Canal Growing in Importance
W. TL Porterfield reports to Secretary Weeks that Panama Canal traffic rises with an average 284 vessels per month, 260 commercial, 13 noncommercial, and one small launch. Toll averages 1.09 per ton for Pacificbound ships and 0.78 for westbound. About 60 percent of Pacific traffic heads to US and Canada. 56 percent of Pacific tonnage originates on the West Coast. A new daily high was set on November 23 with a record through traffic by 18 ships and one launch.
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University of Washington Glee Club Tour Feats Jailbreak Drama
The University of Washington Glee Club completed a five day tour to Tacoma Vancouver Portland Olympia and Aberdeen praised as the most successful trip yet. Monologist H N A Thompson used a local colored boy in each city to warm his act with one boy in Vancouver ending up in jail. Victor Meare’s belongings were stolen in Portland and later replacements shipped from Beattie. The group plans another tour including Everett Bellingham Mount Vernon and Vancouver B C.
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Father seeks missing son D L Hopkins since 1913 14
A letter from a distressed father asks for information about D L Hopkins born 1876. He last saw his son in 1913 or 1914, describes dark eyes and hair, six feet tall, 165 to 170 pounds, a repaired right cheek gear from a past injury, and logging camp experience as a donkey engineer. Reply to W FF Hopkins Milton Wash.
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Actress Betty Montgomery Dies After Leap From Yale
San Francisco police investigate the death of motion picture actress Betty Montgomery who jumped overboard from the steam ship Yale during a party at sea while traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Her parents are said to reside in Spokane.
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