Milwaukee Mother Confesses to Killing Son and Attempted Suicide
Desperate, destitute Mrs. Susie Wodjik confessed to police she strangled her 6-year-old son Adam and planned to kill herself. She described forcing him behind their home, gagging him, and leaving his body by a telegraph pole before her nerves failed. She later collapsed at the boy’s funeral and revealed the motive, saying there was nothing left in life.
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Milwaukee
Susie Wodjik
Merve
Adam
Johnny
Sinking of U S Steamer Gunflight Remains Puzzle
Washington May 6 officials await Germany report before action. The conviction grows that exact circumstances of the damage to the American S S Gunflight may never be known. The statement suggesting that the incident leaves many unanswered questions.
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Washington
Germany
S. S
Submarine Attack on Gulflight Questioned in Report
The claim that the Gulflight was torpedoed by a submarine is viewed as circumstantial and inconclusive. Even if true, only Germans could corroborate the charge, unlikely to convict the Kaiser’s case. officers say they sighted a submarine 25 minutes before impact, could not determine its nationality, and saw no signs afterward.
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Gulfight
Chicago Building Wrecked by Bomb Skid Row Blasts
Chicago May 6 Scores fled into the streets when an explosion wrecked a two story building on West Chiost. Police believe a bomb was thrown between two buildings in the early morning blast causing panic and damage.
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Chicago
W. Chio St
Deputies Seek Two Bandits After Glendale Streetcar Holdup
Los Angeles May 6 deputies began patrols in the hills between Burbank and Glendale to pursue two bandits who robbed two street cars at North Glendale.
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Los Angeles
Hills
Burbank
Glendale
North Glendale
Germans Deploy Gas Bombs in Hill 60 Battle Front
London reports heavy fighting as German attacks press English lines in Flanders. Allied Belgian and French forces counterattack between Pypegaale and Heltas to relieve pressure on the British. Eastern fronts show uncertain German gains and contested claims of victories by Von Hindenburg.
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Flanders
Pypegaale
Heltas
Galicia
Climax Near as Italy and Austria Edge Toward Settlement
Rome May 6 King Victor Emmanuel ordered the suspension of all furloughs in the Italian army. The move signals rapid progress in negotiations between Austria and Italy. Italy and Servia reach an agreement on an Adriatic outlet for King Peter's land.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Austria
Italy
Servia
Adriatic
Peter
Swedish Steamer Vanadia Sunk in Baltic by German Cruiser
The Swedish steamer Vanadia was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea by the German auxiliary cruiser Sylvania. The ship carried a cargo of coal from Blythe.
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Copenhagen
Vanadia
Baltic Sea
Sylvania
Blythe
Two British Vessels Sunk by German Submarine
Reports from London state two British ships were sunk in separate attacks. The schooner Farl of Latham was torpedoed off the Irish coast with the crew landed at Kinsale, and the trawler Stratton also went down.
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London
Latham
Kinsale
Stratton
Enlistment Boost For Front Reinforcements In Canada
Five hundred men from the 47th and 48th overseas battalions along with volunteers from Vancouver and Victoria are being chosen to join 5,500 Eastern men as reinforcements for the first contingent depleted at Ypres.
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Vancouver
B.C
Victoria
Ypres
Four Soloists at Seattle Philharmonic Sunday Program
The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra performs Sunday at the Hippodrome with soloists Hiram Tuttle baritone Nicolas Oeconomacos clarinet William Hedley violin and Charles Burnett piano. The 50 piece ensemble conducts by John Spargur opens at 3 PM. The city’s best musicians collaborate for a successful concert series despite financial hurdles.
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Seattle
Port weighs West Seattle jitney to ferry link
The port commission debated for a week a plan to create an auto bus service in West Seattle to connect with the ferry amid unsettled jitney business conditions.
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Port Commission
West
Seattle
Bird Cage Hat Steals Spotlight at Arts Society Feast
About 300 Fine Arts members and friends attended a medieval supper and Bohemian carnival at the New Washington hotel on Wednesday evening. A woman wore a live bird inside a cage as her hat drawing cheers from attendees.
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The
Fine Arts Society
New Washington Hotel
Navy style reorganization of state militia announced
The adjutant general of the national guard announces a navy style reorganization turning the state naval militia into a complete ship's company. All drills and ship regulations will follow United States Navy standards.
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Adjutant General of the National Guard
United States Navy
Local Drugstore Advertises Buckthorn Remedy Noise
A local druggist touts Adlerka a remedy with buckthorn bark and iycerine claimed to prevent appendicitis. One spoonful supposedly relieves sour stomach and constipation while acting on both bowel sections and boosting energy. Swift’s Pharmacy promotes this instant action from its corner locations.
