Sea loving youths embark on training voyage
The government has spent thousands on the Adama since her December arrival from the Samoan islands. The Philadelphia schoolship, once a sailing vessel, now sails to Europe with new equipment as pupils learn steam and sail handling, engine operation, navigation, and vessel control. After graduation, many secure positions aboard larger ships.
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Adama
Europe
Sphia
Adams
Rugland
Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Southampton
Cherbourg
Gibraltar
Madeira Islands
Horses Killed As Sand Wagon Collides With Car
A sand wagon loaded with five horses was struck by a street car on Western avenue near the six oclock hour. Five horses died or were put down after the collision. the wagon driver from 1433 Charles Street blamed the motorman for the crash. A second wagon from Grimshaw Caine Co sustained minor damage.
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Western Avenue
Western Av
R. Zeagel
Charles «T
Roy
Grimshaw, Caine Co
John Bourgoin
Tragic Hunting Accident Near City Farm
Arthur Meyer died in a hunting accident near the David Chambers farm east of the city. He was found with a rifle wound before 10 o clock Tuesday morning while on a trip with his family from Prairie. Mrs. William Meyer and others reported the missing boy after he failed to return home Sunday.
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Ay United Press
Arthur Meyer
David Chambers
Edison and Victor Talking Machines in Seattle Ad
In Seattle an advertisement extols Edison and Victor Talking Machines as modern marvels for home use. It promises selective music from famous orchestras and operatic stars, with demonstrations in private rooms at the Johnston Co. Plano House in the Third and Main building.
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Edison
Victor
Ca Sembrich
Fidelity
Maly
D. Co
Johnston Co
Plano House
Third
Untimely Firearm Incident Reported
An incident describes a weapon discharge during use, with a bullet entering the mouth and penetrating the brain, resulting in instantaneous death. The account notes the shooter was actively engaged at the time.
Jail Break Is Frustrated at Utah State Penitentiary
Warden Arthur Pratt uncovered a prison plot at the Utah state penitentiary aimed at freeing three inmates. Richard Deming, a ten year grand larceny convict, led the plan alongside Joe Sullivan and Abe Majors, both serving life terms for murder.
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United Press
Salt Lake
Utah
Arthur Pratt
State Penitentiary
Richard Deming
Joe Sullivan
Charlies Ford
Abe Majors
Brown
Ogden
Deming
Miss Dippold Attacked by Cougar Near Clatskanie
Miss Mignon Dippold, 18, was attacked by a cougar while driving home in Clatskanie Oregon. She lay beside the road hysterical and frightened as physicians fear she may not recover. Her father nearby heard her scream and rushed to help.
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United Press
Clatskanne
Ore
Mignon Dippold
Man's Hat Causes His Death in Portland Case
The coroner investigates the death of John O'Connor whose body was found near Powell Valley Road. His hat jammed over his head appears to have caused suffocation after a fall from an embankment at East Thirty third Street. Bleeding from the nose and mouth suggests a possible fractured skull or heart trouble. Oil prospecting continues as Seattle and Ellensburg capitalists begin boring near Thall.
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Portland
Ore
John O'Connor
Powell Valley Road
O'Connor
Eeast Thirty-third Street
Comstock Golden Gate 250 Shares for Sale
Comstock offers 250 Golden Gate shares for sale at 32 percent. H M Herrin & Co located at 610 First Avenue handle the transaction.
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Comstock Golden Gate
H. M. Herrin & Co
Firat
Flames Create Stampede At Detroit Tunnel Construction Site
A fire in the Windsor approach to the Michigan Central tunnel under the Detroit River caused a stampede of about 300 workers. Management reported all men exited safely, but shaft No 4 extending 900 feet was expected to be destroyed.
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Adams
United Press
Detro Mich
Windsor
Ont
Michigan Central Tunnel
Detroit River
Germany Rejects Demand for Morocco Peace Costs
Berlin indicates unwillingness to fund $20,000,000 for Casa Blanca expenses and to bear Hafid’s costs before recognition. France insists on payment by France or Morocco, while London and Paris urge united action to curb German influence and uphold the Algeciras agreement.
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United Press
Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
France
Spain
Mulai Majid
Casa Blanca
Malal Hafid
Morocco
London
Mulai Hafid
Algeciras
Renton Masonic Hall Expansion Sought by Dr. Bronson
Dr. Adolph Bronson, secretary of the Masonic order at Renton, requests plans for a two story Masonic hall. A Cleveland firm wins navy yard contract for a 100 ton lifting crane at Puget Sound. The cruiser Albany due at Puget Sound navy yard around Sept 24 for repairs. North Yakima youths confess to cattle theft. Rose Bailey injured in horse accident at North Yakima and may be rendered totally blind.
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Renton
Dida
Adolph Bronson
Masonic Order
Navy Yard
Cleveland Company
Puget Sound
Albany
North Yakima
Rose Bailey
Dix to Enter Bremerton Drydock for Repairs
The United States army transport Dix will enter Bremerton drydock around September 22 for superstructure strengthening cleaning and painting. Her tall shaft may be trimmed and total repairs cost about 6000 dollars. The Dix will depart Seattle around October 10 bound for the Philippines.
