Campaign to enforce Sunday closing laws vows statewide saloon crackdown
Ernest H. Cherington, new Washington Anti-Saloon League chief, plans immediate enforcement of Sunday closing provisions and restricted hours, aiming to close saloons statewide. He signals a long fight into the legislature, seeking local option and licensing changes to expel saloons from towns and residence districts.
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Seattle
Ernest H. Cherington
Anti-Saloon League of Washington
J. C. Thomas
Ohio
Cherington
Washington
Cherrington
Saloon men take up cudgels in Washington battle
Seattle August 7 The Washington State Liquor Dealers Association declares a two year fight with the Anti-Saloon League funds in hand for a vigorous campaign. Secretary Arthur Gerber attacks Ernest Cherington saying local option does not mean prohibition and vows to fight the league in municipalities and state legislature. The league to align with city churches as the battle begins in a few days.
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Seattle
Washinon State Liquor Dealers’ Association
Anti-Saloon League
Arthur Gerber
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Ernest H. Cherington
Cherington
League
Goode Named to Civic Federation Utility Commission
The National Civic Federation executive council formed a commission to study national and municipal ownership of public utilities in the U S and Europe. August Belmont Sr presides. H W Goode of Portland General Electric Co is among the appointees to study urban and national utility affairs.
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New York
National Civic Federation
August Belmont
Europe
National Federation
Department of the Industrial Economics
H. W. Goode
Portland General Electric Company
Portland, Or
Electric line opens between Spokane and Medical Lake
The new Washington Water Power Company electric line from Spokane to Medical Lake, seventeen miles long, is expected to be completed and ready for operation by Thursday next. The route largely follows an abandoned Seattle and Eastern grade unused for years, and Medical Lake plans a big celebration with an excursion from Spokane to mark the opening.
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Spokane
Washington Water Power Company
Medical Lake
Seattle
Judge Declares Anti-Scalping Law Constitutional in Oregon
In Portland Judge Frazer ruled the anti-scalping law constitutional and that violations may be prosecuted as crimes. He denied habeas corpus for Charles J. Murray, arresting scalper, and his decision ends the local scalping practice by nullifying the law’s evasions.
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Portland, Or
Frazer
Charles J. Murray
English girl travels alone to Victoria to find father
Violet Bradshaw an eight year old girl arrived in Victoria from England by herself. A label on her luggage says she is consigned to her father a clerk at a local dry goods store. She seeks her father as authorities assist in reuniting the family.
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Victoria
B. C
Violet Bradshaw
England
Victoria Dry Goods
New York Tribune
Pinkerton
Horace
Chinese Chamber Seeks End To Shanghai Boycott
Consul General Rogers reports the Shanghai chamber of commerce deprecates the anti American boycott in China and says merchants fear heavy losses. The movement spread to Singapore and the Straits Settlements but the Chinese government may help stop the agitation.
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Washington
Rogers
Shanghai
State Department
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
China
Chamber of Commerce
Straits Settlements
Wilber
Singapore
Rockhill
Gasoline Schooner Barbara Hemster Wrecks At Plover Bay
Nome Alaska August 7 The gasoline schooner Barbara Hemster wrecked on an uncharted reef at the entrance to Plover Bay in dense fog and heavy seas. Passengers and crew escaped in lifeboats reaching the beach 600 yards away. News of the disaster reached Nome after a 65 hour ordeal, with Count Padorski and others among the survivors. A relief party aboard the schooner Alice has been dispatched.
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Nome
Alaska
Barbara Hernster
Plover Bay
A. Paulson
Hemster
Count Padorski
St. Nicholas
Bering Sea
Alice
Lippe
Northeast Siberian Company
M. Swanson
Dreams of a First Love Remembered in Quiet Refrain
A speaker recalls a shy first love from youth, a girl he never kissed, whose memory haunts him as years pass. He reflects on past passions, later loves, and the dreamlike reunion that offers rest from lifelong weariness, ending with a quiet, intimate vision. MecClure's.
Pete's Pull With The Powers of The Desert Sea
Pete Nicholson, master and builder of the little schooner Sea Nymph, plans sailing from a desert basin he believes will become water again. He chats with Antonio the cowboy aboard as they stock tobacco and mend sails while hoping for a favorable breeze and a reunion with water.
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Pete Nicholson
Pete
Antonio
Matilda
Elis
Taft Arrives in Manila Amid Water Pageant
Secretary of War Taft and party reached Manila on the steamship Manchuria at 10 a m. A water pageant greeted them as Governor General Wright Major General Corbin Rear Admiral Train and staffs met the party. The Ohio fired a salute and Taft received the city's golden keys at the governor general’s residence as crowds lined decorated streets.
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Manila
Taft
Manchuria
Wright
Corbin
Train
Ohio
Experts to Value Equitable Real Estate Holdings
President Paul Morton appointed two experts to value all real estate interests of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Reports suggest possible extensive overvaluation, with Equitable owning properties nationwide valued around 36 million dollars. Loans secured by parcels may require at least a ten percent reduction.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
the Tribune
Nevada tribes end century dispute with peace dance
Reno Nevada reports the Washoe and Piute nations have declared peace after a long conflict. To celebrate, a six day joint dance will begin August 13 near Reno with participants from all state regions.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Want Laborers for Canal
The administration will advertise for laborers to work on the Panama Canal. Officials will highlight advantages such as good wages improved sanitary conditions and government care to attract workers to the isthmus.
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Washington
Panama
Pete Nicholson and the Sea Nymph Save Canyon Farm
A cloudburst traps a canyon community and floods the river valley. Sailor Pete Nicholson, using the Sea Nymph, leads a dramatic rescue to save maps and lives as the government-backed water projects reshape the land. The piece ends noting Pete’s influence and the era of irrigation.
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Matilda
Pete Nicholson
Antonio
Pete
Peter Nicholson
San Francisco News
Building plans and estimates by C Cross at 94 Heron Street
R. R. Cross and G. Fox advertise plans specifications and estimates for building and construction. Thirty years of experience offered with satisfaction guaranteed from their office at 94 Heron Street and phone number 626.
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Heron Street
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Hayes & Hayes Bank
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