Billingsleys Walk Free as Arrest Warrants Remain
Logan Billingsley and Fred Billingsley were at liberty after bail on outstanding warrants was posted. Police say no written order to arrest without warrants existed, despite calls by Capt Willard and Chief Beckingham. The case involves alleged liquor violations and a fatal shooting at the Billingsleys warehouse with Japense guard Suehiro as an agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Billingsley
Kennedy
Vanderveer
Fred
Shannon
Ted
O Logan
Capt. Willard
Logan
Sergt Ralph Olmstead
Logan Billingsley
Jimmie Ehan
Jimmie
Gill
Capt
Willard
Billingsleys
Billingsley Brothers
Agnes Weedin
I. Suchiro
Sergi
John Weedin
Billingsley
George Vanderveer
Gill, Hoyt & Frye
Billingsleya
Suehiro
Weemn
Hughes' Decisions Show Stand
Basil M. Manly analyzes Charles E Hughes Supreme Court record to gauge his true economic and social stance. He notes Hughes dissented 29 of 1412 opinions, mostly aligned with peers, while showing progressive leanings on pure food, regulation, and anti monopoly themes. He cites Danbury Hatters, railroads, Standard Oil, and American Tobacco Trust cases as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil M. Manly
the Star
Charles E. Hughes
America
Hughes
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Danbury Hatters
Big Western Railroads
Standard Oil
American Tobacco Trust
Billings Confesses Suspect In Suitcase Dynamiting Case
Warren K Billings contends he was the man connected to the bomb plot after a conference with District Attorney Fickert. Police seek further statements from two other suspects while investigators probe links to Thomas Mooney and a possible ring leader. Ball bearings found in Billings room are cited as key evidence.
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San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
Billings
Fickert
Alroat
Julius Kohn
Thomas Mooney
Matheson
Warder
Reisner
Representeo Weinburg
Cadillac
British Fight Stiff as Russians Advance on Eastern Front
July 29 report says British lines weather German offensives near Delville Wood and Longueval while Russians push forward on multiple fronts. Haig notes gains and reserves moving to blunt assaults. Berlin acknowledges withdrawal south of Kovel after Russian penetrations. Verdun bombardment intensifies and Meuse gains claimed on the right bank.
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EOL
Keene United Press
London
Germany
Haig
Verdun
Fritons
Longueval
Delville Wood
Thiepval
Caucasus
Petrograd
Berlin
Kovel
German War Office
Pozieres
Meuse
British blacklist scope clarified in memo to U S
British Ambassador Spring Rice delivered a foreign office memorandum to the state department outlining the blacklist rules. The document guarantees the blacklist applies only to named firms, with no secondary effect, and that a firm is blacklisted only if acting as a German government agent or sending money to Germany.
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Washington
Spring Rice
State Department
Foreign Office
Isa
Germany
Hamilton Hires a Superintendent for County Tires
George Grant named King County superintendent of auto tires by Lafe Hamilton. He earns 100 dollars a month and oversees four garage workers. Delays in moving the garage from Profanity Hill frustrate him as he contemplates quitting to run a congressional campaign for Whitney.
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Grant
George Grant
King County
George
Altho
Hamilton
W. M. Whitney
Congress
Butcher Pays Weather Tax in Sales Says Clerk
In a quirky note a butcher claims no thermometer is needed. Patron Z. L. Swezen notes buying patterns reveal the weather by what customers purchase. He says hot weather boosts chops while cooler days see more roasts.
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Z. L. Swezen
Mystery sale of Seattle duck pond property bogged down
A puzzled notice complains that Uncle Sam paid 169500 for a rail-adjacent business property near Seattle institutions, labeled a duck pond by Humphrey. Despite guarantees from reliable sources, no bidders have appeared and expectations of a $50000 offer vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Sam
Mike Finds Sure Cure for a Cold Lemon and Honey
Police Inspector Mike Powers endorses lemon juice to knock out a summer cold and honey to soothe the throat. He advises taking lemon on rising and drinking honey after about 15 to 20 minutes. Mayor Gill counters with pineapple juice as another remedy.
