Coast labor war threats loom over Pacific Northwest
Adversaries warn tax hikes and a broad strike wave may engulf Seattle Tacoma Spokane Vancouver and Victoria as Metal Trades of San Francisco signals renewed action. Officials expect a week of crucial decisions raising fears of a coast wide clash between unions and big business across major metal plants.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Vancouver
Victoria
Northwest
California
San Francisco
Fapka
Ment
National Manufacturers’ Assion
Los Angeles
Bay City
Sansons
Denver Population Surges in Census Bureau Bulletin
Washington reports the census bulletin showing Denver’s population at 200,000 plus with a noted increase of a percentage. Buffalo, New York, reaches 423,715, up about 20 percent.
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Denver
United Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Buffalo
Clevelander’s 1 Cent Lunch Breaches Free Lunch Law
In Cleveland on Aug 25 a saloon keeper who offered a complimentary lunch priced at 1 cent was arrested. A jury now rules that charging for the food, even 1 cent, violates the free lunch statute.
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Ileveland
Ohio
Colum
Political churn as candidates bow out and aides switch sides
Ex Senator Wilson quits the race in a telephone message to Judge Burke. Ballinger resigns as interior secretary after long delay. Pinchot links with Ballinger for a postrace endorsement, while the Wireless Telegraph Company offers to reimburse investors. Poindexter forecasts endorsements from Mager Hitchcock Cannon Taft, though no pledge has materialized yet.
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Wilson
Burke
Wireless Telegraph Company
Mike Carrigan
Bob Hodge
Pinchot
Ballinger
Peda Supreme Court
Cohen
Joe Schlumpf
Roosevelt Saying On Postcards
An exclamation attributed to Col. Theodore Roosevelt after his name was rejected by the Republican state committee for the state chairmanship is being used on souvenir postcards. Thousands of cards circulate showing the line I put myself in the way of things happening and they happened along with pen and ink flower pot drawings.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Georgetown volunteers set meeting to negotiate purchase rent terms
A September 3 meeting aims to resolve a compromise between the city offered $7,000 purchase price or $40 monthly rent and volunteers seeking $11,650 or $75 per month for the Georgetown fire department. Councilman Max Wardal acts as intermediary between parties.
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Georgetown
Max Wardal
Woman seeks annulment after bigamy mix up in divorces
Addie Grace Galbraith asked for an annulment of her marriage to J B Galbraith after learning her divorce from J J Evans had not been filed. She also seeks a decree of divorce from Evans and asks the court to require her former attorney to file that decree.
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Addie Grace Galbraith Yestern
J. B. Galbraith
J. J. Evans
Evans
Alaska
Galbraith
Roosevelt vows to hunt crooks out of public life
Col Theodore Roosevelt told the Ellicott club in Buffalo he would continue the fight for clean politics and fight in the New York state Republican convention. He linked anti corruption to keeping the Great Lakes unpolluted and urged unpolluted government at its source. He planned to travel to the West, arriving in Cheyenne, Wyoming by Saturday.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Ellicott Club
Roosevelt
Great Lakes
West
Cheyenne
Wyo
Questioning Seattle’s Newsroom Figures and Political Guesses
The fragmentary item lists rumors about Victor Murdock and William Hickman Moore, claims on the Carpenters Union in Seattle, local water and fire stories, Gov. Hay’s Latin ties, Frank McDermott’s union start, mortgageed Seattle homes, forest fire death tolls, forest history, Indian forest politics, and a future ex-president.
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Victor Murdock
William Hickman Moore
Gill
The
Supreme Court
Carpenters’ Union
Seattle
Gov. Hay
Mexico
South America
Frank McDermott
Bon Marche
Northwest
San Francisco
Nature
United States
Disappearance ends with belief Armour death by own action
Walter Armour, missing from Bothell, is believed to have died by his own action after Bloodhounds traced a trail from his coat and hat to the lake edge where footprints and a whisky bottle were found. The lake was dragged with no results. Health is considered as a possible reason.
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Walter Armour
Bothell
Joel
Armour
Pirate collapses in open court during piracy hearing
Geo. W. Wise, held without bail for piracy, collapses in the San Francisco courtroom during his preliminary hearing. He needed support as the warrant was read, appearing far from the bold pirate described.
