Street Car Bandit Fred Starr Tells His Life Story
The Star profiles Fred Starr who, after a 20 year sentence, recounts his misspent life from Mt. Pisgah Colorado. He explains society’s role in shaping his path, his early family losses, and his father’s advice to choose between a man or a mouse as he reflects on the crime that led to his penitentiary term.
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Matilda Starr
United States Navy
Police officer held in jitney crash that killed man
J T Egan, 24, a police auto registration officer, was arrested on an open charge as the detective department probes a jitney bus wreck at Fourth and Jackson at 6 50 am that killed 60 year old Andrew Johnson. Egan allegedly confessed to driving the car. regular driver Archie H Jones, 32, was arrested later. Johnson died soon after arriving at the city hospital.
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Fourth and
Jackson St
Andrew Johnson
Temple Place
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Archie H. Jones
Broadway Hotel
Man Egan, Cotta
Johnson
Fred Mills
Jones
Mills
Second Ave
Gross
Fourth Ave
Pike St
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Third Ave
Yesterway
Railroad Ave
First Ave
Jackson
Tenth Ave
King St
Fifth Ave
England views Cavell execution as German brutality
London reports British papers condemning Edith Cavell's death as secret savagery and foul minded brutality. They fear German system menaces civilization and urge Cavell's name to spur British resolve with calls for the Kaiser to be hanged.
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London
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Barbariem
Cavell
Cavell Execution Stirs Britain as Whitlock Reveals Talks
London reports rage and horror over Edith Cavell's execution for aiding Allied soldiers. The American minister Brand Whitlock disclosed efforts to prevent the killings, while German authorities blamed bad faith and secret dealings. Pardons for other women in the case were reported from Madrid, reducing hopes for mercy. Cavell led a Brussels nurse training school and faced the firing squad bravely, refusing a blindfold and wearing a Union Jack.
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London
Iss Edith Cavell
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
Selfdenial
Whitlock
Brussels
Madrid
Cavell
Countess de Belle- Ville
Mile. Thurier
Nasmuch
England
Miss Cavell
Germans Plan Invasion Of Egypt To Seize Nile Cotton
London dispatch outlines alleged German strategy to advance on Suez through the Balkans and Asia Minor to seize Egypt's cotton and threaten India. It claims a German blockade via the Suez Canal could starve Allied war industries and tilt the war in Germany's favor while Turkish and Bulgarian cooperation complicates Allied Mediterranean efforts.
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London
Suezia
Egypt
India
Germany
England
Teutons
Gallipoli Peninsula
Dardanelles
Balkans
Constantinople
Turkey
Asia
Suez Canal
Persia
Teutons Oppor
Kingland
Britain
Urkey
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
Asiatic
Suez
Gallipoli
Escaped Suspect Recaptured After Chase Along Rail Line
Knox, wanted in Port Orchard for murder charges in the August death of W. E. Singleton, was recaptured by Kitsap County Sheriff Shattuck after an all night manhunt. He reportedly escaped from jail by sawing through seven iron bars.
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F. Krom
Port Orchard
Shattuck
Kitsap County
Knox
W. E. Singleton
Bay
Singleton
Texas
Seattle
North Water Front
Border citizens threaten cross border reprisals after bandit attacks
In Brownsville Texas on October 22 a group of about one hundred citizens vowed to cross into Mexico at the next border incident and retaliate against bandits. Officials fear international trouble as military and civil authorities monitor the tense scene and plan reprisals following the Olmito and Ojo de Agua raids in which six Americans died and eleven were wounded. Bandit leader Luis De La Rosa is said to have mobilized forces at Jimenez and may return to the border to strike again. State Adjt Gen Hutchingson leads the rangers as thousands prepare for potential bandit activity.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Olmito
Ojo de Aguaralda
Luis de la Rosa
Jiminez
Adjt
Hutchingson
Rangers
Prohibition Case Delayed by Death in Olympia
In respect to the memory of Judge Herman D. Crow of the supreme court, the October term's prohibition argument was postponed until Monday. The court adjourned today, having been set to hear the case this day.
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Olympia
Herman D. Crow
Supreme Court
German Editor Sees Cavell Execution as A War Atrocity
BW York Oct 22 Herman er publisher of the Staats tung deplored the execution of Mina Edith Cavell by laws in Belgium. He called it a terrible thing and argued the case might have been pardoned if taken before the kaiser. He warned that commanders may act in war heat without broad support.
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Hermaner
The
Staatstung
Mina Edith Cavell
Faws
Belgium
Tacoma Pastor Shot by Hunter in Mountain Incident
Rev. James S. West, pastor of First Baptist Church, was dying at Tacoma General Hospital from a rifle wound inflicted during a hunting trip near Enumclaw. Rett Adair, his hunting companion, fired the shot and they were miles from shelter as rescuers carried West out on a stretcher through forested terrain.
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Tacoma
James S. West
First Baptist Church
Tacoma General Hospital
Rett Adair
Enumclaw
Former Auditor Placed on Trial in North Yakima
In North Yakima on October 22, W. B. Newcomb former county auditor faced trial on grand larceny charges. He stands on two indictments one for misfeasance in office. He allegedly appropriated 1820 dollars and has repaid the full amount after admitting civil liability.
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North Yakima
W. B. Newcomb
Newcomb
Wireless phone to girdle world
Washington reports the Arlington wireless station aims to talk around the globe after successful wireless talks with Honolulu and Paris. Plans include tuning for direct conversation with Tokio without a Honolulu relay, following a trial with the Cordova Alaska station.
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Washington
Honolulu
Paris
Arlington
Globe
Cordova
Alaska
Justice Crow Dies Former Supreme Court Chief Justice
Olympia Oct 22 Judge Herman D Crow longtime member and former chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court died at St Peters hospital after weeks of illness from cancer He was born April 15 1851 in Delaware Ohio and admitted to the bar in 1873 He served as state senator and regent of Washington State College He married Martha Mendenhall in 1877 and his son Denton Crow practices law in California
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Fairbanks
Cosgrove
Urbana
Winfield
Kan
Spokane
State Senate
Washington State College
Martha Florence Mendenhall
Delaware
Denton
California
Woman Schools Chief Ella Flagg Young Resigns in Chicago
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of Chicago schools, resigns citing constant heckling by trustees and plans to enter the writing field. Trustees show no sentiment on her departure.
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Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Billie Burke Robbed in Frisco Hotel Mystery
Police investigate a major theft in San Francisco where gems valued at 10000 dollars were stolen from several suites in a local hotel. Actress Billie Burke reports jewelry worth 5000 dollars taken from her room and multiple guests were robbed without awakening.
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San Francisco
Billie Burke
Washington Shocked by Cavell Execution in Brussels
Official circles were shocked today by the execution of Englishwoman Edith Cavell by German authorities in Brussels. The administration is prepared to forward any representations England may desire through this country. Minister Brand Whitlock's efforts were approved.
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Washington
Mise Edith Cavell
Brussels
England
Brand Whitlock
Humphrey Urges Preparedness at Seattle Institute Event
Representative Humphrey addressed the Seattle chapter of the American Institute of Ranking on Thursday night urging that the sword be the arbiter of nations. He said only prepared nations will be invulnerable and spoke on the topic Preparedness.
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Humphrey
Seattle
American Institute of Ranking
Wrights Soup House Plan Aims to Aid Hungry Poor
Chauncey Wright proposes a Seattle charity scheme to open a dime meals soup house and lodging above it. He envisions tickets sold by cigar shops for a 10 cent meal, with a lodging house keeping diners dry and bathed, funded by volunteers and public support.
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Seattle
Wright
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