Standpat Party Caucus Fails To Elect Delegates In Pierce County
Precinct committeemen struggle to choose convention delegates as crowd sizes shrink. Many precincts report only one guard or committeemen voting their own choice. Elected delegates include Judge Thomas Parke and Howard Crow grove with noted party ties and past contest roles.
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Progres Party
Thomas Parke
Senate
Poindexter
Howard Cowgrove
George H. Rummens
Aberdeen
Taft
M. J
Gov
McBride
Roosevelt
Sumas Plans Big Fourth of July Carnival
Sumas announces a town celebration with a carnival during the week of the Fourth. The program features airship flights, races and field sports for residents and visitors.
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Sumas
Fire hydrants planned after Central hotel blaze
Sumas June 8 The city council arranges for new fire hydrants and fire apparatus following the burning of the Central hotel last week.
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Sumas
Duwamish Folk Boycott Cars Walk Instead
Duwamish residents boycott Puget Sound Electric cars with some choosing to walk. P. P. Brandon and hill neighbors walk to the Seattle Renton and Southern line, saying the extra ten minutes is worthwhile despite bus competition and fare changes.
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P. P. Brandon
Duwamish Heights
Seattle
Fears Hindu Passengers on Koma Gata Maru in Vancouver Waters
Captain Yamamoto fears violence from 360 Hindus aboard the Koma Gata Maru if forced to sea after landing refusal in British Columbia. He warns the 16 Japanese crew could be overwhelmed and forced to land elsewhere along the coast. Dr. A S Monroe says the Hindus are well fed after medical inspection.
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Vancouver
B. C
Yamamoto
British Columbia
Monroe
Vancouver Immigration Department
Portland Seeks Return of Loot From Seattle Theft
Portland authorities claim jewelry and loot found by Seattle deputies were stolen from Portland and warn legal action if the sheriff’s office does not surrender the items.
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Olympia
Portland
Seattle
Prospecting trip uncovers corpses and an insane prospector
Bil Forbes arrives after two years of prospecting on the Upper Lizard river. He reports finding several dead prospectors and Naish, a fellow prospector driven insane by hunger and exposure during the journey downstream.
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Dawson
Y. T
Bil Forbes
Lizard River
Forbes
Naish
Man seeks sanity ruling after parole for forgery
June Harry Couls, paroled from Monroe Reformatory where he served time for issuing a forged check, asks Judge Kauffman to examine his sanity declaring forgery a mania.
Campers Drift Onto Ice Floe Near Fairbanks
On June 8 Teddy Anderson and the Thies brothers, traveling toward Fairbanks, camped on a river island they believed existed. They woke to moving ice and found they had slept on an ice floe covered with debris and were drenched from the cold river water.
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Fairbanks
Teddy Anderson
Thies Brothers
Belt Line Work Underway To Connect Milwaukee Road
June 8 report notes removal of houses from the right of way to prepare grading for a belt line in the city. The new route will link the Milwaukee road with the British Columbia Electric.
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Sumas
Milwaukee Road
British Columbia Electric
Senate OKs 60,000 for Alaska navigation aids
A bill through the senate appropriates sixty thousand dollars to improve existing aids and install new aids to navigation in Alaska waters, earmarked for safer maritime transit and coastal signaling.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Tacoma Flag Day Observance Set for June 14
Tacoma officials announce a joint Flag Day celebration by the Elks and Community Sing committee to be held Sunday at the Stadium. Gov. Lister will deliver the main address.
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Tacoma
Tacoma Elks
Community Sing Committee
Gov. Lister
Star Want Ad Offers Quick Sale
A STAR WANT AD promises fast results for sellers seeking swift, simple listings. The notice emphasizes ease, broad reach, and prompt responses for buyers and sellers alike.
White Bride of Japanese Immigrant to Return to Japan
A San Francisco report says Mia Manzo Goto, American wife of Japanese chauffeur Manzo Goto, will depart for Japan with her husband. She will renounce American citizenship and become a Japanese subject, leaving behind home, family, and rights as an American. The piece notes her journey and sacrifice for love, while a separate Washington note mentions a Treasury settlement of 100000 in a customs fraud scandal.
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Mre
Manzo Goto
Japan
San Francisco
Cal
Mia Manzo Goto
America
Sam
Manzo
Empire of
Goto
Montana
Omaha
Woman Seeks Relief at Chiropractor Office
A woman plagued by nervousness stomach trouble and weak eyes seeks help from Dr A M Johnson a licensed chiropractor at 412 818 American Bank Block Second at Madison. After only a few treatments she reports improved stomach comfort stronger eyes and overall health progress. Dr Johnson offers free consultation to assess cure potential and explains his methods without drugs or operations.
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D . M. Johnson
A. M Johnson
Madison
City Dads on a Picnic at Woodland Park
Municipal day drew city employees and families to a chaotic athletic event at Woodland Park ball grounds. Councilman Lundy coached his son in the potato race while reporters noted the tension as Mayor Drake and clerk Hesketh supervised a crowd of about 500 youngsters.
