Bryan Cables Ambassador to Mexico for Conference
Acting on White House orders President Wilson directs Secretary Bryan to dispatch Ambassador Walter Lane Wilson to Mexico for a conference. The aim is a detailed report on conditions with hopes to delay Mexico action until after the October elections, amid British pressure and European expectations.
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Eg Wied
Washington
Bryan
Ary Lane Wilson
Mexico
Ington
Atheresa
Great Britain
U. S
Lritish
Foreign Office
United States
Oscar Braniff
Wilson
Potlatch Week Busy Schedule On Elliott Bay and Lake Washington
A crowded program lists events from 10 a m aeroplane flights along the water front to 10 p m spectacular Japanese fireworks at the grandstand. Sailing races for all classes on Elliott Bay follow, with motor cruising and catboat contests nearby and Potlatch championships on Lake Washington. Parades, a free organ recital, hydroplane display, band concert by the Seaforth Highlanders, children's dances, a reception at the Arctic club, illuminated night flights, and other festivities fill the day.
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Elliott Bay
Lake Washington
Army and Navy
Plymouth Church
Water Front
Pioneer Place
72Nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders
Grandstand
Arctic Club
The Golden Potlatch Girl Promises Gold Tour
The Star announces Flo Unro, the Golden Potlatch Girl, arriving tomorrow and then Friday and Saturday. She will ride in a 1913 Imperial, wear a gold robe and crown, and toss red envelopes containing gold certificates near Union and Third or other downtown spots. Seekers must stay in place and avoid speaking to or touching her or the car.
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Flo Unro
Office of the Star
W. Waller
Waller & Stratton
Union
Third
Pike
Madison
Pioneer Square
Mint
Star Office
Archdeacon Stuck Seeks Denali Rename After Mt McKinley Climb
Archdeacon Stuck and three companions reached the summit of Mt McKinley after 52 days and seek to rename the peak Denali meaning The Great One in Indian. George F. Kilroy of Fairbanks reports he was the first to interview Stuck since the ascent. Kilroy says the change will be proposed to the National Geographic Society in the coming weeks.
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Archdeacon Stuck
Mt. McKinley
Denali
George F. Kilroy
Fairbanks
Alaska
Kilroy
Tional Geographical Society
Tailor Daniel Fuhrman Convicted in Bankruptcy Case
Daniel Fuhrman a tailor was found guilty in federal court of concealing assets from his bankruptcy trustee. The verdict marks the first such conviction in this district amid alleged concealments totaling 9900 in stock 500 in cash and ownership of a 4000 lot. His lawyers E H Guile and Karr Gregory filed a motion for a new trial.
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Daniel Fuhrman
Fuhrman
E. H. Guile
Karr & Gregory
Secretary Daniels to Speak at Young Men's Democratic League Dinner
Secretary Daniels will address the Young Men's Democratic League delegates tonight at the Commercial Club. He is due to arrive at 8 40. A 50 cent dinner is offered at the club at 6 30. The convention concluded last night at the hall.
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Daniels
Young Men's Democratic League
Mercial Club
Danis
Theen
Commercial Club
Guggenheim Divorce Decree Upheld by Chicago Court
Chicago judges sitting en banc denied a motion to annul the 1901 divorce of Mrs Grace Guggenheim Wahl from William Guggenheim. She sought to reopen the case alleging fraud and collusion in the original divorce.
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Chicago
Circuit Court
Grace Guggenheim-Wahl
William Guggenheim
Guggenheim
Potlatch Week Opens As Northbound Tyee Arrives
The Tyee arrives from the North at 8 15 PM to open Seattle Potlatch week. A 25 salute signals the start of the Tilikum electrical parade and the grandstand program. Thousands attend as Fleet, officials, and crowds flood Elliott Bay streets for the celebrations.
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Majesty
Tyee
Bay
Pacific Fleet
Elliott Bay
Reynolda
Tilikum Electrical
Army and Navy
Seattle
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Lenora
Bell St
Fourth Av
Grandstand
Virginia St
First Av
Washington St
Washington
Second Av
Stewart
Fourth
Fisherman begs police to lock him up over empty haul
Joseph Marek, a fisherman, asked Chicago police to arrest him for the night to avoid going home empty handed after a day’s fishing trip, fearing his wife would beat him.
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Chicago
Joseph Marek
No Place to Loaf as Scorpions Escape Bronx Zoo
A Bronx Zoo sign warns of roaming scorpions after a box containing 18 was opened and left ajar, allowing an escape. The incident was reported July 16 in New York.
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New York
Bronx
Indiana students ousted for sorority house intrusion
Five Indiana University students who broke into a sorority house last night and serenaded the coeds were expelled by the university faculty in Bloomington Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Indiana
Indiana University
Pennants Coupon No 16 Offers Weekly Seattle Star Pennants
Coupon No. 16 from The Star offers a 65 cent pennant for four consecutive coupons plus 15 cents. Each Thursday a different pennant is released, including the Washington State Pennant due July 17. Pennants can be mailed for 5 cents postage. bring or mail to The Seattle Star at 1307 Seventh Avenue near Union Street.
