Kidnapping of Fay Tincher Stuns Seattle Streets
Eyewitness account describes a daylight attack at King Street station in Seattle led by a self styled Chief Warren with cowboys and Indians who seized film star Fay Tincher and paraded her to Hotel New Washington. The crowd offered little resistance as Warren fired into the air and Tincher rode away on a horse amid wild chatter and mixed reactions from bystanders.
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King St
Fay Tincher
New Washington
Nno
Joel F. Warren
Warren
Tindher
Miss Tincher
Ann
Teddy Hiansson
Second Ave
Pat Dowling
Frank Keeman
Wally Reid
Beatriz Michelena
Bessie Love
Arena
Hippodrome
Labor panel heads to Los Angeles to ease oil field unrest
A department of labor committee departed Washington for Los Angeles to seek a one year settlement of coast oil field disturbances. The panel includes H. R. Kerwin for labor, Col J. L. Spangler from the mediation commission, and H. P. Marsh of the mediation panel for employers. Spangler will represent the employees.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Los Angeles
H. R. Kerwin
Secretary of Labor
J. L. Spangler
President's Mediation Commission
H. P. Marsh
Mediation Commission
Spangler
Plan to Salvage German Warships
The British admiralty has placed salvage contracts for German warships by their crews in Scapa Flow. It was stated that satisfactory results were expected.
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London
Liberty bond quotes and Spokane heat relief
Liberty bond quotations listed for 3 percent fours and Victory series with prices including 99.26 for 3%4s and 100 for Victory 2s. In Spokane the heat wave crest passed with cooler conditions after yesterday’s high of 100.2 degrees.
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Liberty Bonds
New York
Liberty Bond
Spokane
Puppy Lost and Found Thanks to The Star Ads
A reader reports losing a small puppy and thanks The Star ads for aiding the search rescue. The note mentions an author enjoying a Clemmer Theatre show this week and invites others to read about it on the Classified page.
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Star Want
Clemmer Theatre
Peace treaty raises Japan as Asiatic Kaiser threat
Washington July 17 United Press reports the peace treaty makes Japan strong enough to threaten the world with a rising Asiatic power. Senator Sherman denounces Japan gains in Shantung and warns of China absorbing territory. President Wilson seeks support through personal conferences with Republican senators to sway opposition to the treaty and to daylight saving repeal.
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Washington
United Press
Japan
Sherman
Senate
Shantung
China
Wilson
Congress
House
League of Nations
White House
McCumber
North Dakota
Jones
Colt
Rhode Island
Nelson
Minnesota
Foreign Relations Committee
Friends of
Pershing Guest of King George at London Luncheon
General Pershing received British honors in London. He was hosted by Winston Churchill at Buckingham Palace for a noon lunch and attended a Parliament reception with plans to review American troops and take part in a joint officers’ investiture at Hyde Park. He praised American valor and Allied cooperation in the Chateau Thierry offensive.
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London
United Press
Pershing
King George
Buckingham Palace
Winston Churchill
Hyde Park
German Bankers Seek U S Credit
German banking interests negotiate with New York financiers to establish credits for private German banks in the United States, a development reported from New York on July 17.
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U. S. Credit
NEW York
Call For New Wage Conference In Washington
A Spokane judge invalidates last year’s findings, prompting possible call for an industrial welfare commission conference to reestablish a minimum wage for women and minors in Washington. If held, three employers, three women workers, and three public reps will hear hearings to set new wages and working conditions.
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Spokane
Hurn
State Industrial Commission
Olympia
Industrial Welfare Commission
Washington
G. W. Hurn
C. H. Younger
Welfare Commission
Younger
Industrial Welfare Comms
Warn Strikers Told to Beware of Report on Return to Work
Striking electrical workers were told yesterday to return to work by Thursday morning or risk wiping their service records, which would cancel death benefits and pensions. Company officials denied knowledge of the move while Seattle leaders doubted any settlement. reporters in Washington urged no reliance on Washington news until confirmed by local representatives. A planned Friday picnic at Schmitz Park by the workers was announced, with a Labor Temple gathering and parade to Second and Virginia Street.
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Senate
Shantung
Germany
Japan
F. L. McNally
Washington
Seattle
R. W. Fuller
Electrical Workers
Elizabeth Gilley
Telephone Girls
San Francisco
Fuller
J. B. Quinn
D.C
Gilley
Quinn
Adjustment Board
Schmitz Park
Labor Temple
Second
Virginia St
Take Back All Wire Strikers Face Payroll Return
Washington announced all telephone workers on strike on the west coast will be rehired and paid retroactively if they report within a week. The wire control board will decide retroactive pay and reemployment rules, with specifics pending full text of the agreement. In San Francisco, unions seek recognition in Sacramento and elsewhere as talks continue.
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Blanche Johnson
Washington
John Mulinix
San Francisco
Koons
J. P. Noonan
Electrical Workers’ Union
Post Office Department
Wire Control Board
Central Strike Committee
Sacramento
Taxes Eat Up Lady Beatty's Large Income
Lady Beatty wife of the British admiral and daughter of the late Marshall Field of Chicago pays more in taxes than her annual income. She faces 60 percent tax on income over 200000 in the United States and 50 percent in Great Britain, costing $200000 of income $220000 in taxes.
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Lady Beatty
Marshall Field
Chicago
United States
Great Britain
Washington agreement on wage rise for coast operators
Telegrams indicate the Washington pact provides higher wages for operators and submits retroactive pay claims to the wire control board.
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Washington
Wire Control Board
Joy in Legislation Push on Soda Water Tax Repeal
The Republican Steering Committee decided today to push repeal of taxes on soda water and ice cream through the House soon after the prohibition enforcement bill is disposed of.
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Washington
House
Bolsheviks Stand Ready as Allied Force Could Crush Reds
United Press dispatch from Vienna reports Bolshevik Hungary, beset by food shortages and internal strife, vows to resist a world coalition. Bela Kun faces army morale collapse while allied offensives threaten. Boehm resigns as tensions rise among Bolshevik leadership and workers mobilize.
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United Press
Vienna
Hungary
Budapest
Bela ‘Kun
Red
Tank to Arrive Friday in Seattle for Several Months
A war tank assigned to Seattle for the coming months will reach the city Friday after a rail journey from San Francisco. Capt. E. D. Gunning, tank corps officer at the local army recruiting station, outlined a varied program for the tank. The unnamed tank may be christened, with candidate names including H-two-S-O-four and Ermentrude.
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Seattle
San Francisco
E. D. Gunning
Tank Corps
Capt
Gunning
Ermentrude
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Chamber of Commerce and Commercelal Club
Lady Davo Beatty
Theso
Red” Army
Boehm
Tandler
Fifth Army Corps
Switzerland
Conservatives
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