Oregon Goes Over To China Station Amid Fleet Reassignment
Officials at Puget Sound navy yard report a navy department decision to assign the battleship Oregon to the China Station. With the Oregon departing, only the Wisconsin remains on the Pacific coast station while Philadelphia is out of commission at Mare Island. The move hints at possible further ship reallocations to Puget Sound, the coast’s main naval base.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy Department
Wasahrington
Oregon
Navy Yard
China Station
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Mare Island Yard
Puget Sound
Navy Yard Club House Opens for Sailors at Puget Sound
The Nipale Club house for United States sailors at the Puget Sound navy yard opened on Saturday night with Cmdr Burwell and Lt A B Wyckoff in attendance along with ship officers. Wyckoff gave the address and turned on the lights. Sailors cheered Captain Burwell Wyckoff and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for aiding the project.
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United States
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Burwell
Navy Yard
A. B. Wyckoff
Beattle
Wyckoff
Quente
Wychott
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Chief Cook Invited to Fire Engineers Convention
The city clerk reports an invitation from the International Association of Fire Engineers urging the city to send the chief of the fire department to the 47th annual convention in New York on September 14 17 18 and 19. The city council will consider the matter next Monday.
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International Association of Fire Engineers
Mth
Association
New York
Maritime Traffic Shifts and Ship Movements Off Coast
Steamship Conemaugh was towed to Moran's this afternoon for machinery repairs. Steamship Oscar arrived from Victoria with 600 cases of powder to be shipped by rail to Rossland. Garonne is largely booked for Alaska excursions this July. City of Beattie sails north tonight with nine passengers and full freights. Hyades cleared for Manila via Japan and China, first Puget Sound to Orient line run by Frank Waterhouse & Co. Lyra expected August 6 via Port Arthur. Shawmut to call on the new line. Robert Dodar due San Francisco at 4 pm. Shawmut, towing vessels, left San Francisco July 16 for Seattle. due at Neah Bay tonight or tomorrow. Dashing Weave, six days from Skagway, arrives to haul more livestock for Pacific Cold Storage. Barge Telephone, towed by Grace Dollar from Grays Harbor, arrives San Francisco badly battered and nearly rebuilt. Heavy seas left barge leaky at sea. Favorite towed lumber raft to West Seattle.
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City of Beattie
Hyades
Wright
Tacoma
Manila
Japan
China
Puget Sound
Orient
Frank Waterhouse & Co
Lyra
Port Arthur
Shawmut
Eall
Robert Dodar
F& Due
San Francisco
Wea
Seattle
Neah Bay
Spinney
Escort
Grays+ Harbor
Golden Gate
Ukea
Favorite
J Verde
Weat Se
Old Bound tug from 1808 at Port Hueneme yard
Burglaries reach a Woodshed. axe taken, back door smashed, furniture damaged, $150 cash stolen from a residence near Thirty-eighth Ave and Madigan St. W F Jones reports the incident to police. The tug attached to Port Huenkeley Mill is among the oldest on the Bound, built in 1808 and weighing 20 tons with a side wheel and wide beam.
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Port Hinkeley
W. F. Jones
Thirty-eighth Avenue
Madigan Street
Opposed to Salmon Eggs in River Fishing Fight
Fly fishermen in Beatle oppose salmon egg bait used by Isaak Walton followers described as salmon eggers. They allege trout in the Snoqualmie and nearby Bnoqualmile rivers are being slaughtered this year by salmon eye bait, sparking talk of a legislative ban. Anglers camp on Snoqualmie, culling pounds of fresh salmon daily and killing trout by the hundredweight.
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Isaak Walton
Bnoqualmile
Techne
Snoqualmie
Swedish Lecturer Rev Bohlin to Speak on Palestine at M B Church
Swedish lecturer Rev. K J Bohlin, famed for world travels, speaks Wednesday night at Swedish M B church 1526 Fifth Avenue on Palestine. Mrs Bohlin, noted singer, will perform songs from the Land of the Midnight Sun.
