Germany Likely to Provoke War as Europe Tenses
Paris dispatch reports Premier Rou vier confers with British and German ambassadors over the Moroccan question. Britain mobilizes ships and maintains a firm peace stance while warning that Kaiser actions could bring war within hours if repeated against Great Britain.
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Europe
Iice
Germany
Afm
Ronvier
Great Britain
Lansdowne
Tanedowne
France
Morocco
Paris
Rouvier
No More Gambling Claim Sparks City Police Critique
By Dan Dean writer notes Chief Delaney declares gambling ended but describes ongoing operations in Seattle. He criticizes mayor and police for reliance on informants and sleuths while accusing gamblers of seeking protection. The piece likens the police force to pickles with good and bad elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaney
Boréida
Ballinger
Seattle
Weak-Kneed Board Fails to Compel Phone Co to Paint Poles
Local resident Gowan seeks relief from public works to paint a front street telephone poles blocked by a city board deemed weak. Independent Telephone Co has not painted poles opposite his home for two years despite city rules and deposits. board lacks will to act and defer to private firms.
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Sunset Telephone Company
Gowan
Tts
Thua
Woman with Hose Repels Workmen at Fifteenth Street
Mrs. Jane Doe Smith, at Fifteenth Street, repelled contractors led by Carl L. Larson using a water hose. The incident drew in Assistant City Prosecutor Whitham who swore out a warrant against the hose-wielding commander of Faucet Co. No. L, for alleged assault.
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Baptain
Jane Doe Smith
Awsaulting Army
Carl L. Larson
Fifteenth
John W. Whitham
Fifthd Republican
Garden City Sound Steamer Destroyed by Fire at Bremerton
The Garden City sound steamer burned to the water line after a 2:30 a m blaze Saturday. Captain C B Bergman discovered the flames and woke the crew who escaped in partial attire. The vessel, cut loose from the dock, was lost despite all efforts. Insurance valued at 2500 dollars.
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Bremerton
C. B. Bergman
Garden City
Bathing-suited girls halt Alki parade bid
The Alki Transportation Co faced police action when a planned street parade used bathing suit clad girls and boys on bay horses to advertise. Police, led by Chief Delaney, stopped the public display. the parade resumed without the juvenile feature. The company claimed $15,000 spent on preparing the bath house and argued for equal advertising rights with the Meadows race track.
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Alki Transportation Company
McDonald
Delaney
King County Fair Association
Alki Point
Beilingham Denied Stop By Cottage City Tour
Indignation fills Beilingham as the Cottage City steamer from Alaska skips the city despite Mayor Romaine and Senator Piles promising a visit. Preparations included special trains and trolley cars, but a Vancouver message cited haste for the cancellation.
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Bellingham
Congressional
Cottage City
Alaska
Piles
Romaine
Juneau
Seattle
Vancouver
B. C
Senator Piles
Alaska lawmakers urge greater congressional role for territory
A West Coast delegation returning from Alaska touring mining and commercial districts urged stronger support from Congress. They want Alaska represented in Congress and more federal aid for development. Congressman Tawney and Bartlett led the push to boost northern growth as delegates toured Juneau and surrounding sites.
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Congress
Alaska
Tawney
Bartlett
Cottage City
Superiors to Meet Columbia Baseball Sunday Afternoon
The Superiors will play Columbia baseball at Columbia City on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. The game headlines a local sports weekend with both teams aiming for a decisive win.
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Columbia Baseball
Columbia City
Desperate Women Try to Rob Cigar Merchant
K A Parker proprietor of the Brander stands in the Stander hotel and Batley building was the victim of an attempted hold up by two women on Thursday night. He escaped with his life and fifty dollars in cash as he fled toward the old Rainier hotel while the pursuers followed. Police suspect one assailant was Lola Williams, a known negress and reputed pickpocket recently released from the Emergency hospital.
