White Sailors Welcomed as Pacific Ties Strengthen
United States sailors arriving in New Zealand are met with broad support for Anglo American cooperation in Pacific defense. Editors urge a united front against the “yellow peril” while praising the fleet’s visit as cementing ties between nations. A public reception and gala events mark the welcome, with officials and crowds observing the show of camaraderie.
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United Press
Pacific
America
United States
Liter
Hono Splendid
Pago
Philippines
Fonday
Joseph Ward Sperry
Ellerslie
Festive Honeymoon Days For Count And $13 000 000 Bride
Budapest reports a lavish union of Count Lasaia Szechenyi and former Gladys Vanderbilt with royal hospitality. The couple, seen in strolls and drives, share moments at the Szechenyi castle as guests marvel at their romance. A separate note mentions a smallpox quarantine tied to a Port Orchard Seattle Fourth of July ball with multiple illnesses and authorities tracing cases.
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Budapest
Lasaia Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Szecheny Castle
Pop
Ular
Manila
Port Orchard
Beattie
Porthard
Seattle
Robert M Y
Murder Suspect in Wyoming Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide
Private dispatch reports Judge A. B. Swanson of Ishawoca Wyoming killed his wife and then shot himself. No motive given. The case follows a Denver Colorado note dated August tenth from United Press.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
A. 8. Swanson
Ishawoca
Yellowstone Forest Reserve
Wyoming
Gallup’s betting scheme tied to Bryan Taft bets
A brief United Press item describes Gallup attempting a sure thing by betting on Bryan and Taft. He sent $2,000 to Portland and $1,000 elsewhere, hoping to win $4,000 while risking losses. The piece notes Prohibition ticket alignment with the South Stock Yards colonel and the betting maneuvers.
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United Press
Neb
Gallup
Bryan
Bryan D
Taft
Port Ore
Bryan Taftan
Portland
Colonel
Big South
Prohibition
Catholic Church Considers New Bishops at Congress
United Press reports at the congress Cardinal Gibson presided as questions on church governance were discussed. A proposed new bishopric was raised for Rockford and a coadjutor for San Francisco, with attendees weighing ecclesiastical appointments.
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United Press
Cardinal Gib
Arch
New Dlocens
Rockford
San
California Eagles Arrive for Seattle Convention Delegation
Five train sections carrying 2500 California delegates reach Seattle this afternoon. They form in columns with band and fife and drum corps, register at the New Washington hotel, then proceed to Ratimier rand hotel as headquarters. The California group includes 90 of 163 aviators, 100 cases of wine, 100 cases of fruit, and more fruit and wine to come. Openings in Moore theatre tomorrow. 1000 delegates previously arrived from Kansas City.
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California
Seattle
Northern Pacific
New Washington Hotel
Ratimier@rand
Hich
Moore Theatre
Kansas City
John Considine
Grand Aerie
Coliseum
Mr. Considine
J. A. Cline
Cleveland
Owen Kane
Eity
Mr. Kane
Tom Johnson
Elty Sealer
Trains Collide in Germany, Ten Killed
Ten people are dead and many injured after a collision between a passenger train and a train of empty cars on the Feine bere Kiel railroad in Germany. Several of the injured are expected to die.
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Bwckernporrde
Germany
Feinebere Kiel
minister beaten by irate husband shocks Hurlock
Rev Stephen B Shipman pastor of Washington Methodist Episcopal Church was beaten by Thomas Carew after being found with Mrs Carew He plans to seek damages claiming the woman enticed him Carew says he will sue for divorce and claims the minister entered his wife's room during the incident
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United Press
Hurlock
Stephen B. Shipman
Washington Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Carew
Carew
Shipman
Violence in Strike Strife Shocks Winnipeg Railroad Yard
Reports from Winnipeg indicate growing disorder at western railway stations amid a strike. Cars were smashed in local yards while strike breakers are stationed in machine shops and officials fear further trouble. Newspapers urge Canadian government intervention to halt the strike and advocate arbitration to preserve commerce.
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United Press
Winnipeg
Man
Dominion
Fort Main
Canadian Pacific
Gloucester schooner Magele and May sunk near Halifax
The fleeing schooner Magele and May, commanded by Capt. Brick McCathran, was run down and sunk by the German school ship Freya, commanded by Capt. Haas, sixty miles southeast of Halifax. Eight crewmen including Capt. McCathran drowned, four were rescued as dense fog shrouded the collision late Saturday night.
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United Press
Halifax
Gloucester
Maan
Magele
May
Brick McCathran
Freya
Haas
McCathran
Forest Fire Reaches Calaveras Big Tree Grove
Stockton report says the Stanislaus river fire has extended to the south grove of the famed Calaveras Big Tree, after burning along the south fork for more than a week.
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United Press
Stockton
Cal
Stanislaus River
Calaveras Big Treen
China Missionary Work Debated by Ministers
At the morning meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Ministers association the main topic was the discussion of missionary work and supply in China. The session was addressed by T Gear Wil.
