Gompers Declines to Meet Steel Unions
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL says he has no plans to travel to Boston to handle the police strike situation and will not attend the Pittsburgh meeting of 74 steel workers union presidents. He refused to discuss reports of a possible strike postponement set for September 22.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Pittsburg
Steel Workers’ Unions
Gompers
Steel Workers’ Union
Johnson denounces Wilsons league in Sioux Falls address
Senator Hiram Johnson denounced the league of nations and Wilsons internationalism before 8000 in Sioux Falls, charging it would erode American government and enable British and foreign power. He urged a return to American constitutional traditions and criticized pro German accusations against opponents of the treaty.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Hiram Johnson
Dancing and dreams in a palatial summer hotel
A letter from Dolly describes a lively hotel party with flirtations and dancing. She longs for a simple, lasting future with Joan and Randy, imagining a home filled with permanence while contrasting her own unsettled life among friends and travelers. She wonders about Mary Kymbal and Eric and hints at potential change.
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Eric Wallis
Tom
Eric
Mia
Kymbal
Joan
Benteville
Mary Kymbal
Dolly
Youths Try To Hold Up Driver In Seattle Incident
Three youths attempted a street robbery of M. B. Cortix, driver for hire, in the Rainier avenue area near Sith avenue. Cortix reported the assault after being struck with a blackjack and threatened at gunpoint. the trio fled without taking his money. Police searched the Savoy hotel vicinity and pursued motorcycle officers but the suspects eluded capture.
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M. B. Cortix
Burlington Hotel
Seventh Ave
Sith Ave. S
Rainier Ave
Curtis
Savoy Hotel
Dancing Partner Accused In $250 Theft At Columbus Hall
Norse fisherman Gus Ska) said his dancing partner stole $250 from his pocket at the Columbus dance hall on 167 Washington st. The incident spoiled his evening. Miss Catherine Whythe, 19, claimed to be an actress and was arrested in connection with the loans. Ska), who had just returned from Alaska, was arrested and later released as a witness during the investigation.
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Gus Ska
Columbus Dance Hall
Washington St
Catherine Whythe
Skay
Alaska
Air Bomber Here to Get Recruits
Lieut. O. P. Kilmer arrived with eight petty officers on a recruiting tour for the naval aviation service. The party will remain in Seattle for the week. Kilmer served with British bombing expeditions against submarine nests along the Belgian coast. He flew a Caproni from Milan to Calais crossing the Alps in a nonstop flight.
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O. P. Kilmer
San Diego
Naval Aviation Service
Seattle
Lieut Kilmer
Milan
Calais
Alps
U. of W. Student Reported Missing on Shuskahn Mountain
A search party departed Bellingham today to find University of Washington student Paul Engberg and a companion from the U.S. forestry survey party who are lost on Shuskahn mountain. The incident is feared to be an accident.
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Bellingham, Wash
Paul Engberg
University of Washington
U. S. Forestry Survey
Shuskahn Mountain
Red Cross Refugee Garments Work In Seattle
Seattle chapter of the American Red Cross begins winter work making garments for refugees. Dr J B Crichton director says at least 50 women workers are needed daily.
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Seattle
The
American Red Cross
University At
J. B. Crichton
Packers Seek 25 Year Permit Extension
The Barton & Co meat packing firm on W Spokane St asks the city council to extend their operating permit for 25 years as the current permit expires next July.
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Barton & Co
Spokane St
Sawdust Cast on Lake Washington Prompted Probe
A complaint filed Tuesday morning names T. H. Maxwell, superintendent of the Henderson Mill and Lumber Co., in the prosecutor's office over sawdust being dumped into Lake Washington.
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Lake
Washington
T. H. Maxwell
Henderson Mill and Lumber Co
Orange and Lemon Crops Break All Records
The California Fruit Growers Exchange reports over three billion oranges and lemons eaten by Americans last year. Lemons and summer oranges reached record highs, with the cooperative handling 23 082 carloads. Selling costs averaged five and two tenths cents per box, about one and four hundredth of the delivered value. Strong advertising is credited with sustaining demand amid rising production.
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California
G. Harold Powell
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Packers Paid Lobbyist Probe Aims at Big Five Packers
Government investigator Inadore Kresel prepared to present grand jury evidence that heads of the five major packing firms arranged legislation via lobbyists and shared costs by percentage. He alleges an annual $5,000 salary for George IL McCarthy, secretary of the American Meat Packers' Association, to act as lobbyist.
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Chicago
Inadore Kresel
Grand Jury
George IL. McCarthy
American Meat Packers’ Association
Kresel
City to petition for liferank for Lieut Gen Liggett
A San Francisco committee named by Mayor Rolph will ask President Wilson tomorrow to appoint Lieut Gen Hunter Liggett as a general for life. Liggett served as second to Gen Pershing in France and is the subject of the city’s formal request.
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San Francisco
Hunter Liggett
President Wilson
Rolph
Liggett
Gen. Pershing
France
Vintage Dress Sale Listing with Various Fabrics and Sizes
A sale offers numerous dresses in tricolette moire georgette and silk crepe. Items include Navy and Copenhagen blue tones, sizes ranging from 16 to 48, and multiple printed georgette options. Thursday specials list price at 35 dollars while limited stock lasts.
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Copenhagen
Taupe
Georgette
Fur Trimming Prices in Various Widths and Hues
A catalog of fur trims lists materials such as Hudson seal beaver mole nutria opossum raccoon skunk lynx coney and imitation ermine with widths from 1 to 12 inches and yard prices ranging from 2.75 to 55.00. Notable items include Hudson seal 4 and 12 inch widths at 18.35 and 55.00 and Skunk Opossum 2 4 and inch widths at 5.50 11.00 and 22.00.
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Hudson
Peter Discovers Spooky
Peter the rabbit, hungry and wary, seeks bark from young orchard trees but finds them guarded by wire netting. He fails to nibble bark as Farmer Brown protects his fruit trees, then moves on to the Old Orchard where a voice greets him.
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Peter Rabbit
Reddy Fox
Peter
Brown
Farmer Brown
Blood Iron Phosphate Marketed For Weak Nervous Folk
A pharmaceutical note promotes Blood-Iron Phosphate as a quick remedy for weakness and anemia. Five-grain tablets taken with meals claim to restore energy, strength, and flesh, with Swift Drug and other druggists offering a money back guarantee. Sold in original packaging for three treatments at $1.50 per package, about 50 cents a week.
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Swift Dru
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