Fifteen Thousand Attend Luna Park Outing on Star's Second Family Day
The Seattle Star reports a large Luna Park visit tied to the Star's second family outing. Greek laborer John Demidis, 26, and Roumanian laborer Wass, 22, were crushed when a wall section toppled during foundation work for the Ferry-Leary building. Demidis died en route to Providence Hospital. Wass survived with injuries.
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Nightgown Declared Nonessential in Heat by Judge
In Chicago on August 7 United Press reports Judge Harry G. B. Tuthill of Laporte County Superior Court barred 10 year old Mary Polaski from buying a nightgown, ruling nightwear is only a necessity in cold weather. Polaski, once labeled incorrigible, was placed with a probation officer and later employed as a domestic. Her mother’s injunction led to the court order.
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Chicago
Harry GB. Tuthil
Laporte County Superior Court
Mary Polaski
Margie
Gunshot victim recovers after shooting by Jesse Fifer
Reports indicate the victim remains under medical care after a gunshot incident involving Jesse Fifer. Her general condition shows improvement though she is not yet fully out of danger.
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Jesse Fifer
Calaveras Big Trees Forest Fire Threatens Grove
United Press reports a major forest fire in the Calaveras big tree grove threatening the famed trees. Hundreds of firefighters battle the blaze as flames advance through Standing forests and surrounding timber.
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Calaveras
United Press
Abia
Shot Dead in Walnut Center Iowa Oklahoma Senator’s Son Arrested
Ollie O Cortey son of an Oklahoma state senator is jailed after a fatal shooting of wealthy Walnut Center rancher F Beale. Cortey says Beale aggressed during quarrels over cruelty to a horse and threats to his life. Beale died instantly after Cortey fired as Beale advanced with a knife.
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Los Angeles
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Walnut Center
Coving
Ollie O. Cortey
Oklahoma
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Mrs Lucy M Healy Dies at 84 of Heart Failure
Mrs Lucy M Healy aged 84 died at her home TI8 Minor Y yesterday from heart failure. She is survived by one daughter Mrs A H Anderson who has lived with her for eight years.
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Fernie Fire Devastates Canadian Frontier Area
Dominion news reports estimate Fernie fire losses at 4.65 million with Fernie and nearby mines and lines heavily damaged. The blaze burned a 30 mile by 2 to 12 mile swath, with no current spread danger, while workers dread strikes over wages and smallpox cases are isolated.
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Crows Nest
Kootenay
Canada
Woman Readers Debate Marrying a Wife Beater Versus Kindness
A stream of letters to The Star's matrimonial editor presents conflicting views on whether a wife should stay with or marry again a husband who has struck or mistreated her. Many replies praise kindness, devotion, and improving behavior, while others argue for separation or remarriage after adversity, highlighting enduring love, duty, and practical care in domestic life.
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Hogan
Seattle Tacoma Portland Clearings Report Today
Seattle clearings total 1 246 748 with balance 91 279 87 Tacoma clearings 566 616 balance 33 752 Portland clearings 916 260 balance 78 284.
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Tacoma
Portland
Wright at Oyster Bay discuss West Point hazing cases
Secretary of War Wright and Col. High L. Scott of the West Point academy arrived at Oyster Bay to confer with President Roosevelt on the hazing cases. Col. Scott refused to comment on the cases.
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War Wright
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High L. Scott
West Point Academy
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Roosevelt
Col. Scott
Children Die In House Fire Mother Overwhelmed
Mrs J Lindberg returned home to find her three children dead in a blaze that consumed the house while she was away. The incident near Minneapolis occurred as the family faced a devastating tragedy.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Mion
J. Lindberg
Paris in Darkness
Paris officials adopt measures after a two hour blackout caused by an electricians strike. The protest targets government use of troops during recent disturbances in Vigneux.
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United Press
Paris
Vigneux
Directoire Gowns Spark Spokane Living Models Riot
Spokane faced a riot aftermath after two living models wearing new directoire gowns modeled in a downtown display. Police in squads dispersed crowds from the store window while bystanders climbed ladders and hydrants to watch, ending with the proprietor replacing the display with a police interference placard.
