Convict Prize Fight Ends Under Labor Day Curbs
In Joliet Illinois labor day celebration featured a prize fight for convicts at the state penitentiary but Gov Dunne ordered it stopped after the match concluded. In Columbus Ohio police clashed with National Guard Company G at a baseball park boxing show with Col A E Gale in command and a tense standoff before police left the field. The planned main bout matched Jack Dillon of Indianapolis against Yankee Gilbert of New York.
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Beall
Elley
Col
A. E. Gale
Jack Dillon
Indianapolis
Gilbert
New York
United States Probes How Vessel Was Sunk Hesperian
The U S orders its abroad representatives to determine if the Allan liner Hesperian was mined or torpedoed. Consul Frost at Queenstown reports extreme doubt about the destruction method.
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Washington
United States
Frost
Queenstown
Senator Jones Encourages Guard Recruiting at Camp
Senator Wes ley L. Jones addressed business men soldiers at American Lake on Sept 7. He said the training camp would benefit individuals and the state, offering enjoyment and health benefits, and urged expanded National Guard recruiting.
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Business Men
American Lake
Wesley L. Jones
National Guard
Polly Pathe to See America First for Films
Polly Pathe plans a national tour to shoot Seeing America First with Misa Grace Wheeler Green and Mia Frances Pyers, aiming for weekly releases starting December 15. Alaska and Alhambra theaters feature Marguerite Clark in Helene of the North and The Goddess with Anita Stewart. Clemmers reports crowds for The Two Orphans and Three Weeks at Class A with Madeline Traverse and Chaplin.
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Pathe Company
Polly
Misa Grace Wheeler Green
New York
George McAneny
Pathe
Mia
Frances Pyers
America
Alaska
Marguerite Clark
Helene
North
Miss Clark
Sarah Bernhardt
Belle Isle
France
Alhambra Vitagraph
Alhambra
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Elinor Glyn
Madeline Traverse
Charlie Chaplin
Weekend Film Showings Across Theaters
Alhambra presents The Goddess with Anita Stewart and Earle Williams on Saturday. Melbourne features Fanchon the Cricket with Mary Pickford on Tuesday. Mission screens Jewal with Ella Hall and Mabel and Fatty Visit the Fair. Colonial shows A Knight of the Trail with William S Hart and Leona Hutton and When Hungry Hamlet Filed a comedy. Jit offers The Mutual Weekly with Winifred Greenwood. Clemmer showcases The Tworphans with Theda Bara and Jean Sothern on Tuesday. Class A presents Three Weeks with Madaline Travere and The Cup of Life with Bessie Barriscale.
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Ella Hall
Mabel
Fatty
Wm. S. Hart
Leona Hutton
Hamlet
Winifred Greenwood
Ed Coxen
Mutual Weekly
Orpheum Opens Under New Management With Sweethearts Bill
The Orpheum theatre debuts under Pa Burtons management this week featuring the vaudeville lineup headlined by Erwin and Jane Connelly in Sweethearts a two act sentimental love idyll. Wilson and Lenore entertain with song whistling and mimicry while Charlotte Madge Caldwell stars in A Telephone Tangle. Piptfax Paulo Derrie Belle Williams and Albert Irving perform acrobatics dances and parodies.
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Jane Connelly
Orpheum Theatre
Pa” Burton
Wilson
Lenore
Chariie Chaplin
Miss Lenore
Charlotte Madge Caldwell
Piptfax
Paulo
Harry Derrie
Belle Willams
Albert
Irving
Lois Theatre Bill Marquee Highlights
The Lois theatre presents Mantell's Marionette Hippodrome as the feature act with Molilet and Dainty Marjorie offering dancing and singing. W. L. Thorpe and company perform a sketch "On the Yukon" while The Neri Duo provide operatic numbers. The Bounding Pattersons entertain with acrobatic tricks.
