Submarine orders delayed by theft at Moran yards
Nearly six weeks of delay in building three navy submarines at Moran shipyards followed a theft of control valves and fittings. Derrick E. Blaisdell, a mechanic and navy employee, is jailed and suspended awaiting charges. Officials note possible unrelated security concerns abroad but link Blaisdell to the missing parts.
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Navy
Seattle Construction & Drydock Co
Moran Ship Yards
Ing
Dereey
E. Blaisdell
12Th Ave
Navy Department
R. A. Coontz
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Clay Allen
United States Men of War
Navy Yards
War Department
Bremerton Navy Yard
U. S
United Sates
Thorolg
Coontz
Blaisdell
Grand Feeny
Police Brutality Criticized Amid Reynolds Arrest
The editorial condemns officers Phillips and Collins for dragging James Reynolds during a Thursday arrest, calling for disciplinary action and urging Chief Lang to address the matter. It argues brutality undermines police dignity and justice, noting past misconduct by Phillips.
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F. J. Phillips
G. C. Collins
Billy
Phillips
Collins
James Reynolds
Reynolds
Seattle
Lang
Eastland Safe Only With Tanks Full Says Captain
Captain J L Douty testified that Eastland could not carry 1000 passengers safely unless its water tanks were full. He recalled 2550 aboard during the disaster and that sinking occurred when tanks were not filled. Designer eB G Jenkins testified about hull details before a grand jury.
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Eastland
Western Electric
J. L. Douty
Sacret
Redfield
Douty
Eb G Jenkins
Ninth and West 87th Street Fundraiser for Church Repair
A neighborhood meeting invites residents and families to bring tools for a church repair day at Hill Methodist Church. Pastor Leech and Rev. Jones coordinate the event for the coming Saturday, urging volunteers to bring a basket saw hammer or any handy tool.
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Hill Methodiat Church
H. Leech
Where Woman Came From Told by Ex Forest Ranger
An excerpt from the Christian Yoga Monthly presents a mythic origin of woman from Hindu legend. Twenehtrt meditates and, upon awakening, blends symbols of moon, serpent, vine, feather, sunbeam, cloud, wind, peacock, diamond, honey, fire, snow, parrot, and dove to form woman and present her to man.
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Yoga Monthly
de Bit
Twenehtrt
From Forest Ranger to Yogi in Five Years
Five years ago Ralph De Bit a forest ranger in the Bitter Root mountains Idaho became the head of a Yoga cult at Beaux Arts. Now facing criminal charges for adultery with Dr Rudolph Gerber’s wife Isona and tied to a custody fight over a fortune for his daughter Areal.
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Igona
Rudolph H. Gerber
San Francisco
Ralph de Bit
Isora
DE Bit
Beaux Arts
Burbanker of
Servant of Humanity
Bitter Root
Idaho
Queen Anne Ave
Jeasie Derby
Youi
Seattle
Oakland
de Bit- Gerber
Gerber
Isona
Areal
S-Am
The Star Want Ads Invite Uh... Rent, Sell, or Help
The Star explains its daily circulation and invites readers to use Main 9400 to place want ads for rental rooms sales exchanges job placements and hiring help. The notice emphasizes quick, satisfactory results through the want ad desk.
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Want
Police caries spray real fire from palm on curb
By standers in Los Angeles July 31 they believed a staged gag when Patrolman Garret burst from a cafe and sprayed seltzer water on a palm that had burned at the curb. It was real and the fire was put out.
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Los Angeles
Garret
Opening of Knights of Columbus Convention in Seattle
Seattle prepares for the 32nd annual Knights of Columbus supreme council meeting with Catholic leaders arriving from Portland and Washington D C. Archbishop Bongano will preside at Mass and preach. 75 candidates will be initiated to the fourth degree followed by a banquet at the Arctic Club.
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United States
Seattle
Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus
Maria apostolic de _ ilitene
Catholic University At
Washington, D. C
Portland
Benedict XV
O'Dea
Dr Bernardini
Catholic University
Alexander Christie
D. D
Ore
Farrell
J. DD. Parrell
St. James’ Cathedral
United States Rejects Lusitania Case to The Hague
Secretary of State Lansing said the United States would not refer the Lusitania case to The Hague and offered no horizon of consideration. He indicated no such hint had been received and did not commit to any decision.
