Mystery forestalls solution as 11 die in Kentucky house fire
Mansfield Kentucky June 27 county officials led by Marion McLain probe mystery after 11 people died in a log house blaze near here. Victims include Ernest 21 his wife 25 their children and Otis Drew 28 his wife and kids Detmar Drew brother to Otis. A pistol with three chambers fired and several clues point to possible motives but no witnesses or solid leads have emerged.
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Mansfield
Ai Marion McLain
Here
Ernest
Otis Drew
Detmar Drew
Otla
Lawrence
McLain
Mayfield
Plan for Ireland peace moves toward conference
London reports wheels turning for Irish peace talks after Lloyd George action. Eamon de Valera and Sinn Fein leaders confer while Sir James Craig calls a cabinet meeting. Proposals include Sinn Fein governmental powers with limits on army navy and foreign relations. Ulster likely to receive similar rights.
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London
Prem Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Craig
England
Ques de Valera
Sinn Fein
Collie
James Craig
A1mos
Tuesaday
Lloyd
Ulster
Four Robbers Hold Up Steamship Clerk in Broad Daylight
In a daring Saturday night stickup in Yesderway and Post streets four unmasked bandits robed Bon Mar McLeod, Pacific Steamship Co. ticket clerk, and R R Ducksworth, a merchant patrolman. They escaped with $106 in cash and hundreds of tickets.
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Bon- Mar McLeod
Pacific Steamship Co
R. R. Ducksworth
Yes Derway
Post St
Man in holdup fire. witness aids with gunfire
A local man interfered in a Sunday holdup at Fourth Ave and Bell St. Two masked bandits robbed A. L. Whitman. The intervenor fired one shot at a witness who cried for help, drawing attention to the crime.
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A. L. Whitman
Fourth Ave
Bell Sr
Bangert Delivers Surprise Baby News at The Star
At The Star office on Monday, Donald H Bangert from the advertising department announced the birth of his son, a six and a half pound baby born at midnight Saturday. He characterized the event as a joyous surprise with the family in fine health.
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Star
H. G. Bangert
Advertising Department
Donald Harry Bangert
Blewett Pass Route Likely Open All Summer
The Blewett Pass route over the mountains may stay passable all summer with detours. The state development bureau of the Chamber of Commerce was assured that the road would be open until July 6 and possibly longer in its current state.
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Blewett Pass
State Development Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Tax Reducers Gather for School Expenditure Resolutions
The Tax Reduction council with support from nearly 59 organizations will meet at the Masonic club rooms in the Arcade building to pass resolutions on school district expenditures Tuesday evening. It is the group's first meeting since formation weeks ago. PLACERVILLE CAL J C Horn Georgetown Gazette burned to death in downtown fire while attempting to rescue a woman. Tarzan the Terrible Saturday.
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Masonic Club
Placerville
Cal
J. C. Horn
Georgetown Gazette
Horn
Sadie Goff Seeks Work as Seattle Housemaid
A narrative recalls Sadie Goff’s search for employment in Seattle. She negotiates a trial with a family at $30 monthly, faces stiff competition from university girls, and visits public offices and the YWCA seeking a job. She washes dishes and confronts household chores while awaiting tomorrow's outcome. Tomorrow: a graduate girl’s experiences at K P.
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Sadie
Andy
Cowen Park
Enroyment
Y. W
Sadie Goff
Seattle
Queen Anne Hill
Jack Dempsey Needs Proving Grounds Says Jeffries
James J. Jeffries argues that Jack Dempsey has yet to prove himself a true heavyweight champion. He doubts Dempsey can decisively beat Carpentier and warns that past opponents do not place him in the ranks with Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Jeffries says a decisive victory over Carpentier would elevate Dempsey, otherwise he remains unproven.
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James J. Jeffries
Jack Dempsey
Carpentier
Dempsey
Dempacy
Corbett
Fitz
Jack
Dempery
Newspaper Enterprise
Two Leaders Go on Trial Over Mackie Mine Strike
Alexander Howatt and August Derby, Kansas District 14 UMW leaders, stand trial for alleged felony court-law violations tied to the Mackie mine strike. About 300 miners gathered as Freeman urged a weeklong union vacation to attend, with jury selection stretching into tomorrow.
