19 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1914
Page
1
A Japanese light cruiser Takachiho hit a floating German mine off Kiao Chau Bay and was sunk. Only 13 crew were saved from 357 aboard. No further details were released. The ship, built in 1885, displaced about 3,700 tons and could reach 18.5 knots.
The Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway Co. failed to secure permission for a zone-based passenger fare system and to levy two fares within city limits. The Public Service Commission rejected the plan, noting testimonies from Corporation Counsel James E. Bradford and Ralph Pierce supported the decision. The opinion was released at the Chamber of Commerce.
Cincinnati Ohio plans more than one million dollars in municipal improvements this fall. The funds will keep hundreds of men employed as projects proceed through autumn.
Seattle and the Northwest mount a big apple push as hotels express companies and railways promote the 1914 crop. Apple shows open tomorrow at Bon Marche park with exhibitions delayed today. a cooking contest offers prizes up to 20 dollars. Gov Aster may attend as Apple day efforts expand nationwide.
The Star notes a $56,000,000 union station in Chicago will provide winter work for about 10,000 men. Indicators show a broader uptick in retail and wholesale activity, with Marshall Field active in wholesale purchases and several hundred returning to work at the International Harvester plant. Press notes public improvements in New York and 30000 idle workers referenced.
A. H. McQuilken urges 300 trade journal editors in Chicago that prosperity is thrust upon the nation. President Charles G. Dawes proclaims the United States at the beginning of its greatest era of prosperity.
The article notes employment growth linked to public improvements and acknowledges an order for 1 000 trucks from French and Russian armed forces.
From Boston Massachusetts on October 19 authorities report governments at war have placed orders for several million blankets but price terms offered do not align with current market levels.
A St Louis firm received an order for 110000 barrels of flour from agents of nations at war, signaling wartime demand lifting local trade.
Detroit reports Packard Motor Co has closed a deal to supply 180 motor trucks to the Russian government. Deliveries to begin as soon as possible amid rising foreign orders brightening local motor business outlook. France orders barbed wire from Pittsburg Steel and Sharon Hoop firms for 500000 reels.
International Harvester reopens several departments at the Batavia New York plant where about 2,000 workers are employed. The return of operations marks a restart after the shutdown period and increases local employment.
Kansas City dispatch reports every Western city has a standing order from the English government for 5000 horses. If the war lasts a year, allies will buy about 500000 horses from the United States.
San Francisco woman Camille McFarland, age 20, was found with a gas tube in her mouth and died en route to the hospital. Police say the case remains under investigation as they examine circumstances surrounding the death.
Allied forces claim success in hard fought Dunkirk battles as German advances from Lille toward Saint Omer are checked. French troops join the British at Saint Omer and push the invaders back, restoring a line from the coast west of Ostend toward Armentiers and Arras.
Five masked men robbed the First National Bank in Sedro-Woolley, firing about 100 shots and shattering windows as bystanders fled. One boy, William Wilson, age 10, was shot and died, while three others were wounded, as armed pursuers seek the five suspects described as Austrian-looking.
In Mineola New York October 19 1928 for the first time a dictagraph will play a central role in a murder trial as Mrs Florence Carman wife of a Freeport physician goes on trial for murder of Mrs Louise Bailey. The device found in Dr Carmans office is intended to prove jealousy motive while the defense seeks to defend her testimony and corroborating witnesses. Jurors were selected as crowds gathered outside the courthouse and Mrs Carman prepared to take the stand with her attorneys.
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