Whford Quits Committee For Ty Votes To Notify
A press dispatch reports the House Judiciary Committee backed delaying impeachment actions against United States Judge Graham of Seattle. The panel advised the President not to object to Hanford's resignation and debated the cost of impeachment, with a subcommittee estimating $70,000 for proceedings. The matter awaits further action next week.
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United States
Seattle
House Judiciary Com
Ace
House Judiciary
House
Clayton
Crowd roars as Darrow trial moves to Third and Los
The scene at Third and Los streets in Blaine Aug. 3 shows a large crowd surrounding Darrow as prosecutors present witnesses Geo N Lockwood and others. Bailiffs, court clerks, and observers fill the area while officers attempt to control the mob and escort Darrow to a waiting automobile.
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Geo. N. Lockwood
J. B
Darrow
Third
Los
Jon
Hbailiffa
Bert H. Franklin
Dana
Geo
N. Lockwood
White
Samuel
Los Sts
Main
Weather forecast notes Westerly winds tonight and Sunday
Tonight and Sunday expect Westerly winds with a noon temperature of 59 degrees. The brief forecast emphasizes wind direction and midday warmth for the weekend.
Cotterill Talks Suffrage At Courthouse Square
Cotterill addresses suffrage support in an open air gathering at the courthouse square last night. He notes women won the right of suffrage and praises the quiet dignified manner of the movement led by Mayor Pob Hesketh and the council.
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Cotterill
Court House Square
Pob Hesketh
Council
Mil
Girl killed by elevator at roof garden party
A six year old girl, Etta May Hattie of Valley, North Vancouver, was instantly killed when she leaned from an ascending freight elevator car. She was caught between the third and bottom of the car as it rose toward a roof garden party.
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B. C
Etta May Hattie
Daniel Hattie
North van
DONT Miss THIS Series of Eye Deceivers
A teaser notes a series of eye deceivers using contrast white lines and darker crossings. The next installment is teased for Monday.
Wilson declines general stumping tour for campaign
Woodrow Wilson announced from Sea Girt New Jersey that he will not stump the country generally during the coming campaign. He said he plans only a few speeches at points the campaign committee desires starting around September 1 and will avoid a Pacific coast tour.
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United
Sea Girt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Leaves Pen After Forty-Two Years at Ohio Prison
John Taborn the oldest state prisoner in service, after 42 years inside the Ohio penitentiary, leaves for Morgan station prison farm with the option to spend his days there. At 64 he is physically sound but his mind has grown childish as he witnesses the outside world for the first time. Since his arrival 32,864 prisoners have served time or died or been executed.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
John Taborn
Morgan Station
New World
Taborn
Senate warning to keep off the grass of the western hemisphere
The United States Senate adopted a bellicose resolution warning that no naval or military site in the western hemisphere may pass into foreign control if it could threaten U S communications or safety. Introduced by Senator Lodge the measure passed 51 to 4 after three hours of closed session.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Lodge
Sisters Missing in Quarry Lake Tragedy Sorrow
In Ingleside district San Francisco detectives search Quarry lake for the missing Barlota sisters Antonette aged 10 and Consolata aged 7 who disappeared from their home Thursday. Detective Louis La Place swam the lake bottom again and again without success seeking the bodies.
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San Francisco
Antonette
Consolata Barlota
Quarry Lake
Ingleside
Sargeant Louis la Place
Grace Acquitted in Atlanta Murder Trial
Mrs Daisy Grace is freed after jurors find her not guilty of attempting to murder her husband Eugene H Grace. She expressed desire to see her son in Philadelphia and retire from public life. Eugene Grace called the verdict unjust and vowed to seek further action, claiming she shot him while he slept.
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Atlanta
Daisy Grace
Eugene H. Grace
Philadelphia
Grace
Newnan
Eugene Grace
Dyna
Floating Palace Mariechen recalls Seattle’s growth and decay
The derelict iron ship Mariechen rests in Elliott Bay near the Great Northern dock. Built in 1870s Hamburg, she dazzled as a floating palace with teak decks and mahogany interiors, later declined, sank near False Bay, was raised, looted, and finally stranded as a grim milepost illustrating progress and change in Seattle.
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Fred L. Boalt
Elliott Bay
Great Northern Dock
Hamburg
Germany
China
Brazil
Gambiere
Mariechen
New York
Japan
Russia
Seattle
Vladivostok
False Bay
Alaska
James A. Moore
Western Steel Corporation
Anderson
Colleen
Big Stadium Seems Sure for Seattle
Donation of a West Seattle site by William Pigott and Frank T. Hunter practically guarantees a municipal stadium in Seattle. The park board, after securing the land, will proceed to complete arrangements for a $100,000 stadium funded by loan or future tax levy. Formal acceptance commits the board yesterday.
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West
Seattle
William Pigott
Frank T. Hunter
Park Board
Border Skirmish Between Mexicans and U S Soldiers Reported
United Press reports more than 50 shots exchanged across the border at El Paso between Mexican rebels and U S troops. Homes of four Americans were hit but no injuries to soldiers. Col. Steever investigates suspected diversion from a smuggling raid. Also, 129 Mormon refugees flee Colonia Dublin to Bowie Arizona, with plans to relocate to Thatcher Safford and Pima.
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el Paso
United States
United Press
Tex
C.H. Cole
Curtiss Williams
A. D. Martinez
J. Yonkers
Col. Steever
Globe
Ariz
Colonia Dublin
Sonora
Mex
Bowie
Arizona
Thatcher
Safford
Pima
Marjorie Manners Weds Marquis in London
Lady Marjorie Manners eldest daughter of the Duke of Rutland married the Marquis of Anglesea at St Peters church in Eton Square London. The Marquis’s income is estimated at about five hundred thousand dollars annually.
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Marjorie Manners
London
Duke of Rutland
Marquis of
Anglesea
Eton Square
Old Beggar Pleads in Seattle Police Court
An elderly, disabled man pleads guilty to begging in a Seattle police court. He explains he is penniless after living at the Soldiers' Home in Orting and seeking money sent from the East that never arrived. He asks for leniency and vows to return home once funds fail to come.
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Marion Brown
Brinker
Orting
Seattle
Gordon
Erickson Pushes Plan to Force Street Car Extensions
Councilman Oliver T. Erickson vows a new city plan to compel Puget Sound Traction Co. to extend street car service where needed. He aims to draft an ordinance by Monday to test the issue in court, arguing public necessity permits extensions under the city charter.
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Oliver T. Erickson
S. E. Co
Erickson
City Utilities Department
Puget Sound Traction Co
Council
Little Mother Seeks Divorce in Reno Suit
Rosa Bender known in New York as the little mother of the tenements has filed for divorce against Harold Maximilian Bender of New York in Reno Nevada. Mrs. Bender, prominent in settlement work, is a Budapest native who speaks several European languages.
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Reno
Nevada
Rosa Bender
New York
Little Mother of
Harold Maximilian Bender
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Wilton
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