Mine Disaster At Renween Hill Coal Mine Kills One
Oscar Stiles, 40, of Duwamish, dies after a gas damp explosion at Renween Hill mine near Black River Junction. Mine superintendent RE. M. Van Slyck is fatally hurt and miner Tom Korfus of Renton suffers severe burns as the cave in follows the blast. Korfus crawls out and Elmer Jackson rescues Stiles. Seattle firefighters assist in the effort.
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Renween Hill
Black River Junction
Oscar Stiles
Duwamish
RE. M. van Slyck
Tom Korfus
Renton
Korfus
van Slyck
Stiles
Elmer Jackson
Jackson
Seattle
J. J. Murray
E. 18Th St
B. A. Igon
15Th Ave
A. L. Knouse
Mime
Council to Decide on For Hire Car Stands in Downtown
The public safety committee will meet Wednesday afternoon to decide if additional for hire car stands may be permitted in the downtown district. Several applications for new stands have been pending for weeks.
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Council Public Safety Committee
Generous Response Aids Circus Carnival Ticket Sale
E L Park of the citizens committee reports strong backing for ticket sales tied to the Slot division reunion set for August 15 to 20. The effort aims to recruit women workers for the sale at the event here.
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E. L. Park
Citizens’ Committee
Arctic Captain Bernard Missing in Behring Search
Los Angeles Moose lodge launches a coast to coast hunt for Capt. Joe Bernard and his Teddy Bear crew missing since October 1921 after leaving Nome for Anadir. Dan Sutherland leads Nome search with ships from Puget Sound pledged. Widow Mrs. Kate Bernard resides in Seattle.
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Los Angeles
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Seattle
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Teddy Bear
Golden State Lodge of Moose
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Veessels
Puget Sound
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Congress
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Amundsen
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Steffansen
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Moose Lodge
Imperial Valley River Threat to Devastated Desert
The piece recalls the Imperial Valley’s long struggle with the Colorado River’s floods. It notes 1905 breaks that turned the valley into an ocean, the $2.6 million rescue by Southern Pacific and workers, and a new dyke line. It reports 1940s style forecasts of high water and how Pescadero cut diverts two thirds of flow, with ongoing defense by communities and railroads amid hopes of safe irrigation and vast agricultural wealth.
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Why We Want to Get Married essay contest
A call for essays on marriage runs in The Star with prizes including a free wedding in a Stand ard Furniture bungalow on June 30. Entries must be by Saturday night, 300 words or less, and feature themes of love, loyalty, and home life, with awards from local businesses and a consolation prize for the last place.
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Bungalow Inn
Silver Lake
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George North
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Star
T. D. Rockwell Dies. Longtime Washington Politician
State senator and former chairman of the state tax commission, T. D. Rockwell, died Tuesday night in Washington. Born 1859 in Milledgeville Georgia, he came to the state in 1896 and held various public positions including land office work in Spokane. He is survived by a sister Mia H Maynadier a son T D Rockwell Jr and a daughter Mrs Lloyd G Bowers.
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Washington
State Tax Commission
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State Senate
King County
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Milledgeville
Spokane
Hoke Smith
Interior
Washington State Hotel Association
Mia. H. R. Maynadier
T. D. Rockwell, Jr
Seattle
Mra
Lloyd G. Bowers
Birmingham
Ala
McCormick Shows Vigor After Gland Transfer
Harold F. McCormick has regained vigor after a glands operation performed a week ago Monday. Doctors say he is cheerful and likely to leave the hospital Friday. It is believed he will travel to Europe with his daughter Mathilde soon, with rumors of a possible sailing Saturday. No trace has been found of the man rumored to have sold his glands.
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Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
V. D. Lespinasse
McCormick
Europe
Mathilde
Hunt Women in Ward Mystery
New York police begin a search for a red haired woman and a black haired woman tied to Walter B Ward's uptown Manhattan apartment last summer. The White Plains grand jury investigates Ward blackmail killings and possible family withholding evidence as part of the case.
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Walter
Ward
White Plains
Manhattan
Four Women Subpoenaed in Legate Case by Grand Jury
The grand jury investigating Patrolman Charles O Legate called four witnesses on Wednesday two black women and two white women as the inquiry nears a climax. Mayor E J Brown visited the jury room during the day and the four names were not released.
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Charles O. Legate
Legate
E. J. Brown
Traveler to Journey Africa and Asia on Ambitious Expeditions
Cowling plans a seven month African trek along Roosevelt’s historic route starting near Lake Victoria Nyanza in British East Africa then Nile to Cairo before return. He will then embark on a yearlong journey through India and other Asiatic points of interest.
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Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
British East Africa
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Nile
Cairo
Egypt
Cowling
Ananias Club
Girl Captures Jewel Thief In City Jail Standoff
Sam Wilson, 42, a clerk, is held in the city jail on open charges as Rhodes Company prepares theft charges. A saleswoman nabbed Wilson Tuesday afternoon while he attempted to steal a handful of jewelry. she restrained him as he cried out and resisted.
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Sam Wilson
Rhodes Company
Wilson
Capper Urges Weeks Resignation in Speech Attack
Senator Capper of Kansas calls for Secretary of War Weeks to resign after Weeks condemned popular government in a Western Reserve University address. Capper labels Weeks a mossback and archaic, saying his Ohio speech harms public faith and could prompt a presidential request for resignation.
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Kans
Weeks
Capper
Republican
Kansas
Western Reserve University
Ohio
Ohio University
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