Meadows Track Change Promises Honest Management
The Meadow s track ushers in a new regime with Williams of San Francisco taking control from Van de Vanter. Protests over inflated odds have eased as Williams vows fair play, reducing bookie margins and ending the era of high profits for bettors.
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Meadows
Van
Williams
California Jockey Club
Bookies
van de Vanter
Star
Fe de Vanter
H. Willams
San Fran
California
Fork
Frisco
Sporsman
Stilicho
Ocyrohe
H. McGowan
Blissful
Meadows Administration
Frisco Magmate
Gold Dust Rumor Sparks City Beat Copper Clash
Sergeant Mike Powers and Officer Cummings chase a wild tale of five dollar gold dust spread along Pike and Upper MS streets. Crowds and beer drinkers probe the claim as a Tanana country visitor loses a poke and workers mistake tobacco for gold crumbs, feeding a smoky urban fever.
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Mike Powers
Waship Street
Mrdman Cummings
Pike
Sergeant Powers
Cummings
Billy” Cummings
Mike
Tanana
President seeks armistice despite Japan Manchuria plans
It is stated that the president has been advised Japan intends to carry military operations in Manchuria until plenipotentiaries sign the treaty. Despite this, the president will continue efforts toward an armistice.
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Ington
D. C
Japan
Manchuria
Scarce Work Persists in Fairbanks Says Man
A Fairbanks man speaking Sunday night aboard the City of Seattle at the Northern remarks that work is scarce this season. He notes overcrowded towns, reduced wages by mine operators, and warns against moving north for high salaries while scarce conditions prevail. He stresses staying away where possible, though some spots offer better pay.
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Seattle
Mon Nb
Nks
Fairbanks
Ex Sizing Lake Como excursion boat capsizes
Milan reports an excursion boat on Lake Como capsize yesterday. Thirty passengers are confirmed drowned with rescue operations ongoing and authorities investigating the cause of the disaster.
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Milan
Lake Como
Jews in Revolt in Warsaw Gathers Troop Barricades
A Warsaw message reports the Jewish quarter in full revolt with barricades rising as troops drill in the streets. Casualties mount after riots in Lodz and Czestochowa with state of siege and widespread closures.
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Warsaw
Lode
Czenstochau
Rates on Gold Shipments Doubled Threaten Beattie as Entrepot
Beattie may lose status as Alaska's gold hub if steamship and express firms implement a 4 percent per $100 charge on gold shipments from Nome and other camps. The previous rate was half that. Alaska mining interests insist the move, which blindsides them, will push gold shipments to San Francisco via the Senator, undermining Nome’s output and the local assay office handling millions in gold annually. Nome mines contribute about $4 million yearly, with $6 million entering the assay office. miners refuse southbound shipments in protest, foreseeing further delays and losses.
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Express
Nome
Alaska
United States Assay
Senator
San Francisco
Train hold up survivors recall North Coast Limited robbery
Ralph Cook, Scott Benjamin, Charles H. Baker, and Dan R. Abrams described their nerve jangling hold up by a lone bandit near Dead Man's Gulch, as the North Coast Limited was robbed Thursday night. They said the robbery failed financially but delivered intense excitement. The four men recovered enough to enjoy Portland’s fair after the incident.
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Ralph Cook
Scott Benjamin
Charles H. Baker
Dan. R. Abrams
North Coast Limited
Dead Man's Gulch
Puyallup
Portland
Train stopper faced lone danger amid robber raid
An unnamed man described his solo effort to halt a train during a robbery. He noted he fired shots at the robbers after seeing the scene from his car window. He credited engineers and firemen for following orders and mentioned others fled, with uncertainty about actions by Cook and Abrams and that Walter learned of the raid only after the train reached Portland.
Looks Bad for Mitchell in Oregon Trial
Portland June 26 Harry Robertson former secretary to Senator Mitchell testified as a star witness for the prosecution. He said he observed Mitchell in private offices with Kribs and in sessions about payments. Robertson claimed Mitchell urged the jury to hear that Tanner received all fees and would direct what to swear, asserting any means were justified in his defense. Arthur Orton of Merchants National Bank identified checks and ledgers in the Mitchell Tanner account.
