Seattle school board protest over missed notification
Director Shorrock protests to secretary Reuben Jones after learning the board approved major moves without full attendance. The vote to accept Dr Ira C Brown as medical director and to cut nurses follows tax council recommendations, with Shorrock warning no action on important matters without the entire board present.
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Seattle
RE. Shorrock
Reuben Jones
Shorrock
Carl Henry King
Walter Santmyeer
Ira ¢. Brown
Tax Reduction Council of
Secret Jones
Armistice Day Proposed as Opening for Disarmament Talks
State Department officials say Armistice Day November 1 is viewed as the opening date for the Washington disarmament and Pacific conference but no agreement on the date has been reached. Secretary Hughes and allied diplomats discuss the conference agenda in London and Tokyo, with emphasis on keeping Far Eastern and Pacific questions open for debate.
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A. L. Bradford
Wied
Ooo
Seri
State Department
Washparley
Hughes
Geddes
Shidehara
London
Tokyo
Pacific
Shantung
Davis
Oo Hughes
Britain denies urging delay at Washington arms talks
London August 3 Austen Chamberlain rejected reports that Britain was attempting to delay the Washington disarmament conference. He answered a question in parliament denying any urge to postpone negotiations.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Britain
Conservation Urged in Club Speech Here
Herbert Evison secretary of the National Parks association spoke before the Hundred Per Cent club at the Masonic Club annex on Tuesday noon urging conservation of Washington's natural resources.
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Herbert Evison
National Parks Association
Hundred Per Cent Club
Masonic Club
Washington
Gabberts Journey to West Opens at Loew's Palace Hip
The Gabberts, Seattle natives billed as America's Ingenious Athletes, headline at Loew's Palace Hip theatre on Thursday after a four month planning trip. They toured 2600 miles from Minneapolis in 14 riding days on a Harley Davidson with camping gear and a Kodak set, visiting relatives at 3422 Walnuts since arriving in the cra.
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Gabberts
Loew's Palace Hip
Yellowstone
Mra
Iabbert
Seattle
Cra
America
New Palace
Mrs. Gabbert
Minneapolis
Palace Hip
Miners urged to accept cut in wage negotiations
The District No. 10 United Mine Workers convened at the Labor Temple to decide if talks with operators will reopen on the coal mine strike. A report by Edward Clifford's committee, led by James Allport, urged a roughly 20 percent wage cut, as 24 mines producing about 90 percent of Washington's coal have been idle for four months.
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United Mine Workers of America
Labor Temple
Edward Clifford
James Allport
Barneshboro
Washington
Auto jumps bluff. two men harmed, one killed
Andrew Savi died and Mike Ito, the driver, was arrested after an auto leaped a bluff at South Prairie. Police report a second man was injured in the crash and remains hospitalized with noncritical injuries.
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Tacoma
Andrew Savi
Bluff
South Prairie
Mike Ito
Trust Formed to Finance Young Inventor Alfred Hubbard
A Spokane group formed a trust to fund Alfred Hubbard, 20, who claims to have invented an atmospheric generator. Judge Ralph C. Bell approved the plan providing $1,000 monthly for 50 months, with possible extension, contingent on Hubbard assigning all future inventions to the trust. Hubbard, previously of Seattle and Everett, is in Spokane.
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Everett
Trust Company
Spokane
Alfred Hubbard
Ralph C. Bell
Bay
Hubbard
Seattle
Northcliffe to Visit Vancouver on Friday Arrival Planned at 9 A.M.
Lord Northcliffe is expected to arrive in Vancouver at 9 a.m. Friday after leaving Winnipeg Tuesday afternoon en route to the Orient. He will be entertained amid a publisher's controversy with the London government.
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Vancouver
B. C
Lord Northcliffe
Winnipeg
The
Orient
London
Irene Castle Hurt by Realistic Actor in Film Studio
Irene Castle, screen star and widow of Vernon Castle, is hospitalized in New York with a bruised neck after an actor delivered a choking scene too realistically. The incident occurred while filming, leaving her throat black and blue the following day.
