Smuggling Probe Targets Yellow Owls Ring Leaders
U S district attorney Clay Allen and Winter Martin will testify for the defense this week in a case against Louis Lung Gin and other Chinese alleged smugglers. Judge Neterer, who ordered the arrests, will be questioned about visits to smugglers’ haunts as witnesses describe the operation between Seattle and Vancouver. Three white members, Lortie Worthington and Miller, plead guilty and aid the government as witnesses. Lortie testified he owned the launch Maud D used by the smugglers and implicated Louis Ding and Gin.
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Clay Allen
United States
Winter
Martin
South
Yellow Owls
Louis
Louis Lung Gin
Neterer
Seattle
Vancouver
B. C
Louis F. Lortie
James F. Worthington
Melvin B. Miller
Lortie
Louis Ding
Louis Lung
Thomas B. MacMahon
Gus Knudson The Woodland Park Animal Man Returns Home
The feature follows Gus Knudson, longtime animal keeper at Woodland Park, who decides to return to his mother after a lifetime as a circus wanderer. He recalls his youth on a farm near Alexander, his run from home at ten, and his years with the circus, ending with plans to go back home and tell his 87 year old mother.
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Gus
Gus Knudson
Woodland Park
Alexander
Mina
Animal Man
Jake
Star
Woodland Park Zoo
Minnesota
Maud Townsend House Abated After Police Testimony
Judge Walter B. French orders 712 Seventh Ave. closed under the red light abatement act after six officers testify the place was decently operated despite neighbors saying they were solicited. Cronk changes story under prosecutor Summers. Townsend once linked to a disorderly record.
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Walter B. French
Kitsap County
Maud Townsend
Seventh Ave
Mra. Townsend
Atx
James Comstock
T. F. Keefe
William Cronk
J. H. Fraser
Thomas F. Stein
John Brady
Summers
Tides at Seattle Report
Tides show high levels at 4:52 a.m. and 6:19 p.m. reaching about 16.1 feet and 6.7 feet respectively, with a late afternoon 5:26 p.m. low tide. The record notes the sequence and height of daily tidal changes for Seattle.
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Seattle
Lloyds Posts New Odds Against Peace
Lloyds sets fresh odds on peace prospects with bookmakers updating forecasts amid shifting political signals and market sentiment. Analysts note potential risk factors for currency and bond markets if talks stall.
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Lloyds
Lloyds Odds Shift Over War End Dates in 1916
London reports Lloyds odds after Sir Edward Grey's plea for no peace until Germany shifts stance. Even money for no end this year, three to one it will not end in 1916, seven to three it will not end before April 1 1917, and 20 to one it ends before 1919 with four to one Sweden not allying within six months and two to one that Germany and the United States are not at war this month.
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Wilbur & Forre
United Press
London
Edward Grey
Germany
Lloyds
Sweden
America
The Star’s Busy Dollar circulation experiment
The Star launches a silver dollar tagged as The Star Busy Dollar to trace how far a single dollar travels in Seattle. Keep it moving by spending it and reporting where and what you bought by calling Main 9400. The dollar circulates for one week as a public experiment in prosperity.
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Seattle
United States
U S Forces Readied for Carranza Clash After Reinforcements
New orders were sent from Gen. Funston to Gen. Pershing outlining US action if clashes arise with Carranza troops. The guidance follows strong Mexican reinforcements near the American expedition.
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Columbus
N. M
Gen. Pershing
Funston
United States
Carranza
Methodists Decide To Retain Card Playing Rule
In Saratoga New York on May 26 the Methodist general conference voted 424 to 350 to keep the church rule barring card playing dancing or theatre attendance. No debate was held.
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Methodists
Saratoga
N. Y
Methodist General Conference
German Plane Downed by American Pilot in France
In aerial combat over Teuton trenches two miles high, Bert Hall of Texas an American in the French foreign legion flying squad destroyed a German war aeroplane and sent it crashing to earth. The engagement occurred above enemy lines with Hall emerging victorious.
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Paris
Teuton Trenches
Bert Hall
Texas
French Foreign Legion
Report Calls for Major Navy Expansion
Minority members of the House naval committee urged Congress to boost sea power to second only to Great Britain. The report labeled the majority plan inadequate and called for two dreadnoughts six battle cruisers submarines and more auxiliary vessels. It projects about 28 999 additional sailors and earmarks 3 500 000 for aviation.
