Victims Die as Santa Clara Capsizes Near Coos Bay
Nine bodies recovered after the steamship Santa Clara ran aground off Coos Bay with 48 passengers and 42 crew aboard. Small boats overturned in heavy breakers. efforts to resuscitate the dead failed in a sea-light. Survivors limped ashore as relatives waited on the beach.
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Vemnel
Santa Clara
Portland
San Francisco
Bastendorff Beach
Tesla
S. S
Adelaide Smith
Michie
Mies
Alice Church
Marshfield
Patience Worth the Spirit Writer from St Louis Seventy Years Ago
The Star reports Patience Worth a 200 year old personality who speaks through Mrs. Curran and Mrs. Hutchings via a ouija board in St Louis. She purportedly produces poetry drama and social commentary from the hereafter to the present audience.
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Patience
St. Louis
St. Loonse
Kead
Patience Worth
Prett
John H. Curran
Union Boulevard
Curran
Hutchings
Mra
Curran Curran
Briand vows France will fight to victory without peace talks
French premier Briand declares in the chamber that France will continue the war to the end with action over talk. He asserts full accord with Britain and says Serbia will receive necessary aid as Allied cooperation focuses on victory and a lasting peace.
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Win Ae Simms
Paris
France
Briand
Chamber of Depaties
Adkression
England
Serbia
Asquith
Gallipoli
Bankans
Seamen Certification Sparks Conflicting Readings
Reports from the local steamboat inspectors contradict Pacific Coast Steamship Co claims that most sailors fail eye and physical tests. Inspector Whitneys says 105 applicants passed all but 10 or 12, with eyeglasses helping some. Seattle notes show 25 percent certified among 499 examined, while Navy officials blame shipowners for delays and unprepared gear. Senator Wesley Jones spoke on seamen’s bill at the Y M C A, urging balance between American flag shipping and foreign competition.
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Y. M. C. A. “Marine
J. C. Ford
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
Ford
Whitney
Seattle
Washington, D. C
Wesley Jones
Jones
Woman reports burglary of watch and locket
Mrs Wade Mallory of 1509 Ninth Ave awoke at 4 05 a m on Wednesday to find her watch and a locket missing from her premises.
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Wade Mallory
Ninth Ave
Villistas Scattered as Carranza Forces Press in Mexico
Gen Villa’s army retreats toward the border as Carranzista cavalry press from Agua Prieta to chasten the rear guard. Six hundred riders pursue, a two hour clash ends with Villistas in flight and prisoners surrendering. Villa strengthens at Caballena with 23,000 troops. Funston orders U.S. cavalry reinforcements from Naco and Columbus. If shells fall in Douglas, he says he will be sorry.
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Douglas
Ariz
Funston
Washington
Mexico
Villa
Caballéna
Chihuahua
Tenth U. S. Cavalry
Naco
Lath U. 8
Columbus
N. N
Humprey defense on Seattle post office site purchase
Facing a United States Senate bid, Congressman Humphrey defends the 169 500 land purchase for a Sixth Avenue and Seattle Boulevard site. Critics say the land is under water and mispriced. a Treasury and Bank Examiner Luce report found the price high, and the city may fill the lots. The site is unfit for a post office and will be sold for about half the price, costing the government 60 000 to 80 000 dollars.
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Will FE
Humphrey
Sixth Ave
Seattle Boulevard
United States Senate
Transac
Star
Seattle
Treasury Department
R. W. Hill
Luce
Taft
Frank W. Baker
Refuses Help Drowns After Pier Fall in Bay
Ted ONeill a marine fireman on the Minnesota drowned near the Great Northern dock at 1 30 a m Wednesday after wandering from the pier intoxicated and refusing aid. He remained afloat for a time before his body was recovered with lungs filled with water.
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Ted O'Neill
Minnesota
Great Northern
New York Birth Control Parade Pushes Eugenics Campaign
The Medical Review of Reviews launches a Fifth Avenue and Wall Street publicity parade in New York to promote birth control and eugenics. Frederick H. Robinson leads the effort, tracing back to Margaret Sanger’s legal battles. The march aims to repeal laws forbidding birth control methods and to address eugenic concerns in marriages.
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New York
Fifth Ave
Wall St
Medical Review of Reviews
Frederick H. Robinson
Robinson
Margaret Sanger
William Sanger
Comstock
Germany imposes meat and butter rationing as price controls tighten
Berlin officials announce meat and butter cards with fixed prices to curb extortion. Berlin enforces two meatless days weekly and Friday will be fatless with butter and fats unavailable. Officials report ample potato harvest and supply lines, while prices fall for butter under new state controls.
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Berlin
Germany
von Weymouth
Weymouth
Holland
Nighttime Escape From Sanitarium Ends in Capture
W. Ty Clotz, 88, escaped from a sanitarium at 1715 18th Avenue dressed only in a night shirt and barefoot. He was chased for blocks to Eighth Avenue and Yesler, where police captured him after a stubborn fight for liberty.
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W. Ty Clotz
18Th Ave
Eighth Ave
Yesler
Hberty
Clotz
Read the Ads in The Star Daily for Deals
Daily ads in The Star highlight best store offers in Seattle to boost buying power. Read each day to spot opportunities and save on purchases.
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Seattle
the Star Daily
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