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New York
Irene Castle
Vernon Castle
Budget Committee Slashes More from City Budgets
The council budget committee on Tuesday cut over 24000 from three department estimates while approving six others as read. This follows last week’s total reductions of 1,106,740 from the 1922 expenditures. The panel also rejected a 10000 appropriation for street decorations, citing a new policy on non municipal expenditures.
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Council Budget Committee
Budget Committee
Olympia Edmonds Water System Ordered to Improve Plant
Edmonds Water System in Olympia must upgrade its treatment plant after an order from the Department of Public Works. The directive targets improvements to meet regulatory standards and ensure safe service for residents.
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Olympia
Edmonds Spring Water Company
Edmonds Water Sye
Department of Public Works
Pee Wee the Kangaroo Disappears At Woodland Park
For two weeks children at Woodland park worry when Pee Wee the two week old baby kangaroo vanishes. The mother kangaroo stays calm as kids fear a hoax until Pee Wee finally appears from her pouch to munch grass, leaving the crowd relieved.
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Wanda
Woodland Park
Pee Wee
Sho
Suale
Mary
Johnnie
Dad
Pugilistic Smithy Gets Two Knockouts in One Night
Red Kent, a blacksmith, fought in daytime and four bouts in the evening before being knocked out twice and jailed. The first blow felled him at the Pavilion, then Detective Ernet Yoris intervened as Kent struggled to recover. He remains jailed on a grand larceny charge with $1,600 bail unmet.
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Red Kent
Kent
Fred
Ernet Yoris
Jal
Governor Flatt Accepts Extradition Papers In Walla Walla Case
Olympia reports Governor Flatt has signed extradition papers for Thomas Young of Walla Walla who is wanted in San Francisco on murder charges. Young faces removal to stand trial for a homicide allegation.
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Olympia
Flatt
Thomas Young
Walla Walla
San Francisco
Tong Slayer Seattle Man
Police map motive after a Seattle man linked to tong warfare claims to prevent Seattle bloodshed following a fatal shooting in Portland. Authorities tightened surveillance of all trains as part of the probe amid Chinatown tensions and gang alliances.
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Suey Sing Tong
Portland
Seattle
Chinatown
To Beattie
Albert Wong
Hop Sing Tong
Suey Sings
Silk Village Patterns and Fabric Floor Sale
Silk Village offers simple blouse and skirt patterns and silk fabric during a limited week. Shoppers find free cut patterns and discounted silks at the fabric floor, described as a special promotion this week.
Apron Thursday Offers Attractive New Models
Apron Thursday features new apron styles priced at 1.95. An eye catching pink or blue gingham apron with Oriental crepe trim and rick rack is described, along with hand embroidered appliques and unbleached muslin options with gingham sash. Second floor Bon Marche.
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BON Marche
Bon Marche Food Specials on Fresh Daily Offerings
Bon Marche advertises mayonnaise 39c per lb, combination meat and macaroni loaf 34c per lb, Washington Full Cream Cheese 28c per lb, Swiss cheese 59c per lb while stock lasts. Phez or Pride jams five cans 95c, Salmon 2 for 15c or 3 for 20c, soda crackers 15c per lb, birthday candles 7c per box four for 25c, jelly rolls 15c, bread large loaves 12c. Upper main floor offers counter lunch 35c with sirloin beef Yorkshire pudding brown potatoes vegetable bread and butter strawberry puffs coffee or milk.
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Bon Marche
Washington
Women's Tan Calf Strap Oxfords At 7.50
Shoe section advertises women's tan calf strap oxfords priced at 7.50 with 14 inch heels and oak welt soles. Also lists growing girls oxfords brown with rounded toes and flat heels in sizes 2 to 7, plus high shoes over a footform last in several sizes with prices from 1.85 to 2.15 from Bon Marche.
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Oxfords
BON Marche
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