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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
7
New York confronts a looming general strike as 800000 union workers threaten a work stoppage next Wednesday. Police and Home Defense mobilize while leaders defend the action as a protest against nonunion operations.
Sumner Lant tried three times to shoot his brother Halsey after his wife, Mrs. Sumner Lant, said Halsey had kissed her. The revolver failed to discharge each time, and Halsey fled toward Aberdeen while Sumner waited in the county jail.
Seattle socialites Bert L. Swezen and wife Hannah Swezen faced unresolved divorce proceedings after Judge Kenneth Mackintosh’s private conferences failed to yield a settlement. The cross-complaint accuses infidelity and nagging while Swzen claimed the wife spent extravagantly and limited his spending. Proceedings paused to Monday with testimony to follow, as both sides remained apart and evasive.
The Juarez garrison braces under a Villa threat to drive Carrancistas into the Rio Grande. Three trainloads of cavalry from Chihuahua City arrive to reinforce the defenses amid rumors of an imminent attack after a bridge on the Mexican Central R. R. was blown up nearby.
London dispatch reports large Turkish forces moving north through Bulgaria to reinforce German and Bulgarian units in Dobrudja. Veterans of the Dardanelles lead these reinforcements as heavy fighting with Russians and Rumanians continues, shifting to trench warfare after days of open combat.
Two hundred fifty lumbermen bound for Portland were thrown into a panic when the steamer Bay State from Boston ran aground five miles below Cape Elizabeth in heavy fog. Passengers were taken off at daybreak as tugs began to pull the vessel free.
An undated wireless dispatch from Rome claimed German and Bulgarian troops are pulling back from Romania and that the Romanian fortress Silistia, seized two weeks earlier by Mackenzen, has been abandoned.
London reports the third raid in a fortnight on St Denis Westrem Belgium with heavy German casualties and considerable damage. Earlier strikes hit Ghistelles and Handzaemi as part of the operation described as highly satisfactory by the Admiralty.
The German forces captured the Dutch steamer Pring Hendrik which was en route from London to Flushing. The ship with 80 passengers was taken into Zeebrugge after the seizure.
Haig reports British forces pushed along the highway to Bapaume last night securing a fortified German trench line east of Courcellette on a half mile front. The captured positions connect with earlier gains between Flers and Martinpuich.
Bulgarian troops report success in Macedonia capturing Calmish and Svetipuka and pushing enemy trenches on the allied right wing, according to an official Sofia statement received via wireless.
Russian torpedo boat sinks three Turkish ships and several coal laden sailing vessels at the port of Kreg, 128 miles east of Constantinople, according to an official notice issued today.
Police tie death to a planned act after locating a key in the victim’s pocketbook and a Bible with markings. Investigators identify the home linked to the key, learn of a widow and two daughters, and note the scene's isolation and lack of struggle. A purse held $2.05 while small bottles and pills are analyzed.
Coroner's jury determines the killing of Art Walden by George Brown last Sunday at a negro dance appears felonious though Brown was re arrested after the inquiry. Deputy Prosecutor Carmody had recommended release, citing self defense.
Private Henry Hardwidge rushed water to Corporal Tom in open heat when a sniper killed him. Henry then died in his brother's arms as he offered the water. Both brothers from Ferndale Rhondda Valley served in a Welsh regiment. a third brother remains in action in France.
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