Chinese tong war erupts in Seattle Chinatown
A violent tong conflict grips Seattle's Chinatown after the Seattle Pacific Coast tong war outbreak. Gunmen attack at the Milwaukee hotel on King Street injuring Hop Sing member Harry Wong and prompting police chase and arrests. Two other tong murders linked to the warfare are reported in Portland and San Jose.
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King St
Seattle
Harry Wong
Milwaukee
New Chinatown
Hop Sing Tong
Jack Lee
Phillips
Bower
Wong
Wone
Portland
Tacoma
California
Chinatown
San Jose
Hop Sings
Bow Leongs
M. Len
John J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Hop
Lee
Phillips and Bowers
Baker twins lead Seattle popularity race and notes from Washington
A reader voting contest in Seattle lists entrants including Luthean Fraser Myrtie Forbes Elinore Kennedy and the Baker twins Betty and May with a February 21 deadline for entries. A theatre party prize awaits the winner as daily vote coupons appear in The Star. In Washington Germany sends a note through the Swiss minister to the United States seeking negotiations on the submarine dispute. Officials deny knowledge of the note but hints point to ongoing diplomatic communications.
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Luthean Fraser
Beacon Ave
Baker Twins
Betty and
May
Boldt’s
Third Ave
Dolly Puller
Myrtie Forbes
Liberty Theatre
Elinore Kennedy
Holly
Seattle
Betty
Washington
Germany
United States
Paul Ritter
Lansing
Register Today For City Primaries And Election
Registration books close at p m Saturday. Those who did not vote in November and have not registered since may qualify today to vote in the city primaries February 20 or the city election March 6. Books are in the city comptroller's office on the first floor of the County City building near the Third Ave entrance.
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City Comptroller’s Office
County City
Lawmakers Exhaust Funds But Not Words
In Olympia on February 10 Representative Farnsworth notes the legislature depletes a $109,000 funding for expenses with $25,000 more expected soon. The senate spent a morning debating whether inmates at state hospitals may knit for the Red Cross amid rising hot air.
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Olympia
Farnsworth
Senate
Red Cross
One Big Rose Show Planned This Year
An effort is made to hold one large flower show instead of several small rose shows. Interested persons are invited to a meeting at the Woman's Exchange on Union Street Monday to discuss a festival in June. A Reynolds, president of the Pacific Northwest Rose Society, called the meeting.
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Woman's Exchange
Union St
A. Reynolds
Pacific Northwest Rose Society
Train Reaches Dawson After Ten Day Snow Tie Up
The first train arrived at Dawson in Yukon Territory after a ten day delay caused by heavy snowfall on the White Pass summit. The journey faced severe winter conditions and disrupted early spring schedules for rail service into the region.
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Dawson, V. T
White Pass
New Programs at All the Theatres Today
Listings show four complete programs at Star Orpheum Mission Coliseum Oak Liberty Colonial Felace Alhambra Clemmer and Metropolis theaters. Readers can learn showtimes and venues by checking today’s page for theater details and feature presentations across multiple venues.
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Orpheum Mission Coliseum
Liberty Colonial
Alhambra
Postal Savings Show Big Gain in Seattle 1916
Seattle postal savings deposits rose to 734 174 from 413 996 in 1916, a gain of 320 212. Gross savings receipts on January 1 were 143 805 64. The post office handled 222 739 25 in money orders this year versus 251 637 85 last year.
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Seattle
Erickson Praises G A R Rules Against Flag Misuse
Councilman Oliver T. Erickson endorses the G A R Ladies rules against flag advertising and denounces C Allen Dale's campaign. He states he will salute the flag but refuses political advertising and urges reverent treatment as outlined by the G A R rules. The letter notes the flag’s sacred status and periods of sunrise and sunset usage.
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Erickson
G.A.R
The
Oliver T. Erickson
C. Allen Dale
G. A R
Red-Haired Baker Twins Enter Popularity Contest
May and Betty Baker, red-haired twins, started life together and now live and work together. They are entered together in The Star's Red-Haired Girls' Popularity contest at Boldt's new restaurant on Third Ave.
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Boldt’s
Third Ave
The
Star
May
Betty Baker
Coupon Grants Five Votes in Red Haired Girl Contest
Coupon offers five votes in the Red Haired Girl Popularity Contest and requests credit to a specified address. The notice is a brief item noting promotional voting rights and credited recipient.
Fire kills up to ten in South Bethlehem blaze
Allentown, Pa. Feb. 10. A morning fire at a double dwelling in South Bethlehem, occupied by a Greek store and boarding house and by Mrs. Michael O Connell and family, burned between four and ten people. Four bodies were recovered. six more may be inside the ruins.
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Allentown
South Bethlehem
Michael O'Connell
National Anthem and Flag Ban Sought in Seattle Theatres
A proposed city measure by Councilman Hanna targets the use of the national anthem and flag in theatres and places of amusement to prevent applause seeking. The rule would prohibit playing The Star Spangled Banner in medley or dance music and exit marches. Politicians would be exempt.
