Opinion: American music lacks national anthem spirit
The writer critiques the public’s view of Dvorak and American music, calling for a real national anthem with American character. He dismisses recent performances as lacking folk roots, jokes about ambidexterity and pedidex trous, and imagines a satirical sample verse by Brian Hooker and Porter Le. He ends with dry humor about a hypothetical anthem and notes America’s distinctiveness.
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Congress
Army
Navy
America
Brian Hooker
Porterle
Woman knocked down by bicycle near First Avenue
A cyclist named George Bantz rode a bike that struck a woman on First Avenue and Pike Street. Patrolman R W Peay reported the victim was not seriously hurt and could not provide the woman’s name. Seattle police received a letter from Gen. John J. Jehing praising their service during a recent city visit.
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George Bantz
Madison Sr
First Ave
Pike St
R. W. Peay
Sted
Bantz
Peay
Seattle
John J. Jehing
Shipyard Fraud Prosecution Moves Forward In Seattle
Bert Schlesinger, assistant to the attorney general, appeared before the federal grand jury as the probe into irregularities in the Northwest shipping industry resumed. Indictments against leaders in Seattle's wartime shipbuilding circle expected by Wednesday. Walter C. Foster testified with four months of evidence. first return since two indictments of Captain John F. Blain for receiving secret commissions.
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Bert Schlesinger
Pacific Coast
Federal Grand Jury
Northwest
Seattle
Walter C. Foster
Department of Justice
Grand
John F. Blain
Shipping Board
Flu Toll in 1918 Tops Quarter Million Deaths
The Census Bureau reports 244 681 Americans died from influenza in 1918, about three times the war death toll of 77 000. The flu accounted for over 16 percent of all deaths that year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Prohibition Officer Seeks Storeroom for Seized Liquor
Chicago February 3 Major A V Dalrymple federal prohibition officer says he has asked the government for permission to rent a storeroom to store evidence seized in raids. He notes there is enough liquor in the city to pose a storage problem.
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Chicago
A. V. Dalrymple
Federal Prohibition
President Wilson Ready to Work After Recovery
President Wilson has recovered enough from his nervous breakdown to attend and preside over a cabinet meeting if needed. Secretary Tumulty denied a report that Wilson would preside today.
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Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
Pedestrian Hit by Auto Near Fifth Avenue
An auto delivery vehicle operated by W H Beaman struck Hanson Bread Co driver W B Hoffman near Fifth Avenue and Republican Street just after 6 am. Hoffman, of Second Avenue North and Roy Street, suffered a broken jaw nose facial wounds and blood loss and was taken to the city hospital. Beaman was arrested.
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W. H. Beaman
Fourth Ave
Hanson Bread Co
W. BE. Hoffman
Second Ave
Roy St
Beaman
Fifth Ave
Republican St
Pedestrian Hit by Auto Injures 15 Year Old Messenger
Arthur Shaw a 15 year old messenger boy of Ninth Ave and Olive St was struck by an auto driven by G Splaine of 6516 Rainier Ave on Stewart St between Second and Third Aves He was taken to City Hospital with probable fractured ribs and a bruised body.
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Arthur Shaw
Ninth Ave
Olive St
G. Splaine
Rainier Ave
Stewart St
Second
Third Aves
City Hospital
Pedestrian Collision Reported on First Avenue Intersection
R H Whitney of 1025 Seneca Street reported to police a minor vehicular incident at the First Avenue and Atlantic Street crossing. He said he bumped an unknown man with his auto at 4 50 p m Monday as the man stepped into the path of the car, causing no serious injuries.
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R. H. Whitney
Seneca St
First Ave
Atlantic St
Whitney
Flu Halts Massacre Trial As Influenza Strikes Prisoners
Grays Harbor Washington February 3 Influenza symptoms threaten to halt the Centralia murder trial with 11 accused men. Bert Bland allowed to appear after health officer’s exam as jury selection resumes. About 20 percent of Montesano schoolchildren idle. two deaths reported in Brooklyn. Prosecution to deliver long opening statement by Herman Allen.
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United Press
Grays Harbor Court House
Montesano
Wash
Centralia
Bert Bland
J. H. Fitz
Herman Allen
Lewis County
S. L. Tufferee
E. E. Sweitzer
G. F. Barnes
John E. Hill
Gray
Harbor County
Brooklyn
Paul Mohr
Seattle Labor Council
Mohr
Seattle Bakers’ Union
Harry Sellers
G. F. Burns
Mill Ofler
S. A. Youngs
P. R. Ames
C. C. Strayer
Be, E. Torpen
Carl O. Hulton
John BE. Hill
8. L. Tuffree
Robert I. Steptoe
J. G. Robinson
Frank Glenn
Suitor at Church Refuses Fortunate Match Weds Another
May Gertrude Dean, 16, of Canton Ohio, turned down a $75,000 marriage offer with world travel and ease. She had replied to an ad by William Bennet Hoffman, 31, who sought a wife by February 1 to secure a fortune. After two days of courtship Hoffman married Ida B. Hinton, 22, of Middlebranch, the next day.
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Canton, O
Gertrude Dean
William Bennet Hoffman
Miss Dean
Hoffman
Ida BE. Hinton
Middlebranch
Angeleno Women Boycott Potatoes Over Prices
About two thousand women from the Ebell club announce a potato boycott in Los Angeles to protest high prices. The Wednesday Morning club plans a similar action at its upcoming meeting to reduce spud costs for households.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ebell Club
Yankee Aviators Held in Mexico
El Paso said Lieuts. L. M. Wolf and G. L. Usher aviators who lost their way landed in Naco Mexico are not causing concern. Negotiations are under way for their early return to the American border at Douglas Arizona as district commander General Robert L. Howsee reported.
