Council to Back Up Girl and Booze Fight Policy
City council finance committee backs Mayor Gill's stance to fund and defend anti liquor measures. Prosecutor Lundin targets Eyres Storage and Distributing Co for liquor without permits. Police seize 50 gallon whisky barrel and three beer casks from a garage raid. Washington proposes a 634,000 man peace defense force with new militia and federalization rules.
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Council Finance Committee
Gill
Thomson, Haas
Fitzgerald
Hesketh
Dale
Moore and
Haas
Caldwell
Moore
Lundin
Eyres Storage and Distributing Co
Clarence Gerald
23Rd Ave
E. Marion St
J. E. Johnson
Savoy Hotel
Sergt. Putnam
Ita
Walter Eyres
Eyres
Al Lawrence to Join Wilkes Players at Orpheum
The Star reports Albert Lawrence will act with the Wilkes Players for a week at the Orpheum. He plays the office boy Reddy in Ready Money and will perform at 11 o clock Sunday morning with an unusual salary. Lawrence says he was compelled to join and will open Sunday night.
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Lawrence
Alla
Walsh
Wilkes Stock Company
Kerr
Star
Law
Orpheum
Albert Lawrence
Reddy
Wilkes Players
Mr. Lawrence
Bulgars Withdraw Troops for Balkan Offensive Moves
Bulgaria pulls troops from the Romanian frontier and redirects them to Salonika in preparation for a potential Allied offensive in the Balkans, according to Odessa dispatches.
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London
Bulgaria
Salonika
Balkans
Odessa
Tides at Seattle Show Varied Heights Throughout Day
Tides in Seattle reach 19.9 feet at 6:67 am and 16.9 feet at 2:19 pm with high readings of 7.6 feet around 7:23 pm. Early morning 7.56 am records 6.6 feet, outlining a day of fluctuating coastal levels.
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Seattle
Law
The Unafraid by Eleanor Ingram opens in The Stores
Delight Warren, a merry heroine, travels to the Balkan states where she plans to marry a Montenegrin officer but ends up wed to his brother. She is kidnapped and forced into marriage amid peril and humor.
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Delight Warren
Eleanor Ingram
Stors
Mayor Gill Denounces Wet Vote Amid Saloons Closure
In a Commercial Club speech, Mayor Gill criticizes the wet vote and vows to keep liquor laws dry. He cites prior destitute-women complaints about husbands' gambling in saloons, noting none since saloons shut down.
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Gill
Commercial Club
Attacks Repulsed Near Fort Douaumont and Thiaumont
Reports from Paris state several heavy German assaults on Fort Douaumont and Thiaumont were repulsed with heavy losses after a night of terrific bombardments. In New Jersey the presidential delegate selection saw thirteen thousand more Republicans than Democrats casting ballots.
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Paris
Fort Douaumont
Thiaumont
War Office
New Jersey
Riot in Mannheim Claims 300 Lives in Food Unrest
London report says unprecedented food riots erupted in Mannheim Germany last Saturday. Machine guns quelled the mob. three hundred killed and wounded. Fugitives arrived at Basle with the tale, via the Exchange Telegraph correspondent.
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London
Mannheim
Germany
Geneva
Basle
Police tipped liquor raid foiled at Gerald venue
Seattle police intelligence led to a foiled liquor raid at Clarence Gerald’s establishment. Prosecutor Lun din says two criminal informations filed over selling whisky and beer to a young couple. He planned a later raid to uncover a stock room but a drinkless exit followed. Mothers Day drives fund for Mother Ryther House seeking 250 pledges of 1 a month to repair and sustain the shelter. Messages to Malin 15 collect names for pledges.