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United States Army
Bremerton
Seattle
Philippines
Democrats Gain in Maine State Election Results
Portland reported a large Democratic gain in Maine with a statewide shift. Republicans still led but by a smaller margin. Hert M. Fernald won as a Republican for state representative while Charles P. Hatch retained the state auditor post. Several Republicans and Democrats won in cities, and the next legislature is expected to be Republican.
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United Press
Portland
Hert M. Fernald
Cobb
Davis
John G. Brayse
Frank KE. Guernsey
Six Missing Persons Sought by Seattle Police
Seattle police search six people reported missing in 24 hours as 236 officers investigate. Notable cases include Frederica Schuster 46 missing since Sunday from 690 Flat Ave, and J G Harvey 22 missing since Sept 12 from 426 Twelfth Ave, with other cases in Tacoma and Wellington listed.
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Seattle
Police Department
Frederica Schuster
Joseph Schuster
F. A. Furgerson
J.G. Harvey
Harvey
H. H. Nichols
Tacoma
Grace Steaven
Lillian B Starkell
Empty Bottle Nervous Headache Cure
A curious home remedy claims nervous headaches can be eased by placing an empty bottle under the neck while lying on the back. The head weighs on the bottle, supposedly calming back neck nerves for five to ten minutes. The method targets nervous headaches and is said not to affect headaches caused by stomach issues.
New Officers Chosen by Passenger Agents Meet in Toledo
The American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents elected officers at the Toledo session. M H Rohreer became president, George W Andrewa vice president, and Gordon G Noble reelected secretary treasurer. A banquet followed with remarks from Gov. Lead, I A Nadeau, and others.
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Chicago
American Association of
Elks Hall
Toledo
Buffalo
M. H. Rohreer
Mobile and Ohio
George W. Andrewa
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Seattle
Gordon G. Noble
Southeastern
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia
B. Pope
Chesapeake and Ohio
St. Louis
M. H. Bohreer
Louie W. Landman
Butler Annex
A. B. Calder
Cana. Pacific
Gov. Ead
I. A. Nadeau
Liner Tango Maru sails for Japan and China
The Tango Maru departs in the morning carrying 49 cabin and 110 steerage passengers. The Aki Maru is expected to follow tomorrow. A five masted schooner moved from the harbor to Ballard yesterday and will load 1,800,000 feet of lumber at Stimson's mill for Sydney. The Great Northern liner Minnesota arrived in Yokohama on September 11 from Seattle and will be placed on dry dock in the Orient.
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Japan
China
le Harbor
Ballard
Will
Stmaon'a
Sydney
Australia
Great Northern
Minnesota
Yokohama
Seattle
Orient
Dryamd
White to Run with Hughes for Lieutenant Governor
Saratoga report notes State Senator Horace White nominated to be lieutenant governor candidate on the Hughes ticket. The move is seen as strengthening the organization wave within the party and soothing Hughes supporters amid ongoing political maneuvering.
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Saratoga
Horace White
The
Hughes
Captain Questions Whistle Blasts From Steamers
Captain John Birmingham, supervising inspector, notes steam whistle noise in harbor may annoy hospital patients. He asks Providence hospital surgeon if such whistle blowing causes pain or annoyance. Inland waters rules ban unnecessary whistling in all U.S. harbors.
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John Birmingham
Flest
San Francisco
Birmingham
Providence Hospital
United States
Chippewa Collision Report Clarifies No Speed Mention
Captain A N McAlpine's concise report to Captain John Bermingham omits any speed figure for the Chippewa when it rammed the small steamer Sentinel Saturday morning. The supervising inspector received the statement yesterday afternoon, providing no numeric speed details.
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Chippewa
Sentinel
A. N McAlpine
John Bermingham
Woman killed by streetcar near Mock Station
United Press reports Mrs. M. Brown, 40, crossing the track at Mock Station in Portland, was struck by an outbound St John car this afternoon. She was dragged about 60 feet and killed instantly, with her body described as horribly mangled.
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United Press
Portland Ore
Mra. M. Brown
St. John
Mock Station
Mra. Brown
Commercial Club Meeting Plans Winter Discussion Plans
Tonight the Commercial club holds its regular meeting and reports will be received from the committee on sea wall and public ownership of docks and wharves. Vacancies on committees are to be filled and arrangements made for the monthly social sessions. Important state and national affairs are to be discussed through the winter.
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Commercial Club
Sea Wall
Bishop Potter Baptism Tale in a Massachusetts Village
Harper's Weekly recounts Bishop Potter officiating a baptism in a small Massachusetts fishing village. The nervous father awkwardly holds his first-born daughter as the infant wails. An ancient mariner shouts guidance, telling him to turn the child toward the font and then to head her up to the wind.
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Bishop Potter
Massachusetts
Harper's Weekly
Poke Bonnet Fashion Reappears in Automobile Style
The article describes a refined poné bonnet from grandmother days adapted as an automotive hat. An embroidered veil secures it, and a rose tucked under the brim provides a charming accent.