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Onch
Roth
Swift
Pike
Hodge and Hanson Suit Over $250 Note Dispute
Hodge files a formal answer to Ole Hanson’s suit claiming the $250 note was a personal loan to support a campaign and not a contribution. Hanson says the loan was for personal use and questions Hodge’s motive while denying any strings. The exchange centers on whether the note affected Hodge’s later political support.
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Robert Taft Hodge
Pauline
Hodge
Walter I. Allen
Ole Hanson
King County
Ole
Lord
Armageddon
Butler Hotel
Rockefellers
Hanson
Ole Hodge
United States
John H. Perry
Seismograph records 21 minute quake in Cleveland
A moderately violent earthquake lasting 21 minutes was registered on the seismograph in Cleveland at 7 24 a m today.
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Cleveland
Stomach Sufferers Should Avoid Pepsin
Eminent stomach specialists Ike Riegel say there is not one case in twenty needing pepsin or artificial digestants. Excess acid, not lack of digestion, causes trouble. neutralize acid to allow digestive juices to act and prevent biliousness and other symptoms. Bisurated Magnesia offers four times the neutralizing effect of soda and soothes inflamed membranes, with relief in minutes and money back guarantee.
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Ike Riegel
Regal Dentists Offer Painless Tooth Extractions
A patient praises Regal Dentists for pain free extraction after a month of severe toothache. The letter touts affordable, high quality dentistry and painless service as the practice's hallmark.
Dr L R Clark Manager Address Reference
Dr L R Clark, manager, located at 1405 Third Avenue N W, near the corner of Third and Union.
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L. R. Clark
Mgr
Third Avenue N
W. Corner
Third and Union
Winona Winter Seeks Meaning of Her Indian Name
Pantages headliner Winona Winter asks readers to explain the meaning of her Indian name Wenonah Wynona or Wynona. She lists spellings and meanings including eldest daughter head waters and beautiful. Winter cites ventriloquism origins from a doll hobby and a homemade talking dummy.
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Winona
Winona Winter
Pantages
Miss Winter
Wenonah
Wynona
Winter
Charles Edward Russell Goes to War for The Star
The Star introduces Charlies Ed ward Russell, an American economist and journalist, who has sailed for war-torn Europe on a special assignment for the paper. Born 1860, he built a long career in New York Chicago and San Francisco, then as a magazine writer on American affairs. His letters on wartime conditions will be published soon.
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The
Star
Charlies Edward Russell
Europe
Russell
Davenport
St. Johnsbury
Academy
Minneapolis
Detroit
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Hearst
Slia
Theresa Hirsche
Honor prisoner Scotty McKinnon escapes from jail
Scotty Neil McKinnon a jail trust y head awaiting six months to 15 years for grand larceny vanished Thursday during an errand. Sheriff Hodge says McKinnon will likely return, noting past trust system and that no prisoner has yet double crossed him. The search continues with no trace found.
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Walla Walla
Scotty
Neil McKinnon
Hodge
Scotland
Bloom of Youth Now Easily Attained
An advertisement touts a simple cosmetic treatment promising a flawless complexion. It claims a new scientific process to remove surface skin flaws and restore youth using mercorized wax nightly and a saxolite hazel bath, with dramatic quick results.
Two Youths Die In Canoe Tragedy Near Kirkland
Difford Niblock 18 and Archie Von Carnap former Kirkland high school students tipped from a canoe and drowned off the Kirkland ferry dock Wednesday. Von Carnap sank quickly. Niblock dived twice to save him and disappeared. Niblock recovered. Von Carnap recovered posthumously. Relatives say both were expert swimmers though new to canoes.
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Difford Niblock
Archie von Carnap
Kirkland High School
Kirkland
von Carnap
Niblock
Local boy drowns at same spot as grandfather years earlier
After an hour of dragging, rescuers recovered a boy from the water. The incident echoes a 16 year old tragedy when the grandfather of the same boy drowned nearby.
Flag Presented to Main Street School by Rainier DAR
Rainier Chapter of the DAR presented a U S flag to the Main Street School on Wednesday at the request of 6 year old Dorothy Janet Bruce of Vancouver who contributed two dollars toward its purchase.
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Rainier
Dorothy Janet Bruce
Vancouver
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Charies Edward Russel
Western
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Seattle Man’s Wonderful Invention
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Second Avenue
Metropolitan Tonight
Standard Grand Opera Company
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Richard the Great
Monk
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Loew
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