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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1917

Page

8

CIGARETS SMOKE THE NERVES OF ACTORS IN CITYS BIGGEST DRAMA

The Gill case courtroom drama shows judges, Mayor Gill, Chief Heckingham and detectives taking regular recesses to smoke. Attorneys, reporters, and staff gather in the ante room amid blue haze as nerves are soothed by cigarets between sessions.

City Jeremiah Neterer Gill Heckingham Peyser Poolman McLennan Doom United States Ilene Kro Messenger Detective Doom U. S Clarence L. Keamens

Gossip and good sense for school life advice

A column offers guidance on coping with ruined friendships from rumors, finding trusted female support, and maintaining kindness. It answers questions on governors, hosting duties, and whether war is justified, with cautions about "steady company" and social propriety.

Sell Drastic Markdown Sale at Rogers' Store

Arrow Collars priced at 15c. Rogers offers 2 for 15c and over 200 dozen in late styles. Cluett Dress Shirts $1.50, Rogers 69c. Walk Over Shoes marked down from 4.00 to 1.98. Fine Dress Shirts $2.48, Ladies Shoes up to 6.00 at 2.48. Rogers slashes prices to draw crowds as he urges sell now.

Rogers Cluett Schneider Strauss Cooper

Pape’s Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief

Advert says Pape’s Diapepsin quickly neutralizes acidity and stops indigestion in five minutes. It claims relief from gas sour stomach and upset after meals, with a large case costing fifty cents at drug stores and a reputation for gentle, harmless action.

Pape Crug

Missing witness eludes search in booze graft trial

Eddie Metsdorf, key witness tied to the Logan Billingsley liquor conspiracy, remains missing as U S marshals and police fail to locate him after conflicting statements to defense and government lawyers. Prosecutors want Metsdorf to testify on allegations Billingsley paid him to suborn perjury, a claim central to the Gill case and the trial’s tangled testimony.

Eddie Metsdorf Logan Billingsley United States Hyda U.S Boyle Gill Billingsley Metadors U. S Reames Smith Boozegraft Watson Smith Young Magazine Logan Metadorf Metsdorf Fulton Hazlett Lagan Ora Billingsley Navarre Hotel George Vanderveer Billingsleys Meyer Peyser Neterer McLaughlin The Arthur Hatton Hatton

French Forces Drive Germans Back North of St Simon

Paris reports French troops pressing near Aillette and north of Soissons while Gen. Nivelle’s forces inflict a heavy defeat on German troops north of St. Simon, driving them back to Grand Seraucourt with costly losses to the enemy.

Paris Aillette Soissons

Sims and Wife Escape Cuban Rebel Hostage Ordeal

E A Sims and wife of Port Townsend Washington returned from Camaguey Cuba after 33 days as hotel prisoners of rebels. They witnessed street fighting and described the scramble for the roof as bullets flew.

Washington E. A. Sims Port Townsend Wash Camaguey Cuba Sims

Testimony in Dry Squad Case Highlights Drunk Revelle Claims

U S Attorney Clay Allen pressed Peyser during cross examination about Bevelle and Alaska shipments. Peyser said Bevelle was not correct and added Revelle was drunk many times when he visited. Court adjourned for the day at 5 p m.

U. S Clay Allen Peyser Bevelle Alaska Allen Revelle

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