Sinking Fleet to Bring Home to New U S Coast Defense
United Press reports a Pacific defense plan to assemble four divisions totaling about 170000 tons of naval firepower by December. Rear Admiral Dayton will lead the fleet with battleships West Virginia Colorado Maryland Pennsylvania and others. aim is to deter Japan and guard the Suez approach.
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United Press
Washington
Aus
Dayton
Manila
Fiest
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
S T Louis
Charleston
Milwaukee
Chicago
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
Far East
Steamers Collide Near Willamette Mouth
A collision between two steamers at the mouth of the Willamette caused a large hole in the stern of the second vessel. The incident occurred around five o'clock. The alliance has broken up and a sandbar is involved.
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Willamette
Bid Rejection Spurs New Rendering Contract Bid
The city rejected B C Grinnell’s bid to render dead animals and a new bid is ordered. Seattle Rendering Co seeks the privilege to bid, after the prior proposal was deemed unsatisfactory.
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B.C. Grinnell
Seattle
Man in Port Orchard Sleepwalk Fall Severs Recovery Hopes
Charles Green jubilant over selling his Port Orchard ranch buys an automobotle and drinks in the high life, then sleepwalks from a second-story window. He lies unconscious after a fall onto the hotel sidewalk, suffering a hemorrhage of the rain but showing signs of improvement days later. Providence hospital monitors his condition as doctors work toward recovery.
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Port Orchard
Charles Green
Thin City
Providence
Green
Itar
Itea
Big Increase Reported by Shipping Commissioner Knox July
The July report by United States Shipping Commissioner Knox shows a rise in harbor activity with 2,246 sailors discharged and 4,191 sailors reshipped or discharged. The figures compare to 3,704 last June, an increase of 837, and a July total of 2,421 in 1,311 fewer than the previous year. A second center is ordered in the Halwey case at Frivco, and the jury proceedings concern the defense.
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United States Shipping
Knox
Jone
Halwey
Frivco
Resignation Crisis Splits Westminster Parish Church
A church faction plans to reject a resignation amid splits echoing a three year dispute. Dr Haynes may stay at the helm if opposition remains small. others warn of a bitter rift unless he resigns, threatening future harmony.
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Westminster Piertan
Haynes
Frank Ho
Ilenomene
Step
Warning Issued on Famine Prep and Coal Prices Rise
The Interstate Commerce Commission warns the public to prepare for possible famine next winter and to stockpile cans and weed. Coal prices are projected to climb to 26 dollars per ton in Montana as supplies tighten and demand grows.
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T United Press
Washington
Aug
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana
Union Pacific Declares Quarterly and Semiannual Dividends
The Union Pacific announces a regular quarterly dividend of 2% on common stock and a regular semiannual dividend of 2% on preferred stock.
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New York
Union Pacific
City probes fraudulent employment agencies in crackdown
The article reports investigators presenting conclusive evidence of fraud by certain agencies exploiting workers. Officials say the crackdown aims to shut down scams within a day and revoke licenses while protecting honest agencies and urging criminal prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Mill
Mont Moheurek
Wage Scale Drawn Up at UMWA Convention in Seattle
The United Mine Workers of America district No. 10 finished drafting the wage scale for the coming year at the Seattle Labor Temple. The report may be adopted Friday after minor changes. A Renton rumor of trouble was denied by the press committee. Miss Pauline Rogers rejected engagement to T M Liebig by telephone from Pine Bluff Arkansas. She heard a pistol shot during the call and later learned the man had killed himself.
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United Mine Workers of America
Pauline Rogers
T. M. Liebig
Pine Bluff
Ark
Escape at City Jail Sparks Policy Change
George Brown a trusty escaped from the city jail last evening. He was serving 63 days on a charge of being a die orderly person. The jail announces that henceforth no long time prisoner will be made a trusty.
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George Brown
Brown
Miniature Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Model Promotes Fair
A new advertising idea features a scale model of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition including buildings fountains boats and surrounding waters. The design is in the Regal Shoe Co. window attracting attention as George L. Sawyer plans to circulate it to company stores nationwide with accompanying exposition materials.
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Alaska
Regal Shoe Co
George L. Sawyer
United States
Jewish Colony Talks in Mexico City Landmark Land Purchase
In Mexico City on Aug 8 Philip Shabin Abraham G Deglatoff and Efin A Urin from Los Angeles negotiate for 10000 acres to establish a Jewish colony of 150000. Two thousand settlers will come from California with the rest from Russia. Emperor William favors English colleges in Germany teaching English.