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Star
Washington State
Seattle Star
Seventh Avenue
Union Street
Severe storm claims three lives in Minneapolis area
In Minneapolis Minnesota three people died from a fierce electrical and rain storm that drenched the region. The deceased are Mrs. Ella Henry Philip Raabe and David Watson as heavy rainfall flooded basements and cellars. A separate Arizona report says a Mababi rancher his wife and two children were killed when lightning struck their home.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ella Henry
Philip Raabe
David Watson
Douglas
Ariz
Mababi, Ariz
Overmeyer Dies After Ocean Drowning Attempt
Geo E K Overmeyer a Los Angeles attorney and sanitarium patient drowned himself in the ocean at Redondo Beach California after escaping attendants and leaping from a pier. Despite guards and fishermen rescuing him twice he plunged again and did not survive.
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Redondo Herach
Cal
Geo. EK. Overmeyer
Los Angeles
Overmeyer
Notice to automobilists speed limit satire in Plymouth
Autoists should give him a medal for the town marshal of Duckfoot near Lake Maxinkuckee who hung a notice reading speed limit 75 miles an hour Drive as fast as you damn please provoking local amusement and headlines today in Plymouth Indiana.
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Plymouth
Ind
Duckfoot
Lake Maxinkuckee
Parrot Custody Test In Illinois Court
Mrs Geneva Littlepage seeks a writ of replevin to recover her parrot Polly from a saloon keeper after a train porter allegedly stole the bird en route from Kansas City to Aston. Justice Gormar will determine if a saloon is a proper home for a respectable parrot as the case proceeds. A separate note mentions eight travelers vowing to shoot squirrels for food if squirrels do not reach them first.
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Kansas City
San Francisco
Hamilton Finds Loophole in Kent Road Fund Law
The prose-cuting attorney states the law blocks overdrawn Kent district funds but allows Hamilton and the board to tap a separate fund for Kent road improvements by designating Kent road as a main highway, enabling drawing from the general road and bridge fund beyond the 80 percent levy.
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Hamilton
Kent Road District Fund
Phelps
Kent Fund
Kent Road
Kent District
Wife says lover slew her husband in Cheshire woods
Mrs Bessie Wakefield told police and Coroner Mix that she conspired with James Plew to murder her husband. Plew allegedly choked, drugged, and shot Wakefield then stabbed him and hanged the body with shoe lace rope to disguise murder. Wakefield, Plew and the victim are identified in the Cheshire area. Amelia Douglas rescues herself after falling overboard from Alfred Cart ledge's yacht.
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Bristol
Conn
Bessie Wakefield
Mix
New Haven County
James Plew
Middlebury
Cheshire Woods
Plew
Cheshire
Tweenty
Edwards demander fails to place patrolman on trial
The civil service board declined Mrs Fay Edwards request to bring Patrolman George P Doyle to trial for alleged perjury. Doyle testified against Edwards on her second trial before the commission and aided her during her first trial. Edwards accuses Doyle of perjury to keep his police position.
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The
Civil Service Board
Fay Edwards
George P. Doyle
Doyle
Edwards
Rain of Flames Destroys Area Near Alcocer
Dispatches describe a phenomenon resembling a rain of fire that burned the district outside Alcocer, forcing residents to seek refuge in a church. Three detonations occurred in unison, followed by a violent storm over Benavites and Cuartil with a shower of stones weighing up to two pounds.
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Madrid
Alcocer
Benavites
Cuartil
Aeroplane Dive Promises Daring Seattle Feat
Prof H B Horan a former Harvard trainer plans a series of record dives from an aeroplane over Seattle. Arranged with Silas Christofferson and Luna Park Co the event includes three jumps during Potlatch week with Horan bound in different ways and Christofferson flying separate flights from Luna Park in daylight over Lake Washington.
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H. 8
Horan
Harvard University
Seattle
Silas Christofferson
Luna Park Co
Christofferson
Luna Park
Luna Park Pier
Fifteen Suspects Shot in Mexico City Plot Against Leaders
In Mexico City on July 16, fifteen conspirators alleged to plot the assassination of President Huerta and Generals Felix Diaz and Blanquet were said to be shot at sunrise. The report notes possible ties to attackers, with no motion obtained, and mentions uncertainty about details of the firing. A related suit for 7600 dollars over a fake arrest was filed in Judge Cushman’s court by A L Wells of Newark against Fire Insurance Company of Newark, N J.
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Mexico City
Huersta
Felix Ding
Blanquet
Moreless
Girl Flicks Cigaret Ash In Sock In Tea Room
In Oakland a cigarette ash flick from Migs Eloniktenete of Water tent struck C. L. Horton of Portland, Oregon, landing between his shoes and sock. Horton hopped in pain as he moved, apologized, and was met with indignation from Miss Stevenson in the tea room of a fashionable hotel.
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Oakland
Cal
Migs Elonikctenete
C. L. Horton
Portland
Ore
Horton
Mias Stevenson
Serenata
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