Schiff Party Heads to Alaska Amid Rail Road Talk
The Schiff family, led by Jacob Schiff, sails for Alaska amid discussion of railroad prospects and Taft era policy. Guests include Mrs Loeb and Miss Wise with professors and bankers observing the voyage as opinions on Roosevelt and insurgent ideas surface.
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Cacob Schiff
Beattie
Alaska
Col Roosevelt and i
Frankfort
Germany
Loeb
Schiff
Miss Wise
Professor Loeb
Roosevelt
New
H Wnson
Ax Ti A.plimpton
Garland on Trial in Seattle Fraud Case Amid Missing Books
William Garland faces trial before Superior Judge Kauffman for frenzied finance in Seattle as prosecutors demand the vanished Apex Coal books. Vanderveer failed to produce the books and testimony revealed unclear prosecutions practices amid warnings from the judge.
Marie Henry quotes and Watterson on wives and honesty
June 28. Col. Watterson defends remarks about women once read aloud to his son in law. He recalls a wedding breakfast and advises the groom to confess to wife after a few drinks, while warning to lie about women when sober but truth in drunken moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Henry
Watterson
Marie Henry Mévice
Marriner Taynell
Col. Watterson
Passengers Clash With Conductors Over Five Cent Fare
Tacoma crowds resist a nickel surcharge as street railway officials deploy extra conductors to eject nonpaying riders. A Mayors order and court battles ignite nightly clashes with police arrests, while citizens insist on paying only five cents and plan lawsuits for damages.
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United Press
Tacoma
Street
Fawcett
Street Railway Company
Supreme Court
Fern Hill
Sttes
Oiay
Bombing at Teatro Cellar Kills Eight in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires on June 2 a bomb torn through the Teatro Cellar during a packed performance wounding eight and sending hundreds to jail as police seek the assailant. A $50,000 reward is offered for information identifying the bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Melodrama at Alhambra Moves to Alhambra Tonight
Seattle Theatre Stock company presents Escaped From the Harem transferred to the Alhambra Wednesday night with a dancing act by three Seattle society ladies. The move aims to establish Russell & Drews permanent stock at the boulevard theatre and offers patrons first chance to see the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Theatre Stock Company
Alhambra Theatre
Seattle Theatre
Seattle Society
Russell & Drew
Boulevard Theatre
A Wife or War or Both of Them
Paris reports a parliament move to boost France birth rates. Proposed measures include extra military service for bachelors over 29, mandatory marriage for state employees at 25, extra pay and pensions for those with more than three children, and repeal of equal estate distribution among children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
France
Peripatetics Walkers Trek to Columbia River Coast
The Queen Anne High School walking club the Peripatetics passed Astoria yesterday on a long distance trek. They left June 20 heading to the Columbia River mouth then plan to Ilwaco and up the coast via Grays Harbor. Each student carried cooking utensils blankets and knapsacks. J H Bretz reported all students are handling the journey well.
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Peripatetics
Astoria
Columbia
Ilwaco
Grays Harbor
J. H. Bretz
May Build Monument to McGraw Debated by Chamber
Judge C M H Hanford and BE CC Hughes introduced a resolution at the Chamber of Commerce meeting urging a monument to John H. McGraw. The measure was well received. A telegram from the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast expressed regret over Gov. McGraw's untimely death.
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Associated Chambers of Commerce of the
Pacific Coast
Gov. McGraw
Tragedy After Ball Game in Kerrville
Leslie Pratten mocked Ollie Mellis for a strikeout at Kerrville yesterday. After the game Mellis fatally shot Pratten, who was married with two children. Mellis is jailed in the county jail.
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Leslie Pratten
Ollie Mellis
Kerrville
Hellis
Pratten
Dr Crichton to Talk on Flies and Health Topics
Health officer Dr J. K. Crichton will present an illustrated talk on flies garbage collection and dairying in several stages this evening at 8 o clock at West Beattie Congregational church 44th Street West Hill area.
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DR. Crichton
J. K. Crichton
Weat Beattie
Annette Kellerman Tours Seattle With Pink Fashion
Silent splash star Annette Kellerman arrives in Seattle for a week long vacation before her Orpheum engagement. She wears pink silk and leather accessories, travels with Mise Coster, and comments on celebrity culture and her Australian roots while exploring the city.
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Annette Kellerman
Miss Kellerman
Seattle
Orpheum
Washington
15 Jailed for Fraud in U S Mail Scheme
George H. Parker, a millionaire and financial agent for United Wireless Telegraph, was arrested on charges of using the mail to defraud. Parker posted $16,000 bail after arraignment, with the case tied to a 1916 letter to B E B Shepperd containing false statements about the company's finances. Parker conspired with Col. Christopher Wilson, Samuel Bogart, and W W Tompkins, who were arrested in New York on June 16.
