Des Moines Debates Reopening Street Car Service
In Des Moines on August 1, discussions with Chicago officials consider resuming streetcar service at a penny fare while buses replace or supplement the system. Receiver F C Chambers and owner O W Harris seek $300000 to settle debts and return to a 132-car streetcar operation. Buses cover nearly all transit as rain tests the new system and a suburban amusement park cuts weeks early due to light crowds.
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Des Moines
Chicago
F. C. Chambers
O. W. Harris
Chambers
Harris
Seattle Tong War Shooting At Hop Sing Club
A Tuesday night tong war erupts in Seattle leaving one dead and three wounded in Hop Sing Tong rooms at 221 Washington St. Police under Sergeants Forbes and Bridges raid four Hop Sing halls on Wednesday afternoon finding only warm opium pipes. The dead man Noon was a Suey Sing member. three gunmen fled after a deadly exchange.
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G. Forbes
Robert Bridges
Second Ave
Washington St
Bridges
Liew Fong
The
Suey Sings
Lew Hong
Charney Fong
Lee Yin
Fong
Hop Sing Tong
Hop Sings
Tongs
Seattle
Noon
Wag
Dong
U S Tax Cut Plan Aims At Surplus Revenue Reduction
President Harding and House Ways and Means leaders forged a tax plan to cut federal taxes by about 2.075 billion dollars, trim government expenditures by 620 million, pursue back taxes, sell war materiel, repeal excess profits tax, cap top surtaxes at 32 percent, and phase out nuisance and tariff levies by 1922 and 1923.
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Treasury
House
Ways and A Means
Harding
Repeal of Rail Rates Ties to 1921 Tax Changes
The U S House Ways and Means Committee favored complete repeal of current passenger and freight rate taxes effective January 1 1922. Pullman and express rates are not affected. The panel also backed raising the flat corporate income tax to 15 percent and reversing excess profits and surtax cuts retroactive to January 1 1921.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Harding
Altho
Thief Slaughters Cow in Riverton Yard
Mrs. Gus Johnson reports to Sheriff Matt 5 that a thief stole a cow Tuesday evening and slaughtered it on the premises while the family slept in Riverton Wednesday morning. Bloody stains found in the yard are linked to the crime.
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Gus Johnson
Riverton
Two More Alaska Wreck Victims Recovered Off Blunt's Reef
The steamer Alaska wreck near Blunt's reef claims two more victims as the Oleum arrives in San Francisco with bodies. One is a girl with a wrist watch bearing R G H H likely Ruth Host of Portland. The other is a man about 40 with Dr J A Morse card, though Morse not listed among missing. Patrols resume at Cape Mendocino with 20 bodies recovered to date.
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Oleum
Alaska
Blunt's Reef
R. G. HH
Ruth Host
Portland
Ore
T of & Man
J. A. Morse
Spokane
Morse
Eureka
Cal
Cape Mendocino
Wreck Survivors on Barren Coast Still Await Help
San Jose wreck survivors, 33 aboard, camp on Low er California coast about 350 miles south of San Diego. Conflicting reports say Farquhar will stand by the ship until Griffin arrives to attempt floating the liner. Passengers reportedly unharmed. fate of salvage remains uncertain.
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Cal
Pacific Mail
San Jose
Lower
Californian
Naval Headquarters
San Francisco
U. S
Charleston
Farquhar
Griffin
Governor Small Accepts Arrest and Change of Venue Plea
In Springfield on August 16 Governor Small agreed to submit to arrest on charges of misappropriating state funds. He offered to be arrested at the executive mansion at 6 p m and posted a $50,000 bond. A change of venue was requested to move his trial from Sangamon County where warrants allege embezzlement, with arraignment set for the first Monday in September before Judge Ernest Smith alongside co defendants Ihettred Sterling and Vernoff Curtis.
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Springfield
Small
Henry Mespr
Fred Mortimer
Sangamon County
Mortimer
Ernest Smith
Ihettred Sterling
Vernoff Curtis
Kankakee
Senate bill proposes transfer of Alaska railroad to private hands
Washington August 16 Senate introduces a bill by Senator News Indiana to transfer the government owned Alaskan railroad to private individuals or corporations. The measure would consolidate all Alaska related bureaus into a single interior department bureau. The article notes 1920 fire insured property valued above 100 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
News
Indiana
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Jail cell gossip and a frameup claim in Mahoney case
Deputy Beitrix reports Mahoney calls trunk accusation a frameup and remains a calm model prisoner. Professor Dehn's analysis finds no poison in Mrs Mahoney’s stomach, disproving police liquor or chloral theories in the murder.
