Taft forces in California likely abandon electors ballot bid
Frank admission says Taft supporters in California will not seek to place Taft electors on the November ballot and will concede to Wilson or Roosevelt. A late afternoon meeting at the St Francis hotel will decide the final course as organizers acknowledge the 11 000 signatures needed are unlikely to be gathered. Charles H Forbes, secretary of the Taft committee, noted the futility of the effort.
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Big vote expected despite the rain in state primaries
Rain fails to dampen turnout as progressives anticipate a heavy vote in today’s primaries. Four governor hopefuls compete with key races in the congress and state senate, while fraud vows prompt prosecution. Delegates to the progressive state convention will be chosen next Tuesday and results are to be announced from the Butler hotel.
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Bremerton
W. J. Biggar
Bellingham
Gordon C. Corbaley
Spokane
John A. Ballaine
Thomas F. Murphine
Roosevelt
Butler Hotel
King Dykeman
Superior Court
Butler
Tacoma
Story of Mrs Rumney neighbor worth another look
Fred L. Boalt profiles Hugh Rumney an ex minister and local neighbor who struggles with alcohol. The piece traces his descent from respected parish life in England to settling in Seattle with wife and child, his relapse and prison, and his death after a morphine funeral. Neighbors recall his quiet kindness and enduring love for his wife and child.
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Detective Fired Upon After Threats in Town
Special agent Carlson, active in securing convictions of eight men on white slavery and smuggling, says he was fired upon near his home at 1214 Hast with two assailants fleeing in an awaiting auto. He claims he hit one man. two others exchanged shots before escaping. Special Agent Haymer confirms threats against Carlson.
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Signage Planned at King Street Station Tower
A large sign for King Street Station’s passenger depot will flash from the darkness with seven inch letters. The contract is awarded and work will begin immediately. The sign, conceived by Louis, will spell System on all four sides of the tower.
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Vote for the Best Men on the Ticket Today
A call to participate in the progressive primary urging voters to go to the polls today and nominate Bob Hodge for governor and other top-ticket candidates. Emphasizes voting for upright men and civic duty.
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Explorer Ernest DeKoven Leffingwell Near Return After Arctic Quest
A Pasadena dispatch reports American explorer Ernest DeKoven Leffingwell, missing for 30 years during an Arctic expedition, is expected to return in the fall. He outfitted in Seattle in 1909, bought supplies there, and had the sloop Argo built in Ballard. His recent work includes mapping the north coast of Alaska.
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Alaska
Mrs John R McLean Near Death At Bar Harbor
Mrs John R McLean wife of a major newspaper publisher is at death's door in Bar Harbor Maine on September 7. Her husband is at her bedside and her son Edward B McLean and his wife have been summoned in haste.
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Roosevelt Seeks Monarchic Tax Of Dictum In Montana
Col Theodore Roosevelt, westward bound, spent the day in Montana. He arrived in Il l ings at noon and planned to stay overnight in Helena. He addressed numerous hamlets and singled out Spanish war veterans for a greeting. Roosevelt reiterated he is not against the job but argued a constitutional monarch would be a cross between a perpetual vice president and a leader of the 400. He said he would like other things but not a king. A moving picture operator filmed the day.
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Bequeaths Body for Dissection in District Court
Washington Sept. 7. Dr W J Mc Gee whose will is on file for probate in the district supreme court today left his body and brain to Dr B A Stpitzka of the Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia for dissection.
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W. J. McGee
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Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia
Beaux Arts Voters Buy Access for Distant Polling Day
Twenty Beaux Arts residents pay five dollars total to ride a launch to Bellevue for the polling place. The community, on Lake Washington, is described as Bohemian and progressive except for one socialist, with the vote priced at fifty cents per person.
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Bellevue
Shipping grows as yards rush to build 120 vessels
Washington reports that shipyards across the United States will be busier than in a decade with 120 steel vessels under construction or contract, totaling 254000 gross tons, compared with about 100000 tons the same time last year.
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United States
Bureau of Navigation
Woodmen of the World Honor I I Boon at Arcade Ball
About 300 Woodmen of the World members gathered at the Arcade ball to honor I I Boon head consul of the Pacific jurisdiction and one of the order’s founders. State Insurance Commissioner J H Schively spoke.
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I. I. Boon
Pacific Jurisdiction
Eastern Washington progressives mobilize for November election
Spokane dispatch notes orderly Progressive forces in Eastern Washington as today's primary selects leaders to organize a working force aimed at victory in the November polls. J. A. Falconer reports from Seattle Star.
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Seattle Star
Seattle
Wash
Washington
J. A. Falconer
Receivers Face Contempt Over Seattle Line Funds
Contempt actions may be brought against BE Mills and O D Colvin, Hanford receivers for the Seattle Renton and Southern, after being declared without jurisdiction and dismissed by Judge Cushman. They were ordered to turn over about 96 000 dollars to Scott Calhoun, appointed by Judge Frater, with roughly 90 000 still unpaid.
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Hanford
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Weather Forecast Showers Tonight and Sunday
Showers tonight and Sunday with moderate southerly winds. Temperature at noon is 66 degrees.
Talk on Vocations by Meyer Bloomfield in Seattle
Meyer Bloomfield director of the Boston Vocational Institute is in Seattle as a guest of the Y M C A. He will address business and professional men on Vocations for Young Men after a dinner in his honor at the Y M C A on Monday evening.
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Meyer Bloomfield
Boston Vocational Institute
Seattle
City contractors pay at least 2.76 a day, report says
City Engineer Dimmock told the board of public works yesterday that all contractors who have obtained city contracts since the adoption of the minimum wage law pay no less than 2.76 dollars per day to each workman. The report will be forwarded to the Central Labor Council in response to its inquiry.
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Central Labor Council
Labor Leaders Nominated for Industrial Commission
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, submitted four prominent labor leaders for seats on the new industrial commission to President Taft. The four names were not released, but it is widely believed John Mitchell is among them.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Taft
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