Hair seller seeks word to patrons after blaze
A gray haired elderly German woman tells The Star she cannot pay for an ad but asks the paper to reach her customers after Friday night’s fire. She ran a hair store at 2509 First Ave, lost everything, and has $7 left. She hopes to inform two sons and her customers while staying with friends at the Victoria hotel. The Wellington disaster is cited as worse, yet she remains hopeful. Also noted, Lieut. Col. George F. Cook faces a court martial at Fort Lawton for misusing transportation, borrowing from enlisted men, and a theft case involving $10,000 at Fort Gibson Alaska. testimony begins at 2:15.
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Httle
Star Office
Hulda Miller
Victoria Hotel
George F. Cook
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Fort Lawton
Train 233 Schedule Change for June 19
Announcement that Northern Pacific train 233 to Portland and intermediate points departs Seattle at 12:00 noon instead of 1:15 p m and arrives Portland at 7:10 p m, providing a good connection with the southern Pacific train for California points. Modern equipment includes parlor and dining car service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Portland
Seattle
Thern Pacific
California
Southern Pacific
Kansas City Woman Granted Divorce After Twenty Four Year Wait
Mrs. Sidney Jane Watson of 48 South Valley Street filed for divorce from James B. Watson after waiting more than twenty four years for his return. Judge L C True granted the divorce in Wyandotte County District Court, noting their thirty five years of marriage and a dispute that preceded his departure.
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Kansas City, Mo
Sidney Jane Watson
Sooth Valley Street
James BE. Watson
L. C. True
District Court
Wyandotte County
Judge True
Mrs. Watson
The New York Sun and the Negro Soldier
The piece defends Taft against calls to transfer the 26th Infantry from Fort Lawton over a alleged assault by a Black private. It argues for thorough local investigations before moving troops, cites prior Black regiments faced ostracism, and urges public support for Taft to avoid damaging military discipline and unit integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Taft
Seattle
26Th Infantry
Fort Lawton
W. Miller
Jones
Washington
Dickinson
United States
War Department
Sackett’s Harbor
Fort
Ethan Allen
Hugh L. Beatt
Military Academy
West Point
Mr. Taft
Not All From France In Opera Gown Debate
A Parisian gown debate follows an opera screening where a woman notes several gowns were likely made locally while others hailed as French. Catholic Standard and Times quotes reflect opinion on fashion origins. C H Brown Plumbing Co advertises plumbing services with Main 3500 and Ind 1300 in the same snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Brown Plumbing Co
Five Killed in Montana Double Ferry Disaster
A ferry crossing the Kootenai River capsized at 4 PM yesterday near Libby Montana. Three drowned Beecher Loucks A C Frants ferryman Frank Murray six years old. Moments later the cable broke pulling the hull and striking bystanders. John Millinex Theodore Wall were killed and others pulled from the river.
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United Pree
Liaby
Mont
Kootenal River
Beecher Loucks
A. C. Frants
Frank Murray
John Millinex
Theodore Wall
Governor Benson of Oregon Near Death
Salem reports Governor Frank Benson is dying from lupus and has wired San Francisco to ask Jay Bowerman, president of the state senate, to assume the duties. Oregon lacks a lieutenant governor, so the senate president acts in such cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Salem
Ore
Frank Benson
San Francisco
Jay Bowerman
State Senate
Benson
Oregon
Senate
Divers Search Lake Como for Chariton Body
Divers scour Lake Como for Porter Chariton presumed dead after his wife Mary Chariton was murdered. Locals doubt police theory of his survival and push for a full lake search amid rumors he fled to Switzerland disguised as a priest. Two witnesses reportedly saw Chariton on June 10 before Mary Chariton's body was found.
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Como
Italy
Lake Como
Porter Chariton
Mary Chariton
Conell Caughey
Chariton
Switzerland
Austrians Rally Aid for Louie Antonich Family Fire Victims
Countrymen of Louie Antonich and his wife and three children, burned from their home last Friday night, receive relief funds from Austrian community volunteers. A committee led by Anton Tufton and others has raised about 166 dollars, with clothing and simple furnishings donated. The Antonichs, quartered at 66 Blanchard Street, await a kitchen range and bedroom furniture as they begin rebuilding. Mrs Antonich thanks well wishers while Antonich plans to buy a wagon to resume fish selling work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Antonich
Star
Anton Tufton
M. T. Legasz
A. Rasanich
F. Berry
Antonich
Blanchard Et
Cop Arrests His Fiancée Concluded Clash Before First and Virginia
Mrs. Lawrence recounts a shock meeting with Gleason a police officer who arrested her for disorderly conduct after a quarrel. She showed letters and money order receipts to Chief Wappenstein who dismissed Gleason immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleason
Virginia
Mrs. Lawrence
Chief
Woman shoots deputy sheriff during eviction at sheriff sale
Mrs Hannah Welch sixty fires on Deputy Sheriff John Barr as he and a posse attempt to eject her and her husband from a house sold at sheriff's sale a year earlier. Barr is wounded in the mouth and later reported not in immediate danger, though condition could worsen with complications. A final line about awnings notes a shady transaction but adds no factual link.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Hannah Welch
John Barr
John Welch
Barr
Welches
Census Scandal Looms Over Boise Population Figure
Boise residents confront a claimed census leak after a Boise estimate of 20,260 residents plus 6,000 in the suburbs sparks calls for verification. Supervisor Joseph Perrault Jr says only two in his team know Boise’s population, denying any leak while noting Boise’s 1900 count of 6,000.
