Seattle Postoffice Edges Seattle Mail Woes
Tacoma business leaders accuse Seattle of postal delays. Portland mail arrives faster. Investigations show Tacoma is not to blame as Seattle mail reportedly crawls to Tacoma, with officials unable to stamp arrival times due to postal rules. Delays worry Seattle merchants who switch focus to Portland for quicker service.
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Woman Killed as Auto Strikes on Lake Sammamish Highway
Mrs. Katherine Okun, 63, wife of Demeter Okun, an Austrian farmer of Kent, was instantly killed Friday morning when an automobile struck her on the Lake Sammammish highway near Adelaide. The car driver apparently fled after dragging the body across the road, leaving a broken headlight and glass. Coroner William H. Carson is investigating. police and sheriff’s deputies have been asked to locate the vehicle. Mrs. Okun, who begged roadside, had $19 on her and a railroad ticket to Enumclaw.
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Katherine Okun
Demeter Okun
Kent
William H. Carson
Sheriff’s Office
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Issaquah
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Enumclaw
President of Bank Is Being Hunted
CHICAGO July 23 Warren C Spurgin president of the Michigan Avenue Trust company was being sought by authorities after disclosures the bank is insolvent The loss to the bank was placed at 700000 by examiners who closed the institution pending further investigation George M Reynolds chairman of the board of Continental and Commercial National bank and an uncle of Spurgin believed the loss would approach one million dollars
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Warren C. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Middle West
Spurgin
Sunny Side Child Paralyzed After Lye Ingestion
George Wheelon, young son of J C Wheelon of Sunnyside, suffered partial paralysis following accidental swallowing of lye. Officials report treatment underway and condition monitored at local hospital.
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George Wheelon
J. C. Wheelon
Man Dies of a Broken Heart to Be Buried Sunday
The pilot of the wrecked steamship Governor Captain Henry H. Marden will be buried Sunday. Funeral services will be from the Bonney-Watson chapel. His decline dated from the wreck three months ago and worsened after his pilot’s license was suspended for a year.
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Seattle General Hospital
Bonney-Watson Chapel
Marden
Hughes Urges London Pacific Conference Soon
Australian Premier W M Hughes says a Pacific problems conference should be arranged immediately in London within three weeks. He calls for recognition of Japan's expansion needs and asserts disarmament is impossible until Pacific disputes are settled by the three great naval powers.
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W. M. Hughes
Australia
United Preas
Japan
Hughes
Pacific
Altho
Washington
United States Rules Out Delays on Pacific Conference
Washington reports that the United States opposes any postponement of the disarmament and Pacific conference in Washington and rejects a preliminary London conference on Pacific affairs. The stance comes from high authority.
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Washington
United States
London
Japan Aims for Open Cooperation in Far East Says Mitsunaga
He sio Mitsunaga, president of Nippon Dempo Tsushin Sha, told a New York dinner crowd that Japan’s Far East position is special not supreme. He urged prudent restraint against forcing Orient policy and favored open cooperation, not domination, in contrast to absolutism. Paul Patterson of the Baltimore Sun welcomed him to enthusiastic publishers and correspondents.
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Far East
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Hesio Mitsunaga
Nippon Dempo Tsushin Sha
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Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sun
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Sinn Fein rejects Lloyd George Irish peace plan
In Dublin Sinn Fein leaders oppose Premier Lloyd George's offer. They expect De Valera to return to London within two weeks but will not accept the plan in its present form. They favor resuming hostilities over dominion rule without secession or a separate army, though both sides prefer not to reopen the old war wound. The mood hints the Irish republican army has won its age-old war.
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Charles M. McCann
Dublin
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
de Valera
London
Irish Republican Army
Fake gas tester strikes again in Talcott Apartments raid
A well dressed, smooth shaven man posing as a gas tester robbed Mrs. Thelma Waters at 1663 Terry Ave Saturday morning. He entered by force, searched rooms, took 70 dollars, and fled as Waters questioned him. Police link him to a Thursday night assault on Mrs. Gordon.
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Talcott Apartments
Terry Ave
W. A. Gordon
Wayfarer Pageant Highlights Pacific Northwest Debts
The Wayfarer stage production at the university stadium faces about a quarter million in debt but expects capacity crowds to wipe it out. Edgar Webster and Montgomery Lynch tout the show’s appeal while police, fire, and Red Cross staff prepare crowds and first aid. EdMeany will narrate scenes with a sound magnifier. Seats are expected to sell briskly Monday, with lines forming along Fifth Avenue and Lene East.
