Policemen to Guard Interbay Residents Amid Tense Seattle Action
Representative Poindexter reports a War Department pledge for a strict inquiry into the Twenty fifth regiment's Fort Lawton removal. Sixty officers will guard Interbay as a precaution against potential unrest. Acting Gov Howell heads to Seattle to confer with local leaders.
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Howell
Seattle
The
Star
Washington, D. C
War Department
Fort Lawton
Interbay
Washington
Taft
Gill
Wappenstein
Treats Coach Held Up A Joke Or Real Robbery
The incident involves Whitney Treat with coaching parties telephoned to Chief Wappenstein at 2 o clock reporting a highway robbery. A steamboat man Joshua Green called police from the Coun, saying the holdup occurred and valuables were taken. Police are investigating.
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Whitney Treat
Wappenstein
Ali
Foy
Counhe
Joshua Green
Slavery Claims Rock Hawaii Sugar Industry Labor
A report alleges Russian workers in Hawaii endure starvation jail unsanitary camps and brutal double charging by sugar planters. Agents lured Russians with promises of $45 a month, many arriving unfamiliar with Hawaii and forced into harsh conditions under the sugar trust.
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Sugar Trust
Hawaii
Star
Theausand
United States
Imea
Russia
Earthquake Devastates Southern Italy Killing Dozens
A strong earthquake struck Campania Basilicata and Calabria causing 50 deaths in Calatri San Soasio and San Sele with many more injured. Hospitals are overwhelmed and improvised shelters overflow as Red Cross resources run dry. Authorities fear total fatalities may reach 75.
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United Prees
Rome
Italy
Campania
Basilicata
Calabria
Calatri
San Soasio
San Sele
Red Cross
Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Thursday
Fair conditions forecast for tonight and Thursday with light westerly winds. No precipitation expected and temperatures mild across the period.
Gallagher Found in Vancouver with No Return Plan
Big Jim Gallagher the missing San Francisco supervisor was located in North Vancouver by J D Williams of the World. He stated he has no intention of returning to San Francisco.
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Dy United Press
Vancouver
B. C
Big Jim” Gallagher
San Francisco
North
J. D. Williams
The
World
Rebuck of Government Mail Trust Ends as Private Service Fails
Dr. June Neth and Charles P. Neth ran a private mail service that offered one cent per letter. The operation, once rivaling government delivery, collapsed after federal court actions and a $26 fine.
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Government Mail Trust
Charles P. Neth
Insurgent Wins Narrowly in Iowa Gubernatorial Race and Primaries
In Des Moines returns from 46 counties show Warren Garst gaining on B. F. Carroll for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, with a projected 4,000 majority and a total gain of 13,000 votes. Insurgents win eight of 11 congressional nominations, including a district clash where Judge S. E. Prouty defeats Congressman J. A. T. Hull, a Cannon-Aldrich ally, by about 2,000 votes.
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Ualeed
Des Moines
Jaws
Warren Garst
B. F. Carroll
Garst
Iowa
8. E. Prouty
John A. T. Hull
Hull
Congress
Cannon
Aldrich
Walter I. Smith
Ayers
Chauffeur testifies against Leavitt in fatal 1908 accident
Owen McCusker expert demonstrator testifies in Judge Gilliam's court that Leavitt ordered high speed on July 10 1908 causing the death of Raefelo Sexo street sweeper. McCusker recounts speeding after a request to outrun, the collision, and the lamp impairment. He says he knew Sexo was dead when struck and asserts truthfulness under cross examination.
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Owen McCusker
Gilliam
Murphy Relief Gp
Ralph J. Leavitt
Raefelo Sexo
McCusker
Leavitt
R. A. Hulbert
C. C. Slaughter
James Hardman
Lake Washington
East Cherry
10Th Av
Leo
Zitatav
Sego
Mac
North Yakima Celebrates Tieton Irrigation Milestone
North Yakima residents held a basket picnic to honor the completion of the first unit of the Tieton irrigation project by the U.S. Reclamation Service. The first unit will water 11,000 acres, with the second unit soon to be finished for 9,000 more and the third reclaiming 15,000 acres, totaling 35,000 acres.
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United Press
North Yakima
United States Reclamation Service
Indictments Dismissed in Immoral-Dance Hall Case
John Poolman and J. B. McGrath, two patrolmen, were not required to stand trial as the grand jury indictments against them for taking bribes were dismissed after Rex and Minnie Gilbault vanished. An indictment against Mike Fisher and L. L. Wood for maintaining a common nuisance in the Dreamland dancing hall was also dismissed for lack of evidence.
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John Poolman
J. 8
McGrath
Vanderveer Thas
Rex
Minnie Gilbault
Mike Fisher
L. L. Wood
Dreamland
Fisher
Wood
Jailed suspect linked to Alma Kellner murder
Middletown Ohio police arrested a man believed to be Joseph Wendling, a church janitor and suspect in the murder of 8 year old Alma Kellner of Louisville Kentucky. Wendling, an employee of the American Rolling Millberg, is in custody as Louisville police are notified. The child disappeared last November and her mutilated body was found in a church basement ten days ago.
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United Prep
Middletown
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Louisville
Wendling
House Wanted and For Rent Ad Request
Vacancy seekers urge owners to place for rent notices in The Star. Call Main 9400 or Ind 441 to publish a housing ad reaching thousands of tenants.
Pretty Nurses Ready to End Long Training Course
Marion Lowe reports that in Seattle hospitals 28 nurses will graduate after three years of training. The commencement issue features the Latin motto Semper fidelis and honors nurses who endure long hours, patient suffering, and disciplined service to care for the ill and dying.
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Marion Lowe
Seattle
Taft Defers Removal of Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Lawton
President Taft refused to order the Twenty-fifth Infantry removed from Fort Lawton after an alleged attack on a nearby woman. He said unproved charges made removal unwise and unfair to the community. Secretary Dickinson was told to launch a rigid inquiry and confine the regiment to the reservation until the case is resolved.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Twenty-fifth
Colored) Infantry
Fort Lawton
Jones
Washington
Dickinson
Negro Soldier Confesses to Assault Near Fort Lawton
Nathanial Bledser, a Black soldier, confessed at noon today to assaulting Mrs. J. W. Redding near Fort Lawton after a drunk, chaotic day. Earlier he denied guilt to Captain Tennant before breaking down and admitting drinking then recounting a night of wandering from the fort to a brewery, a chicken ranch, and the Redding residence. A mob threatened lynching but police intervened to protect the woman and detain Bledser.
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Nathanial Bledser
J. W. Redding
Fort Lawton
Bledser
Tennant
Redding
Interbay
Corporal Jasper
Mason
Jasper
Mason's
Alice Whiticar
Carr
LaVign
Parliament at Work Begins Under King George V
London reports the first parliament of King George V opens with Liberals pledging a temporary truce to postpone battles against the Lords until the king learns his duties. Analysts expect the ceasefire to last less than a month.
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United Press
London
George V
House of Lords
Pinchot Arrives To Oppose Senate Conservation Bill
Washington observer notes Gifford Pinchot arrived to Campaign against the administration conservation bill in the Senate.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Senate
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