Financiers Back Search For Gold Buried With Lost Ships
Reported in New York on July 28 financiers and market operators fund a $125000 expedition to salvage treasure from sunken ships. Rear Admiral Chester U S N retired leads Treasure Trove Company with engineer George Stilston as chief. The plan targets ships charted with hundreds of millions in gold and valuables from wrecks near Cape Hat, Lizard Point, the East River, Tacoma and Alaska.
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New York
Big Ness
R Wise
Chester
George Stilston
Honolulu
Treasure Trove Company
Wallsat
Ifting
Cape Hat
Lizard Point
Cornwall
England
Hussar
East River
Money Mart
Tacoma
Alaska
Douglas Island
Dead Man's Alive
London reports Lance Corporal Mayes of the Queen's Westminster regiment survived a heart stoppage after an arm amputation and a surgeon revived his heart by massaging it through the diaphragm. He is to learn to use an artificial arm in government training.
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London
Mall
Mayes
Queen's Westminster Regiment
Ypres
County Employees Picnic Saturday at Woodland Park
County employees will hold their annual picnic Saturday at Woodland Park. The program includes baseball and field events with a candidates 25-yard dash and an office seekers speaking contest. Cavanaugh's band will play.
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Woodland Park
Cavanaugh
Russian gains near Petrograd reported by war office
The war office communique states the Russian advance in the Stonievka and Boldurevka river region continues successfully with gains also reported in the Caucasus. In Chicago, Misa Marie Bersrosteres of Misercordia hospital Ottawa testified about an alleged baby kidnapping from the mother’s side.
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Petrograd
Stonievka
Boldurevka
War Office
Caucasus
Chicago
Misa Marie Bers Rosteres
Misercordia Hospital
Ottawa
Stomach Trouble Relief From Hot Water and Magnesia
A New York physician explains that most stomach troubles stem from acidity and fermentation. Drinking hot water increases stomach blood supply while a teaspoon of purified magnesia in hot water neutralizes excess acid and halts fermentation. The combination is said to be superior to artificial digestents or stimulants for indigestion.
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New York
Congress Votes Aid for Desperate Families of Guard
The Star reports Congress approved $50 monthly benefits for families of National Guard members. In Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, thousands seek aid as breadwinners are mobilized. A Boston figure notes 35 new requests daily. New York plies hundreds weekly. One mother pawned her ring to feed her three children before seeking relief.
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K. W. Payne
New York
National Guard
United States Army
Star
East
Boston
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Philadelphia
Congress
Will Ask Increase At District Convention
Mineworkers meet at the Labor temple to discuss a new working agreement for submission to the Washington Coal Operators association. The proposed five percent wage increase is a focal point and the meeting will likely continue into next week.
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Labor Temple
Washington Coal Operators’ Association
Demand Service Sought for Lake Washington Ferries
The Belleview community petitions the port commission to add morning and evening ferry runs on Lake Washington. They cite gaps from 6 to 7 50 a m and 6 to 9 p m forcing residents to hire launches to reach Seattle. The routes connect Leschi Medina and Bellevue.
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Port Commission
Bellevue
Vicinity
Lake Washington
Seattle
Leschi
Medina
Robbery on John and Fourth Ave Nets $2 Watch
George Fitz of 316 Fourth Ave was robbed at 10 30 p m Thursday by a man who stepped from shadows at John and Fourth. The thug held a blue revolver and forced Fitz to surrender $2 and a watch before telling him to walk away slowly.
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George Fitz
Fourth Ave
John St
Fitz
Local Man Killed by Train in San Francisco
Frank Pellar a Seattle mall order house buyer aged 25 was struck and killed by a train in San Francisco on Wednesday friends learned Thursday He lived at 812 21st Ave and was unmarried with no local relatives.
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Frank Pellar
Seattle
San Francisco
21St Ave
Dock Man Injured At Pier D In Barrel Accident
M. Currie a non union longshoreman suffered a fractured skull when a barrel fell on him at Pier D Thursday. He was taken to the city hospital for treatment.
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M. Currie
City Hospital
Pier D
Burns Arrested in Wiretapping Case In New York
Detective William Burns and M. J Egan publicity agent for J P Morgan and Co are held on a misdemeanor charge with $1000 bail after wiretapping disclosures. Burns was hired to nab people allegedly stealing office secrets about munitions shipments to France and England. He tapped the wires to John Seymours law office.
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New York
William Burns
M. J Egan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Burns
Morgan
France
England
John Seymour
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Burnett
Soc
Marshalltown
Bristol Row
Dee Shelton
Rickles Bros
Vimenna Laney
Miss Loney
Catherine Wolfe Loney
Allen D. Loney
Miss Laney
Tonkin Store
Boston Garters
Mn. & Ww
Savoy
J. B. Stetson
Warburton
Second Avenue
Jas
U.S. Barrack Shoes
W. S. Kirk
Army and Navy Store
First Ave
Killy
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