Fund for fireman's widow tops $2000 at Elks auction
At the Elks club a LaCasse Hero Fund auction raised 2002.27 dollars for the widow and two young sons of a fireman killed in the Lincoln hotel disaster. Mayor Caldwell opened the bidding, and items including Dr Yates's wardrobe and lingerie drew heavy bids as crowds watched. The fund later proved oversubscribed, with several pledges still to come in.
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Elks’ Club
LaCasse Hero Fund
Lincoln Hotel
Monte Carter
George H. Yates
Honmm
Dr. Yates
Caldwell
Charles LaCasee
Charles D. Davis
Stacy Shawn
Jim Brewster
John EK
Drummey
Major Hankins
Ben Milnes
George Bouckaert
Aoven
Seattle Baseball Club
Carter
Hugh C. Caldwell
Elis’ Club
LaCasse Fund
Herbert Schoenfeld
Standard Furniture Co
Elle
Elks Help Widow Buy Her Home in Charity Drive
Monte Carter and the Elks unite to raise funds for Mrs. Charlies LaCasse widow of LaCasne, ensuring the $3,000 purchase price instead of $3,500. The Star notes broad community support including a $34.50 paid in full from the Eastern Outfitting Co. and letters praising the memory of a brave man.
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Jones
R. S. Jones
Star Office
H. E B. Weaver
Eagne
Davin
Star
Eastern Outfitting Co
Charlies LaCasse
LaCasse Fund
A. Shemanski
Dentist Sought in Death Case Linked to Bertha Goodnick
Investigators connect suspect Hilton to the murder of Bertha Goodnick whose body was found in a Plum Station grave near Olympia. Dental work clues tie the case to Yakima, Spokane, and Seattle suspects as detectives pursue a matching dentist.
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Los Angeles
Hillton
Bertha A. Goodnick
Yaki
Plum Station
Olympia
Miss Goodnick
Charles Newton Harvey
Harvey
Hilton
Yaklam
Yakima
Tacoma
Edwin Biieworth
Plum Etation
Spokane
Bertha Goodnick
Alice Marion Ludvigson
Bluebeard
Tennant
Earl V. Ludvigson
Newberg
Ore
Louis A. Hilton
Seattle
Idaho
San Diego
Australia
Ludvigson
Fishermen Probe Disappearance of Lake Union Boy
Seattle police pursued a new lead in the March 21 disappearance of 7 year old Bigoe Spray from near his home at 714 Galerst. Mrs Ethel Spray reported seeing her son in a rowboat with two men near government vessels on Lake Union and said a fishing boat may have hauled him away.
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Seattle
Little Bigoe Spray
Ethel Spray
Galerst
Lake Union
Spray
Grunion Intelligence Highlighted by Moonlit Nesting Tale
A reflective essay extols the grunion for its instinctive life cycle aligned with the full moon and spring tides. It contrasts the fish’s two week incubation and shore nesting with human quest for natural law, praising the creature’s efficient reproduction and suggesting humans may learn from its harmony with cycles.
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Walt
Earth
South Pole
Mayor 10 Order All Buildings Made Safe
Seattle officials demand immediate remedial work after coroner’s jury blames lax city safeguards for hotel fire deaths. Mayor Caldwell vows stricter building codes and reports from the engineering department and fire marshal as councilmen consider revisions and enforcement penalties.
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Seattle
Caldwell
Lincoln Hotel
Blanche Crowe
Erick Hamilton
Miss Gray
F. L. LaCasse
Seattle hotel fund grows as civic center project advances
Hotel men in Seattle rally to boost the civic center hotel project. Gowman’s group adds 5000 dollars and Huteson Optical contributes 1000 dollars, pushing the fund to 206500 by noon. Chamber of Commerce hotel committee meets today with several large donations possible. A. J. Rhodes remains focused on broad small contributions to complete the hotel.
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Seattle
T. H. Gowman
Gowman-operated
Hotela
Washington Annex
Knickerbocker
Wilhiard
A. Huteson
Huteson Optical Co
Chamber of Commerce Hotel Committee
A. J. Rhodes
Pickford Suit Ready to File in Douglas County
The Mary Pickford Owen Moore divorce decree will be challenged in Douglas County Superior Court at Minden this afternoon. The complaint accuses Douglas Fairbanks Owen F. Moore and Gladys M. Moore of conspiring to evade Nevada divorce laws and names Moore and his former wife as defendants.
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Carson City
Nev
Owen Moore
Douglas County
Minden
Douglas Fairbanke
Owen FE. Moore
Gladys M. Moore
Nevada
Moore
Six Men Die in Salt Mine Gas Explosion Near New Iberia
NEW ORLEANS April 16 Six men were killed in a gasoline explosion at the bottom of a salt mine near New Iberia Louisiana yesterday emergency crews rushed to the scene and authorities investigated the cause of the blast amid hazardous underground conditions.
