Eleven Die In Juneau Fire At Local Hotel Disaster
Juneau Alaska Sept 5 Fire swept through the Juneau hotel and McGrath building leaving eleven dead and fourteen seriously injured. Will Morrison formerly of Portland jumped from the hotel third floor and died. Walter Davenport Tacoma painter and Selina Dowling recovered bodies identified among the dead. Damage is estimated at $50000 with no insurance and five more believed trapped under debris.
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Will Morrison
Portland
Walter Davenport
Tacoma
Selina Dowling
Juneau
Alaska
McGrath
Douglas
Nose District
Train Derailment Near Fremont Kills Four, Injures Many
An 800 line passenger train No 17 derailed a mile south of Fremont Wisconsin after hitting an open switch. Four people were killed and more than 40 injured as doctors nurses and all available ambulances rushed to the wreck.
Darrow Reviews Exhibits in McNamara Case
Clarence Darrow and associates viewed exhibits in the McNamara dynamite case. Items included dynamite sticks, clocks, bombs, letters, telegrams, and receipts for money paid to Ortie McManigal. District Attorney Frederick's staff moved to the Hall of Records with offices prepared for their work.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
John J
Jas. B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
John J. McNamara
Ortle K E. McManigal
John D. Fredericks
Hall of Records
Kiss Sparks Million-Dollar Laugh at L A Depot
A taxi driver, calling his kiss his fortune, shocked onlookers when he swooned after kissing Vivian Templeton at a Los Angeles depot. Templeton cried she had no money as the driver boasted his face as his fortune and urged onlookers to search him. The scene drew hundreds.
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Los Angeles
Vivian Co
Frantisco Iri
Miss Templeton
Bull
Fisher On Way To Seattle
Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher departed for Seattle aboard the revenue cutter Tahoma. He spoke at a banquet on safeguarding public interests and consumer protection, urging more road development for Alaska. In Spain, aviator M L Jarrestier died when his aircraft motor exploded and the plane burned.
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Skagway
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Walter L. Fisher
Seattle
Tahoma
Inter
Fisher
Huelva
Spain
M. L. Jarrestier
Jarrestler
Norwegian immigrant Ben King dies in suspected gas suicide
Ben King, a Norwegian living at 1406 Sixth Ave, reportedly committed suicide by gas. His body was found in his room at 6:30 AM with all cracks and keyholes stopped. King, also known as Birger Bjorn, worked as a teamster at Pike Place Market and held a diploma from a Norwegian agricultural college earned in 1903. He had been drinking heavily and left with no money.
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Ben King
Sixth Av
King
Pike Place Market
Birger Bjorn
Norway
Bjorn
Pristianssund
Fleet review at Toulon signals French strength
Fully coaled and provisioned, the French home fleet totaling eight battleships and nine armored cruisers was massed off Toulon for review by President Fallier and the cabinet. The fleet, exceeding the German home fleet in tonnage, stood ready for any emergency as Kaiser Wilhelm watched.
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Toulon
France
Fallier Few
Teey
Kaiser Wibele
Blood transfusion may save girl in Spokane
Mabe Mount, 19, in Spokane, remained hopeful after a blood transfusion operation performed by her fiancé Elmer Gaines of Lewiston Idaho. Her vitality, near collapse, has begun to rise as recovery progresses.
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United Press
Spokane
Mabe! Mount
Elmer Gaines
Lewiston
Idaho
Judges Who Fear No Criticism From The People
D K R Wilson argues that many judges come from varied backgrounds and may be appointed for life, insulated from public or executive pressure. He criticizes how political maneuvering can place individuals on the bench, potentially biasing judicial interpretation toward personal interests.
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D. K R. Wilson
Independent Magazine
Wanted Helpers and Tradesfolk in Early city Classifieds
A dense run of wants and job ads from early Seattle listings including positions for wireman, barber, chandelier maker, cabinet makers, plumber helper, salesmen, stout store clerk, janitor, maid, and hotel staff. Notable employers include Seattle Mattress & Upholstering Co, Beattie, Frederick & Nelson, and Crazy A Dw ig Union. Ads specify wages, locations, and required experience across a wide trades and service spectrum.