Meeting on Seattle Alaska stock exchange plans
A meeting to discuss organizing a Seattle Alaska stock exchange will be held at the Commercial Club rooms tomorrow evening. The Treasury today reports receipts 1 249 994 disbursements 1 210 000. Eight hundred seventy five drownings this year in the United States. The last census notes half a million women are farm laborers with 79 percent in the south. and so on.
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Seattle-Alaska Stock Exchange
Commerceial Club
Treasury
Washington
United States
South
Debs Red Special to Arrive Today in City
Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs will reach the city this afternoon aboard the Red special and be greeted by organizing committees and a brass band. He will address the audience at Dreamland at 7 40 PM after arriving earlier in Tacoma and touring local arrivals.
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Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Dreamland Eink
Tacoma
Brags
Zaird
Pacific
North
California to Unite Exhibits for Alaska Yukon Pacific Fair
Chairman Arthur Briggs of the California Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition committee prepares statewide literature and solicits funds to create a single California display at Seattle. The plan abandons separate San Francisco exhibits for a unified state exhibit with free lectures and stereopticon demonstrations. Jos A Fischer, state agriculture secretary, notes California’s display will be larger and finer than previous efforts.
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United Press
Ban Francisco
Arthur #. Briggs
Alaska
Seattle
San Francisco
California
A. Fischer
Gompers Endorsed By State Labor Party Convention
A state labor party convention adopted a compromise platform endorsing President Samuel Gompers and the AFL executive council. The platform demands initiative and referendum, free text books, stricter banking laws, postal savings banks, a direct primary, and equal suffrage. George A. Tracey, president of the State Federation of Labor, was nominated for Congress in the fifth district.
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Inted Press
Geo. A. Tracey
State Federation of Labor
Congress
Tracey
Independence Party
The
Democrata
Port Angeles Pioneer John Dike Dies at 88
John Dike, pioneer and first mayor of Port Angeles, died after a illness of two months. He came to the United States in 1866 and moved to Port Angeles in 1884. Surviving are his wife, one daughter and six sons. Eldest son W. J. Dike works in Seattle. He was a Mason and member of Elks Knights of Pythias Red Men.
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Ey United Press
Port NG
John Dike
Port Angeles
Tacoma
Dike
England
United States
Oho
W. J. Dike
Customs Service
Seattle
Mr. Dike
The
Elks, Knights of Pythias and
Red Men
Strikers Pickedet Fatally Injured in Vancouver Standoff
Daniel Hepner, a CPR strike-breaker from Winnipeg, fatally wounded striker picket Robert Kirk after a challenge and taunt over a revolver. Kirk was shot in the groin, police hunted Hepner who hid at his father's home and was arrested. Kirk's condition is precarious.
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United Press
Vancouver
B. C
Winnipeg
Daniel Hepner
Robert Kirk
Hepner
Kirk
Cashier Resigns to Start Bank in Cammas Washington
Aberdeen Sept. 15 C F Johnson cashier of Chehalis County bank resigns to establish a new bank at Cammas Washington.
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Aberdeen
C. F. Johnson
Banks & Co. brokers face bankruptcy proceedings
Boston firm GeorgB Banks & Co. brokers falls into financial trouble this morning with bankruptcy filings pending.
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Boston
Georgb. Banks & Co
Navy Captain Reassigned to Puget Sound Yard
Dated September 1, Bremerton Washington Captain G H Willits United States Navy is ordered to Puget Sound navy yard to head the department of steam engines at that yard for duty.
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Washington, D. C
G. H. Willits
United States Navy
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Department of Steam Engineers
McFarland to Meet Nelson for Lightweight Title
San Francisco announces a Colma Thanksgiving day bout between Packey McFarland and Battling Nelson for the world lightweight championship as reported by promoter James Coffroth. The match is set for the afternoon of Thanksgiving day.
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United Press
San Francisco
James Coffroth
Packey McFarland
Battling Nelson
Colma
Harriman Returns to New York Amid Talks of Rail Holding Plan
E. A. Haert man came back to his New York offices to discuss circulating rumors of a holding company for the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railways. He declined to comment on system changes reported during his vacation.
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New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
E. A. Haertman
Coadjutorship Names Rejected for San Francisco Diocese
Frisco see authorities decisively reject all proposed candidates for the San Francisco coadjutor seat. The move ends support for Dr. B. J. Hanna and marks a broader reorganization by the legation, which also shifts the Victoria archdiocese to Vancouver.
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Rome
San Francisco
B. J. Hanna
Victoria
B. C
Vancouver
B.C
Pacific Coast Gas Association Holds 14th Convention
Santa Cruz Cal September 6 The 14th annual convention of the Pacific Coast Gas association adjourned at the Casino here this afternoon with over 100 delegates present. President G O G Miller presided.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Pacific Coast Gas
Chicago Grain Quotes Sealed in Sept Markets
Chicago reports volatility in the September wheat and oats quotes with mixed high and low ranges. Wheat quotes show around 98 to 99 percent on some readings while oats hover near mid forties.
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Chicago
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