Talks of Ships Bill at Port's Celebration
Congressman J. W. Bryan spoke on The Uses of a Port at Seattle port districts fourth anniversary celebration on Beil Street recreation pier. He urged government ownership of transportation and American content aboard vessels, insisting no pride in ships with foreign crews. He predicted seamen's bill would not be repealed and urged a new ship purchase bill to carry freight for Uncle Sam.
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J. W. Bryan
Seattle
Beil St. Recreation Pier
Bryan
Washington
Uncle Sam
Denial of White Woman Interest in Sacramento Death
Hock Kim brother of Ah King denies a mysterious white woman followed him to California after the Sacramento death. Ah King’s body remains in Sacramento with funeral postponed to mid next week, under the care of Harry Toy and Senator Dan Landon, his attorney.
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New Richmond
Ah King
Sacramento
Hock Kim
California
Harry Toy
Dan Landon
Thaw Arrives in Sacramento in Custody Question Row
Harry K. Thaw reached Sacramento after midnight and breakfasted at 10 15 AM. He waved reporters away and dismissed a question about his divorce suit urging custody of a boy named Russell. He replied I know nothing of any boy.
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Sacramento
Harry K. Thaw
United Press
Evelyn Thaw
Russell
Thaw
Expo's Debt Cleared as Mortgage Burned in San Francisco
A $1,200,000 mortgage carried by the exposition since January was burned last night before about 100,000 in San Francisco. President Moore spoke of the financial struggle that helped make the fair a success.
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San Francisco
Moore
Mexican Bandits Elude Pursuers Near Brownsville
Mexican bandits who abducted and killed two Americans near Brownsville are surrounded in brush near Fresno. While thought to be the entire group, they proved to be only a small detachment. Civilians and trappers resume the search for the main body as reports claim deaths in the last day in skirmishes with deputies and troops.
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Brownsville
Tex
Fresno
Boys Burn Schoolhouse Over Fine Weather
Two ten year olds Jos Thetford and Eddie Arnold in Keisher school district near Phoenix admit burning their schoolhouse because the weather was too fine to go to class. They confessed the prank citing pleasant conditions as the motive.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jos
Brumbaugh to Visit Seattle With Pennsylvania Delegation
Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania arrives in Seattle Tuesday with a party of state officials and their wives. Secretary Otto Case arranges an auto tour of the city, a luncheon at the Commercial Club, and an afternoon reception inviting all former residents of Pennsylvania.
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Gov. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Seattle
Otto Case
The
Commercial Club
Louise the Louise schooner afloat near Hoquiam in fog
The three masted schooner Louise, Captain Olson, bound from Honolulu to Hoquiam with ballast, was not in danger of going ashore off the north jetty. She dropped anchor in heavy fog but will be towed into the port today.
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Hoquiam
Louise
Olson
Honolulu
Chief Police Chief Kills Man in Escape Attempt
In Hingham Massachusetts on September 4 Chief of Police Washington James was beaten by prisoners and locked in a cell during an escape attempt. Spectators released the chief who then pursued the men and shot and killed James Harmon.
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Hingham
Mass
Washington James
Spectatora
James Harmon
Turks Burn Towns Near Athens
Turks burned the Armenian villages of Ismidt and Nicomedie and killed many inhabitants, according to travelers arriving today.
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Athens
Turke
Ismidt and
Nicomedie
Suit Filed Over $2000 Damages From Jitney Bus Collision
A. R. Long files a lawsuit seeking $2000 against O Young, a jitney driver, claiming his motorcycle was struck by Young’s bus on May 22. The action requests compensation for injuries and damages from the collision.
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A. R. Long
O Young
Young
Orpheum Season Opens With Double Headliners and New Acts
The Orpheum theatre launches its 1915-1916 season Sunday with two headline attractions Joseph Hart in A Telephone Tangle and Erwin and Jane Connelly in Sweethearts, plus acts by Wilson and Lenotre Pipifax and Panic Harry Devine and Belle Wilhames and more. The program includes Orpheum Travel Weekly, a busy orchestra, and a slate of vaudeville and musical acts at the Empress and Lots theatres with films and lectures to follow.
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Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum
Joseph Hart
Madge Caldwell
Erwin
Jane Connelly
W. S Gilbert
Wilson
Lenotre
Pipifax
Panic
Harry Devine
Belle Wil Hames
Brown and
McCormack
Albert
Irving
Chas
Burnett
Harmonium
Health Advice Warning Laments Weakness and Ill Health
A publication warns that success is nearly unattainable for the frail and ill and that illness often begins in deranged stomach liver kidneys or bowels. It emphasizes impairment of health and sickness as linked to digestive and bodily disorders.
For Freckled Tanned Red or Wrinkled Skin
An advertisement promises clear skin by applying mercurial wax nightly to remove freckles blotches liver spots moth patches and similar blemishes with no discomfort. It claims skin color and texture improve as old surface layers shed, aided by a saxolite face bath for fine lines and wrinkles.
Resinol Ointment and Soap Sold Widely Says Ad
An advertisement claims Resinol contains no harsh substances and can be used on irritated skin. It notes that every druggist sells Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap, implying broad availability.
Train Wreck Kills Over 200. Refugees Safe at Vera Cruz
Washington dispatch reports more than 200 people died in a train wreck east of Mexico City several days ago. The wreck delayed a train carrying 45 American refugees, which eventually reached Vera Cruz in safety.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Silliman
Vera Cruz
Girl Hurt by Jitney Driver After Being Dragged
Miss Helen Barinski, 17, of 218 West 48th Street, sustained injuries Friday evening when dragged 80 feet under a jitney on Leary Avenue. Driver August Olson, 2908 Second Avenue Northeast, is held in the city jail. Olson says the girl darted from behind a milk wagon into his path. She is expected to recover.
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Altho
Helen Barinski
48Th St
Providence Hospital
Leary Ave
August Olson
Second Ave
N. E
Official denies resignation from state commission
Charlies G. Helfner, commissioner for the state, says he did not resign. He was in Seattle en route to New York on a business trip and explains he offered a resignation but Gov. Lister asked him to withdraw it, with the commission granting 60 days' absence.
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Charlies G. Helfner
Seattle
New York
Everett Lumber Vessel Sunk With All Crew Saved
Confirmation reached San Francisco that the British lumber bark William T. Lewis, from Everett to Sheerness, England, sank but all crew members were saved. Owned by Hind, Rolph & Co. of San Francisco, with Mayor Rolph as a member, the vessel carried 2,000,000 feet of lumber valued at 15,000 dollars. the ship itself was worth 46,000 dollars.
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San Francisco
William T. Lewis
Everett
Sheerness
England
Hind, Rolph & Co
Rolph
Loss of liquor license revenues raises 1916 taxes
Olympia reports state liquor license revenue losses will require about 1 200 000 more dollars from taxpayers in 1916 to fund local government operations, per figures by State Treasurer Meath.
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Olympia
Meath
Navy Yard machinists named for Ensign rank
Bremer ton area notes list machinist Frank R. King chief machinist W D Sullivan and gunner Albert Ossinger of Bremerton navy yard as named by the navy department to be examined for rank of ensign. Other items include a centralia suit for damages, a county commissioner's assault, and local political notes.
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Frank R. King
W. D. Sullivan
Albert Ossinger
Bremerton Navy Yard
Navy Department
Alice Butler
Centraiia
Puget Sound & Waillapa
Slayden
Pierce County
A. H. Denman
Doc A. C. A. Lewis
Centralia
Tacoma
J. H. Spangler
Colorado
Adjt
John Chase
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Threth
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St. Paul
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