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United Press
Mexico City
Philip Shabin
Abraham G. Deglatoff
Efin A. Urin
Los Angeles
California
Russia
Aristocratic Annie Rooney Faces Deportation From King County Jail
Annie Rooney once Florence Ansinia Story, a great grandniece of a US Supreme Court judge and cousin to two US senators and ambassadors, faces deportation to Resex, Massachusetts, after years in King county Jail. Investigations reveal a lineage of Choate and Story connections. the reader notes her downfall stems from a theatrical life.
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Annie Rooney
King County
Ahere
Resex
Maas
Mgrralge
Florence Ansinia Story
United States Supreme Court
United States
Court of St. James
Eesex
Heaton
Kssex
Gloucester
Ipswich
Essex
England
Annie
Massachusetts
Arthur D
Masachusette
Siip
Joseph Story
United States Surpeme Court
William Wetmore Story
Rome
Rufus Choate
Hhe Day
Daniel Webster
United States Senate
Joseph H. Choate
Chas. Fr Te
Old Colony Lpoad
Henry F. Burnham
New Hampshire
Annie Philoly
Robbed Beat Then Arrested in Backstreet Altercation
A Cartwright backdriver for Holman’s Livery Co. awoke in a stable office to find $18 missing. Wade Randolph, a tab employee, allegedly took the money. Both were arrested on unrelated assault and battery charges after officers refused Randolph’s release for lack of evidence.
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Ola
A. Cartwright
Cartwright
Holman’s Livery Co
Wade Randolph
Randolph
Aaaland
Nandolph
Indian Woman Guards Her Ancestor Grave in Wyandot Cemetery
Miew Lytle Conley, the only Indian woman in the country, has built a cottage in Huron cemetery Kansas City Kansas and will fire a shotgun to deter moves to seize the grave of her Wyandot ancestors. The government seeks to sell the property, a federal court ruled against Conley, and she vows to defend the grave while pursuing Indian rights in court. Conley has practiced law five years and upholds Indian health and rights.
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Kansas City
Kan
Miew Lytle Conley
Huron Cemetery
Uncle Sam
Ohie
Kansas
Mina Conley
Federal Circuit Court
Miss Couley
Ein
Korea's Heir Apparent Named. Imperial Succession Planned
The emperor's youngest brother is appointed heir apparent to the throne in Korea. It has been decided that all vice ministers will be Japanese, signaling imperial policy changes in governance and court appointments.
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Fy United Press
Beoul
Aug
Darrow to Be Chosen by Moyer Tonight in Denver
Charles Moyer will decide tonight which attorney defends him. He is conferring with Clarence Darrow in Denver, and if the decision rests with Moyer alone, Darrow will be chosen.
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United Presa
Denver
Colo
Charles Moyer
Clarence Darrow
Moyer
Darrow
Murder Revealed by Adams Story in Telluride
The body of W. J. Barney, a timber man at the Smuggler Union mine who disappeared in June 1966, was exhumed near the Alta mill and moved to Telluride. Steve Adama stated Barney was buried after incurring miners union enmity for working at the mine post 1961 strike. the body was found stripped of clothing.
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Telluride, Cole, Aug
W. J. Barney
Union
Alta Mill
General Wells
Steve Adama
Wes
Barney
Miners’ Union
Adame Saya Barney
Judge halts sale of tug Sophia after bidder’s offer
Judge C M H Hanford of the United States circuit court orders the sale of the tug Sophia set aside after John Campbell’s motion alleging a prior bid. The tug was previously sold last Monday by United States Marshal Hopkins to J W Redding for an undisclosed amount. Puget Pattern works filed the suit in Nhel again at the tug.
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C. MH. Hanford
United States Circuit Court
Sophia
John Campbell
Ace States
Hopkins
J. W. Redding
Puget Pattern Works
Nhel
Olga Molitor Arrested In Baden Baden Beheading Case
Berlin dispatch reports Olga Molitor, daughter of a murdered woman, arrested at Baden Baden on a statement by Baron von man that Olga and not Carl Hau killed her mother. The baron sent the charge in a letter to the prosecutor at Carlsruhe, where the trial occurred.