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Molilet
Dainty Marjorie
W. L. Thorpe and Company
Yukon
Bounding Pattersons
War Sketch At The Empress This Week
Within the Lines is a war sketch at the Empress theatre this week. The Washingtonians, a quartet of saxophones and a snare drummer, perform with Karl on a one string violin and a male trio vocalists. Alpha troupe does hoop juggling. Acrobats Albert Rouget and a girl, plus Allen Campbell and Doris Greenwood in opera and ragtime.
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Empress Theatre
Washingtonians
Karl
Alpha
Albert Rouget
Allen Campbell
Doris Greenwood
Petrograd Chief Is Killed Rumor Stirs Panic
Berlin papers report Petrograd panic over rumors of German capture near Higa. An Athens dispatch says the Argten police president was assassinated amid the terror, as verified rumors circulate in global chatter.
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Sayville
Petrograd
Higa
Athens
Arge Ten Police
Naked sailor hauled to HQ after altercation
The story describes Oscar Owear Erickson, a sailor, who joined a fight and appeared naked. Officers EB Yoris and M B Arbo restrained him near Washington Street and carried him to headquarters in a barrel.
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EB. Yoris
M. 8. Arbogast
Washington St
Old Man Struck by Auto in Portland May Die
An aging man identified as Thurlow or James Moore, 60, wholesale liquor salesman of Portland, was fatally injured when a delivery auto driven by C. J. Fairhurst, TacoMa Dry Goods city salesman, jumped the curb on Jefferson Street between Third and Second Avenues at 8:40 Tuesday morning. The car mounted the curb, pinned him against the Arctic Club building, breaking a window. He was taken to City Hospital with a crushed chest, fractured skull, and abdominal injuries. Thurlow later briefly revived and claimed the name James Moore.
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James Moore
Portland
C. J. Fairhurst
Tacoma
Jefferson St
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Second Aves
Arctic Club
Thurlow
Jefferson
Fairhurst
Club Baths
Ones
Notable Stage Acts At New Pan Tages Theatre This Week
The bill features Mme. Zenda and Mercedes Crane in a mind reading mystery, Fred Lewis and Martha Chapin as the nimble duo the nifty nuts, and Nana the Oriental dancer delivering graceful yet bizarre performances. E. J. Moore offers skilled sleight of hand tricks, Fong Choy presents a colorful musical comedy, while Earl Flynn and Nettie McLaughlin perform elegant dances.
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New Pantages
Mme
Zenda
Mercedes Crane
Fred Lewis
Martha Chapin
Nana
E. J. Moore
Bankers Debate War Impact With Expert Views
At the American Bankers convention delegates hear Frank D. Brundage assess Europe’s financial ruin and possible remedies. Other financiers discuss trade balances, gold shipments, commercial loans, and the global scramble for markets after the war.
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Frank D. Brundage
Brundage
Europe
London
Trade unions oppose plan for compulsory enlistment
In Bristol on September 7 the trade union congress passed unanimous resolutions denouncing any government plan of compulsory enlistment. The motion follows reports that the government is considering forcing shirkers into military service as a possible future step.
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Bristol
Eng
Trade Union Congress
Charlie Marble Rises Blister After City Hall Handshake
Councilman Marble has a sore right hand after shaking hands with a thousand people at city hall on Tuesday forenoon. He returns from a three week auto trip to the Pacific coast via Hood Canal Road, calling it the greatest scenic trip in the world.
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Charlie
Pacific Ocean
Hood Canal
Venice Bombarded Again As War Air Offensive Continues
Austrian planes struck Venice for the fifth time since the war began. One craft was downed by anti aircraft fire and fell into the lagoon, with its pilot and observer killed or missing.
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Rome
Venice
Cap
Mayor Bell Goes Trial in Indianapolis Election Frauds
Mayor Joseph Bell, indicted with 100 others in Marion County election frauds, goes on trial today in Indianapolis on a conspiracy charge. The case is viewed as a test for Tom Taggart's Democratic organization in Indiana and its fate hinges on Bell's outcome.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Bell
Marion County
Tom” Taggart
Indiana
Bell
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