Exit of a nameless Super in a bar tragedy
A stage manager narrator recalls a footless unnamed man known only as a “super” who dies drunk in the Sunset bar. The piece contrasts the indifference of editors and public figures with the man’s quiet end in Potter’s field, noting that stars or supers both play their parts in life’s show.
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Emag
Re District
Second Nr. S
Washat Riley Fry
Riley Fry
Fry
Ieman
Sunset Bar
Second No. 8
Washington St
Butterworth's
Roosevelt
Clarence Darrow
Europe
Supers
Bitterworth
Darrow Tackles Labor Strife At Dreamland Rally
Clarence Darrow drew 4,000 to Dreamland rink for a two hour speech on the industrial crisis. He argued direct action can advance liberty, criticized courts, injunctions, and the Times bombing, and urged fair judgment of the McNamara brothers.
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Clarence S. Darrow
Labor
Dreamland Rink
McNamara Brothers
York
Darrow
Los Angeles
J. B. McNamara
Times Alley
McNamaras
George McNamara
The
Labor Union Record
Roosevelt
Eugene V. Debs
Two Principals in Shooting Case Question Unanswered
A 1:15 AM shooting injured Mrs Al Thomas at 607 Lane St as Jack Sheehan and George Adams, both involved, dispute details. Police found no clear motive while Sheehan and Adams are held pending investigation. a separate forecast notes northeast winds and 76 at noon.
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Jack Sheehan
al Thomas
City Hospital
Department of the Po
Lane St
Mayor Cotterill Injuries Serious After Sultan River Site
Mayor Cotterill remains confined at home for two to three weeks to allow ligaments and tendons to unite after injuries at the Sultan river power site. Doctors say the injuries are painful but not expected to cause permanent trouble. Meanwhile, important business and correspondence are handled at his home. MOURN FOR MIKADO Japan observes the emperor funeral with almost all Japanese businesses closed. Most doors bear mourning emblems and shops remain shut as part of the observance.
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Cotterill
Sultan River
Nogi and wife die in Japan's imperial funeral scene
At Tokyo's Aoyama parade ground General Baron Kiten Nogi and his wife killed themselves to honor the late Emperor Mutsubito as hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the streets. The funeral cortege moved under a heavy guard while soldiers and dignitaries filed past.
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Tokio
Nippon
Muteuhito
Baron Kiten Nogi
Port Arthur
Aoyama
Nogi
Japan
Nagi
Tokyo
Mutsubito
Momoyamea
Kioto
Kwammu
Mikado
Yoahi
Cupid Commandments Sought for Heart Breakers Contest
The Star invites readers to submit love making commandments for the Heart Breakers contest at Moore theatre starting September 19. Entries from young women, bachelors, and married readers are welcome. all must reach the contest editor by noon September 18 for a chance at theatre tickets.
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B. C
Seattle
Seattie
R. C
L. H
Star
Moore Theatre
Mose
Our Hero Returns in Waterfront Mystery Tragedy
A night on the Grand Trunk dock unfolds a murky tale as a photographer detective pursues a case of a missing suitcase and a lamb. Police, a congressman tied to the items, and a bearded suspect trail the plot toward a reveal labeled I AM A TRIMMER.
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Grand Trunk
Tennant
Washington
King County Republicans Lead as Primary Votes Tallied
Vote totals show Republicans with over 17,000 ballots in King County though final results were uncertain due to ballot counts for non partisan judges. Notable figures include Flay 13,645 and Humprhey 13,363 with Fishback 8,074 and Shively 6,259. Shannon Mulligan Boyle and Lambert elected constables.
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King County
J. H. Lechively
Fishback
Quigley
Flay
Billings
Humphrey
Rice
Shively
Hammond
Fay
Meath
Cox
Shannon
Mulligan
Boyle
Lambert
C Allen Dale Named Head of County Progressives
At a Butler headquarters meeting the county central committee elected C Allen Dale as county chairman in place of George W Dilling who will be in eastern Washington. Thomas F Murphine remains county secretary after resigning his state post to better serve the progressive cause in King County.
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Progressive Party
Butler
George W. Dilling
Washington
C. Allen Dale
Thomas F. Murphine
Murphine
King County
Judge Bennett vows vindication after resignation amid charges
William R. Bennett, longtime judge of West Virginia's eleventh circuit, resigned after calls for legislative action over accusations of maladministration, drunkenness, immorality and incompetency. He campaigns for reelection despite the seven-column dossier signed by 11 attorneys, pastors, editors, a merchant, a dentist and a civil engineer.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
William R. Bennett
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
West Virginia
Glasscock
Polia
Bennett
Eleventh Circuit
Florida
Fair Opens Sunday With Balloon Ascension At King County Fair
The King County Fair will open Sunday to accommodate workers with races dropped for the day. Attendance set a record with 3 500 paid admissions and 200 car entries. Pioneers D A R W R C and G A R members attended in force as a free nursery overflowed. A baby show is planned for tomorrow and Federated clubs of Seattle will be represented.
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King County Fair Association
Fair Association
Pioneers
W.R. C
G. A. R. Day
Federated Clubs
Seattle
Finds a Flaw in Szabo Murder Evidence
In Middletown New York on September 18 Burton Gibson the defendant in the Rosa Menschik Szabo murder case awoke confident and rested He said he plans to defend himself until the state takes a stand and claims a critical flaw in the prosecution by arguing the deceased was not Rosa Menschik Szabo whose mother died in Austria two years ago Gibson noted the boating companion is not the Szabo he is charged with killing and that her brother is coming to aid the case
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Middletown
N. Y
Rosa Menschik Szabo
Burton Gibson
Gibson
Greenwood Lake
Austria
America
Labor Score in AFL Plan for Congress
Labor groups push a federation plan to grow labor representation in Congress in a newsletter to be issued tomorrow. The message criticizes Taft but does not back Wilson or Roosevelt. Monoplane ban favored by Commons linked to four army lieutenant deaths in recent weeks.
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Taft
Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Gov. Wilson
Col
Roosevelt
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Robert W. Service
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Meiji University
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Pic
County Progressives
Joe
Szabo
London
War Office
House of Commons
Star Want
Union ST
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