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K. J. Bohlin
Fifth Avenue
Palestine
Bohlin
Mre. Bohlin
Toledo painters hold annual convention sessions at Memorial hall
Master painters from Ohio gather in Toledo for the annual Ohio Master Painters and Decorators Association convention. Business sessions begin in Memorial Hall and run through Friday. Guests will enjoy trips to the lake and local resort areas after meetings and a varied program arranged by the local association.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ohio Master Painters and Decorators’ Association
Memorial Hall
Naval maneuvers mimic attack on Pacific coast
Washington July 22. Reliable authority says Atlantic coast naval maneuvers may be duplicated on the Pacific. A campaign similar to a plausible attack in wartime could be staged with ships such as Oregon Wisconsin near Puget Sound Leapon Mare Island Michigan en route Philadelphia under repair and several smaller craft in command, illustrating a minute warfare scenario.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Pacific
Tane
Oregon
Wisconsin
Puget Sound
Leaton
Mare Island
Michigan
Philadelphia
National Railway Agents Hold Sixth Convention in Minneapolis
More than 190 prominent railroad officials attend the sixth annual National Association of Railway Agents convention in Minneapolis. Accompanied by wives and families, they plan social activities and visits to Lake Minnetonka Fort Snelling Minnehaha Falls and other local attractions during the week.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minent Railroad
National Association of Railway Agents
Lake Minnetonka
Fort Snelling
Minnehaha Fake
Minneap
Trials of the Ever Faithful Moslem to Mecca
Special correspondence from Constantinople describes pilgrim caravans to Mecca, their dangers and devotion. Pilgrims endure sand storms, fever, thirst, and death while carrying tents, water, and provisions. Aboard camels, drivers, and heralds lead the caravans with songs and prayers as Mecca's tents rise on the plain.
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Constantinople
Mohammed
Denerta
Mecca
God
Wayfar
Ever
Anon
Desert
Wastes
Bits of gaiety at the music studio in Holyoke
Social events in Pike county DL highlight a bridal tour stop for Mr. and Mrs. Jy. Bright of Harry DL as guests mingle at the Mise Mila Vogin studio and dinners and receptions proceed through Friday Saturday and Sunday. Invitations extend to a Lincoln reception for President Pierpont Graves with organizers named. A Woodmen excursion plans a steamboat trip while a Catholic Foresters ball looms at Ranke's hall Tuesday.
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Mise Mila Vogin
Holyoke
Follow Love People
Pike County
Mra. Jy. Bright
Harry
West
Mra
FT. Hall
Mra. W. Lugh Motley
Geo
Sread
N. Jonen
Mineet
Minnie
Mary Jones
Gertrude Howland
Maud = Stenad
Moasra
Avertil
Heavers
A. B. Sneeden
Arthur Stead
John Conklin
War
Mre
Bright
Marry
Beattie
George B. Kittinger
Cherryridge
M. P. Benton
Sixteenth Avenue
Robert Leithead
Pierpont Graves
Ge Phiplow
St. Paul, Minn
M. Harris
Eighteenth Avenue
Catholic Womén's Order of Foresters
Ranke
Wagner
KB C. Griswold
First Avenue
Sid Stewart
Hoffidyts
South Seattle
Chas
Turneide
Marion Street
Terry Avenue
Monument to Walker Honored in Atlanta
In Atlanta on July 22 a monument to Confederate leader Gen William H. T. Walker was unveiled at the battlefield site where he died in the Atlanta fighting. The simple ceremony drew Civil War veterans from several states, with Union guests invited, including Gen Q C Howard and Congressman Livingston. Julius L Brown spoke for the Walker monument association, and Joseph B Cumming of Augusta replied. The monument features a 32 pound gun set on marble blocks with inscriptions, encircled by an iron fence and four smaller Civil War relics as corner posts.