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K. A. Parker
Stander Hotel
Batley
Lola Wii- Ham
Parker
Brander
Thursaday
Rainier Hotel
Sixth
Marion
Fourth and
Rainier
the Star
Lola Williams
A Good Tip For The Races
A tip suggests avoiding a bundled selection described as a “bunch.” The note claims that staying away guarantees a win, urging readers to skip the proposed group to profit.
Knights of Columbus section marches through city then heads east
The third Knights of Columbus section escorted by a 100 strong delegation from New York New Jersey and Boston toured the city aboard the steamer Alhion and a special car. They planned a second meeting with a like band but delayed until after 1 pm. A Grant Street saloon raid arrested six vagrants with 60 cents found on one man. Dover yachts began the Emperor William cup race amid rain and light wind as Atlantic Apache and Valhalla pursued a special cup in foggy conditions.
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Knights of Columbus
Portland Fair
New York
New Jersey
Boston
Alhion
The
Sound
Grant Street
Dolphin
A. A. Brown
Dover
Eng
Heligoland
Atlantic
Apache
Court Accepts Bid Over Blethen for Olympia Recorder
In Everett on June 17 a bid of $5,000, $500 above Blethen's, was accepted by the court. The purchaser is E. H. Wharton, who represents eastern parties and is editor of the Olympia Recorder.
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Everett
Wash
Blethen
E. Wharton
Wharton
Olympia Recorder
Train collision injures forty near Elgin Illinois
Forty people are reported injured when a Northwestern passenger train collided with a freight train near Elgin Illinois this afternoon.
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Elgin
Northwestern
First Jobs of Seatleites
A county commissioner named Pete Smith recalls earning his first money herding cattle on Sundays in Southern Illinois. He describes receiving four bright silver dimes each week and feeling like a bloated bondholder as he jingled them home at dusk.
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Illinois
Pete” Smith
Japanese financier Takashash to leave New York for Tokyo
K Tak ashash, who helped float war loans, is summoned to Tokyo and will depart New York on June 24. He will confer with the imperial cabinet on further loans needed after hostilities cease, and it is believed a new loan may be raised in America or England at the lowest obtainable rate.
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New York
K. Takashash
Tokio
Takashash
Imperial Cabinet
America
England
Amador County Double Murder Mystery Advances Fears
In Stockton California on June 17 the Amador county double murder case deepens. Sheriff reports an Indian suspect cleared after a visit to the scene. New evidence reveals Mrs Wilham’s skull not fractured while Chester Maker, her grandson, suffered a throat slash from ear to ear leaving the head nearly severed.
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Stockton
Cal
Amador County
Front Quiet as Japan Manœuvres Near Front Lines
In Japan and Russia reports from St. Petersburg indicate limited action with Japanese forces withdrawing southward and extending their line eastward. An armistice in Manchuria is reported by Novoe Vremya. The czar reportedly received plans for a proposed representative assembly on June 28. Britain pressed Russia over sinking neutral merchant ships, notably the British steamer St. Kilda sunk by the Dneiper near Hong Kong.
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Gun Shu Pass
Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Manchuria
ST. Petersburg
Great Bri
St. Kilda
Hongkong
Chicago Strikers Weary Amid Conspiracy Claims and Violence
United States Attorney Heath confirms grand jury findings that a strike against Montgomery Ward & Co. stems from a conspiracy with payments totaling 39000 dollars. A push for settlement by anti Shea delegates grows as union leaders drift away. Reports note indictments possible next week and violence erupts with two deaths in related clashes.
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Chicago
United States
Heath
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Teammaters
Shea
Joint Council
Federation of Labor
Grand
George Wahl
United
Man Linked to Daily Impromptu Baths Divorced
Emma Braum won a divorce from Joseph Braum in Judge Point Dexter's court after testimony that he showered her with water daily using tubs buckets and other items. He hurled threats and knives, damaged furniture, and assaulted her. alimony was set at $20 monthly. Their daughter Elizabeth corroborated the abuse. Joseph Braum is employed at a Tacoma brewery. both mother and daughter work at a Kent creamery.
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Emma Braum
Joseph Braum
Elizabeth
Tacoma
Kent
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