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Seattle
Hanna
Flag and song ordinance penalties noted in article
The piece states a $50 penalty for violating the flag ordinance and a $100 penalty for violating the national song ordinance, outlining fines tied to these actions.
Navy bombs hit Chistelles airfield in raid
Navy planes dropped bombs on the aerodrome at Chistelles with several hits reported by the admiralty. The action was confirmed today with details limited to the raid and its targets.
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London
Chistelles
Admiralty
Bartenders to Host Monday Night Ball in Sacramento
The Sacramento Bartenders' union plans a Monday night ball in Sacramento with liquorless punch served. The event aims to raise funds for union needs and attract members from local bars.
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Sacramento
Sacramento Bartenders’ Union
Wrapping Paper Prices Rise Across Retail Stores
The high cost of wrapping paper forces department and other stores to adopt economizing methods. Larger shops substitute lightweight paper for heavy stock, use cheaper tissue, and drop pastboard box wrapping, claiming these changes save many tons of paper.
Bone Dry SCARE BOOMS PERMITS
The bone dry law scare boosts permits with Deputy Auditor Hart noting about 2000 permits issued daily. The women's department expands as a fourth clerk joins the staff, with Mrs. F. E. Wynegar noted as the new member.
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Hart
FE. N. Wynegar
Railroad earnings decline in December reports ICA
Washington Feb 10 earnings of the 144 largest railroads showed a drop of more than 2 million dollars in December according to a partial summary issued today by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mystery political groups in Walker building named in Dale Calhoun bid
A disclosed room in 315 Walker Building hosts a knot of figures tied to campaigns for C Allen Dale and William M Calhoun. Officials deny ties to the groups calling themselves Good Government League or United Societies and dispute who pays the bills.
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Walker Building
Hiram
C. Allen Dale
William M. Calhoun
Good Government League
United Societies
Walker
Dale
Calhoun
Federated Clubs
Federated Club
Women's Good Government League
B.C Gill
Kempster
The
Traction Company
Butler claims British capture of Deutschland and other U boats
Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University told a Pittsburg reporter he has positive knowledge that the submarine Deutschland is in a British port and that Britain has captured not fewer than 200 German submarines. He also noted a Bremen vessel bearing the Deutschland name to bolster German claims the ship never sailed again.
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Pittsburg
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Bremen
Sproule offers S P for war use
San Francisco February 10. The entire facilities of the Southern Pacific company are at the disposal of the United States army in event of war. The offer was made to Major General J Franklin Bell commander of the Western department in a telegram from William Sproule president of the company.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
United States Army
J. Franklin Bell
Western Department
Wm. Sproule
Oregon National Guard units entrain for home from Calexico
Battery A field artillery Troop A cavalry and Company A Signal corps plus Troop B cavalry Washington National Guard entrain at Camp Beacon for home. A 42 car train leaves at six this evening after months on the border since July. Baltic steamship arrives safely at Liverpool per White Star line cable to New York offices.
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Calexico
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Oregon National Guard
Signal Corps
Washington National Guard
Camp Beacon
Baltic
White Star Line
Liverpool
New York
Company
700 Germans Are Interned in Philadelphia Barracks
700 German sailors were confined to Tipperary barracks at the League Island navy yard after the British liner Appam incident. Lieut. Berg accompanied 27 sailors moving from Broad Street station under guard to the yard.
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Philadelphia
Appam
Hiton Roads
League Island Yard
Lieut
Berg
Broad Street Staion
Tipperary
Navy Yard
Bernstorff To Sail From New York Wednesday
Ambassador von Bernstorff and his suite along with German consuls from across the United States will sail from New York at 2 p m on Wednesday aboard the liner Frederik VIII. The Scandinavian American Line confirmed the sailing time and date for Germany bound officials.
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New York
von Bernstorff
Germany
Pope Asked to Condemn Submarine Warfare
Neutral ambassadors in Rome urged Pope Benedict to formally condemn Germanys submarine warfare. In San Francisco 300 job seekers were offered work as shipwrights to Liverpool but all but one refused due to fears of German submarine risk.
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Rome
Pope Benedict
Germany
San Francisco
Willliam Thompson
California State Employment Bureau
Liverpool
Torpedoes With Brain and Ears Given to U S by Chicago Inventor
Pittsburg reports Montraville Wood a Chicago scientist says he has turned over to the government a torpedo that can detect and attack enemy ships at ten miles, release itself, and rush to strike at 40 miles an hour. He also mentions a ship immunity device and a wireless controlled aeroplane in trial.
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Montraville Wood
Chicago
Wood
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U.S
Jessie Welch
Second Ave
State Department
Beens
Addreas
NAVY
R. R
HIST
Mystery Workers Aid Dale
ER. C. Gill
Gill
C. Gill
Sproule
S. P
Bernstorff
Pope
U. S
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