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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1916
Page
8
Vienna report says Frederick Adler, the assassin of Austrian premier Count Stuergick, refused to explain his motive at the preliminary examination. Adler claimed he acted without outside advice or instigation, while jailers described him as appearing mentally weak.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports a 400 percent rise in operating income for nine interstate express companies in fiscal year 1916, totaling 10,506,000 compared with 2,556,000 in 1915. Extens charges collected reached 175,000,000 for the year.
Keen interest in Orrine the scientific treatment for the drink habit is on sale at our store and can be given secretly at home with confidence. It quickly destroys all desire for whiskey and other intoxicants and is sold with a money back guarantee after a trial. Orrine comes in two forms No 1 secret treatment and No 2 voluntary treatment costing $1.00 a box. Swifts Pharmacy 2nd and Pike.
Advertisement claims plain liquid silmerine applied before curling produces natural looking waves with lively luster and fluffy texture. It says results appear within three hours and last long, promising manageable hair, and notes the liquid is harmless.
Cleveland reports the probable Lake Erie toll rising to 46 as wrecks surface near Toledo. The Matthews arrives with three Merida victims. six Merida bodies recovered, 13 missing. Whaleback James G Colgate shows 19 missing, one body recovered, one saved. Captain Grasjaw clings to raft 36 hours and is critical. Other wreckage sighted as search continues.
Bainbridge Colby the Roosevelt nominator and Hughes insurer reform ally speaks in Seattle for Woodrow Wilson’s reelection. He appears at the Metropolitan Theatre with Roy Slater while Navy Yard workers hear him at Bremerton and a Seattle club dinner follows.
Funeral services for Leo G. Pratt, shot by Irene M. Sobel in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, will be at 10 a m Tuesday at St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church Becond Ave W and West Leest. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. Mrs Sobel’s funeral was held Sunday at 4 30 p m from Henry Watson parlors with Rev J D O Powers officiating. The body will be cremated.
E. J. Brown, Democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney, will speak Monday night at Mays hall on Sixth avenue North East, and again at Ravenna hall on 26th avenue North East after 42nd street.
Er nest Bree and Miss Eva Gale both active workers of the Salvation Army Corps No. 1 will marry at the Salvation Army hall Fifth eve 8 and Washington Tuesday at 7 p m. The public is invited.
Republican speakers are listed for venues in Hillman City Madrona and Des Moines town hall at 8 p.m. with Thomas P. Revelle John P. Hartman J. W. Wall and county candidates. Democratic events feature George Cotterill Daniel Buckley and several county officials at Mayas hall Ravenna hall and nearby venues.
Roosevelt's five hour Albuquerque stop includes breakfast and a noon banquet after speaking at 10 am. Secretary Baker is a frequent target of jeers as crowds cheer and bombastic bands swell. Earlier Gallup halt revealed a longer delay caused by air brake tampering and a railroad inquiry has begun.
At a dry mass meeting in the First Methodist church, Mayor Gill told about 1,000 attendees that the sheriff sympathizes with or aids the bootlegging system and that the prosecuting attorney is handicapped by the sheriff’s lack of cooperation.
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