Crippen Seen Aboard Montrose In Wireless Report
A wireless dispatch to The Star confirms Dr. Hawley H. Crippen is aboard the steamer Montrose. The note mentions Mile. Ethel Claire Leneve, with no other messages, and notes the Montrose’s weak wireless signal may limit further contact as Scotland Yard tracks the fugitives.
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Ethel Claire Leneve
Scotland Yard
England
Strikes and Troops Mark Grand Trunk Labor Turmoil
A Grand Trunk strike escalates with a Buffalo incident, a caboose fire, and rail detectives hunting incendiaries. National Guard units move toward Durand as tensions rise in Michigan division amid disputed back-to-work terms and accusations of misrepresentation by railroad officials.
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H. G. Foster
Bridgeburg
Buffalo
Metroit
Mich
National Guard
Durand
Memory Loss Leads to Jail Confusion and Rumors
A city jail case centers on a man described as forgetful and wandering, with officers doubting drunkenness as a cause. Witnesses note his faded memory, unclear identity, and references to a Purdue connection, a Portland hotel, and a 2000 acre ranch. Local Elks activity and licenses appear in scattered notes.
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William
Bourne
Purdue
Portland
Melor
Elks
Roosevelt Reacts to Ohio Platform at Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt perused the Republican platform adopted by the Ohio convention muttered indeed and said he would share his views in a few days. Maj. Edgar Mearns and Edmund Heller of California, companions from his African journey, visited Oyster Bay.
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N. Y
Col. Roosevelt
Ohio
Maj
Edgar Mearns
Edmund Heller
California
Roosevelt
Death deter Frye from quitting politics
Maine Senator William P. Frye rejects retirement rumors saying he will resign only when he dies. Frye’s secretary confirms the senator plans to stay in the senate, a stance that underscores his strong role in New England politics.
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Boston
Maes
William P. Frye
Maine
Eugene Hale
Nelson P. Aldrich
Frye
William Bands
Senate
Sands
New England
Exclusion of Japanese and All Asians Faces California Legislature
San Francisco July 28. Reports predict a hard fight in the next California legislature to pass strict exclusion laws against Japanese and other Asians. A MacKenzie report on Asiatic immigration is expected to spur measures, with labor groups pledging candidates and promising a titanic battle over anti Asiatic immigration and land ownership.
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San Francisco
Japan
Theo. Roosevelt
John D. MacKenzie
Exclusion League
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D. MacKenzie
Asiatic Exclusion League
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League
Labor Party
Portland Labor Poised for General Strike Across City
United Press reports Portland faces a widening labor dispute with a plan to strike union after union, potentially involving eight thousand workers as employers push for an open shop. Oregon Federation of Labor President Daly cites bankers and merchants backing higher tensions and calls for union unity.
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Portland, Or
Teamsters
Portland
Central Labor Council
William Daly
Oregon Federation of Labor
Teamsters’ Union
Fair Weather and Local Gossip Spotted in Piker Tale
The report notes a piker owning a home with a garden while a rival lives in a hall bedroom and quarrels with a landlady over rent. The weather forecast predicts fair tonight and Friday with light westerly winds.
Interurban Trains May Stop at Tacoma City Limits
Tacoma could halt Seattle Tacoma interurban trains at the city limits eighteen blocks from the depot if the city commission enforces a 10 day deadline to apply for a franchise. The interurban lacks a Tacoma franchise and will resist applying unless Cedar Creek fare is granted, threatening service suspension at the boundary.
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My United Press
Tacoma
Seattle
City Commission
Bean
Pany
Interurban
Bryan comments on Nebraska county option fight
Lincoln Neb July 28 William J Bryan issues a formal statement on the county option struggle. He notes the Democratic State convention did not endorse county option but says the fight helped push initiative and referendum aims and urges county option delegates statewide. He calls for Democrats to back a senator under the Oregon plan and to keep focus on national issues.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
U. S
Oregon
Classified Phone Inquiries At The Star Office
Through a splendid telephone system readers can relay requests to The Star from home or work and have them published before thousands of readers at no extra cost. Ten words ten cents. Phones Main 9400 Ind 441.
Poindexter Addresses Seattle Labor Council on Labor Reform
Congressman Miles Poindexter spoke to the Seattle Central Labor Council on election night. He urged progress for workingmen and criticized the Cannon Aldrich oligarchy's hold on the Republican Party. He was warmly welcomed and later met many union members offering support.
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Miles Poindexter
Seattle Central Labor Council
Beattie
Congress
Progressive Labor
Cannon-Aldrich
Republican Party
Poindexter
Onstott
Council
Poindexter Support Echoes Across Washington
Spokane leaders in Eastern Washington say Poindexter dominates sentiment while Seattle labor unions largely back his candidacy. Union officials praise his independent stance on labor issues, freedom of speech for government workers, and his congressional record.
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Washington
Ben H. Rice
Spokane
Butler
Seattle
Congress
C. W. Doyle
Central Council
Andrew Furuseth
American Federation of Labor
Maritime Unions
Poindexter
P. B. Gill
Sailors’ Union
Marine Cooks’ and Stewards’ Union
Leonard Norkgauer
Paul Mohr
Bakers’ Union
Organized Labor
Georges. Bowers
Plumbers’ Union
Harry Kilduff
Riot at Brooklyn docks leaves one dead and five shot
At the Brooklyn docks of the American Sugar Refining Co a riot broke out as strikebreakers began work under guard. About 800 strikers attacked, police dispersed the mob with revolvers, and five men were shot. Three are likely to die. All wounded were strikers. Numerous arrests followed.
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New York
Brooklyn
American Sugar Refining Co
Debs Undergoes Minor Operation in Mayo Clinic
Eugene V. Debs former socialist presidential candidate was operated on by Dr Mayo at Mayo Bros hospital Rochester Minnesota today. The illness is described as not serious and the procedure as minor with details not released.
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Minn
Eugene V. Debs
8S. Mayo
Mayo Bros. Hospital
Debs
Becky Sharp in Mrs. Fiske’s Vanity Fair stage hit
The piece lauds Mrs. Fiske as Becky Sharp, praising her fearless moral complexity and star power. Becky embodies modern ambition, satire, and social climbing, making Thackeray’s character timeless and resonant for current audiences.
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Mrs. Fiske
Becky Sharp
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Becky
Blackleg
Yorkshire
Rawdon Crawley
Pitt Crawley
Pickwick
Joseph Sedley
Bareacres
Fortune Comes Back To Macon Man After Kindness
W. W. Miller, a Macon street car motorman, receives news that J. F. Curley whom he helped in 1903 died in Dawson and left Miller a fortune worth 500000. The Seattle lawyer’s letter confirms Curley’s death and Miller’s unexpected inheritance.
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W. W. Miller
Miller
Atlanta
J. F. Curley
Seattle
Curley
Dawson
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