Navy Fleet Heads to Seattle for Six Day Holiday Visit
Six battleships of the Atlantic Fleet with 5 109 cars and numerous crew members arrived in Seattle to anchor at Smith Cove for a six day visit. Midshipmen from Annapolis, including B B Cassels of Seattle, will scrub decks and polish guns as part of Navy training. Public aboard hours 1 to 5 pm daily starting today, with dances and tours arranged by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Seattle
Smith Cove
United States Navy
Napolis Naval Academy
B. B. Cassels
Naval
R. Spencer
Columbia
V. L. Tle
New York City
Connecticut Brass
C. H. Noble
New York
W. J. Rafferty
Putnam
Jerry
Connecticut
Michigan
Hampshire
Minnesota
Kansas
South Carolina
Tary
Navy
Josephus
Interior
Barton Payne
Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Ner
Masonic Club
Rural life profits and perils of fruit farming in truth
The author notes urban readers seek easy money in farming but warns such schemes rarely pay. He calculates 500 pounds per cherry tree at 10 cents net, 40 trees per acre, to yield $2000 yearly, then recalls a neighbor’s failed cherry venture due to rains and low prices for off grade fruit.
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Acre
Home Canning Corps
Johnson Arrested At Border In White Slavery Case
Former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson enters the United States at Tijuana and is arrested on a white slave or Mann Act warrant. He is taken to San Diego for arraignment and then to Los Angeles for custody before transfer to Chicago federal authorities. Johnson greets spectators and says he is glad to be home. his Spanish and Mexican passports were shown at crossing. His wife accompanied him into the U.S. and denied desertion rumors.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Jack Johnson
United States
San Diego
Chicago
John Cline
Los Angeles
Enife
Johnson
United States Customs House
George Cooley
Steppe
Spain
What Is Useless to You
A classified want ad urges readers to turn unwanted items into cash through the Star Want Ads and to call Main 600 for listings and buyers.
Scott Benefit Ball At Hippodrome To Aid Deputy Sheriff Family
Tonight the Scott Kiddies benefit ball at the Hippodrome raises funds for the bereaved family of Deputy Sheriff Robert C. Scott. Seattle and King County residents are invited. The program features familiar dances and a vaudeville interlude. Tickets available at the Hippodrome. Dancing begins at 8:30.
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Scott Kiddies
Hippodrome
Robert C. Scott
Seattle
King County
Guard Against Fraud On Cars
Municipal street car tokens to be used as fares to combat counterfeiting. Steps taken Tuesday aim to deter forgery with penalties including a $100 fine or 30 days in jail. Tokens to be sold at a set rate.
Valley Fares Up Tomorrow on Seattle-Rainier Line
A new fare schedule begins Wednesday for the Seattle Rainier Valley railway. Ten cent cash fare and 15 metal tokens for 1 dollar replace prior rates. transfers to municipal street railway incur a two cent surcharge.
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Seattle-Rainier Valley Railway
Municipal Railway
Municipal Street Railway
Quake Shakes Los Angeles Area Early Morning
Light sleepers in Altadena felt a slight tremor around 5 am with no damage. Angeleans note a sequence of quakes, the latest at 6 50 pm yesterday, lighter than last Friday and lasting only a few seconds.
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Los Angeles
Altadena
Fire outbreak in Baltimore retail district prompts general alarm
Fire broke out at 2 15 p m in the center of Baltimore s retail dry goods district causing a general alarm to be sent in The section was seriously threatened and reports noted the blaze initial danger to nearby stores
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Baltimore
Town Quelled After Irish Clash Near Tuam
A Dublin dispatch reports two stable hands shot dead near Tuam, 19 miles from Galway, triggering police to sack the town and burn houses and the town hall. The incident follows a fierce clash and widespread arson during the unrest.
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Tandon
Tuam
Galway
Dublin
Yachts Compete in America's Cup Race Shamrock Leads
Shamrock IV and Resolute sail a 30 mile triangular course off New York Bay as wind shifts test speed and tactics. Shamrock gains early lead, Resolute closes, with betting at 6 to 5 for Resolute. both crews on deck as start times are logged.
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U. 8
Goldsborough
Day
Carl Waeed
Shamrock
Paneed
Adams
Burton
Long Branch
Designer Nicholson
Challenger
Iaoe
Lipton
Ambrose
Resolute
Midshipmen Work On Connecticut Ship In Elliott Bay
A group of midshipmen scrub and cure hoisting gear on the flagship Connecticut in Elliott Bay. In the scene Seattle student B. B. Cassels in his third year at Annapolis polishes brass with W. L. Pottle and R. Spencer, sons of prominent families.
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Seattle
W.sels
Queen Anne Ave
Necticut
Cassels
Connecticut
I. L. Lind
Jine W. Chapman
Tacoma
Sam
Connecticu
Elliott Bay
B. B. Cassels
Annapolis
W. L. Pottle
New York
R. Spencer
Columbia
Cress-Dale
Four Japs Slip Past Immigration Stowaways In Oakland
Ten carpenters injured when an elevator malfunctioned in a new Oakland building. The four men aboard the Kangoran Maru, posing as travelers, were detained and awaiting transport to Portland for departure to the Orient.
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Morikawa Shizuma
Morikawa Minoru
Hattori Banojo
Tanaka Kamithi
America
Portland
Orient
Oakland
Middies Fleet Open Week Detailing Public Tours and Balls
Public inspection of battleships is scheduled Wednesday 1 to 5 p m with 1 30 p m sign for middies shore leave. A parade from Yesler Way to Armory and a 2 p m auto tour follow. Evening events include an invitation dance at the Armory and meals with hostesses. Subsequent days offer more public access and balls tied to the squadron with high level visits.
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Yesler Way
Yesler
Second Ave
Armory
Gas Supply Delayed as El Seduno to Seattle Arrives
Officials said the Standard tanker El Seundo will reach Seattle Wednesday night but cannot unload until the next morning. John McLean, district sales manager, noted station ration limits will stay while the new gasoline supply is distributed to outlets. Paris dispatch reports France will honor its armed support pledge to Poland if pacific talks with Soviet Russia fail, per Premier Millerand before the Chamber.
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Seattle
John McLean
Paris
France
Great Britain
Poland
Soviet
Russia
Millerand
Chamber of Deputies
Babe Ruth Slams Out 32d Home Run at Polo Grounds
In New York Ruth hit his 32nd homer of the season in the first game of a YankeesWhite Sox doubleheader. With two out and two on, he surpassed his own record set yesterday by hitting another long drive off Faber. In Christchurch New Zealand the Returned Soldiers association condemns continued immigration by Japs Hindus and Chinese and urges government action.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Babe Ruth
Faber
Sox
Ruth
Christchurch
N. Z
Returned Soldiers’ Association
New Zealand
Eggs Edge Up Two Cents In Retail Prices
Ranch eggs rose two cents on Tuesday with pullet eggs listed at 52 cents to the retailer. The advance affected egg buyers and prompted note of a minor price shift in the market.
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Pullet Eggs
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J. B. Goode
Pee Star
New Mexico
Civic Fleet
Chamber of Merce
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Ince
J. Johnson
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Scott
Ite
Port Commission
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Interior
John Barton Payne
Idaho
Arctic Club
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