Taxicab Hits Man in Seattle. Driver Fleeing
H J McSorley of Seattle General Trading was struck by a taxicab at Second Ave and Yesterway, knocked unconscious and badly bruised. Witnesses say the car sped away after the collision. the driver has not been identified. The taxi may have been from the Seattle Taxicab company, which denies involvement.
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H. J. McSorley
Seattle General Trading Company
Seconday
Yesterway
Yester Way
Mcforley
L. C. Smith Building
Seattle
McSorley
Roosevelt Jubilant in New England Speech
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, nominated by the Progressive party, left Providence after his first campaign speech for the presidency in a New England tour. He planned to speak at 3 30 p m at Revere Beach near Boston and focused his remarks on tariff concerns for New England.
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Providence
R. J
Theo. Roosevelt
Boston
New England
Roosevelt
Revere Beach
Col. Roosevelt
Heismer Delivers Graduation Address at Acme College
Charles G. Heismer delivered the graduating address to the class of 100 at Acme Business College. The Moore Theatre hosted the commencement with Judge Cicero R. Hawkins presiding. The program included an invocation, musical selections, and a Class Will reading by Herbert Williams.
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Charles G. Heismer
Acme Business College
Moore Theatre
Cicero R. Hawkins
E. Tremayne Dunstan
Franklin Munter
Leland ©. Fugelde
Herbert Williams
Arthur C. E. Anderberg
Fight for Girl In Montreal Court Over Custody
In Montreal on August 17 a custody battle drew attention as J Thibo deau of New York sought possession of a ten year old girl. The child’s mother, who resides in Montreal, contested the claim alleging the father left before the birth and the mother raised the child alone.
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Montreal
J. Thibodeau
New York
Peace Peace Expected in Mexico as Rebel Leaders Open Talks
Mexico City August 17. Definite peace proposals reached President Francisco Madero from General Pascual Orozco, head of the revolutionary forces. A truce is anticipated and negotiations opened to end hostilities with rebels laying down arms.
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Ite
Francisco
Dawson fruit dealers suffer heavy losses from new coast regulations
Dawson Y T Aug 17 Daw son fruit dealers have been suffering heavy losses on consignments from Seattle and other Coast points. Northern shippers blame new rules enacted after the Titanic disaster. The regulations bar fruit and freight from being shipped above decks, forcing all perishables to go between decks.
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Dawson
Y. T
Seattle
Woman 92 Keeps Busy With Sewing and Family Ties
Worth Missouri August 17 Mrs Rebecca Barnes aged 92 still sews for herself and hears well. She boasts of many descendants eight of her 12 children survive with countless grandchildren and great grandchildren. She recalls moving from Estill County Kentucky to Buchanan County Missouri in 1839 riding horseback with her infant son who is now 74. Her father lived to 100.
Four Mouserettes Named to T. R. National Committee
Miss Jane Addams of Chicago Miss Frances Keller of New York Myre Charles C. Blaney of San Francisco and Miss Jean Gordon of New Orleans named committeemen at large on the new Progressive party national committee. The move marks the first major involvement of women in national politics.
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Jane Addams
Chicago
Frances Keller
New York
Myre
Charles C. Blaney
San Francisco
Jean Gordon
New Orleans
New Progressive Party
Miss Addama
Call
Ifornia
Louisiana
Kate
Era Club
Socialist Mayor Lunn Sparks Schenectady Ice War
In Schenectady Rev. George A. Lunn, elected as a socialist mayor, auctions city ice to residents at cost, facing injunctions and opposition from local ice dealers. He claims to extend cost-based coal sales and a farmers direct-grocery plan, signaling a broader wave of city-led commerce under his administration.
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Schenectady
N. Y
George A. Lunn
Lunn
Luann
Rudd
Albany
George KR. Lunn
Troy
Lavin
George R. Lunn
Man Attacked by Ants Near Oroville Hospitalized
A laborer, found asleep beside a railroad track in Oroville California on August 17 after an intoxicated state, is in critical condition in the hospital. He suffered severe skin loss on his neck and arms from an army of ants.
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Oroville
Cal
Anta
Bryan Takes Rap At Roosevelt In August Visit
Bryan arrived in Cleveland on August 17 and criticized Col. Roosevelt and his third party promises. He said Roosevelt talks tough on criticism but lacks concrete plans, and argued his antitrust remedy is absent. He condemned Roosevelt’s proposed bureau control of trusts as a one man government run by executive influence.
