Wilson Urges Instant Tariff Revision In Big Speech
The Seattle Star reports President Woodrow Wilson urged immediate tariff revision in a major address criticizing the Payne Aldrich tariff. He pressed for open counsel, anti trust reforms, and direct election measures while warning against private special interests shaping policy. Miss Simmons was knocked down by an auto at Seventh and Pike but suffered only minor injuries.
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Wilson
Phillipines
Republican Party
Nce
Philippines
Democratic Party
Miss Simmons
Seventh and
Pike
Ruchard Eaves
Barker Hotel
Naughty cabareters cabarag tamely now
A columnist recalls tame cabarets after clergyman denounced them from the pulpit. The piece laments modern acts at The Breakers Tate’s and Hofbrau, noting Suzanne and the other performers as well as the audiences. The author, an “old cabareteer,” regrets past exuberance and rejects the new softened shows.
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Suzanne
Claude
Suraine
Susanne
Gaspine
Genevieve
Annie Laurie
Tate's
The
Breakers
Hofbrau
Highway Robbers Escape After Desperate Battle
On a Southern Pacific passenger train between Mojave and Beeville Chinese and Charles White escaped from Deputy Sheriff Gates after beating him with his revolver and firing on the crew. The men, manacled together, fled the moving train at 36 miles an hour as a posse forms from Mojave to pursue. One suspect believed seriously wounded.
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Mojave
Cal
Southern Pacific
Beeville
Chine
Chas
White
Gates
Los Angeles County
Third ticket for state probably will be defeated
Tacoma Aug 7 Indications are that at the new bull moose convention in Tacoma tonight the Roosevelt delegates to the Aberdeen state convention will vote down the third party ticket. Tacoma delegates caucused and opposed a third ticket as did Walla Walla Clallam and Wahkiakum counties. Spokane and Seattle delegates reportedly share the stance.
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United Preas
Tacoma
W. D. Askren
Roosevelt
Aberdeen
Walla Walla
Clallam
Wahkiakum
Spokane
Seattle
Real estate dealer killed by dynamite blast in Lents
Perry Warren, a real estate dealer, died when a 50 pound box of dynamite dropped inside his home in Lents Oregon. The blast leveled the house and scattered debris across an acre. no two pieces of lumber remained joined.
Federal grand jury likely to convene in Seattle
Washington officials expose possible higher ups behind Cornelius Hanford alleged bench misconduct. Congressman Victor Berger says the House Judiciary Committee probe points to rich men in Seattle who should be punished. Ber ger reports Attorney General Wickersham forecasts a Seattle grand jury to indict lawyers politicians and businessmen.
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United Press
Washington
Cornelius H. Hanford
United States Court For
Western District of Washington
Pla
Wickersham
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Berger
Seattle
House Judiciary Committee
Hanford
Roosevelt Is Nominated by Progressive Party
Chicago August 7 Theodore Roosevelt won the Progressive Party nomination for president after the platform was adopted and state roll call completed. Gov. Hiram Johnson of California is expected to be the vice presidential choice, with Roosevelt's acceptance speech to follow.
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Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
Roosevellt
Chicago
United States
New
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Convention
Alabama
New York
Prendergast
Napoleon
Abraham Lincoln
Didate
Eve Page
Johnson
Gov. Johnson
Ifornia
Seattle Girl Becomes First Woman Wireless Operator
Maybelle Kelso, formerly a Western Union operator in Seattle, becomes the first woman wireless operator aboard the ship Mariposa as it sails north between Seattle and Alaska. She advocates that women can perform wireless work as well as men, citing steadiness and endurance in emergencies.
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Maybelle Kelso
Seattle
Alaska
Mariposa
Maybelie Kelso
Miss Kelso
United Wireless
Fair and cooler night and Thursday forecast
The forecast calls for fair skies and cooler temperatures tonight into Thursday with light easterly winds. Noon temperature reads 74 degrees.
Hodge Pays Filing Fee for Governor Campaign
Bob Hodge, the people's candidate for governor, sent his filing fee of 66 dollars to Olympia and received a post office money order. He announced plans to reside in Olympia for four years as he campaigns in Everett and nearby towns, with stops toward Bellingham.
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Bob” Hodge
Olympia
Hodge
Everett
Bellingham
Suffragettes Sentenced To Five Years In Prison
In Dublin on August 7 Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans, suffragettes, were sentenced to five years penal servitude for attempting to burn the Theatre Royal where Premier Asquith was to speak during his Ireland visit.
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United Press
Dublin
Theatre Royal
Asquith
Ireland
Mary Leigh
Gladys Evans
Townes Health Trip Prompted by Wealth Claim
A fragment mentions Towne traveling to Europe for health reasons and questions how his health was affected, suggesting earnings made the trip possible. The short text implies a link between finances and the European journey without full details.
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Europe
Mrs Frater Slips at Home Fractures Hip
Mrs A W Frater of 4521 15th Ave N E slipped on a floor at her home last night and fractured her hip. She is the wife of Judge Frater.
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A. W. Frater
15Th
Av. N. E
Judge Frater
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