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Methodist Episcopal Ministers’ Association
China
T. Gear Wil
American Arrested Twice for a Spy
London reports Carl Kabell an American of Teutonic origin was arrested twice while traveling the northwest coast of Ireland. He says Britain is aroused by rumors of war with Germany and that he was under surveillance during his trip. At Ballyshannon he was arrested and missed his train before authorities were convinced his American passports were genuine, and he continued on foot to the next town where a second arrest occurred.
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United Press
London
Ireland
Carl Kabell
Kabell
Britain
Germany
Ballyshannon
Petition to Open the Standard Oil Case
A preliminary draft of the petition for the rehearing of the Standard Oil case was completed today and sent to Washington for review by the Attorney General. The petition will be filed for hearing on August 21.
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United Press
CHICA
Standard Oil
Landis
United States
Sims
Washington
Bonaparte
Controversy Over Fire Alarm System Proposal
Fire of Aringhurst and local business committees condemn the National District Telegraph plan for fire alarms. Mayor Miller will likely return the ordinance with disapproval after tests show reliance on human operators. Chief Hringhurst argues direct links to fire headquarters are essential to avoid delays and cost concerns.
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National District Telegraph Company
Aringhurst
Miller
Pany
Hringhurst
Arrested Seattle Murder Suspect Released in Grand Forks
Chief Ward, after days of effort, learned the suspect John Ollia Oppidisano was released by Grand Forks attorney. The man remains in Grand Forks and Ward asked for rearrest and holding pending Seattle officer arrival.
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Grand Forks
B. C
John Ollia Oppidisano
Seattle
William McKnight
Ward
A. E B. Savage
Bryan Completes Tariff Speech In Nebraska
Fairview Nebraska Aug 10. John Bryan finished a draft for a Des Moines tariff speech set for August 21 and began preparing remarks for Kern's nomination as vice president. A delegation of traveling men met him at his home and was cordially received. He refused to comment on the Linola primaries.
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United Press
Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Dbryan
Des Moines
Kern
Quiet wedding of France's president daughter
Paris August 10 Alice Roosevelt Mile. Fallieres daughter of the president of France wed M. Jean Lanes her father's private secretary in a simple private ceremony. No public display or ceremony marked the occasion and little interest was shown in France.
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United Press
Paris
Alice Roosevelt
Mile. Fallieres
France
M. Jean Lanes
Married Mashers Are Sent to Jail
Chief Ward's campaign against harassers on city streets led to two men, F. W. Smith and F. Williams, being sentenced in police court to five days in jail and a $25 fine each for insulting women. They were nabbed in the act at the corner of Seconday and Pike streets. Smith struck a passerby with a cane.
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F. W. Smith
F. Williams
Seconday
Pike St
Republicans split in Tennessee two state conventions form
In Tennessee a fracturing Republican split yields two conventions. The Brownlow-Austin faction meets in Chattanooga while the Evans-Hale group plans a Nashville gathering on Wednesday. The dispute signals a hopeless division within the state party.
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United Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Republican Party of Tennessee
Brownlow-Austin
Evans-Hale
Nashville
Ethel Roosevelt Celebrates Seventeenth Birthday at Sagamore Hill
Scores of presents and letters poured into Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay today for Miss Ethel Roosevelt as she turns 17. School friends, family, and admirers nationwide sent greetings and good wishes.
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United Press
Oyster Bay
L. L
Sagamore Hill
Ethel Roosevelt
County push to win votes by city street improvements
County officials are accused of using county funds to pave streets inside towns like Kent Auburn and O'Brien to win voter support. Road workers are deployed to spread gravel and aid Rutherford while county debt rises and taxpayers beg for better use of funds. Citizens call for county road work on rural approaches rather than in town centers.
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Auburn
Kent
al. Rutherford
Rutherford
Rutherford and Leafing
King County
O'Brien
Smith St.ts
Body of Scott Pounds Arrives for Seattle Burial
The body of Scott Pounds, the Seattle youth shot by a San Francisco police officer during a burglary attempt, arrived in Seattle this morning and will be buried at Fairview Cemetery next Wednesday. Frank Johnson, Pounds’ longtime friend, disputes recent claims about Pounds’ work history and when he and his companion first met, detailing Pounds’ past jobs in Bellingham Valdez and the length of their acquaintance.
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Scott Pounds
Seattle
San Francisco
Fairvew Cemetery
Frank Johnson
Pounds
Joe Morris
Bellingham
Valdez
Bank in Trouble at Bremerton
The private banking institution of E. B. Benson is now under the management of Mr. Hayward who is working to straighten out the financial tangle. Workers saloon interests and lodge members have funds in the bank while crowds filled streets and navy yard grounds for Wagles' day. Former governor John H. McGraw, once Washington’s governor, is home ill with a threatened appendicitis but not in serious condition.
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United Press
Bremerton
E. B. Benson
Hayward
Navy Yard
John H. McGraw
Washington
Queen Anne Hill
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