Block Grabs Plan to Tax Rich Fails in Public Uproar
In Seattle the finance committee quits amid an uproar over proposed 1744 mills in municipal garbage taxes. Zbinden Wardall and Denny support adding 310000 to 1911 estimate while Sawyer Blaine oppose. Absent Schlumpf Bullock. Debate centers on vacant property share and investor impact. The plan faces council pressure Monday night.
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Gar
Zbinden
Wardall
Denny
Sawyer
Blaine
Schlumpf
Bullock
Finance Committee
Zhinden
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Starwich Brings Fayad Back to Face Trial
After five years Joe Fayad returns to Seattle to stand trial for the killing of Lottie Nichols, a waitress who spurned him. Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich, a $1 a month officer loyal to Nichols, tracked Fayad to Mexico City and arranged his return. Starwich wired Sheriff Hodge that he would start back with the prisoner today.
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Joe Fayad
Seattle
Lottie Nichols
Matt Starwich
King County
Fayad
Mexico City
Starwich
Hodge
Gale Drives Ship Blows Ashore Off Scottish Coast
The destroyer Success and torpedo boat 13 were blown ashore in a gale off Scotland. Crews of both vessels were rescued and there is no hope of salvaging the 13.
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London
Scotland
Oregon Congressman Names Humphrey as Speakership Bid
Rep W R Ellis of Oregon suggests Will B Humphrey as a candidate to succeed Joe Cannon. The House satire focused on the mock scenario with Humphrey praised for Merchants' Marine League knowledge. The league previously paid Humphrey $75. Also, carpenter Constanten Makarevich reported tool theft at 171 Lith Ave.
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W. R. Ellis
Oregon
Will B Humphrey
Humphrey
Joe Cannon
Wii
House of Representatives
Ellis
Merchants’ Marine League
Constanten Makarevich
Forest blaze near Green River under control as search for campers begins
The Green River forest fire, raging since July 27, is nearly under control. Warden A T Wright orders a hunt for the campers believed responsible. About ten square miles of heavy timber have burned and a hundred firefighters work through the danger. Six men trenching and back firing faced a wind driven flare up and escaped by running through flames, losing gear and reaching camp exhausted.
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Green River
A. T. Wright
Wright
Diener
Olwen
Koehn
Carmick
Morgan
Farley
Roosevelt visits Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne
Col Roosevelt arrives by train at Capen station to a large reception and parade in Cheyenne Wyoming. He reviews the Wild West pageant, attends a lunch, and delivers an address urging Westward modernization while defending his earlier New York Post editorial. He calls for a Remington statue to honor Western pioneers.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Col. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Capen Station Bay
Roosevelt
New York Evening Post
United Press
Post
Newark
Woth
Western
Kota
West
Frederick Remington
Remington
Body of 13 year old Chinese girl found in Victoria Arm
The body of a 13 year old Chinese girl is recovered from Victoria Arm. Authorities believe she took her own life to avoid an arranged marriage her parents sold her into, based on marks on the body and rumors in China town.
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Victoria, B. C
Victoria Arm
Chinatown
Questions About Noted Residents and Local Facts
A local quiz asks if William H. Hulburt the Seattle nature writer resides at 719 19th Ave and if Prof. Allen Smith wrote a constitution book exciting political students. It notes Thomas Burke started as a teacher, Harry W. Carroll's mining engineering ambitions, a September 6 school opening, $12 000 000 tide lands owned by the state, city burning 50 tons of garbage daily, a woman with five safety razor patents, and trousers creases once signaling ready made origin.
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William H. Hulburt
Seattle
19Th Av
Allen Smith
The
State University
Thomas Burke
Harry W. Carroll
Wrecking effort for Princess May slows float at Sentinel Island
Heavier gear is being sent north to the wrecking crew working to float the steamer Princess May. The CPR vessel is not expected to be floated from Sentinel Island for several days. Also in Washington DC, August 27, reports say Michigan’s ten year population increase is 889000 or 16.1 percent, placing Michigan ahead of Indiana and Massachusetts in the 1900 census.
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Washington, PD. C
Michigan
Indiana
Massachusetts
City Council Under Fire Over Graft Allegations
A heated public charge against city councilmen and contractors erupts as residents accuse officials of graft and inflated public works costs. The star calls for truth, condemns secret sessions, and urges transparent investigations amid rising citizen suspicion.
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Goddard
Order of Goggs
the Star
Star
City Hall Way
Made in Washington Day Drives Wide Show of State Made Goods
Today is Made-in-Washington day as stores showcase products with origin in the state. Boosters were astonished by the variety and clerks’ readiness to prove Washington ancestry, with demand high and expected to grow further through the evening shopping.
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Washington
Angler Fights Giant Sturgeon Near Valon
A. C. Brodie of Los Angeles wrestled a giant sturgeon for five hours while fishing at Valon. He was pulled overboard and rescued by onlookers just in time, preventing disaster.
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Valon
A. C. Brodie
Los Angeles
Monster
Brodie
Garment Workers Are Checked by Court in Enduring Strike
Rioting and a pistol fight marked the revival of the Garment Workers strike as leaders announced a Monday restart. Morris Levenson killed himself after learning work would not resume. Justice Goff issued a sweeping anti-labor injunction against the International Garment Workers' union, urged by the Cloak & Suit Manufacturers' association, declaring unions and employers prohibited from coercive actions.
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New York
Garment Workers
Lennon
Morris Levenson
Nnt
Justice Goff
New York Supreme Court
New York State
Cloak & Suit Manufacturers’ Association
International Garment Workers’ Union
America
Refused Vacation Reveals $15000 Theft by Cashier
New York August 27 A dry goods firm cashier George Wetzel refused a summer break saying he loved to work. Investigators found his accounts $15000 short, all stolen in the past year. Antone Tonneson sailor aboard the schooner Goa reported a missing watch at West Seattle.
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New York
George Wetzel
Antone Tonneson
Goa
West Seattle
Lawyer's First Case Defends Parents in Police Court
Abe Hurwitz, a newly admitted lawyer, handles his first case defending his mother against resisting an officer and his father over refusing to show a sales book. The police court trial ends with the mother cleared and the father convicted. an appeal is planned.
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Hurwitz
Abe Hurwitz
Morris Surwitz
Abe
Father
Morris Wurwitz
Yester Way
Hurwits
Hurwitzes
Doom
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