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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
2
The Seattle Star reports medical opinion backing tobacco for soldiers at the front. Campaigns raise funds via the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund based in New York, with Seattle as an official collector. Contributions fund tobacco and include donor messages to soldiers.
A dynamite bomb planted in a bread basket wrecked the front of Michael Porrazzo's grocery in San Francisco. Porrazzo blames the Blank Hand for the attack. No one was hurt as a nearby display of exes escaped damage.
FE L Melin a Minneapolis attorney urges raising the county reward from 200 to 300 dollars for the capture of Dr Percival Allen who escaped from King county jail while awaiting trial on a murder charge nearly a year ago.
Assistant Prosecutor Palmer says firms operating jitneys must obtain bonds and the law will be strictly enforced, with his office handling the bond process as the main duty.
A fragmentary note describes sending four tobacco packages to a soldier in France for American fighting men. Each package reportedly costs 45 cents retail and will include a postcard addressed to the writer for a message of thanks. Details and address are unclear.
Federal raids across multiple cities seize socialist literature and suppress newspapers. Officials say Adolph Germer and Seymour Stedman aided the probe while distancing the party from sedition claims. The effort targets leaders and funds as agents act under warrants.
The Patriotic Education Society cites Linee our declaration of war accusing the German secret service of undermining America. Government vows prosecutions of leaders like Haywood Rowan Sheridan if seized papers prove serious. Grand juries will indict under new espionage act as treason and sedition laws may be used. President Wilson backs halt to anti American acts and has named Judge Covington to probe the I Wo Wo threat in the Far West. Covington's findings expected today.
Italy renews its attack on the Julian front and pushes toward Trieste and Laibach. Rome reports the largest concentration of Italian forces, 216 aircraft involved, with British and French artillery and naval support near Pola. Since August 19, about 37,000 Austrian prisoners are said to have been captured. The fighting today occurred south of Ocrogio.
Lieut Raoul Lufbery premier ace of the La Fayette escadrille claimed his 12th German aircraft Tuesday, with a chance at 13 but for ammunition shortage. In two days he scored seven flights, including a Tuesday victory despite his plane being hit three times. Sergeant Edwin Pearsons aided by shooting the opposing pilot as Lufbery's gun ran dry. German aircraft massed along the front as reinforcements approach the La Fayette unit’s area.
A Bon Marche notice lists 29 summer dresses and 28 sport suits reduced to 1.95 with a special second floor display. The ad notes a small lot of 30 dresses in striped gingham for small women and 20 dressing lacques in light gingham with high necks and long sleeves, all in small sizes.
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