Four Mariners Missing After Henry T Scott Sinks
Leath accepts belief four men lost from the steam schooner Henry T Scott after collision with the freighter Luckenbach near Neah Bay. The Henry T Scott sank bow first. 21 aboard survived, four missing: T W Spencer, N L Nilson, F Logan, L Jacobsen. Survivors and passengers rescued and identified include Captain C Thorsell and L H Kilpatrick.
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Henry T. Scott
Harry Lauckenbach
Luckenbach
San Francisco
Neah Bay
Strait of Juan& Fuca
Mobile City Goes Ashore Off Protection Island
The Isthmian freighter Mobile City wrecked on Protection Island near Port Townsend after fog and smoke hindered its approach. Crew aided by tug Tyee began lightering cargo as the ship awaited rescue with Captain EK J. Gwilt in command.
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Mobile City
Tyee
Point Protection
Protection Island
Port Townsend
Seattle
New York
San Francesco
Portland
EK. J. Gwilt
Forest Fires Near Auburn and Kent Under Control
Forest fires near Auburn and on the outskirts of Kent were reported under control Monday. The Kent area blazes have destroyed over 100 acres of underbrush and damaged Oliver Milling Co. lumber mill, with threats only if high winds return.
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Auburn
Kent
Oliver Milling Co
Man in Street Shot Through Head Identified as John Gasner
Police and deputy coroners found John Gasner aged about 40 lying in Charles street between 10th and 11th avenues with a rifle beside him. The body at Wheeler street address 711 was shot through the right eye. Discovered Sunday at 12 05 pm by F A Turk of Eighth Avenue South and taken to the morgue pending inquiry.
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John Gasner
Wheeler St
Charles St
10Th
11Th Aves
F. A. Turk
Eighth Ave. S
Palace Hip offers Mabel Blondell Revue with Sky High film
The Palace Hip opens its new bill featuring the Mabel Blondell Revue as the stellar attraction with original singing and dancing stunts. Also shown is the film Sky High starring Tom Mix. The act includes two clever male dancers and Blondell impersonating a famous Frisco dance. Second act Love Lessons by Lillia Steele and company, with H. E. Hoffman, is a clever love travesty and audience pleaser.
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Palace Hip
Trent
Mabel Blondell
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Tom Mix
Mins Blondell
Frisco
Lillia Steele
H. E. Hoffman
Pollard
Bathing Beauty Contest Entrants Sought by The Star
The Star invites 18 entrants for a Seattle Olympia bathing beauty display at the Bell at Dock merchants convention July 24 to 9. Grady Studio to photograph contestants. prizes include 350 and 25 first, 15 second, 10 third. Entrants receive pay and luncheon.
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Grady
Eriyne Hrafford
Thellma Hasen
Mabel Sandberg
Marie Zeising
Faith Elaine Elliott
Harony Knitting Co
Pacific Knitting Co
Seattle
Olympia Knitting Co
Olympia
the Bell At
Dock
the Star
Deserter Graves Shifts Jails After Habeas Corpus Ruling
R I Graves, alleged coast guard deserter, moved from the city jail to the county jail after Superior Judge King Dykerman ordered his release from 46 days of confinement without charges. Before leaving the courtroom he was rearrested by Deputy U S Marshal BE R Tobey and held for the government.
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R. I. Graves
Coast Guard
King Dykerman
Graves
United States
BE. R. Tobey
New Alaska Cable Sought in Congress
The appropriation of 1,500,000 dollars for replacing the military cable between Seattle and Sitka Alaska will be considered at the next session of Congress. Lieut Col Leone of the U S Signal Corps says the bill has already passed the Senate.
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Seattle
Sitka
Alaska
Congress
Leone
U. S. Signal Corps
Senate
Grable Leads Detroit Union on Strike Vote Stand
Edward F. Grable president of the Maintenance of Way Employes union based in Detroit notes a strike vote was taken but the union did not join with others in the walkout on July 1.
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Edward F. Grable
Maintenance of Way
Detroit
Altho
Strike-Breakers at Work on New Haven Railroad
Non union workers manned the New Haven power house at Col. Cole under heavy guard. An effort to tie up electric lines to New York failed as the midnight shift began. Two thousand stationary firemen and oilers in the Metropolitan district did not report for work per their leaders.
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New York
New Haven Railroad
Col . Cole
Argument on Strike Winds Up in Court
Dennis Dunn and W. J. Scheuer clashed over the railroad strike in court. Dunn was charged with third degree assault and Scheuer, the prosecuting witness, is nursing a black eye.