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Hoish
Idaho
Boise
Balt Lake
Joseph Perrault, Jr
Holse
Portland Riot Leader Convicted in St Johns Turmoil
Gordon Dickey, foreman at Willamette Pulp and Paper, was found guilty of leading the March riots in St Johns Oregon where about 60 Hindus were driven from the town. He will appeal. The case describes a revolver at a Hindu captive and crowd intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Gordon Dickey
St. Johns
Dickey
Willamette Pulp @& Paper company
Kennewick Stores Plan Panama Shipping Route
Kennewick department stores will order rail stock from New York and ship by water to the Isthmus of Panama, then by rail to the Pacific and up the Columbia river in a nearly water route. The move aims to cut freight costs, following a spring first shipment of Coffin Brothers sheep to Boston by the water route.
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North Yakima
Kennewick
New York
Panama
Pacific
Columbia River
Coffin Brothers
Boston
Inspector finds weights and measures office reveals errors
Columbus Indiana June 16 George Lewis inspector of weights and measures reports first merchant scale inspections show no merchant bias but several scales shortchange customers by about an ounce per five pounds. The office was created to protect customers.
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Columbus
Ind
George Lewis
Strike Breakers Arrive in Portland to Stand Beside Strikers
One hundred from Spokane sixty from Seattle and fifty from San Francisco are expected to arrive tonight to replace striking teamsters. The Portland chief says he will follow Mayor Simon's instructions to protect the workers and plans to hire fifty special officers. Firms kept horses and wagons in stables with only limited handling of perishables.
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Vetted Press
Portland
Ore
Spokane
Seattle
San Francisco
Simon
Pullen Commissioned At West Point Navy Cadet Dart Pullen
West Point reports Cadet Dart Pullen of Alaska, once a UW athlete and captain of last season's football squad, was commissioned yesterday marking the first cadet from the northern territory to graduate from the academy.
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West Point
N. Y
Dart” Pullen
Alaska
Northern Territory
University of Washington
Military Academy
Pullen
Washington
Aweon Moore
Spokane
Siblings dispute over Parker will sparks family testimony
In a disputed Parker will case the elder Parker’s son is denied by the father. Two widows recount marriages to Charles Parker. Mary Hewitt testifies Bessie Hewitt Parker died young and that Parker remarried. Minnie Parker claims she was his only wife and that Carleton is not his son. Witnesses describe Parker as mentally unsound late in life as Lindsay seeks a declaration of insanity at the will.
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Mary Hewitt
Bessie Hewitt
Charles
Parker
Bessie Hewitt-Parker
Minnie Parker
Charles 8
Carleton Parker
Lindsay
Jury duty illness leads to tuberculosis claim in King County case
Civil engineer M. W. Griswold alleges tuberculosis contracted after confinement in a heated court house jury room in January. He sought $4,000 from King County, with C. L. Parker representing him and threats of a damage suit. Doctors say he cannot work for at least a year.
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King County Court
M. W. Griswold
C. L. Parker
Board of County Commissioners
Griswold
Court House
Tremendous Quake Seismic Readings Reported
Cleveland observers note a severe earthquake felt as a distant shock, likely centered near Iceland, recorded at 2 48 am with two follow ups to 4 15 am. Georgetown University seismograph data show near continuous tremors from 1 48 am to 4 11 am east west movement, potential great damage if in inhabited areas.
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Cleveland
the &T. Ignatius
Father Odenbach
Iceland
Sa.m
Washington
Georgetown University
Father Thorndorf
Funeral Directors and Professional Directors in 1921 Street Notes
OOP recree BUTTERWORTH and BON professional directors and licensed Eimbalmera 1921 et al. Opp Moore theatre both phones 948 new Watson Co. Funeral Directors Third avant University both phones 13.
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OOP Recree Butterworth & Bon
Moore Theatre
New Watson Co
Avant University
Seattle furniture company promises refinishing and made to order items
An advertisement lists Seattle Furniture Mfg Co offering repairing refinishing and custom office pieces with contact details. Nearby notices note removal of Occidental Cash Market stock and grocery stock clearance at low prices. Also mentions Washington Market and local Strawberry Bargains with a request for a replacement resident manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Furniture Mfg. CO
Virginia
W. Wester Way
Washington Market
Leake Weehington Shore
Ciyde Wharf
Windmill J Nelson's Place
North Broadway
Esherman & Wilton
Carpenters and Robbers
Ind
Well Known Business Man Retires From Hub Clothing
Mr. Max Bornstein, president of the Hub Clothing Co on Pioneer Square, retires after twenty years in business. The store has grown into one of Seattle's largest and best known, with an interest of over $50,000 disposed of. The Hub will continue under Morris Bornstein's supervision.
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Max Bornstein
Hub Clothing
Pioneer Square
Mr. Bornstein
Hub
Seattle
Bornstein
Hub Clothing Co
Morris Bornstein
Train 338 for Portland Connected to California Points
Train 338 bound for Portland makes a good connection with the Southern Pacific train for all California points. The service features the latest equipment including parlor and dining car service.
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Wellington
Hubby
The
France
Standard and Times
Gaffneys Consolidation Sale
Downey Walkup Co
First Avenue
Boston Garter
Downey
Montana
Gov. Benson
Charlton
Portland Riot
Kennewick Stores
Lieutenant Dart Pullen
Dental Combine
Kown Dental
Pirot Avenue
Union Block
Cherry and
Columbia Streets
Beattie, Wash
Beecham
Shop of Swelldom
Millinery Bankrupt
Union
Huilding
Barkman
Amit
Raymond &Hoyd
Pike
Northern Pacific Railway
Tacoma
Washington State
Tian Endeavor
Yester Way
A. Tinling
J. C. Modine
A.D. Chariton
A. G. P. A. Portland
Ancient Order
Hibernian
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