Chamber seeks to repeal Seamen's Law to save Puget Sound
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce plans to urge President Wilson to call Congress into extra session to repeal the La Follette seamen's law set to begin November 1. The letter warns of severe hardship as shipping shifts to British Columbia and condemns government controlled merchant marine as unacceptable.
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Billboard Man Chafes at City Tax Plan on Billboards
George A. Sample, manager of Foster and Kleiser, tells the public safety committee that Councilman Hanna’s ordinance taxing billboards at 1 cent per square foot would drive his company from the city. He calls the measure double taxation and criticizes required architectural changes.
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Foster & Kleiser
George A. Sample
Public Safety Committee
Sample
Rainier
Vernon Castle joins English aviation corps for war
New York July 28 Vernon Castle the dancer announced he had obtained a commission in the aviation corps of the English army and would report for duty in December. He plans to go to Dayton Ohio within weeks to buy an airplane and learn to fly.
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New York
Vernon Castle
Aviation Corps
Dayton
Bushnell Demonstrates 15.2 Knot Speed During Tests
On a mile course off Vashon Island the submarine tender Bushnell, built by Seattle Construction and Drydock Co, maintained 15.2 knots with no distress. Official speed tests are planned for later.
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Vashon Island
Bushnell
Seattle Construction & Drydock Co
Seattle Girls to Present Gypsy Dance at Moore Theatre
Seattle’s 700 performers including Adelaide Adame Helen Kohler and Violet Guilliford will stage a gypsy dance at the Moore Theatre during the Kirmess to aid Orthopedic Hospital patients. Miss Lila Agnes Stewart, flown from New York, trained the troupe after seeing a Paris gypsy dance.
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Helen Kohler
Violet Guilliford
Kirmess
Seattle
Moore Theatre
Moore
Lila Agnes Stewart
New York
Stewart
Paris
Isa
City faces franchise battle over Puget Sound power lines
Posters announce a hearing on August 31 for a blanket franchise by Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co to extend lines through White River valley to Three Tree Potot Auburn Kent and Des Moines. The bylaw requires a certificate of convenience and necessity and may bar city light plant from joining the state field if granted.
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Des Moines
Electric Company
Public Service Commission
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Oku Ouki Tries Jiu Jitsu In Bedroom Intruder Arrest
In Angeles on July 28 Oku Ouki, a Japanese woman, fought an intruder who gave the name James Kelly in her room. The injured man was arrested on suspicion after the housekeeper alerted police.
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Lost Woodrow Wilson sighting at ferry building prompts police aid
Bernard Rosenquist, 27, reports losing sight of Woodrow Wilson after a bay crossing. A policeman escorts him to a station as the event prompts questions about the war. A cultural program features a gypsy dance with Vera Donnellan and Beatrice O'Brien starring among 24 performers in colorful costumes.
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Columbus
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Mies Vera Donnellan
Beatrice O’brien
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Paris
Judge restores Doctor Jordan medical license after board ruling
On January 7, Doctor J Eugene Jordan faced the State Medical Board over an advertisement claiming cures. The Superior Court, led by Judge Walter M French, ruled the ad not morally turpitudinous and granted restitution of Jordan’s medical license, noting credible witnesses and no harm to public morals. The decision underscored the lack of deceived or credulous respondents and highlighted perceived patient benefits from Jordan’s treatments.
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State Medical Board
Doctor Jordan
Jordan
Walter M. French
French
Medical Board
Tuberculosis society warns public on Alamogordo drive
A telegram from the Children’s National Tuberculosis Society was denounced by the local National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis chapter. It warns that the Alamogordo New Mexico group is not endorsed and urges donors to investigate before giving.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Phillip P. Jacobs
New York
Alamogordo
New Mexico
New Mexican Institution
Charles McKibben
Seattle Anti-tuberculosis Society
J. H. Beals
Buchanan
State Society
Pigeons Ride on Clock Hands at King Street Station
Pigeons at the King Street union passenger station disrupt travelers and train schedules by riding the minute hands of the four clock faces in the tower. Their weight causes the tower clock to weep and nearly throws the building into pandemonium daily as officials note the pigeons ride after the half hour and depart at the hour.
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King Street Union
Seattle officials brace for mass licensing push
Secretary of State Howell vows to arrest every city official who fails to license city cars under a new state law that exempts police and fire vehicles. Corporation Counsel Bradford counters that the law is invalid and advises officials to ignore it, prompting uncertainty over enforcement.
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Seattle
Howell
Police and Fire Department
John McKee Elected Great Sachem at Tacoma Convention
Everett resident John McKee was chosen as great sachem at the state convention of the Red Men held in Tacoma. The selection marks a key leadership result from the gathering.
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John McKee
Everett
Tacoma
Oregon Man Held in Europe
Washington July 28 Harry Wilson of Oregon clerk of the American consul general in Berlin has been arrested by German authorities on a technical charge of attempting to leave the country without a passport. Advices to the state department say his real offense may be having issued a passport to an Englishman as an American enabling him to evade authorities. Wilson is not immune under German law and the offense is grave.
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State Dental Board
I. RB. Clark
Washington
Harry Wilson
Oregon
Berlin
State Department
Wilson
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