25 May 1915
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
1
A provocative lettered piece attacks the park board over a proposed 1500 shell for Volunteer Park. Citizens push back, saying funds should fund music in other parks. Authors cite Capitol Hill aesthetics and crowd capacity as reasons against the project.
President Wilson issues a proclamation declaring the United States neutral in the Austria Italy crisis. The state department announces the stance mirrors earlier neutral posture and aligns with prior proclamations.
City council probes a Chamber of Commerce pledge for free water for the Fourth Ave aquarium. State Fish Commissioner Darwin moved the exhibit here last year after the chamber allegedly guaranteed rent. Water costs of about 100 dollars monthly were not funded by a specific appropriation, while a general 259000 dollar fish department grant exists. The council questions city water payment responsibility.
Holland protests the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine. The Hague dispatches say the note to Germany cites Dutch lives and mirrors the American note in text. The protest was communicated today in London amid wartime diplomacy.
Washington reports an attempt to bring John D Rockefeler Jr and three Colorado Fuel and Iron Co officials to trial in Colorado over the Ludlow massacre tied to the coal strike. Labor attorneys seek criminal proceedings using evidence from the industrial relations commission hearings.
Attorneys say the defendant, ally of the mining town, was connected to the massacre indirectly as a leader. The claim rests on testimony and circumstantial evidence linking the figure to planning and influence.
A Bowling Green story holds Secretary Bryan will not be invited to wedding of Miss Genevieve Clark daughter of Speaker Champ Clark. The cold relations between the Clark and Bryan families are linked to the last Democratic convention in Baltimore.
Berlin will not provide a reply to the American note about the Lusitania sinking and general submarine warfare for one week, according to Berlin advices. The delay extends diplomatic discussions as tensions rise between Germany and the United States.
Albany May 26 Charles F Becker former lieutenant of police in New York was denied a new trial in the Rosenthal murder case the Court of Appeals ruled Becker already has two prior convictions and remains on the path toward execution in the killing carried out by gunmen years ago.
George Taylor credit man for the Bush and Lane Plane Co. died at 7 p.m. after being injured by a motorcycle fall. W Redhead, visiting from Vancouver, reports that fewer than 60 of Princess Patricia's regiment of 1,200 who went to war survived.
Rome reports Italian troops crossed the frontier and occupied Cormons Cervignano Terzo and Caporetto, seizing key heights and threatening Gorizia. Austrians withdraw as Italians push north toward a junction with forces attacking Gorizia.
A call for 10 000 more signatures in Seattle for a referendum petition. Lists many signing locations across Seattle including shops, offices, and streets with addresses and names of organizers and venues. Emphasizes Seattle as the only large city with general registration this year and notes 65 000 registered voters.
The MacDougall Southwick Co announces its annual profit sharing sale now underway with daily messages of rising interest in the Star. A large ad on page 5 details further offerings for Wednesday and the sale continues through Saturday night.
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