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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1916
Page
5
Authorities search for the runaway driver after a runabout struck a heavy auto truck at a cut on the Ocean Shore line. The truck toppled 40 feet killing electrician Michael J. Wall and injuring ten of its twenty passengers. Joseph Brown lies near death with possible skull fracture. others suffer contusions and lacerations.
Special Prosecutor Lockwood asks grand jury to indict Oscar McDaniels, prosecutor accused of killing wife Mrs. McDaniels after a quarrel over divorce threats. He allegedly staged a fake telephone call and fired five shots after leaving the house. McDaniels was arrested last night and went to prison without resistance.
An elderly audience notice states Price is one dollar for a convalescent aid and weak reader remedy. Distributed by Humphreys Homeco Medicine Co with address 156 St New York and available at all drug stores or sent C O D.
The second freighter from Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co. slid down the ways as the New York Cuba Mall Steamship Co. freighter Cauto was christened late Saturday. W H Todd warned not to smash the bows, and Dorothy Alexander replied that bows were undamaged and the ship afloat, with the bottle abandoned to the underwriters.
John Cannon Short, once a U S marshal, raises poultry at a Georgetown farm. An old hen hatched ten chicks twenty feet up in a tree nest, reached by a 40 foot ladder leaning against a nearby building.
Bucharest reports 6 884 prisoners captured on the north and west fronts in Transylvania. The war office released the official statement today detailing the gains.
Dr. James E. Bell, a university chemistry instructor, departs October 1 to become associate professor at Throophorace of Technology in Pasadena, California. He will be succeeded by Dr. A. A. Noyes, whom Prof. Byers calls without question the greatest chemist in the United States.
Labor troubles blamed for a morning bomb explosion at a Loop district movie theater. The blast caused slight damage with nearby windows broken by the concussion.
London authorities say anti aircraft guns repelled two Zeppelins raids on Sept 2 and Saturday night as three giant airships were brought down. Casualties rise to about 40 killed and 110 injured in the metropolitan area amid 14 or 15 airships involved. A constable arrested 22 crew members of the second airship at the wreck site near Mangold.
Chicago reports two additional arrests in a nationwide blackmail syndicate probe. Momer T. French and James Christian face charges for pressuring a New York couple to pay 15000 dollars through a fake secret service setup. Former accused, George Irwin and Doc Brady named. Irwin is a fugitive. French and Christian to be transported to New York for trial.
Mrs Lutz once a Kansas City Missouri teacher and PTA organizer is sent to the women's reformatory for 200 days on a vagrancy charge due to blindness and poverty. Police note she has well to do relatives and her husband, who left her 17 years ago, is alive.
Gen Funston sent word that Corporal Rogers of Troop B and seven Texas cavalrymen who crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico without orders are to face court martial. Mexican troops fired on the patrol and killed a horse during the incursion on Thursday.
Judge Elbert Gary of United States Steel argues welfare programs boost profits and worker welfare. He cites improved conditions, family recreation, sanitary surroundings, and educational opportunities as good business. Gary notes education reform and vocational training, with specific emphasis on Southern plants and onboard libraries for ore freighters.
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Vhosphate II as a nerve tonic and refreshing drink. It urges readers to buy a bottle to steady the nerves and improve vitality.
Advertises Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer promising to turn gray hair into a natural dark shade, improve hair health, stop dandruff and shedding, and conceal use. Claims no dyeing, suitability for dry or faded hair, and a money back guarantee. Sample sale at Bartell's Rug Stores in Seattle with parcel post option.
A Benson streetcar ran away for 22 blocks after failing brakes on a hill, jumped the track, struck a telephone pole, and overturned. Six people were injured, two believed fatally, as the car was demolished.
Dr Seth C Langford of the State University reports finding carbon monoxide in kelp at Friday Harbor marine station. The gas killed small lab animals when exposed but does not affect kelp use for food or fertilizer. The discovery challenges theories of photosynthesis which had assumed carbon monoxide presence.
Nathan Fasten a university zoology instructor at Puget Sound Marine Station conducted summer research on artificial fertilization of edible crabs to secure the food supply. He plans to continue work and hopes for commercial results by next summer.
Inventors unveil a novel life preserver that extends breathing freedom in heavy seas. The device supplements a cork jacket and allows a person to breathe even as waves sweep over the head, improving buoyancy and safety in rough water.
Thirty thousand insurgents control Crete following the occupation of Canea and Heraklion. Only 11 members of King Constantine's Cretan guard remained loyal as garrison troops defected. Kandia was captured earlier, and the revolt echoes Crete's 11th revolution in a century led by the 1907 leaders.
In Council Bluffs Iowa on September 25 traveling salesman C C Dempster woke to a weasel in his bed. He chased the animal through the house with a revolver and fired into walls before finally killing it in the kitchen.
R H Mattison of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce publicity bureau led a Washington delegation forming an aring committee to boost state interests in the Pacific Northwest tourist campaign. Members include C Nolte W W Blain Frank Teck Gordes Corbaley and A L Soemmers from multiple chambers and clubs. Industrial accidents in the year’s first star caused 964 deaths and 100 287 injuries across the state.
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