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Cleveland
Bryan
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wilson Opens White House Like Home in Sea Girt Visit
Governor Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Wilson hosted an open house for New Jersey residents at the sea shore site known as the little white house. Dozens visited to shake his hand as vendors sold wares on the lawn in a display of Virginia hospitality.
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Ax United Press
Sea Girt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Old Virginia
Wilson
Old Dominion
White House
Wingfield Elected President of Nixon National Bank
Reno headlines mark Geo Wingfield as president of the Nixon National Bank to succeed the late U S Senator Nixon. Observers foresee Wingfield likely to head the statewide banking chain once run by Senator Nixon as Nevada’s two fortunes lead the financial scene.
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Wingfield
Reno
Geo
Nixon National Bank
U.S
Nixon
Nevada
Derailment Killing on Goose Lake Line and Explorer Death
In Saskatoon one worker Garrick was killed and engineer Harry was injured after a Goose Lake line derailment on Thursday night. In Bombay a dispatch reports American explorer Hunter Workman died in the Himalayas due to an avalanche.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Goose Lake
Canadian Northern Railroad
Garrick
Harry
St. Paul's Hospital
Bombay
Hunter Workman
Himalaya Mountains
Hodge Starts Whirlwind Tour For Progressive Governor Bid
Rob Hodge, progressive party hopeful for governor, begins a rapid statewide tour. He plans Spokane and Seattle stops, a Wenatchee sheriffs convention, and more western visits as campaign efforts rely on local supporters.
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Rob” Hodge
Hodge
Wellingham
Spokane
Seattle
State of Washington
Near Jail Break at Reno Prison Break Attempt Foiled
Eight inmates used improvised levers to twist cell bars and escape, but Deputy Sheriff James Poe stopped the attempt in Yerrington dispatch reports. Prison guards recaptured the men as the escape was thwarted.
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Reno
James Poe
Yerrington
Bagi
Seattle Indebtedness Details for Budget 1913
Comptroller Harry W. Carroll reviews a statement of Seattle bonded indebtedness, comparing 1911 and 1912 budgets and expenditures by fund. The record shows total allowances and expenditures, including general fund figures, with city property valuation of 211,887,076 and the constitutional debt limit.
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Harry W. Carroll
Seattle
City transit adds four cent fare for Queen Anne to Beacon Hill
Superintendent Valentine announces September 3 changes for the Kinnear park car routing from First Ave to Jackson St and up Beacon Hill enabling a four cent fare with tickets. Seattle, Renton and Southern cars will stop on the near side of the street beginning Sunday. In other items, a California judge dismisses a claim while Portland reports two young women swindle an elderly man out of eighty dollars.
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Public Utilities
Valentine
Kinnear Park
First Av
Jackson St
Jackson
Beacon Hill
Queen Anne Hill
Seattle, Renton & Southern
Stockton man's strange trek ends where he began
In Stockton California on August 17 a man sought to save five dollars on a railway ticket by walking thirty miles from the depot. He fell into a river in darkness and after wandering back and forth became lost in a looping path that returned him to the starting point. He left himself angered and frustrated at the odd misadventure.
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Stockton
Cal
B. H
Dennison
Girls Strike at Garwood Electric Plant Over Mash Notes
Eight Bell company workers in Garwood New Jersey have struck demanding an end to mash notes from beaux and promiscuous phone dates. Manager Hoffman says the notes and calls disrupted plant operations and that the jobs will be held open briefly if workers return after hours.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Hoffman
Bell Electric
Garwood
Dan Cupid
Norwegians Return From Greenland After Harsh Two Year Trek
Capt Swan Mikkeleen and companion M Iversen after two years in Northeast Greenland return to civilization. They avoided shooting by sailors when approaching a whaling ship and later photographed only after being clothed. They sought diaries of the lost explorer Mylion Erichsen, found in caches. Their journey included dying dogs and extreme hunger as they carried the weakened hounds on sledges.
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Swan Mikkeleen
M. Iversen
Greenland
Mikkelsen
Iversen
Mylion Erichsen
No parole for Emberelen Columbus
A state parole board rejected the parole request for Emberelen Columbus. Chas Warriner of Vincered is implicated in embezzling funds from the treasurer of the Big Four railroad.
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Columbus
Chas. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Miss Aria Student Sees Small Fig Trees in California
Miss Aria Student of Ohio visited Santa Ana California with friends and viewed a grove of fig trees for the first time. She exclaimed that fig leaves are larger than she expected, highlighting the humorous mismatch between rumor and sight.
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Aria
Ohio
Santa Ana
Cal
Miss Aria
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