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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
1
Liberty bond owners mobilize in a final 36 hour push to raise about 2 million for Seattle and the state. Navy personnel and civilians collect subscriptions as banks stay open late. campaigns target city and rural areas, with schools and scouts aiding.
The Star champions her recall citing pacifist ties and anti draft sympathy as failing Americanism. It urges Battle to publicly affirm strong patriotism with a decisive defeat of Anna Louise Strong at the polls.
Italian forces announced the evacuation of Gainsizza plateau as Austro German pressure increased. The withdrawal runs from Mount Maggiore west to Aurza, with Balasizza plateau abandoned. Berlin stated the great drive has already captured 30,000 prisoners and 300 guns, per official report.
City light officials unearthed that Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co won state approval to raise Seattle rates, effective Aug 14 after an application July 16 1917. The secretive move affects ships mills and smaller users, with minimal notices and higher kilowatt charges across bands.
The American Shipbuilding Organization likely plans a second reorganization. Rear Admiral Capps of Emergency Fleet Corp may step down due to ill health and friction with Chairman Hurley. A labor shortage and split duties between ship construction and operation loom as bottlenecks, with possible labor conscription debated. A Colorado man eloped with two women, an odd aside in the page.
German agents are alleged to be active at the Vancouver Washington army post. Evidence cites stabbed mules, attempts to poison water, and possible poisoned bread. Col. Jones confirms vigorous investigations and doubled guards as authorities pursue inside plots by post personnel.
United Press Leased Wire reports flour fell about to the pocket book range in San Francisco. Stores opened with a 40 cent drop per barrel and a 50 pound sack at 2.95 dollars. Millers say cheaper prices are unlikely with wheat at 2.14 dollars and warn the level may not hold.
Frank A. Scott of Cleveland, chairman of the wartime War Industries Board, quit his post today. Ill health was cited as the reason for his resignation.
British and French forces in Flanders launched another major assault northeast of Ypres, with Haig reporting satisfactory progress as rain hampered operations. This marks the second joint blow against Germany’s vital Flanders position in five days.
With Gen. Petain's Aisne offensive gaining momentum, German forces began abandoning guns and retreatting toward marshy river valleys. French troops pressed the wedge as German resistance collapsed, signaling a major 1917 setback for Germany.
London observers note Germany leads the Italian offensive with German troops aircraft and ammunition in control. They view Austria as militarily impotent and under Berlin's dominance as Germany presses the Isonzo drive.
New York reports cornstalk shoes introduced by J. M. Dinman of Storm Lake Iowa. The footwear sells for $2.50 and uses cut-wear leather. Shoes are made from cornstalk and glucose pressed into fabric by a secret patent process.
Stet Correspondent at Camp Lewis reports two Bellingham bankers sons of wealthy Whatcom County families serving in the 361st infantry. Victor Roeder and Henry Roth mend socks and perform kitchen police, with Roeder now promoted to mess sergeant feeding 250 men daily. Roeder is married with a baby who misses him.
Former Public Service Commission chairman Charles A. Reynolds will address the King County Democratic club on gas control in Washington. The event at Good Eats cafeteria includes a talk by D. D. Wilson on World Democracy and a baritone performance by Gerald Relf, with lunch and meeting on Saturday noon.
United Press reports in Berlin that high authorities say brutish bombing of open German towns would not force Germany to surrender. The entente should not forget French cities close to German air routes, and American participation is mentioned in contrast. Continued on Page 16.
At Camp Lewis Tacoma Oct 26 inefficiency of local draft boards cost the government about 1 000 000 dollars mustering officers report eleven per cent of men sent here and certified fit by physicians were rejected for apparent disabilities averaging 300 dollars per man from call to rejection rejections total 3331 of 42776 with Oregon Washington Wyoming California leading the rejections percentages and a tabulated breakdown by state showing numbers sent and rejected
Lieut. F. W. Becker in charge of U S naval intelligence at the Grand Trunk dock helped arrest John Gerhardt, ship’s carpenter aboard the Curacao, on a false birth statement. Gerhardt claimed Holland as birthplace. belongings showed Germany birth and first papers dated 1902 in Tacoma. He was booked at the city jail.
In CAMP LEWIS Tacoma on October 26 a list of locals appears. Umatilla county Oregon soldier F Antiheroe and Seattle resident Frank Coward are named along with Ten Million of Spokane who borrowed a meal price from Kenneth Pennypacker. Burglars sawing through a floor stole 200 pounds of candy from Ajax Pharmacy at 5th Street and Greenwood Avenue Thursday night.
In Macon Georgia on October 26 the Royal Palm southbound sideswiped the Kansas City Special northbound at Reed's station ten miles south of Macon. Fireman Will Mathews was killed and Engineer H K Burgay was painfully injured. Both were aboard the Royal Palm.
Belle jokes about cold feet rather than cold hands as Nell asks about giving him the mitten. The playful line hints at a lighthearted domestic exchange.
Dr. Thomas Tiero, 42, a physician described as not prominent, fired a pistol in his Chicago apartment at 51% Second Ave. N. shortly before noon on Friday, killing himself after sending his wife Laura to fetch the morning paper. Neighbors say he had a two year physical collapse and had been bedbound, after relocating from Seattle where he faced heavy financial losses. The body lies at the county morgue.
Mrs Amy Rosenburg is acquitted of the second degree murder of her husband Fred C Rosenburg in Judge Smiths department after four and a half hours deliberation. The shooting occurred during a quarrel at their home 5218 Brandon Street on September 22. She testified self defense.
Superior Judge Bell grants divorce to Mariani Mangiolordo after he testifies Nunziata admitted liking another man. In a separate note, about 150 mill workers at Boledel Donovan mill in Bellingham go on strike for an eight hour day.
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