Mayor of Tacoma to sue minister over sermon
Tacoma Mayor George P. Wright says he will sue Rev. Alfred and the First Presbyterian Church minister for libel if reports of Sunday's sermon are accurate. He claims politicians used the pulpit for campaign aims and that attorneys warned the sermon contained obscene material. Prosecuting Attorney Bates criticizes law and moral standards in Tacoma.
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P. Wright
Alfred
Wright
Tacoma
C. O. Bates
Local firm rushes to load oats and hay for government contract
W. W. Robinson company races against time at Pier 8 and Great Northern elevator to load 3150 tons of oats and 4080 hay bales for shipment to the Philippines aboard the Dix and Boston Steamship Company. One hundred workers operate around the clock as inspectors delay oats from St Paul threaten penalties if cargo misses the Tuesday deadline.
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Philippines
United Army Transport
Dix
Boston
W. Robinson
St. Paul
Government Board of
Morrison
Vessela
Great Northern
W. W. Robinson Company
Pier 2
Smith's Cove
Treaty ratified by Privy Council in Tokyo
The privy council today approved the Russo Japanese treaty and it will be ratified immediately. An order abolishing martial law at Sasebo Nagasaki Tons and Hakodate was also passed.
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Tokio
Privy Council
Sasebo
Nagasaki
Tonsh
Hakodate
Meyer to Join Roosevelt Cabinet After Moody Retires
President Roosevelt plans a cabinet reshuffle next spring when Attorney General Moody retires. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte would move into Moody’s post, making room as Ambassador George Von L Meyer is noted as a pleased option.
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Meyer
Roosevelt
Moody
Bonaparte
George von L. Meyer
Floating Exposition of American Goods Sets Sail
The Pacific Coast company plans a January 10 departure from San Pedro aboard the Spokane for Central American ports. Delegates from local manufacturers will display American goods in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama. Capt Richard Chilcott once proposed chartering the Nome liner Oregon for an Orient trip, but the plan failed.
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Pacific Coast Company
Spokane
San Pedro
Weines
Chamber of Commerce
Exposition Ship Company
Mexico
Guatemala
Costa Rica
San Salvador
Panama
Richard Chilcott
Oregon
Seattle Asked to Raise 1500 Toward Bennington Memorial
Seattle residents are urged by the Bennington Memorial association to subscribe to fund a San Diego sailors clubhouse honoring the Bennington disaster victims. A 15 to 20 member committee will lead the drive, with no funds sent until a $25,000 goal is met. The effort includes Navy officials as members and the city’s common council area provided to the Chamber of Commerce for coordination.
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Seattle
Bennington Memorial
Bennington
Bennington Memorial Association
Ballinger
San Diego
Bonaparte
Navy
Chamber of Commerce
Harvester Trust Action Sought On Ohio
Ohio farmers urge legal action to oust the International Harvester Company alleging monopolistic prices. The petition to Attorney General Wade H. Hill cites McCormick Deering Plano Warder firms and trustees in Chicago and Millersburg area for anti trust violations.
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Wade HW. Hie
Harvester
Ohio
Hills
Millersburg
International Harvester Company
McCormick Harvester Company
Deering Harvester Company
Plano Manufacturing Company
Warder, Bushnell & Glessner
G. W. Perkina
Charles Deering
C. MH. Meermick
Chicago
Booth versus Ballinger Salvationists clash over street meetings
The Salvation Army defies Mayor Ballinger and police orders to stop street gatherings on Flint Second avenues Occidental avenue and Yealer Way. A leader was taken to police HQ but council of war vows to defend citizen rights and plans a Wednesday night meeting opposing a Yealer Way saloon. Police faces possible arrests and a court fight to follow.
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Salvation Army
Ballinger
Bluecoatis
Flint
Second Avenues
Occidental Avenue
Yealer Way
Salvationists
First quarantine wedding marks Mississippi split ceremony
In Mississippi the first quarantine wedding joined Aubrey Taylor of Amite and Miss Rah Adams of Lincoln counties. The couple wed with the bride on the Lincoln county line near Auburn and the groom on the Amite county line, guarded by armed officers. Reverend T W Adams of the Methodist church officiated from the Lincoln county side. They must remain separated until Amite county quarantine ends.
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New Orleans
Lincoln
Auburn
Amite County
Mississippi
T. W. Adams
Methodist Church
Lincoln County
Aubrey Taylor
Amite
Miass Lerah Adams
Lincolm County
Trapper Kills Tourist in North Carolina Bear Trap
In Ashville North Carolina a mountain trapper and his son killed a tourist found trapped in a bear device. The dying boy claimed they feared prosecution and fired the rifle to prevent his survival. The body was hidden in a cave and a skeleton later uncovered. The trapper and son left the state but the son returned. names to be released after a gubernatorial pardon request.
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Ashville
N. C
W. P. Nelson
Nelson
Victim of Highbinders in Chinatown Shooting
Fresno reports Louie Mong, a Hip Sing Tong member and former interpreter at the Frisco customs, shot dead by assassins in Chinatown. Interrogated witnesses say six highbinders planned to finish him. no arrests have been made as the assailants remain at large.
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Brighton
Gertrude Truly Leeper
John Leeper
Dolla
Gerties
Gertrude
Arkansas
Leeper
Fresno
Cal
Louie Mong
Chinatown
Frisco
Hip Sing Tong
Frisco Customs Department
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Lewiston
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Washington
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