Turner and Knapp Given Eight Day Jail Term
Henry E. Turner Jr and L C Knapp were jailed eight days each and fined 109 dollars after being cited for 45 mph speed on Duwamish Way by Acting Police Judge Byron MacMahon. They appealed and posted 250 dollars bail each. MacMahon expects superior court review and says the higher court will sustain him.
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Henry E. Turner, Jr
Henry E. Turner
Turner & Pease Co
L. C. Knapp
Eastlake
Byron MacMahon
Balard
Duwamish Ay
MacMahon
McReynolds Nominated to Supreme Court seat
President Wilson sent to the senate the nomination of Attorney General James C. McReynolds to be a justice of the US Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Lurton. Thomas Gregory of Austin Texas was named to succeed McReynolds as attorney general. John W Phillips nominated to be assayer at Seattle.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
James C. McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
Thomas Gregory
Austin
Tex
McReynolds
John W. Phillips
Seattle
John Phillips
E Vilas
Texas
Phillipe
Democratic Party
Peace League Formed Here to Support Wilson Mediation
Seattle citizens of foreign nativity from countries at war organize a cosmopolitan peace league to back President Wilson's mediation offer. They will circulate petitions to their home countries and urge acceptance. A committee of F Shorrock Adolph Loewe Dr S Sargentich and K Okajima will plan a permanent organization with a clear program. Dr Sydney Strong is temporary chairman.
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Wilson
Seattle
F Shorrock
Enz
Adolph Loewe
S. Sargentich
K. Okajima
Sydney Strong
Queen Anne Congregational Church
Canadian citizenship split triggers divorce suit
Mrs Gladys Steele filed for divorce claiming her husband traveled to Canada and became a Canadian citizen. She states his naturalization made her a Canuck too and that they moved back to the United States where he refuses denaturalization.
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Gladys Steele
Can
States
Canada
Flour Prize at Seattle Picnic Draws Crowds
The Seattle grocers and Home Consumers' League will distribute sacks of flour at Wildwood Park tomorrow. A ton of flour will be given to winners of athletic events, turning the event into a festive prize giveaway for attendees.
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Seattle Grocers
Home Consumers’ League
Wildwood Park
Americans Seek Return Home From Austria and Hamburg
American Ambassador Penfield in Vienna reports 2200 Americans in Austria, about two thirds want to return home, at least 1500 without funds. American Consul Morgan in Hamburg says 140 Americans are en route to Rotterdam.
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Washington
Penfield
Vienna
State Department
Austria
Morgan
Hamburg
Germany
Bryan
Americana
Rotterdam
Bulgars and Turks pledge neutrality in London
Fresh assurances that Turkey and Bulgaria will stay neutral were received today by the British foreign office. The confirmation came as regional tensions persisted and officials sought to limit involvement in the crisis.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
British Foreign Office
Two Rival Fleets Exchange Shots In North Sea
London report says German and British warships exchanged long range fire in the North Sea. No losses reported or claimed, but the bulletin notes liveliness in the southern area and forecasts activity by submarines and destroyers.
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London
North Sea
Official
War Information Bureau
Kaiser to surrender China strip amid negotiation
The Hague August 19 A German diplomat told United Press Germany is already negotiating the return of Kiaochou to China likely to be surrendered voluntarily to checkmate Japan. German officials condemned the Japanese ultimatum and blamed Britain for it.
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Germany
Kiso Chau
China
United Press
Japan
French Defend Dinant as German Aerial Forces Attacked
Antwerp reports a German plane forced to descend at Dinant with the pilot killed. A German major accompanying him was captured by French forces. Belgian and French troops defended Dinant against a Meuse crossing attempt, repelling the assault with heavy artillery and reporting serious German losses.
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Antwerp
Dinant
Meuse
Tokio Dispatch Highlights Allied Trust In Japan
The North American Times reports American government satisfaction with Japan's demand on Germany welcomed in Tokyo. A Chinese government statement expresses great satisfaction and gladness toward Japan’s pledge to maintain the integrity of China.
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Seattle
The
North American Times
Tokio Today
Japan
Germany
China
Zenta Crew Sinks in Adriatic After Action
Two hundred and one officers and men of the Austrian cruiser Zenta were killed or drowned when the vessel sank in the Adriatic on Sunday. The loss was reported from PRINI S Italy, with details released today.
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Prini's
Italy
Zenta
Adriatic
Chinese seize German gunboat amid war tensions
Rome August 19 Chinese authorities announced they had disarmed the German gunboat Vaterland in Nankin and it will be interned until the war ends. The move signals growing hostilities as international tensions rise.
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Rome
Vaterland
Nankin
Germany Receives Japanese Ultimatum. Panama Passage Noted
The Japanese embassy in Washington announced that the mikado's ultimatum to Germany was received at Berlin's foreign office. Also reported, Peru's destroyer Teniente Roderiguez became the first warship to pass through the Panama Canal.
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Washington
Stockholm
Germany
Foreign Office
Berlin
Teniente Roderiguez
Panama Canal
Food price crisis prompts demand for inquiry
Rep M Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania seeks House investigation into high cost of living. He cites a 22 percent weekly rise in 12 of 15 staple foods and accuses the meat industry of storing meat for famine prices as European demand looms.
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United States
M. Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Kelly
Heef Trust
Europe
British armored cruiser Newcastle seen off Cape Plattery
Captain John A. O'Brien of the Alaska Steamship liner Victoria reports sighting a large heavily armed warship off Cape Plattery at 3 am. The vessel, likely the British cruiser Newcastle, was seen with lights out and no signals, larger than Rainbow Algerine and Shearwater, and believed to be cruising to engage enemy ships in the Pacific.
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Pacific Coast
Newcastle
Cape Plattery
John A. O’brien
Alaska Steamship Company
Victoria
Seattle
O'Brien
Rainbow
Algerine
Shearwater
The
Star
Pacific
Nuresburg
Letpaic
O’brien
Plattery
Leipsic Steaming Toward Honolulu
Word that the German cruiser Leipsic had headed south southwest toward Hawaii was reported in San Francisco as the Matson liner Wilhelmina brought the information.
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Leipsic
Honolulu
Hawaii
Matson
Roosevelt Addresses Maine Campaign Kickoff in Lewiston
Colonel Roosevelt opens the Maine progressive campaign at Lewiston and declares the party will pass prosperity around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Maine
Lewiston
German Claims French Teach Liege Defenders Before War
A Berlin telegraph quoted Gen. Stein saying French officers trained Belgians in Liege defense before the war declaration. The move violated Belgian neutrality, triggering immediate German mobilization. Stein says six weak brigades on a peace footing captured the city after a failed 100,000-strong German assault stalled by supply issues.
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London
Berli
Copenhagen
Stein
Liege
Belgian Dutch Territory Officer Disarmed and Interned
Lieut De Moranrisie son of the commander in chief of the Belgian Dutch territory was disarmed and interned for the remainder of the war by Dutch authorities in Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam
Lieut
de Moranrisie
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