Uncle Sam's Great Fleet of Warplanes To Cross Atlantic
A Star dispatch from New York outlines a plan to fly $640,000,000 in warplanes across the Atlantic in a dramatic first action of World War I. It highlights new radio direction finders, Liberty engines, and major firms ready to build transatlantic fliers.
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Uncle Sam
Ocean
THE
STAR
New York
Atlantic
America
Liberty Motor
Alan R. Hawley
Aero Club of America
Europe
Aero Club
United State
Mensines Ridge
Hawley
Seattle seeks police aid to clean up city says Lundin
Prosecutor Alfred Lundin after conferring with Maj. Greene at Camp Lewis says police cooperation is essential to clean Seattle. Mayor Gill visits Camp Lewis and meets Capt. Welty but plans another talk with Greene. Gill asserts redlight abatement as tool. Landin declines to state details or complaints from Capt. tz commandant of Puget.
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Alfred Lundin
Maj. Greene
Camp Lewis
Seattle
Gill
Greene
Tacoma
Capt. Welty
Gen. Greene
Landin
Carter
Lundin
Puget
Slavs Lose Naval Encounter at Riga
Berlin reports German forces occupy Oesel island and seize fifty guns after a naval engagement near Riga gulf. The battleship Slava sinks after waterline hits. most crew saved as Russian warships retreat from Moon sound amid a larger German fleet of about fifty-five ships.
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Riga
United Press
Star
Berlin
London
Oesel
Prec
Petrograd
Riga Gulf
Moon Sound
Utsitvycuu
Attempt on Chief Murphy Sparks Hunt in Butte
Chief of Police Murphy and Sheriff O Rourke search for a man believed insane who fired at the chief yesterday near the navy yard and at the naval training station university. Meanwhile John McCourt of Portland urges the government to establish five mile zones around military stations and to assign federal prosecutors to clean up conditions in Seattle and Tacoma including within five miles of the training station.
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Butte
Mont
Murphy
O'Rourke
John McCourt
Portland
U. S
Seattle
Tacoma
Mc. Court
University
Seattle and Tacoma under scrutiny over army cantonment
The Star defends Seattle as clean but condemns Tacoma as inferior in cleanliness and morals. It argues both cities attract undesirables to cantonment areas and urges full cooperation with army officials to improve conditions while accusing Gen. Greene of pressuring soldiers away from Seattle to Tacoma.
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United States Army
Seattle
Tacoma
Pacific Coast
United States
The
Star
Greene
Camp Lewis
Rich Everettite Must Pay Son's Wife $15000
Esther Aldeen Lyon, widow of Cecil Lew, won $15000 from her in laws in Everett after suing for alienation of affections. The Washington Supreme Court upheld the Everett superior court ruling, saying the banker J. L. Lyon and spouse owe her for taking her husband from her and denying access to their child.
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Olympia
Esther Aldeen Lyen
Cecil Lewis Lyen
J. L. Lyen
Everett
Wash
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Kether Aldeen Lyon
Louise Pauline Lyon
Cecil
Maccabees Dance Tonight for Star Smoke Fund
The Maccabees Alki Tent No 33 hosts a dance at Carpentieres Hall 1620 Fourth Ave tonight to raise funds for The Star smoke fund admission is by donation with pay what you care.
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The
Maccabees
Alki
Carpentiere’ Hall
Fourth Ave
Star Smoke Fund
Liberty Bond Slogans Rally National Support
Roaring wartime cries urge citizens to buy Liberty Bonds. Phrases claim strength against Germany, urge lending money as safe investment, and stress sacrifice. Slogans include They Are Giving Their Lives You Are Only Asked to Lend Your Money and Lend to Your Country or Give to the Kaiser.
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Sam
Liberty loan drive reaches five million in Seattle
Seattle passed the five million dollar mark in the Liberty loan campaign with noon subscriptions totaling five million two hundred fifteen thousand five hundred fifty. The push includes bonfires, brush burning, and volunteer efforts led by Rotary and business groups to boost the fund.
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Seattle
Rotary Club
Slain girl's home party leads to new investigation angles
Ruth De Meritt 17 did not enter her room after an all night Ballard party. Sheriff Stringer notes thin partitions and a neighbor who heard nothing. William Turner 34 Bothell laborer, who sent her money, is questioned but cleared. Turner previously helped with small donations and had been a family acquaintance near Kirkland. Coroner Tiffin seeks further information as page 5 continues.
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Jane Wright
17Th Ave
N. W
Ballard
John Stringer
Ruth
Stringer
William Turner
Bothell
Turner
Tennant
de Meritt
Kirkland
Allies Beat Kaiser At 3 Kinds Of War
Allied dispatch describes a shift on the Western Front as open country battles replace trench warfare. The piece notes Hindenburg’s retreat from offense after Somme and the German front lines growing deeper trenches before the collapse of assaults and heavy Allied artillery stats.
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Kaiser
United Press
Flanders
Western Front
Belgium
France
Waterloo
Verdun
Somme
Hindenburg
Tos
Kilties Boost Carnival Spirit at Star Smoke Fund
The Seattle Pipe Band known as the Kilties led a lively parade to Bon Marche park at Fourth Ave and Pine St. They energized the crowd with music and enthusiasm. Baby Adeline Brisson and Willard Hudson entertained with their voices, performing again tonight and each subsequent night of the carnival.
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Bon Marche
Seattle
Second Ave
Adeline Brisson
Wilard Hudson
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Gallaudet Company
Handley-Page Company
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