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Washington
Louse Naval Committee
Congress
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt to Visit St Louis May Thirty One
Roosevelt will visit St Louis on May 31 after an invitation from the City Club. The colonel may choose his own topic for the talk.
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ST. Louis
Roosevelt
Two British cruisers off California coast. girl slain
News reports cite two British cruisers off the California coast near Eureka as a Norwegian collier Thor arrives. Gwendl in Holden, 16, a schoolgirl, was found dead from ether. Police arrest and claim a youth, Paul Verhoye, confessed to the murder.
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San Francisco
California
Wureka
Thor
Aurora
Gwendolin Holden
Paul Verhoye
Verdun battle rages as German jaws close on hill
Berlin reports the German attack near Verdun intensifies as the right jaw advances three miles in 72 hours. French forces evacuate Deadman's Hill while Hill 304 remains under joint control. The left jaw regains positions though Douaumont fort claims disputed. Casualty totals rise with 30,000 deaths in underground fighting. Elsewhere, two Austrian planes fail in raid on Venice.
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Berlin
Verdun
Meuse
Douaumont
Teuton
Neuville
Fort Douaumont
French Troops Advance on Meuse Front Near Cum beres
French forces pushed forward along the Meuse west bank east of Cum beres village after night fighting with hand grenades. German troops seized a French trench north of Haudremont quarries on the east bank as violent artillery duels continued through the night.
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Paris
Meuse
Cumberes
Haudremont
May Day Strike Unclear On West Coast Wage Row
The International Longshoremen's Association may strike across the Pacific coast from Juneau to San Diego, with a June 1 decision pending. Employers have until then to adopt the new wage schedule, and failure to pay could trigger a general strike protested by local members.
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International Longshoremen's Association
Pacific Coast
Juneau
San Diego
Children Get Free Bubble Pipes In Star Promotion
The Eastern Outfitting Company via The Star will give away seven thousand Double Bubble Pipes to young readers. To receive a pipe, cut out the coupon on Friday's front page and redeem at the Eastern Outfitting Co store at Second Ave and Union St. Pipes limited to coupon holders. demonstration in the store window.
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Eastern Outfitting Company
The
Star
Eastern Outfitting Co
Second Ave
Union St
Motion Picture Cast Injured In Truck Crash Near Chatsworth
More than twenty actors and actresses from the American Woman Film Co. were injured when a large auto truck plunged over an embankment into a canyon near Chatsworth while returning from hillside scene work. Many were pinned beneath the vehicle and rescued with aid. Mrs. Irmigard Shoemaker of Los Angeles is hospitalized in grave condition and the driver is in serious condition.
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Los Angeles
American Woman Film Co
Chatsworth
Irmigard Shoemaker
Good Samaritan Hospital
Tacoma Woman Witness in Famous Innes Case
Mrs. M. Holden, a state witness in the Victor E. Innes and wife trial on a charge of larceny after trust, departed Tacoma for Atlanta to testify in the case.
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Tacoma
Famous Innes
Victor E. Innes
Atlanta
Cannery Destroyed at Kenai in Alaska Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroys the North Western Fisheries Co cannery warehouses and web houses at Kenai Alaska. The May 25 blaze causes about 60000 dollars in losses. The site housed salmon processing facilities and related structures.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Ealmon
Northwestern Fisheries Co
Kenai
Wilkeson Mayor Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail
Mayor Jos McCaskey of Wilkeson received a 10 day jail term for violation of the state prohibition law. He will stay in Tacoma city custody and pay $486.75 in costs plus related expenses. Judge Easterday ordered the sentence and costs.
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Tacoma
Jos. McCaskey
Wilkeson
Easterday
Mulhall Denounces the Lobby as Ruthless and Powerful
Colonel Martin M. Mulhall says the Lobby is the best drilled and most unscrupulous group in public life, with millionaires as generals and political bosses as corporals. He claims less than 3 percent act honorably and that the Lobby can crush nearly any man while demanding toll from every citizen.
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Mulhall
United States
Martin M. Mulhall
Col Mulhall Exposes Insidious Lobby in New Book
Col Martin Mulhall longtime National Association of Manufacturers agent and Seattle resident says his new book will reveal a national lobby secret. He testified in 1913 about Wilson era lobbying tactics, claimed many revelations are yet to come, and notes Washington lobby influence persists.
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Martin Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Seattle
Mulhall
Senate
Wilson
Malhall
Congressional Committee
Col. Mulhall
Washington
Col
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