Bandits Rob Seattle-Renton Car Hold Up Flee After Dust
Five masked men boarded a Seattle to Renton interurban at North Park station, threatened passengers for cash, and escaped on foot after taking about $20 from the car cash box and several riders. Sheriff Hodge pursued with a posse. witnesses described two men as the primary robbers, one tall and unkempt. The crew and 76 passengers, including 6 women, were on board. a logger and a priest offered small sums, all rejected or ignored by the bandits.
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Ben
Seattle
Malone
Brewer
North Park
North Station
Pas
Thecific
Northwest Traction Co
W. E. Delano
Father Saindon
Everett
Emil Schwerdt
J. B. Nelson
Bitter Lake
Armenian S S Sunk Off Cornwall With Horses Aboard
The S S Armenian was torpedoed and sunk about 20 miles west of Parnall Cornwall after leaving Newport News for England. Twenty men believed lost, most of them Americans. ten injured. The ship, leased to the Old Dominion line by British owners, was 8825 tons, 512 feet long, built at Belfast in 1895.
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Washington
State Department
England
Newport News
Cornwall
Old Dominion Line
Parnall
Byrne
Lloyd's Registry
F. Leyland & Co., Limited
Liverpool
Belfast
Missouri Supreme Court Dismisses Excess Fares Suit
The Missouri Supreme Court dismissed on a demurrer the state’s suit against the Chicago and Alton railroad seeking 2 million dollars for excess fares collected while the 2 cent rate was in litigation.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Uncle Sam to feed children in San Francisco plan
Mrs HL BR Darling of Boston told a Child Welfare session that the nutrition bureau of the agricultural department will aid mothers who cannot feed their children or consult a doctor. The relief would come from Uncle Sam as a foster-mother.
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San Francisco
Sam
HL. BR. Darling
Boston
Nutrition Bureau
the Agricultural Department
Mackenzen Splits Slavs Army as German Sweep Advances
Russian right wing is threatened as German forces press forward. The movement signals a major shift in the Eastern Front with aggressive offensives and strategic gains against Slavic forces. Leaders urge resilience as military positions shift rapidly.
Socialists Press Kaiser to End War and Seek Peace
Berlin dispatches report socialist leaders urging government to begin peace negotiations "for humanity" and call on allied socialists abroad to join efforts. The manifesto blames earlier attempts on thwarted peace, cites small signs of English support, and states Germany opposes war for annexation. Reports also note Austro German advances threaten Russian right wing near Lemberg while Germans push shelling and holds on the western front.
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Berlin
Galicia
Lemberg
von Mackenzen
Belz
Komanov
Zamaz
Tanew Forest
Goila
Thia
Condoy Thombardment
War Office
Socialist Party
Vorwaerts
Germany
Jitney Car Service Expands In Spokane
In Spokane on June 30 a new company offers 3 percent fare rides with 19 passenger cars. Books for 100 rides cost 3.50 dollars, as the firm launches multiple vehicles to serve riders.
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Spokane
Irish Patriot O Donovan Rossa Dies in New York
Jeremiah O Donavan known as O Donovan Rossa Irish patriot and revolutionary dies in New York at age 4 banished by Great Britain for 20 years.
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New York
Jeremiah O'Donovan
O'Donovan Rossa
Great Britain
Austrian Fleet Prepares for Decisive Adriatic Battle
Amsterdam reports that on June 30 London dispatches say the Austrian fleet plans to steam out and engage the Italians in a decisive battle in the Adriatic.
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London
Adriatic
Amsterdam
From Grocer’s Clerk to Comic Opera Star
Portland reports a dramatic career shift as W. Ernest Crosby aged 26, formerly a grocer’s clerk, lands a tenor role with the Sari company after a successful tryout.
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Portland
W. Ernest Crosby
Crosby
Sari” Company
Grave Digger Recalls Villa Firing Squad Horror
A Mexican border tale recounts Lee Ellsworth, a teen traveler turned forced grave digger for Villa firing squad victims. He describes dawn executions, brutal beatings, and burying maimed bodies in shallow graves under military orders, a grim ordeal that haunted him after escape.
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Norman Walker
Metropolitan Magazine
New York
EL Paso
Texas
Lee Ellsworth
Guillo
Ellsworth
Sworth
Missouri Town Fetes Clark Wedding With Citywide Prep
Bowling Green Missouri hosts Genevieve Clark wedding to James M Thomson of New Orleans. Thousands arrive by train and car, Missouri’s 3 500 000 population invited. Town decorates streets and buildings, post office swamped with gifts, shops to close for the ceremony.
