Boston Tea Party and Modern Version Stir Harbor Festivities
The piece contrasts historic Boston Tea Party al lot with a 1916 Bell Street dock re enactment led by Mayor Hi Gill and police. Participants break crates and pour tea, while Mayor Gill's party dumps 12 000 beer bottles into Elliott Bay under a taxation without representation motif.
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Boston
Dartmouth
Hi Gill
Beckingham
Paysse
Bell St
Gill
Elliott Bay
GO TO IT HIRAM Mayor Gill's rough stance on prohibition
The Star reports Mayor Gill has begun aggressive actions against illicit liquor sales in Seattle. He says he will disregard minor legal hurdles to shut down drug-store saloons and smash contraband beer, arguing police should nail offenders and wreck their establishments if needed. The piece notes mixed prior opinions on his enforcement credibility.
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Gill
Star
Seattle
Hi Gill
Police Department
Mayor Gill Calls For Harsh Action Against Pseudo Drug Stores
The Star supports Mayor Gill in fighting illicit outlets that sell cheap poisonous whisky to habitual drinkers, accusing them of subverting prohibition. It argues for drastic punishment of professional law-breakers and calls for aggressive enforcement to remove this odoriferous element from the city.
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Gill
Falls in Love With the Man She Hated
Hazel Weir is abducted by a rugged woodsman Bill Wagstaff in British Columbia and kept at a northern cabin beyond fifty three degrees latitude. After winter captivity she gains freedom and contemplates returning east to factories and railways. She eventually decides to marry the man she once hated.
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Hazel Weir
British Columbia
Bill Wagstaff
North of Fifty Three Novel-a-Week Begins Monday
Bertrand W. Sinclair introduces a new weekly novel series in The Star starting Monday and concluding the following Saturday. Readers will follow a continuous story across seven days with daily installments and cliffhanger chapters.
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Bertrand W. Sinclair
the Star
Americans in Another Fight in Parral Reported
U P Staff Correspondent reports a second clash between Americans and Parral residents with few details. General Funston's code message discussed at the White House conference, while Secretary Lansing sent Rodgers in Mexico City detailed withdrawal instructions. Carranza entered Mexico City with strong acclaim as he established the capital.
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Washington
Parral
el Paso
Funston
White House
Baker
Villa Hunt
Lansing
Oul Rodgers
Mexico City
Carranza
Rodgers
Arredondo
Invertion Sunk by Submarine Off Valencia
The Aberdeen bark Invertion en route from Portland to Limerick was sunk by a submarine 110 miles west of Valencia. Two Americans escaped. some sailors were lost. Reports from Queenstown say the Inverlyon did not attempt to escape and fifteen minutes were allowed for abandoning ship. Will Harm Ross, an American sailor, survived after 35 hours in a lifeboat without food.
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Invertion
Portland
Ore
Limerick
United States
Queenstown
State Department
Inverlyon
Valencia
Wil Harm Ross
American Property at Parral Destroyed
Reports from El Paso confirm Mexican attacks on American property at Parral. The Alvarado mining mill in a suburb was destroyed, worth $500,000, and the Parral-Durango railway offices were entered with all records destroyed, per the American manager at Parral.
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EL Paso
Alvarado
Parral-Durango
Arrest of Frank Oleson Jr for falsifying Northern Cod fish Co books
Frank Oleson Jr 27 of 1721 Fourth Ave N is jailed on a charge of falsifying Northern Cod fish Co books. A $251.30 shortage is claimed, with between 15 000 and 18 000 of funds allegedly secreted. W F Hamill says shortages exist in both Northern Codfish Co and W H Pierson Co ledgers. Oleson is son of the firm's attorney and is trying to raise 1500 bail set by Judge Gordon. The case involves book juggling and mandamus proceedings to recover the books.
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Fourth Ave. N
Northern Codfish Co
Grand Trunk Dock
W. F. Hamill
Young Oleson
Frank Oleson
Willett & Oleson
Gordon
Hamill
Northern Cod. Fish Company
W. H. Pierson Co
Pierson Company
W. H Pierson Hamill
Draft Note to Germany Outlines Submarine Policy Demands
Washington April 15. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing review evidence supporting the American stance in the Sussex case. The tentative note requires Germany to make specific changes in its submarine policy to provide assurances demanded by the United States.
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Washington
America
Germany
Wilson
Lansing
Fiend Murders Boy Near Alany
Eight year old Billy Clark found dead in woods six miles north of Alany New York after a three week search by police and boy scouts. A letter signed Jack Dogs threatened to kill him unless a large ransom was paid.