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Atlanta
Wm. MH. T. Walker
Yfora
Q. C. Howard
Livingston
Gen. Walker
Belgian inventor unveils simple flying machine
WANTS TO FLY BRUSSELS July 22 A Belgian inventor M Villars has built a new flying machine likely to enter the St Louis world's fair contests. The apparatus is simple in design with a vertical shaft motor and horizontal shaft gearing omitted. It uses two screws that operate vertically to provide lift and a second small horizontal shaft with two screws to control horizontal movement.
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Brussels
M. Villars
St. Louis
Murderess Strangles Jeweler in Vienna
The 26-year-old woman in red from Budapest killed jeweler Erdey, 50, by strangling him after a demand for payment. She hacked him with a large knife, wrapped the body, placed it in a perambulator, and moved it to a deserted building before returning home. A child witnessing from a opposite window led to her arrest.
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Vienna
Huda-Pesth
Erdeyi
Kather Petroff
Bayreuth Festival Opens With Parsifal Amid Crowded Town
Bayreuth sees a splendid Parsifal performance opened by Alegfried Wagner as the festival starts. The town is full of strangers with many American and English visitors. The season runs four weeks with seven Parsifal shows, five Flying Dutchman performances, and two cycles of The Nibelung's Ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayreuth
Alegfried Wagner
North Montana Woolgrowers Meet Opens in Great Falls
In Great Falls Montana on July 22 the North Montana Woolgrowers Association begins its second annual meeting drawing prominent growers from Northern Montana counties. Col J H Rice of Benton is elected presiding officer as a two day program unfolds with papers and discussions on industry questions.
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Great Falls
Mont
North Montana Woolgrowers' Association
Montana
Col
J. H. Rice
Benton
Smallest Auto in World Made for Gould Child
George Gould's five year old son Master George Jay Gould uses a tiny electric car about four feet long and two feet high. The body measures 3 feet 3 inches by 1 foot 7 inches with pneumatic tires. rear wheels 20 inches, front wheels 16. It runs seven miles an hour for 26 miles on a single charge. The black body seat upholstered in maroon feather. the boy operates it on roads at Lakewood New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gould
Master
George Jay Gould
Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Goulds
Horses With Bonnets Are The Real Things
Equine mil linery gains fame in Seattle as hats for horses become trendy on weekend parades. Weather Director Salisbury forecasts hotter weather and humane officer Hidgway champions the trend, predicting horse hats will become as essential as bridles in summer.
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Salisbury
Seattle
John Hays
New York
Hidgway
Charges cap Pratt with violating Danish treaty
The steam schooner Patterson sailed north with three deserters from the Cimbria aboard. Captain Pratt refused to release them after Danish Consul Jakobsen demanded writs of habeas corpus, claiming Pratt violated the Denmark United States treaty. The consul learned Patterson had sailed and awaits return to proceed.
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United States Geodetic Survey
Patterson
Cimbria
Moran
Hanson
John P. Jakobsen
Pratt
Temperance drinks tally in Seattle on hot Saturday
A Seattle statistician tallies the cost of non alcoholic beverages sold in drugstores and ice cream parlors after a record heat. Estimates place 38,500 drinks sold at about ten cents each, totaling roughly 3360 dollars, with ice cream sodas leading the list and vanilla, strawberry, and pineapple among the top flavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Vsee
Pratt
Bogus Rent Collectors Exposed In Seattle Schemes
Report details a surge of rent scam artists preying on Seattle residents. A recent impostor claimed to be from Sunset Telephone Company and demanded payment for a non existent bill at Latona and Green Lake. He carried no credentials or receipts and fled after a heated threat. The Sun set Telephone Company knew of no active collector matching the ruse. A second bold graft attempt by criminals is noted.
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Seattle
Bunko
Latona
Green Lake
Sunset Telephone Company
Sunset
Crook
Swindler Tries to Charge Rent for Unused Phone
In this city a swindler sought payment from a private family owner for four months rent of a telephone never used. The owner refused, prompting the offender to move on. The Independent Telephone Company is alert for this "starter" as telephonists keep watch for such con artists.