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Washington
United States
Hague
Lansing
Harry Thaw Heads to Panama-Pacific Exposition
Harry Thaw travels by car to the Panama-Pacific exposition. He rides in a car owned by his mother and is joined by Frank K. Johnson of New York and P. E. Pendleton of Cornish New Hampshire. Bucoda reopens railroad station after N P closed it last December amid town protest.
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Pittsburg
Harry Thaw
Frank K. Johnson
New York
P. FE. Pendleton
Cornish, N. H
Bucoda
N. P
German Forces Close In On Warsaw As City Near Fall
Berlin reports occupation of Warsaw believed imminent as German troops complete a final sweep. Russians withdraw along the northern and southern lines, thousands taken prisoner. Field Marshals von Mackensen and von Hindenburg hope to report capture by nightfall or tomorrow with the Kaiser and royal family preparing to review triumphal entry.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Teuton
von Mackenzien
von Hindenburg
Russia
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Lublin Falls to Austrian Forces in World War I News
Vienna reports Lublin, a key railway hub 88 miles southeast of Ivangorod fortress, has fallen to Austrian cavalry. The city lies along the Lublin Cholm railway route, central to the southeast drive from Warsaw as Austrian and German forces push their campaign.
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Vienna
Lublin
War Office
Ivangorod
Warsaw
Cholm R. R
Lemberg
Russians Fall Back On Whole Line In Poland
London reports indicate Warsaw has been abandoned and the evacuation of the entire Polish front is complete. Russian main forces establish a new defense from Kovno through Grodno to Brest Litovsk, a 200 mile retreat under cover of resistance while rear guards harass pursuing Germans. The wasted territory around Warsaw is described as scorched.
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London
Warsaw
Poland
Kovno
Grodno
Brest-Litovsk
Nicholas
Nieman River
Narew
Four Trawlers Sunk Off London. Crews Saved
Four trawlers were sunk by German submarines near London today. All crew members were rescued.
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London
Jane Addams Delivers Peace Message to Wilson
On July 31 the national peace council and allied groups telegraphed Jane Addams in Chicago seeking confirmation of information that belligerents commissioned her to tell President Wilson how to act as mediator to end the war. They say the president refused to consider her proposals.
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Jane Addams
Wilson
National Peace Council of Labor
Chicago
Miss Addams
Kaiser War with Germany Predicted by Gardner
Washington July 31 The Star's Washington Correspondent reports President Wilson's notes are effectively an ultimatum and asks whether Germany desires war. Gardner argues Germany seeks conflict with the United States, citing insufficient U.S. military prep and limited naval impact to alter the war at sea. He contends the current policy risks gravely.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Bryan Plans Four Seattle Talks In Strenuous Weekend
William A. Bryan arrives Sunday in Seattle speaks to men at First Presbyterian Church at 3 p.m. under Y M C A auspices then visits Tacoma Monday with a 3 p.m. Hippodrome address for the King County Democratic Club and a 6 p.m. Commercial Club dinner. The main address Monday night at 8 o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church on Fundamentals under Y M C A auspices. Admission charged for the main talk.
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William A. Bryan
Seattle
First Presbyterian Church
Portland Klamath Falls Rail Line Urged by Chamber
A letter mailed today by the Portland Chamber of Commerce asks J J Hin to build a railroad offering a direct Portland to Klamath Falls line. The proposal emphasizes regional access and economic ties.
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Portland
J. J. Hin Ia
Klamath Falla
Chamber of Commerce
American Killed When Ship Iberian Sunk Off Ireland
Washington reports another American casualty from German submarine attacks. Mule Tender Wiley of the Leyland liner Iberian died from shock and wounds after the vessel was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The crew escaped in lifeboats as signals to stop were disregarded.
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Washington
Wiley
Frost
Queenstown
State Department
Tberian
Burns
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