Car Plunges Into Canyon Killing Five in Night Crash
A car returning from Mt Rainier plunged over 100 feet into Nisqually canyon on Moon highway between Alder and Plunge killing two women and injuring five others including a girl and a boy. Driver B. M Delaware lost control in dust causing the fatal plunge. rescue took five hours. Miss Bila Ward remains hospitalized. Delaware Wiley and the children survived with minor injuries.
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Mt. Rainier
Moon Highway
Alder
Nis
Quarry Canyon
A. B. Boos, Jr
42Nd Ave
Roger T
Tait
N. W
Roger Wiley
B. M
Miss Ward
Eatonville
Delaware
Wiley
Seattle
Mother Saves Baby In Collision On City Streets
Mrs. George Bates suffered serious injuries when her car collided with another and plunged into a bank at 11th Avenue and E Madison Street. She shielded her 6 month old baby, saving the child before being rushed to Minor hospital. Aileen Sampson aided Bates after the crash and Bates was reported in hospital Monday. A motorcyclist, James Barker, was injured and may lose his left leg after being struck by a car driven by George at 15th Avenue.
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George Bates
Bates
Aileen Sampson
30Th Ave
Mrs. Sampson
James Barker
Innear Place
Benneath
Barker
George
15Th Ave. M. W
11Th Ave
John RK. Clarke
Escalon
F. Griffith
Grocers to Open 22nd Annual Convention Session
The Washington Retail Grocers will convene at Fine Hall 1213 Fourth Ave Tuesday morning for their 22nd annual convention. Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meter will welcome delegates, Spokane’s Blodgett Blodgett Spokane will respond. The session lasts three days.
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Washinton Retail Grocers’ Ascetion
Fine Hall
Fourth Ave
Walter F. ‘Meter
Sean
Blodgett
Spokane
Seattle Attorney Edward P Edsen Dies at 65
Cal Edward P Edsen a Seattle attorney and longtime Washington resident died at the state sanitarium Saturday Funeral arrangements will be made when his son Primus Edsen arrives from California.
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Cal
Edward P. Edsen
Seattle
Washington
Se Sanitarium
Primus Edsen
California
STEAMSHIP ALASKA SINKS NEAR Blunt reef
Captain Harry Hobey went down with the ship as the Alaska sank within minutes after the reef tore open its hull. Survivors clung to wreckage and lifeboats while Anyox and Ranger retrieved them in foggy seas. most rescued were drenched in fuel oil and rushed to shore.
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Harry Hobey
Alaska
Anyox
Ranger
Pacific
Hovey
Dupray
Hober
Blunt's Reef
Vesecle
Sharp
Captain Hobey Goes Down With His Ship
Captain Harry Hobey master of the wrecked steamship Alaska urged passengers to lifeboats from the bridge before going down with the vessel. A veteran navigator who had sailed the Pacific for 26 years and served during the war, he came to the United States from England on the Garonne and commanded many ships. He was unmarried and his relatives live in England.
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Harry Hobey
Alaska
Hobey
Pacific
Orient
England
Garonne
Brave Stewardess Grace Campbell Saves Alaska Passengers
Eureka California August 8 Scores of women and children aboard the steamship Alaska owe their lives to stewardess Grace Campbell. Despite danger she raced through cabins opening doors and urging passengers to don life preservers and stay calm, preventing panic during the wreck.
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Eureka
Cal
Alaska
Grace Campbell
Stewardens
Mrs. Campbell
Alaska Wreck Tragedy Off Eureka Claims Dozens
Survivors recount the Alaska disaster off Blunt’s reef near Eureka. Lifeboats failed in rough seas and many perished in the two sinking craft. Captain Hovey was last seen on the bridge as the vessel plunged. survivors, doctors, and Red Cross workers aided at the pier while authorities prepare an inquest and investigate navigational causes.
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Garfield
Wash
Betty
Los Angeles
John T. Chain
Red Cross
Alaska
Ughtahup
E. D. Dupray
Dupray
Hovey
Captain Hovey
Great Forest Fire Rages Along St Johns River
A large forest fire roared along the St John river scorching summer homes and farms in St John New Brunswick on August 8. Sixty houses were destroyed and some livestock killed. Many people had narrow escapes as campers fled by motor boats and cars. Further down river residents prepared to move amid massive timber losses.
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John
N. B
St. John River
Omic
Last Vessel Aids Rescue After Wreck Off Blunt's Reef
Survivors of the wreck head for San Francisco with trains today. Rescue operations end as guards patrol the shore for corpses and the last vessel departs. Some injured and shaken passengers remain for treatment in local hospitals for a few days.
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San Francisco
Steward's Widow in Seattle Listed Among Alaska Victims
The article notes that though many Alaska passengers are tagged Seattle residents, few names appear in the city directory. It mentions Charles Dehne the chief steward who died and his widow living at 302 10th Ave S. It also cites N J M Callias the chief engineer formerly of Seattle at Zamora apartments 1120 Ninth Ave and Captain Snoddy of the Anyox praised as a top Vancouver skipper.
