League Urges Defeat of Triple Alliance School Board Hopefuls
A special Municipal League report urges defeat of George Listman and John McCorkle in the Triple Alliance bids for school director and port commissioner, citing lack of information from questionnaires. The league endorses George H. Walker and Walter Santmyer for school directors and W. S. Lincein for port commissioner, praising Santmyer’s familiarity with issues.
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George PP. Listman
Triple Alliance
John A. McCorkle
Port Commission
Municipal League
George H. Walker
Walter J. Santmyer
W. 8. Lincein
Listman
McCorkle
League
Santmyer
Board of Education
Audubon Members Seek Canceled Naval Engagement on Lake Washington
Seattle Audubon Society protests a proposed naval engagement on Lake Washington to shoot predatory birds blamed for fish losses. Dr J D Terry urges public objection to slaughter and preservation of birds and the lake as a sacred game preserve.
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Seattle
Plania
Lake Washington
Audubon Society
J. D. Terry
The
Audubons
Audubon
F. Rathbun
S. D. Conventions Favor Gen. Wood
Pierre South Dakota November 26 Reports from county convention meetings indicate Maj. Gen Lennard Wood will be endorsed as the Republican candidate for president at the state convention here next week Gov Frank O Lowden is running second to Wood in the county conventions Democratic contenders William G McAdoo and A Mitchell Palmer are reported close at about sixty to fifty nine.
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Pierre
Lennard Wood
Frank O. Lowden
Wood
Wiliam G. McAdoo
A. Mitchell Palmer
Steel Strikers See Victory In Pittsburgh District
Reports to the national committee of steel strikers say they are well on their way to victory and will continue the strike until their demands are met. Willam Foster's office reported the strikes are holding firm and reopened mills are camouflaging. Operators in the Pittsburgh district say they are unaffected by the strike.
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Pittsburg
National Committee of Steel
Willam Foster
Milla
Rent fraud and arrests noted in New York briefs
Police seek James Baker as dozens of families seek homes amid allegations Baker, an apartment janitor, rented flats already occupied and took 700 dollars. Other items report a police captain, sergeant and a fireman in hospital after a private fight, John Feeley and son-in-law jailed, a German Opera receiver appointed in New York, and a Los Angeles woman offering one dollar for a husband to Mayor Snyder.
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New York
James Baker
Baker
John Feeley
Los Angeles
Snyder
I. W. W. Murder Trial Due in December
Chehalis November 26. Unless a venue change is granted, ten I W W members charged with killing four ex service men during the Armistice day parade will head Lewis county superior court's December criminal calendar. Hearing on venue change to be argued Friday by Ralph B. Pierce who seeks trial in Pierce county.
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Chehalis
Centralia
Lewis County
Ralph 8
Pierce
Pierce County
Rhodes Bros. Employees Dinner and Dance Observed
Five hundred Rhodes Bros. store workers attended a Thanksgiving banquet and dance in the Arcade building Masonic club rooms. A. J. Rhodes, company president, urged cooperation between employer and employee before the dance followed the speech.
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Rhodes Bros
A. J. Rhodes
Masonic Club
Arcade
Rhodes
National Labor Party Adjourns Without Ticket for 1920
In Chicago on November 26, the National Labor party adjourned with no ticket for the 1920 election. The executive committee may call a convention to select candidates. Non-partisan delegates who bolted earlier did not return.
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Chicago
National Labor Party
Grand Duchess Charlotte Marries Prince Felix Amid Opposition
In November the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg wed Prince Felix of Bourbon Parma. Felix’s Austrian army service opposed by his brothers Sixtus and Xavier drew notable opposition. Charlotte supported the war effort by warmly greeting American troops entering Germany with Allied occupation forces.
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Charlotte of
Luxemburg
Prince Felix of
Burton-Parma
Prince Felix
Sixtus
Xavier
Charlotte
Germany
Five Men Face Gambling Charges After Pool Hall Bust
Five men led by A. Allen Edward Martin C M Schrader and T A Roy were detained on $100 bonds each after police raided a pool room operated by C F E Doherty at 816 First Ave. Serge Scott White and officers observed the game before the arrest.
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A. Allen
Edward Martin
C. M. Schrader
T. A. Roy
Liberty
C. FE. Doherty
First Ave
Serge Scott White
Plum Skin Linked to Local Swimmer Death
London November 26. Fifteen year old Charles Fecar vanished after a dive at Samegrove Bath. Autopsy found he suffocated from plum skin lodged in his windpipe after swallowing a skin prior to entering the water.
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London
Charles Fecar
Samegrove Ratha
Local silo gains attention as strong corn juice touted
Cedar Grove reports 81 Perkins, chair of the Poultry Trade board, notes visitors linger near a silo. He tests a sample described as the strongest intoxicant ever tested by the chemist, claiming it is 365 times stronger than moonshine, pure corn juice, and a million times stronger than 2.75 percent beer.
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Cedar Grove
Perkins
Board of Poultry Trade
Annual Dinner and Sale by All Saints Auxiliary
The women of All Saints church Dunlap Rainier Valley hold an annual dinner and fancy work sale Friday with lunch and afternoon and evening sessions at the Lakeside clubhouse. A musical and speaking program follows the meal.
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Women’s Auxiliary of
The
All Saints’ Church of
Dunlap
Rainier Valley
Lakeside
How to Get Rid of Your Cold Advertisement
A classic health ad urges readers to visit a druggist for Dr. King's New Discovery to stop colds and coughs. It claims rapid relief for children and adults with no after effects, and promotes 60 cent and 1.20 dollar bottle prices.
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Dr. King
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promised Relief For Bowel And Liver
An advertisement extols Dr Kings New Life Pills as a prompt mild remedy to cleanse bowels and improve liver function. It urges readers to take action for regular digestion and sustained well being, claiming to restore health and vigor.
Deaver Called to Explain Failure to Pay Alimony
James R. Deaver, a retired marine sergeant major, was acquitted of murder of H. C. Holt a week ago. Holt, blamed by Deaver for wrecking his home, is to appear in court Friday to show cause why Deaver has not paid Minnie Elaine Deaver temporary alimony of 50 dollars a month since September 3. The divorce between the Deavers is pending and Holt is named as co-respondent in the complaint.
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James R. Deaver
H. C. Holt
Alkigrocer
Deaver
Minnie Elaine Deaver
Deavers
Holt
Kilns at Denny Renton Coal Plant Idle Amid Coal Shortage
Kilns of the Denny Renton Clay and Coal Company at Renton were cold on Wednesday due to a coal shortage. Fires had been drawn from all but one kiln Monday night, and officials say the operation will close by week's end.
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Denny-Renton Clay & Coal Company
Renton
American school for officers in Coblenz established
Coblenz dispatches report an American school with American teachers has been erected for the benefit of army officers who have established their families in the town.
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Berbin
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ICK
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Steel Strikers
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Leeming & Co
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Washington Bank Depositors’ Guaranty Fund
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Second Ave
Cherry St
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Laince
JAMES G@LEASON
Darragh Aldrich
Palace Hip
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