Tracy and Merrill the Oregon Outlaws at Third Avenue
The play Tracy and Merrill the Oregon Outlaws has proved a very successful attraction at the Third Avenue theater. It relates to local events and persons, and is extremely interesting. The production runs the entire week.
Death of A T Gaynor at Seattle General Hospital
A T Gaynor aged 50 died yesterday at Seattle General hospital. He belonged to the Fi and A.M. The funeral arrangements are to be handled by Bonney & Stewart's. A moonlight excursion to Redonda Reach is planned by The Then club for August 3, expected to be a joyful event. Local real estate and piano firms list offerings in Union Block.
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Wolff-Americans
A. T. Gaynor
Seattle General Hospital
A.M
Bonney & Stewart's
Redonda
Water Man Has A Few Troubles All His Own
Seattle water department workers face daily abuse when notifying delinquents to pay water rents. A cited case on Tenth avenue shows a homeowner blaming the waterman for neighbor nonpayment and prompting a complaint to the board. The piece urges residents to inform neighbors of overdue bills to avoid service shutoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Avenue
Joan
Puis Waterman
Water Department
Board of Public Works
Phony grip scheme alarms Seattle as thieves lift purses
Police warn of the “phony grip” ruse spreading from Seattle, where three ex California inmates allegedly devised a tactic. A victim places a grip on the floor during a distraction as one thief uses a second large grip to swap bags. The victim later finds the grip missing, while the thief flees with an emptied bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
California
Fine Piano Organ Stock Offers Wide Choice
Our stock furnishes intending purchasers with maximum size variety and price. We feature celebrated durable makers and economical terms. New pianos sold at 86 dollars per month. Fifty new pianos for rent. Also promoting the Columbia Graphophone as a great home entertainer with improving talking machines and popular hits from theaters and vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia Phonograph Co
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Barat
Wwe
Carter
Bartell Drug Comp’y
Main
Second Avenue
Ernst Bros
Pike St. Tel
John
Wellstom
and _ SCHUCHKARD OPTICAL CO
Red Raven
Dr. Fowler
Stabies
Western Avenue
M. J. Walker
Firet Avenue
Giobe
The
Seattle Electric
St. Jusnes
Lotei
Buck & CQ
144Nd Avenue
New Times Huilding
Ramaker Music
James Henry
Ketan Butcher
Packer
Weaternhone
Albert Hansen
North
Weat
We. Quick Drug CO
Elliott
Optician
Pike Street
Reliable Pianos
Cline’s
Piano House
Second Ave
Union ST
Kirk
First Ave
Issaquam Coal CO
Madison St
Pusera, Woredart
Kimbaimera
Pertore
Third Avenue
Colureben Mt Tekpbose Main
Beastie West
Coon Bros
Firat Ave
Vion
Sunset Oil and Refining Co
Ellis Morrisson
Basement Mutual Life Bidg
Wash
Henry Hensel “Seuier
Hinckley Block
Holland Bicycles
Elk Goods
Sor First Avenue
Seattle Electric Co
Navy Yard Club
Marine News
Conemaugh
Moran’s
Oscar
Victoria
Rossland
Garonne
Prophet Mohammed
Walker
Woolgrowers
Collins, Sherman, Foley Co
Bet. Pike
Union
Wasn
Dr. Warmburg
Fletcher & Carpenter
Retchert Bros
Union Block
Hin Eee
Town
Johnston CO
Burke ‘Bldg
Amusements
Third Avenue Theater
W. M. Runccil
Attie’s
Owl Ten Theater
A ‘Claas
Tracy & Merrill
Oregon Outlaws
Glacier Bay
Alaska
Juneau
Sitka
Skagway
Muir Glacier
S. S. Garonne
A. Tingling
Gen. Agt
N. P. Ry
Burke Block
L. H. Gray Steamship Agency
First Ave. So
J, Brown
MacDougall & Southwicks
J. J. Haggerty’s
John J. Kowalski
Columbia and Maria
Clon Museen Business College
Rolbas Blok, Adin
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