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Columbus
Kans
Alexander Howatt
August Derby
District 14
United Mine Workers
Kansas Industrial Court
Mackie
Ross
District Court
Freeman
Kansas
Traveling Man Is Killed in Car Wreck
Traveling representative Jack Whitmore of Omaha Hotel Supply company, 35, was instantly killed near Clatskanie Oregon when a car failed to negotiate a sharp curve and struck a concrete curb. Other occupants were uninjured.
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Portland
Jack Whitmore
Omaha
Neb
Omaha Hotel Supply Company
Clatskanie
Ore
Two Forgers Escape Custody Across Cities
Two expert forgers escaped from custody in separate incidents. C. J. Fair, previously slipping cuffs in Seattle in 1919 while facing life as a habitual criminal, eluded Portland police. Edwin Beck, sought in Seattle and other West Coast cities, broke jail in Vancouver, Washington, with fellow prisoner Charles Munson.
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Forrera
Seattle
C. J. Fair
Portland
Edwin Beck
Vancouver
Wash
Charles Munson
Laws in Snoqualmie Jail for Liquor Sale Incident
William Laws is jailed in Snoqualmie County charged with selling liquor. Deputy Sheriff William Sheppard recounts Laws pulled a bottle from his boot and made a wale to two boys.
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William Laws
Snoqualmie
William Sheppard
Laws
Yosemite Towed from Willapa to Portland for Grain Load
Two tugs began towing the United States shipping board steamer Yosemite nine miles off Willapa harbor toward Portland where a grain cargo for Europe will be loaded. The vessel, idle due to cold fuel oil, left Seattle a few days ago bound for Portland.
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Yosemite
Portland
United States Shipping Board
Willapa Harbor
Europe
Merchants’ Exchange
Veseel
Seattle
Says Prizefight Won't Be Stopped
In Jersey City on June 27 Governor Edwards defends the Dempsey Carpentier fight against attempts to halt it. He says the exhibition will be conducted strictly according to law and that Clinton W. Howard of the International Reform bureau is wasting his time.
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Jersey City
N. J
Clinton W. Howard
International Reform Bureau
Edwards
Christen Elephant Christening at Woodland Park
Woodland Park held a formal christening for the Wide Awake baby elephant in a ceremony attended by nearly 10 000 children. Dorothy Jewell helped name the calf and pulled the cord to release peanuts and sugar cubes for the honored guest.
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Woodland Park
Dorothy Jewell
Hearing on Alaska fishing rule to be heard in Seattle
A series of hearings to consider limiting fishing within 600 yards of stream mouths in Alaska will be held in Seattle this fall. The first hearing is set for November 15, announced by Henry O'Malley, chief of the Alaska division of the U S bureau of fisheries.
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Alaska
Seattle
Henry O'Malley
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Thieves Make Third Visit Get Trophies
A civil war veteran M Daniels of 1923 Firet Ave reports three break ins at a cabin on Garlough Ave south of Stevens St during the past month. In the final visit the thieves took a civil war sabre an ax a hatchet and two books.
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M. Daniels
Firet Ave
Garlough Ave
Stevens St
Man spots motorcycle and side-car in Lake Union rescue
R G Ferrin of 3324 Fuhrman Ave was fishing for a lost manifold in Lake Union near Montlake when his line hooked a heavy object. Helpers hauled up an Indian motorcycle with a side-car and brought it to Busher and Glass machine shop awaiting its owner.
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R. G. Ferrin
Fuhrman Ave
Lake Union
Stoneway
Montlake
Busher & Glass Machine Shop
Waste in Seattle schools could cost taxpayers a year
Charles F. Lunan, executive committeeman of the tax reduction council, claims Seattle public schools waste about 1 million dollars annually. The council seeks to cut tax levies by exposing administrative waste in local government.
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Seattle
Charles F. Lunan
Tax Reduction Council
Council
Butler divorce suit seeks custody of adopted son
Maud C. Butler files a divorce complaint alleging cruelty by Arthur C. Butler and asks for custody of Jerre Butler, 7, claimed as a blood relative of the defendant. The couple married in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in September 1917 and adopted Jerre two years later.