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Pacific Northwest
Edgar L. Webster
Wayfarer
Montgomery Lynch
Iimo
Co. G. Carr
RED Cross
Flanders
W. B. Priestly
Hitt Fireworks Company
Edmond 8. Meany
Darwin Metsnest
Fifth Ave
Lene East
Sce
Greenwater River Fishing Tale Prompts Campfire Laughs
A narrator recalls leaping into Green river water for a trout and failing to catch it. He jokes about a $7.50 fishing license, a remark about selling the license on return, and urges others to visit Greenwater for scenery pine scent and dry wood. He boasts of defeating mosquitoes and hints at future fishing plans.
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Small in Chicago Amid War Council With Thompson
Governor Small secretly met Mayor Thompson in Chicago after his indictment for conspiracy and embezzlement. Adjt. Gen. Dickson warned troops could be mobilized in 20 minutes. The meeting, labeled Thompson’s Last Stand, followed Thompson’s council clashes over hiring city experts and reform measures.
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Chicago
Springfield
Thompson
Adjt
Frank 8. Dickson
Camp Logan
Dickson
Sangamon County
Gov. Small
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Eity Council
Eity
Bods
Kids Picnic Praises Elks For Support Of Disabled Youth
A lively community gathering features speeches and a pledge to the flag. Mountain, the Elks leader, extols the order’s care for handicapped children and emphasizes American ideals amid the cheerful crowd.
Cost projections for Skagit and Gorge plant power outputs
The article analyzes 25 000 to 60 000 kilowatt production costs for Skagit Gorge plans using steam and fuel oil. It cites J Ahden and Rosas charts and Petley figures, noting per kilowatt costs from about .011 to .0095 and projecting a 60% load not reached until 1927 if streetcar loads are absorbed.
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Cedar River
Elks Convention Closes With Wayfarer Play and Parades
The 30 000 Brother Bills in Seattle wrap up the state Elk convention with the Wayfarer pageant at University of Washington stadium. Exalted ruler Dr Carl Hoffman of Seattle 92 stars in the title role as a mammoth parade, boxing exhibition, and visits to local events unfold across Saturday and Friday activities.
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Elkdom
Washington Stadium
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Carl Hoffman
Seattle 92
Pavilion
Fourth Ave
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Bille
Fifth Ave
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Woodland Park
Seattle
Bremerton Elks
Tacoma Lodge
Parmelee Delegate to Legion Meets
Parmelee was elected representative of Seattle Post No. 18 of the American Legion to attend the national convention in Kansas City Missouri. The convention begins October 30.
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Legion
Guy M. Parmelee
Seattle
American Legion
Kansas City
Out of Work and Desperate Self Harm Attempt
Robert Larson a 35 year old carpenter attempted suicide by slashing his throat with a razor in his hotel room at 510 Jefferson street. He was found by hotel proprietor Y tease and rushed to City Hospital where he showed only a slight recovery as the arteries remained unsevered. Larson recently lost his Richmond job at the cooperage works and had been despondent over finances. His sister Mia Ole Melange 6047 Sixth Ave NE reported no prior signs of despair. His unmarried status and Norway based parents are noted.
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Carpenter
Jefferson St
City Hospital
Y.tease
Larson
Katease
Richmond
Cooperage Works
Mia
Ole Melange
Sixth Ave
N. E
Norway
Hart’s General Denial Divides Washington Officials
In Olympia on July 23 Republican leaders split over Governor Hart’s general denial speech to the state bar association. Hart admitted charging state for Christmas cards, denied financial stake with Jones & Hart, and credited his plan to reimburse depositors of the defunct Scandinavian American bank. He argued four months’ operation of the civil administrative code is too short to judge its impact.
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Hart
Washington State Bar Association
Jones & Hart
Tacoma
Youths Face Off in Yakima Shooting Incident
In Yakima on July 23 Robert Reynolds, 15, was wounded by a gunshot in the shoulder while police hunted George Nutt, also 15, who escaped a detention home days earlier. Authorities say Nutt, jailed for tool theft, is suspected of shooting Reynolds in revenge for supposed informing.
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Robert Reynolds
George Nutt
Nutt
Reynolds
Roy C. Lyle Named Federal Bition Director for Kingston
Roy C. Lyle of Seattle is appointed federal bition director for Kingston state, succeeding Donald A. McDonald. He will be based in Tacoma, with headquarters there. In Idaho Falls, rancher Ross K. Parker was killed when lightning struck the shovel he carried.
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Roy C. Lyle
Seattle
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Donald A. McDonald
Lyle
Tacoma
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Ross K. Parker
White man hanged after murder conviction in Mississippi
HATTIESBURG Miss Casey Jones a white man recently convicted of the murder of Mrs J Mosely was to be hanged on July 18 An appeal to the supreme court stayed the execution and the case proceeds in higher courts
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