Zeppelin Bud in Far North
From Trondhjem Aug 24 the King Harold reports the Amundsen party aboard Fram at Spitabergen and notes Zeppelin's polar study. The party has erected quarters at Woods Bay with Prince Henry of Prussia present as Count Zeppelin prepares for a possible pole attempt in a dirigible.
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Trondiwiem
King Harold
Trondhjem
Amundsen
Nansen
Fram
Spitabergen
Harold
Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Woods Bay
Prince Henry
Prussia
Warships Speed Toward Panama Amid Presidential Crisis
Four American warships head for Panama as Acting President Mendoza weighs his candidacy. Mendoza, opposed by Washington, plans to reveal his action within two days and may withdraw from the race. He is a Black candidate whose nomination has not been officially recognized, seen as distasteful to the United States.
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United Press
Panama
Republic of
Mendoza
Republic
Washington State Department
United States
Obaldia
Hotel Kingsbury Guest Ends Life Over Separation
Ben Thompson, 35, shot himself in his room at the Hotel Kingsbury 1415 Third Ave after a dispute with his wife who would not join him. He had been playing cards with boarders J A Nolan and J Homer Jones until after 10. Jones heard the shot as he left.
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Connecticut
Ben Thompson
Kingsbury
Thompson
J. A. Nolan
J. Homer Jones
Jones
International strike on sea proposed by world seafarers
Copenhagen August 24 a world seafaring union congress reports most delegates oppose a general strike of sailors and marine firemen. English union backed by some Americans pushed for a worldwide stoppage to improve conditions, but a large majority of about one hundred delegates rejects the idea.
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Copenhagen
Gaynor to Leave Bed for Recovery After Illness
Hoboken Aug 24 Mayor William J Gaynor likely will leave St Marys hospital Monday The family debates whether to take the New York executive to the Adirondack mountains for recuperation or to the Gainer farm on Long Island for convalescence
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Hoboken
N. J
William J. Gaynor
St. Mary's Hospital
New York City
Adirondack Mountains
Gaynor
Long Island
Burglar Harold Halverson Arrested After Shop Loot
17 year old Harold Halverson of 6529 22nd av N W was arrested by Patrolman Presho for entering Strum Bros at 32nd Ave and W 64th St. Police found only pennies and gum. Loot linked to a Barrett store break in nearby.
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Harold Halverson
22Nd Av. N. W
R. J Presho
Strum Bros
32Nd Av
W. 64Th St
Barrett
Firefighters in Oregon Pressed as Fires Rage
Medford reports winds easing and fires slowing after a week of blazes in Southern Oregon. Civilians eager to help are being sought, with 26 rangers or engineers to assist surveying Crater National Park. Hardware stores in Medford Ashland emptied of gear as Grants Pass sends tools. The fiercest blaze centers near Prospect on the Middle Fork Rogue River where 100 soldiers arrived to join the effort.
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United Pres
Medford
Ore
Oregon
Crater National Park
Ashland
Grants Pass
Prospect
Middle Fork
Rogue River
Wireless chess match between sea captains ends aboard ships
A wireless chess game between two men who had never met was played between the Morea and the Rembrandt off Colombo. The match began July 20 and finished July 21 as 150 miles separated them at start and about 60 miles at finish. Dr won from Mr Miesters on the 69th move.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Morea
Rembrandt
Europe
Mr. Miesters
Legal battle over Baldwin millions pits mother and daughter
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull, claiming to be the daughter of the late “Lucky” Baldwin, contests a will portion. Leo J. Maguire is named guardian as the case moves through California courts. The matter centers on rights to a $20,000,000 estate and Baldwin’s complex family history.
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Lucky” Baldwin
Ture King
Los Angeles
New England
Baldwin
Santa Anita Ranch
Leo J. Maguire
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull
Turnbull
William A. Ashley
Royalton
Lillian Ashley
California
San Francisco
Santa Anita
Laura Ashley
Miss Ashley
New York
William Barron Turnbull
Boston
A Dock Quest for Every Citizen and Dry Docks Debate
A congressional tirade extols dry docks as vital for all Pacific coast residents from Neah Bay to Kwaco. Will E. Humphrey demands more dock funding, arguing a national need and promising dry docks as prizes for voters who back him, while critics see the plea as unfounded, even humorous.
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Pacific
E. Humphrey
Tie Pou
Humphrey
Neah Bay
Kwaco
Congress
Desperate Sailor Who Broke Jail Is Only Homesick Boy
William Bowers a 19 year old from the United States gunboat Princeton escaped from a Philadelphia jail yesterday morning. He swam to Port Orchard and was captured at his aunt’s home in Seattle after seeking to visit Mexico. He blamed naval life for his actions saying boredom in port drove him to desert and that serving four years would drive him crazy.
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William Bowers
City
Bowers
United States
Princeton
Philadelphia
Port Orchard
Seattle
A. E. Adams
Newell St
Mexico
Navy
Hoys
Nicaragua
Bundy defeats Wright to force title showdown in tennis
Thomas C. Bundy, a Pacific coast doubles champion, beat Beala C. Wright in a four set match 6-3 6-8 6-8 10-8 in Newport. The victory advances Bundy toward a national singles final against William A. Larned.
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Newport
R. L
Thomas C. Bundy
Beala C. Wright
United States
Bundy
William A. Larned
Wright
Montana Rifle Team Sent Home To Fight Forest Fires
Eighteen members of the Second Montana regiment at Camp Perry were ordered home to assist in battling forest fires. Their potential Class C rifle match results were promising but cut short by the forest emergency. Lieutenant General Wood ordered three infantry companies to Tahoe forest to aid California, responding to the War Department request and Forester Olmstead’s telegram as fires spread beyond control.