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Lundy
Woodland Park
A. T. Drake
Drake
Bob Hesketh
al Goddard
Goddard
Egg Race Fandango At City Event Ends In Laughter
City comptroller Harry Carroll keeps a cigar alight while dancing near the finish line as Bobby Melvor hurries in with a victory hug. An egg race ends with a splatter and crowd jokes about municipal eggs as officials blush beneath the grime.
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Jim Ham Lewis
Harry Carroll
Bobby Melvor
Carroll
SECY ROOD DIES AT YMCA FLAG HALF MAST
Charles Mackey Rood assistant educational secretary of the YMCA died yesterday. The flag over the YMCA building flies at half mast in tribute. He leaves a widow and a year old son.
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Charles Mackey Rood
William Blackman Named Special Agent by Labor Board
Washington June 8 William Blackman former commissioner of labor of Washington has been appointed special agent of the mediation board in the department of labor.
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Washington
William Blackman
Commissioner of Labor of
Mediation Board
Department of Labor
Man who roams in palace claims bravado stunt
Harry Pike faced Bow Street magistrate in London after being caught Sunday inside Buckingham Palace. He said his act was drink fueled bravado not criminal intent and that he wished to prove entry was possible. He was remanded for a week as detectives review his background. The police initially suspected suffragist sympathy.
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London
Bow Street
Harry Pike
Buckingham Palace
Mason James M. Johnson Found Dead In Olympia Bed
James M. Johnson aged 63, a Mason, was found dead in bed in Olympia. The cause is asphyxiation with unknown if accidental or self inflicted.
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Olympia
James M. Johnson
Wes Ley Lorimer Jones Endorsed At Yakima Convention
Senator Wes ley Lorimer Jones received strong backing at a Yakima convention held Saturday. The event boosted the democratic administration’s standing and signaled solid support for Ley Lorimer Jones.
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Yakima
Wesley Lorimer Jones
Foley Honey and Tar Compound Advertisement
A vintage advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as fast relief for coughing and chest tightness. It claims soothing action on irritated air passages, mild laxative effect, and suitability for children and adults. Sold in 26c, 60c, and $1.00 sizes at Bartell Drug Stores.
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Foley
Bartell Drug Stores
Raucous Pierce County Caucuses Yield Few Delegates
In Tacoma and Pierce county many precincts failed to choose delegates as Republican caucuses were held Saturday night. Some rural precincts did not even attempt a caucus, indicating a shortage of available Republicans to participate.
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Tacoma
June
Pierce County
Hand-Picked Delegates Elected for State Convention
Everett residents select three members to oversee the hand-picking of twenty six delegates to sit in the state convention at Tacoma. The event centers on organizing the delegation through a controlled process amid local politics in Snohomish County.
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Everett
Jun
Snohomish County
Tacoma
Holt Holstein Bull Legia Pontiac de Kol Acme Arrives
Mount Vernon June 8 J H Hulbert Jr owner of the La Conner stock farm has returned from California with the young Holstein bull Legia Pontiac de Kol Acme valued at 8000 He says the sire should boost Skagit County dairy prospects toward world leadership.
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Mount Vernon
J. H. Hulbert, Jr
la Conner
California
Skagit County
Elks official charged with lodge fund embezzlement
A warrant has been issued for Louis M. Roser the former secretary of the Aberdeen lodge of Elks on grand larceny charges for allegedly embezzling four thousand dollars from lodge funds.
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Aberdeen
Louis M. Roser
Aberdeen Lodge of Elks
Motor Vehicle Licenses Counted by Secretary of State
In Olympia during the last ten working days a total of 4 208 licenses were issued for motor vehicles by the secretary of state.
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Olympia
Albanians Reject Foreign Rule As Uprising Grows
Vienna reports influential Albanians in contact with powers over the rising against Prince William of Wied insist Albania will not accept a foreign ruler. The idea of the Duke of Abruzzi or a Bonaparte as sovereign is treated with ridicule.
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Vienna
William of Wied
Albania
Abruzz
Tacoma man linked to fatal Stockton jail suicide
Mrs W E Folmer of Tacoma says her husband admitted taking part in a train robbery near Tacoma and may have joined the February 20 Great Northern train raid at Samish that left three passengers dead.
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Tacoma
W. E. Folmer
Stockton
Cal
Great Northern
Samish
White Pass Wharf Damage Estimated At Twenty Five Thousand
General Agent Edwards of the White Pass company estimates the damage to White Pass wharves from recent ice floes at 25000 dollars. The wharves have been repaired.
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Dawson
Edwards
White Pass
Immigrants Detained After Break In SumAs Incident
U S Immigration Inspector Ed Horwitz found three immigrants hidden in a box car in Sumas. When he tried to detain them two struck him with a bottle and fled. The third was detained.
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Sumas
June
U. S
Ed Horwitz
Governor Lister Declines to Endorse Senate Candidate
Olympia June report states Governor Lister will not back a single contender in the Democratic senatorial race. He says he will remain neutral, allowing any of the four leading candidates to receive his support.
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Olympia
June
Lister
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