Jitneys Blamed for Tacoma Car Revenue Loss
Jitney bus competition is blamed for revenue loss prompting the Tax Railway & Power Co to file with the state public service commission a complaint seeking relief from its gross earnings tax and from paying for bridge construction and street upkeep. It asks to be freed from franchise provisions except to provide adequate service at fair rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Tax Railway & Power Co
State Public Service Coma
Tho Refrom
John P Dabney Dies in Chicago While Pleading Home
Seattle businessman John P Dabney died Tuesday afternoon in Chicago while awaiting a train home. He is believed to have suffered heart disease.
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John P. Dabney
Seattle
Chicago
Congress Is Coming Home From Coos Bay Fire
The Pacific Coast liner Congress moved north under her own steam toward Seattle after a fire at Coos Bay. The ship rode high with a blackened shell, ten miles an hour, the Oneonta alongside. Temporary repairs were made and crews housed in a shed among debris. Restoration to passenger service could cost over 600,000 dollars.
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Portland
Congress
Coos Bay
Columbia River
Seattle
Park official heads to inaugural AAPS convention
Roland Cotterill secretary of the board of park commissioners left Seattle Monday night for New Orleans to attend the 11th annual convention of the American Association of Park Superintendents.
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Roland Cotterill
Board of Park Commissioners
Seattle
New Orleans
American Association of Park Superintendents
Interurban Wreck Injures Dozen Near Seattle
About 25 people were hurt when a Tacoma-bound two car interurban train jumped an open switch at Willow Junction and toppled. Three women were unconscious on arrival, with several others seriously injured. The accident halted traffic and prompted investigations by interurban officials and local authorities.
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Tacoma Seattle
McLean
Seattle
Ethel Worden
Tacoma
Mise
Irene Epperman
Auburn
Frank P. Dow
Customs Brokers
Mise Anna Banks
Ferguson Hotel
Mise Anna Ikle
Thomas Melviland
New York
F. W. Buderis
W. Pickering
Australia
R. H. Hicka
Frank Lamborn
Olympia
John Chee
Bulgars Hit Rumania Hard on Danube Front
London reports Romanian forces crossing the Danube into Bulgaria face attacks from three Bulgarian detachments while joint German Bulgarian and Turkish units mount a general assault along the Varna railway. Fighting rages at jobrudja and Transylvania as Rumanians press the offensive with Russian allies.
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Danube
Bulgaria
Rutschuk
Silistra
Varna
Jobrudja
Transylvania
Bulgeria
Wilson Seeks Peace Vote On Western Campaign Swing
President Wilson speeds west for a major campaign speech urging support for his peace policy. He frames a peace vote as defending the foreign policy of peace and preventing a Republican shift that could draw the nation into European war. Omaha is identified as a key upcoming stop in a strong agricultural region.
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R. J. Bender
U. P
Pittsburg
Wilson
Congress
Republican Party
Omaha
Great Agricultural District
Beautiful Inez to Make Speech Here
Mrs Inez Milholland Boisveau, national suffrage speaker, opens the new Henry building headquarters and plans a nationwide tour to press for suffrage against Democratic opposition. She will speak at Moore theatre Wednesday night, as Dorothy Gibba oversees city and state headquarters.
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National Woman's Party
Henry Building
Inez Milholland Boissevain
Wilson
Moore Theatre
Dorothy Gibba
Milk Firms Sell to New York Buyer for Million
Mount Vernon and Ferndale milk condensaries were sold Tuesday to George Peabody of New York for 1 million dollars in cash. Buyer John B. Agen refused to identify buyers but speculation ties large milk companies to the transaction. Gail Borden Co. is rumored as purchaser. Carnation Milk Co. denies involvement.
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Mount Vernon
Ferndale
John B. Agen
BE. Peabody
New York
Agen
Gail Borden Co
Auburn
K. H. Stuart
Carnation Milk Co
Speeding uncover trunk of whisky in city crackdown
Officer Harvey of the dry squad stopped a fast auto truck at Union and Western avenues. A 50 gallon barrel of whisky was found as cargo. Arthur King, manager of King Transfer Co., and helper J A McLean, were arrested for liquor law violations and released on $500 bond each.
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Harvey
Union At
Western Ave
Arthur King
King Transfer Co
J. A. McLean
Harmony at the Republican HQ as ex-presidents meet
United Press notes October New York scene at Union League club where Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft exchanged handshakes and minimal words amid a bustling reception. Chauncey Depew and Elroy Hughes present as John Root and W. Murray Crane interact. Penrose and Barnes arrival noted.
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J. P. Yoder
United Press
New York
Harmony Duet
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Harmony
Union League Club
Roosevelt
Taft
Will
Theodore
Chauncey M. Depew
Chares E. Hughes
Colonel
W. Murray Crane
Root
Chicago
Boles Penrose
Penrose
Wm. Barnes
A Good Scout Eats Without Fear
A jingle-style ad promises that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets let readers enjoy rich dishes without fear. It claims many foods are banned unless using the tablets and urges readers to try a free trial or buy a 50 cent box from drug stores.
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Stuart
Bulgars Capture Rumanian Town Malakkalafat
Sofia reports Bulgarian forces have occupied the Rumanian town of Malakkalafat near the Danube. The war office also said Romanian units crossed into Bulgaria and were repelled after Bulgarian monitors destroyed a pontoon bridge.
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Sofia
Malakkalafat
Danube
War Office
Bulgaria
Village Taken by British Army Near Bapaume
London reports that Bliaucourt LAbbaye, three miles from Bapaume, was completely occupied by British forces in the Somme offensive. British troops had pressed into the village days earlier and cleared out remaining German resistance in last nights actions.
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London
Bliaucourt L’abbaye
Bapaume
Somme
Haig
Doll Dinner Hosted by 9 Year Old Ernst at Seward School
Eleanor Ernst, daughter of Frederick A. Ernst, entertained the dolls and their mothers from Seward school with a special dinner. The hostess presided over a doll table serving real food cooked in toy utensils on a toy stove.
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Eleanor Ernst
Frederick A. Ernst
Seward School
Hair cosmetics promise to restore dark even color
A society lady with gray hair used Q-Ban shampoo on her hair and scalp two to three times weekly. The ad claims Q-Ban is harmless and not a dye, and supposedly revives color glands to restore natural dark shade within a week of daily use then few times weekly.
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Mass
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Ferullo
Walter Bowman
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R. B. Cogdon
Pullman
Wash
J. W. Merriman
W. C. Bryant
James M. Kyle
Stanfield
Ore
C. W. Rowley
First Ave
Miss M. Masconi
Waldorf
Co. N. Keith
Lumber Exchange
J. H. Gordon
J. B. Snyder
Everett
F. Scully
Stanley
H. N. Wilkerson
Fourth Ave
BE. N. Clinton
13Th Ave
Charles M. Morgan
Sunnyside Ave
Seatte
Interurban
Rumania
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Presado
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Ine
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T. R
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Stuart Building
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