Public meeting to discuss Japanese expansion in Northwest
Gov Hart will submit written information at a Monday mass meeting in Fine Arts hall to review Japanese expansion in the Northwest. Attending will be Attorney General Thompson and Rev A G Murphy. The Mutual Business club will hear reports on immigration and corporate law violations and employment impacts on veterans.
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Hart
Mutual Business Club
Northwest
Fine Arts Hall
Fourth Ave
Beattie
L. L. Thompson
Seattle
A. G. Murphy
Japan
Frank Kannalli
Monday Miller Freeman
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Jack Sullivan
The
American Legion
Labor and Capital Hear Talks at White House Conference
President Wilson plans industrial conferences with leaders of labor and capital at the White House to discuss economic problems and improve relations. A proposed Plumb plan for railroad nationalization may be reviewed next October with a national conference. Senator Poindexter seeks Senate action to convene representatives from both sides, while others urge broader, self selected spokesmen to voice group concerns.
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Washington
United Press
Wilson
White House
Poindexter
Senate Labor Committee
Overman
North Carolina
Bolshevia
Gronna
North Dakota
Senate Agriculture Committee
Basil Manly
War Labor Board
Morgan Heir Ponders Woods Trip Amid Panama Canal News
Young Francis Morgan, heir to a vast fortune, jokes about family manes and contemplates two weeks in the woods to avoid “laying on flesh.” In the Panama column he learns the canal will not open for traffic for three weeks. A telephone call from Frances Morgan in Fifth Ave. becomes part of the local flurry over Tampico Petroleum.
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Francis Morgan
Mornir
Panama
Parker
Sir Henry
Jamaica
Francis
Destiny
Frances Morgan
Fifth Ave
Want Ad Hymn Contest Seeks Clemmer Show Prize
Enter the Want Ad Hymn Contest for a cash prize and a chance to see the Clemmer Show. It promises fun and profit with details on the Classified Page.
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Clemmer
Women Who Talk Most Usually Mean What They Don’t Say
A concise aphorism on communication noting that those who speak most may reveal less by what they omit. The line suggests hidden meanings behind outspoken words and calls attention to unspoken truths.
Prices Rise Anew In Seattle As Bakers And Vendors Tug Wages
The old pay check will gain another nick Tuesday as Seattle bakers raise loaf prices to 12 cents for a pound and 17 cents for a pound and a half citing higher charges and general conditions. Restaurateurs follow with mocha and Java at 10 cents. Dairymen seek higher milk prices to 15 cents per quart and hay climbs to 75 dollars a ton, while considering direct distribution to consumers.
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Guet F E. Rassmussen
Master Bakers’ Association
Rassmussen
South Sea Islands
Commission Men Stand Firm Amid Price Probe Rumor
Western avenue commission men said federal price investigations would not lower Seattle quotations. A Portland rumor prompted Swift and Co to cut prices by 2 cents, and all local creamery men matched the move. Butter eggs and cheese markets remained steady.
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Seattle
Western Ave. Commission
Portland
Swift & Co
Urges Council to Rush Skagit Power Project
Mayor Hanson urges immediate action on the Skagit power development after City Engineer Dimock’s favorable feasibility report. Dimock notes solid rock under Ruby Creek riverbed lies about 65 feet below the water, supporting construction.
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Skagit
Hanson
A. Hi. Dimocck
Dimock
Ruby Creek
Pacific Fleet Comes Sept 8
The Pacific fleet will arrive in Seattle on September 8 in full formation. The cruiser Montana with about 600 men and officers will reach Bremerton around August 14, where two thirds of her crew will be discharged immediately. The chamber plans a three day Seattle visit before proceeding to Tacoma and then scattering along Puget Sound.
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Altho
Pacific
Seattle
Montana
Bremerton
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Bush
Chamber
Los Angeles
Seattla
Taconis
Sound
Portland
Famed Rich Man Passes Away Today
Andrew Carnegie, the famed steel magnate, died at his Lenox summer home from bronchial pneumonia shortly after 7 this morning. His death caps a career marked by vast philanthropy totaling over 300 million dollars. He had been seriously ill since last Friday and was attended by Mrs Carnegie and secretary John Poynton at the bedside. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Lenox
Mass
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Ensign Roswell Miller
Tacoma Launching Fight on Prices
Attacks on the high cost of living move ahead in Tacoma with federal and state officials pursuing antitrust and anti hoarding violations. Frederick W. Conway acts under Washington directions to prosecute profiteering while Herbert S. Griggs may resume office with extra powers. William S. Askren continues probe into the Tacoma milk trust aiming for criminal action this week.
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Tacoma
Frederick W. Conway
United States
Washington
Herbert S. Griggs
William S. Askren
Tacoma “Milk Trust
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Letter To the Star
GS Canes
Civic Assembly
Freeman Will
Glen Ellen
Sonoma County
California
Jack
Valley of the Moon
Honolulu
Charmain London
Thoregoing
Thoroly
America
Mra. Caruthers
Tampico Petroleum
Wor
Commission
Pacific Fleet
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