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Portland
Ore
Harry Robertson
Mitchell
Ciinema
Kribs
Mitchell & Taliner
Kribe
Washington
Tanner
Federal
Robertson
Arthur Orton
Merchants National Bank
Star Promises First News Pictures From Major Crises
The Star reports it will publish the first photographs of the New York Central wreck in Seattle. It also notes upcoming news pictures from the revolution in Norway and claims to beat competitors in coverage.
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the Star
New York Central
Seattle
The
Star
Norway
First Jobs of Seat Leites and Geiger Voice
William F Geiger, principal at Seattle High School, recounts early earnings from a 10 cent shin plaster for garden work and a 4 weekly wage at a pottery plant. He describes paying for college by teaching, bellhop, waiter and resort clerk work in White Mountains Vermont.
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White Mountains
Vermont
William F. Geiger
Seattle High School
Five men believed buried after Harlem apartment collapse
A storm induced collapse on West 136th Street in Harlem burying five men in an apartment building. Firemen and police conducted rescue efforts as responders searched the wreckage for survivors.
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New York
West 136Th
Harlem
Swedish-Norwegian tension prompts special committee
Reports from Stockholm say a special committee to study the Swedish Norwegian situation will be appointed tomorrow after talks among riksdag factions. In Milwaukee a former supervisor named Strauss was fined 300 dollars for bribery and will testify before the Grant grand jury. Chicago mine operators meet to discuss submitting disputes over the shot firer bill to arbitration.
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Stockholm
Riksdag
Milwaukee
Wis
Strauss
Grant
Chicago
Dlinois
Coffin brothers buy Babcock ranch in three counties
North Yakima reports the Coffin brothers have purchased the Babcock ranch totaling about 100000 acres across Chelan Kittitas and Douglas counties for roughly 300000 dollars. The deal includes about 14000 sheep and other stock.
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Yakima
Coffin Brothers
Babcock
Chelan
Kittitas
Douglas Counties
Ousting Mary McMann Sparks Clash Over Grant Street Property
A dispute unfolds over property near 1416 Grant Street as Mary McMann sues after an attack by Alex Cameron and M Sloan. The two claim authority from Northern Pacific links and face a pending case heard by Justice Gordon Monday afternoon.
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Ecee
Northern Pacific Railway
Able Lee
Alex Cameron
M. Sloan
Vietiaw i
Mary McMann
Grant Street
Barck
Northern Pacific
Cameron
Sloan
de Bruler
Cadet Boat Sinks Off Copenhagen With 22 Lost
In fog near Copenhagen the private cadet ship George stage was rammed by the British steamer Acoma and sank in minutes. Twenty two cadets drowned as 57 were rescued and one body recovered. The Acoma was damaged and held for inquiry.
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Copenhagen
Acoma
Woman in Jail Dies Not Yet
Dora Brewster, held on insanity charges in the county jail, cried as a dog kissed her and she sang in a broken voice. Reporters described gyrations and a plea for love before an insanity commission later that day. She was scheduled for transfer to Steila coom Monday evening.
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Dora Brewster
Breas
Mother and Child Found in Gutter
Elizabeth Harreah a half breed Indian woman found in a gutter and intoxicated on Sixth and King. Police took mother and infant to the Matron’s home after humane officer guidance while court officials review neglect and potential adoption options. The mother pleaded for work to support her child and expressed remorse.
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King
Elizabeth Harreah
Clarke
Alaska
Kelly
Bellingham
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret Platt in Seattle
Funeral services were held at Butterworth and Sons chapel for Mrs. Margaret Platt of Southeast Seattle. Rev. Kirkhope officiated. the couple married a year earlier. She left a baby girl and was 20, daughter of William Tenny of Spring Beach. widow of W B Platt of Heppner Platt grocers.
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Margaret Platt
Seattle
Butterworth & Sons
Kirkhope
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