Worlds largest sea battle rages with heavy losses
LONDON reports a vast naval clash between British and German fleets on Wednesday. Sir John Jellicoe led the British with Scheer commanding German ships. Casualties include Hood and Arbuthnot. Beatty retreated as German battleships pressed. Four phases of fight described with heavy destroyer losses and reports of sunk ships and missing crews.
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London
John Jellicoe
Scheer
Germany
Jellicoe
Beatty
Sir John Pes England
Admiralty
Portsmouth
Invincible
Arbuthnot
Nestor
Altho
Tipperary
Hood
Admiral Hood
Geo. Nickerson
Marlborough
Admiral Jellicoe
Holland
Elbing
England
Water front riot prompts doubled police guard in Milwaukee
Mayor Gill and Chief Beckingham move to double water front guards after a Saturday shootout in Milwaukee's Ocean Dock area. Fifty strikers clashed with guards injuring two and kidnapping one, as union leaders seek talks with employers and government officials arrange a possible meeting to end the longshoremen's dispute.
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Gill
Beckingham
Water Front Strike
Milwaukee
Ocean Dock
T. C. Hughes
Edgewater Et
Los Angeles
City
Jack Warnicke
George Mclaughlin
Terry Ave
E. N. O'Brien
L. Harrison
A. C. Sullivan
Sergis
Comstock
Smart
Hughes
Beck Ingham
Son of the Wind novel by Lucia Chamberlain
The Star previews a weekly serialized novel titled Son of the Wind by Lucia Chamberlain. The story promises speed and freedom as the hero soars until a girl reveals a secret to her sweetheart. Debut chapter begins next Monday and runs through the following Saturday.
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Lucia Chamberlain
Representative Dill Heads to Republican and Democratic Conventions
Representative Dill of Washington will depart the capital for Chicago to observe the Republican convention and then proceed to St Louis for the Democratic gathering.
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Dill
Washington
Capital
Chicago
St.Louis
Glacier Park Limited Wreck Near Katka Idaho
The east bound Glacier Park Limited leaving Seattle at 9 75 a m Friday wrecked at Katka Idaho at 1 45 p m Saturday. No passengers were injured. Engineer McGinn and Fireman Dempsey of Hillyard Washington are missing. The engine plunged into the Kootnai river after striking mud and rock on the tracks.
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Spokane
Glacier Park Limited
Great Northern
Seattle
Katka
Idaho
McGinn
Dempsey
Hillyard, Wash
Kootnal River
John Robinson Ten Big Circus Opens In Seattle
The John Robinson Ten Big Combined Shows arrived in the N P railroad yards for performances Monday and Tuesday at the Fourth Ave and Lenora St grounds. A street parade departs the grounds at 10 AM heading west on Lenora to First Ave then south to Washington and back to Lenora.
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John Robinson
N. P
Fourth Ave
Lenora St
Lenora
First Ave
Washington
Second Ave
Woman in Seattle Crime Admit Confession to Jailer
Mrs. Maude Robertson confessed she and not Mrs. Brownlow committed the crime for which Brownlow was convicted and sentenced to from one to 15 years in the state prison. Robertson, from Victoria B C, said she would be sent to the penitentiary once Brownlow is released, after which she would face the consequences. Prosecutor Lundin was summoned to the county jail to pursue the matter in court.
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Charles Robertson
Lundin
American Is Safe Powers Symington Reported In London
A cablegram to relatives of Lieut. Commander Powers Symington U S N says he is safe in London. Also noted work started Saturday on a new Pantages theatre in Tacoma with a construction cost of 300000 dollars, expected to be among the finest on the coast.
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Funk” Hall
Tacoma
Seattle
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Baltimore
Powers Symington
North Sea
London
Smith Building Wedding Couple Welcome Daughter
The Star reports the Smith Building wedding and public attention around John A. Biehn, who at work in the Northern Pacific dispatchers' office, and his bride welcomed a daughter born May 29 at 3454 Alki Ave. The baby weighs seven pounds and a half.
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John A. Biehn
Northern Pacific Dispatchers
Star
Smith Building
Hi Gill
M. A. Matthews
Biehn
Alki Ave
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