Profiteer Landlords on the Run in Jersey City
Jersey City faces a municipal rent strike led by James F. Gannon Jr. as landlords resist with court battles. Tenants say they saved 13,000 from eviction last year and rely on city ordinances, heat penalties, and synchronized union support to pressure landlords into fair leases.
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Jersey City
United States
James F. Gannon, Jr
Gannon
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Cruz
City Hall
To Open Discussion on Shantung Return
Honolulu July 30 Count Obaka has left Tokyo for Peking where he will open negotiations for the return of Shantung to China according to a Tokyo dispatch to the Jiji a Japanese language newspaper. Obaka has attended the Tokio conference of Japanese ministers and colonial officials for the last month. The dispatch voiced a belief the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Siberia will be postponed due to anti Japanese Bolshevist activity.
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Honolulu
T. H
Obaka
Tokyo
Peking
Shantung
China
Jiji
Siberia
Bolshevist
Costs Fall Across Cities as Food Prices Decline
June shows a three tenths percent drop in retail food prices per Washington sources. Year over year to June, all items average a 34 percent decline with Seattle at 37 percent and Portland at 39 percent. Despite falls, Seattle prices remain 82 percent above 1913 levels.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington, D .C
Seattle
Portland
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Wordy Battle Unabated in London Press War
July 30 London reports the Northcliffe Lloyd George clash over a supposed interview with the king on the Irish question. Anti Northcliffe press calls the move an unpardonable crime for dragging the king into politics while editors may have suppressed the piece in some editions. The Chronicle accuses Northcliffe of aiming to hurt Lloyd George in the Washington disarmament conference.
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London
Northcliffe Preas
Northcliffe
Lloyd George
The
Mail
Chronicle
United States
Washington
Northcliffe Heads Toward Canada as Boycott Hangs
Washington officials tracked Lord Northcliffe’s progress toward Canada amid a British boycott threat. The publisher’s visit followed a clash with Lloyd George and Earl Carson, with Northcliffe wrapping up a whirlwind two days in the capital and meeting cabinet officers and diplomats once slated for the canceled embassy dinner.
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Washington
Good Looking Thugs Rob Him Thefts Reported
Two young men with black revolvers robbed B. T. Wiley at 1321 Seventh Ave and Springer, taking 48 dollars before fleeing. A separate burglary at 15291 15th Ave saw 240 dollars cash taken from Mrs Rounds while she slept. A third break in at Mrs Esther Gunn’s on the same floor yielded an elk pin a diamond and a wristwatch.
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B. T. Wiley
Seventh Ave
Springer
Wiley
Mra. &. L. Rounds
15Th Ave
Mra. Rounds
Esther Gunn
Despondent laborer slashes throat near Loon Dock
William Stewart, 69, a laborer, attempted suicide by slashing his throat with a razor early Saturday near the Loon dock. Found unconscious by Patrolman Gustafson, he was taken to the city hospital in critical condition. No money or family papers were found. authorities suspect mental distress.
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Wiliam Stewart
Stewart
K. F. Gustafson
Chamber Plans Joint Baseball Outing With University Group
Members of the Chamber of Commerce will join the University Commercial Club to attend a Coast League baseball game at the Coast League Park Wednesday afternoon. Roy G. Rosenthal, secretary of the North End organization, requests a larger delegation join the University crowd.
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Chamber of Commerce
University Commercial Club
Coast League Park
Chamber
Roy G. Rosenthal
North End
Mystery trunk case widens as Lake Union search continues
Captain Charles Tennant leads detectives in a Seattle mystery about a missing trunk linked to Mrs. Mahoney and a second will. Reports place Mahoney in St. Paul and Havana while divers fail to locate the trunk. Police seek more funds for the hunt as clues dwindle.
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Charles Tennant
Lake Union
ST. Paul
Mahoney
Havana
Cuba
Seattle
Dennyway
C. A. Grean
Fairview Ave
Frnday
J. J. Barnes
Senecast
Complaints Against Shipper of Western Apples
The federal trade commission has filed a complaint against a Western apple shipper accused of substituting cheaper fruit for a well known brand ordered by a foreign packer. The notice came to the Chamber of Commerce from the U S Chamber of Commerce in Washington D C.
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Federal Trade Commission
Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. Cc
Missing Relatives Sought By Agencies And Families
The Mar community calls for help locating several relatives after accidental deaths and long separations. John Johnson formerly roomed at 621 Kings Seattle. body at Eatonville undertaker. Johansen siblings seek EK A Johansen once in Seattle. Clarence W. Walbridge likely in Seattle. mother seeks him in San Jose California. Ed Root and Archibald Root last heard from Minnesota. uncle Ed Root a former building contractor in Seattle. Mrs Hagler requests a General Delivery Seattle Washington address for contact.
