Secretary of War Sees Puget Sound Forts
Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison accompanied by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood surveys Fort Worden Fort Plagler and Fort Casey on Puget Sound aboard a fast motor boat. They visit the Lake Washington canal and Fort Lawton before a public address Wednesday noon at the Commercial Club.
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Leonard Wood
United States Army
Lindley M. Garrison
Forts Worden
Plagler
Casey
Puget Sound
Straits
Government Canal
Lake Washington
Fort Lawton
Wood
Washington, D. C
Tacoma
Thomas
Oreas
King County Democratic Club
NOW WHITE WIG
New York readers are told Madame La Mode advocates swift fashion in wigs and hair powder. The piece praises scented powders and head dusts for a 1913 belle's toilette, noting the popularity of whitening the hair with refined styling products.
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New York
Mme. la Mode
Man Sleeps a Month in LA After Sudden Coma
Frank Crawford, 35, woke from a month long sleep in his room on July 3 and regained consciousness in a hospital. Physicians say he suffered a rare paralysis episode and do not expect another lapse. Crawford reported no distress during the extended nap.
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Los Angeles
Frank Crawford
Crawford
Bar Slit Skirts Prompt London Fashion Rules
London fashion notice bans openwork stockings and short skirts as most female workers face strict dress codes in a large commercial house. Separately in Seattle, Dr. M Shields plans Red Cross first aid instruction for railroad workers on August 25.
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London
M . Shields
Ameri- Red Cross Society
Seattle
Ex-Gov Lind Sent to Mexico as Wilson Envoy
John Lind former governor of Minnesota sails to Mexico City as personal representative of President Wilson. He is expected to be ambassador once Ambassador Wilson resigns on October 14. Lind aims to reconcile factions, urge Huerta to restore order, and study whether lifting the arms embargo could ease the crisis.
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Washington
John Lind
Minnesota
Mexico City
Wilson
Lind
Mexico
Huerta
Plan Good Time At Washington Bar Association Convention
Members of the Washington State Bar Association will gather in the city for a three day convention starting next Thursday. A smoker at Elkshall Thursday evening for men and a ladies' event at the Orpheum are planned. Delegates and spouses will tour Seattle boulevards Friday, then Saturday include Mercer Island and Bainbridge Island trips, a navy yard visit, field day sports and a picnic.
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Washington State Bar Association
Elkshall
Bar Association
Orpheum
Seattle
Mercer Island
Bainbridge Island
Navy Yard
Judge Humphries Delays Restraining Order in Teamsters Case
The restraining order was not issued. The case moved from Judge Gilliam to Judge Humphries who continued the hearing to Thursday. Attorney Thomas B. MacMahon, representing the union men, must prevent violence in the interim.
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Humphries
Teamsters
Gilliam
Thomas B. MacMahon
Narrow Escape In Northern Pacific Tunnel Collapse
In Tacoma on August 5 a tunnel near the city collapsed sending 100 feet of cement and earth down. More than twenty workers narrowly escaped fatal injury as the men fled after hearing the crack.
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United Prees
Tacoma
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Operators Vote For Strike In N P Telegraph Union
St Paul August 5. Returns on the strike vote among 1,237 N P telegraph operators show practical unanimity in favor of striking. The union says the members voted for higher wages and improved working conditions.
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ST. Paul
N. P
Customs Receipts Set a New Record in July
Local customs house receipts for July broke records under the July 1 reorganization. Receipts rose by 12821.20 compared with July 1912, totaling 189476.67 for the month.
Why Diplomat Lost His Head
Washington reports Henry Lane Wilson resigned as United States ambassador to Mexico amid a shift in Mexican policy. Wilson, a Huerta partisan, faced charges of personal financial interests tied to American claims against the Mexican government, complicating recognition of Huerta and payment of those claims.
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Washington
Henry Lane Whiteon
United States
Mexico
Wilson
White House
Henry Lane Wilson
Huerta
Bryan
Wilson Moat
Wire Briefs from Utica and Nearby Areas
Nurse Emma Krill is held for murder of Dr. Stanley E. Tron London. Suffragettes’ residence at Lynton destroyed by fire. Bell Telephone strike ends through legislative mediation in Springfield. Dr R G Hunn arrested for murder of A T Kammerer in Kansas City. Bryan cancels Chautauqua in Texas. Texas Democrats offer 50000 to lure Bryan from Lectures. Max G Cohen attorney sentenced to two years for perjury on McNeil's Island. Herbert Randall, 11, of Oswego wounded by shotgun discharge. Sir William Lyne former Australian treasurer and premier dies in Sydney.
