Rockefeller labeled greatest criminal by preacher in Bellingham
Dr. M A Matthews, pastor at First Presbyterian, branded John D Rockefeller the greatest criminal on earth during a Broadway church lecture on the Wealth of Altruism. He criticized capitalists for wealth power, church influence, and private ventures funded by donations, urging focus on aiding street youth over church services.
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John D. Rockefeller
M. A. Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Matthews
Broadway
Bellingham
Rockefeller
Dr. Matthews
Nihilists Arrested in Warsaw Revolt
Berlin reports 37 nihilists arrested at Warsaw including members of a recently formed nihilist committee. The crackdown leaves revolutionaries without a central leadership and organization.
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Berlin
Lokal Anselger
Warsaw
Burne Barry bout declared off in Portland
The 20 round boxing match between Jimmy Burne and Dave Barry in Portland is canceled after Barry refused the Tacoma date with too large a guarantee. Barry asked for too much money to reschedule.
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Portland
Ore
Jimmy Burne
Dave Barry
Barry
Tacoma
Things Coming to Star Readers
The Star announces upcoming wartime and canal zone reportage. Marion E B Pew, New York bureau head, travels the canal area and will publish rail from the scene. Taft's Panama visit insights, Roosevelt era projects, War Correspondent Brill letters, and copyright pieces on the socialist vote are promised.
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Washington
Taft
Panama
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Marion EB. Pew
New York
Pew
Canal Zone
Bunko
Star
Roosevelt
Moore Plan Favored to Sell City Hall Site
The public buildings and grounds committee discusses James A. Moore’s offer to lease university grounds for a combined city county building funded by sale of the present city hall site and the Woesler block. Projections show possible net gains of $500,000 to $600,000 with bonds for extra funds if needed. Some councilmen fear real estate dealings, but others see a tax preserving, rent backed path to a new hall.
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James A. Moore
Mr. Moore
M.oore
Moore
Thomas W. Lawson
Woesler
Trains and trolley collide injuring sixteen near Cleveland
A Pennsylvania railroad passenger train and an Akron interurban trolley collide at a grade crossing a mile beyond Cleveland. Sixteen people are injured, several fatally, with victims named including Arthur Briggs, William Phrone, and Gustavus Richards.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Akron
Bedford
Rig
Arthur Briggs
William Phrone
Gustavus Richards
Hach
Kittens and Lumber Plans Highlight Astoria Assembly
The Hoo Hoos order schedules a December 9 gathering in Astoria Oregon to open their kitty event under committee rules. Beattie kittens are to be shown and a Portland September convention of lumber and machine men is proposed to unite western industry, with hundreds anticipated.
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Astoria
Ore
Exiiter Helker
Pacific Lumber Trade Journal
Portland
Hoo Hove
United States
Jimmy Michaels Dead After Voyage Tragedy
News reports confirm professional bi eyeclelist Jimmy Michaels died aboard the French liner Lasavol while en route to New York. He was slated to compete in a six day race next month, shocking the sports community. In Denver authorities the supreme court allowed copying of voting list names to audit fraud, with federal warrants issued for about a dozen Democratic election officials and about 66 arrested to date. No riots reported.
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My Gert
New York
Jimmy Michaels
Denver
Colo
Supreme Court
Warrette
Port Arthur siege push and censor move noted
Unofficial reports say Japan aims to capture Port Arthur under Tokyo orders as censor now allows more war news. Japanese forces shell Rih Jung and Bunshu heights, with forts outside parapets already taken and fortress fall anticipated. Baltic fleet division bound for Far East enters Suez Canal.
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Washington, D. C
Port Arthur
Tokio
Rihjung
Bunshu
Port Said
Libau
Far East
Suez Canal
Maimed For Life By Fellow Students
In San Francisco at Mark Hopkins art institute Albert Derome is paralyzed in his lower limbs after hazing by students. He was stripped naked strapped to a metal chair and subjected to a shocking electric current for about an hour. His doctor has only hopes for recovery as his father says he will prosecute.