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San Francisco
Geo. W. Wise
Norwalk to fine speeders by phone notices
Norwalk Ohio authorities adopt a novel plan to notify speeding motorists by phone of their fines. Two leading citizens were told to pay 7.50 dollars each and promised to mail checks to the mayor.
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Fy United Press
Norwalk
Ohio
All Hope Gone for 85 Fire Fighters
Spokane reports 94 firefighters dead with totals expected to reach 150 across Idaho and Montana. Fires near Wallace Coeur dAlene Wallace area and Mercer Island send smoke over Lake Washington as relief efforts continue.
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Spokane
Wallace
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Joe Malin
F. A. Fern Sot
St. Joe
Fisher
Holcomb
Montana
Bhoise
Watson
Kooskia
Selway
Lolo Pass
St. Maries
Forester
W. B. Greeley
Missoula
Mercer Island
Train wreck kills twenty near Durand Michigan
The Chicago Montreal express on the Grand Trunk was struck by No 14 while stopped after engine failure four miles east of Durand. Twenty people are dead or missing including eight Pullman passengers and a fireman. Investigators cite failure to display danger signals as the likely cause.
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Durand
Mich
Thantie Rae Te Tie
Eee Ng
Beli
Chicago
Putwang
Prakeman
Graham
George Mitchell
George Nelson
Unknown Joy Riders Attempt Auto Joy Ride Sham
F Garfield of 1408 Fourth Ave reported his car stolen near 810 KE Denny Way and later found at 37th Ave and Spring St. J F Kenna of 600 F Pike St reported garage entry through a broken window and his Packard is still missing.
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F. Garfield
Fourth Av
Denny Way
37Th Av
Spring St
F. Kenna
Burglars Target Motor Hardware at 43rd and Fremont
Burglars attempted a night break in at the Motor Hardware Company at 43rd and Fremont, breaking a window and using a timing device on the door. Police have investigated but found no clues. The wording suggests professional burglars conducted the crime.
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Motor Hardware Company
43Rd and
Fremontly
Butchers Picnic at Fortuna Park Yields $300 Plus
The event last Sunday raised more than $300 for the union at Fortuna Park. J Bibie of the Yakima Sheep Company won the sheep skinning contest in 3 minutes 22 seconds, with the runner-up finishing in 5 minutes 8 seconds.
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Fortuna Park
Union
J. Bibie
Yakima Sheep Company
Blair and Han nan to discuss Progressive Republicanism
Ivan L Blair and George F Han nan will speak on Progressive Republicanism at a citizens meeting in Areys hall Kenny dale Saturday night. A large crowd is expected to attend.
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Ivan L. Blair
George F. Hannan
Arey's Hall
Kennydale
Seattle council debated garbage fees for homeowners
The finance committee met to decide if homeowners should pay 9 dollars a year for garbage collection or 1.25 dollars. The plan would shift costs away from downtown business to small property owners, with inspectors and collectors at each house. The debate focused on fairness, health, and tax burdens, led by chairman Fred Sawyer.
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Council
Seeattle
Fred Sawyer
Sawyer
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Thrifty Italians Take 85 Dollars From Jap Store
Two Italian men entered a Jap drug store at 523 Jackson street this afternoon, took a tin box containing 85 dollars, and left. A Jap lady cursed the thieves and then alerted police.
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Jackson St
God Hates a Coward McCredie Stands by Cannon Foes
The piece harshly brands Congressman McCredie as a vicious standpat and ally of Cannon, claiming he will lose in the Second district. It contrasts him with Will E. Humphrey, labels both as betrayers, and mocks their political loyalties while invoking the phrase God hates a coward.
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McCredie
Second
Cannon
Pacific Coast
Will E. Humphrey
Congress
Humphrey
Portland
Forest fires threaten Oregon near Portland
Seventy five Oregon national guard troops battle forest fires near Gresham eleven miles east of Portland as of August 25. Firefighters struggle to contain the flames in rugged terrain while residents are evacuated from threatened areas.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon National Guard
Gresham
Broken Heart and Death Drive Woman to Self Harm
May Berdan, 38, wife of Walter Berdan, seeks relief in carbolic acid after a recent divorce ruling. She lies in a city hospital padded cell, expressing defeat and claiming no one cares for her daughters. She recalls a life of hardship from childhood through marriage and separation, and says she would rather be dead.
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May Berdan
Av. N
City Hospital
Walter Berdan
Old Oregon Lumber Co
Henry Building
Gay
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