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Utica, N. Y
Emma Krill
Stanley E. Tron
Portland
Max G. Cohen
McNeil’s Island
Harriman Family Spends Summer at Island Park Ranch
Mrs E H Harriman and family with friends are settled at their Island Park summer home near Yellowstone Park. The party arrived by a special train, continuing their annual Idaho retreat tradition.
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Harriman
Idaho Ranch
Ty United Prose
Pocatello, Ida
E. H. Harriman
Island Park
Yellowstone Park
Shade of the Sun Amusements and Oddities Across Cities
A collage of quirky news items recounts a giant horse mackerel killing a skiff crew after a harpoon incident, trolley lines stalled by pests, a toddler struck by a freight train but unharmed beyond a head bump, and August Van Cortland inheriting a million after changing his surname from Bibby. Additional notes cover an egg contamination test by New Jersey workers, new dances in Newport, a rent dispute in New York, the czar’s disguised drill, and London’s Admiralty’s mistaken plans.
North Bend man charged after wild west picnic riot
D Dickinson of North Bend faced Prosecuting Attorney Murphy on charges of threatening to kill after a Sunday railroad men's picnic riot in which he appeared in a Wild West costume with revolvers. Dickinson claimed forestry service status but fled to retrieve a supposed commission. Captain N E Cousins will assume command of the Congress liner on arrival from Philadelphia.
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D. Dickinson
North Bend
Murphy
Dickinson
Forestry Service
Rief
Auto Toll Crashes Claim Several Lives and Injuries
Reports from multiple cities describe fatal and serious injuries in Monday automobile accidents. Edward C. Crawford dies, Mrs. Crawford injured in Emlington. Gerald Moore dies in Walla Walla. Father Alphonse Brouquest and Father Conturel injured in The Dalles. C M Hubbard fatally hurt in Tacoma. S Hampstead victims include Osgood Pell, Charles Gambeau killed, William Laimber dies from injuries.
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Emlenton
Edward C. Crawford
Dalles, OR
Alphonse Brouquest
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Conture
Tacoma
C. M. Hubbard
Centralia
South Tacoma
Hampstead
L. I
Osgood Pell
Charles Gambeau
William Laimber
Rascality Hides Behind the Flag at Dreamland
Victor Berger denounces sham patriots in a Dreamland pavilion speech. He claims 12 percent desert the army yearly and criticizes the flag as a mere rag unless it stands for an ideal. He urges socialist lawsuits against the city for riot losses involving sailors and soldiers.
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United States
International Brotherhood
King County Board to Hold Half Day Sessions
The King County board of equalization will hold only half day sessions for the next two weeks due to few petitions for assessment changes. County Commissioner McKenzie was elected chairman. Dexter Horton bank representatives asked that a $202,000 title land assessment be credited on the bank stock assessment. Port Townsend records note Puget Sound customs district trade for the year ending June 30, 1918 totaled $118,807,672.
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King County Board of Equalization
McKenzie
Dexter Horton Bank
Port Townsend
Customs House
Puget Sound
Elopement Ends in Murder in Santa Cruz
Greek immigrant Nicholas Trakonas was held without bail for the murder of Daisy Watt of San Francisco. He claimed she shot him before dying by her own action after they registered as husband and wife at the Hotel Del Mar. Sheriff Trafton found Watt dead and Trakonas with a smoking revolver. Watt was wife of J. G. Watt, manager of Radium Manufacturing Co. Trakonas resided at the San Francisco YMCA.
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Santa Cruz
Daisy Watt
San Francisco
Nicholas Trakonas
Trakonas
Watt
Hotel del Mar
Howard Trafton
San Francisco Considers Small Denomination Bonds
San Francisco officials, after banks and major investors declined to buy city improvement bonds in $1,000 blocks or larger, weigh issuing municipal bonds in $10, $25 and $50 denominations at 5 percent. Work on three large municipal buildings halted due to lack of cash readiness.
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San Francisco
Bribery sentences in UnitEd States senator election case
Sent to the penitentiary are A G Rhoades Ruth Duff and H F Asbury legislative delegates six years. State Senator B A Smith five years and six months and Delegate Dave Hill five years for bribery connected to last spring's United States senator election.
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Webster Springs
A. G. Rhoades
Ruth Duff
H. F. Asbury
B. A. Smith
Dave Hill
United States
To Keep Skin in Fine Condition in Summer
Summer skin care advice recommends mercolized wax and a saxolite face bath. Apply mercolized wax at night as a cream substitute to cleanse and refresh the complexion, then wash in the morning. A saxolite facial bath with azel is suggested to prevent sagging and wrinkles.
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