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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1918
Page
5
Portland police explained that two dozen lottery games operate in the city with Chinatown in the north end honeycombed by tunnels making arrests difficult. Shipyard workers reportedly spend ready money on these lotteries, with thousands of dollars changing hands weekly across a ten block square area of Chinatown.
Lemno Missigman Charlies Wartelle and Charles Wilkens were named first lieutenants in the army Friday in Washington. Ivan Burch of Seattle 1510 Sixth Ave was commissioned as second lieutenant in the medical corps. Others promoted include Riemcke of Yakima Smythe of Bremerton first lieutenants in medical corps and Paulson of Tacoma as second lieutenant of air service aeronautics.
Three youths Alex McWhirter John McEachren and Mike Carney are charged in a complaint by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Barto with breaking into the Anderson Supply Co. storehouse at 111 Cherry st and stealing four cameras phonograph records a Belgian French child relief bottle contents and cash. Barto states the boys have confessed.
Passengers aboard the United States dispatch steamer Gen. Jeff C. Davis report thousands of caribou swimming across the Yukon and spreading over hills on both sides of the river. The ship arrived Friday night and the herd was sighted near the international boundary between Eagle and Forty Mile Posts.
The Brookland, a 4000-ton twinmasted wooden steamer, was launched Friday noon at Grays Harbor Motor Ship Company yard. It is sister to the record ship Aberdeen and the third vessel of similar type launched in 30 days.
After flu shutdown Levy's Orpheum will not show moving pictures again. A 40 member musical comedy company led by Harry C Lewis of New York will perform for an extended engagement. Lead royals include Little Johnnie Jones number and George M. Cohan pieces. 30 chorus girls, six Mack Sennett beauties, and Lollie Carter join the cast with theatre alterations completed.
Jay Hass manager of Levy's Opera House is jubilant his old friend Frank Steffle will join him on the front line to fight the Huns as both are classified A-1 in the latest draft by Uncle Sam.
Leonard Meyberg, Los Angeles film magnate, is due in Seattle on a national tour under the Smileage division of the War Department commission. He urges movie house managers to give 19 percent of one day’s receipts each month to the division as action toward war efforts.
Lucien Muratore, renowned opera star, cancels Pacific coast engagements until March due to flu. He heads east for New York opera, then plans a Seattle return for a concert at the Metropolitan Theatre.
A playful note about Dean Worley, manager of the Wilkes Players, joking he will avoid service on the western front because he is so large. The army might camouflage him as a mountain to shield troop movements. Also a line about St. Louis having 1000 school pupils.
Lisle, famed for Lisle thread and Lisle lace, rose from a feudal frontier to an industrial power. The town’s storied history spans counts of Flanders, Burgundy, Austria, Spain, and France, with fierce sieges and enduring liberties shaping its fate.
Ostend’s evacuation reopens the western gateway to Belgium allowing allied ships to enter the port. The piece reflects on Ostend’s long siege by Spain from 1601 to 1604 and the city’s harsh trials under Habsburg rule, highlighting how heroic defense shapes national myth.
Courtrai a famed Flemish town stood with Bruges and Ypres in a historic struggle against oppression. In 1302 allied artisans defeated French knights near Courtrai, about 1200 knights fell and 700 golden spurs were recovered, earning the Battle of the Spurs. The French king later burned Courtrai.
Lens France, a city of about 39 000, sits at the heart of a vast coal district. Before the war its iron and steel works dominated the area, but reports say they have been dismantled and machinery moved to Germany. Lens is poised to become a martyr city in the great war and has long stood at the heart of European conflict.
Laon, once a Roman fortress on Hindenburg’s western line, has fallen to the allies. After four years in exile, inhabitants return to wrecked homes as German forces retreated in 1914. The hilltop town preserves a fortress, cathedral and courthouse, linked to Europe’s history through three ancient invasions.
New York artist Maurice Becker, a cartoonist, was tried at a court martial for desertion at Camp Bowie Fort Worth. His plea as a conscientious objector was rejected as his registration in Delaware and subsequent flight to Mexico showed noncompliance. Becker was arrested recently at Laredo Texas.
Eva Tanguay says she will not return to the coast after spending the week here due to the flu ban and refuses to see newspaper reporters. With Kiva not visiting again, the public may react in protest, singing "I Don’t Care."
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