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Mike
Mike Powers
Gill
Fear of Spies Grips German Sub Deutschland Watchers
Baltimore July 29 Fear of spies grips officers watching the German submarine Deutschland as two more British ships remain in harbor and departure time becomes a mystery.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Stafr
Baltimore
Deutschland
Five Sunday Concerts in Seattle Parks Across Daylight
Seattle music lovers may choose among five Sunday concerts. Four programs start in the afternoon with first at 2 40 and Wagner's band set for 7 30 p m at Leachie Park, Volunteer Park hosts the Philharmonic, Cavaughn’s band plays Woodland Park, Luben’s at Alki Beach, and Firemen’s band appears at Salmon Bay Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Philharmonic
Volunteer Park
Cavanaugh
Woodland Park
Luben
Alki Beach
Firemen
Salmon Bay Park
Wagner
Leachi
Judge Keeps Injunction on Striking Longshoremen
Federal Judge Wolverton’s injunction against interfering with the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Co. was extended pending a final hearing. The modification allows peaceful picketing while the order remains in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Wolverton
San Francisco and Portland Steamship Co
Heiress Denies Paying for Wine Parties for Suitors
Cape Cod Connecticut July 29 Miss Marian Pomeroy Smith heiress won a court ruling exonerating her from charges of debauchery and insanity brought by Charles Paine conservator. She denied entertaining favored suitors at lavish dinners and denied elopement plans with various men. She seeks removal of Paine from guardianship over her property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod, Conn
Marian Pomeroy Smith
Cape Cod
Hartford Trust Co
Charles Paine
Lghthouse
Kaiser approves death sentence for captain in Strussela case
Maastricht dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm confirmed the death sentence of Capt. Fryrt of the liner Strussela for attempting to ram a submarine. The naval court martial at Zeebrugge sentenced him and the Kaiser’s war council quickly confirmed it, sharing support with Genrich von Falkenhayn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Fryrt
Miss Cavell
Maastricht
Duke of Wartemburg
Zeebrugge
Imperial
War Council
Kaiser
Genrich von Falkenhayn
Arbitration urged as longshoremen seek wage settlement
Mediator Henry M White predicts higher wages will be offered to dock workers if representatives attend the arbitration conference set for next Tuesday in San Francisco The unions are urged to participate while employers claim freight movements continue regardless Medister White and William Blackman from Washington D C assist the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longshoremen’s Union
San Francisco
Henry M. White
Taney
William Blackman
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Medister White
Wanted A Shirt of Some Good Saturday Color
Owl pharmacist Carl Harris felt down-hearted after two months of shirt searches. He had only six shirts and wished for a distinct color for every day of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Harris
Owl
Harris
Heat Kills 161 Halt Midwest Business
Chicago reports 161 deaths in 48 hours from a 19 day heat wave with 16 fatalities in Chicago and nine in Milwaukee. Factories closed and workers sent home as stores shortened hours and officials ordered early quitting. Horses collapsed from exhaustion and hundreds were prostrated across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Milwaukee
Aurora
Ill
Kansas City
Belvidere
Department Plfces
Stout
Crazed by heat man shoots son and nurse in Chicago
July 29 report says Edgar Foster, a Chicago clerk, shot and killed his three year old son Raymond then fatally wounded Bertha Brown, 25, in the breast three times. Brown is not expected to live. Foster was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edgar Foster
Raymond
Bertha Brown
Britain bars Irish relief party from landing
Washington reports England will not allow Thomas Kelly and James Smith and their party, carrying funds for Irish relief, to land. Ambassador Page cabled the state department that the decision is irrevocable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
England
Thomas Kelly
James Smith
Ambassador Page
State Department
Ever bearing strawberries touted by grower at Foy station
L. G. Clapp, who raises ever bearing strawberries at Foy station on the Everett inter urban, brought some to The Star Saturday. He said the fruit are almost as big as walnuts and grow up to the middle of November. A fire started by a defective flue destroyed the one story frame home of S. S. Munday at 3349 Bangor street at 6 30 a m Saturday.
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L. G. Clapp
Foy Station
Everett
Come To the Star
S. S. Munday
Bansgor St
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