Seattle urged port tour by congressional panel
Secretary Otto Case proposed bringing the national congressional rivers and harbors committee to Seattle to inspect its port facilities. He argued such a visit would win recognition in congress. The Chicago to California trip of the committee is under way with state funds of 25 dollars and California possibilities.
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Otto Case
Star
National Congressional Rivers and Harbors Committee
Seattle
Congress
Case
Chicago
California
Califor
Boalt Finds Shrine Frolics More Than Study
Fred L. Boalt recalls night at Shrine week in Buffalo where nobles of the Mystic Shrine pull him into celebration at Tate's. He jokes about camels, serpentine tricks, a Buffalo grocer and a cabaret, and admits his complicity despite planned aloofness. He ends noting his wife doubts his tale.
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Fred L. Boalt
Tate's
Trevor Kincaid
Mystic Shrine
Seattle
Buffalo
Shrine water carnival to light up Lake Washington
A planned flotilla will stage a grand parade on Lake Washington Thursday night as the Shrine water carnival opens. Capt. Anderson protests ferry access and fees while the port commission asserts its municipal ferry Laschi will participate, carrying passengers at two bits apiece. The nine-boat procession will begin near Leschi Park at 7 30 and travel to Madison Park in a three hour display with fireworks and illuminated craft.
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Shrine
Lake Washington
John Anderson
Anderson Steamboat Co
Port Commission
Shrinera
Anderson
Shriners
Capt. Anderson
Laschi
Seattle
Leschi Park
Madison Park
Seattle streetcar system paralyzed by transformer blast
A massive transformer at the Seattle Electric Co substation on Utah and Massachusetts streets blew at noon Thursday, halting electric streetcar lines for hours. Power to homes and factories was cut briefly. No injuries were reported while jitney buses carried the load.
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Seattle Electric Co
Utah
Mas
Man Struck by Seattle Car on Rainier Ave
William Fox Jr. was struck by an eight Seattle, Renton and Southern northbound car on Rainier Avenue at 12 50 a m Thursday. Higgins, the motorman, says the man crossed the tracks ahead of the car and then started to recross. He believes the death was self inflicted. The man died at Seattle General Hospital at 2 40 a m.
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William Fox, Jr
Seattle, Renton
Rainier
Shriner reports theft at Bath cafe in hotel
William R. Winter a Shriner staying at a local hotel told police Thursday morning that someone pickpockets stole 220 in checks and 80 in cash from his pockets while he sat at a table in the Bath cafe near midnight Wednesday. He suspects a man who sat at the same table.
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William R. Winter
Onnwankee
Ya Man
Germans Take Praasnysz In Poland Victory
Berlin reports German forces stormed and captured Praasnysz fifty miles north of Warsaw. The town, taken by German troops for the second time, had fallen to Russians after a spring seizure following a three day battle.
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Berlin
London
Praasnysz
Warsaw
War Office
Prbasnysz
Shriner Events Tonight and Friday Night Programs
Shriner activities list concerts and balls at various venues including Hell dock Mironeer place City Hall park and Halner club. Includes Imperial divan-elect past Imperial potentates emeritus members and Lake Washington steamer ride with fireworks Friday morning Milwaukee Mount Rainier train to Mt Rainier weekend trips and sounds of Western Stampede and Roundup at Madison park with parades and official grandstand programs.
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Hell #t. dock
Mironeer Place
City Hall Park
Manguette Imperial
Imperial
Imperial Council
J. A. Swalerell
Halner Club
Iain Shriners
Lake Washington
Milwaukee
Mt. Rainier
Colman Dock
Sound
Madison Park
Grandstand
Judge Refuses Release Thaw On Bail In Sanity Finding
New York July 15 Justice Hendricks refused to rule on freeing Harry K Thaw on bail after a jury found him sane. He said a decision would come tomorrow on the motion to liberate Thaw from Matteawan with the defendant to remain in custody until then. Thaw expected to spend tonight in Ludlow Street jail and hoped to depart for Pittsburg Friday if an appeal is filed. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw commented that if Harry goes to the San Francisco exposition he would own the Zone. she maintained he is insane and would prove it if freed.
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New York
Hendricks
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan
Ludlow Street
Pittsburg
Harry
Malone
N. Y
San Francisco Exposition
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
The Thaw Case Full Chronicle of Nesbit White Tragedy
Staff Special AW YORK reports the Thaw case, detailing the 1906 Madison Square incident where Harry K Thaw shot Stanford White after Nesbit Nesbit's rise in New York society. It recounts Nesbit’s 1900s journey from chorus girl to famed beauty and her involvement with White.
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AW York
Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Madison Square Roof Garden
Evelyn Nesbit
Stanford White
New York City
Broadway
White
Maj W W Penfield Blames Remington Strike on Germans
Continued on Page 4 Maj W W Penfield U S A retired blames Remington Arms strike on Germans.
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W. W. Penfield
Remington
Regret Over Nebraskan Torpedoing Issued by Germany
Germany expressed sincere regret for the torpedoing of the S. S. Nebraskan and offered compensation in a memorandum delivered to the U.S. State Department via Ambassador Gerard in Berlin. The note arrives amid a Chinese steamship line plan to compete with Japanese services, linking Shanghai and southern China ports with the United States.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Gerard
Berlin
Chinese Steamship Line
Jap Steamship Lines
Shanghai
China Ports
United States
Woman Hit by Jitney in Fatal Street Crash
Mrs. Maude Horsinger 303 13th Ave N sustained a fractured skull and brain concussion and Miss Beile McKenzie of the same address was badly cut after a jitney bus driven by John F. Taylor struck them at Pike and Melrose, 11 10 Wednesday night. Taylor is held at the city jail pending police investigation, claiming he slowed to a moderate pace and the woman stepped into the path from a street car. He says he stopped within 20 feet and rendered aid.
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Maude Horsinger
13Th Ave. N
Beile McKenzie
John F. Taylor
Pike St
Melrose Ave
Horsinger
Taylor
Traction Men Win Demands in Chicago Arbitration
arbitration of wage dispute between employers and motormen conductors and other employes of Chicago street railway and elevated lines yields victory for the men. Award to be announced tomorrow grants higher pay and shorter hours. Frances Buckbee a 16 year old from Rockford Ill injured in Washington hotel when her coat catches in an elevator door tearing it off.
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Chicago
Chicago Street Railway
Frances Buckbee
Nobie
John Buckbee
Shriner
Rockford
Ill
Washington Hotel
Seattle Best Buying OPPORTUNITIES In The Star Ads
Daily opportunities for shoppers headline Seattle stores holding special sale events this week. The Star urges visitors to explore local shops and watch the ads for full details on sales, events, and promotions across Seattle.
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Star
Seattle
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