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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1917
Page
1
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A slender dark man in a tan buttoned coat abducted a 24 or 25 year old woman from her home, gagged her, and dragged her to a basement where she was pounded against a chimney and struck. Neighbors and police found signs of a struggle but detectives reported no needle wound or clear clue. The victim remains hysterical and under medical care.
Gordon C. Corbaley executive secretary of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club will head a committee of businessmen to confer with union leaders. The aim is to bring about a resumption of operations in the shipyards pending wage difference adjustments.
Lieut. G. H. Howe medical officers' reserve corps was killed in action on Sept. 28 while on duty with British forces in France. His emergency address to care Marion Edicott Howe Boston Mass was provided in the adjutant general's announcement.
A reader asks for immediate, armed citizen patrols to protect women from a serial offender. He proposes deputizing 5,000 men to patrol after dark, offering to volunteer and urging harsh punishment for attackers. He cites months of assaults and seeks ongoing newspaper coverage.
In San Francisco on October 3, Superior Judge Griffin dismissed perjury charges against Frank C. Oxman, the principal witness in the Thomas Mooney trial, citing insufficient evidence to proceed.
Seattle stenographer Anna McEachern, 40, was bound over to the grand jury on a $1,000 bond after threats to blow up President Wilson appeared in letters to local pastors and a newspaper editor. The case cites a postal card to the editor and letters to Dr. M A Matthews and Dr. Hugh C. Ross, with McEachern described as ill and a four year European sojourn holder. She resisted arrest by Post Office Inspector C. M. Perkins.
Joseph Sinkovich and Joan Priga of Cumberland were fined 50 and costs after pleading guilty to possessing an excessive amount of intoxicating liquor. Justice Brinker imposed the fine following Tuesday night arrests at a shack near Cumberland where authorities found the group bootlegging wine made from raisins.
Mayor Louis Molnar of Redondo Beach California visited Seattle Wednesday to inspect waterfront facilities as his city begins construction of commercial waterfront projects. Paris report notes Baden bombed by French aviators in today’s official statement.
Seattle parents oppose the book Im Vaterland alleging subtle German propaganda. The Municipal League voted to investigate the text as the school board weighs whether to remove it from the high school curriculum. A Star poll captures varied opinions from local residents.
Superior Judge Albertson of King County court lies very low at his residence 1134 Federal Ave. Friends and physicians report he will not survive the day. Dr. J. M. Blackford of Rochester Minn and Dr. J. Tate Mason of Seattle say there is no hope of recovery. He has been ill since last August.
Naval officials investigate Capt. Parsons report that two mines drift eight miles from the entrance to the Golden Gate. Hawthorne Parent-Teachers' Association schedules its first meeting at the Seward school auditorium on Monday.
Lord Northcliffe discusses the German U boats shift to ocean routes used by American transports. J W T Mason of United Press analyzes the impact of these moves on U S troop and supply ships as the nation faces the European theater.
Knute Herlitz a tailor aboard the Storviken and Lonnie Burnett 30 of Yesler Apartment Annex were killed in separate shootings. Burnett was shot by renter Anna Hicks during a struggle over a revolver that discharged. Herlitz was shot by Robert Cole on the Storviken deck during a dispute over menu changes. Both suspects held at city jail.
After 15 hours of deliberation the jury in the E. W. Benjamin case—one of 13 patrolmen charged with failure of duty during the street car strike—disagreed and was discharged by Judge Tallman. Jurors stood seven to five for acquittal for most of the session. a new trial decision was left unsettled.
A San Francisco report notes a Seattle grand jury may indict for shipping whisky to prohibition territory after a raid on Tom Brothers Japanese liquor merchants. Books seized show Seattle entries in Japanese, with interpreters at work. An impeach La Follette appeal is included, urging action by the Senate and committees.
Federal authorities in San Francisco reportedly found evidence of liquor law violations that could lead to new federal indictments similar to those faced by the Billingsley brothers and Patrolman E. J. Margett last winter. U S District Attorney Clay Allen said if proven, he will take necessary action. Earlier, the Billingsleys and Margett were indicted for shipping whisky to Seattle and claimed police protection. The mayor and police chief were previously tried and acquitted.
Milwaukee dispatch reports that Wisconsin Republican leaders and the state central committee executive board urged U S Senate action to impeach and remove Senator Robert M La Follette. The telegram dated October 2 urged privileges and elections committee chairmen to act, and copies were sent to President Wilson.
Typhoon swept Tokio on Monday leaving 138 confirmed dead and more than 100,000 homeless. It caused extensive damage with 217 missing and 183 injured, as the Sumida river rose and Yokohama harbor boats were swept away. Train service halted and the stock exchange closed.
A Northland sourdough named Ben Simon arrives in Seattle with his family to hunt an apartment. He tours ten buildings, learns the waiting list and no vacancy etiquette, and ends the day back at the hotel vowing to probe further into landlord quirks.
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