McBride Favored Over Lee by Political Bosses in Washington
The Star argues Henry McBride should win the Republican nomination for Washington governor over George A. Lee, criticizing Lee as the bosses pick and highlighting McBride’s independence and records on railway reform. It warns that Lee’s public backing by the bosses could threaten reform and urges voters to nominate McBride in the primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Lister
Henry McBride
George A. Lee
Old Guard
Washington
Lee
Hay
State Industrial Insurance Board
Public Service Commission
Industrial Insurance Board
John F. Gillies
Centralia
Atan Lee
Senate
McBride
Railway Commission
The
Star
Hundreds Missing as Deadly Flood Ravages Carolinas and Virginia
Reports from Charlotte and Asheville describe a catastrophic flood caused by wind and rain. Dozens dead across North and South Carolina with multiple bridges washed away, trains lost, and extensive crop and area damage. Rescue attempts near Lookout Shoals and the Catawba river face peril as key rail lines and telegraph services fail.
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Carolinas
Virginia
South Atlantic
North Carolina
French Broad River
Seaboard Airline
Mount Hollick
N. C
Catawba
Asheville
Lookout Power Dam
Shelby
East Moncton
West Moncton
Liladoun
Alspauge
Lookout Shoals
Spartanburg
South West Virginia
West Virginia
Wilson signs rural credits bill boosting farmer loans
President Wilson signs the rural credits act establishing land mortgage banks to support long term farm loans. He begins naming members to the rural credits board from a cross country slate including bankers and lawyers, with C B Kegley and John Lee Coulter among the touted nominees.
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Washington
Wilson
C. B. Kegsey
John Lee Coulter
West Virginia Agricultural College
Rural Credits Board
Kegley
State Grange
L. B. Clare
la Porte
Ind
Herbert Quirk
West Virginia
Rowland Norris
Pennsylvania
Vance McCormick
C. A. Mitchel Palmer
H. J. Maehernpith
Clinton
Wis
W W. Flanagan
New Jersey
F. J. H. von Enkeleken
Florida
L. M. Ralaton
Indiana
J. N. Coulter
County and City Game Nets $262 Proceeds
A baseball game at Dugdale's field under The Star auspices raised $262.75 for the Seattle militia's Mexican border men’s fund. Frank Hull and Al Drake delivered the sack to Adjt. Gen. Maurice Thompson's office on Monday, following the City Dads' nine defeating the County Dads and Granddad.
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Granddadw
The
Star
Dugdale's Field
Adjt
Maurice Thompson
Frank Hull
al Drake
Seattle
England's Daily Expenditure Hits £6 Million Reported
London reports England's daily expenditures have reached six million pounds, about 390 million dollars, as Chancellor McKenna addressed the House of Commons detailing the high daily outlays.
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London
England
McKenna
House of Commons
Ex-Service Naval Men's Club Meeting Tonight
The Ex-Service Naval Men's club will meet in room 208 Marion building at 8 15 Tuesday evening. Ex service men who cannot attend are asked to telephone Dr W Sheldon Smith Elliott 301 for information and contact.
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Naval Men's Club
Marion Building
W. Sheldon Smith
Elliott
Airless Employment Office Draws City Officials Ire
Seeker workers in Seattle queue in a windowless basement office of the city county building. The air is thick with tobacco smoke and illness, with typhoid tuberculosis and smallpox victims reportedly carried to the city hospital. Officials urged ventilation improvements after a health deputation warned of a health menace.
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Men's Employment Agency
James
Seattle
James St
City Hospital
Department of Health and Sanitation
British Storm Second Line On Somme Front
British troops stormed and captured German second line positions along a 1500 yard front north of the Somme. General Haig reported the advance northwest of Bazentin le Petit woods, now British held, driving toward the outskirts of Martinpuich near Bahoume.
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London
Somme
Haig
Bazont-in-Le-Petit Woods
Martinpuich
Bahaume
Floating boom scare at King and Winge shipyards
A bomb scare near the King and Winge shipyards Saturday afternoon proved to be only a sack of powder used at coast artillery forts. The object drifted in with the tide during the pac e investigation.
