The Star Covers The War Behind The Front
Seattle readers gain human stories from the war via Star special correspondents in Belgium France and England. Readers are invited to follow Mary Boyle O Reilly H J Phillips Bill Shepherd and Harry Burton for human perspectives and war pictures. Delivery details via Main 9400.
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France
Harry Burton
England
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La Follette Seen Exposed By Telegram In Seattle Lie
The piece argues Senator La Follette and Congressman Frear were misrepresented by a Seattle newspaper interview. It presents Falconer’s telegram as proof that neither official spoke ill of the progressive candidates for the state supreme court, denouncing standpat claims.
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la Follette
Frear
Suattie Pal
Mills
Wisconsin
U. S
Washington, D.C
Falconer
Con
Carman says husband a devil in murder trial
In a dramatic courtroom session Mrs. Carman testified in a murder trial. Her statements, including remarks about her husband and a dictagraph, were central as the defense prepared more witnesses. Her daughter Elizabeth corroborated hearing a shot and finding her mother. Water shut-off notices followed in a later town listing with planned outages.
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Carman
Louise
Eagles Dance at Hagler Hall Annual Ball
Members of the Eagles band will swap instruments for a dance at Hagler Hall on Seventh and Olive next Wednesday night. Cavanaugh's band will provide the music for the annual ball.
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Hagler’ Hall
Seventh
Olive
Cavanaugh
Germans Build Army Barges to Invade England
Kiel ship yards are building armored barges to transport a German army for invasion of the British Isles. Some barges reportedly already completed and capable of nine knots. Zeppelin sheds under construction in Schleswig possibly to accompany the barges with dirigibles. No confirmation.
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British Isles
Copenhagen
Schleswig
Rancher Kills Wife in Downtown Hotel Then Ends His Life
Thomas H. Grimmit, a 52 year old rancher, shot his wife at the Broadway hotel in downtown yesterday and then killed himself. Mrs Grimmit, 40, had been seeking a divorce and they lived apart. Five daughters survive. A note to one daughter blamed the wife for his despair.
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Thomas H. Grimmit
Broadway
Grimmit
M. Kepier
Sequim
Edith Taylor Trial Ends Without Guilty Verdict
A jury in Judge Mackintosh's court could not reach a verdict on Edith Taylor's alleged robbery. They accepted a compromise noting two Edith Taylors in one body, the older who stole $280 after drug use and the modern rehabilitated version surgically transformed at the county hospital.
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Mackintosh
Calhoun Hotel
Pastors Plan March in Big Days Parade
Rain or shine the bi toon ance demonstration will Saturday afternoon with over 10 000 in line. Cavanaugh's band leads from First and Lenora, followed by mounted police and groups from churches W C T U Good Templars Sunday school children Mothers congress and volunteers. Assemble Lenora between First and Fifth at 1 pm. parade starts 2 pm.
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Mothers’ Congress
Lenora
Flour Due For 20 Cent Boost In Price Here
Seattle flour mills expect a 20 cent rise in flour prices Friday or Saturday due to strong European demand and wheat price gains. Mills in the Northwest report full orders and run day and night while officials caution the rise hinges on the wheat market.
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Northwest
W. P. Fisher
Fisher Mills
German Battery Surrenders to Rus Near Augustowo
London dispatch reports a German battery engaged with Russian forces at Augustowo suffered total casualties with every man killed. Cavalry units were forced to operate the guns until only three rounds of ammunition remained.
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Augustowo
Kaiser Visits His Men In Trenches
German field report from Montmedy France details Verdun siege efforts and fort destruction. General Von Bonin expresses confidence Verdun will fall within two weeks. French line holds though some positions bent. Saint Mihiel and Camp des Domains reported captured. Meuse crossing occurs near Saint Mihiel amid ongoing fighting.
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Toul
Verdun
Saint Mihiel
Camp Des
Armed Thug Halts Escorts In Seattle Park
A highwayman with a gun robbed two couples in Kinnear Park Seattle Thursday night and grabbed one woman before fleeing. The man identified as R Breyman reported a separate victim Miss Grace Helliker who escaped after fighting off the assailant. Police searched the park but could not describe the robber due to darkness.
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Kinnear Park
Chelsea
R,. Breyman
Grace Helliker
Miss Helliker
Auctioneer’s Timepiece Leads to City Detective Bond
A jewelry auction ended with a railroad engineer angering a crowd and a door slam as he claimed the house was pinched. City Detective John Majewski and others faced bail of 200 dollars for some and 150 dollars for others as the case unfolded.
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John Majewski
M. Miller
Andrew Miller
Hoge Sees East Demand Boost from War Orders
James D. Hoge reports the East is humming with business as European war demand grows. He just returned from the bankers' convention in Richmond, Virginia where he helped Seattle secure the next gathering and noted strong demand for horses, auto trucks, meat, wheat and flour threatening Puget Sound's share.
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James D. Hoge
Richmond
Seattle
Europe
Puget Sound
Belgian King Albert Leads From Front In Dunkirk Defense
Ki Albert of Belgium told aides his life holds no more value than others as he fought on the front near Dunkirk. Reports say Belgian forces, with British monitors, repulsed German assaults, saved Dunkirk, and kept Brussels connected to the fight as the king moved along the line in mud and battle wear.
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France
Havre
Ki Albert
Belgium
Thureday
Faw
Dunkirk
Albert
Nieuport
North Sea
Kaiser
King Albert
Brussels
Wounded Bandit Gang Hit in Canada Shootout
In Blaine near Hazelmere British Columbia a bandit gang that robbed Sedro Woolley Bank is cornered by two sheriffs posses immigration officers and over a hundred volunteers. Reports say the gang leader was killed and a comrade wounded in yesterday’s fusillade while another bandit was shot through the hip. The posse hopes for a final clash as the wounded and missing flee through the woods.
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Hazelmere
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Clifford Adams
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