29 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
1
Mrs Marg Hogan testified in city hospital where her husband Joseph Hogan died a day after being shot at the Orpheum theatre on August 29. She sobbed that she shot him over his alleged infidelities while cops described her emotional state and motives.
The piece denounces Congressman Will E. Humphrey and ally Albert Johnson of Hoquiam for blocking government ownership of the Alaska railroad and opposing measures to regulate coal and timber monopolies. It condemns Humphrey as out of step with public opinion and calls for his return to Congress.
Gustave Marshall, 66, a logger, died by carbolic acid at the Puget Sound hotel on Sixth Avenue last night. He had only a cent and an empty stomach. His body awaits cremation at the public morgue. Marshall, among thousands of loggers displaced by camp closings, did not vote due to upheaval in the industry.
Miss Isabella Austin the dean of women blocked a junior vaudeville cabaret planned for Meany Hall at the University of Washington on November 6. She forbade rehearsals and said dancing by students should not imitate down town cabaret contortions, preventing the show from proceeding.
A high official said President Wilson asked Attorney General Gregory about the legality of taking over Colorado coal mines and placing them under federal supervision after a lengthy conference on the matter.
Gil Boalt reports Essanay Film Mfg Co seeks the most beautiful telephone girl in America to appear as Dorothy at the Seattle switchboard in The Woman's Way. The winner receives 100 dollars plus travel and a chance to join Essanay stock, with selection from Seattle exchanges and hotels.
London reports Germany preparing for a supreme assault against France and Britain. Warships rush to Northern French forts while submarines and light torpedo boats concentrate in the Bruges Zeebrugge canal. Zeppelins arrive and fresh German troops flood toward the Yser, signaling a potential decisive multi front attack.
German cruiser Emden attacked and sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug and a French torpedo boat destroyer off Penang in the Straits Settlements. The Emden, flying a Japanese flag, used a fourth funnel to disguise itself and then escaped through the Strait of Malacca.
Prostrated with exhaustion, the combatants in northern France and Belgium rested on their arms. Some skirmishing persisted as the artillery remained active, shaping a tense lull before renewed engagement.
Russian forces push along a long front against German and Austrian lines near Petrograd. Germans, demoralized by prior encounters with czarist troops, attempt to halt the advance with artillery as they reform, with fighting ongoing on the Kaiser's side of the East Prussian frontier.
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