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Spokane
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Directoire Growns
Death of broker tied to girls and fake mortgages
In Minneapolis a broker John G Land died by suicide after market losses from a 6 cent wheat rise. Alberta Logan and Liela Race, engaged as stenographers, are alleged to have signed bogus mortgages at Lund's office enabling the employer to raise funds. Land’s creditors say he killed himself to avoid prison.
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Minneapolis
Min
John G. Land
Alberta
Logan
Liela
Lund
Japanese Press Attacks Hobson Over War Split
Tokyo reports in the Nipponese press claim Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson shifted from friendliness to antipathy toward Japan. The Japanese Chronicle notes his Kobe lecture on loving one’s enemies led to a sleepy audience and questions whether the honored figure has grown warlike due to Nipponese behavior.
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Washington
State Department
Tokyo
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Japanese Chronicle
Hobson
Kobe
Kobe Young Men's Christian Association
Nippen
Trouble Looms as Chinese Revolutionaries Alleged Arms Trade
Pekin reports the viceroy of Chill Province has positive evidence that southern China revolutionaries are receiving arms from the Philippine islands. The home government is urged to refer the matter to Washington for action. The communication claims Japanese and Philippine natives cooperate with revolutionists, with expeditions daily shipping arms to southeast China, risking a diplomatic incident.
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Philippine Islands
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United States Considers Gunboat Action Over Exequatur
Washington reports that diplomats believe the U S should dispatch a gunboat with marines to Honduras to remonstrate with President Davila after he refused to return Minister Drew Linard's exequatur. Davila dismissed reopening Linard's case as impossible.
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Theatre Trust Forms Across Nation In New Enterprise
A giant theatre trust is forming in New York uniting nearly every major manager from Atlantic to Pacific. Kian and Erlanger lead the effort and a central board to oversee all United States houses is anticipated as meetings bring together top theatre operators and vaudeville circuits.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Kian
Erlanger
May prove wife murderer in Bishop canyon case
Developments today suggest a sensational content surrounding the arrest of Peter Snyder for alleged conspiracy to murder his wife in Bishop canyon. Snyder, a wealthy man married to a rich Kansas City woman, claimed his wife was shot by holdup men last Sunday. Police deem his alibi weak in many details.
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Bishop
Cal
Love Today
Peter Snyder
Bishop Canyon
Snyder
Kansas City
Seattle Electric faces friction over line cuts and franchise disputes
Reports allege Seattle Electric withdrew cars on the 19th street line upsetting residents. Complaints spread as other lines reduce service without obvious cause. Accusations claim misuse of a nonpermitted Seeing Seattle service and improper fare practices. The interurban allegedly runs on city tracks without proper franchise while trestle construction uses wood instead of steel. Seattle Electric and Renton trains reportedly refuse Argo service, citing franchise limits on fares and routes.
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Telecompanies
Seattle,ton & Southern
Seattle Electric Company
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Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma Interurban
Woodland Park
Argo
Renton
Conradi Describes 1908 Nome Voyage Through Ice
Capt. C. G. Conradi recounts a 40 day voyage from Seattle to Nome with private log excerpts detailing Arctic ice conditions. He notes heavy pack ice, circling tides, freighting ships pressing through, and later open water as the fleet skirted the pack.
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C. G. Conradi
Ohio
Nome
Bering Sea
Seattle
Davidson's Bank
Senator
Hyades
American Meat Trust Raising the Mischief
London reports a British department of agriculture finding a plan by which the American meat trust nearly monopolizes Smithfield market the world’s largest for meat. The note says prices are within a cent of famine era levels and no relief is seen without curb on the trust.
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United Press
London
Agenta
British Department of Agriculture
American Meat Trust
Smithfield
Danish Explorer Mylus Ericksen Dies in Greenland Storm
Danish explorer Mylus Ericksen has died in the far north. A telegram to the Denmark-Greenland expedition committee reports Fridsen and two companions, who sailed from Copenhagen on June 24, perished in a new Arctic storm while exploring the northeast coast of Greenland.
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