Johnson Is Issue in California As Hughes Battle Builds
In Sacramento on August 18 Charls E. Hughes faces a heated split within the California Republican Party. Progressives claim the regulars have frozen out Johnson while Hughes seeks to unite factions ahead of a Civic Auditorium address in San Francisco this evening.
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Perry Arnold
San Francisco
Civic Auditorium
Hi Johnson
W. H. Crocker
Johnson
Gov
California
Hughes
Rowell Hack
Crocker
National Committee
Washington
Hiram Johnson
Cheater Rowell
Fresno
Republican National Campaign Committee
Francis J. Heney
Woodrow Wilson
Milk bottle knockout ends hold up attempt
R C Moshier of 1622 Tery Ave fought off a robber Thursday night with a milk bottle despite a broken arm in a sling. He struck the thug and sent cartridges flying as the assailant fled, setting a rapid escape pace.
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R. C. Moshier
Tery Ave
Moshier
Isidore Herschfield to visit Seattle for relief work
Isidore Herschfield linked with the Jewish relief commission will visit Seattle soon to aid European Jewish victims. Seattle Women’s Commercial Club formed a committee to plan a new girls’ parental home. Red Cross distributed over 975 dollars to local families of guardsmen on the border. Percy Stainton of L Spedding Ltd in Seattle seeking a branch for timber and exports. Salmon trolling grows popular among Seattle fishermen. Rex B Gooddell elected worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Savannah. Buffalo named next convention city. Hundreds of miners to gather in Tacoma for a mine rescue and first aid contest at the stadium. Assistant Forester Sherman to visit Seattle to discuss land exchange for Snoqualmie reserve experimental tract. Printers at Baltimore convention choose Colorado Springs for next meeting.
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Isidore Herschfield
Seattle
Europe
Women's Commercial Club
Seattle Red Cross
Percy Stainton
L. © Spedding, Ltd
New Zealand
Puget Sound
Rex B. Gooddell
San Francisco
Buffalo
Order of Eagles
Savannah
Tacoma
Stadium
Forester Sherman
Snoqualmie Reserve
Baltimore
Colorado Springs
Panther Attacks Fatally in San Pedro Area
Jacksonville dispatch reports Clayton McDonald, son of a prominent Floridian, was killed by a panther in the San Pedro area. The animal mauled him severely, leaving only parts of his limbs identifiable. Local authorities investigated the incident and cautioned residents in nearby communities.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Clayton McDonald
French Retake Fleury Village Near Verdun
Paris Aug 18 French forces launched a powerful assault on Verduns northeast front and recaptured the village of Fleury driving Germans from the sections they held. 50 prisoners taken near Thiaumont Fleury as bombardment and curtain fire blocked German reserves.
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Paris
Verdun
Fleury
Chapitre Acre Forest
Thiaumont
Istreeta
Somme
Maurepas
Pozieres
Relloy
Santerre
Pump Out of Commission After 30 Years at Lowery Farm
Butler Pennsylvania August 17 For the first time in three decades a pump on Col W A Lowery s property has broken down The well it drew from was dug in 1804 by John Gilimore and is over 100 feet deep The water is described as excellent
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Butler, Pa
W. A. Lowery
John Gilimore
Sulpho Sage Hair Color Restorer Promises Youthful Dark Hair
An ad touts Sulpho Sage Hair Color Restorer to turn premature gray hair to a dark shade in weeks. It claims dandruff relief, stopped itching, and preventing hair loss. Sold for 50 cents a bottle at Bartell Drug Co or by mail with a money back offer.
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Bartell Drug Co
German Officer Predicts Early War End
A wounded Prussian Guard officer in a British base hospital in Northern France predicts the war will end early in 1917 and that Germany will win. He says British artillery forced surrender after he and about 200 comrades were cut off without water despite ample food. He served 22 months at the front.
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Wilburn
Forrest U. P
Britigh
France
Mall.j
Germany
United Press
Jeet
Senator Troy Dies in Auto Accident at Port Townsend
Port Townsend, Aug. 18. State Senator David B. Troy, a native of Washington, was killed when he lost control of an automobile and the car plunged from a dock into the bay. His mother and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Weir of Olympia were also in the car. Troy died hours later from internal injuries while the others escaped with minor injuries.
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Port Townsend
David
Troy
Washington
Allen Weir
Olympia
Fritz Churchill Dies in New York at 26
Frederick A. Churchill Jr., 26, former University of Washington student and Town Crier worker, died in New York from infantile paralysis. He wrote opera librettos and published short stories in national magazines. A music lover, his funeral will be held in Seattle.
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Frederick A. Churchill, Jr
University of Washington
New York
Fritz
Town Crier
Young Churchill
Seattia
Chamber to Vote on Longshoremen Strike Settlement
Judge Thomas Burke president of the Chamber of Commerce will seek board approval next week for William Knackman federal mediator to lead negotiations aimed at settling the longshoremen's strike.
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Thomas Burke
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trustees
William Knackman
Chamber
Death of William P. Clough Rail Leader in New York
William P. Clough chairman of the board of directors of the Northern Pacific and other lines died at his New York home. He entered the railroad industry through law and rose from western counsel to the business side of the N P system.
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New York
William P. Clough
Northern Pacific Railroad
Clough
Businese Thru Law
N. P
Western
Seattle witness testifies on transcontinental freight rates
S. J. Wetterick of Seattle was a chief witness before the suspension board of the Interstate Commerce Commission on Wednesday as he testified about transcontinental freight rates.
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S. J. Wetterick
Seattle
Suspension Board of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Slavs Threaten Hungary From Jablonitza Pass Front
Petrograd reports Russian forces press forward in the Jablonitza pass region aiming at Koromezo Hungary. Villages Lystec and Stary southwest of Stanislau and heights toward Arzeluz captured. Jab lonitza village at the northern pass entrance noted. Austro German initiative reclaimed near Lemberg as enemy offensive resumes near Podhaice with heavy losses.
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Petrograd
Hungary
Jablonitza Pass
Koromezo
Lystec
Stary
Stanislau
Arzeluz
Jablonitza
War Office
Lemberg
Podhaice
Health-Building Food Mixtures by Dr Sherman Silvis
Dr Sherman Silvis of Seattle writes Health Building Food Mixtures published by Lowmen Hanford of Seattle. The introduction notes a coming view that sickness from overeating the wrong foods may become as disgraceful as drunkenness, with society’s current double standard noted.
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Sherman Silvis
Seattle
Lowmen & Hanford
British Push Near Bazentin Le Petit Reconnaissance Gains
British troops extended advances northwest of Bazentin Le Petit and entered German trench positions in small local ventures. General Haig said the trenches were heavily damaged and filled with enemy dead after the assaults.
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London
Bazentin-Le-Petit
Haig
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