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Seattle
Clarence Gerald
Lundin
Laiidin
Gerald
Mother Ryther
Denny Way
Ryther
Irene Bishop
Malin 15
Early voting and ballot drop sites listed for city election
Voters are urged to vote early with polls closing at 8 p m. Ballots will be counted Sunday and the Star’s preferential primary result announced Monday. Voters must sign name and address on ballots which will be destroyed after counting. Ballots available at Bon Marche Fraser Patersons New York barber shop White Building barber shop Sanitary market Westlake market Pike Place market Shafer Bros Hatton and Oliver Cheasty's Haberdashery.
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Star
Bon Marche
Fraser-Paterson's
New York
White Building
Sanitary
Westlake
Pike Place
Shafer Bros. Hatton & Oliver, Cheasty's Haberdashery
Caplan Jury Deliberations Begin in Los Angeles Case
In Los Angeles on May 13 the Caplan case went to the jury at 11 06 a m after closing arguments. The trial concerns the alleged actions of David Caplan in a high profile legal matter with jurors now weighing evidence and testimony.
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108
Angeles
I David Caplan
Child Dies in Fire Escape Fall at Parkers Apartments
Eight year old Joy Sanford slipped from a two story fire escape at the Parkers Apartments 417 15th Ave N. and is near death from a fractured skull at Minor hospital. Parents Mr and Mrs Warren Sanford reside there. Vessel repair at Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremer ton rushed for possible Mexican emergency.
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Joy Sanford
Parkers Apartments
15Th Ave. N
Mrs
Warren Sanford
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Carstens Stricken at Home in Berlin Avenue
Ernst Carstens president of the German American Mercantile Bank was stricken suddenly with paralysis several days ago at his home 1422 Bellevue Ave He remained in Minor hospital after a quiet night Saturday as doctors held out hope for his recovery.
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Ernst Carstens
Teachers at Lunch Held for Seattle Grading Staff
Seattle grade teachers gathered for their annual luncheon at the Commercial Club on Saturday noon. About 300 attended with Superintendent Cooper, school supervisors and principals as guests.
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Seattle
Commercial Club
Cooper
Watchful waiting on border tensions with Carranzistas
U. P. staff report from Washington on May 13 describes a tense border watch as American forces tighten lines south of Columbus. Maj. Langhorne tracks Boquillas raiders while Carranzistas move toward Big Bend Texas, with U. S troops to cooperate pending possible outbreak. Gen. Scott travels to Washington with updates for policy decisions.
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Columbus
Maj
Langhorne
Big Bend
Texas
U. S
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Pastor Guilty in Attack on 15-Year-Old Gertrude Lamson
In Oroville on May 13 Rev. Madison Slaughter was found guilty of assaulting Gertrude Lamson aged 15. This marked his second trial after a hung jury in the first proceeding.
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Oroville
Madison Slaughter
Gertrude Lamson
Rep rimand closes case of Lieut. Col. Goodier
President Wilson issues a reprimand ending the court martial of Lieut. Col. Lewis E. Goodier who faced charges over dissatisfactions among men at the San Diego army aviation station in California.
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Washington
Wilson
Lewis E. Goodier
Army Aviation
San Diego
Villa Reported With 100 Followers Near Carrizo
Francisco Villa and about 100 followers are reported at a ranch near Carriso located 40 miles northwest of La Ascension in Namiquipa Mexico. In Tacoma Dr E M Brown a beloved Spanish American War veteran died of cancer on Friday.
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H. D. Jacobs
U. P
E. M. Brown
Tacoma
Widow charges ill fated Roanoke overload
San Francisco May 13. Mrs John G Dennis widow of the Roanoke second officer charges the liner was overloaded on its fatal voyage. She says interior was sawed away to make room for cargo and carpenters worked all day Monday removing beams and braces. Her husband predicted the ship would not reach San Pedro.
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Everett
Ralph C. Bell
Esther Aldeen Lyen
Cooley
Cecil Lewis Lyen
Hart
Brown
Lyen
Denver
Eather Aldeen
Roanoke
San Francisco
John G. Dennis
Port San Luis
Pacific
Para
Anoke
San Pedro
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