Alarm Over East Asia Tensions Spurs Japanese War Fears
London dispatch reports Tokyo views rising Russian power in Manchuria and Korea as prompting Japan to act now rather than risk losing prestige. Japanese fear alliance shifts, naval armament, and possible long conflict with France and England, amid signs of intensified Russian force at Port Arthur.
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London
Daily Mail
Tokyo
Russia
Manchuria
Korean
Korea
Japan
Siberian
Marquis Ito
Privy Council
France
England
Standard
Tientsin
Port Arthur
Government victory as Conservatives sweep Manitoba vote
Winnipeg July 22 government made a clean sweep in the provincial election. Conservatives hold 30 seats, Liberals 4, 5 in doubt, 2 deferred. Greenway and most Liberals defeated. ministers re elected with large majorities. Conservatives may reach 86 of 40 seats.
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Winnipeg
Man
Greenway
J. D. Cameron
Cadetship Exam Odds At Whitman College
Seventeen boys from Seattle Spokane and Walla Walla took West Point cadetship exams at Whitman College. Names include Chauncey Warneke Seattle George Gray John Keefer Paxton Rudolph Rupp Walla Walla Guy Steinbaugh Leland Diffenbach C H Kartson Spokane. All passed the physical test and the mental exam winner will receive the appointment by Senator Ankeny pending U S examination at Vancouver Wash. The physical exam was very rigid.
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Walla Walla
Seattle
Spokane
Whitman College
West Point
Chauncey Warneke
George Gray
John Keefer Paxton
Rudolph Rupp
Guy Steinbaugh
Leland Diffenbach
C. H. Kartson
Seniator Ankeny
United States
Vancouver
Wash
Drowning Victims Recovered After Surfacing Attempts
In Everett on July 22 three victims Miss Edna Warner Miss Nina Solomon and P G Foster were recovered from the bay using a line with fish hooks after grappling hooks and dynamite failed. The trio were found together clinging to each other. Edna and Nina showed severe facial damage from crabs while Foster was less injured.
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Everett
Edna Warner
Nina Solomon
P. G. Foster
C. E. Warner
Foster
Northern chicken ranch claimed largest in northwest
The most northerly chicken ranch in the world has been established at Piety point between Dry and Raunbon creeks near Nome. Owner W. E. Dickenson says the facility houses 1250 Plymouth Rock and black and white Hampshire high-bred fowls. The birds roost in tents and are brought to Nome to supply fresh eggs and poultry despite Arctic summer twilight.
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Nome
W. E. Dickenson
Northwest
Piety Point
Raunbon
Washington
Arctic Circle
Arizona Official Arrested
Shelby M. Cullom, nephew of the Illinois senator and clerk of Arizona’s supreme court, was arrested by U S Marshal Cord on an indictment from the Prescott grand jury. He had resigned as deputy collector of internal revenue at Santa Fe. the dispute involved a refunded tax later alleged to be wrongfully imposed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
United States
Cord
United States Grand Jury
Prescott
Cullom
Supreme Court of Arizona
Internal Revenue
Santa Fe
Steamer Walsh Burns at Sidney Dock in Fire
The steamer Walsh owned by Capt. L M MacCormack burned to the water line at Sidney after crew left two watchmen aboard while Montana Club party had left for Bremerton. Fire broke out near the boiler rooms as 238 excursionists had sailed from Seattle earlier that afternoon. The vessel drifted, blew a cylinder, and lay in fifteen feet of water near the Sidney dock.
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Seattle
Walsh
L. M. MacCormack
Sidney
Montana Club
Sound
Bremerton
College Campus Enlarged With Land Additions at Washington Agricultural
Valuable additions to Washington Agricultural College grounds include a north side land donation by N. W. Magee and Harvey and Welty to shield the dormitory view and prevent nearby construction. South side expansion adds twenty nine Mount View lots, creating space for a creamery pavilion and a contagious disease hospital, all sited to reduce fire risk and contagion.
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Pullman
Washington Agricultural College
N. W. Magee
Harvey& Welty
Mount View Addition
The Troublesome Candle Illusion for Young Readers
A brief excerpt describes a simple magic illusion for engaging young audiences. It outlines prep steps including modifying a candle and needle setup, concealing the prop in a tall hat, and performing a stumble to trigger the dramatic candle knock. The tone resembles a playful instructional feature for children.
Candles and hats and a tin can tale of morals
A staged magic mishap with a hat and candle unfolds as a performer offers to repair the damaged hat and pockets a candle fragment. The passage then shifts to short vignettes about fairies and foxes, a cheerful tale of a tin can clock maker, a King Edward VII anecdote, and child shell cleaning tips from St Nicholas.
National Pure Food Bill Urged At Dairy Conference
In St Paul on July 22 J W Bailey of Oregon presided over a conference of dairy and food commissioners The opening address urged a national pure food bill to create a uniform law for all states He noted manufacturers produce different brands for lax and strict state laws to gain advantage
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St. Paul
National Association of Dairy and Food Commissioners
J. W. Bailey
Oregon
Bailey
Pueblo
Colo
Max Pacht
United States Land Office
Las Animas
Pracht
Colorado Fuel & Tron Company
Utah Coal Company
Land Office
Barry Selected for Brigadier General in Permanent Service
Washington announces Col. Thomas H. Barry of the adjutant general's department has been chosen for Brigadier General in the permanent service to fill the vacancy created by General Leonard Wood's promotion.
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Washington
War Department
Col
Thomas H. Barry
Adjutant General's Department
Leonard Wood
Mental Strain in Nursing Highlights Nurse Annie Morgans Death
An inquest by the Birkenhead coroner into nurse Annie Morgan of Liscard Nursing Institute reveals she took her own life. At 45, she suffered prolonged distress after a patient’s death and suffered mental deterioration, with two prior hospital absences before resuming work.
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Birkenhead
Annie Morgan
Liscard Nursing Institute
Rock Ferry Piet
Miss Morgan
Liscard Institute
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