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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
10
Smith, a Seattle barber, is jailed as the alleged leader in a conspiracy to supply cocaine to soldiers. Two women and about 20 soldiers were arrested or taken into custody by military police, with Smith noted to have a long federal record and prior 1915 arrest for drug dealing.
Seattle electrical workers boosted the Liberty loan fund by 2000 dollars at a Labor temple meeting. An offer was announced to buy another 1000 dollars worth. Cc. O. Young of the AFL spoke patriotically. A Lafollette endorsement from the boiler makers was proposed but held back.
Dorothy Dalton stars in The Price Mark at Liberty theater next Sunday in a big photoplay event. Thos H Ince introduces the screen star to Paramount patrons with a dramatic tale set partly in Egypt, praised for its striking photography and powerful character work.
The Trinity parish Men’s Club annual banquet started 20 minutes late as Canon W H Biliss apologized for a last minute wedding. Maj Ronald Strath of the Canadian Medical Corps spoke on the German advance to the Marie in 1914, joined by Prof O H Richardson from the state university who also spoke.
Rev. R. C. Munro, after weeks in Seattle with the American Christian Missionary Society executives, will depart for Anchorage Alaska. His Seward church was swept away by a flood and his mission work will continue evangelically until spring when he hopes to return to his pastorate.
M. M. Bartholomew of the Y M C A spoke to 1,500 Sammies at Camp Lewis detailing brutal conditions in German prison camps. Bartholomew, who served as a Y M C A agent in Germany, described extreme cruelty toward prisoners.
Alma Gluck performed seven songs for about 10 000 soldiers at Camp Lewis. After singing The Star Spangled Banner with the audience, she kept a chrysanthemum and then tossed the rest to the men as tears filled her eyes. She said she would likely never be moved so much again.
Topeka news reports a Topeka farmer has developed a self controlled airplane capable of conducting death dealing bomb runs without a crew. The U S patent office is said to be clogged with farmer invention submissions as Washington weighs the new device and its potential use in the war effort.
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