Seattle bootlegger Logan Billingsley stars in biopic project
Dr. M A Matthews and Seattle notables back Logan Billingsley as lead in a 16mm film recounting his bootlegging life across Oklahoma West Virginia and the Cascade region. Chadwick Ayres to direct with scenes planned in Seattle and Tennessee towns charting a psychological story of reform and national prohibition.
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Russian tients and Western Front actions shape war news
Russian artillery routs German staff headquarters on the Eastern front near Meerishki three miles north of Tveretch. In Washington, Wilsons note and England's declaration for an independent Poland stirred policy moves as the espionage bill advances. Americans rally for Liberty loans Red Cross and food control while ship losses and manpower trends anxiously concern planners.
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Weekly Review of World Opinion on Page Six
The Star publishes a weekly digest of world-wide opinion on current subjects. Editors size up matters from German views on America’s entry into the war to Northwest papers on Gen Goe thal’s shipbuilding plans.
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Seattle rally advocates Liberty Loan drive and K C B speaker
Seattle crowds rally nobly to subscribe Liberty Loan as the drive nears its end. Kenneth C Beaton known as K C B will speak at the Waste Army Against Waste meeting, delivering his characteristic wit on men’s roles in the war. Subscriptions in Seattle total about six million with two days left and key firms and Boy Scouts driving the effort.
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Program of Waste Meeting at Press Club Featured Speakers
The Star reports a mass meeting for the Woman's Army Against Waste at the Press club at 3 pm on Wednesday June 14. Justice Resah M. Whitehead chairs with Kenneth Beaton. Speakers include The Men's War Against Mrs. Austin E. Griffiths Practical Food-Saving Dr. Carter Helm Jones The Country's Need.
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Arrest in Keet kidnapping case tightens German link
Government agents pursuing the Keet kidnapping case report new arrests in Kansas City and Springfield Missouri. A German army officer is among those held, with investigators saying the capture may lead to higher level conspirators. Dick Carter is charged with Lloyd Keet murder in Springfield and is a key link in the case.
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Cantonments Fixed for New National Army Camps
Des Moines Iowa and Fort Riley Kansas were chosen today as cantonment sites for the new national army marking a rapid expansion plan in the western and central United States.
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War warns of dwindling German births as war drags on
United Press reports from New York that if World War I lasts two and a half more years, Germany could see near elimination of babies due to sharply falling birthrates. 1915 births were 20 percent below 1914 and 1916 down about 40 percent, risking a future where cities over 15,000 may lack population.
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Submarine Hunter Arrives in French Port
Paris reports a new American submarine hunter nearly 100 feet long propelled by gasoline capable of 30 knots. Fuel replenishment at sea via long tubes to a ship’s reservoir. Equipped with long range guns and advanced listening instruments. Le Journal says hundreds of these vessels could enter connective service within months.
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Banner Floats Over Homes for Soldier Support and Liberty Bonds
The Star Spangled Banner rises over homes that honor soldiers or purchase Liberty Bonds. The piece highlights patriotic display as a civic duty and financial support during national service efforts.
Echo Zahl Mobilizes on the Typewriter
City editor Echo Zahl taps away at the typewriter in the Star local room. She salutes and declares she is mobilized saying pipe this row of ands as she works through the sentence in a playful exchange.
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Piped Wordplay Sparks Coded Exchange in Classroom
Miss Zahl and a student exchange lines of letters and symbols, forming rows of chs thualy periods and diagonal dashes as a playful autographic demonstration while the narrator hurries to keep pace.
Tong War resumes in Chinatown killing Charl ey Ling
Tuesday afternoon report states Tong War renewed in China town with Char ley Ling aged 46 shot dead by two Chinese men linked to Hop Sing and Suey Sing zones on Jackson street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Suspects fled along an alley pursued by J F Russell manager of the Busch hotel and vanished near Sixth avenue and Washington street. Ling was not a tong member.
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A Good Way to Reduce Waste in The Star Ads
A notice urges readers to follow Seattle's leading business ads in The Star for daily savings on essentials. It promotes close attention to store announcements as opportunities to cut costs and obtain good value on required purchases.
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Allies Meet Slav Demands For Statement Of War Aims
United Press reports London observers say Russia must answer next as Allies firm up war aims. France and Britain have signaled readiness to publish and revise treaties, meeting Russia's demands and awaiting Moscow's reply on full cooperation. Wilson is credited with driving unity.
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Poles in America hail Britain's call for Poland's independence
Poles in America welcomed Britain's note declaring for a reunited independent Poland. The Polish Central Committee said the message ends diplomacy's twilight zone, unites the nation, and blocks Germany's middle Europe plans, aiding global democracy.
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No Separate Peace Sought by Russian Soldiers Says Editor
From Petrograd June 12 Nicholas Nackoff formerly of New York editor recounts tours of nine regiments and talks to about 40 000 soldiers. He says no man in the Russian army dares seek a separate peace and that comrades would shoot him instantly. He urged an offensive war with the workers and soldiers council backing.
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Espionage Bill Advances to President After Senate Action
June 12 Washington report: The Senate adopted the conference report on the Gregory espionage bill and sent the measure to the President for approval. The action marks a key step in national security legislation awaiting executive decision.
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