06 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
1
The famed cartoonist Robert Minor, hailed as a red blooded American, will depict the war from the common man's view. He promises plain truth without glory or sensational tragedy, and his first pictures will be worth watching for in The Star.
A fiery speech at Fauntleroy, LYING LIKE A TROOPER, accuses Congressman Will E. Humphrey of loving gold over human life. The critique cites his votes against rail, currency, and seamen laws, and alleges he voted himself $1.2 million in travel pay.
President Wilson today urged greater national defense and invited the new naval advisory board to help organize and craft a mobilized readiness. Edison presided as the board convened to chart future membership and practical plans for a safer United States amid escalating Balkan tensions.
London reports a new Balkan crisis as Bulgaria joins the Austro Germans and Greece and Romania abandon Serbia. Venizelos resigns amid prowar splits, while Crown Prince George heads to Salonika. France lands 70,000 French troops with Venizelos’s tacit consent, provoking protests.
A Seattle man endures relentless pressure from blood-sucking salary loan outfits. Children in his care are ill as debt collectors use old familiar methods to threaten and chase the man for payment.
The Star reports on George A. Lincoln of 825 21st Ave who borrowed $25 from Eastern Brokerage Co in 1920, signing for $6.40 monthly payments totaling $38.40. Lincoln claims usury beyond legal rate and seeks public aid to escape threats and legal action. The article notes the case spans years and questions local loan practices.
Turkish troops move toward Bulgaria to join Bulgarian forces, according to today's dispatches from Paris.
Paris dispatch says ceasefire along the France Flanders line held last night and into today with an official report of an entire lull in infantry fighting.
Harbor patrolman M A Mead fell into Elliott Bay after stepping on his own shadow, mistaking it for a log raft. The shadow sank in 20 feet of frigid water but he escaped with only getting wet.
Louis Sidelsky proprietor of the Imperial Tailoring Co plans a special sale starting tomorrow with a large assortment of made-to-your-measure suits at a very small price. Full details appear in his page 2 advertisement.
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