Peter Miller Defends Self In Burglary Trial
The narrative centers on Peter Miller addressing jurors in Judge Ronald's court for more than an hour and a half. He accuses Capt. Charles Tennant and Willie Taylor of abusing power while denouncing the prosecution as a gang effort. The defense claims coercion and perjury as the gang’s trade.
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Peter Miller
Ronald
Ellis
Miller
Charles Tennant
Willie Taylor
Tennant
It's a Mother Smifkins Starved to Support Her Children
A Seattle mother, Mrs Smifkins, faces hunger as her husband left with no money or food for Nina aged 9 Charlotte aged 3 and a 2 month old baby. The Star reports that without work or help she may lose custody when the Mothers Pension law takes effect on June 14, while the family survives on bread and tea.
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Seattle
Washington
Smifkins
Smifkinses
Wilson Asked to Recall His London Envoy
London protests to Sir Edward Grey and President Wilson over W P Page appointment as ambassador. The London Trades Council, representing 10,000 unionists, urges Grey to reject Page and asks Wilson to recall his envoy, labeling Page a bitter opponent of labor. The group wants a representative favored by organized labor in Britain. The page also notes a University of Washington Dramatic Club play titled The Dawn of Tomorrow with free admission.
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London
W. P. Page
United States
Sir Edward Grey
Wilson
London Trades Council
Foreign Office
Page
Trades Council
Edward Grey
New York
England
Court of St James
America
United Kingdom
Dramatic Club of
University of Washington
Easy Money Lures Youth Into Crime on Washington Street
A 12 year old boy lured by "easy money" from newspapers on Washington Street becomes involved with a 50 year old man named Swanson. The youth and the man quarrel over money leading to Swanson’s death after a fall. Medical staff and authorities debate the boy’s future and possible placement for rehabilitation or schooling.
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Washington St
John Natali
John Natoli
John Swanson
Swanson
New York Fight for Direct Ballot Intensifies
Gov Sulzer declares wealth and special interests hold sway in New York and warns they are making their last stand. He outlines his battle for direct primaries in a statement prepared for the United Press. He asserts that privileged power will be overturned by an aroused public sentiment.
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United Press
Albany
N. Y
New York
Sulzer
Woman Injured in Auto Crash on 16th Avenue
Bars. EK. Kranish of 1530 16th av. S. sustained a slight scalp wound and bruises when struck by an auto driven by A. Hillebrandt of Hammond Milling Co. Hillebrandt, 1102 E.ony Wey, transported the woman to the city hospital and was booked for reckless driving at police headquarters.
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EK. Kranish
Av. S
A. Hillebrandt
E.ony Wey
Hammond Milling Co
Hillebrandt
Mother Jones Stirs Senate With Coal Miners Cruelty Evidence
United Mine Workers organizer W R Farley testified in the Senate that wage suppression and brutal policing fueled West Virginia coal mine unrest. Mother Jones corroborated with stories of guards attacking miners, including a 1904 cabin assault and a 17 year old helper forced into a creek, with no punishment for killers.
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Mother Jones
Senate
United Preps
Washington
United States Senate
W. R. Farley
United Mir Workers of America
Sen. Kern
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
West Virginia
Farley
Jones
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Umnols Fields
Stanford Mountain
Pita
Nature Man Seeks Bride In San Francisco For Bare Living
Ernest W. Darling of Portland the so called nature man returns from the South Seas to seek a wife in San Francisco who will live on uncooked food and wear no clothing. He thumbs his nose at convention saying he lived on the buff on his Tahiti mountain ranch and may seek a Seattle bride if needed.
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San Francisco
Togless
Ernest W. Darling
Portland
South Sea Islands
Darling
Tahiti
Seattle
Odd items and curious notes from May headlines
United Press reports a former navy steward killed and cooked a chicken in five minutes for a crowd. In Sharon Mia Harlow celebrates her hundredth birthday, while a Philadelphia motorist’s fly distraction caused a crash injuring a dozen. Chicago society girls form a baseball team and tease bloomers as tennis skirts appear in public.
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United Press
Wire
New York
J. J. Simmons
Navy
Sharon
Mia
Elizabeth Martin Harlow
Greenville
Chicago
Bvanaton Society
Oil excitement stirs Chico amid crude petroleum claim
Farmers near Chico and across the bay from Bremerton react to a Standard Oil report that a spill on Chas. Olsons farm yielded crude petroleum. Land options rise as a nearby company drills a wildcat well at 100 feet while residents seek to reclaim sold options and stabilize prices. Funeral services for eight tornado victims are held in Reward Nebraska with all burials expected by tomorrow and town reconstruction advancing.
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Chico
Bremerton
Standard
Muld
Chas. Olson
Mremetron
The Story of a $15 Suit at The Hub
The Hub expands to a second store at 1318 Second Avenue to feature Regal $15 suits. President M. S. Bornstein personally selected materials and oversaw construction to offer the best value. The company urges customers to inspect the new display ad in today's Star.
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M. S. Bornstein
Second Avenue
Bornstein
Star
Jurors Acquit Opium Agents Shocks Court
In federal court a jury acquitted Charlie Loule the China man and James A. Ralston of conspiracy to smuggle opium. Ralston admitted acting as a pack horse for an opium ring reaching from the coast to Chicago but denied fixing customs inspectors. He named Henry Wellman as a higher up and claimed Loule was exonera ted. Ralston rearrested and to be taken to Portland on a new charge of traffic there.
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Federal
Charlie Loule
James A. Ralston
Ralston
Chicago
Henry Wellman
New York Block
Charlie Louie
Portland
Firemen Save Women’s Lives at Blake Apartments
Fire at the Blake apartments on Nob Hill in San Francisco engulfed four floors after smoldering flames broke into a brisk blaze. Firemen and police rescued scores of women from upper stories using ladders and carried out those unable to help themselves. Property valued at $75,000 with estimated losses between $10,000 and $16,000.
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San Francisco
Blake
Nob Hill
Dog Besieges Grand Central Hotel Guests
Guests at the Grand Central hotel on 214 First Ave were held as prisoners for over three hours by a Great Dane blocking the entrance. Police could not approach. Dog Catcher Gregg captured the animal and sent it to the pound. Mrs Nattie T Paysse named administratrix of the Sulan Paysee estate by Judge Frater.
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Grand Central Hotel
First
Ar. S
Gregg
Nattie T. Paysse
Sulan Paysee, Or
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