29 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1916
Page
1
Peters, a Tacoma Times reporter, wore convict garb to enter Walla Walla prison for three days to study life inside. The Star previews his first article, noting the unusual inside look and that Seattle’s The Star will publish the series.
G W Hershaw, a passenger in the second coach, recounts a ghastly crash near Amherst Ohio that damaged three trains. He describes seeing a man carry a bundle wrapped in a sheet and a severed leg as helpers asked what was inside the bundle.
Washington officials declare that the United States will demand a complete disavowal and punishment of the offending submarine commander and the abrogation of the Kaiser's decree against armed merchantmen if Germany admits responsibility for torpedoing the channel steamer Sussex without warning. The administration is prepared to break off relations to secure assurances on future submarine operations. Germany must pay if guilty.
Vancouver report lists Jesse James of Walla Walla with the Third battalion pioneers wounded in France. The casualty notice appears in today’s front.
March 29 Col George Dodd s flying cavalry reached Madera forming a new phase in the drive against Villa. Headquarters shift from El Valle to Madera with Carranza forces to enclose the suspected hideout.
Mack Foon a Chinese canneryman identifies Wong Chung as the man who fired two pistol shots killing Y V U Park during a February 17 tong war in Chinatown. Chung, educated and present as spectator, stands accused of murder with Yew How on trial.
A dense fog crash near Amherst Ohio killed 27 and injured 43 when three trains collided, the second section striking the first at 30 miles an hour. A woman in the day coach gave birth after the wreck as the Twentieth Century Limited plowed into the wreckage.
In Seattle, ship joiner Joan Ross fatally wounds foreman John Holmes then flees to Elliott Bay. Police officer Donlan fires as Ross dives into the bay and drowns. Holmes survives with severed spinal injury after an argument over an apprentice. Ross leaves behind a widow and six children amid ongoing union disputes.
Lieut. Jos. Carberry flew from Columbus aboard an aeroplane powered by a new engine, the most powerful yet used by the American expedition, carrying dispatches to the new base far south of Casas Grandes.
The judiciary and department efficiency committee of the council unanimously opposes the Renick law and calls for its repeal. Erickson's resolution, adopted after altering the preamble, directs the mayor to seek repeal at state conventions and place planks for repeal in party platforms. The committee notes the law harms Seattle's local self government and blames Puget Sound Traction Co. for the law's passage. Judge Moore criticizes those who imposed it.
A reporter enters Walla Walla as a new inmate nicknamed Peter Wilson to study life inside the penitentiary. He details fish culture for newcomers, the harshness of confinement, and the value of prison reform, aiming to show judges how sentences affect individuals. He earned warden Drumm’s trust after deception and promises candor about inmate life.
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