The Wickedest Trust in the World
A critique of J P Morgan and allied financiers manipulating the world coffee market. It alleges a coordinated pool controlling No 7 Brazilian coffee, boosting prices from 17 18 to 26 27 cents per pound, with Brazil restricting supply and confiscating young trees. It claims a $75 million pool backed by Brazil and major financiers.
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Bowery
Coffee Trust
Arbuckle’s
Brasil
Morgan
Lb Childs
London
Banque de Paris
Belgium
Government of
Ronda
Rockefellers
Rothschilds
Theatres Offer Varied Vaudeville and Films Feature
The program includes Moore Katie Putnam Mother The Spring Maid and several vaudeville houses such as Orpheum Empress Pantages Grand showcasing bicycle football and sketches like The Piano Movers. Ward Baker stands out as a violinist whose lively selections could boost appeal.
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Moore
Katie Putnam
Metropolitan
Mist Hayes
Seattie
Max du
Lois — “Thorns
Orange Blossome
Orpheum
Empress
Pantages
Grand
Motion Pictures
Ward Baker
Empress This Week Show Features Tinker and Top Acts
Joe Tinker headlines a fair Empress bill with The Tele phone Girls Ed Bimberg delivering pretty comedy. Stew art and Donahue, an agile dancer and witty comedian, join Owen Wright imitator Susie and Dolph Lavine and Maude and Gill horizontal bar performers. Tinker presents a baseball talk with colored slides.
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Joe Tinker
Rex Comedy Circus Closes Pantages Bill With Beasts
The Rex Comedy Circus finishes the Pantages week, featuring trained animals and a bucking mule. Kiernan & Co present The Taming of Beast sketch. Charley Gibbs imitates animals on the calendar while The Bruces perform song and dance. The Dougherties close with Ain't the Gravy Good, a loud, silly number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Comedy Circus
Kiernan & Co
Beast
Charley Gibbs
Bruces
Dougherties
Acrobatic Six Bracks at Orpheum Impresses Audience
The Orpheum features two clever acts this week. The six Bracks deliver unmatched vaudeville stunts while the nonsensical sketch Up and Down Broadway adds humor. James Diamond is noted as original and funny in the Broadway sketch, with Clara Nelson praised for charm. An act reminiscent of bicycle tricks rounds out the program.
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Orpheum
Broadway
James Diamond
Clara Nelson
Evidence Sought Against Pastor in Linnell Death Case
Dr Timothy Leary Boston medical examiner uncovered evidence of murder in the Avis Linnell death. He also directs the medical part of the prosecution against Rev Clarence Richeson in the same matter.
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Timothy Leary
Thy Leary
Boston
Avis Linnell
Clarence Richeson
Not Much Left Of Rodgers Cross-Continent Plane
Aviator Rodgers main craft heavily rebuilt after a long flight and will soon push toward the Pacific from California coast near Long Beach Santa Barbara or San Diego. New street lights planned in Pasadena area at multiple intersections. Bernard Johnson and three companions seriously burned in a shack fire near the Lake Washington canal after Johnson misread kerosene for gasoline.
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Pasadena
Rodgers
Pacific Ocean
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Bernard Johnson
Alfred Sellers
Pete Taylor
Carl Blenheim
Lake Washington Canal
Johnson
Delegates Await 1912 AFL Convention Site
Peter Henretty left Atlanta to attend the AFL convention and support Seattle as 1912 host city. Roy Miller, 22, was struck by a car driven by Dr. J W Mitchell and severely injured. he was taken to Providence hospital. Miller was trying to avoid two other individuals when hit. The city council ordered construction of a sidewalk along Genesee at Hay 8 from Genesee to Hudy Run.
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Peter Henretty
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
Seattle
J. W. Mitchell
Roy Miler
Providence Hospital
Miller
Genesee At
Hudy Run
Suicide Attempt Foiled by Policeman Weatherby
Frank Weatherby, a teamster from 310 West Harrison, was stopped in an alley between Pike and Union streets yesterday after attempting suicide by drinking chloroform, a police officer arriving in time to prevent the act.
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Frank Weatherby
W. Harrison
Pike and
Union Sts
Tacoma Protests Over Bridge Plan Hit City Halls
Protesters accuse Mayor Seymour and two commissioners of shrinking the tide flats bridge approach under Weyerhauser Timber pressure and actions by A. Perkins. Legal suits and injunctions are prepared to block the settlement, with Lorenzo Dow filing one suit. A large mass meeting is planned for tonight.
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United Press
Tacoma
Seymour
Tide Flats
Weyerhauser Timber Company
8. A. Perkins
Settelment
Lorenzo Dow
City council approves 3500 for Coliseum block garage
The council unanimously posts an ordinance to appropriate 3500 for a city garage on the Coliseum block. A cement block building will be constructed. A new ordinance will set rules for city autos usage.
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Coliseum
Dream A Paluter Idyll and Other Fragments
A fragmented gallery of titled pieces includes Dream A Paluter Idyll A Victim of lreamerances Their Vitet Divores Cage and Bomebody's Grand The Widower Capt Barnacle Diplomat A Gypsy pride Circuit The Reform Candi date A Rural Conqueror The Forester's Plea City Love a Victory The Rive and Fail of Weary Willie The Port of the Plains Clase A Grandfather's Violin A Burlesque Bullfight The Tara Ashore Madge of the Mountains.
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Bomebody
Barnacle
Willie
Clase
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Chatham Square
MORAY
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Post
Spring
Post and
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44Th Av
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Graham St
50Th Av
W. Raymond St
47Th
48Th
49Th Aves
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Blic
Hamlin’s
Pike Place
Washington
Dexter Horton
Washington Trust and Savings Bank
Pacific Northwest
N Dexter Horton National Bank
Ceety Combines
Building Resources
Milticonns
Seattle Society
Coliseum Theatre
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Orthopedic Hospital
Woman's Catholic Betterment League
John Considine
Board of Public Works
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Hel
Polk
Belmont
Olyasen Simpson Grant
Puget Sound
Empress Theatre
New Chamber of Commerce
Texas Land Dealer
Charles J. Horn
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Brazos Coast Investment Co
al Art
Marie Skiodovna Curie
Mme. Curie
Alaska
Elis
Panama Canal
American Coast Defense Service
Horlick’s
Horlick
Wells Nation
Yesler Way
A. A. Sherman
Western Avenue
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Steel Trust
Bocom
Jacob M. Dickinson
Ite
Richard S. Ryan
Controller Bay & Navigation Co
Canyon
Controller Bay
Pisher
Webb Street
Westlake
Cher
Piper & Taft
Orpora Whine
Ana Teabten
Moore Theatre
William A. Elrady
Jules Beckett Goodman
Metropolitan Theatre
Werth & Luescher
Mizzi Hajos
Roth
Fiverybody
Max Dill
Mr. Hoggenheimer
Chicago “Cubs
Pantages Theatre
Jas. Kiernan & Co
Bry
Frederick & Nelson, Inc
Bissell’s
Bissell
Grae
Victoria
Grand Rapids
Anpex
Ostermoor
Ron
Frederick & Nelson
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