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N. Y
Billy” Clark
Jack Dogs
Billy
Burns Manager Arrested in Chicago Graft Probe
Guy Biddinger former head of the Burns Detective Agency was arrested in New York on graft investigation tied to Chicago police corruption. He will be held at the Tombs awaiting Illinois officers and Governor Dunne's extradition requisition. Riddinger aided the McNamara dynamite trials in Los Angeles and testified against Clarence Darrow in the dynamite case.
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Guy Biddinger
Burns Detective Agency
Chicago
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Riddinger
Gov. Dunne
McNamara
Los Angeles
Clarence 8
Darrow
Burke Goes East To Attend Chamber Meeting
Judge Thomas Burke president of the Chamber of Commerce left Friday night for the Host to attend a United States Chamber of Commerce meeting where he serves as director.
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Thomas Burke
Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Lee addresses Swedish Business Men on The Business Man in Politics
George A. Lee, a gubernatorial candidate, spoke to the Swedish Businessmen’s Association at the Savoy hotel Friday outlining his views on the role of the business man in politics.
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George A. Lee
Swedish Business Men's Association
Savoy Hotel
Mystery Vessel Reported Sinking in Northern Waters
The Dora reported receiving an SOS from an unknown vessel claiming the Admiral Farragut was sinking on April 10. Admiral Farragut’s captain denied trouble on the voyage from Southeastern Alaska to Tacoma, leaving the distressed ship’s identity unresolved and no other alerts on record.
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Star
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Dora
Kodiak
Admiral Farragut
Farragut
Pacific-Alaska Steam Ship Company
Admiral Line
Tacoma
Alaska
Merchants’ Exchange
North of Fifty-Three Hearts Warm in Canadian Cold
The Star previews the week’s next novel set in a frigid Canadian region where two distant hearts gradually connect, highlighting evolving romance and the book’s mood.
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Canada
Woman cracks Gaffene's alibi
Capt Tennant telegraphed San Francisco police an alleged confession of Mrs Helen Boozer held on a larceny charge. She said she was married to James Gaffene, alleged to be Pietre Torturici, murderer, in Kansas City eight years ago and lived with him in San Diego over the past year. Gaffene now awaits trial in San Francisco and has denied the Torturici identity.
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San Francisco
Helen Boozer
James Gaffene
Pietré Torturici
Kansas City
San Diego
Gaffene
New Orleans
Tortufiel
Seattle
Marshall Guilty in Contempt Charge by House Panel
Washington April 15 United States Attorney Marshall of New York was found guilty of contempt by a House committee for criticizing a House subcommittee probing impeachment charges brought by Representative Buchanan.
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Washington
United States
Marshall
New York
House
Buchanan
Mayors and prosecutor vow crackdown on illicit liquor trade
After a turbulent 24 hours in the liquor enforcement drive Mayor Gill and Prosecutor Lundin announce a tough campaign against illicit drug stores. Lundin says he will ignore court rulings to seize bars and fixtures, aiming to shut down outlets issuing liquor prescriptions and arrest doctors like Dr. W G Emmonds for illegal prescriptions.
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Lundin
Ronald
Superior Court
John Ireland
James Street
Lunding
24 Quarts of Beer Sought as Headache Cure
Lun din deputies report liquor prescriptions widely used for medical purposes since January 1 at Kelley drug store. One order of 24 quarts of beer aimed to cure a headache while others cited fatigue weakness and use as directed. Deputy Barto checked prescriptions seized at James Street store Saturday.
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Lundin
Kelley Drug Store
Barto
James Street
City probes liquor stock limits for drug stores
Mayor Gill and L B Kirkpatrick of the Anti-Saloon league began a Saturday inquiry into the city's legal authority to regulate liquor stock held by drug stores. George D Conger of the Washington State Anti-Saloon league may be consulted, with Corporation Counsel Caldwell to follow.
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Fred Smart
Gill
L. B. Kirkpa
Anti-Saloon League
George D. Conger
Washington State Anti-Saloon League
Caldwell
Dump Beer Into Bay At Harbor Island
Twelve thousand quart bottles of contraband Rainier beer seized by police were dumped overboard from the fire boat Duwamish near Harbor Island under the direction of Mayor Gill and Chief Bockingham. Eight city jail trusties assisted as officials removed the stored 1 000 cases from port wharfs and proceeded to the scene Friday afternoon.
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Gill
Elliott Bay
Jimmy Crehan
Bell St
Rainier
Harbor Island
Bockingham
Port Commission
Beast
Chic Beckingham
Charlies Sullivan
Port Wa Paysse
Stetson
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