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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
1
An unidentified woman entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce at 1 15 PM Friday and shot Leo G Pratt a clerk before she shot herself Both were dead before police arrived Pratt 1632 Tenth Ave W and the bank doors were barred A bystander said the woman’s name was Oliver aged 24 Pratt was 19
Ray Chicago October 20 Forced to work after desertion by husband Mrs Mary Sokolosky gives up her two year old son Mike for adoption She explains she left him at a doorstep to ensure good care Mrs Antone Kisellus who found the child wants to adopt him The mother says she loved Mike most of all but could not care for him while working full time
A 22 year old Pittsburger Richard Cullen attempted to jump onto the president's running board during the Pittsburg ride. He carried a satchel with a knife and chisels and was overpowered and taken to a station house. Cullen claimed discontent with European policy and was declared deranged by Dr. Barclay.
President Wilson travels home to Canton Ohio amid energetic praise from supporters. Tumulty calls the Chicago ovation the greatest yet as Democratic headquarters report strong enthusiasm. Wilson stresses unity of capital and labor to advance American business and rights of humanity.
A drunken auto ride ended Friday morning when a car left Bothell boulevard at 88th street and overturned in a ditch. Chauffeur Claude Adams and chafing workers BE Badger were jailed on driving while intoxicated charges. Capitola Turner of the Keystone hotel was rescued from the wreck and taken to the city hospital with bruises.
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson arrives in Seattle at 3 30 p m to a civic and political welcome. He is met by Ernest P. Marsh R L Proctor James Duncan and Democratic committee members. He speaks on Why Labor Is for Woodrow Wilson at the Metropolitan and is the honored guest of organized labor with 250 seats reserved at Bird's cafeteria for a 6 p m event. Doors open at 7 p m.
Rome report states Field Marshal Falkenhayn formerly chief of the German general staff has been wounded in the leg and forced to relinquish command of the Austro German armies in Transylvania according to a Zurich dispatch to the Courriere d Italia dated today.
The Cunard liner Alaunia struck a mine and sank in the English Channel. All crew were saved except two men, according to the New York Cunard office.
Wheat futures surged to above 1.70 as Dec wheat traded at 1.71 and May at 1.70 in Chicago. The advance marked the strongest level since the Civil War, aside from the Leiter corner peak of 1898, following an opening at 1.69.
Water will be shut off in the Gazelle street district east of Gist avenue to 60th avenue from Rainier avenue to Norfolk street on Saturday October 21 from 9 am to 5 pm.
The Armenian refugee crisis described with sick and starving people, including many children and women, prompts a nationwide Red Cross fund drive tomorrow. Red Cross workers will sell Armenian Relief tags in Seattle to support food, warmth, and medical aid for Armenians. J. W. Spangler at Seattle National Bank will handle funds and forward them to Red Cross headquarters.
Walter Pritchard Eaton presents a new novel weekly feature about John Upton who quits a teaching post to farm worn acreage. Bert Temple and Mike Finn are fictional characters readers may not meet, as the tale unfolds in the Star serial starting Monday.
The Ocean company owners of the German commerce submarines say the Bremen is lost, per advices from Bremen. Grief runs among crew families, many of whom reside in Bremen. The Deutschland’s return to the United States is indefinitely postponed.
In a spontaneous New York interview Irvin Cobb voices support for Woodrow Wilson, praising preparedness and cautioning against Roosevelt and Hughes. He recalls Belgian invasion, argues for a strong navy and army, and predicts the crisis trope will recur in campaigns.
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