Elopement tale of duplicity rocks Seattle family
A Seattle elopement story centers on Raleigh Faulkner, 21, and Blanche Taylor, 16, with Blanche’s sister Ruth torn by betrayal. Ruth’s father J M Taylor plans to halt the scheme, then relents, guiding a return to Seattle with the couple under Blanche’s father’s watch. Frank E Steer is the jilted suitor from Los Angeles.
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Raleigh Faulkner
Blanche Taylor
Vancouver
Blanche
Raleigh
Ruth
Faulkner
Never Gene
Subrosa
Frank E. Steer
Los Angeles
Young Steer
Fornia
Young Faulkner
Ruth Taylor
Taylor
J. M. Taylor
Eve A
Seattle
Lexington
Grand Union Cafe
Corner Fourth and
Yesler
Frank Steer
Ballard street commissioner dies after dumping accident
Jacob Taggerson, about 55, was fatally injured when a windless arm struck him aboard a scow as he released dumping equipment in the sound. He was found unconscious, taken to the Fourth Avenue boat house, then to his home where he died about midnight. Marty Gibbs helped in the search.
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Taggerson
Marty Gibbs
Mr. Taggerson
Gibbe
Fourth Avenue
Dr. Stuart
Reed Is Wanted In Many Places
The Star reports Addison Archer Reed known as Alien West and other names fled a hotel with unpaid bills after selling a $550 gold brick. He seeks money and avoids capture as Seattle authorities hear of his hotel debts and a wife in hiding. Reed’s eye injury and evasive whereabouts fuel a growing manhunt across eastern towns and distant places.
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Star
Addison Archer Reed
Lincoln
Reed
the Times
Alien West
A. Harrison
Dinard Hotel
Victoria
B. C
Tacoma
Seattle
Ian Knight
Smuggler Captured After Port Hawthorne Theft Arrest
Stewart Knudson of the Hawthorne gangloaders was arrested Thursday by United States officials for breaking a garment seal and smuggling contraband ashore from the vessel at Port Blakeley. Government men say $200 to $400 worth of goods were stolen, taken ashore at Blakeley and disposed of. suspect fled toward Pleasant Beach en route to Seattle. Chief Inspector Loftus credited with the capture.
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Stewart Knudson
Hawthorne
Port
George Leusenrink
Watel
Port G
Blakeley
Pleasant Beach
Seattle
Loftus
May and December Couple Wed Despite Objection
L C Lander aged 63 and Lizzie Alexander aged 16 married on Vashon Island after Justice Davis of Seattle refused, Justice Van Linden performing the ceremony. The unlikely romance culminates in a sanctioned union on a remote island setting.
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L. C. Lander
Romeo
Lizzie Alexander
Justice Davis
Seattle
Vashon Island
Justice van Linden
Rabbi Joseph Returns to Seattle for Temple Service
Rabbi Joseph, after weeks of visits in the East, arrived back in Seattle on Friday and will officiate at the Temple de Hirech Friday evening.
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Joseph
East
Seatttle
Temple
de Hirech
Eva Aima Free After Inspection and River Tow
The Eva Aima was released after inspection and began towing the showboat upriver but ran short of coal and tied at the bank to cut wood. Reports claimed fewer refugees aboard and towns refused landings. Six crew members hold health certificates onboard.
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Louis
Eva Aima
Peace prospects seen in Russo-Japanese talks stalls
report from Washington says peace terms may end conference if Russian plenipotentiaries do not show willingness to terms soon. Kimako displeased at delays. Japan seeks swift, just settlement while Russia maneuvers in Manchuria.
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Tokio
Washington
Russia
Manchuria
Japan and China officials hold talks on Portsmouth peace
Premier Katsura and Marquis Ito meet in Tokio to discuss a conference with implications for the Portsmouth peace talks. Ito says the discussion bears on the Allied settlement and future diplomacy.
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Tokio
Katsura
China
Foreign Office
Marquis Ito
Portsmouth
Race planned in New York by Baldwin Airship trio
On August 25 New York Leo Merens the Baldwin Airship company and Roy Knaben Naver schedule a race over the city within three weeks. This announcement names Merens the Baldwin Airship firm and Knaben Naver as organizers and participants planning a major local event.
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New York
Leo Merens
Baldwin Airship Company
Roy Knaben- Naver
Fight Against Graft Begun by Nominating Jerome For Mayor
New York August 25 District Attorney W T Jerome was nominated for mayor by the citizens union city committee 30 to 16. The Republican city committee backed fusion against Tamm any in the coming campaign and anti Tammany groups were urged to meet August 31 at the republican club.
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New York
W. T. Jerome
Citizens’ Union
Republican City Committee
Republican Club
Marlborough Hill Explodes Off New York Amid Storm
A lightning strike during a fierce storm ignited the naphtha laden Marlborough Hill in the bay between Tompkinsville and Stapleton. Fires spread from a midship hatch, engulfing the ship as flames rose toward the Battery and Sandy Hook. Explosions followed in the hold after initial blasts.