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King & Winge
Coast Artillery
Astoria Wins Its Rate Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the re hearing in the Astoria rate case. Astoria ordered placed at parity with Puget Sound shipments from the Western territory. New rates must be implemented by September 15.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Astoria
Puget
Russian Losses Estimate Exceed 262000 Since Offensive
Berlin dispatch reports that the semi official news agency estimates Russian losses from the current offensive total more than 262000 through July 10.
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Berlin
Sayville
S. 1
Death at Alki Bar Triggers Police Wrecking Operation
Chief Beckingham ordered officers to wreck the Alki bar at 105 Washington St after a conference with Mayor Gill and Prosecutor Lundin. Otto Hanson, the bar’s manager, is jailed as authorities consider manslaughter charges if autopsy confirms alcohol linked to Martin Hanson’s death. The victim’s brother reported liquor bought at the Alki bar and spent heavily there recently. autopsy set for Monday.
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Beckingham
Washington St
Gill
Lundin
Otto Hanson
Martin Hanson
Alki
George Hanon
Graham Ave
Deutschland Ready to Leave Baltimore
July 17 report states the German submarine Deutschland plans to slip down the Patapsco River into Chesapeake Bay and head home to Germany by tomorrow night. Crew concerns over spies and bombs prompted tighter security, with barred visitors, vigilant searchlights, and authorities wary of unwelcome watchers. Captains Hinsch and Koenig indicate no American passengers aboard on return, and the Bremen is expected within days.
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Baltimore
Patapsco
Chesapeake Bay
Germany
United Press
Hinsch
New York
The
Deutschland
Koenig
Bernstorff
Hilken
Pastern Forwarding Co
Puget Sound longshoremen stand firm on strike demands
Puget Sound longshoremen refuse to return under previous terms as Seattle and Tacoma join San Francisco in a coast wide stand. Federal mediator Henry White met with shoremen and Waterfront Employers to seek a conference for ratifying the San Francisco agreement. A total vote of 1735 favored 1186 to 649 against ratification.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
Puget Sounds
J. A. Madsen
Henry M. White
Shoremen’s Association
Madsen
Pacific Coast
White
J. S. Gibson
Water Front Employers’ Union
C. Connor
C. Smith
Longshoremen’s Association
San Franciscans
Longshoremen organize under Independent Laborers Association
About 65 attendees joined the Independent Laborers Association at an organization meeting held Monday, signaling a new union effort among nonunion longshoremen.
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Independent Laborers’ Association
Chief asks Lundin for two warrants in strike riot case
Prosecutor Lundin may issue warrants Monday afternoon for participants in the First Ave and Pike St strike riot charging carrying concealed weapons. Police Chief Beckingham asked for warrants for F. Prelle, a striker, and King Robinson, a strikebreaker. Witness names were not ready, delaying issuance.
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Lundin
First Ave
Pike St
Beckingham
F. Prelle
King Robinson
San Francisco union votes to return to old wage scale
San Francisco union men vote to return to work at old scale. Mediator Henry M White arranges Monday and Tuesday conferences between longshoremen and employers, aiming to ratify the San Francisco agreement.
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San Francisco
Henry M. White
Seattle
Tacoma
Beckingham
Commercial Club
Bechingham Promises Witnesses At Trial
Ezelle allegedly pointed a revolver at a Black man curing the and Robinson was seen flourishing a gun during the affray. Beckingham said he would produce the witnesses at the conference.
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Beckingham
Ezelle
Robinson
Villa's Death Rumor Sparks War Dept Remarks
A War Department official said Villa is dead and Pershing’s forces will leave Mexico within a month while the National Guard returns home in three months. He warned minority leaders use Villa’s name to frighten Carranza troops, but Carranza is stronger in Mexico than ever due to fighting the United States without loss of dignity.
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Washington
Villa
Gen. Pershing
Mexico
National Guard
War Department
Carranza
United States
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