03 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1914
Page
1
A religious supplication pleads for faith and hope amid war’s destruction. The speaker asks for humility, unity, and divine guidance to endure bloodshed, overcome national pride, and move toward brotherhood while praying gratitude for peace and leadership.
German forces brought from Ardennes and Lorraine sought to penetrate Allied positions north of Arras and Amiens but were repulsed. In the Meuse bank area the attack failed while French defenders in the Woëvre district reportedly gained ground. Commands reported the Aisne front still held as von Kluck, von Puelow, and von Boehm units regrouped toward Ribecourt and Douai.
Los Angeles October 3 detectives search for Frances Lacuos a Russian nurse accused by 84 year old retired mine owner Capt R C Works of taking a trunk holding gold bullion and mining stocks valued at 216400 The trunk traced by officers with contents accounted for except 1100 in gold bars The district attorney received a telephone message that
Mrs J O Perry, living near Jimita, was beaten by a man at 20th avenue and Naomi street about 10 o clock last night. He dragged her under a nearby bridge, stole her purse and tore a diamond ring worth 56 dollars from her finger, then fled. She reached a nearby house to alert authorities. Police lack a solid description of the attacker.
Richard Carlisle and Fred Wilson are jailed following J. P. Emerson’s Martinez confession linking them to a dynamite plot against a credit union labor group. Emerson cites bail refusal by the Merchants Manufacturers and Employers' association as motive. Additional names reportedly implicated, with H. C. Brokaw expected to be arrested. charges may include dynamite transport.
A report notes Miss Lucius managing legal bars and a lien connected to claims involving her patient parent. The details indicate ongoing financial or guardianship actions with named parties and required legal steps.
Seattle mayor rebukes party lines and admits support for Humphrey, saying he will vote for the Republican candidate despite past remarks. He urges voters to reject blind partisanship and questions the city’s alignment with his stance.
London dispatch notes the Cracow engagement could determine whether Russians aid the Allies or seek peace. Military observers warn the Slav army on the Kaiser's eastern front is new and untested, and the outcome may influence a Russian march to Berlin or trigger revolt at home.
A man captured in Montana for a Bank of California hold up is not the culprit. Detectives now tie the suspect to Shannon, who resembles Thomas Greenley, the alleged robber. Shannon freed as Greenley search continues. George W. Martin held in Portland, linked to the Spokane State Bank holdup on August 28. John and Mrs. John Doleshel of Everett report 65 relatives serving in Kaiser’s army.
In Vancouver on October 3 the tug Cleeve halted a scow headed to sea with 35 men in a smelly hold. The men, suspected German and Austrian reservists, were declared prisoners of war and held at Nanaimo military prison after an attempted covert transfer to Seattle and New York en route to Germany.
Catherine Livington Hamersley, heiress and sister of Louis Gordon Hamersley, will marry her fiancé on October 22 at Grace Church. Raised with a guardian trust and a modest upbringing, she remains unspoiled despite inheriting over a million from her father’s will.
In The Danger Mark the Hamersley twins appear as the Seagrave children, wards of Half Moon Trust, yet society recognizes them. Kitty Hamersley was once linked to Vincent Astor, but she ultimately plans to marry Samuel Neilson Hinckley this month, the wedding expected to fulfill her Cinderella tale.
Samuel Rook a Seattle laborer res-ponded to England's call for troops. A Vancouver mayor's letter to Seattle's mayor reports his wife and children are destitute and requests an investigation. The Vancouver mayor's secretary will visit the Rock home, and a war fund may send $20 if needed.
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