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Speaker Clark
Bowling Green
Genevieve
James M. Thomson
New Orleans
Miss Clark
Honey Shuck
Champ Clark
Missouri
Genevieve Clark
Clark
Post Office
Express Company
St. Louis
Kansas City
East
Jitney Examinations Under Way for Seattle Electric Co
Fifty auto drivers take exams at the Triangle Building on Wednesday to qualify as jitney bus drivers for Seattle Electric Co. Ten cars are ready now and forty more are on order. The company does not expect immediate revenue but aims to reduce independent drivers’ earnings enough to push them out of business.
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Triangle Building
Seattle Electric Co
Ex-Judge named in latest red light abatement suit
Arthur EB Griffin former Superior Court judge and Robert McCormick owner of the Merchants hotel are named defendants in red light abatement suits filed by Prosecutor Lundin against three alleged immoral houses. The Merchants hotel property is cited with Griffin and McCormick associated. Affidavits by Lundin investigators say harlots solicited at each location. Lundin has 11 abatement suits pending.
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Arthur EB. Griffin
Superior Court
Robert (. McCormick
New Richmond
Lundin
Merchants
Seventh Ave. S
Griffin
Oldfield Goes 99 Miles an Hour at Tacoma Trials
Tacoma reports Barney Oldfield and fellow racers Earl Cooper Bob Burman Billy Carlson and George Hill arrived from Chicago to enter the Tacoma speedway races July 4-5. Tuning of motors and track trials proceed briskly as Oldfield topped the tests with a 99.6 mph lap.
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Tacoma
Earl Cooper
Bob Burman
Billy Carlson
George Hill
Chicago
Tacoma Speedway
Barney Oldfield
Knights Arrive in Town for Sound Tour Event
About 150 Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus arrived from Chicago Wednesday morning. The group will tour the Sound area with a local Knights chapter, then attend a dance and banquet at the Knights’ clubhouse tonight.
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Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus
Chicago
Round Sound
Knights
Arrest Ad Bank Man in Tacoma Case
June 30. J. D. Bagley was arrested and held at the county jail suspected of running a confidence advertising game through the Puyal lup valley. Merchants were his chief victims in the alleged scheme.
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Tacoma
Puyallup Valley
J. D. Bagley
Voice identification in night rider trial names Vanderpoole
South Bend June 30 Mrs Margaret M Ross prosecuting witness in the night rider cases identified Claude Vanderpoole the first of 48 defendants on trial by his voice saying she was sure he was one of the men she heard during the night her cabin burned and county driven out
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South Bend
Margaret M. Ross
Claude Vanderpoole
Has Job, Gets Well
William Howe, 48, of 2118 Seventh Ave, who tried to commit suicide Tuesday night by gas after losing work, is recovering rapidly at the city hospital.
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William Howe
Seventh Ave
Northwest merchants plan third annual convention here
Seattle hosts the third annual Northwest merchants convention inviting 15 000 merchants from Washington Oregon and Idaho to attend August 16 to 21.
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Seattle
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Stevens Woman's Relief Club Social Friday Lunch
The Stevens Woman's Relief Club plans a social and noon lunch Friday in the Veteran Hall Armory. All members and friends are invited to attend.
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Stevens Woman's Relief Club
Veteran Hall
Armory
Train of Wedding Guests Derailed
Mrs Champ Clark rushed by automobile to Curryville Missouri after hearing a Chicago and Alton train carrying two Bennett nephews to a daughter's wedding derailed. No injuries were reported as the derailed train halted after a 10 mile dash through marshes and barbed wire.
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Browling Green
Chicago & Alton
Joel
Grant Bennett
Champ Clark
Curryville
Roof Garden Opening Slated for Shrine Week July 12
Gov Lister and Mayor Gill will attend the roof garden opening on July 12 atop the White Henry and Stuart buildings during Shrine week. A fireworks display will light the roof as nobles of El Mina temple Houston bring 350 50 pound watermelons in a refrigerator car for a feast. A plantation theme with incandescents, a big stage and band stands will accompany performances by colored singers and dancers. The Wild West Roundup seat sales begin Thursday at 816 Second Ave.
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Gov. Lister
Gill
Henry and Stuart
el Mina Temple
Houston
Tex
Imperial Council
Manufacturers’ Association
Madison Park
Second Ave
Inquiry into Hoquiam seizure links Huerta to ship cargo
United States officials in Seattle investigate a cargo of 4000 rifles 1,000,000 cartridges and belts seized from the schooner Annie Larson at Hoquiam. Possible ties to Huerta revolution plans and a transfer to a Standard Oil tanker are explored while legality under neutrality laws is debated.
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United States
Allen
Seattle
Hoquiam
Mexico
Standard
Isla
Huerta
Standard Otl Company
R. L. Sebastian
Annie Larson
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