Striking Artists Threaten Victory as Ten Day Ultimatum Issued
Telegrams from St Paul report President Perham asserting the union holds the advantage and that the company must concede within ten days. Strikers detail branch line shortages with no operators, unstaffed depots, dispatch delays, and risky conditions in Seattle area rail service. The Northern Pacific issues rules on striker seniority and rehiring.
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le Se Ssee
Horn
ST. Paul
HE. Perham
Snoqualmie
North Bend
Preston
Issaquah
Redmond
Seattle
Bothell
Maltby
Bryant
Machias
Woodinville
United States
Interbay
Slade
Great Northern
Littl
Spokane
Butte
Everett
Tacoma
Pullman Palace Car Company
Here
H. J. Hern
Northern Pacific
Woman seeks divorce citing cruelty and neglect by husband
Grace Morse files for divorce from Orrin Morse after four years of marriage. She cites his laziness dishonesty and disreputable conduct, beating her and threatening harm, denying work and funds, and concealing property. She seeks custody of their 4-year-old child and an injunction to prevent interference with employment.
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Orrin Morse
Allney
Grace Morse
Officer Licked By a Negro Porter in Saloon Fight
Report from Fifth and Pike at 6 am says patrolman Baskerville was knocked down by Plan nigan who drew a gun and fought back. Plan nigan, intoxicated, was aided by a drunken night shift claim. Baskerville seized gun and brass knuckles after a struggle. both suspects were taken to the police wagon and an investigation is promised.
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Joe Baskerville
Congress
Fifth
Pike
Plannigas
Jack Condon
Patrick Jennings
Flannigan
Piannigan
Baskerville
Filannigan
Kent
Day
Plannigan
Pretty chambermaid thief nabbed in Mont Claire burglary
A hotel burglary at Mont Claire 1114 Sixth exposed a chambermaid Marie Coyne as the burglar after silk skirts gowns and jewelry vanished from guests rooms. Detectives and Mrs. Bledebach traced the loot to a rooming house at James and Third leading to more stolen items and the confession.
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Mont Claire
A. Bledebach
Marie Coyne
Freeman
Subjece Pu
Fiend Burned in Sulphur Springs Mob Justice
Aimy was publicly burned in the Sulphur Springs courthouse square Hopkins County Texas by a mob. He is charged with criminal assault on a white woman. The incident reflects vigilante action amid ongoing tensions in the community.
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Dallas
Tex
Aimy
Court House
Sulphur Springs
Hopkins County
Minds at War Over Telepathy Duel in Seattle Theaters
Washington man Wilson Cummings challenges McEwen and Tatum after arriving at The Star with 1600 dollars in real money. Tatum at the Star and McEwen at Pantages spar over genuine telepathy while Seattle audiences pack both venues in a bustling bout of mind reading theater.
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Mevon
Pantages
Tatum
Star Theater
Portsmouth
Seattle
the Star
McEwen
Menere
Winstock
Wilson Cummings
Washington, Bb. C
Folken
Fromage de Brie
Star
Fires Burn Multiple Areas Early Friday Morning
Three blazes between 1:05 and 1:45 a.m. affected Washington Iron Works on the tideflate with 1500 dollars in damage, a lumber pile by Eleventh west and Howell destroying about 100 dollars of wood, and L B Alexander’s residence at 6614 Fourth northeast suffering 200 dollars in fire damage. Both insured properties were covered.
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Washington Iron Works
Tideflate
Eleventhwest and
Howell
L. B. Alexander
Alexander
Mind reading quarrel between Leavitt and Winstock erupts
Fragmentary dialogue shows McEwen and Tatum sparring over mind reading with insults. Leavitt and Winstock trade barbs about a manager’s man and a star, with taunts about work in a brass foundry and barroom duties. The exchange edges toward personal and professional digs.
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Leavitt
McEwen
Winstock
Tatum
Telepathy wager fuels rivalry in McEwen Tatum dispute
A narrator reports a quirky stipulation by Cummings-Winstock to award one hundred dollars to either Tatum or McEwen if they pass two mind reading tests in front of witnesses. The plan, announced through a newspaper, shocks the McEwen-Leavitt circle and stirs up the local minds and factions.