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Camp Perry
Montana
Washington
Wood
Tahoe Forest
War Department
California
Forester Olmstead
No Backdown by Sherman
Vice President James Sherman refused to discuss Taft’s letter to Lloyd C. Grinncom, signaling a stand in the New York state Republican convention fight. Roosevelt addressed farmers, endorsed State Senator Frederick Davenport, who opposes Sherman. Roosevelt toured the Robinson homestead near Jordanville before plans to depart at midnight.
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Utica
N. Y
James 8
Sherman
Tafta
Lloyd C. Grincom
New York
Catholic Church Bans Jeffries Johnson Fight Film in Dublin
The Catholic church in Ireland prohibits showing the Jeffries Johnson boxing film in Dublin. Archbishop protests to the Dublin mayor were heeded and the pictures will not be exhibited in the city.
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Dublin
Catholic Church In
Ireland
Jeffries Johnson
Birds Nest Trade Roars Over 1909 Values
An article notes American imports of edible bird nests from Asia reaching 460000 dollars annually, with nests formed by saliva from the Asiatic swift family and even last year’s nests commanding high prices in Chinese restaurants.
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Aata
Woman Wins Railroad Case in Supreme Court
Atlanta Aug 24. At age 75 Mrs W H Felton defeated 15 railroad corporations in a damage suit to stop a right of way across her property. She argued her own case without lawyers and won the decision from the supreme court.
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Atlanta
Mra
W. H. Fetton
Felton
Supreme Court
New Land of Marshes Forests and Snowy Peaks Draws Explorers
Aug 24 report from San Francisco describes a Dutch New Guinea expedition led by Capt. Goodfellow aiming for a 17,000 foot Snow Mountains peak. Natives crowd the coast and village camps. two dwarf-like men are captured after a long chase through the jungle amid awe and fear.
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Ban Francisco
Cal
New Guinea
Weatere
Vapua
Greenland
Texas
Louisiana
Capt. Goodfellow
C. G. Rawling
Tibet
Burglar Takes Miner’s Savings From Shack in Black Diamond
While Andro Bagna slept in his Black Diamond shack he dreamed of Italy with $700 saved. Attele Gazzatti is charged with breaking in and stealing the money from two trunks. About $400 was recovered in a stocking beneath Gazzatti’s house. He claims he lifted only one trunk as deputies of Sheriff Hodge’s office took him to the county jail.
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Andro Bagna
Black Diamond
Italy
Attele Gazzatti
Gazzatti
Hodge
German tipless hotel a failure on the Rhine
Berlin August 24 The tipless hotel on the Rhine has failed and closed after a short run. The large hotel, popular with Americans, raised rates by 5 percent and gave the increase to staff. Within two months workers were ruined as guests tipped secretly or complained the rise was too high.
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Berlin
Rhine
Alki Congregational Club Plans Fundraiser Night
For the building fund of Alki Congregational church the Young People's Society will stage an entertainment next Tuesday evening at the Alki Point natator jum.
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Alki Congregational Church
Young People’s Society of the Church
Alki Point Natator. Jum
License to wed Issued to Two Couples Yesterday
The county auditor issued marriage licenses today to Charles Ekstedt and Lillian Peter, and to Herbert E. Gwin and Katherine O Conner.
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Charles Ekstedt
Lillian Peterson
Herbert E. Gwin
Katherine O'Conner
Margaret Ilington Returns With New Play at Tacoma Theatre
Margaret Ilington resumes stage work after a year away. Her new play Until Eternity opens Friday at the Tacoma Theatre with rehearsals underway for a month. The company is directed by her husband K. E. Bowes of Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Margaret Ilington
Tacoma Theatre
Transfer Cemetery Back to China
Vancouver Aug 24 Hundreds of deceased Chinese are being exhumed from the local burial ground and shipped back to China. The bodies will receive Asiatic ritual honors, with expenses totaling several thousand dollars justified by local Chinese who insist no Chinaman can rest unless planted in home soil.
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Vancouver
B. C
China
Eagles Probing Graft Charges At National Convention
The Eagles national convention in St Louis resumes hearings on graft claims by Theodore A Bell of California Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Bell accuses Past Grand Worthy President Krause Martin Gray Thomas Hays and B F Monaghan of involvement in a $500 receipt-punching machine sale scheme. Officers vote tomorrow with Bell seeking the presidency.
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Louis
Theodore A. Bell
California
The
Eagles
Bell
Krause
Martin Gray
Thomas Hays
B. F. Monaghan
Ejected commuter suffers shoulder dislocation at Fort Lawton
William Dawson, 50, employee of the Great Northern, is hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder after an argument with a Fort Lawton conductor who refused to take advice from the elderly man.
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William Dawson
Great Northern
Fort Lawton
Swindler Wintemute Held Over Bail For Mock Locks Scam
Advices from Beattie report William T. Wintemute, the swindler, jailed for defrauding the county of $50,660 with fake locks. The countess daughter of Leo Van Marter, a Tacoma magnate, is named in the case. Wintemute, now in New York under U S courts, faces bail reduction and remains in jail on $5,000 bond default.
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Beattie
Wiliam T. Winsmite
Leo van Marter
Seattle
Msterinian
Ma. K. van Marter
Tacoma
New York
United States
New Yord
Wintemute
Talks on Teeth by the Regal Dentis
An advertisement extols Our Method teeth as tested by daily use and wear. It promises painless care by Regal Dental experts at 1405 3rd Ave NW, urging patients to try the partial plate with confidence and a written guarantee.
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Vance
Regal Dental
N. W. Con
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