Overalls gain traction among Seattle women
Seattle women embrace overalls for housework yard work and leisure times. A local store reports 36 pairs sold this summer and more stock planned next year. Camp girls at Madison Park praise the outfits while Mrs. Lillian R. Thomas testifies she has worn them six years. A pattern is even being borrowed in Mt. Baker Park. In other news theatre orders, labor tensions, and a waterfront disturbance are noted with officials monitoring incendiary fires and a 50-man crowd being dispersed downtown.
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Seattle
Madison Park
Lillian R. Thomas
Foster
Tacoma
James Duncan
Central Labor Council
Harry Neff
Beckingham
Willard
Union
Spring St
Joseph McDonald
Plier 4
Western
Firntaves
Man Charged in First Degree Arson After Dock Incident
Prosecutor Lundin filed a criminal complaint against James Murphy long shoreman for first degree arson in connection with a Thursday night firing at No 2. Chief Beckingham signed the complaint and Patrolman Colby recounted spotting Murphy throw a phosphorus bottle through a dock window before fleeing. Colby chased Murphy and says evidence will send him to the penitentiary. Union leaders condemn the violence.
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Lundin
James Murphy
Longshoreman
Murphy
R. B. Colby
Beckingham
Union
Colby
Star Man's Alaska Stories From Jungmeyer Series
Jack Jungmeyer launches a Star series on Alaska its romance and its people traveling 7000 miles aboard U S Coast Guard vessels from Seattle to Dutch Harbor Unalaska and the Arctic coast detailing coal fields foreign interest and the $13 000 000 Alaska investment with exclusive authoritative reporting.
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the Star
Alaska
Jack Jungmeyer
Bering Sea Islands
U,. S. Coast Guard Service
Jungmeyer
Seattle
Manning
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska
Aleutian Peninsula
Uncle Sam
Rbil
Seal Islands
Arctic Circle
Imace
Bankers and $100,000 Vanish From Texas Bank
In Longview, authorities report the People’s State Bank has closed after the Banking Commissioner announced a missing sum over 100000 dollars. Cashier G N Campbell and stockholder G A Bodenheim are unaccounted, with Commissioner Patterson traveling from Austin to lead the probe.
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Longview
Tex
G. N Campbell
G. A. Bodenheim
People’s State Bank
Patterson
Campbell
Bodenheim
Austin
Poindexter Pushes Public Access to Income Tax Returns
Sen Miles Poindexter of Washington urges making income tax returns public records to expose evasion by high earners. He notes other tax records are open and calls the move fair, arguing publicity would ease burden on true filers and press for Senate reconsideration.
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Miles Poindexter
Washington
Sen. Poindexter
Sam
Basil Manly
Senate
Wilson vetoes army appropriation bill in August veto
President Wilson vetoed the army appropriation bill over a provision exempting retired officers from the articles of war. House and Senate leaders anticipate battles over the measure as it proceeds, delaying broader military reorganization and funding.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Hay
House Military Committee
House
Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Tiay
Baker
U. S. Army
U. S
Alfred Butt Drowns at Lake Keechelus Buried Saturday
Lincoln high school student Alfred Butt who drowned Tuesday in Lake Keechelus will be buried Saturday at 12:80 from 146 Be 56th Street.
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Alfred Butt
Lincoln High School
Lake Keechelus
BE. 56Th St
Down and Outer Turns Out to Be Disguised Colonel
Washington National Guard camp at Calexico, Calexico Aug 18. The mystery figure known as the down and outer is revealed as Col John B McDonald visiting in rags. Guardsmen and officers stood at attention as he passed during a war department inspection.
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Washington Guard
U. S. Army
Washington National Guard
Calexico
Cal
John B. McDonald
J. Franklin Bell
Department of the West
War Department
Star's Civilized Matinee for Seattle Orphans
The Star plans a 2 20 matinee hosted by Cornelia Glass for about 200 orphans and homeless children from Sacred Heart, Washington Children's Home, Seattle Children's Home, and Mrs Ryther's. Guests will have best seats. some live far from Ravenna Park, Beacon Hill, Queen Anne, or Ryther. organizers seek donated streetcars or vehicles to transport them.
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Alex Pantages
Metropolitan Theatre
Civilization
Seattle
Sacred Heart
Washington
Ravenna Park
Lve
Beacon Hill
Queen Anne
Mia
Ryther
Altho
Fear of Flood At Galveston Grips Texas Coast
Reports from Dallas and Houston detail communications outages as the Galveston hurricane nears the coast. Wires between San Antonio and Brownsville failed at 2 p.m. and trains ran to shuttle evacuees from Galveston to the mainland amid rising tides and predicted winds up to 50 miles per hour.
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Dallas
Tex
Western Union
San Antonio
Brownsville
Houston
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Klondike Sourdoughs Dine After First Pay Streak
Thirty one members of the original camp on Lonanza creek the first pay streak opened in the Klondike ate dinner together Thursday night and retold their days in the cold North.
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Lonanza Creek
Klondike
Murderer of Two Escapes Police Posse
Inbound Ballard Beach car passengers spot a hatless man matching the killer’s description about 6:20 am. The fugitive Frank Van Der Heiden, sought for the Marti Antone and Jack Collin son killings, is believed seen near 14th Ave W and Garfield St and on the Magnolia Bluff bridge. Police, aided by Vancouver immigration notes, search Ballard area but make no arrest.
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Ballard Beach
14Th Ave
Garfield St
Magnolia Bluff
Lieut
Hedges
Frank van der Heiden
Martini Antone
Jack Collinson
Central Station
Lieut. Hedges
Rail heads reject Wilson plan amid looming nationwide strike
Washington August 18 rail executives meeting with President Wilson rejected his eight hour day proposal while 400000 workers backed the plan in a secret ballot. Leaders argued for arbitration as essential to labor peace. several manufacturers urged firm stand. Steps were taken to operate trains if a strike occurs.
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Washington
White House
Pres. Wilson
Hal Holden
Lurlington
Iiant
Jas. J. Hill
Wilson
Holden
Indors
Anne Actress Novel Sparks Reading Interest in The Star
The Star previews a new novel titled Anne Actress describing a fraught family dynamic. It details Anne’s relationship with her daughter Elsie, who is 18, and the aging mother figure, hinting at dramatic tensions to unfold.
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Anne
Star
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Providence Hospital
British Columbia
R. R
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