Strike for government coal at cost across Washington and Oregon
The Star urges a mass petition drive to win government mining of Alaska coal at cost. It attacks Howard and big‑deal lobbyists, calls for public control over coal, and cites Senators Bourne Chamberlain Poindexter as backing the movement. Readers are urged to sign the petition and press Congress to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Coal Mining Commission
Stara Mall
Washington
Alaska
Washington State
Congress
Oregon
Man Lafferty
Department of the Interior
Bourne and
Chamberlain
Senate
Poindexter
People's
Hill
Beattie
Queen Daphne Weds Young Newspaper Man in Seattle
Little Daphne Pollard a former stage favorite becomes Mrs Ellington Bunch after a dawn ceremony in Seattle. The 20 year old queen of the Potlatch honeymooning aboard the steamer President bound for Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne Pollard
Seattle
Ellington
Bunch
President
Los Angeles
Lois Theatre
Daphne
Auditor's Office
Daphne Trott
Major
California
Pollard Lilliputions
The
Lilliputians
Lois Theatre Company
Queen Daphne
Boy Confesses to Murder in Wall Street Case
Paul Geidel, 17, the bellboy, confessed to the killing of William Jackson the Wall Street millionaire. He allegedly netted 6.75 dollars and a gold watch, and was discharged from the Iroquois hotel last Friday. He sobbed in his jail cell awaiting the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity
United Press
New York
Paul Geidel
William Jackson
Wall Street
Geidel
Iroquois Hotel
Geidel linked to Jackson robbery as sole motive
Patrick McGrane Geidel's roommate is held as an accomplice accused of acting as guard while Geidel robbed and killed a man named Jackson in the Iro hotel. McGrane denies involvement but admits Geidel showed him the watch and that he received one dollar from the pawnshop deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Patrick McGrane
Geidel
McGrane
Iro
Convicted murderer taunts judge in court confrontation
Frank H. Henwood, recently convicted for the Victor, Colorado killings, confronted Superior Judge Whitford after a denial of his retrial motion. Henwood accused the judge of bias, shook his fist at the bench, and claimed the court sought harsh convictions to aid a divorce case involving millionaire John Springer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henwood
Whitford
Frank H. Henwood
von Phul
Geo. Copeland
Victor
Colo
John Springer
Arms
Copeland
City leaders vow to push city car line despite Crawford talks
Councilmen Griffin Erickson and others press ahead with building a municipal street railway to serve the people after Crawford opposes city purchase. They warn condemnation suit could delay progress while Crawford operates cars. The group favors early construction paralleling the Crawford line to honor voters' spring mandate.
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Crawford Road
Griffiths
Crawford
Erickson
Wire Trust Member Pleads Guilty in Federal Case
Henry Hammon, a member of the Wire trust, pleaded guilty in New York to a violation of law and was fined by Federal Judge Archbald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wire Trust
New York
Henry Hammon
The
Rman
Archbald
Land Reclaimed Plan Near Tacoma By Irrigation Experts
Tacoma July 28 Government irrigation experts say one hundred thousand acres of barren prairie land near Tacoma can be converted into productive soil. Dr Samuel Portier chief of irrigation investigation with two assistants completed an exhaustive ground survey and report optimism for reclamation of the vast tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Samuel Portier
Department of Agriculture
Beulah Binford Held From Police After “Third Degree” Protest
Judge R Carter Scott visited Richmond jail and warned detectives to stop the third degree interrogation of Beulah Binford who is held in the murder case of Henry Beattie Jr's wife. He would remove her from police custody if abuse continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
R. Carter Scott
Beulah Binford
Henry ©. Beattie, Jr
The
Star
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
Prayers Wasted Money Returned in Wisconsin Legislature
In Madison on July 28 a minister returned $3 to State Treasurer Cahill for delivering one invocation in the senate, lamenting that $677 paid for prayers this session was lost money amid what he called rotten temperance measures. The figure reflects total contributions for prayers during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
K.plaining
L. A. Tull
Cahil
Senate
Senator Proposes Tax on Bachelors in Georgia
Georgia bachelors face gloom as State Senator Sinler plans a bill to tax bachelors at 60 dollars yearly. The measure would require single men to pay fifty bones if deemed not poor or infirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Sinler
Woman Builds and Leads Big Dairy Farm to Profit
Mrs. Scott Durand owns Crab Tree farm near Lake Forest Illinois. She built a 280 acre operation after buying the land seven years ago and now nets about $12,000 annually. Her dairy uses reinforced concrete buildings and electric heating with plans after visiting European dairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Durand
Lake Forest
Ilinois
TacomaWomen as Judges Consider Custody in Divorce Case
Three Tacoma clubwomen were invited to advise Superior Judge Easterday on custody of Mollie and Har Trosper's two year old daughter in a divorce suit. The arbiter panel includes Mrs. Mary L. Stevens, Mrs. L. M. Tullock and Mrs. L. M. Hardgrove who met with the judge in his chamber after reviewing testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Mollie Trosper
Harper Trosper
Easterday
Regrade Scheme Mulls Major City Elevation Changes
The municipal plans commission discussed a plan to lower grades at Dexter avenue and Halliday street west of Lake Union by 64 feet. Investigations suggest Stone avenue must drop 17 feet at 46th street to meet a 3 percent grade. Councilman Goddard has promoted the 64 foot west side cut tied to a Lake Union bridge replacing the existing structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Plans Commission
Dexter Av
Halliday St
Lake Union
McMorris
Stone Av
Goddard
Seattle
New Mother Goose Rhyme Piece
A compact verse recalls a wise man who harms himself in a bramble and contemplates suing the city for each lost eye, noting the park bushes regrow as a setting. The piece blends whimsy with legal irony in a concise nursery style.
