Visiting Mayor Praises Seattle Welcome To Rotarians
Quincy Massachusetts Mayor Chester J L Campbell and other delegates praised Seattle after a Rotarians visit. Campbell said he is "drunk with enthusiasm" for Seattle and plans to return with friends. International president Allen D Albert urged peace and Rotary service for a Germany with cities over 25 000, noting most wars are organized murder.
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Chester JL Campbell
Quincy
Masa
William Gettinger
New York
Seattle
Rotarians
Allen D. Albert
Minneapolis
New International
Rotary
Germany
Prohibition Law Upheld by Judge. Appeals Planned
Attorneys Preston Danworth and Wooten announce an appeal to the supreme court from Judge Wright of Olympia who upheld the dry law. The ruling keeps the prohibition act effective January 1, 1916, while challengers seek to overturn the decision. The suit, by M. & K. Gottstein of Seattle, sought an injunction against enforcement and questioned initiative validity, election notice, and liquor-industry discrimination.
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Harold Preston
George Danworth
Dudley G. Wooten
Supreme Court
D. F. Wright
Olympia
Ae Wright
Wright
M. & K. Gottstein
Seattle
Real Estate Chief Proposes Downtown Lavatatories
F E Case president of the Seattle Real Estate association suggests the city allow public lavatories in downtown stores after saloons close for a small fee. He argues this would be cheaper for taxpayers than building new comfort stations downtown.
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F. E Case
Seattle Real Estate Association
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Doctrine Debate Set for High School Championship
Olympia editor reports Supt. Preston announces winter debate topic on whether the Monroe doctrine should be continued as part of the permanent policy of the United States for the high school championship.
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Olympia
Supt
Preston
United States
Germans Close In On Warsaw
Berlin reports German forces tightening encirclement of Warsaw with two rail lines usable by retreating Russians still in Russian hands. Von Gallwitz’s right wing crosses the Bug river north of Warsaw while German and Russian clashes continue along the Narew and Vistula fronts.
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Berlin
Warsaw
von Gallwitz
Bug River
Narew
Serock
Vistula River
Gora Kalwaria
Turkeys Sunk in Russian Black Sea Raid
Russian destroyers sank Turkish sailing vessels in a harbor raid at Samoun and Riza. The bombardment was reportedly highly successful with renewed fighting along the Turkish front near Mush as Moslems reinforce and resist. Cossacks attacked enemy companies on the Euphrates, driving survivors to the river's far bank.
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Petrograd
Samoun
Riza
Black Sea
Mush
Euphrates
Italians Capture Ground Around Goritz In Night Attacks
Rome reports Italian forces steadily drove back Austrian defenders in night assaults around Goritz. Rumors of a possible Austrian evacuation circulated without official confirmation while the Austrians still held Podgora heights and rained heavy fire on Italian storm efforts.
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Rome
Goritz
Gorita
War Office
Podgora
Swedish Bark Marona Sunk by Submarine
The Swedish bark Marona was destroyed by a submarine off Copenhagen. The crew was given time to abandon ship and take to the lifeboats.
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Copenhagen
Vocational Training Hailed as Year Long Program Rejected
Supt. Cooper announced Wednesday that extending public school vocational training in manual and domestic arts has been postponed for a year. The board will rely on existing industrial centers, shelving plans for twelve new centers due to high costs and limited teacher salaries. Nine hundred students enrolled last year as districts increasingly seek centers while original plans would have expanded centers from 15 to more.
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Supt
Cooper
Dabney
Household Arta
Johnson
Manual Arta
Henry James Declines Statement Swears Allegiance
The American novelist Henry James in London announced he had sworn allegiance to King George. He declined to add further comment and said he wished to place his moral weight and personal allegiance in the scales of the nations’ present and future fortune.
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London
Henry James
King George
James
Genealogical Society Holds Utah Convention
In San Francisco on July 28 the Utah Genealogical Society held a session stressing family tree documentation. Nephi Anderson, one instructor, urged members to keep a card index of their grandfather at home as essential for conversing with neighbors in Utah and outlined methods for tracing parentage.
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San Francisco
Utah
Utah Genealogical Society
Nephi Anderson
Utah Organization
Gillnetters Lose Olympia
Judge Mitchell denied the gill net fishermen attorney's request to fix a superseders bond to prevent license fee collection until the supreme court rules on the new fishing law. The fishermen claim the license is unjust but must pay it until the high court acts.
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Olympia
Mitchell
Vince H. Faben
Gill Net
Fish Commissioner
Supreme Court
Gill
Extreme Heat Hits Seward Area with record highs
In Seward Alaska on July 28 the shaded temperature reached 90 degrees while nearby Kenai Lake saw 103 degrees. The readings indicate an intense heat wave affecting coastal and inland areas with unusually high afternoon heat.
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Seward
Alaska
Kenal Lake
Mayor Gill Guides Budget Cuts on 1916 Police Askings
Mayor Gill sat in with the budget committee to trim Chief Langs 1916 estimate, rolling back police requests. The panel cut patrols uniforms jail staff and salaries, bringing the 1916 budget near the 1915 level of 558 795 and leaving Lang with no increased appropriations.
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Gill
Lang
Building Department
Bertillon
Erickson
Robert M. Stith
Paysse
W. D. Freeman
Board of Public Works
Green and Johnson Fight in South Seattle Night
Fred Green and Fred Johnson, longshoremen, drank and painted town red then clashed with Ethiopians in South Seattle. Johnson sustained a knife wound after gunfire erupted. police found no further disturbance when they arrived around 4 a.m.
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Fred Green
Fred Johnson
South Seattle
Johnson
Green
San Francisco Names New Archbishop Hanna
In San Francisco at St. Marys cathedral Bishop Edward J Hanna was elevated to archbishopric with Archbishop John Bonzano officiating. Over 400 clergy members attended including eight bishops as Hanna succeeds the late Archbishop Riordan.
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San Francisco
Edward J. Hanna
St. Mary's Cathedral
John Bonzano
U. S
Pope Benedict
Hanna
Riordan
Cynthia Grey Begins One Week Vacation
Cynthia Grey is on a one week vacation and will not answer letters during her absence. She will return to her desk Monday morning August 2.
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Cynthia Grey
How Thin People Can Put on Flesh
An ad touts Sargel tablets claiming thin people can gain 10 to 25 pounds a month with one meal paired to a Sargel tablet. It asserts the pills rebuild digestion, enrich blood with red cells, and ensure weight stays once gained, backed by local Seattle druggists and guarantee.
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Bartell Drug Co
Swift's
Seattle
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