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EL Paso
Tex
United Press
L. M. Wolf
G. L. Usher
Nacozari
Mexico
Robert L. Howsee
Douglas
Ariz
Henry Ford
Paris
Detroit
Newberry
Murfin
Michigan
Newberry Patriotism Defense in Senate Campaign Trial
United Press reports from Grand Rapids on Senator Truman Newberry defenses in the 1918 barrel campaign fraud case. Attorney Murfin argues patriotism drove donors and volunteers, while Prosecutor Dalley frames spending as voter buy structure amid wartime crisis.
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J. L. O'Sullivan
United Press Staff
Grand Rapids
Mich
Truman H. Newberry
Senate
Frank C. Dalley
Wild West at Bisbee Trial Opens in Deportation Case
Tombstone, Ariz. Feb 3 H F Wooten Bisbee hardware dealer goes on trial as first defendant in the Bisbee deportation and kidnapping case. Prosecutor warns of forthcoming disclosures as jury selection begins and witness Brown set to testify about alleged deportation arrangements.
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Tombstone
Ariz
H. Fe, Wooten
Bisbee
French
Fred Brown
Wooten
Brown
New Mexico
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Federation
Japanese Interests Buy Rehan Hotel Here
Japanese interests now own the Rehan hotel at Eighth Ave and Union St after a sale by the Netherlands American Mortgage Bank to the Rehan Investment Company for 113000 dollars. M Miyagawa owner of Puget Sound and St Charles hotels is principal stockholder in the new firm. Mrs Alberta Waters holds a lease on the property with two years remaining.
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Rehan Hotel
Eighth Ave
Union St
Rehan Investment Company
M. Miyagawa
Puget Sound
St. Charles
New Rehan Investment Company
Alberta Waters
War romance ends in marriage bid for war bride
Miss Emily Knowles, 22, rested at a cousin's home with her four month old son Alfred after immigration clearance. Guy Spiker of Baltimore, brother of aviator Perley Spiker, offered to marry her to right the wrong he calls the aviator's. The wedding may occur today in Fall River, Massachusetts as Knowles accepts the proposal and prepares for a new family.
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Fall River
Mass
United Press
Emily Knowles
Guy
Spiker
Baltimore
Perley Spiker
Miss Knowles
Guy Spiker
Mia
New York
Battersby
Alfred
Cora Spiker
Ellis Island
Kate Battersby
Infant Sues for Injuries Before Birth
In Omaha a four month old infant named Anna Marie Liblin sues a traction company for 50000 alleging prenatal injury from a street car accident. Attorneys claim the unborn child is a legal entity and rode free with a parent, while the company argues the child did not exist until birth and had no dealings with it.
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Omaha
United Press
Anna Marie Liblin
The
Traction Company
Anna
City Hall Franchises Defeat PSC Authority in Transit Ruling
Superior Judge J. T. Ronald rules state public service commission cannot override city granted franchises in City vs Seattle and Rainier Valley Co. Mandamus requires the company to carry policemen and firefighters free on its cars, a free fare clause from the original franchise. About 60 police on duty and other officers affected by PSC permission to disregard the clause six weeks earlier.
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State Public Service Commission
J. T. Ronald
Seattle and Rainier Valley Company
Public Service Commission
Plan Happiness for City Neighborhood Drama Planned
The central committee for the Seattle community service will plan drama music and play for the neighborhood. The meetings occur at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the city council chambers and a board of directors plus an executive committee will be named.
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Seattle Community Service
Quack Doctors Endorse Whisky as Emergency Stimulant
A prominent panel of doctors from the Cobb Cobb building Walker and other locations tout whisky as an emergency stimulant for flu cases and eggnog nutrition. They claim it fuels fighting spirit, aids habitual users, and can be essential in certain patients, despite caveats from others.
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D. B. Darrin
Pantages
W. O'Keefe Copps
Cobb
E. T. Hanley
Walker
R. France
People's
Saings Bank
E. A. Gerhart
Seaboard Building
Thief on Sleeping Car Robs Passengers on Northern Pacific
Seattle and Tacoma police hunt a "long faced" negro described as brown skinned in a salmon suit after a Pullman coach robbery on a Northern Pacific train reaching Seattle shortly after 8 a m. S Miziman a Japanese passenger lost 1570 along with a cashier's check for 700 and a check for 835 and 185 in cash. Three other victims reported smaller losses as the train neared Seattle and Tacoma officers watched stations for the suspect.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Northern Pacific
S. Miziman
W. E. Carr
Union Depot
Portland
Vancouver
Altho
B. C
Miziman
Colman Dock
Flu Patients Crowd City Hospital Halls
Sixty new influenza cases were reported by noon Tuesday as the city health bureau noted a marked decrease from Monday. The city hospital had so many influenza patients that cats were placed in the halls. Dr. H. M. Read said there is enough serum on hand to combat even a worst case epidemic.
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City Health Bureau
City Hospital
H. M. Read
Thugs Beat and Rob Man Near His Home
A 50 year old man, Nick Nazaires, was beaten and robbed of $50 by two assailants within a block of his home on Tuesday morning. He lies in critical condition at his residence behind 5600 West Republican Street. a passerby found him and alerted police as the suspects fled.
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Nick Nazaires
Republican St
He Loses His Roll on Cherry Street
A $96 roll of bills slipped from J. W. Bris between the Hoge building and Western Union office on Cherry Street Monday afternoon. The money was turned in to Bris at his home and will be welcomed home.
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J. W. Bris
Hoge Building
Western Union
Cherry
Bris
Cherry St
Phone It to Main 600 Want Ads Promote Quick Sales
When you need to sell something fast The Star Want Ads deliver results. They advertise that what they do for others they will do for you and encourage placing a notice to reach buyers quickly.
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Star
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