Jordan urges scientific mating or burbanking
Dr David Starr Jordan told the Salt Lake Institute that men and women should be bur banked a term likened to Luther Burbanks plant mating He argued that scientific pairing regardless of sentimental tradition would yield superior children and urged applying nature's laws of reproduction to humans with plant and animal precedents cited
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David Starr Jordan
Salt Lake Institute
Luther Burbank
Burbank
Dr. Jordan
Vegetable
Memorial Service for General Booth Held in Seattle
A large memorial service for General William Booth founder of the Salvation Army is planned at the Moore Theatre tomorrow at 2 50 PM presided by Governor Hay. Seattle ministers and the Salvation Army will participate with the Silver Band from Victoria providing music Mayor Cotterill will speak for the city. A memorial parade will form after the service and march via Second Avenue to Pioneer Square for a brief service.
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Willam Booth
The
Salvation Army
Moore Theatre
Hay
Seattle
Silver Band
Victoria
Cotter
Pioneer Square
Eiveryone
Miss Lulu Wiser Rescued After Fall From Bridge
Miss Lulu Wiser fell twelve feet into the bay from the Haller Beach bridge while attempting to hand a package to a passenger on an inbound Alki car. Motorman W M Fewel rescued her as she clung to bridge pilings. No serious injuries reported. Kodak printing offered at Cut Rates by Owl Studio.
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Lulu Wiser
Haller Beach Bridge
A'ki
W. M. Fewel
Miss Wiser
High Noble Actress Held at Ellis Island
New York August 31 Countess Helwig von Wrangell a noted actress with estates in the Black Forest and Berlin sits at Ellis Island amid immigration red tape. She arrived with her year old niece Margaretta Lange on the President Léccoin seeking release after customs ruled the child must be accompanied or reviewed by officials. Influential friends have pressed for her release as the countess plans a visit to an uncle in Okanogan Washington.
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New York
Helwig von Wrangell
Black Forest
Berlin
Ellis Island
Europe
Léccoin
Margaretta Lange
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Okanogan
Wash
Mrs. Nevans Not Guilty in Disorderly House Trial
After a two day police court trial before Acting Judge Stibauch, Marie Nevans was found not guilty of running a disorderly house at 615 Spring. Defense attorney FP Hughes argued to set a ruling against arrest in breaking into a house, but the judge did not condemn the officers. Neighbors had no complaints about the property.
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Marie Nevans
Spring #1
Stibauch
Slbaugh
Want Market for Product In San Francisco Lumber Trade
Northwestern lumber manufacturers push to open San Francisco markets to finished lumber products. They argue San Francisco bans all forms except flooring and steps, and that local finishing raises costs, harming San Francisco buyers but hurting mills in Portland.
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United Presse
Portland, Or
Northwestern
San Francisco
Portland
13 Held Up Give Up 12
A Great Northern freight train crew of 13 were held up at Ballard Beach at noon yesterday by a highwayman with a white handkerchief over his face. He ordered them to surrender and robbed them on a dirt bank, taking $12.
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Ballard Beach
Great Northern
Wins a Bride New York Telegraph Operator to Wed
Miss Anne Jeannette Brown has worked as a tele graph operator at the Hotel Astor for four years. She will marry Dudley C. Wray of St. Louis on October 2. Wray is president and general manager of the Abotes Paint Company with a $50 000 annual salary. He helped Brown while she struggled with a refractory operator and had studied telegraphy as a boy.
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New York
Anne Jeannette Brown
Hotel Astor
Dudley C. Wray
St. Louis
Abotes Paint Company
Browns
Royal Burden for Taxpayers
London observers report King George has offered ex King Manuel a suite of rooms in Kensington Palace. The gesture places another foreign royalty under the taxpayers of Great Britain, adding to ongoing royal expense concerns.
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London
George
Manuel
Kensington Palace
Great Britain
Debs Moore Theatre Sunday Night Show
Doors open 6 45 p m for a Sunday night program at Debs Moore Theatre with reserved seating and Kodak film developing available free at Owl Studio located at 1104 First Ave.
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Debs
Moore Theatre
Kodak Filma
Owl Studio
Political Gossip From The Capital By Gilson Gardner
Washington column notes a push for a full inquiry into Standard Oil links with Congress. Poindexter demands an oath-bound investigation tracing letters from Archbold to finance actions, while opposing figures like Bailey resist. The piece cites Sibley Foraker Penrose and calls for cross examination and public disclosure of bribery proofs.
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Gilson Gardner
Washington
The
Star
Washington, D.C
Standard Oil
Congress
Hearst
Partis
Poindexter
Col. Roosevelt
Hearer
Archbold
United States
Penrose
Crane
Bailey
Smith
Spetial Riviverce
Oklahoma votes risk punishment for not voting
Oklahoma proposes to punish every qualified voter who fails to vote, aiming to boost participation. The policy would hold citizens responsible for turnout, with critics calling it coercive and impractical.
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Oklahoma
Stoker Hold Riot Aboard Ship Enters Sea
Chaos erupted in the stoke hold as three Chinese laborers attacked inmates aboard the Minnesota four nights out from Yokohama. One, Ching Lee Sing, fought workers, fled to the engine room, seized a shovel, knocked down six men, leapt overboard, and vanished. The liner reached port with 143 passengers and 4,665 tons of Oriental goods amid the disruption.
