high to host vaudeville. Lincoln steamer to sail Saturday. Dolphin sails to SE Alaska. Naval officers to have weekly classes. Southern Railway agency abolished. Laeniece sails with wheat to Britain. Centralia judge raises speeding fine. Panic at Frisco fair grounds after dancer shot by brother. Arctic lodge adjourns after Juneau feast. Wakefield arrested in Tacoma for furniture smashing. Storms hit English coast. nine lives lost. FTC begins investigations. Arbor Day set for April 9. Miriam reports iceberg encounter. Guttenburg NJ mayor nearly killed by bomb. U S Steel annual report shows profits decline. Portland First Church EK loses court battle.
Governor Spry vetoes a statewide prohibition measure passed by both houses. The veto ends the bill as the legislature adjourned days earlier. The governor notes the local option law would allow communities to enact prohibition if desired.
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