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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1917
Page
7
British forces report progress in Roeux as they press along the Hindenburg line near Oppy. German raids at Fretoy and Freanoy were repulsed with few prisoners taken. The fighting center remains Roeux, a key point in the defense.
London May 14 German 22 was destroyed in the North Sea early today by British naval forces. An admiralty statement reports total Zeppelins destroyed since the war began reaching up to 39, with six over the North Sea and six on German soil.
San Francisco May 14 Col B Cavanaugh US Army begins recruiting 1060 railroad workers from Pacific coast lines for nine regiments going to France. The railroads pledge cooperation and the unit is expected to fill quickly. Troops will be encamped in San Francisco, receive basic instruction, then depart to branch railroads.
A Burbank man, an employee of the city’s health department, died after an automobile driven by his mother slipped its brakes and backed into him on a Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The victim was a graduate of Broadway High School and the University of Washington.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, says rising second class postage rates will burden country labor publications. He urges unions nationwide to protest to Congress against the tax provision’s expansion.
An old advertisement extols Tiz as a miracle foot treatment. It claims immediate relief from tired feet, corns, bunions, and pain, promising shoes fit to a smaller size after use. The copy urges purchase for 25 cents at department stores.
Congressional conferees on the army bill direct President Wilson to raise four volunteer divisions for service in France under Theodore Roosevelt. A general’s rank for Roosevelt and when he would head troops are pending White House decisions, with espionage and prohibition provisions also in contention as Congress moves toward final passage.
United Free Correspondent reports from the French front that Germany suffered about 200000 killed wounded or captured from April 16 to May 1 with further heavy losses after May 1. HQ figures are conservative and the total may be higher.
Petrograd dispatches report German command has withdrawn about 40 divisions totaling roughly 600,000 men from the Russian East front to reinforce the Franco British offensive in France. Russian headquarters sources quoted in Petrograd papers provide the information.
Uniformed American women mobilized in Washington for the first time in history as the Red Cross dedicated its new $800000 building. President Wilson received the structure, built of white Vermont marble in Georgian colonial style, funded by Congress and private subscriptions from Capt. James A. Schrymser Mrs. Russell Sage Mrs. E H Harriman and the Rockefeller Foundation.
M. J. Costello offered resolutions adopted at a Saturday meeting honoring Irishmen who died in the 1916 rebellion. The notes express hope for Ireland’s freedom after the war and the goal of sending resolutions to Congress by Seattle Irish.
The Merchants' Exchange directors in St Louis fixed liquidation rules on wheat trading. No July contracts above 2.75 a bushel and no September contracts above 2.45. Violations deemed grave offenses. Kansas City Board of Trade echoed action banning wheat futures for two days. May oats and corn trading also limited.
Two steamers, Pentecost Mitchell owned by Pittsburg Steamship Co and Saxonia owned by Tomlinson Co of Duluth, collided head on and sank at Pipe Island Detour Michigan. Crews were rescued and both ships settled in 40 feet of water.
Local ship building managers say employment at Seattle yards will rise from 9 800 to about 12 000 before summer. Contracts on hand total more than 69 million dollars for new ships and related work.
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