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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1916
Page
4
A six week old blue eyed baby of English parents is to be given away. The father went to war before birth and is not heard from since. The mother, unable to provide a proper home, seeks adoptive parents. Write The Star with details of the home offered and await a visit. Do not call the office.
The National Automobile Liability company backed by State Senator J Elmer Lahr and endorsed by the AFL expands jitney business in Washington. Bonds will be offered at lower rates through Illinois Surety, with Seattle joining and Spokane and Tacoma already forming branches. The aim is 1000 members including taxi and hired vehicle drivers.
Seven people were injured when a car returning from a road house party plunged from the Monroe street bridge in Spokane. John Hindle, assistant cashier of the Auditorium theatre, suffered a fractured skull and remains unconscious. Cassie Baldwin and Anna Schaffer, both actresses, were badly cut. The occupants had consumed liquor before the trip to the Seven-Mile house.
Seattle reporter visits Miss Munsey at Washington Annex apartment for a playful interview about baths and shopping. Munsey, smiling, reveals a sewing bee with her mother and Miss Walker as they chat calmly and joke about tiger fat and champagne baths.
A historical tally notes 36 epoch making inventions credited to people of the United States and 14 to foreign inventors, reflecting a global spread of innovation over the last fifty years.
Permission granted by Mayor Gill allows waterfront strikers to carry a banner reading Strike on these boats unfair to organized labor keep away Puget Sound Steamshipmen's Union. Permit valid for 30 days.
Cardiff reports a threatened nationwide strike by 600,000 Welsh miners after failure to reach settlement on Sunday work and bonus demands.
Miss Daisy Wall, former domestic at 907 Summit Ave, sues Consul General Nicholas Bogotav lensky and Mrs Bogolaviensky for 500 damages alleging a violent assault on November 1. She claims personal injuries from the incident in the consulate’s city residence.
San Francisco police are due Friday to seize James Marlano who is believed to be Pietro Torturici, the man linked to the 11 year old murder of B. Vilardo. Bertillon and fingerprint comparisons from Torturici’s Kansas City shoplifting arrest were found identical with Marlano. Mrs Rose Boozer, reportedly Marlano’s former wife, was convicted of grand larceny for stealing Mrs Ida Bennett’s pocketbook at a Woolworth store on February 28.
Eighteen open indictments and two secret indictments were returned by the federal grand jury. The open charges target Chinese individuals accused of smuggling opium connected to the Yellow Owl ring believed directed from Seattle by government officials.
Nearly 100 persons gathered at the Labor Temple Tuesday night to plan a campaign for initiative and referendum measures to be voted on at the November election.
A bayonet inspired by the Philippine bolo will replace the current knife bayonet in American army equipment. The weapon doubles as an entrenching tool and can cut away underbrush, broadening its utility for soldiers in field conditions.
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