Indian Conductor of Car Electrocuted. Prisoner Sam Morris
A full blooded Indian known as Sam Morris awaits trial for writing a bad check for 153.65 on Northern Banking & Trust Co. He has multiple aliases and prior jail time under the name H. Clarence. A Carlisle graduate, he is described as an expert penman, bookkeeper and shorthand writer who blames white man's whisky for his downfall.
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Sam Morris
Northern Banking & Trust Co
Morris
H. Clarence
Carlisle University
Walla Walla
Passengers See Him Grab Wire And Die
Harry Winters, a conductor on the East Union line, died after touching a high voltage trolley wire that had fallen across a sidewalk. He attempted to move the live copper with a broom to prevent harm to others as medical staff fought to revive him at Seattle General Hospital.
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Winter
East Union St
East Union
27Th St
Seattle General Hospital
Indian Man In Jail Voices White Man's Legacy
An unnamed Indian recounts his descent into crime after Carlisle and Haskell schooling under white control. He forges checks to buy whisky, endures a county jail cage beside a pickpocket and a murderer, and writes poems in solitude. He laments broken Indigenous life, white oppression, and his desire for freedom. His wife and children live in Oklahoma, awaiting his release.
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Theo
Haskell University
Carlisle
Oklahoma
Goodby
Bulgarians Routed Greeks in Bayonet Handtohand Clash
Bulgarians advanced and routed Greek forces in close combat at bayonet point. Reports say a battle is ongoing between Bulgarian and Servian troops. Cale Dornick has carried a silver 3 cent piece for 30 years, awaiting it to command a premium.
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Bofia
Leftera
Cale Dornick
Tragic Sewer Collapse Drowns Three in Cleveland
Three laborers drowned and four others buried under debris in a Cleveland sewer cavern. Rescue teams search the site as fears grow for additional fatalities.
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Cleveland
Open Air Free Benefit Show at Metropolitan Park
A two oclock open air benefit concert at Metropolitan Park features star performers from Hanky Panky led by Florence Moore and Harry Cooper. The all star cast sings and parades for Mother Ryther Home with proceeds earmarked for the charity.
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Metropolitan Park
Fourth
University
Max Rogers
Bobby North
Myrtle Gilbert
Flo May
Christine Nielsen
Pyramid Land
Florence Moore
William Montgomery
Lucila
Clay Smith
Virginia Evans
Harry Cooper
My Hero
Cooper
Mississippi
Sissippi
Seattle
Moore Theatre
Ryther Kiddies
Mother Ryther
Ryther
India Tests Prickly Pear Feed for Cattle
In India the agricultural department experiments with feeding prickly pears to cattle adding cotton seed oil to counteract thorn irritation, exploring a new forage method.
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India
Agricultural Department
Veterans Arrive as Gettysburg Heat Tests Civil War Guests
Washington veterans arrive by special train and walk to camp while doctors monitor 30 000 on site for the 50th reunion. More than 15 000 expected tomorrow as Gen Meade and Gen Lee memories flood Gettysburg with Blue and Gray observers. Two deaths and fifty prostrations reported amid heat. limited daily program planned.
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Gettysburg
State of
Washington
Meade
Gen. Lee
Alfred Beers
Grand Army of the Republic
Sicians
Joe Wheeler
Buford
Inside pages promise feature stories and serials
The Stars Page 3 to 8 highlights conclude Gouverneur Morris tale Captain England and Gettysburg battle analyses by a military expert, alongside a housewife aid against short weight graft, a prize letter on happiness in marriage, a Canadian railroad route shortening world travel time, and a convict father with four convict sons.
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of the Stars
Gouverneur Morris
Wilds
Canada
No More Bets at Ball Park In Gambling Bust
Nine baseball Wookies charged with gambling had cases continued to July 10. Arrested Saturday by Patrolmen Justus Legate and McGill for the first park gambling arrests, the group includes William Brack with a book totaling 2381 dollars 40 cents A H McCormick with 69 dollars 45 cents J R Gibson Charles E Strand Al Wolf T Yamasaki Harry Rosenthal J P Kilmartin and W M Shaw were released on bail.
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Wookies
Justus
Legate
McGill
William Brack
A. H. McCormick
J. R. Gibson
Charles E. Strand
al Wolf
T. Yamasaki
Harry Rosenthal
J. P. Kilmartin
W. M. Shaw
Masson Feared Killed as Air Mission Fails
In Guaymas rebel camp reports sweep mass to the effect Didier Masson the French aviator and adventurer may be dead or gravely wounded after his aeroplane lurched and descended under fire over the city. No word since. Heat famine and disease plague camps of both sides.
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Douglas
Ariz
Didier Masson
Guaymas
Masson
Four The Star coupons redeem pennants by mail
Readers can exchange any four consecutively numbered Star coupons plus 15 cents at The Star office for a 65 cent pennant. Each week offers a different pennant and mail delivery costs 5 cents extra for postage.
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Harry Winter
Fred L. Boalt
Law
Zeus
Ner
Bennett Young
The
Confederate Veterans
Ball Park
Myatt-Fowells
Fourth and Pine
Star Office
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