Seattle milk ordinance showdown looms over Hesketh vote
Citizens urge Councilman Hesketh to back the McBride milk ordinance requiring pasteurization or tuberculin-tested cows. The King County Medical Society and Municipal League back the measure, while four councilmen oppose amendments allowing non pasteurized milk. Public submissions via coupon push for a final vote next Monday.
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Seattle
King County Medical Society
Municipal League
American Medical Society
Robert B. Hesketh
Council Chambers
City Hall
City
Postal request for unsealed mail at one cent rate
A notice instructs to cut out the card and mail it for one cent without sealing. It warns that a sealed attachment requires a two-cent stamp. The item directs readers to send the request by mail as described.
Ambassade Page Reports Armenian Sinking Under War Rules
Washington says the Armenian is classified as a transport under warfare rules. Britain allegedly armed the vessel and British officers may have led the crew and cargo. The State Department probes survivors and crew employment. possible determination of justification for the sinking under international law.
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Washington
Ambassador Page
State Department
United States
Germany
Page
Rescue survivors recount sinking of Dominion Armenian
Survivors describe the German U-38 attack that sank the Dominion Armenian off the Bristol Channel coast. The large submarine fired, shelled, and torpedoed the liner as crew and passengers fled in lifeboats, later detailing the chaos, injuries, and the ship's explosion beneath them.
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Oath
Eng
Amert
H. Benton
Trickey
Bere
Ide
Wilhelmshaven
United States
Dugdale Sells Four Players to Major Leagues
Seattle owner Dugdale announced the sale of Pitchers Walter Mails and Pat Bastley Outfielder Jack Smith and Barth to major league clubs. Mails to Brooklyn Smith to the St Louis Nationals Eastley to the Athletics and Barth to an unnamed club. Deliveries set for next year. Portland records 95 degrees as heat warning.
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Dugdale
Seattle Ball Club
Walter Mails
Pat Bastley
Jack Smith
Barth
Mails
Brooklyn
Smith
St. Louis Nationals
Eastley
Athletics
Dug
Visiting Health Official Backs Seattle Milk Ordinance
Dr Rupert Blue surgeon general of the United States publicly endorses the McBride pure milk ordinance aimed at tubercular infection. The measure faces Seattle city council action Monday with councilman Hesketh as the pivotal vote.
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United States Public Health Service
Rupert Blue
Washington Annex
Public Health Service
Blue
San Francisco
New Orleans
Seattle
Hesketh
Birth of a Nation Comes to Seattle Stage
The Clemmer Theatre features D W Griffith's Birth of a Nation, praised for fidelity and artistry. Mae Marsh, age about 20, plays Flora in a pivotal death scene, with grand sets including a recreated old South village and a four mile battle plan by military experts.
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Seattle
Clemmer Theatre
D. W. Griffith
Griffith
Mae Marah
Flora
Griffith Studio
California
Tornado Kills Two in Samar Kansas and Injures Many
A cyclone swept Mud Creek region Tuesday night killing two children and injuring 22 others. Large hailstones reported as big as eggs accompanied the storm. Separate reports cite another tornado that killed three in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma with deaths at Ottawa County Oklahoma and near McCune and Muscotah Kansas.
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Samar
Kan
Mud Creek
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ottawa County
McCune
Muscotah
Two German Torpedo Boat Sunk by Mine Off Windau
An official report says a German torpedo boat struck a mine and sank near Windau in the Baltic as Russian forces clashed with enemy ships attempting to land troops for an operation against Riga. A battleship four light cruisers and several torpedo boats appeared off Windau.
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Petrograd
Baltic
Windau
Riga
Correction clears McCormick in red light abatement suit
A correction issued after an abstract given to Prosecutor Lundin named R. McCormick as owner of a property on Yesterday in a red light abatement suit. It was later shown that McCormick does not own the property and has no connection to the case.
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Lundin
McCormick
Heat Wave Delights and Gripes Over City Thermometer
The Star reports on a blistering stretch with official readings at 82 to 96 degrees and a weekend forecast cooling only slightly. Crowd heat at street level and a mass exodus to Alki beach highlight public response as residents compare past records and seek relief.
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Mr. Salisbury
Weather Bureau
Yesler
Salisbury
Alki Beach
Reprieve Granted for Lt. Becker in New York Case
Gov. Whitman granted former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker a reprieve until July 26 after a conference with attorney Martin Manton. The governor said he would not interfere with the death sentence already imposed on Becker.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Chas. Becker
Martin Manton
Becker
Police and Fire Bands Plan Summer Park Concerts
The Police and Firemen bands will hold 18 open air concerts from July 1 to October 1 near Leschi and Madison parks to supplement park board and merchant-funded programs. Mayor Gill received approval from O M Snyder of the Musicians Association, noting no funds are expended by the union musicians. The first concert falls on Americanization Day at Bell st. wharf, with venues including Salmon Bay Green Lake Cowen Woodland Queen Anne University Pioneer waterfront Columbia playfield and others.
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Park Board
Leschi
Madison Parks
Gill
O. M. Snyder
Musicians’ Association
Snyder
Bell St
Jim Crehan
Salmon Bay Park
Green Lake Park
Cowen Park
Woodland
Queen Anne Hill
University Park
Pioneer Place
Waterfront
Walla Walla
Jefferson Park
Columbia
South Park
Young's
Hiawatha
Alki
Leschi Park
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