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Gust Johnson
Guest Johnson
the &J. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co
Johnson
Kings
Undertaker’s
Eatonville
Clarence W. Walsridge
Seattlce
Clarence W. Walbridge
MW. Melachlan
Second St
San Jose
Cal
Walbridge
Marahfield
Ore
ED Root
Archibald Root
Robert Hagier
Seattle
Archibald
Minnesota
B. L. Root
Hagler
General Delivery
Wash
Bank President to Be Arrested in Bold Chase
Chicago July 30 Warren C Bourcin fugitive president and alleged wrecking of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company will be arrested today Pinkerton detectives closing in on the banker in the South Schumacher says Spur gin is in the South heading for the coast to sail for Honduras once he arrives He expects to stay there to avoid punishment.
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Chicago
Warren C. Bourcin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Pinkerton
Spurgin
Edward Schumacher
Schumacher
Mobile
Honduras
Battle With Snowballs in Denver Promises Summer Fight
In Denver on August 13 boy scouts stage a winter summer festival under a blazing sun. A carload of snow will arrive from the Rockies and be dumped in two piles at the civic center for the scouts to battle.
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Denver
Boy Scouts
Rockies
Civic
Arms Meeting Plan Wins Out In London Dispute
London July 30 The Pacific conference plan in London before the Harding disarmament meeting is abandoned clearing the way for the Washington conference. British premiers Hughes Lloyd George and Massey pressed for a London meeting, Meighan and Smuts opposed, deeming it an intrusion on the U S plan. Meighan sailed for Canada as the premiers conference ended.
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London
United Press
Hughes
Australia
Washington
Lloyd George
Massey
Meighan
Canada
Smuts
South Africa
United States
General Strike in Frisco Opposition Reported
The San Francisco labor council opposed a general strike in the bay district praising the building trades who have been out for two months in sympathy with them.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Labor Council
San Francisco Bay District
Building Trades
May Stop Work On U S Warships
Washington reports that work on three or four large battleships now under construction by the United States may be halted shortly before the Washington disarmament conference convenes and kept idle until the conference results are announced.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Girl Found Slumbering in Fort Worth Cannon Muzzle
Louise O'Brien aged 14 had been missing overnight when she crawled into a 14 inch gun muzzle at Port Townsend Fort Worton. The gun was being used in a non target practice event and she was discovered asleep as Digby approached after her horse bolted. Port Townsend event date noted in July.
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Ise O'Brien
Fort Worton
Louise
Digby
Port Townsend
San Francisco Marine Strike Vote Returns to Work
SAN FRANCISCO July 39 lef was expressed by union today that an Francisco strike for more than two had voted to return to work. Official canvass of a vote are turning to work, taken last night, will be completed today.
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San Francisco
An Francisco
Funeral Services for Cora D Malott Set Tuesday
Funeral services for Cora D Malott will be held at 2 PM Tuesday at the Booth Tiss funeral chapel. Burial is at Waaskhell Cemetery. The deceased died at St Luke's Hospital.
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Cora D. Malott
St. Luke's Hospital
Booth Tiss
Waashelll
Two Girls Drown While Saving Companion at Union Pool
In Salt Lake on July 29 Iona Oborn, 15, was saved from drowning as Marguerite Oliver, 19, and Pearl Freeman, 18, died attempting to rescue her at Union swimming pool. A young man saved Oborn.
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Salt Lake
Iona Oborn
Union
Marguerite Oliver
Pearl Freeman
Oborn
Portland Seamen Back to Work Vote Return
Portland local of the International Seamen's Union reports a vote in favor of returning to work on all vessels. Veterans at Port Townsend hospital extend thanks to the American Legion auxiliary members in Seattle for their hospitality during a brief stay.
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Portland Seamen O. K
Portland
Ore
International Seamen's Union
All Weasels
STAR
Port Townsend Hospital
Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Seattle
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Fifth Ave
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Union Sta
Bureau of Missing Relatives
Mar
BR A. Johansen
Mie
Aret Johansen
Coiave
Grand Rapids, Mich
EK A. Johansen
Jwwilliam 5S
Hart
Chicago Trust Co
Frisco
Shel Brown
S. F. Marine
Amt
Americas
Katherin
Folly
T Coliseum Concert Orchestra
Ricardo Clark
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mascagni
la Orapolo
Leoni
Arthur Kay
Verdi
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