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New York
Marlborough Hill
Tompkinsville
Stapleton
Sandy Hook
Drowned in Cloudburst Hits Tabasco and Delagua Canyon
Denver reports a Tabasco cloudburst drowned nine people and cut off town communications. Delagua canyon flood adds 16 lives lost and 18 houses swept away, with no word yet on rescue details.
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Denver
Tabasco
Trinidad
Colo
Delagua Canyon
Gambling Deep in Seattle Hidden in Plain Sight
A lively dialogue traces multiple Seattle gambling hubs from Mullen & O'Brien’s Yesler saloon to Gottstein’s cigar shop and Rainier Club. Detectives frequent bookmaking rooms, and officials allegedly tolerate a network run by figures like Louis King and Scotty Ferguson, with promises of big stakes and Monday plans.
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Mayor Ballinger
Police Delaney
Mr. Ballinger
Alki
Chief
Seattle
Mullen & O'Brien
Yesler
Occidental
Charley
Tom
Butler Hotel
Fom Union
Williams
Clancy
Washington
Tom Delaney
Ciinamen
Louis King
Mullin & O’brien
Gottstein
Scotty Ferguson
Rainier
Hot Springs
Ark
Dolly” Ullman
Caesar Young
Tim” Byrnes
New York Police
Pullmans
Jakey Furth
Jim Melroy
Billy Sutherland
Love in the Dark Affair at Taggart Home Recounted
In Wooster Ohio Emma Lytle testifies Captain Taggart and Augustina the Filipino maid slipped about the dining room area at night and locked doors. Billy Taggart relates taking Mrs Taggart to a dance and sharing lunch in a dark sitting room while mother Taggart slept in Kentucky.
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Wooster
Lyette
Captain Tagart
Fort Thomas
Fort Leavenworth
Manila
Kentucky
Billy” Taggart
Mother Taggart
Beaudry Swindled Over French Ranch Fraud at Board Session
An excitable Frenchman M Beaudry, who bought a two 40 acre ranch for 3000 in Osceola, faced a board of equalization that mocked his tale. The ranch swamp was reassessed at 200 after he swore in French and insulted the board, calling the bargain a frog pond unless the seed sprouted.
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M. Beaudry
Board of Equalization
Beaudry
Osceola
Seattle
France
Centimes and Sons
Rob
Paree
Missing Ballard Girl Amid Family Crime Plot
Seattle police search for Gladys May Michelson, a Ballard girl, believed abducted by her mother Minnie Michelson who is charged with forcible seizure. The case links to a past plot involving ex convict T. Penton and an alleged murder-for-insurance scheme. Police fear mother and child may flee toward California where Penton is imprisoned.
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Gladys May Michelson
Ballard
Seattle
Providence Hospital
Sixth
Madison
Minnie Michelson
Adolph Michelson
Mttle
Gladys
Michelson
T. & Penton
San Quentin
California
Corbett
Freeman and
Hubbard
Lane
Penton
City
Queen City
Occidental
Gladys May
Rainbow sinks ashore near Agusan river mouth
Rainbow flagship of the Philippine squadron with Rear Admiral Reiter aboard went ashore at the mouth of the Agusan River in Butuan Bay Northern Mindanao. In Newport Rhode Island the battleship Kearsarge arrived at harbor after colliding with and damaging the kerosene schooner N G Gallup of New York and rescued its crew of two.
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Manila
Rainbow
Reiter
Agusan River
Butuan Bay
Mindanao
Newport
R. I
Gallup
New York
Kearsarge
Cholera Outbreak Reported in Manila
Cholera has broken out in Manila with reports of two soldiers at Camp McKinley stricken and receiving care. The brief notice notes the illness spreading in the city and military camp vicinity.
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Manila
Camp McKinley
Natives and an American Woman Die in City Disease
In the city several natives and one American woman have died as authorities race to contain the disease. Health teams work to locate cases, trace contacts, and implement containment measures amid rising concern.
Japanese Losses After Inland Sea Collision Report
An August 22 collision near the Inland Sea between a Japanese transport Kinjo and the British steamer Bar results in 1278? invalided soldiers and 129 drowned. The report notes significant Japanese casualties from the sinking.
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Tokio
Kinjo
Lision
Baralong
Weather and health notes from Cleveland briefed
Tonight and Saturday forecast calls for fair skies with light to fresh winds. In other news Mrs. Hanna widow of a late senator, vacationing at Bar Harbor Me, is reported to be better.
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Cleveland, O
Hanna
Bar Harbor
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Ballard Street
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Sakhalin
Manchester
Witte
St. Petersburg
Takahiro
Oyster Bay
Kaneko
Lamadorff
Washington, D. C
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Australia
Spreckeln Interests
San Francisco
America
Lamedorff
Foreign Office Today
Baron Kaneko
Sagamore Hill
Russa
Baron Komura
Herman Shaw
Cotton Mille
Vernor McLean
Portamouth
Jerome
Chief Delaney
Rainier Club
Billy
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