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Eana
Capt. Tennant
Otto Beitrix
Mahoney
Selfria
Gelfrixn
John Schmitt
Beattie
Seitriz
William M. Dehn
University of Washington
Fortune teller tale hints marriage path and Jewish suitor
A narrator visits a fortune teller in a room at page one to learn about a future husband. The teller predicts a Christmas meeting with a man who has Irish blue eyes and dark brown hair, and marriage within two years. The narrator muses on a possible Louis Cohen and the article hints at a Jewish background.
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Madame
MR. Cohen
Funeral services for Thomas L. Barnum in Seattle
Funeral services for Thomas L. Barnum longtime Seattle newspaper employee were set for 4 p m Wednesday at Butterworths.
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Thomas L. Barnum
Seattle
Butterworth's
Funeral services for Mrs Marie Hendricks scheduled
Funeral services for Mrs Marie P Hendricks aged 28 of 1529 44th Ave 8 West will be held Thursday at 2 p m from Butterworths.
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Marie P. Hendricks
44Th Ave
Butterworth’s
Attendant Slain at An asylum in Sedro Willet
James Thulen an assistant at the Northern state hospital died from a razor wound inflicted during a Sunday morning attack by Valentine Rendall. Thulen, 48, was lining up patients for a photo when his throat was cut from front to back with a razor stolen from the asylum barber shop. Readel denies knowledge of the assault, and had been placed in the violent ward. Thulen and his wife were both attendants at the hospital.
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Sedro
Woolley
James
Yeouerday
Thulen
Valentine Rendal
Readel
Northern State Hospital
Senate Considers sundry bills and rail relief hearings
Senate continues testimony on war finance and railroad relief before the Interstate Commerce Committee. Finance Committee hearings on tariff valuation proceed as the administration railroad bill is defined. House Ways and Means and other panels push on law revision and ethics measures to bar former government attorneys from prosecuting federal claims.
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Senate
Hagens Myer
War Finance
SdmMinistration
Interstate Commerce Committee
Finance Committee
HOUSE
Wayr and Means
Wen
Judiciary Committees
Harding Would End Deadlock
President Harding convened leaders of both houses for a conference to resolve a legislative deadlock and allow a brief congressional vacation. Key issues include tax cuts, a tariff measure acceptable to producers and consumers nationwide, and railroad relief before recess. The White House whip was used to push recalcitrant leaders back toward agreement with Secretary Mellon.
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United Press
Washington
Harding
Congress
South China Forces Victory Amid Split Among Leaders
Five days of bloody fighting leave the Southern armies closing on Peking as Gen. Chang cancels his Urga expedition and faces a split with Chilites. Gen. Wu Pei Fu’s Mi army joins the Southern forces, while Chang accuses the Chilites of insincerity, raising the risk of a new government at Wu Chang if the advance continues.
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Chang
Urga
Tuchin Chaokun
Wu Pei Fu
Peking
Wu Chang
Dark Man Turns Up In New Locality At Cards Reading
The narrator recalls Louis Cohen and hints he may be Jewish and traveled south and east. A fortune teller named madame predicts Cohen will reappear soon and suggests the narrator will meet a mysterious dark man around the holidays. The future looks tied to Seattle and a Christmas meeting.
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Louis Cohen
Madame
California
Ace
Louis
Seattle
Washington
Abducted Auburn Girl Identifies Suspects
Clara Newell a 17 year old Auburn girl kidnapped Sunday by four hoboes one mile from Auburn was robbed of 18 dollars forced to wear men's clothes and held until found with Thomas Long three miles from An late Monday night Deputies Campbell and Bundy. She identified James McDonald as the gang leader and gave a statement from the county jail where she is held as a witness.
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Clara Newell
Auburn
James McDonald
Thomas Long
Long the Woods
Campbell
Bundy
Mc Donald
Japan Glad to Join Disarmament Meet
Washington announced that Japan gladly accepts the suggestion the disarmament conference will meet in Washington on November 11 Armistice Day. All invited powers have agreed. The formal call for the meeting is expected shortly and will be issued as soon as completed. The same briefing mentioned President Hardings call helping defeat a West Point cadet corps funding bill by a large margin, amid disarmament concerns.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
Harding
House
West Point
Senate
Government Assayer Named by Harding
The Harding administration announces the appointment of a government assayer at 11194 John Street. The move designates a new official responsible for oversight of assay work and related financial controls.
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Harding
Pan-Pacific league backs Everett Oakland and San Pedro sites
The Pan-Pacific League of San Francisco endorses Everett Oakland and San Pedro as sites for free ports under a bill by Senator Jones. The endorsement signals support for the proposal and its regional distribution.
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Everett
Pan-Paccific League of
San Francisco
Oakland
San Pedro
Jones
There Is Strength in Every Tablet Nuxated Iron
An old advertisement claims one dose of Nuxated Iron will enrich blood and revitalize nerves. It describes quick strength gains, urges a two week regimen of five grain tablets three times daily after meals, and offers a money back guarantee if results are unsatisfactory.
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