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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
1
Buffalo Ben Reflects on Prairie End, Old Regret
At Woodland Park a lone buffalo named Ben laments extinction after 108 survivors remain. He recalls forebears rushing instead of fighting, and fears being preserved as an exhibit. Park keeper Gus Knudson plans a parade march as Ben contemplates final rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggy Old Ben
Woodland Park
Star
Ben
Jen
Gus Knudson
Gus
Elliott
Pictorial War Map of the Coliseum Lineup at Convention
A vivid, sardonicpiece previews a national party convention scene with bosses, delegates, and writers described as gathering in a battle hall. The verse mocks the process and hints at hidden strings guiding the proceedings as factions rally under the frosty, unsettled atmosphere.
Assassination Rumor Denied by Tokyo Dispatch
The Associated Press retracts a report claiming the Japanese premier was assassinated. A Tokio dispatch confirms the premier is safe, clarifying that the earlier bulletin was false. The United Press upholds reliability in major news delivery through its newspaper network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United Press
Associated
Okuma
Japan
Tokio
THE
STAR
Roosevelt Rushes Message to Progressive Leaders in Chicago
Roosevelt yesterday sent a message to progressive leaders in Chicago urging them to nominate him if Hughes is named by the Republicans. The move signals a strategic bid to secure support within the reform wing during the party’s nominating dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Chicago
Hughes
Goethals Plans Retirement From Canal Zone Post
Maj Gen George W Goethals governor of the canal zone likely will present his retirement request to President Wilson within a few days after Washington report. He has directed attention to his long service and intends to retire to private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Goethals
Canal Zone
Wilson
Republican convention at a glance and progressive meeting brief
Republican convention opens at 11 a.m. with Warren G. Harding delivering the keynote and Borah withdrawing from the race as allies claim Hughes leads. Open hearings on platform begin as progressives and Republicans pursue talks. Progressive convention opens at noon with Raymond Robins delivering the keynote and committees tasked before adjournment to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
William E. Borah
Hughes
Hitchcock
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Strikebreakers Mobilized as Waterfront Tensions Rise
Ninety strikebreakers were mobilized at Pier 14 Wednesday ready to unload Blue Funnel liners at a moment's notice. Union officials in San Francisco confer on the strike, while waterfront pickets patrol with little action. Two transpacific liners lie idle awaiting the conference and three Alaska Steamship vessels idle. crews on the Admiral Watson work for Pacific Alaska Navigation Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pier 14
Blue Funnel
San Francisco
Newunion
Alaska Steamship Company
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co
Admiral Watson
TO FORM BOAT CLUB AT LAKE WASHINGTON MEET
Canoe and small boat owners of Lake Washington will meet at Pip er Taft s Senecast store at pm Wednesday night to form a boat club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Washington
Piper & Taft
Senecast
Death Toll Rising From Tornado Across States
Memphis reports indicate more than 160 killed after tornadoes swept Mississippi Missouri Arkansas Kentucky Monday night. The death toll includes 30 missing from the steamer Eleanore capsized 17 miles north of Memphis. Bodies recovered aboard the Lee Line packet between Memphis and Asheport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Eleanore
Lee Line Company
Asheport
Republican Convention Opens Amid Cold Reception
At Chicago Coliseum on June 7, Senator Warren G. Harding opened the Republican National Convention amid rain and cold. A brief 29 second demonstration followed his keynote on Americanism as delegates filed out after the first speech. Lodge was elected chairman of the resolutions committee and a nine member platform subcommittee was named. A public hearing on woman suffrage was set for 4 p m with secret sessions planned to draft the platform that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Rennick
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Robins
Roosevelt
Murdock
Teddy
C. E. Congleton
King County
Washington Lelegates
Ezra Meeker
Puyallup
Pathfinder
Washington
Boosters
Wharton
Rhodes
Flannigan
Ins
Spgnshahane
Perkins
Coliseum
New York
Dr. Hunter
Livingston
Mont
Robina
C. H. Wharton
Seattle
Sarah Flannagan
Spokane
Wallace Wilbur
North Yakima
Wash
Robins and Pinchot
Oregon
Mary E. Hill
Portland
Ore
Teddy Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Blackstone
United Press
Perry Arnold Coliseum
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harding
Senator Lodee
Massachusetts
Republican Resolutions Committee
Charles F. Scott
Kansas
Resolutions Committee
Lodge
Utah
Smoot
Progres
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Balishury
R Wei Bi Qu Pa Ai
Cihibeirs
Alleghenies
Rockies
Union Pacific Railroad
Geo. W. Perkins, Jr
Susan Krone
Paducah
Ed Perry
Coalbate
Okla
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
California
North Dakota
Texas
Colorado
Bull
Buffalo
Goethals
Boat Club
Borah
Idaho
Sutherland
Fall
New Mexico
Madden
Illinois
Howland
River
Wadsworth
Clark
Cons N Jent
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