Tango Mania Hits Seattle Society Balls
Seattle society buzzes over the Tango with Harry Treat out of town. The Washington hotel ballroom is set for Tango debuts on November 15 and weekly Saturday teas as cream circles practice the new dance amid socials and teas. William Poetach, an embezzler, thanks police as he is taken into custody in Chicago.
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Seattle
Harry Whitney
Harry
New York
Society Ia
Washington Hotel
Dreamland
Hippodrome
Harry Treat
Frisco
William Poetach
Wallace the extemporizer on the pipe organ at the Dream
Oliver Wallace, famed for improvised organ work, discovers a gift for extemporizing while at the Dream theatre. He battles nerves, learns by sighting moving pictures, and creates dramatic scores for silent films, often topping his own expectations. He treats each cue as a story to tell.
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Oliver Wallace
Wallace
Clemmer
Moving Picture Theatre
Christ
Jesus
Calvary
Wally
Diaz Defies Huerta Threatens Mexican Political Crisis
Cipher dispatches from Washington say the Diaz situation is dire with a possible revolution if he stays. Huerta orders Diaz to Havana. Diaz remains in Mexico amid arrests of his supporters and claims of lacking funds for travel.
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General
Huerta
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Fetix Diaz
Ding
Diaz
Zaragonzs
Havana
Indan
Alcolea
de la Barra
Paris
Coffins Sought As Mine Tragedy Traps 287 Workers
Fourteen corpses and 23 survivors were recovered from the Stag Canon coal mine near Dawson New Mexico after an explosion entombed the entire day shift of 287 workers. Coroner estimates 230 men remain hopelessly trapped while rescue operations continue under deadly afterdamp with oxygen gear. Manager O'Brien led the effort as many workers, mostly Mexican nationals and a few Americans, endured toxic fumes and unstable wreckage.
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O'Brien
Homes Taking Star and Times and Hormen
Fragmentary note mentions Homes taking Star and Times and Hormen taking P.T. and Homes taking fun with no other paper. A stray statistic reads 1 percent or 27 percent of Times and unclear context.
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Star
Times
Hormen
P.T
Bun
Mayor Condemns injunction in Sapho movie case
Melbourne mayor denounces government by injunction after judge halts closure of Sapho at the theatre. He notes censorship board fairness and calls for immediate hearing, arguing censors deserve support and that injunctions undermine their work.
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Sapho
Cotterill
Moving Picture Censor Board
Portola Festival Features Police Drill and Golf News
The Portola festival in San Francisco showcased police drill and a golf competition at the San Francisco Golf and Country Club today. A harbor patrol crew rescued 28 year old Mike Walden from drowning near Madison Street, pulling him from the bay.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Golf and Country Club
J. R. Robinson
A. Gunterman
Mike Walden
Madison St
Ballot for Women Hopes Raised by Lloyd George Speech
In Swindon England on October 23 Chancellor David Lloyd George said a bill soon granting women the ballot on equal terms with men would be passed. He spoke at a public gathering outlining the government’s intent to extend suffrage.
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David Lloyd-George
Senate confirms Lynch for New York labor post
Albany Oct 23 The senate confirms the appointment of President Lynch of the International Typographical Union to the New York state labor commissionership.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Lynch
International Typographical Union
New York
Thaw Indicted on Conspiracy Charge in New York
Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, was indicted by a New York grand jury for conspiracy concerning his escape from Matteawan asylum. The indictment is expected to lead to extradition from New Hampshire and return to Matteawan.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Matteawan Asylum
New Hampshire
Matteawan
Ambitious Portland Wife Cited in Divorce Defense
Garnet McGraw employs a fortune teller defense in a divorce suit claiming his wife sought to end the marriage after being told her next marriage would be wealthy.
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Portland
Garnet McGraw
May Pinch Em Warrants Target Seattle Liquor Sellers
Prosecuting Attorney Murphy says warrants will be issued Monday against 50 liquor sellers in Seattle who have not paid current state license fees. Dealers face fines from 100 to 500 dollars or imprisonment from one to six months.
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Seattle
Murphy
Smuggling Confession Tells Why Chinese Man Smuggled Opium
Lee June, a Chinese immigrant, told Federal Judge Wellborn he smuggled opium after bandits in China kidnapped his father and brother. He faced a short sentence of three months and said he needed eight thousand dollars. An advertisement notes shorthand training at Myatt Fowells.
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Wallace
Jim
Clemmer
Wally
Los Angeles
Lee June
Wellborn
Celestial Republic
Lee
Myatt- Fowells, 4Th and Pine
Advt
Morals of a Girl Employer's Business Questioned
At an Everett hearing of the State Industrial Welfare Commission two appointees Mrs Theresa McMahon and Mrs Florence Swanson argued that an employer has no right to judge a female worker's conduct outside work hours. J M Winslow of the Independent Telephone Co said morals matter to protect clean employees and boost efficiency. The two women contended moral status is not grounds for dismissal.
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Gov. Lister
State Industrial Welfare Commission
Theresa McMahon
Seattle
Florence Swanson
Tacoma
Industrial Welfare Commission
Everett
J. M. Winslow
Independent Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Mrs. McMahon
Winslow
Widow twins spark pension inquiry in Chehalis
Juvenile officers investigate a widow's pension claim in Chehalis noting she recently gave birth to twins and her husband holds a lucrative job. The finding adds context to the widow's eligibility in the case.
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Chehalis
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