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Altho
Alaska
Seattle
Charles Dehne
10Th Save
N. J. M. Callias
Zamora
Ninth Ave
Snoddy
Vancouver
B. C
Charges Against Crew to Be Probed
SAN FRANCISCO August 8 An immediate Investigation will determine the cause of the wreck of the passenger ship Alaska. The probe will focus on officers and crew with inspectors Thomas J. Dolan and F. J. Turner named under the supervision of Capt. J. K. Bulger district supervising inspector.
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San Francisco
Bodies of Soldier Dead Here by Oct. 1
The War Department estimates all bodies of our soldiers will be returned from Europe by October 1. The process of repatriating remains from France is nearing completion. Officials say escorts and firing squads will be provided for funerals on relatives’ request after complaints about officers denying proper honors.
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Washington
Aug
Europe
War Department
France
Rescue Ship Anyox Aids Alaska Survivors Near Seattle
The Anyox rescued 65 crew and 95 passengers after the Alaska wreck off Blunt's reef. Harold Perry and Milton Bauder stayed at sea two hours before rescue by the Seattle vessel operated by James Griffith & Sons.
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Anyox
Seattle
James Griffith & Sons
Alaska
San Francisco
Vancouver
B.C
Snoddy
Perry
Milton Bauder
Los Angeles
Today in Congress House Ways and Means Committee Advances Tax Revision Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee continues work on the administration reform bill aimed at revising federal taxes. Members debate provisions affecting individual rates and corporate taxation as the measure moves through the legislative process.
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HOUSE
Ways and Means
Lloyd George May Yet Attend Washington Conference
Paris August 8 The possibility that Lloyd George may attend the Washington disarmament and Pacific conference persisted despite a circulated report he would not go. A formal denial followed a secretary’s statement. Washington reports indicate China accepts November as opening date while Hughes awaits replies from Japan and Italy with other powers having accepted.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Washington
Gary
England
State Department
China
Hughes
Japan
Italy
World Can't Think With Bobbie Burns
Rev Ralph Magee of the First Methodist Church urged his congregation that the world errs in not saying a man is a man for a that while God shows no respect for blue bloods and the beggar.
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Bobbie
Ralph Magee
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Burns
Weak on subjects about John W Weeks prompts inn confusion
Washington August 8 Dick Jervis head of White House secret operatives guarding President Harding called Lancaster Inn in New Hampshire to reserve quarters for men when the president would stay at Secretary of War John W Weeks home. Inquiry about distance reveals proprietor confusing Weeks with a local man.
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Washington
Dick Jervis
White House
Harding
Lancaster Inn
Lancaster
N. H
Jervis
John W. Weeks
Weeks
Highway Robber Fires as He Escapes With $50 Amid Shootout
A lone highwayman held up Ted Dunpher of the Dunpher Plug Co at 6901 Phinney Ave Saturday night and fled in a small auto with $50 after a fusillade of bullets. He is believed wounded after firing twice at pursuers.
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Ted Dunpher
Dunpher Plug Co
Phinney Ave
Emil F Simminger Sought by Fort Wayne Parents
Parents of Emil F Simminger in Fort Wayne Indiana are anxious to hear from their son and request any news or contact information regarding his whereabouts.
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Emil F. Simminger
Fort Wayne
Ind
Britain Yields To Irish Care
London moved swiftly to avert a Sinn Fein threat to disrupt peace talks. Ten imprisoned Irish parliament members were released from Curragh camp as Britain promised to permit members to discuss peace proposals. John J. McKeown of Dail Eireann faced possible release tied to government pledges.
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ED L. Keen
United Press
Corre London
Fein
John J. McKeown
Dail Bhannber
McKeown
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Curragh
Americans Expected Back From Russia Today
U S officials anticipate that Americans held in Russia may cross the border today. The prisoners are reportedly en route to the frontier based on state department advisories received.
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Russia
Washington
State Department
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H. M. Jensen
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Wallace
Idaho
Betty Sanders
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Annex
Mrs. Averill
J. H. Mowe
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J. M. Albert
Eureks
Jathan Bass
Carlson
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C. A. Dyer, Jr
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A. J. Jin
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Germano Goldenford
F. Gilligan
Jakway
Oakland
Thomas Johnson
Brooklyn
N. Y
A. Kruth
A. Livingston
Carrie Lange
Michael Maher
Crew
B. Martin
G. W. Owen
Hayward
Ed Ostiff
Parker
J. Richards
Stone
Owen Terlin
Indianapolis
J. Wyzansky
C. Wright
Deauville
N. 4
J. J. Ytert
San Fran
Steward
Seattle Vesssel
Harold G. Perry
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Senate
President Harding
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
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