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Dennis Dunn
W. J. Scheuer
Dunn
John C. Gordon
Scheuer
Jewell Issues General Orders for A F L Walkout
The latest photo shows B. M. Jewell, head of the railroad department of the A F L and in charge of the strike, in his Chicago office 15 minutes after he issued the general orders for the walkout.
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B. M. Jewell
The
A. F. of L
Chicago
Railroads Brace For Strikes As Clerk Protests Grow
Unions push for nationwide strikes with votes under way on nearly every line. Clerks may swell the labor force by about 206000, while railroads hire hundreds of new workers to maintain operations. Leaders warn of shrinking rolling stock as yards fill. carriers deny shortages.
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Rall
Mine Battle Expands Across Avella Area
An unidentified foreigner in Avella described a bloody clash between mine guards and 600 striking miners from Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia. He said fighting began about 3 40 am with snipers and wooded terrain battles. Dozens of attackers returned to Avella bearing wounds, while the dead and wounded were said to be substantial.
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Peace J. FE. Campbell
Avella
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Cliftonville
Avelia
Bi partisan effort to settle nationwide coal strike
Washington reports a move to end the nation wide mine strike with a bipartisan conference of miners and operators without government participation. About 60 to 70 operators representing a large share of coal tonnage favor the plan. President Harding’s seizure threat spurred more operators to back the proposal. John L. Lewis said the United Mine Workers policy committee stands firm against the president’s plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Harding
Rai
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Girl Defends Pastor Lover in Abandonment Case
Misa Bather Hughes, daughter of T. J. Hughes of Greenville Ohio, fled with Rev. William M. Culp to Ohio then Michigan. She left with her mother for a summer resort and relinquished claims to her pastor lover. She planned to forget and asked her mother to seek her father’s support in his defense.
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Detroit
Misa Bather Hughes
Ohio
William M. Culp
Green County
Port Huron
Mich
Misa Hughes
T. J. Hughes
Greenville
Rev. Culp
Ex-Policeman Freed of Blame for Death
A coroner's jury ruled J. B. Hunt died from a fall to the curb after being slapped by D. M. Baer, former policeman. Baer was freed of responsibility. Baer was released to liberty Monday as prosecutor Malcolm Douglas considered his case.
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J. B. Hunt
Carpenter
D. M. Baer
Liberty
Malcolm Douglas
Hunt
Baer
Mra. Baer
Seizure of Coal for Roads Threatens Rail Transport
Cleveland on July 17 reported threatened seizure of coal by railroads due to fuel shortages caused by rail and miners strikes. Baltimore & Ohio superintendent B Green warned that such action has not occurred yet but will be taken if needed.
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Cleveland
Arep
B. Green
Baltimore & Ohio
Four hundred car repairers strike in Cleveland
Four hundred car repairers, members of the American Federation of Railroad Workers, began a strike in Cleveland today in line with a nationwide strike order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
American Federation of Railroad Workers
Skykomish Men Face State Liquor Trial
Ed ward F. Altman and Blacky Condon were charged with illegal possession of liquor in Skykomish by Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas. The two men were arrested in Skykomish.
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Skykomish
Edward F. Altman
Blacky Condon
Malcolm Douglas
1000 on Strike in Twin Cities Halts Railroad Work
More than 1,000 semi skilled railroad workers in the Twin Cities and the Northwest walked out today, bringing nearly all locomotive, freight and passenger car maintenance to a standstill.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Twin Cities
Northwest
Murat Brav e but a Coward
Napoleon describes Joachim Murat as fearless in battle yet indecisive and imprudent in council. He praises Murat’s courage against foes but calls him a poltroon in private deliberations and questions how a man so brave in combat can be so cowardly in the cabinet.
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Murat
Napoleon
Irrigation Contract Set For Horse Heaven Project Near Prosser
A $26,000,000 contract to improve 440000 acres in the Horse Heaven district near Prosser is expected to start soon. Howard Amon of Portland confirms the letting authority and imminent construction on the 30 by 15 mile tract between the Columbia and Snake rivers. Water would come from the Klickitat River with tunnels and tributary canals distributing it. Bond underwriters are reportedly secured and a bond validity test is set for August 7. Estimated cost is about 76 dollars per acre in Benton County court records.