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Maud C. Butler
Arthur C. Butler
Jerre Butler
Butlers
Cheyenne
Wyo
Auto Drops 40 Feet in Pacific Highway Crash
A touring car plunged 40 feet from the Pacific highway near Everett Sunday evening. Mrs. M. Kloppenburg and her daughter in law were pinned under the wreckage and rushed to Providence hospital in serious condition. Mr Myers, driving, was bruised but rescued his wife and others as the car rolled several times. The accident is believed caused by inexperienced driving. Start "Tarean the Terrible" Saturday.
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Pacific Highway
Everett
Mra. M
Myers
Delegates Spend One Day in Seattle at Tacoma Ads Meet
Delegates to the 18th annual convention of the Pacific Coast Advertising Clubs Association, held in Tacoma from July 3 to 10, will spend one day in Seattle as guests of the Seattle Advertising Club. The stop is scheduled for Saturday with events nicknamed Tartan the Terrible.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast Advertising Clubs’ Association
Tacoma
Seattle Advertising Club
600 Elks and Band Will Go to Tacoma
At least 600 Seattle Elks and their band will travel to Tacoma on July 6 to visit the Tacoma lodge for a fellowship trip. The outing will be conducted in a friendly spirit.
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Elks and Band
Tacoma
Seattle
Operation on Famous Writer in New York
Mary Roberts Rinehart, famed writer, is recovering after an operation for gall stones performed yesterday. Doctors report the condition as satisfactory and the patient shows steady improvement.
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New York
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Two Aviators Die in Plunge at Visalia
Sacramento report says cadets Harold E. Page and Joseph W. Weatherby of Mather Field were killed when their aircraft crashed near Visalia while on forest fire patrol. Page hailed from Union City Michigan. Weatherby from Fort Davis Texas. Both had arrived from March Field three weeks earlier.
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Sacramento
Harold EE. Page
Joseph W. Weatherby
Mather Field
Visalia
Mather
Trent. Hacker
Lieut
Sullivan
Page
Union City
Mich
Ninth Squadron
Matherfield
Weatherby
Fort Davia
Airmen Start Continent Flight in Cloudster Biplane
Riverside pilots David Davia and Eric Springer began a nonstop cross continental flight from Riverside to New York in the Cloudster biplane. They lifted off from March Field at 6:32 AM circling before climbing to 3,000 feet and signaling goodbye at 6:05 as they headed toward El Paso. The morning was clear with calm air and the aircraft weighed about 9,000 pounds.
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Riverside
Cal
David Davia
Eric Springer
March Field
New York
el Paso
Slain in the Bloody Nineteenth Ward Shocks Chicago
Chicago police search for the namasine identity of Joseph Lanaplea, the latest victim in the Bloody Nineteenth. Lasplen, a close friend of Anthony DAndrea, Little Italy political leader, was shot from a hiding position in his car. He was seen as DAndrea’s political successor amid several recent killings.
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Chicago
Joseph Lanaplea
19Th Ward
Lasplen
Anthony D'Andrea
Little Italy
Tonneau
Laspina
Mfth
Comancii Nated
D’an
Moscow Needs Milk Soap and Fats Shown to Committee
Miss Anna Haines of Moscow reports to the Russian relief committee that the city’s needs include milk soap and fats. Her findings were received Saturday by the committee in Mart "Tarsan the Terrible" coverage.
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Moscow
Anna Haines
Haines
Splendid Black Bargains in Sizes From 4 to 10
These bargains come in black only and in sizes from 4 to 10. They feature hemmed tops and seamless feet.
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Mart “Tarzan the Terrible
Ireland
de Valera
Lloyd George
ED. L. Keen
Mr “Tarzan the Terrible
Donald H. Bangert
Star Office
Tarzan the Terrible
K. P
Christen Elephant
Pacific
Tarean the
Matar
Plunge
California
Tartan the Terrible
Bon Marche Savings
Gros de
Congress
Senate
Vreiinghauwen
Agriculture Committee
Norris Farm Export Corporation
Wareana
Mart “Tarsan the Terrible
Batiste
Anadon
S&s
Giinabeautiful
Tvaperato
Union Street
BON Marche
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