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A. Smith
Alaska
Mathaas
Seattle Mattress & Upholstering Co
Mathay
Massachusetts
Ind. Abzil
Kalsominer
Prt
Stenger & Hemmer
Frederick & Weises
Apply
Geo. A. Smith
Weed
Diller Hotel
BF Oni
Mens
Aring
Atted-Stenographers
Singerman & Sons
Mayharday
Beattie
Ratier
Eee
Hright Bey
Chanel
Joorman
Onnedy
Second
Hattery
Race Epinner
Jostice Mationery Co
Maynard
Portee
Jos Bowman
Hazel
Wash
Nelson Mercantile Co
Ballard
North
Thomas St
Denny
Kas
Jackson
Currin & Greene
Tlood Cook
Heneca
Reindeer Teamman Begins Overland Trek From Seattle
Frank Clemens drives two Alaska white tailed reindeer named Buster and Babe from Seattle toward New York city. The animals, the country’s only harnessed reindeer, were captured near Cordova a year ago and trained to respond to Clemens. They reportedly follow his lead with unusual trust in the wildlife journey.
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Buster
Babe
Frank Clemens
Seattle
New York City
Clemens
Cordova
Alaska
Voters Decide Major Bond Issues Across City and County
Election day opens at eight and continues until eight with bonds totalling 3 546 000 on the ballot. Major items include a 100 000 0 courthouse site near the Coliseum and a 1 000 000 river water system extension plus 500 000 for an art museum site. Others cover fire houses police substations and a municipal dock as well as two bridges and a port district proposal. The Municipal League urges rejection of most bonds while favoring river watershed land and the municipal dock among few supports.
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Coliseum Theatre
Cedar
Providence Hospital
Woo Por City Stables
Fremont
Spokane
Harrison
League
Municipal League
Peoce
Big River Vanishes Near Volcano Lake
San Bernardino September 6 The Colorado River is draining into a huge hole two miles north of Volcano Lake near Yuma. Engineer Wm Cranston reports the river nearly disappears with thousands of dead fish in Volcano Lake. Water is believed to flow through an underground passage to the Gulf of Mexico.
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San Hernardino
Cal
Colorado River
Volcano Lake
Yuma
Wm. Cranston
Engineer
Gulf of Mexico
Tacoma Crowd Packs Historic Rome Spectacle At Stadium
Tacoma drew a record Pacific coast attendance for a single entertainment last night with about 60 000 inside and around the concrete Stadium while an estimated 15 000 to 16 000 could not view the show.
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Tacoma
Septe
Pacific Coast
Special Train Bears Message to Former Champion’s Family
A train bearing a messenger flies across Alaska to alert Jas Jeffries and his brother John of their mother’s serious illness. The elderly mother believes death nears and wishes to have her sons with her.
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Los Angeles
Kenai Penincula
Alaska
Jas
Jeffries
John
Land near county road offers 5 acres for sale
Five acre tract of bottom land with 635 feet frontage on the North Pacific Railway right of way. Level soil and near a large packing plant. Potential factory site with a truck garden value. Priced at 500 dollars per acre with reasonable terms and title provided.
Boy Murderer Gets 20 Years
A 17 year old bell boy at a fashionable New York hotel was sentenced to not less than 20 years and not more than life for axing a wealthy guest. He showed no emotion in court and departed for Bing Sing, ignoring his tearful mother.
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New York
Here
Adge Crain
Geidel
Bing Sing
Sugar Prices Rise as Refining Firms Lead Market
Sugar prices climb in New York as American Sugar Refining and rivals increase quotes. Granulated sugar moves to 6.35 cents after a 20 point day rise, while raw Cuba centrifugal stays nominal at 5.35 cents with little availability.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Cuba
Trackwalker Seifert Surrenders After Ballard Shooting
Sheriff Hodge and deputies searched woods near Richmond Beach and tracked north from Ballard for the suspect Charles Seifert the Great Northern trackwalker who shot and killed John Craig section foreman. Seifert walked into Ballard police to surrender after fleeing into the woods.
