Mount Pelee disaster and looting fears in Martinique
May reports describe Mount Pelee’s ongoing eruption near St Pierre with volunteers and ships aiding survivors. Officials warn danger not over as 3,000 residents seek shelter, while looters and mobs are curbed by patrols and threats of immediate execution. Weather disrupts crops as Vesuvio vents acid clouds.
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Martinique
St. Pierre
Cap
Ernor
Mount Pelee
Hos
Wallibu
St. Vincent
DE France
Ment
Law and liquor penalties outlined by judge
The judge cites the law and enforces penalties for illicit sale of liquors without license. George fines E F Al- Whoruna at Mach 356 and imposes a two day jail term conditional on Ceasing liquor sales. Offenders face up to $1,000 fines or up to thirty days in jail for each offense.
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George
E. F. al- Whoruna
Metropolitan Eagle Dance House
Albrecht
Ve Ip
Seattle
Teddy’s Terrors Invite Roosevelts Mock Assembly
In Washington on May 16 President Roosevelt received a peculiar invitation from Teddy’s Terrors of Los An no Seats round-up. The note, burned and sealed in a redwood box from California, urged a visit with promises of ten and we share, feed and water, stock’s fat, irons ready. Senators Perkins and Bard delivered the item, which the president reportedly preferred to a gold plate.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Teddy
Los Anno
California
Mega
Perkine and Bard
Gambling houses run very light as raids loom
In Seattle, gambling dens slash stakes and hide valuables while deputies close in with warrants. Despite threats, Rickard delays action, and Judge Winsor plans to decide soon. A new Green Light Club opens under fresh management amid tightened security and ongoing prohibition clashes.
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Tenderloin
Green Light Club
Blake & Nelson's
Washington Street
Occidental Avenue
Wiliam Braden
Kid” Cooper
Thomas Nelson
Law and Order League
Bio Gamblers
Raiders
Death By Whisky Aged 11 in West Seattle
An 11 year old boy Willie Weber died early this morning in West Seattle from acute alcoholism after obtaining three pints of whisky from a wholesale liquor house. The boy traveled with 16 year old Charlie Woods and drank with him at Woods home and a tent near the power house before dying at 5 AM. Deputy Coroner Wiltsie ordered an autopsy as the body was sent to Butterworth’s undertakers.
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Willie Weber
West Seattie
King County
Seattle
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Joseph Weber
Williecher
Chariie Woods
Weber
Firet Avenue
Charlie Woods
F. A. Buck & Co
Weber Boy
Weat
Wee
W. G. Grayson
West Seattle
Woods
Wiltsie
Butterworth's
Shingle Mills to Close in Statewide Shutdown
The Red Cedar Shingle Manufacturers' Association orders a two week shutdown of all mills starting Saturday to support a sagging market. About 300 shingle plants are affected while fir logs have risen 50 cents per 1, and cedar log prices are reported firmer.
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Red Cedar Shingle Manufacturers’ Association
Puget Sound Timberman’s Assoc
Secret Service Captures Gaynor and Green in Canada
May 14 reports say U S Secret Service seized Col Gaynor and Capt Green who fled to Canada amid defalcation charges. A chase by tug and trains ensued as warrants were sworn. they were later brought to Montreal for custody. They appeared in court and were remanded until Monday.
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Quebec
United States Secret Service
Col. Gaynor
Green
Canada
Carter
Montreal
Col
Gaynor
Greene
Kidna
Windsor Hotel
Kaiser offers statue of Frederick the Great to Roosevelt
Berlin May 16 The Kaiser offers a stone statue of Frederick the Great to President Roosevelt as a symbol of German American friendship. If accepted it would be erected in Washington and Roosevelt says he will place the offer before Congress immediately.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Roosevelt
Frederick the Great
Washington
Congress
Western Central Labor Union Supports Hotel Staff
The Western Central Labor Union held a regular meeting Wednesday to sustain cooks and waiters at the hotel, signaling backing for hotel labor requests.
