Alaska Opens Right Boosting Seattle Trade and Jobs
Seattle business leaders greet Alaska opening with railroad as a major boom for shipping, provisioning, and construction. Merchants predict rising demand, higher payrolls, and Seattle as main source for Alaska and Orient trades, with dozens of firms touting benefits and expected growth.
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Alaska
Seattle
N. H. Latimer
Dexter Horton Bank
Alaska Railroad
Seward
Otto Case
Seattle Commercial Club
Fox-Trot Bugs Learn Bold Steps in NooKechamp
Our Special Correspondent reports in NooKechamp Washington that a fruit house, shut since fall, hosts 14 cockroach couples fox trotting with five old crickets providing music. Joe captures three insects of the orchestra and six cockroach couples to Seattle, hoping to show them off. the bugs perform well alone but resist tango.
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Lytle
Joe
Seattle
Humphrey Addresses Immigrant Group At YMCA Meeting
Congressman W. KE. Humphrey spoke to about 100 men of foreign birth at the YMCA on Wednesday night. He outlined ideals of a true American citizen.
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Humphrey
W. KE. Humphrey
Jitney Drivers Form New Auto Drivers Association
One hundred five jitney bus drivers split from the Auto Transit association after opposing a $2,500 bond under a new law. They met at 1616 Third Ave and formed the Auto Drivers Association, electing officers and hiring William Hickman Moore as counsel. FP. M. Chandler became secretary. members have not posted the bond.
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Auto Transit Association
Supreme Court
Third Ave
Auto Drivers’ Association
William Hickman Moore
FP. M. Chandler
Eight Die In Lyman Reservoir Break Near St John Arizona
Phoenix April 15 Eight persons are known to have drowned when the Lyman reservoir 12 miles above St John in Northern Arizona broke early today. Several others are missing and it is feared the death toll will be heavier.
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Phoenix
Lyman
St. Johna
Arizona
Clancy Roadhouse Near-Beer Allegations Reach Trial
Prosecutor Lundin claims the Pacific Social club at Meadows serves real booze despite defense denials. Judge Frater Thureday ordered chemical analysis of seized liquor after a 2 am raid. Clancy says deputies found near beer only. Lundin contends the holed goods prove intoxication. Trial set for next Thursday.
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Lundin
Frater Thureday
John Clancy
Pacific Social Club
the Meadows
Clancy
Vanderveer
Johonny Clancy
Landin Cna
Near-Beer
Lundie
Johnny Clancy
Commander Justifies Falaba Sinking Duty Limits
Berlin officials report the submarine commander said his orders barred taking aboard persons not accustomed to living on a submarine. He cited crew failures in launching boats as the cause of 112 deaths when the liner Falaba sank, defending the decision not to rescue drowning passengers.
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Berlin
Sayville
Dr Roberta Ford to Speak at John B Allen School
The second lecture in the series will be delivered Friday afternoon by Dr Roberta M Ford at the John B Allen school.
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Roberta Ford
Roberta M. Ford
John B. Allen School
Commission round of generosity adds two assistants to Lundin
The county board plans to place two extra assistants with Prosecutor Lundin to handle canal litigation without Lundin's request or consultation. Lundin says Deputy Evans is already retained for that canal work. Reports also mention potential appointments of John F. Murphy and George A. Lee, with Lee having been involved in election contest suits for Commissioners Carrigan and Knudsen.
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Board of County Commissioners
Lundin
Evans
John F. Murphy
George A. Lee
George Lee
Carrigan and Knudsen
British War Casualties Reported to April 11
In the house of commons today Under Secretary of War Tennant announced total British casualties from the war’s start through April 11 amount to 139,347 in response to requests for a statement.
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London
House of Commons
Tennant
Ptarmagin Torpedoed. Eleven Tires Lost in North Sea
London reports the G. S. S. Ptarmagin was torpedoed by a German submarine in the North Sea. Eleven tires were lost in the attack, with details provided by the bulletin.
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London
G. S.S. Ptarmagin
North Sea
Zeppelin raids hit Tyne district towns in air bombardment
A German Zeppelin bombarded the Tyne district in Northumberland for 36 minutes, killing no one but injuring two men and a woman. Eleven towns were hit as explosive and incendiary bombs created fires and holes in the ground. Newcastle was darkened during the raid, with warnings spoken during a concert. Five bombs struck Wallsend and two fell on Cramlington. the crew and airship were visible as guns fired.
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Tyne
Northumberland County
North Sea
Newcastle
Great Armestrong
Blythe
Wallsend
Cramlington
Sheila
Coast Guards
Mining Man Alleges Fraud in Wife Divorce Suit
Adolph A. Gust of Oregon files a counter suit claiming his wife Sarah A. Gust secured a divorce through bought evidence and paid witnesses. He alleges attorney Edward Judd funded the testimony and that Leslie B. Dawson was paid $1,000 to testify against him in the 1915 proceeding in La Grande.
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Adolph A. Gust
Oregon
Sarah A. Gust
Superior Court
Gust
Edward Judd
Guest
Leslie B. Dawson
Judd
Dawson
Pauline Miller
la Grande
50 Years Ago Lincoln Died Commemoration in Seattle
Flags fly at half mast in Seattle to mark the 50th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death. The narrative recalls Booth's assassination at Ford's Theatre on April 14 1865 and Lincoln's death the next day.
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Seattle
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Ford Theatre
Washington
President Lincoln
South
Lincoln
1st planetary alignment in 1000 years at dawn
Early Thursday the earth and planets Jupiter and Venus aligned in a straight line for the first time in over a thousand years at 4 am. A farewell reception for Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Frisk was hosted at Rethel Lutheran church on Tuesday evening.
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Earth
Jupiter
Venus
C. E. Frisk
Rethel Lutheran Church
Aged bachelor slain in cabin near Port Orchard
Kitsap county officials investigate the murder of Stephen Ranage nine miles south of Port Orchard. The wealthy recluse was found with head injuries inside his cabin after ten days. a robbed bureau suggests robbery as motive. Ranage’s substantial bank legacy remains at Bremerton.
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Port Orchard
Kitsap County
Stephen Ranage
Ranage
George Cleveland
Cleveland
Bremerton
Escapee Wolert Describes Nanaimo Camp Conditions and Escape
German sailor John Wolert 24, a three month British POW, relayed his Nanaimo camp experiences to a Star reporter in West Seattle. He cited insanitary conditions, poor ventilation, cramped cells, and food unfit for humans, and recounted a daylight escape aided by a guard lapse and a makeshift ladder.
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John Wolert
Seattle
Nanaimo
B. C
Wolert
Reina
Vancouver
Star
Henrietta Kelly
44Th Ave
West
Kusan
Espelea
Lipperary
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Charles R. Kearny
Love Warren-Monroe Company
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L. A. Nutter
Western Wheel & Scraper Co
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