Triple League Faction Fights at Federation Convention
Spokane reports dissension within the Federation of Labor as charges fly between the triple alliance and the nonpartisan league. Accusations target D E D C Coates, Harley Hughes, Bill Coates, and politics around President Short and Secretary Buck. The oppositional bloc vows to challenge Coates at the Yakima July 18 convention.
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Spokane
Triple Alliance
Workingmen's Nonpartisan League
Federation of Lawor
Washington
Nonpartisan League
M. H. Marvin
Industrial Welfare Commission
Marvin
Coateses
Buernes
Hughes
Short
Alliance
League
Yakima
Anti Administration
Bpokane
Dave C. Coates
Coates
O. A. Dirkes
Federation
L. W. Buck
Gompers Attacks G O P Policies at Democratic Convention
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor denounced the Republican platform as lacking principles and labeled Republicans wholly reactionary He criticized the National Association of Manufacturers as a slimy record and warned Democrats of rising propaganda against labor Homer Cummings keynote speech was called masterful and Gompers urged a clear decisive stand for the party.
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San Francisco
Republican Party
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompera
Democratic Party
Gompers
National Association of Manufacturers
Manufacturers
Manufacturers’ Association
Citizens Socialista
Holahe Vista
Homer Cummings
Hubby False Death Report Sparks Divorce Suit
Mrs Ella Langdon Pradley seeks divorce from Garnet J Langdon claiming estrangement after a string of marriages. She previously wed George Bradley in 1918 but believed him dead in action, later remarried Langdon in 1919. Bradley returned and sued for divorce.
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Ella Langdon-Pradley
Langdon
Hradley
A. W. Frater
Mrs. Langdon- Bradley
Ed White Elected President of 100 Per Cent Club
Edward White was elected president of the Hundred Per Cent club at a Masonic clubroom meeting on a Tuesday. New officers include George W. Wilson as vice president and directors W. W. Perkins W. G. Koenig J. B. Mehan Joel F. Warren William Daniel Moriarity MH. M. Simmons R. P. Callahan and George A. Druin. The notice ends with a fire safety slogan about handling fire carefully near forer.
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Edward White
Hundred Per Cent Club
Masonic
Death in collision between auto truck and passenger train
Chief Deputy Coroner Willis Ht. Cora opened a probe into the Tuesday crash at Piretave Spokane Street that killed James Sadler age 45 and Charles Ball 8. The truck struck the train No 423 sending both victims 16 feet from impact. Ball and his son had been buying window sashes at Pacific Door & Manufacturing Co. and were returning home when the fatal collision occurred.
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Piretave
Spokanes#t
Willis Ht. Cora
James Sadler
Pacific Door & Manufacturing Co
16Th Ave
Charles Kall
Arthur Ap Woodinville
Carson
Hiall
William Hoyle
Ball
Young Pall
Sadler
City Hospital
Woodinville
Rose Show Breaks Attendance Records at Seattle
The Seattle rose show drew crowds beyond 20 000 by show end at the Forentry building on university grounds. Belle Liebrecht won the sweepstakes gold medal for the most perfect rose while Queen of Fragrance went to Richard J. Husing. Mrs J S&S Ruppe led multiple prizes including best decorative rose and Sunburst among others.
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Seattle Rose
Forentry
University
Beattie Rose Society
Belle Liebrecht
Mra. J. & Ruppe
Braysonst
Tia Jong
Richard J. Husing
Mre
J S&s
Claire Geagren
Mra. J
Ruppe
Lillian Moore
I. W. Goodner
Los Angeles
William Collier
W. B. Martin
Thomas Whiey
Tindall Bill Held Legal
The city council backed the Tindall ordinance to collect and sell restaurant swill, overruled by a past query and sustained by assistant counsel Nel son T. Hartson. The measure now awaits Mayor Cald well action and cites a 1916 mayoral opinion upholding similar policy.
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Nelson T. Hartson
Caldwell
Swill
Hartson
Earthquake Felt in California Town
A slight quake was felt in Inglewood California at 7:30 PM. It marks the 11th shock in the series that began with the strong quake on June 21.
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California
Inglewood
Cal
Count Gqueues For Picture Postal Cards From France
A Paris Count named d Induchi asks Seattle residents to exchange picture postal cards. He resides at a château in Montferneuil Seine et Oise and wrote to Mayor Caldwell on Wednesday requesting correspondence with locals.
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Count d'Induchi
Montferneuil
Seine Et Oise
France
Caldwell
Seattle
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Pure' S Milk Dairy
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