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C. H. Hanford
Federal
Germany
Mark Hopkins
Albert Derome
Ihin
Jegorme
Hils
A Lie for a Life Opens in The Monday
The Seattle Star announces a new serial story titled A Bid for om or A Lie for a Life by Guy by. It follows Gavesson bound to deliver a English girl to a Mohammedan estate. his plans clash with guilt as intrigue unfolds across two continents. Begins November 24.
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Gavesson
Mr. Guyby
Seattle Star
Boys Die After Marble Dispute in Spokane
In Spokane on November 2 a quarrel over marbles led 14 year old Henry Cooms to throw a stone that struck James Shannon in the back. Shannon died about midnight after being found by his father.
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Henry Cooms
James Shannon
Cooms
Shannon
Derelict Vessel Reported Off California Coast
A Mapateh report to the marine exchange says the Alaska Pacific Navigation steamer Jeanie bound Seattle to San Francisco passed Cape Mendocino at 4 this morning with a disabled vessel in tow. The distance off shore and weather hinder identification. Jeanie crew used three stacked signals to show trouble. At five miles per hour they head southward toward Mendocino, 125 miles north of San Francisco, with many ships en route. no steamers overdue yet, likely a sailing craft rendered helpless by last week's storm.
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Marine Exchange
Alaska-Pacific Navigation Company
Jeanie
Seattle
San Francisco
Pasa
Cape Mefidocino
California
Beane
Veeseia
Mendocino
San
Minnie Healy mine reopens after injunction dissolved
The Minnie Healy mine in Butte Montana reopened at noon after the Amalgamated Inter ceite injunction against F Augustus Heinse was dissolved on grounds of good faith. Five hundred workers resume operations as the mine returns to full production.
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Butte
Mont
Minnie Healy
Amalgamated Intercete
F. Augustus Helnse
Amalgamated
Convicted Fugitive Brom Sentenced in Decatur Murder Case
Ray Brom, a fugitive arrested locally last month, was convicted of murder in Decatur Illinois on November 11 and sentenced to 40 years in the penitentiary. He killed a man in the M C A lunch rooms in Decatur last April and escaped custody before being recaptured and sent back for trial.
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Ray Brom
Decatur
Brom
Seattle
Shepif Thrill
Notorious Birmingham bootlegger Frank Duncan hanged
Frank Duncan, a noted Birmingham saloon keeper blamed for killing several officers, was hanged in the jail yard today amid grim crowds and federal authorities watching closely.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Duncan
Sal
Washington vote totals show Roosevelt lead and independent turnout
The Star compiles statewide results from Roosevelt Parker Mead and Turner. It notes Roosevelt's statewide plurality around seventy one thousand with Mead trailing by about sixteen thousand. many voters split tickets with independent county races showing notable gains for Turner and other Democrats.
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Star
Roosevelt
Parker
Judge Turner
Congreve
Thiel
Rosevelt
Island
Klickitat
Okanogan
Wahkiakum
Mead
Turner
Washington
Union
Snohomish County
J. C. Denny
Thurston County
Guiberson
Yakima County
Lou Smith
Kitsap County
Mason County
Speece
Republic
Parker Mead Turner
Dame
Chehalis
Em ' Chelan
Clarke
Columbia
Cowlitz
Enwe
Douglas
Poeey Agus
Franklin
Kitsap
Lewis Tees
Okanogan Teen
Skamania
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Bailey Theories Fraud Costs Democratic Defeat In County
Steve Bailey argues that ballot counting fraud largely caused Democratic losses in the county and state. He suspects some election judges failed to split tickets and explains the Republican landslide. Bailey estimates losing about $30,000 on election wagers.
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J Turner
Massachusetts
Missouri
Minnesota
Colorado
Roosevelt
Baily
Bailey
The Man Who Wrote A Bid for Freedom
Guy Boothby, a leading young novelist born in Australia eighty seven years ago, is praised as the author of the new story A Bid for Freedom. The piece notes Boothby’s global wanderings, prolific writing of adventure tales, and calls the Bid for Freedom his latest and strongest work, printed now concurrently with its appearance in the country.
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Guy Boothby
Iralia
Thos. Ww.oothby
Australia
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