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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1914
Page
2
Secretary McAdoo praised the first day of regional reserve banks as wonderful. Officials predicted rapid routine adjustments and brisk discount business nationwide. Within a week the system may add at least 1.56 billion dollars to country banks, with the Fed board depositing treasury surplus and some government funds into branch banks.
Washington reports indicate Provisional President Carranza may travel to Savannah, Georgia within two weeks as officials weigh how to aid the Mexican republic's return to normalcy. Villa likewise expected to visit Washington to confer, while Bryan declines to explain Carranza’s delayed resignation.
At the request of a Baltimore woman the state department asked Ambassador Gerard by wireless to determine if her fiancé, a German naval officer aboard the Yorck, survived a mine explosion. The note seeks confirmation of his status and safety.
In Ellensburg on Sunday night unknown thieves blew open the safe deposit vault door of the State bank at Kittitas but secured nothing of value. Authorities investigate the attempted break in and note the proximity to a money vault could have yielded a large haul if opened.
United Press reports heavy artillery action along the front from Nieupoort through Dixmude to Ypres with long range fire. Terrain bog slows infantry and cavalry, leaving big cannon and semi permanent emplacements as the main weapons. Along the Aisne near Valley, German forces reportedly attempt crossing.
Reports from Trieste confirm Cracow, western Galicia, is burning in spots as Russians renew operations. Inhabitants flee in terror while forces from the north press the Austro German frontier city. A separate Russian force from the east was to reach Tarnow, with rapid advance noted despite poor roads.
In September the city failed to sell municipal bridge bonds then tried state investment. On Monday brokers gathered as the clearing house met. Carstens and Earnes won control of 829,500 dollars in 5 percent bonds at par with interest. Other firms departed defeated as bidding surged.
Benton county auditor L L Lynn reports 1 000 men idle at Prosser and accuses Seattle employment agencies of charging fees and sending men there for work they cannot find. State labor commissioner EB W Olson has gone to the site and may pursue criminal prosecutions if charges hold.
Ostrich chicks from the Southwest weighing about 50 pounds each appeared on the Chicago market yesterday and were offered at 50 cents a pound live weight, as competition with turkeys grows.
In Dawson on November 17, officials fear Mr and Mrs James Schmidt vanished years ago while crossing the White Pass on the Chisana trail. Billy Williams of Chisana reports finding human hair rings and papers belonging to the Schmidts, suggesting they perished in a glacier.
Mrs Meade widow of Claude Meade says she cannot identify Herbert L Inlay a 37 year old newsboy who confessed to killing Meade as police report Inlays defense to the murder claim rests on his insanity and a disordered mind.
London report says England could rely on American lobsters as mines in the North Sea nearly cut off local supplies. The disruption threatens a key seafood staple as winter approaches.
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