Magnificent Count in Rome Trial Captures Public Interest
In Rome on May 31 the trial of Count Luca Cortese of Naples, dubbed Luke the Magnificent, draws large crowds as he faces charges of defrauding the Latmi Central Credit Bank of 1.25 million with worthless bills. The pope aided the bank to protect depositors, while Cortese boasted studies in metempsychosis and a lineage of courtesans and secretaries.
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Liberal reforms expected for India after war says official
Sir William Maxwell, a longtime Indian administrator, reports to America that India’s loyalty to Britain in the world conflict will bring liberal concessions to its people. He notes disaffection is under one percent, large native troop recruitment during the war, and asserts there is no successful German plotting in India.
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America
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Child Clinics Here Saturday At Local Schools
Child clinics will be held Saturday at Ballard and Lincoln high schools and Green Lake grade school. It is the fourth in a series whose records go to Washington for national child welfare statistics. School nurses and a committee will weigh and measure healthy children only from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Ballard and Lincoln High School
Green Lake
Washington, D. C
Germans Close On Marne As Allies Hold In Aisne
London May 11 The German drive in the Aisne region centers on reaching the Marne river with strong French reserves being concentrated. German reports say forces are within six miles of the river. Berlin claims 35 000 prisoners have been taken in this phase. French and British fronts show gains near La Neuvillette Betheny and Solacons while the Flanders front remains quiet.
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Senator and Judge Testify Over City Property
State senator Ralph D. Nichola and Rainier Heat & Power official Judge Arthur D. Griffin testified in Superior Judge Calvin Hall's court that the corporation owns 6013 King St property, alleged to be leased as a disreputable house. The case seeks to condemn under the Red Light abatement law amid witness accounts from local clergymen and storeowners.
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Arthur D. Griffin
Rainier Heat & Power Company
Calvin Hall
King St
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Griffith
Lane Summers
A. G. Murphy
Rev. L. B Smith
Monroe Lewis
Sigmund Lewis
Nichols
Griffin
Mayor Hanson to Go to Frisco for Bond Hearing
Seattle officials plan to present the city s claim to issue 5 5 million dollars in utility bonds for a Skagit river generating plant before the San Francisco capital issues committee. Mayor Hanson Corporation Coun sel Caldwell and Councilman Fitzgerald depart for San Francisco next Wednesday as the committee is slated to meet the last week. The trip authorization was granted days earlier but delayed awaiting potential aid from the capital issues panel.
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Skagit River
Stock actress Jeursie Shirley dies at Spokane home
Jeursie Shirley known as stock actress and in private life Mrs. Harry W. Smith died at her Spokane home on Wednesday evening. The obituary notes her public stage career and her marriage, marking a significant local theatre figure's passing.
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Jeursie Shirley
Harry W. Smith
Spokane
Germans Hold Salient as Allied Front Stretches
United Press reports Gen. Foch halting the German push on the Marne while Von Hindenburg moves a slow center advance. A dangerous salient forms, forcing German troops to bolster long lines. Reestablishment of the French front near Heilmann and outlets from Soissons are urged as key developments.
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New Commander on U. S. Front Has a Pershing Law
Maj. Gen. Liggett Munter, field commander on the American sector under General Pershing, built a reputation fighting Indians Spaniards and Filipinos and leading the war college. He rose from border service to head the western department before succeeding Sibert to direct frontline operations now. In the Philippines he ran a remote district for two years facing volcano threats and Moros. He is tall powerful and handsome with a Pershing like fighting jaw.
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War College
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Sibert
Philippines
Tigeett
War Garden Armies to Have Officers at University Event
Officers of the war garden army of Seattle will be commissioned under the rules of the county council of defense if plans mature. A large event is projected with 6,000 school gardeners expected on the University of Washington campus. Renowned speakers are to attend while Superior Judge Boyd Tallman handles motions in Wenatchee from last month trials.
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Seattle
Nuaplres
County Council of Defense
Washington
Boyd Tallman
Wenatchee
Northern Pacific Trains Change of Time Effective June
Seattle timetable notice announces revised departure times for Northern Pacific trains serving Spokane St Paul Chicago and connections. No 2 departs Seattle 6 35 pm No 334 departs 12 10 am No 445 departs 195 pm No 403 Buckley Line connection departs 7 00 am with other trains unchanged advertisement states
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Reasonable Excuse for Bad Teeth and Painless Dentistry Promise
Fear of pain keeps many from needed dental work. The clinic guarantees painless procedures with expert, licensed dentists, modern sterilization, and a free exam without obligation. If teeth need work, act now. once fixed, maintenance is easier.
Grace Lusk Hysterical in Jail Ward After Verdict
Grace Lusk, once a respected teacher, reacts with violence and fits in a Waukesha jail cell after a second degree murder verdict for shooting Mrs. Mary Newman Hoberta. She is held under restraint as attendants report screaming and coma like states from opiate treatments. Her attorneys fear loss of sanity and may seek an asylum commission if recovery fails.
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Grace Lusk
Mary Newman
Hoberta
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Waukesha Club
David Roberts
Misa Jousk
Washington professor to speak at King County Democratic luncheon
Professor Clark P. Bissett of the University of Washington will address the King County Democratic club at its Saturday luncheon at 12 15 at the Good Fate cafeteria 818 Second Ave. His topic is Our Individual Obligations to the War.
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Clark P. Bissett
University of Washington
King County
Democratic Club
Good Fate
Second Ave
Madame H interned as alien enemy in Oregon camp
Madame H is identified as Lieut. Thomas Reid, ex German army and espionage operative, captured in Clackamas county near Portland. She is confined at Fort Douglas Utah until war end. Officers seized her room containing a full female disguise and incriminating German postcards and papers.
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America
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Clackamas County
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Germany
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Dairymen Meet to Form Organization in Washington
Representatives from each county dairy men's association in Washington will meet at the Masonic club in the Arcade building Saturday at 10 a m to organize a state body. King County Agriculturist Floyd Rader said the purpose is to improve handling of dairy products and no price increase would be considered unless required to break even on production costs.
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Dairymen's Association
Washington
Masonic Club
Arcade
King County Agriculturist
Floyd Rader
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