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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1917
Page
10
Ramaker Bros Co advertises its completion of 40 years in business at 1524 Third Ave. It promotes a great alteration sale with the biggest stock of standard high grade instruments in the city to choose from.
A large sale advertises dramatic piano price cuts including a $40 practice piano and a $19 walnut case model. Other pianos range to $365 with monthly payment options. The dealer emphasizes clearing stock for ongoing alterations and announces a new Talking Machine headquarters in development.
Charles Edward Russell argues in Washington that the United States must join the Allies and fight with them, rejecting any sense of going it alone or pursuing separate peace. He warns a lone U S entry would harm its moral standing and risk attacks from the central powers. SAM Burrows of Olympia has sought war department permission to enlist, citing nonconformity with regulations due to height and build.
Amsterdam dispatches report doubt entering Reichstag debates as Spahn questions Germany's readiness for a new foe after Von Bethmann Hollweg's speech. Noske and Noake criticize Zimmerman plot and Prussian rule, while calls for electoral reform grow as Hollweg defends no change now due to soldiers in trenches.
Chicago March 30 hog market opens with top price of 15.60 per hundred pounds on the hoof, up 26 cents from yesterday. The report notes the strong start and higher bidding for early trading in the hog market.
Advertisement promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets claiming easy weight loss with four daily tablets. States no dieting or exercise required and promises safety and harmlessness while readers are urged to order from Marmola Co. Detroit.
An advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a fragrance antiseptic cream that opens blocked nostrils and soothes inflamed mucous membranes. It claims rapid relief from head colds, nasal congestion, and associated symptoms, urging readers to ask a druggist for a small bottle.
Rapid progress marked the prosecution in the I. W. W. trial at Everett as Thomas H. Tracy stands as the first of 74 charged with murdering deputy Jefferson Beard. Four witnesses testified as court neared the end of the prosecution’s case.
Sergt Putnam's dry squad raided the Young Transfer Co warehouse at 1631 Eighth Ave and seized forty nine cartons of beer. Ollie Dean and W Pird were arrested at 2403 Western Ave for possessing more than the legal liquor amount. Mrs Eva Wells of 2327 First Ave was arrested for violating the dry law, marking her second arrest in four days and seventh since the dry act began.
Six steel coaches of the Royal Palm Limited bound from Jacksonville to Chicago derailed near Cleves on the Big Four tracks after a broken rail on a bridge over the Big Miami river. Several passengers were injured and doctors rushed from Cincinnati to tend the wounded. The train traveled via the Queen & Crescent route into Cincinnati.
Twenty Tacoma motorbike riders have volunteered as dispatch riders and will furnish their own motorcycles for service.
The Commercial Club, the Rotary Club and the Spanish war veterans of Tacoma unite in supporting universal military training, signaling broad local backing for the policy.
Over 1,000 spiritualists gathered at 1525 Fourth Ave Seattle to celebrate the 69th anniversary of modern spiritualism. Local mediums led seances as John Slater national missionary gave the address. The piece notes the origin of the first rappings at Hydenville New York.
British forces push forward in a fast moving operation forming a steel wedge into German lines at St Quentin with cavalry and armored cars taking the lead. Four more towns fall within the salient as fighting grows bitter and German retreat tactics continue. Movement on the French front slows suddenly.
The Navy Department awarded American Steel & Wire Company of Philadelphia a contract for 100 steel cable and submarine nets worth 188,100 dollars. The 12 foot rush nets measure 1,500 feet long and 34 feet deep, with delivery starting in three weeks at ten nets per week. The nets are similar to those used by allies to guard river entrances including the Thames.
Pinkerton agents announce a $2000 reward for the recovery of a bullion bar worth $22,612.96 stolen from the Chicago Mining Co. of Chicago Alaska on March 18. Two masked men held up and bound two employees and fled with the bar addressed to Selby Smelting Co. in San Francisco.
The sheriff seeks witnesses who can identify the slayer of Ah Wah, shot Tuesday at 12th Ave and Terracest. No witness has yet named Wong Yung, held for Wah’s murder after his arrest the next day in Tacoma.
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