Uncle Sam's New Money System Goes Into Effect Today
The article explains a regional Federal Reserve change reducing bank reserve requirements from 25 to 15 percent. It releases about 4 million dollars for loans, aims to prevent bankers panics, and keep people employed. It notes elasticity of currency and new reserve schemes to deter funds drifting to New York and the stock market.
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Uncle Sam
Seattle
Mr. Reader
NEW York
Stock Exchange
British Fans Angry As Navy Losses Mount
German coast guns disable British cruisers Falcon Brilliant and Rinaldo. London reports admit no loss but public anger grows over Audacious sinking. witnesses Beames and Griffiths claim sighting of the ship as Olympic rescued its crew. Japanese involvement hinted by Canadian Maru officers.
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Berlin
Sayville
Falce Brilliant
Rinaldo
King's Navy
London
Admiralty
North Sea
New York
James Randolph Beames
Hugh Griffiths
Olympic
Griffiths
Beames
Judge Burke a Storied Seattle Power Broker in Past and Present
A nostalgic profile recalls Judge Thomas Burke once denounced as Seattle’s BIG IT. He shaped rail terminals, streetcar systems, water works, and bank dealings, while amassing wealth. Burke's critics include lighting chief Rose and rival politicians who question his municipal influence.
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NCE
Thomas Burke
Seattle
Tommy
Burke
Seattie
Northern Pacific
Rose
Mr. Ross
Cattle Quarantined at Issaquah Over Foot and Mouth Theory
Three carloads of cattle from Watertown Wisconsin were quarantined at Issaquah by the state department and are being disinfected in Tacoma as a precaution against foot and mouth disease. Seattle milk inspectors had earlier begun tours to warn producers but found no symptoms Monday.
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Issaquah
State Agricultural Department
Tacoma
Watertown
Wis
Seattle
Modern Samson frees himself from Watts jail
Albert Wright, a Watts prisoner, escaped by pushing down the jail wall, leaving the ruinous heap of debris. He braced against a brick, heaved, and walked free, prompting authorities to plan rebuilding the prison.
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Watts
Cal
Albert Wright
Liberty
Hoos Gow
Wright
Resignation of Chehalis school head amid cruelty charges
Superintendent G A Russell of Chehalis training school resigns. Olympia board chair H T Jones says resignation voluntary and long anticipated since October 1 as governor seeks successor. Board investigated cruelty charges as hearsay, noting corporal punishment used only after other methods fail.
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G. A. Russell
Chehalis
Olympia
H. T. Jones
Board of
Russell
Jones
The
Star
War cost and request for credit in British Commons
Premier Asquith told the house of commons that by Saturday the war cost the government between 4 and 5 million dollars daily. He requested an additional credit of 1.25 billion dollars.
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London
Navy
Asquith
House of Commons
The
Commons
Private car carries 6000 lobsters toward Puget Sound
Traveling in a private car, 6000 full grown New England lobsters depart Bath Maine for Puget Sound to be planted by the federal bureau of fisheries near the San Juan Islands. Half are male as the shipment moves westward.
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Washington
New England
Bath
Puget Sound
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
San Juan Islands
Denver Ed Smith Advises Schoolboy Pugilist
Old-time prize fighter Denver Ed Smith, retired after 25 years, offers sportsmanship wisdom to Ted Pinkman, a Broadway High School student and pro debutant. The exchange recalls Smith’s era and rivals like Charley Mitchell and Dick Matthews.
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Denver
Ed’ Smith
Ted Pinkman
Ted
Broadway High School
Denver Ed
Deserted by his wife a Seattle physician letter reveals
In a 1907 note C W Silverberg declares he cannot love Hannah Silverberg after years of study and toil. The couple, once joined in Finland and later Seattle, drifted apart as she supported him and he pursued education while promising to care for her. Continues on Page 5.
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C. W. Silverberg
Seattle
Hannah Silverberg
Sailor Tries Army Laugh at Mother in Recruiting Swap
A London sailor recalls his mother blocking army service and reveals he volunteered for mine sweeping, a far riskier duty, to impress a former employer in navy uniform. The exchange underscores the cheeky humor of wartime recruitment.
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London
New York
Churchill states Canopus believed safe after loss reports
In the house of commons Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, answered questions about reports of the loss of the British battleship Canopus. He said officials have every reason to believe the vessel is safe.
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London
House of Commons
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Municipal Ownership Series Begins on Page Five
J. D. Ross, superintendent of Seattle’s municipal lighting plant, authors the first item in a short series by expert students on municipality ownership. The piece appears on page five of The Star today.
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The
Star Today
J. D. Ross
Municipal Lighting Plant
Seattle
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Ed Pinkman
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Tom
Ose Pert
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