Deaf mute boy struck and killed by cable car
Five year old Robert Norton, a deaf mute pupil of Washington School, was killed near 6 50 p m when a cable car at 20th avenue and Way struck him after he stood on the curb. The car was moving about ten miles an hour and the driver did not see him until impact.
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Robert Norton
Robert H. Norton
Yesterway
20Th Ave
Washington
A. FE. F
France
Ferme
Bainbridge
Start Big Plane Flight Thursday
The Boston airplane flight is scheduled to begin Thursday despite unfavorable conditions. The route starts in Dallas with morning departure and stops at Little Rock Scottfield Louis and Indianapolis for the first night. It continues to Cleveland Bellefontaine Mineola and Mineola before arriving in Boston on the morning of the third day with Major Roy Brown of Kelly Field as navigating officer.
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Las
Boston
Dallas
Field
Little Rock
Scottfield
Louis
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Bellefontaine
Mineola
L. A
Roy Brown
Kellyfield
San Antonio
Capital and Labor Can Settle Disputes Amicably Says Labor Leader
William L. Short of the State Federation of Labor told a Transportation club luncheon that if leaders in authority had retained control last February there would have been no general strike. He urged frank cooperation and a reasonable relationship between capital and labor, noting increased labor legislation from mutual discussion.
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Labor
William L. Short
State Federation of Labor
Transportation Club
Short
Plan for Ruth Garrison case judgment Thursday
The Ruth Garrison case judgment will be prepared for signature by Superior Judge John S. Jurey on Thursday, with Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John D. Carmody handling the filing. The 38 year old slayer of Mrs Grace Storrs is handed to a guard from the Walla Walla state penitentiary and likely taken to the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane at Medical Lake.
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Ruth Garrison
John S. Jurey
John D. Carmody
Grace Storrs
Walla Walla State Penitentiary
Eastern Washington Hospital For
Medical Lake
Irish-American Representatives Barred From Westport
Frank Waleh Edward Dunne and Michael Ryan, American Irish-American society delegates, were blocked when barred from entering Westport military area yesterday. They were expected to return to Paris today.
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Dublin
United Press
Frank Waleh
Edward Dunne
Michael Ryan
United States
Paris
Westport
Honors of War Paid to Edith Cavell in Brussels
Edith Cavell's remains, escorted by British and Belgian troops, were moved through Brussels in a solemn funeral cortege. The casket draped with the Union Jack rested on a gun carriage as bands played and crowds paid silent tribute before the body was sent to Ostend for shipment to England.
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Brussels
Edith Cavell
Great Britain
Church of England
Higahan
Miss Cavell
Gare du Nord
Ostend
England
Mmne Cavell
Tts
Wenethinatér Abbey
Norwich
204 Ships Delivered to U S This Year
The United States Shipping Board announced 204 ships totaling 781 980 gross tons were delivered between January 1 and May 7. April saw the strongest output with 320 280 gross tons, the best month since October 1918, led by the Great Lakes and Gulf districts in steel and wood ships.
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United States Shipping Board
Great Lakes
Gulf District
Vote on Stockade Change Delayed by Spending Concerns
Council delays action on the Beacon Hill stockade repeal and funding ordinance after Alderman Fitzgerald notes more than $900 spent and outstanding bills. The delay pushes consideration to next week amid questions on costs.
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Beacon Hill
Fitzgerald
War on thieves feared as Los Angeles police station robbed
City authorities vow action after a nighttime break in at the Los Angeles police station. Detectives survey the scene for clues while residents fear rising crime as investigators pursue leads to identify the burglars who targeted the safe and pass keys.
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Los Angeles
Army Green Goods Man Escapes Jail
Private Frank Edward Speicher, accused of taking $7500 from an automobile syndicate by promising army motor cars, escaped from the army prison barracks on Governor’s Island. Two sentinels suspected of aiding him are under arrest. Speicher was seized at Danbury, Connecticut, weeks earlier.
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New York
Frank Edward Speicher
Army
Wallingford
Governor's Island
Army Intelligence Bureau
Speicher
Danbury
Conn
Army Motor Cars
Bolshevism Losing Ground in Russia
State department officials said Bolshevism is losing ground in Russia while the Omsk government friendly to the Allies grows stronger. They indicated a $20,000,000 loan to the Siberian railway, to go directly to allied‑held railways, but not to any Russian government.
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Washington
United Press
Russia
The Star Advertising Outlook Prompts Local Interest
Readers are urged to consider The Star for advertising needs as the paper highlights local business outreach. The message emphasizes broad reach, trusted brand, and targeted demographics for campaigns.
Transatlantic flight hopes rise for NC-1 NC-3
American sea planes NC-1 and NC-3 await launch from Abro ad on the way to the Azores with favorable weather reported along the route. NC-4 may join if conditions hold, as Commander Towers plans a 24 000 pound start load including an engineer and extra fuel.
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A. BE. Johnson
United Press
Patri the
Commander Towers
NC-4
United States
Rockaway
Chatham
Maan
Towers
Azores
NC-4 Still Held Up in Home Base
Unfavorable weather halted the US seaplane NC 4 at Chatham Massachusetts as it awaits resumed flight to Trepassey Bay Newfoundland. The craft has been at port since last Friday after limping in for engine repairs.
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Chatham
Mass
United States
NC 4
Trepassey Bay
N. F
Venezuelan General Killed in Failed Revolt
Gen. Manuel Regules, commander of Venezuelan government troops, was killed in an unsuccessful revolt against the government. His forces subdued the revolutionaries led by Ernesto Olin, according to a message to the state department.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
W. F. Mead
Emil Hermann
Clarence L. Reames
United States
Mead
McNeil Island Penitentary
Socialist Party
Federal
Washington
Manuel Regules
Venezuela
State Department
Regules
Ernesto Olin
English Language Proposal Shaped by Education Official
Washington May 11 Dr Pp P Chexton A S Commissioner of education urged compulsory use of English in all public and private schools in an address before the Americanization conference yesterday.
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Washington
Pp. P. Chexton
A. S
Fashionable plaid gingham frocks at The Bon Marche
Two strap style dresses priced four and four fifty dollars on upper and main floors. Described as good looking for home porch street or outing. Features organdic vest, ruffled collar and cuffs with crocheted buttons. Wednesday Wash Dress Day listed.
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BON Marche
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