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Horse Heaven
Prosser
Howard Amon
Portland
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Yakima Valley
Plana
Klickitat River
Prower
Benton
Girl Dies After Auto Smashes On Pacific Highway
Fatally injured passenger Mixa Elsie Loaf 1160 Harrison Ave died Monday morning at Virginia Mason Hospital after a rollover crash on the Pacific Highway near Georgetown Sunday evening. Deputy coroner investigators report she suffered a fractured skull when the auto with E W Rose swerved to avoid a passing car driven by Yullo Medico of Duwamish, forcing Rose off the road.
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Pacific Highway
Georgetown
Mixa Elsie Loaf
Harrison
Virginia Mason Hospital
Mine Loaf
E. W. Rose
Rose
Yulllo Medico
Medico
Death charge to be probed in coroner's inquest
Arthur Swanson alleges his mother Nellie Salsbury was struck during a police raid that led to her death last Friday. The 62 year old died during a narcotics raid after supposedly taking cocaine and morphine to resist officers. Autopsy shows no signs of violence. Home listed as 2106 Seventh Ave.
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Arthur Swanson
Nellie Salsbury
Seventh Ave
Union Coal Miners Arrested After Row
Three union coal miners C Ia Nan Joe Jackson and George W Siguin were detained in the county jail after a strike related incident. They were held until Monday following the clash involving strikebreakers.
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C. Ia. Nan
Joe Jackson
George W. Siguin
Taxicab Burglar Stole Her Trunk
Chicago July a taxicab driver refused to carry Miss Nellie Hay's trunk into her house claiming it was too heavy He then drove away with all her Paris gowns in a theft case reported locally
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Chicago
Nellie Hay
Workmen in Seattle Cast Bronze Statue of Canadian Soldier
Workmen in Seattle are casting a heroic bronze statue honoring a Canadian soldier. The statue, to be unveiled in Vancouver B C on August 26, serves as a tribute to soldiers who died in the dominion war.
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Seattle
Vancouver
B. C
Dominion
Thorne at Center of Love and Law in Chicago
Gordon C. Thorne heir to Montgomery Ward faces two breach of promise and slander suits after a year of bachelorhood. Mary Lygo, a Follies star, sues for $100,000 in each claim while Thorne denies plans to remarry, despite lingering reconciliation rumors with Mia Milner Thorne.
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Chicago
Gordon C. Thorne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Thorne
Illinois
Mary Lygo
Follies Beauty
Mra
Catherine C. Thorne
Misa Lugo
All Space Sold Out at Merchants' Show
Success has crowned the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce and businessmen to fill every foot of the 105000 square feet of exhibit space at the Pacific Northwest merchants convention. The exposition will open at Bellet terminal next Monday morning and continue one week.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bellet Terminal
Indicted Men to Be Arraigned Tuesday
Ten men indicted by the county grand jury will be arraigned Tuesday according to Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas. Defendants include County Commissioners Claude Ramsay Lou Smith and Thomas Dobson Captain John L. Anderson Adolph Anderson H 2 Tomkins Charles EB Woods county purchasing agent W J Wilkins J E Chilberg and J B Lane.
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Malcolm Douglas
Claude Ramsay
Lou Smith
Thomas Dobson
John L. Anderson
Adolph Anderson
H. 2. Tomkins
Charles EB. Woods
W. J. Wilkins
J. E. Chilberg
J. 8
Lane
Cabaret License Applications Face City Council
The city council met Monday to decide on licences for the Butler Lodge Alhambra and Bungalow cabarets. Reform groups contend the venues violate the law and should be denied operation.
Mayor orders swift action on drunk police officers
Mayor Brown said he would direct Chief Severyns to enforce immediate dismissal for police found drunk. Swiss cheese made in America now competes with traditional Swiss home-made products.
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Brown
W. B. Severyns
America
Switzerland
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Strait Entrance
T. W. Spencer
16Th Ave
N. E
N. L. Nilson
F. Logan
L. Jacobsen
San Fran
Seatte
C. Thorsell
L. H. Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Fred Linderman
Francisco
Scott
San Pedro Francisco
Capt
C. Master
K. E. Anderson
W. Voss
R. Boltz
KR. Holtz
R. Jones
J. Ellia
N. A. Anderson
D. Trasthick
J. Robertson
H. J. Magn
W. J. Higgins
P. Tiernan
G. A. Millquist
E. Matross
J. Tierman
F. Gorman
Cook
F.strock
Mrs. Kilpatrick
Grable
New Haven
Jewell
BY Raymond Priest
Girl
Mary Lyne
Mia
Virginia Milner Thorne
Mary Lygo and
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
HESE
Vulcan “Smoothtop
Allenvnatine Etnaminea
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co
Pration
Walter F. Meter
Goa
Gurney Northland
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