Captain Killed at Sea in Alaska Pacific Trade Route
On the Alaska Pacific run from Seattle to Jaco Captain E was shot and killed by Thomas, a member of a two man crew that plotted the shipboard robbery. Wood resisted and was fired upon, then jumped overboard with life preserver as the other thief was captured in the engine room. The Buckman awaits in San Francisco, while the Port Discovery wire reports link the decades old robbery connected to Seattle.
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Cal
Alaska-Pacific
Seattle
Jaco
Thomas
Wood
Buckman
San Francisco
Port Discovery
Puget
Angel
Cook
Shooting at Stewart Street Home Claims Two
Barfield Johnson, 29, is dead at the city morgue and Mrs Swanson, 36, is near death after a shooting at 1361 Stewart Street last night. The couple had just returned from a drivers picnic when John, arriving from Scandia, drew a revolver and opened fire at the Swansons door. Swanson could not explain the motive.
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Barfield Johnson
Mra Swanson
Swanson
Stewart
Wild Park
John
Scandia
Swansons
Eighteen Sailors Drowned On British Cruiser Godford
Eighteen sailors die when the cruiser Godford sinks near Quelpart off Korea during a voyage from Wei Hai Wei to a squadron. Capt. Fitzhubert commands the vessel with 687 men aboard. Survivors are rescued as the ship goes to pieces amid fears for remaining crew.
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London
Godford
Korea
Fitzhubert
Wei Hai Wei
Bedford
Truth About Housemaid Concluded in Bitter Kitchen Tale
The narrator recalls failures and humiliations as a housemaid in a stern mistress’s home. The mistress insists on trimmings over fundamentals, dismisses the narrator’s welfare, and the narrator wastes time making butter balls while seeking a reference free position amid crude remarks and class tension.
Revolt and Brotherhood Rise in New York Garment Strike
New York reports a mass garment industry strike of 250 000 workers led by 76 000 union members demanding a living wage amid tariff tensions. Secretaries and workers fill Beethoven hall as shops settle day by day, with 40 50 firms signing on while others resist.
Revolutionary army enters Managua as Madriz concedes power
General Mena leads several thousand troops into Managua on August 22 as President Madriz officially acknowledges defeat and Juan Estrada is proclaimed president of the republic.
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United Press
Managua
Mena
Revolutionary Army
Madriz
Juan Estrada
Largest World Strike Shows Brotherhood of Workers
The Seattle Star opens a three part series on the 75 000 to 76 000 women garment workers in New York striking for basic life's needs. It highlights a newfound unity among workers, driven by dignity and mutual aid, shaping a national test case for labor solidarity and tariff prosperity.
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New York City
United States
Seattle Star
New York
Brotherhood of Mankind
America
Standard Furniture Company
What the Strikers Are Fighting For Abolishment of home work shops
The text outlines demands by strikers including abolishing home away from shop enforcement, a 48 hour week, strictly union shops, a definite minimum wage to support workers and families, limited overtime to avoid extreme long shifts during rush season, and free access to power driven stewing machines and related work necessities.
General Strike Declared This Afternoon at Two
The translated headline proclaims a general strike to begin this afternoon at 2 o clock, halting operations across 1 600 shops linked to the Red Calf enterprise. The message, rendered from Yiddish, signals a coordinated work stoppage.
Strike wave grips thousands of workers across shops
The strike began July 7 with 76,000 workers quitting. About 1,800 shops involved, primarily Hebrew workers with 10,000 Italians among them. Roughly 15,000 are young women. Strikers split into cutters, Americanized and higher paid, and finishers and pressers, largely foreign and paid starvation wages. Eleven percent speak little or no English. Six hundred fifty-nine shops already won concessions, including most small plants. Fifty-five thousand strikers returned to work.
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J. L. Zimmerman
Beethoven Hall
Madison Square Garden
New York Garment Workers Presses On With Strike Funds
National union of lady garment workers describes a lean strike fund of about 100000, needing 25000 weekly to sustain action. Contributions arrive from other unions and cities, aiding families with small handouts. Legal actions by employers seek injunctions over closed shop claims as the strike continues.
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National Union of Lady Garment Workers
New York
Employers’ Association
Chinese Boy Detective on Lake Washington
Lee Lamson, a Chinese bunkhouse cook and steward at Hants Point, helps expose a theft ring. While watching from a floor crack, he spots two men burglarizing a house, recovers stolen goods, and compels the burglars to reveal their names and addresses.
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Lee Lamson
Lake Washington
Hant's Point
Lee
Ataie
Samson
Break In at 18th and Union Street House
C D Retchert reports his home at 18th and Union Street was entered Sunday around 11 am and $40 stolen. Police description matches an unknown thief suspected in a bakery robbery on 24th Street and KB Cherry Street about 20 minutes earlier.
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C. D. Retchert
E. Union St
KB. Cherry St
Jealous Negro Shoots Woman in Broad Street Incident
Virgil Young, a porter, shot Eadie Hicks three times in front of Yesterway pharmacy near Broadway. By- standers pursued him. a bystander fired. Hicks fled, later taken to Seattle General Hospital near death. Young surrendered and asked to be jailed claiming jealousy.
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Virgil Young
Perry Hotel
Eadie Hicks
Yesterway
Broadway
Young
Michael Hanser
BE. T. Hanely
Seattle General Hospital
Capt. Bannock
W G Thompson Merchant Dies After Car Ride
W G Thompson, 51, vice president and manager of Cheasty's haberdashery, of 102 Maiden Lane, died at Providence hospital after heart failure following a Saturday ride home on a James et car. Survived by widow and daughter Ruth Thompson, funeral set at Bonney-Watson parlors at 10 with Rev W A Major officiating.
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W. G. Thompson
Maiden Lane
Cheasty’s Haberdashery
Providence Hospital
Thompson
Ruth Thompson
Bonney-Watson
W. A. Major
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Mr. Cheasty
New York
Heinze to marry actress Bernice Henderson this week
New York Aug 22. F Augustus Heinze, recently involved in federal prosecutions, is engaged to marry Bernice Henderson of the A Fool There Was company. The marriage is set for this week and the couple will honeymoon in a special car.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Bernice Henderson
Forest fires battle widens as troops rush to Crater area
United States forestry officials seek suspects in Southeastern Oregon fires and appeal for more troops from the war department. In Portland 253 infantrymen and artillery pack train arrive from American Lake to fight fires near Medford and Ashland, while Acting Governor Bowerman weighs legal options to mobilize state forces.
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Washington
Forestry Service
Buck
Medford
Ore
Oregon
War Department
Portland
Second Field Artillery
American Lake
Crater
Crater National Forest
Maj. Martin
Butte Falls
Ashland
Bowerman
Boweman
Gaynor Returns to Regular Diet After Illness
Hoboken New Jersey August 22 Mayor William J Gaynor of New York is allowed to resume ordinary food and is described as highly satisfactory. Doctors plan possible removal to his home or mountains for convalescence. A sensational dispatch claims Rockefeller baths in whiskey, prompting a sharp rebuke of the rich.
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United Press
Hoboken, N. J
William J. Gaynor
New York
Talks on Teeth by the Regal Dentists
The Regal Dental Offices advertise low prices and superior methods for treating pyorrhea alveolaris and restoring missing teeth without plates. They claim painless procedures, emphasize large Seattle establishment, cost advantages from high volume, and offer a written guarantee. Address: 1405 Third Ave, N. W. Cor. Union St.
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Regal Dentists
Seattle
Regal Dental Offices
Third Av
N. W. Cor
Union St
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Cleveland
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Mr. Aldrich
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Adjusta Walker
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