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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1914
Page
3
Mrs. Carman, charged with killing Mrs. Bailey, appears in court with calm composure and a coquettish air amid grim testimony. The defense notes pride and self-possession while prosecutors hint Detective Burns may testify as the trial proceeds.
An incident on Vashon Island led to the expulsion from the University of Washington of two freshmen and a sophomore by President Landes. He stated the faculty will uphold discipline and punish further breaches of the moral code. The event also involved two 18-year-old girls, a chaperon, and two high schools.
Petrograd reports continued bloody fighting on the Vistula with German forces attempting to cross the river and suffering terrible losses. Russian lines between Warsaw and Ivangorod push Kaisers troops back. Army Gazette tallies 18,000 German dead in retaken fields.
Paris dispatches say Allied troops resist German efforts to breach the line along the Franco Belgian frontier near Dunkirk. Reports from the Bordeaux war office describe material progress by the allies at multiple points along the battle line.
Japs take three isles Tokio Oct 20. Japan’s military occupation of the Marianne, Marshall and Caroline Islands, German groups in the South seas, has been completed. One German ship sunk and one captured. The German submarine U-90, which recently escaped from Kiaochau bay, was wrecked.
Admiration is expressed for German resistance at Kiaochau where, though outnumbered, they are inflicting serious losses on the combined Japanese and British besiegers.
A home remedy suggestion uses 2% ounces of Pinex mixed with plain sugar syrup to create a pint of cough syrup claimed to heal inflamed membranes and ease dry or tight coughs. The ad touts Pinex as a Norway pine extract and urges customers to ask druggists for 2% ounces of Pinex with a satisfaction guarantee.
Ottawa reports Canada will deploy 100000 soldiers in the field within a year after the arrival of 83000 at the front. Government continues recruiting and training 80000 more men to ship in units of 10000, the first batch to sail for Europe in December.
Councilman Dale introduced a bill directing the corporation counsel to drop condemnation proceedings on Empire Way between Dearborn and Hanford streets and Holden Street to Rainier Beach. The streets and sewers committee found portions unnecessary for improvement.
An auto driven by Thomas Blankley of 5808 Ballard Avenue struck Virginia Johnson, a 9 year old girl, yesterday at West 58th Street and 20th Avenue Northwest. The girl sustained a broken arm. Blankley was arrested.
The U S Steel corporation filed a brief in federal court denying a monopoly intent in the government dissolution suit. It argues its affiliated companies were not in meaningful competition and cites a share drop from 60.1 percent in 1901 to 45.7 percent in later years.
Miss Marte Frisell, a nurse at the Swedish hospital, found her father Pete Frisell a railroad contractor dead by gas at 722 19th av N. He had deeded the home to her and endorsed two $900 checks to her before taking his life. Frisell and his wife had been divorced.
Officers aboard the steamship Humboldt arrived yesterday and described a company of rough riders storming at Dawson to join the allies, recalling the famed unit led by Col. Roosevelt in the Spanish American war.
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