Tainted money debate looms at foreign mission board
The Board of Foreign Missionaries sessions at Plymouth church open with little time planned for the tainted money issue. Dr. Washington Gladden, leader against Rockefeller funds, is absent but may press the matter. others say the topic will receive limited attention. Prominent delegates arrive, including J H Twitchell, C F L Daniels, G A Gates, F P Jones, Hirouschi, President Capon, W Dawson, and Judson Smith.
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Board of Foreign Missionaries
Plymouth Church
Washington Gladden
Congregational Church
Rockefeller
Jones
Honolulu
Rev
Hirouschi
Japan
Capan
Evangeliet W. D. Dawson
London
Judson Smith
French girl wins verdict against Caput in unusual U.S. court case
Marguerite Genpille, a 16 year old immigrant from France, sued Frank Caput for 7305.75 claiming he used coercion to obtain her earnings from a Vancouver based trap house. The jury awarded her full amount after brief deliberation, linking Caput to a network of underworld figures and properties in Georgetown and Bremerton.
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United States
Caput
America
Vancouver
Fire at Waah Belt & Machinery prompts big blaze
A gas jet ignited bees wax preparation on the second floor of the Waah Belt & Machinery building at 108 South First, spreading to the woodwork. The two story structure suffered about 500 dollars in damage, with insured value of 500 for the building and 200 for contents. most of the upper floor burned.
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South First G
Waah- Belt & Machinery Company
Lightning Strikes Tent at Indianola County Fair
A tent at the Warren County Fair in Indianola Iowa was struck by lightning this morning killing four people and injuring several others. Emergency crews responded to the scene as investigators began to assess the incident and determine the cause.
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Indianola
Iowa
Powell Girl Located in Oakland
Agnes Powell a 16 year old girl recently from Seattle has been taken in charge by police and turned over to Associated Charities until her parents can be contacted She says she left home against their wishes and has stayed at the Beulah home during part of her time in Oakland
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Oakland
Cal
Agnes Powell
Seattle
Associated Charities
Beulah
September 14 Fiscal Figures Show Higher Revenue
The report cites amounts of 1 097 585 28 on September 14 and 1 045 342 62 on September 14 of 1004, noting an increase over last year. It records a financial comparison with specific figures and asks to compare the growth.
YOKOHAMA RIOTS SHOCK JAPAN AND SUPPORT TEAMS
Riot erupts in Yokohama as mobs attack police boxes and customs residences. A 400 man force from Tokyo guards key warehouses while 600 Russian prisoners are watched. Three officers injured and 37 others hurt. 94 rioters arrested. Tokyo reports fear of further outbreaks and measures to maintain order.
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Tokio
City considers trading land for Lake Washington peninsula park
Public discussion in Seattle advocates trading 125 acres near the southern city boundary for Dalley peninsula in Lake Washington to create a major new park. President Saunders of the park board supports the move noting the city would gain a premier natural park with potential bond funding.
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Dalley Peninsula
Lake Washington
President Saunders
Park Board
Oliated
Cedar River
Sandy Point
Seattle
Batley Peninsula
Portland
Ore
Maggie Blaze
Pearl Vanderpool
Mra. J. L. Watkine
Henry Beard
Williamson
Goraner
2 Year Old Still Holds Office and Family Legacy
George Saunders father of Architect C. W. Saunders arrives in Seattle with a foreign missionary party. He is 82, once a Cambridge council member since 1855 and long time Massachusetts legislator, with decades in public service including cemetery commission head for 25 years.
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George Saunders
C. W. Saunders
Te City
Seattle
Cambridge
Mass
Mr. Saunders
University City
Massachusetts
Cemetery Commission
Kane custody ruling grants Seattle mother guardianship of children
The Washington Supreme Court awarded Mrs. Ida Kane of Seattle custody of her two minor children, who had been under their father’s care. The decision corrects a false report claiming she was married to a university professor, clarifying her husband is Francis M. Kane and noting her office at 408 Pioneer Building as an investor.