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Berlin
Baron von Man
Olga Molitor
Carl Hau
Olga
Baden Haden
Carlsruhe
Humane Officer Seizes Hound Case in City Court
Justice R R George hears a cruelty case against Jane Porter of the north end. Humane Officer Vaupell reports the arrest after Porter allegedly tortured a Danish hound owned by Paul Laun by throwing fiory chemicals on the animal.
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Vaupell
R. R. George
Standard Appeals Filed Over Rail Rebates Case
Chicago Aug. 8 Standard 611 attorneys filed formal notice of appeal from Judge Landis decision. They filed the trust on indictments drawn by government experts against the railroads alleging rebates and concessions granted by the Standard.
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Chicago
Landis
Bodies Fill the Streets in Tangier Aug. Massacre
Aug. Tangier report describes 2000 additional troops landed at Casa Didlica. Street fighting rages as Jewish quarter of Casa Bianca sacked and massacres reported. Moorish quarter set afire by shells from warships. Distress floods streets as stores close. Europeans reportedly safe. Fear persists of Andjerras tribesmen attack.
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Tangter
Aug
Casa Didlica
Casa Bianca
Warshipa
Williams Declared Democratic U S Senator Nominee
Jackson Mins August 8 The democratic state executive committee has named Williams the party nominee for United States senator Williams secured a majority of 648 votes in the nomination process.
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Jackson, Mins
Democratic State Executive Committee
Williams
United States
Tobacco Workers Vote Looms on Nationwide Strike
United Press reports at Louisville August 8 that 16 000 tobacco workers nationwide may strike the American Tobacco Company if AFL aid is approved. A strike of milled trades could affect 70 000 workers.
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United Press
Louwville
American Tobacco
International Tobacco Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Forty killed in Chile factory explosion
In Santiago on August 8 a gas explosion shattered a broom factory injuring and killing employees. The blast collapsed the building, trapping spectators, police, and firefighters amid debris. Authorities report forty dead or wounded.
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Santiago de Chile
Clergy Split Over Mixed RaceMarriage Question
The Star reports wide debate among church members and lawyers over the proposed marriage of Gertrude Higgison to Tom Chom, a Chinese man. Some clergy defend anti miscegenation stance, urging the church to frown on racial mixing for moral and social reasons while officials weigh legal and civil implications.
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J. P. D. Llwyd
Gertrude Higgison
Tom Chom
St. Mark's Church
M. A. Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Llwyd
Mackintosh
Tom Chum
California
Vanderveer
Man
Government Will Act on Chamber's Request
Firet Assistant Postmaster General Grandfield telegraphed from Washington to C B Yandel secretary of Seattle Chamber of Commerce stating the chamber message on local post office conditions has been received and will receive immediate attention. Inspectors may be sent to place the post office on a business basis at once.
Disappearance of Sockeye Salmon Threatens Canners
Seattle fish dealers warn the sockeye salmon crop is vanished this season as canneries struggle to secure supplies. They blame Fraser River spawning and Canadian limits, urging new hatcheries and shifts to other salmon to protect the industry or face eventual exhaustion and reliance on Alaska.
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Seatle
Fraser River
Trib
Alaska
Fight Called Off Over Illness Rumor in Gans Burns Match
The Pacific Athletic Club canceled the August 16 bout between George Memsie known as Jimmy Burns and Joe Gans after doctors found stomach trouble in Burns. Gans supporters warned Burns faked illness to save money.
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Los Angeles
Aug
Pacific Athletic Club
Thin City State
George Memsie
Jimmy Burns
Joe Gans
Gans
Burns
Father resumes search for drowned Miss Davidson
F H Davidson, father of Edna Davidson who drowned at Westport last Saturday, returned home after a days long search and will continue the effort with help from North Beach residents though the task seems hopeless. Luete Schroeder, nearly drowned, shows improvement and will likely be taken home to Seattle for a few days.
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F. H. Davidson
Edna Davidson
Westport
North Beach
Luete Schroeder
Seattle
Baltimore Grain Elevator Destroyed in Major Fire
A large grain elevator of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was destroyed by fire in Baltimore. The loss is estimated at 150000 on the building and a heavy figure on the contents. Plans are announced for a 1000000 power plant on the Sandy river near Portland to supply electricity for United Railways interurban line between Portland and Salem.
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United Press
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Sandy River
Portland
Ore
United Railways
Salem
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