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New Orleans
New Iberia
Theodore N. Vail Dies in Baltimore
Theodore N. Vail former president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on April 16.
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Theodore N. Vail
Baltimore
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Traffic Toll Rises in Early April Reports
Police record higher traffic toll for the first half of April with three deaths and 67 injuries from 43 more accidents than the latter half of March. Elijahteefi Street cars figure in mishaps while eight motorcycles are involved. eight children were injured versus 19 previously.
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Eljahteefi
Wrecka
Negro Is Hanged for Two Murders
Chicago, April 16. William Y. Mills, a 23 year old Black man, was hanged today for murdering two men last summer. Mills was convicted based on fingerprints. The trap was sprung at 9 18.
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Chicago
William Y. Mills
Milla
Police donate $419 to Near East relief fund
Seattle policemen contributed 419 dollars to the Near East relief fund. Precinct Captain Will H. Searing announced the donation at a Friday event.
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Seattle
Will H. Searing
The Star Classified Ad Dept Seeks Your Wants
The Star, Seattle's largest daily, invites readers to place wants and dont wants via phone at Main 600 to reach the widest audience.
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the Star
Seattle
Star
Wear Khaki Slogan Sparks City Hall Movement
A city hall drive prompts two hundred county city workers to pledge khaki attire during business hours. The Khaki club forms among Oregon Washington railroad office staff, with the trend spreading to other cities as spring overalls gain popularity.
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Oregon- Washington Railroad
Citizenship Lost and Now Regained for Harry Raymond
Harry Lee Raymond of Boyne Michigan, born 28 years ago, lost U S citizenship when he joined the Canadian army on May 19 1915. Federal Judge Neterer ordered his U S citizenship restored Friday morning after a five year lapse.
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Harry Lee Raymond
Boyne
Mich
Raymond
United States
Neterer
Bride Seeks Annulment After Unstrung Marriage
Hazel B Thompson told Blaine Superior Court on November 1 1919 she married D F Thompson while mentally unstrung and unable to comprehend the ceremony. A specialist later cured her, she said, and the admission was filed in court Friday seeking annulment.
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D. F. Thompson
Blaine
Hazel B. Thompson
Superior Court
Woman reports man in black hat fled from home
Mrs. B. M. McCabe of 207 W. Crockett Street saw a man wearing a black hat dash from her basement door on Thursday night. She could not observe further details due to fear and reported the incident to police.
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B. M. McCabe
W. Crockett St
Early Morning Interfraternity Baseball Thriller
At Denny field two hundred students watched Sigma Nu defeat Sigma Chi 6 to 3 in an interfraternity game played at 6 A M on campus.
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Denny Field
Sigma Nus
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Rudyard Kipling Sees Apparent Machine Letdown
In London on April 16 Rudyard Kipling inserted a penny into an automatic machine and received nothing in return. He directed the piermaster to inform his company that the machines were a public imposition.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Swearing At Horse Fined Youth In Uxbridge
A London report states a boy was fined 1.25 dollars for swearing at a horse in Uxbridge. The brief item notes the incident and the sanction imposed.
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S . Horse
London
Uxbridge
Four Towns in Mexico Taken by Sonora Troops
Four towns in Sinaloa have fallen before the invading Sonora state forces, according to a report to divisional headquarters from General Flores. The first clash occurred at Choix where Carranavista garrison surrendered after an hour of resistance and joined the Sonora movement.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Sinaloa
Senora State
Flores
Carrani Vista
Choix
Carrany Vista
Sonora Movement
Carranza Asks U S Help For Troop Transit
The Mexican government asked the United States State Department to permit transportation of Mexican troops through U S territory to fight rebels in Sonora. Washington announced the request today.
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Washington
State Department
United States Territory
Sonora
Sandow the Yegg Steals $130 worth in Pie Lead
Seattle’s latest Sandow escaped with 1300 of pie lead valued at 130 dollars from the Universal Co. yard at 57th and 28th avenues N W Thursday night. The thief preferred small articles to diamonds.
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Seattle
Universal Co
57Th Ave
28Th Ave
AYS HE'S CURED IN Y. M. A. GYM BAKER
A YMCA gym scene in Baker Oregon on April 16 shows a man leaving his crutches behind after using the punching bag, cartwheels and a swim. Physical Director Yoke states the patient has no further use for crutches.
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Ays
Y. M. GA
Ore
C. A
Yoke
Cru
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FP. L. Bressler
W. J. Sheehan
Hazen J. Titus
Dotn J
Jack) Sullivan
Hart
Provident Loan Society
Sloanoteeane
C. T. Bevan
Charites
J. E. Blane
the Jones’ Karate
Louis Rubenstein
A. McLiesh
H. EB. Weaver
LaCasne
the Elks
Dana Sleeth
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Gowman
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Owen
Rudyard
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