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Hodge
Beebe
Richmond Beach
Roberts
Malone
Mille
Ballard
Charles Seifert
Great Northern
John Craig
Craig
Seifert
New
Seifert and Craig linked in Lantern Dispute and Shooting
The text describes Seifert a heavy drinker living as a bachelor in a small Richmond shack who bought much food at Kennedy store. He spoke calmly about a shooting to police and sheriff deputies and directed them to the revolver. Seifert says Craig owed him 55 dollars and feared a gun, while Greek section residents cite a lantern dispute as the trigger.
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Kennedy
Richmond
Seifert
Craig
Refused to Marry Sparks Tragic Shooting in LI
New York date line reports Catherine Van Wyck and William A. Childs Jr. were to wed in California but are found dead in the morgue after Childs shot the woman at Quogue Long Island then killed himself. Childs, 20, is son of Englewood millionaire William A. Childs. he had just graduated from Princeton. Friends say she refused the marriage and he then killed himself.
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New York
California
Catherine van Wyck
Wm.a. Childs, Jr
Childs
Wm. A. Childs
Englewood
N. J
Los Angeles
Quogue
L. I
Princeton
Centenarian C Crawley Dies in Memphis at 116
Memphis reports the death of C Crawley aged 116, a longtime resident who had lived in Crenshaw before moving to Memphis two years prior. The obituary notes his long life and local ties.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. Crawley
Crenshaw
Ise
California girl aviator makes perfect Staten Island flight
Miss Harriet Quimby of California astonishes Staten Island fair spectators by flying her Moisant biplane in three perfect circuits over the grounds.
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New York
Harriet Quimby
California
Tall 42 Story Building Construction Contract Let
Excavation for a 42 story building on Seconday and Yesterday will start shortly after October 1. The contract was let to Whitney Steen Co of New York, announced by J W Clise, local agent for the L C Smith estate.
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Seconday
J. W. Clise
L. C. Smith Estate
Whitney-Steen Co
New York
Beattie Defense Finished. Trial Focuses on Murder of Young Wife
Chesterfield courthouse Virginia Sept 5 Henry Clay Beattie Jr resumes testimony in the murder trial of his young wife. Beattie asserts he is innocent and the judge limits examination with predefined time for direct cross and reexamination. Witnesses including Henry Latham and Mrs Houchins place Beattie near key phone calls and statements before the crime.
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Chesterfield Courthouse
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beattie
Watson
Wendenburg
Latham
W. B. Hart
Boy Survives After Horse Kick Loses Brain Tissue
Vancouver report says 14 year old Joseph Mc Kenna was kicked by a horse losing a tablespoonful of brains and a half dollar sized hole in the skull. He rose and chased the animal for hundreds of feet before losing consciousness on the operating table.
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Vancouver
Joseph McKenna
McKenna
Garros Sets World Altitude Record In France Flight
Parame France Sept. 5 The French aviator Reliand Garros broke the world altitude record rising to 13 943 feet SPRING LAKE New Jersey Sept 5 Reports indicate about 40 state governors will attend the conference of governors from Sept 12 to 17 Thirty seven have already accepted
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Parame
France
G. Garros
Spring Lake
N. J
Robbed and Thrown From Bankside Embankment Incident
James Strandes of Yates at 1524 Sixth Ave was accosted near West Lighthouse on Fort Lawton last night. A male duo offered him a drink then snatched $100 in gold and a gold item from his pockets before hurling him down a 50 foot embankment into the bay. He was rescued nearly drowned.
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James Strandes
West Lighthouse
Fort Lawton
al Tle
Beulah Binford in Moving Picture Drama
Beulah Binford the girl in the Beattie murder trial will figure as the heroine in a moving picture drama. The idea is to give theatre patrons nationwide a chance to see the girl who appears prominently in the ongoing murder case.
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Washington
Lah Binford
Derby cross country flight wins for Bar Ovington in Boston
The second annual Boston aero meet event covered 160 miles across states and was the longest cross country contest in the country. Bar Ovington of Boston won in a Bleriot monoplane. Lieutenant T D Milling in a Wright won the second division for biplanes.
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Boston
Bar Ovington
T. D. Milling
In & Wright
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Apply Superior Spety and Cracker Company
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