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Western Central Labor Union
The
Madrid cele brates King Alfonso as oath day nears
May 16 in Madrid marks the completion of celebratory rites as the young king is invested with orders by royal and foreign figures. The capital hosts a surge of provincial authorities, scholars, clergy, and thousands of visitors while security measures tighten for the constitution oath tomorrow in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Madrid
Order of the Garter
Royal Palace
Duke of Connaught
Ki Edward
O Siam
Blamese Reyes
Eugene
Sweden
Order of Seraphim
Spain
Nicipal
Chamber of Deputies
Cooks and Waiters Union Endures Hotel Butler Fight
Night session sees union back Cooks and Walters in a strike against Hotel Butler. Union reps tell Star they seek just wages already conceded by other city restaurants and insist Hamm refused to recognize the union, pledging to continue the fight.
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Cooks’ and
Walters
Butler
Star
Hamm
Hobos and the Ducks on Grant Street Bridge
Policeman Tom Bevan chased two hobos near South Seattle last night just before 11. They dropped bundles containing 16 live ducks stolen from H. Bird, an elderly resident near the bridge. Bevan fired several shots but the pair escaped. one shot is believed to have struck one thief.
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Tom Bevan
Grant Street
Seattle
Bevan
H. Bird
Yukon River Navigation Reopens Near Dawson
Advices indicate Yukon River navigation is resuming with ice jams breaking rapidly. A party from the Northern Publishing Company spent the past month gathering information for a report, while LeBarge departed for camp.
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Dawson, Ny Y
Yukon River
LeBarge
Bering Sea
New Independent Telephone Company Directory Planned for June
The publishing company announces a new telephone directory due in June with complete subscriber lists, railway and steamship timetables, and public guidance information. It will be sold quarterly, requiring over 10,000 copies for King and Snohomish counties, designated as the central district.
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Independent Telephone Company
King and Snohomish
Ballard Invites Delegates for Day in Town
The Ladies Current Club of Ballard hosts about 100 Eastern delegates from the Los Angeles convention and the Seattle Federation of Women's clubs. They will tour the town tomorrow at the large shingle mill and receive souvenirs marking Ballard as a leading shingle mill center.
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Ballard
Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs
Los Angeles
Seattle
Presbyterian Creed Revision Discussed at General Assembly
The creed revision committee report was laid before the General Assembly and discussed immediately after reading. A burglary wave on Queen Anne Hill sees several houses broken into by one likely thief or group, with thefts minimal but lunches taken during visits. Detective Adama pursues the burglar as industrial news reports Pacific Coast Pipe Company expanding operations at Pallard, with pipes from 2 to 12 inches and a new machine to wrap 12 to 24 inch pipes, plus shipments of Noel and water system franchises for Bremerton and Charleston.
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New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Queen Anne Hill
Durne
Adama
Pacific Coast Pipe Company
H. Orchard Io
A. EB. Mirage
Pallard
Noel
Bremerton
Charleston
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Bay of
Naples
Caesar
Cassius
Jack
Noble Clancy
Earth
Wheat
vHicano
Richard
Rickard
Fulton
Richard Winsor
Crusaders
Th City
John H. Powell
Dresterday
Winsor
Meat Trust
Alfonso
Hobos and
DUCKS
Yukon
Northern Publishing Company
Will
Beattie and Vicinity
Second Ave
Adams & Blanchard
Hinckley
Beattie
Bert Acitizeny
Oxford
Youmans
Adams « Blanchard
Columbia Street
Second Hill
Herbert
Schewerman
First Avenue and
Cherry St
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co
First Avenue
Bon Marche Brock
Second Avenue
John J. KO Wallag
Bet
Columbia
Marion
Comscom Qusliness College
Chas
ENR Ang NA
Burke Optician Ant Ta
New Britain
Ecru
Lillian Russell and
Childs
Lion Clothing House
Maurice Gerber
First Ave
Eversole Optical CO
Avenue
Wbhutchinson CO Ave. & Unions
G.benninghausen
Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad
Seattle Electric Co
Shannon
Alaska
R. T. Shannon Grocery Co. Wholesale and Retail Outfitters
FINS
Albert Hansen
Northweat
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