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Minnesota
Yokohama
Ching Lee Sing
Bride Charged With Stealing in Early Wedding Escape
Myrtle Randrecker, a bride of six hours, must return from Chicago to San Francisco to stand trial for allegedly fleeing with 1100 dollars from John Randrecker six hours after the May 16, 1912 wedding.
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Sacramento
Cal
Myrtle Randrecker
Chicago
San Francisco
John Randrecker
Jewels Lost On Linton Road After Roadhouse Roundup
Frank Daugherty a Seattle promoter searched for two 500 diamond rings lost on Linton road near Portland. He was returning from roadhouses with Edward Oater Boise contractor and two women. Daugherty had lent the rings to one girl who delayed returning them leading to a scuffle during which the rings disappeared.
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Portland, Or
Frank Daugherty
Seattle
Linton Road
Portland
Edward Oater
Boise
Daugherty
Portland Capitalist Buys University District Inn Property
T. J. Leanard purchased the University district property occupied by Ye College Inn from Charles Cowen for $60,000. The inn was erected by Mr. Cowen just before the fair.
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T. J. Leanard
Portland
University District
Ye College Inn
Charles Cowen
Kissing Not Battery Says San Diego Jury
In San Diego on August 31 a jury found that kissing a consenting to a kiss on a pretty woman without consent is not battery. Theodore Anderson was accused by Mrs. Emily Poster of placing three kisses on her face and neck on July 29, but Anderson testified the kisses were light as thistledown.
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San Diego
Cal
Theodore Anderson
Emily Poster
Anderson
Progressive primary centers shift voters to Roosevelt ticket
With one week to go Seattle and the state focus on the first progressive primary next Saturday to select Roosevelt ticket nominees for November. Contests loom for governor and other offices as progressives hold voluntary primaries to nominate by September 7 and have convention ratification on September 10.
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Seattle
Roosevelt
Republcan
Progressive Party
King County
Butler Hotel
Armory
Col. Roosevelt
Coliseum Theatre
Case
Bellingham
Homer M. Hill
Blanche Mason
Gov
Hay
George F. Hannan
E. G. Millis
Bothell Hosts Progressive Meeting with Prominent Speakers
About 100 attendees heard Dan Landon and J A Falconer outline the progressive platform. Ole Hanson and Dr Chas Boudwin spoke as did W T Johnston and others. A follow up meeting was set for Enumclaw as party rules on September 7 prompted the discussion of primary funding and eligibility for new parties.
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Bothell
Dan Landon
Congress
J. A. Falconer
Hoth
Ole Hanson
Chas. Boudwin
W. T. Johnston
Enumelaw
W. H. Ford
Hugo Kelley
South District
Dr. Kelton
Jer
G. Mills
Aries
Progressive Party
Democratic Party
Young Bandits Hold Up Tacoma Hotel Clerk
Two youths about 20 robbed the Tacoma hotel's night clerk at Ninth Ave and Jackson Jr around 2:30 a.m. They demanded money, held the clerk at gunpoint, and escaped with about 30 dollars from the cash drawer. The Japanese clerk, George Enoswa, faced the guns as the bandits fled.
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Tacoma
Jackson Jr
George Enoswa
Man Kills Himself and His Two Sons in New York
Jacob Haas aged 64 ended his life and those of his sons Lawrence 6 and John 7 by asphyxiation after illness reduced his funds to 60 dollars. He left a note to his wife Anna explaining she would need him to comfort her, while keeping 4 year old Joe with her. He instructed her to collect his insurance and return to Germany with Joe.
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New York
Jacob Haas
Lawrence
John
Anna
Joe
Haas
Kisses Wife Finds Her Dead in Bed
Tacoma report: Iverson a North End Fuel employee found his wife dead in their bed after kissing her goodbye for work. He later cooked breakfast and did not awaken her, then left for his shift. The article notes his initial shock at discovering the body.
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Tacoma
I, Iverson
North End Fuel Company
Iverson
Arrested at altar bride 9 jailed in forgery case
In Perth Amboy New Jersey Mrs Mary Pfeiffer Pfeiffert was arrested after leaving a church ceremony on a forgery charge. Treasurer Charles K alleged she obtained $100 using a forged signature of one Haberkorn. The bride, 26, claimed the funds were for her trousseau. The husband Pant King 65 disowned her. She was committed for $1000 default.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Mary Pfeiffert
Charles K
Perth Amboyings Institution
Seaman
Mary Pfeiffer
Thone Haberkorn
King
Pant
South
Falls to Death in Vat in New Mexico
Albuquer que New Mexico Aug ... A Republican committeeman for New Mexico and state GOP leader Nona Luna is dead after an early morning accident. His body was found in a vat containing a sheep-solution used on his ranch. He was in night clothes and reportedly rose during the night, the sink water from a faucet and fell into the vat or died of heart failure while reaching for the faucet.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Viomon Luna
Irish Wrestler Wins Vancouver Bout Narrowly
Pat Connally from Britain and Ireland battles in a light heavyweight match at the Vancouver event. After about 600 spectators, Connally edges McIntyre with a late rally to secure the win as doors open at 6:45 with 25 cent admission.
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Vancouver
Vang C
Pat Connally
Pion
Britain
Ireland
McIntyre
Dentists Claim Higher Prices Then Undercut Offers
An advertisement by Regal Dental Offices lists Dr. L. R. Clark offering dental work at half the usual price, claiming large volume profits enable the cut. It boasts a $10 crown and urges readers to note the office at 1405 Third Ave North.
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Clark
Regal Dental Offices
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Rello
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L. R. Clark
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