Zeppelin Airship Fleet Planned Despite Losses
Friedrichshafen July 28 reports say Germany will continue building Zeppelins after five disasters, following the Schwaben I flight from Friedrichshafen to Luzerne and back in seven hours. Count Zeppelin will start construction of another airship at once.
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Friedrichshapfen
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Luzerne
Switzerland
Count Zeppelin
Family says Mary Ily murdered after body found on Pebble Beach
The family of Mary Gertrude Ily, missing since July 17 after leaving San Francisco, believe she was murdered. They cite a missing ring and broken teeth as evidence, challenging police who suggest suicide after a ten day beach search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rafael
Cal
Mary Gertrude Ily
Pebble Beach
San Francisco
La Follette Magazine Attacks Reciprocity Bill
The July 28 issue of La Follette's Magazine denounces reciprocity as private legislation obeying a presidential mandate. It calls the measure worse than the Payne Aldrich law, claiming it benefits railroads and Canadian wheat traders. It argues farmers lose grain prices while big interests gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Madison
Wis
la Follette
Today
Payne Aldrich
Canada
No More Card Playin Smokin and Cussin for Clark Co Juries
Clark county juries will include women voters and taxpayers for the fall term. County Clerk W. B. Derr lists 306 women ages 21 to 60 in the jury pool, part of a 3,000 total. Mixed juries will be allowed with no effort to split by gender.
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Smokin
Cussin
Clark CO. Juries
Vancoeuver
Waah
Clark County
W. 8. Derr
Met
Pope Pius Ill at Vatican Severely Ill Amid Laryngitis
Vatican sources report Pope Pius is haggard weak and short of breath after a laryngitis attack worsening his heart and gout. Doctors urge indefinite postponement of audiences and complete rest as specialists confer. In Virginia Henry Clay Beattie Jr seeks acquittal for murder claims media glare. prosecutors plan indictment August 12 and trial August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Rome
Pope Pius
Vatican
Marchiafava
Divorces by Mail Debut in Chicago Courts
Chicago July 28 The latest court innovation is divorce by mail Judge William Fenimore Cooper heard two default suits then took a brief vacation The decrees and evidence transcripts were sent to him by his clerk and the signed decrees were received in Chicago by mail and filed on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Fenimore Cooper
Antioch
Cooper
Tis
Wilde’s Courageous Stand Before Embezzlement Trial
Louis J. Wilde declares no objection to returning to Oregon and says friends need not fear the trial. He plans to travel to San Francisco to meet Oregon officials, insisting he will fight to the finish to reveal the real thieves and that the truth will prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Oregon
Louis J. Wilde
San Francisco
Wilde
Balta Renounces Ten Million Fortune for Hospitals
Dr. Sam Balta renounces his $10,000,000 fortune left in Germany to aid hospital establishment. He states the funds will be used for medical facilities in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Germany
Sam Balta
Austria
Warships Steam Up Ready to Fight Amid Morocco Crisis
Britain prepares for possible war as the home fleet including dreadnoughts readies to sail on short notice. Portland harbor buzzes with provisioning and fueling as orders demand full readiness by Friday morning. King George and Prime Minister Asquith confer at Buckingham Palace on the foreign crisis.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Admiralty
Portland
King George
Asquith
Buckingham Palace
Lawyer leader warns against direct legislation risks
Clinton W. Howard, president of the State Bar association, told the Spokane annual session he fears placing lawmaking in the hands of the people. He criticized direct legislation and recalls, arguing that voters lack the intelligent grasp to craft proper laws and cautioned about altering constitutional intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
State Bar Association
Spokane
Clinton W. Howard
Howard
Oregon
Hon
Association
Strychnine Found in Chocolates in Irving Hotel Death
W C Brown died from strychnine poisoning at the Irving hotel and investigators believe suicide. Chocolates in his room contained strychnine and bore the initials C B L on his ring, suggesting an assumed name.
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W. C. Brown
Irving Hotel
C. BL
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