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United States Mail
George H. Parker
Fincal
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Mississipp River
Portal Department
Parker
W. D. Totten
B. E B. Shepperd
Des Moines
Iowa
Post Office
CL. Wayland
United States District
Elmer F. Todd
Washington
Postal Service
Col. Christopher ©. Wilson
United Wireless
Samuel Bogart
W. W. Tompkins
Congress session sets record for length and lawmaking
United Press reports a long 1930s congress session with about 1.074 billion dollars spent and a Congressional Record near 10 000 pages. About 27 065 house bills and 8 800 senate bills were introduced, with 136 house and 83 senate laws enacted. The president approved 10 800 appointments.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
House
Senate
Hodge Triumphs as Civil Suit Is Stricken From Calendar
Superior Judge Webster halted a bid to rush Sheriff Hodge into an unprepared civil case. He ruled the suit as improper for trial at this time, noting no prior notice and that it must follow the regular legal process. The decision stripped the case from the trial calendar and ordered orderly handling.
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Webster
Hodge
Vanderveer
Carrigan
J. W. Roberts
Big Airliner Adrift in a Gale
Berlin reports the Zeppelin passenger airship Deutschland wrecked near Iburg West Germany with twenty newspaper men aboard feared in grave danger. Dispatches from Dusseldorf say the aerial liner is helplessly adrift in a heavy gale after being driven by high winds over Osnabrueck.
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United Press
Berlin
Iburg
West Germany
Dusseldorf
Germany
Dortmund
Muenster
Senator McEnery Dies in New Orleans at 73
Samuel Douglas McEnery United States Senator from Louisiana died in New Orleans at 10 a m. He was born in Monroe on May 28 1837 and served in the Civil War as a Confederate lieutenant. He later sat on the state supreme bench and had been a senator since March 4, 1897, among the Senate’s oldest Democrats in service.
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New Orleans
United States
Samuel Douglas McEnery
Senator McEnery
Louisiana
Monroe
United States Senate
Senate
Lawyer files suit over assault on Cherry Street
Leopold M. Stern sues Benjamin Gerber in superior court seeking 5000 damages for injuries after being struck in the face on Cherry Street between First and Second Avenues on April 30. Stern wore glasses at the time and narrowly escaped serious harm.
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Leopold M. Stern
Benjamin Gerber
Gerber
Stern
Cherry St
First
Second Ave
Weather Forecast and Quotation Note
Fair tonight and Wednesday with light westerly winds. Quote from New York Press remarks on a man adopting the same airs of proprietorship in religion as in money matters.
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New York Press
Bishop of Sweden Welcomed at Indianapolis Wharf
A crowd of Swedish Seattle residents greeted Bishop Karl Ges von Scheele at the Indianapolis wharf at 12:45 as he arrived from Tacoma to connect with church work in the United States. After luncheon he tours the city by car and will be hosted at John Erikson’s home for a banquet.
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Seattle
Karl Ges von Scheele
Indianapolis
Tacoma
United States
John Erikson
Hanker
Ton and a Half of Gold Arrives From Skagway
More than one and a half tons of gold, about 45 000 ounces troy valued at 837 000 dollars, arrived on the steamers Spokane and Dolphin from Skagway yesterday. The gold, from Fairbanks, was consigned to the Washington Trust company. It will go to the United States assay office, then to the mint, and finally back to Seattle.
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Spokane
Dolphin
Skagway
Fairbanks
Washington Trust Company
United States Assay Office
Mint
Seattle
Browne Jury Out 90 Hours Sets Illinois Record
In Chicago on June 28 the Browne bribery jury failed to reach a verdict after deliberating for 90 hours, breaking Illinois’ previous 82 hour record set in the Cronin case. The panel was still out at 10 am.
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Browne
Chicago
Ilinois
Dr. Cronin
Zee Nut bomb to explode over The Star office
A spoof event promises a Zee Nut bomb explosion on Saturday July 2 at 3 PM above The Star office. The mortar blast will release 1500 coupon prizes in red white and blue, with Penn R. Watson and National Grocery of Seattle behind the stunt. Expect a lively scene at the office roof.
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Star Office
Penn R. Watson
National Grocery Company
Seattle
Star
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Kauffman
Apex Coal Company
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Reynolds
King County
Beardslee
Chet Belding
Fis
Alhambra
Columbia River
Parker’s
Capitol Hill
M’graw
C. MH. Hanford
BE CC
Hughes
Tion
Chamber of Commerce
John H. McGraw
Annette
Marion Lowe
Mise Coster
New Brooklyn
N. Y
Actors’ Fund Fair
Australia
Bob Hodge
Judge
Senator M'Enery
Sweden
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