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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
2
Police cannot locate the young bandit who tried to rob the Broadway State bank yesterday. The suspect escaped the city after a chase through streets to Dexter and Minston where a tire blew. Billy Hodgins, driver for Himebood Auto Co., aided the suspect by driving him to the bank and later releasing him after police doubted his story.
A man explains his father may object as he rushes to a car. He leaps in and orders the driver to speed, claiming his life is at stake and that Hodgins is in danger as the chase begins.
Stimulating American commerce, belligerent nations boost orders for war supplies. The French government did not place a 6,000 ton steel order for bayonets with a Pittsburg firm. The British government ordered 6,000 packages of lockjaw antitoxin from a Philadelphia company, and a Reading factory works on 60,000 stretchers for Britain. An Alton powder mill adds workers for a six month order, while Washington says producing contraband items for belligerents is not a neutrality violation, though such goods may be seized in transit.
Ben Emerson, a former policeman, was shot dead by H B Davis editor of the San Bernardino Evening Index on a business street. Davis the progressive party secretary was arrested claiming self defense after Emerson attacked him over a recent article.
A grand jury tightens the probe into The Red Tape Case with charges against Frank H. Tape for smuggling Chinese and allegations that Victor M. Place Hartvig Norman and China Dan attempted to bribe government witnesses.
Petrograd reports that Russia's broader military plans hinge on the outcome of fighting with German forces along the Vistula and San rivers between Warsaw and Przemyśl. The general staff says spies may have misled Berlin about Russian invasion routes while noting a potential opening to Berlin if Polish front breaks. Approximate forces include 1,600,000 Russians and 1,000,000 German allies.
A Berlin cablegram to the German embassy says German forces defeated Russian forces near Schwirwindt and Warsaw and captured 11 000 prisoners, 61 guns and 12 machine guns. It also reports Lille occupation with 4 600 prisoners and a retreat to the west from Ghent.
An Ohio wife, wishing anonymity, revealed a home remedy she used to stop her husband’s tobacco use. The recipe, obtainable at drug stores, involves water, ammonia salt, Variex Compound, and pepain, to be given a teaspoonful three times daily, mixed with food or beverages, claiming no color or taste and harmless effects.
Seattle druggists report customers greatly pleased with a simple buckthorn bark glycerine remedy called Adier-ka Thie. The spray claims instant relief of constipation and gas, with success in appendicitis cited, urging use at Swift's Pharmacies and Pike Street locations.
Thousands suffer eye troubles due to unknown remedies and costly specialists. A simple four daily uses prescription with Optona system claims to clean eyes, sharpen vision, and reduce inflammation. It says wearers discard glasses after weeks and that it is safe for infants and the elderly. available at any drugstore.
Report mentions a clearance sale at the Per fecta cafeteria near Third and James during the St James fair. Evokes a bustling scene with women competing for first at the counter.
The article recounts a German secret service operative in Belgium posing as a tourist. He details refugee processing at a theatre soup station, registering as Hoeari Forseilie, and moving through a service apartment on Avenue de Villiers. He describes his journey to London via Dover, evading surveillance, and interactions with American media and a Des Moines, Iowa traveler.
An wartime narrative describes a Serb Montenegrin victory near Sarajevo and a fleeing Austri an officer who vows to stay in America. The speaker recalls battles, danger, and a plan to write about experiences, then recounts a voyage from Liverpool to New York aboard the Celtic with tense goodbyes and surveillance.
Officials investigate a reported U S consular presence in Rheims living in a wine cellar amid unclear circumstances. The inquiry centers on the identity and status of the individual and the reasons for such occupation.
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