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Seattle
Kane
West Seattle Scandal Outrages Courtroom in Eames v Eames
A sensational divorce case in King County court draws West Seattle crowds as Frank and Alice Eames clash over custody of a six year old boy amid accusations of infidelity. Eames names dozens of alleged lovers including Delvert Meagher Donald McGregor Roy Austin and Spurgeon Wheeler while detailing encounters at Camp Edmund and in local streets.
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Frank Eames
Alice Eames
Stone, Fisher & Lane's
Pame
Intendo
Delvert V. Meagher
Also & Stone
Fisher & Lane
Donald McGregor
Roy Austin
Nn Spurgeon C. Wheeler
Pete Forest
West Seattle
Edmund
Delvert C. Meagher
Kamer
Stone, Fisher & Lane
Camp Edmund
Meagher
Mrs. Eames
Eanes
Romeo
Griffin
Medford
Maza
Insurance Scandal in New York Under Fire at Hearing
Frederick Cromwell testified as the insurance inquiry resumed, detailing Mutual’s bank balances from 1900 to 1964 and explaining large holdings during big payments. He denied banks used to lure funds, while critics highlighted Syndicate pressure and ethics of high finance in the Mutual’s operations.
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New York
Frederick Cromwell
Hughes
Cromwell
Mutual
National Bank of Commerce
Witheas
Finance Committee
Missouri Pacific
The
Jury to decide damages in Hausted case against Canadian Pacific
After days of legal argument the case of three year old Anna Hausted versus Canadian Pacific Railroad went to the jury for damages. The suit seeks 40000 dollars for injuries claimed from scarlet fever on a train and for the loss of the mother who died in a Winnipeg pest house. The child’s eyes were damaged and a physician warned she may go blind within a year. The mother’s loss of care is valued at 25000 dollars. The trial before Judge Gilliam raised questions of law and medicine.
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Anna Hausted
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Seattle
Norway
Winnipeg
Gilliam
Robbery at Bramrock Saloon Leaves Puzzled Police
Police puzzled by Bramrock saloon robbery on Thursday morning. A $21.50 theft from the cash drawer was discovered by the morning bartender. The porter, who cleaned the resort, is missing and suspected of taking his own pay in advance and skipping town.
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Bramrock
Bagley Escapes Insane Asylum Night Escape
William Bagley, committed from Seattle to the Steilacoom asylum, escaped around midnight Tuesday by cutting a screen and prying bars loose, according to the report.
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William Bagley
Steilacoom
Seattle
Important Meetings On Friday Council Committees Schedule
The street committee meets at 2 P.M. to discuss Third Avenue widening. The elections and boundaries committee meets in the evening to address redistricting. Annexation of Seattle will require several changes.
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Third Avenue
Seattle
Totem Saloon employee injured in Sixth and Jackson collision
Crush G. V. Harrison, an employee of the Totem saloon, was struck by a car at the corner of Sixth and Jackson at 1 pm Thursday. He suffered a dislocated left shoulder and a deep thigh gash needing 15 stitches, then was taken by ambulance to 628 Terry avenue for treatment by Dr. J. A. Ghent.
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G. V. Harrison
Totem
Sixth and
Jackson
Terry Avenue
J. A. Ghent
Yellow fever toll rises as troops face quarantine
In New Orleans on September 14, 3 PM reports show 15 new yellow fever cases and three deaths. In Jackson Mississippi a Brookhaven infantry company returned from a gulf port detention camp after six days in quarantine amid fears of exposure. Citizens anticipate trouble when more troops come home.
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New Orleans
Another Robbery at Old Paris House Reported
A Wednesday night robbery at the Old Paris house leads to Lucy Green a 35 year old woman weighing 233 pounds in custody with grand larceny charges to be filed. Accuser Ben Seter a miner is also detained. Patrolmen Barkan and Crandall made the arrests as Seter claims a $2700 loss and suspects the large woman as the culprit. Women in the Old and New Paris houses reportedly rob men nightly, altering wigs and clothes to avoid identification.
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Ben Seter
Barkan
Crandall
Seter
New
Paris
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