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Hermann
Tatum
MecEwen
Russian Maneuver to Be Answered by Saturday
The article reports that the Russian maneuver will be presented to Japan on Saturday morning. Private wires transmitted a draft to St. Petersburg as M. Witte expected a czar reply. Japan’s demands include reimbursement of war costs and cessions of Sakhalin and the leaseholds at Port Arthur and Ryojo.
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Foreign Office
M. Witte
Japan
Sakhalin Island
Peninsula
Portsmouth
N. H
Thies
Washington
Leg Pincher Accusations At Post Revealed In Court
In WOOPATER Ohio Aug 11 Captain Taggart testified about a scandal involving his wife Mrs Taggart and Lt Hither at Fort Thomas. He described anonymous letters and alleged flirtations with Spencer and Fortescue noting past dinners where Mrs Taggart sat with Lt Fortescue and was said to be seen with Colonel Miner.
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Ohio
Taggart
Hither
Fort Thomas
Mia
Esther
Chicago
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Fort Thormas
Miner
Fortescue
President Roosevelt
Mia Taggart
Ford
Octopus Would Strangle Half of City Says Gilman
D H Gilman argues against Seattle Electric's Second avenue car franchise and urges reserving the street for any future competing system. He cites north-end reach, damages to Queen Anne hill, and the need for common-use rights on Westlake boulevard. The Westlake Improvement club backs a common-use clause despite protests from the electric company.
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Gilman
Seattle Electric Company
Second Avenue
D. H. Gilman
Moore
Aew
Queen Anne Hill
Smith Cove
Seattle
First Avenues
Virginia
Cedar Streets
Westlake Boulevard
Westlake
Corporations Committee
Moore-Gilman
Westlake Improvement Club
Body of unidentified Japanese man found in Duwamish River
A Japanese man, nude and apparently in the water for about six weeks, was found floating in the Duwamish near the county hospital by Charles and L. F. Helms. Coroner and deputy investigated. No signs of violence. Suspected death by drowning during a cramp. A prior note promising self death was found weeks earlier near Meadows.
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Duwamish
Charles
L. F. Helms
Carroll
Cunningham
McSorley's Wharf
Bonney-Watson
Seattle
Court Room Razor Found In Prisoner Sock
George Denning charged with assault and battery pleads not guilty before Justice P V Davis. Denning bonds set at 500 and jailed awaiting trial after a recess reveals a razor hidden in his sock. Johnson and Denning clash over two girls as Patrolman Cameron incidentally wounds a bystander during Denning’s restraint.
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J. A. Johnson
P. V. Davis
Justice Davis
Denning
Johnson
Cameron
Telegram Sent As Oregon City Seeks Kretger Arrest
A telegram has been sent to an Oregon metropolis to arrest and hold Kretger on suspicion. The brief dispatch indicates authorities intend to detain the individual for questioning in connection with the case.
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Oregon
Kretger
Goodby Mr Rat Exterminator Claims Big Results
J F McGee of the city health office presents a rodent exterminator said to kill rats that eat it and to consume the body with no odor. He has tested the formula on bugs and plans a Friday demonstration using a large rodent provided by John Cannon of the Grand Union hotel who pays $50 monthly for pipe repairs caused by rats.
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Goodby
J. F. McGee
City Health Office
McGee
John Cannon
Grand Union Hotel
Rare sport sharks net record catch by halibut fisherman
A. J. Douglas, a halibut fisher, reeled in sixteen man eating sharks in one week off Cape Flattery in the Juan de Fuca straits. The largest shark, 13 feet long and about 1000 pounds, was landed Friday and exhibited at 1408 Second, with a 14 inch jaw. Douglas says the monster took six and a half hours on a quarter inch halibut line and the waters off Flattery remain rich with sharks for bold fishers.
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A. J. Douglas
Straits of Juan de Fuca
Cape Plattery
Seattle
Douglas
Star
Flattery
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