Gare Island Unfitted to Serve as Pacific Naval Base
Seattle Star exclusive report weighs Gare Island as a potential Pacific naval base. Officials cite shallow dry docks, insufficient depth for largest warships, and rising costs. Naval experts favor Hunter's Point in San Francisco Bay, though Puget Sound and San Diego harbor also have strong claims.
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Gare Island
Big Pacific Naval Base
Tavenner
Seattle Star
Jag Island Navy Yard
As Pacific Naval
Marey
Ranplag
Jae Det
Pary Yard
Jong
Page Dry Dock
San Francisco Bay
Hunter's Point
Pacific
Hremerton
Puget Sound
San Diego
Buman
Shipping and local notices mix with births and deaths in Seattle record
Cargo ships bound for Skagway and the Orient sail and arrive, with ore tonnage and labor notes. City warrants, contractor payments, and street improvements appear alongside obituaries and birth announcements for September. Local addresses list residents and new births in Seattle vicinity.
Bonaparte to Speak at Chicago on Punishment and Pardon
Attorney General Bonaparte will address delegates at the National Prison Association convention in Chicago this evening. The talk centers on Punishment and Pardon. A new vessel planned by F W Hibbs for the Moran Company will cost about 120000 for the Seattle to Bremerton Port Orchard route.
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United Press
Bonaparte
University of Chicago
National Prison Association
F. W. Hibbs
The
Moran Company
Port Orchard
Seattle
Bremerton
Poker Robbery Halts Draw Game In Barber Shop
Two masked men burst into a rear room of a barber shop in Nee Cal on September 18 and forced the players to surrender about $1,000. They took only cash and fled after the hold up, leaving jewelry and other valuables.
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United Press
Nee Cal
Humane Society committee seeks aid for officer Vaupel
A Humane Society committee met Mayor Moore with a petition asking for funds to enable Officer Vaupel to properly investigate cases the society has information on. They requested that A. M. Kenty, currently doing free work for the police and a retired officer, be appointed to assist Vaupel.
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The
Humane Society
Moore
Vaupel
A. M. Kenty
Police Department
Umatilla Irrigation Project Opens for Filing in October
Pendleton Oregon September 18 It is announced the Umatilla Irrigation project will be open for filing early in October. One thousand acres are now under the ditch and nine thousand dollars will be ultimately. Terms of entry have not been announced.
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Eeds Press
Pendleton
Ore
Umatilla
Alaska Pacific Steamerline official denies Yeasela purchase
Captain G K Caine returns from San Francisco and denies rumors of buying the Yeasela later to be built at Wilmington for Pacific service. The Steamer St Helens near completion and due to launch in days, expected to reach San Francisco in about two months. W Th Lindsay, a former aatoon man, challenges immigration department efforts to deport his Japanese wife. Steamship Montara reports fierce sales forcing a port return to discharge part of its deck cargo after arriving from Nome and Dutch Harbor.
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G. K. Caine
Alaska Pacific Steamerhip Company
San Francisco
Buckman
New Yeasela
St. Helens
Wilmington
Delaware
W. Th. Lindsay
Aatoon
Orient
Immigration Department
Steamahip Montara
Nome
Dutch Harbor
Treadwell
Fowler to be ousted at Beattie meeting in Bellingham
In Bellingham on September 18 a split in the Japanese Korean Exclusion league prompts President Gill to say Secretary Fowler will be ousted at tonight’s Beattie meeting. Fowler vows to continue, renting the opera house for tonight and the Pavillion for tomorrow. Admission will be $1 and $2. He cites arbitrary methods and the muting of labor delegates as the cause of the ouster.
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Bellingham
Gill
Fowler
Beattie
Opera House
No Dispute Over Finances for Exclusion League Campaign
Local labor officials deny any financial dispute between A Fowler secretary of the Japanese Korean Exclusion League and the Central Labor Council. Reports from Bellingham claimed clashes over money, later denied by Frank Cotcerti and Exclusion League officials say the discord was a misunderstanding of fundraising remarks. Fowler, also treasurer, urged broad support to press Congress for a stringent exclusion law.
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Exclusion League
A. Eowler
Frank Cotcerti
Ireal Exclusion Weakue
Bellingham
Fowler
League
Pet
Congress
Sophomores Tied and Mocked in Campus Rivalry Fray
Early today a 300 strong freshman mob roamed Denny Field and campus grounds in semi military formation. They captured 45 sophomores tied them hand and foot and staged a war dance around the central bullhorn. The clash ended with the sophomore banner removed from the water tower as freshmen paraded in triumph.
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Banoa
Denny Field
University
Arthur Pope
The
Associated Stu
Denny
Varalty Water Tower
Star Coupons Draw Record Crowd at Dreamland Pure Food Show
Two thousand attendees visited the Dreamland rink for the pure food show and industrial exposition on Star coupons. G B Traum ball, as show manager, verified the headcount with the doorkeeper. The event billed as Star night featured a strong program and broad social turnout with many admiring onlookers and happy attendees.
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Dreamland Rink
Seattle
Daily Star
G. BE. Traumball
Puget Sound
Robbers Blow Safe Then Burn Gervais Store
In Gervais Oregon on September 1 two thieves blew open the Nathan and Nibler safe with nitroglycerine but found it empty. Angered by failure they set the store on fire causing $10,000 in losses. no arrests reported. The page ends with a stray French quote.
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United Press
Gervais
Ore
Nathan & Nibler
Pancake Flour Free At Pure Food Show Tonight
Announcement notes free pancake flour at the Pure Food Show to be held tomorrow night at the Union and Seventh corner with Old Plantation on offer.
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Corner Union
Seventh
Old Plantation Bratrd
Furnace for 65 Dollars for a Five to Eight Room House
Complete furnace offered for 65 dollars by G H Woodhouse Co located at 112 University Street. Read as an advertisement noting affordability for homeowners seeking heating upgrades.
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G. H. Woodhouse Co
University At
Roosevelt keeps up practice of putting in his car
Roosevelt spends more vacation mornings near water at Oyster Bay than ever before. He has reduced horseback riding and tree cutting, instead devoting time to boating and coastal activity, signaling a shift in leisure during the current vacation close.
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Roosevelt
Investigate Death of Van de Vanter at Capitol Hill Crash
Inquest into a fatal auto accident near Capitol Hill heard witnesses say chauffeur L Bigelow erred in passing ahead of a street car, causing a wreck that killed A T Van de Vanter. Managers and witnesses conflicted on distances while the car struck, and hospital witnesses noted no warning gong.
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van DE Vanter
L. Bigelow
A. T. van de Vanter
Capitol Hill
Fred A. Wood
Vancouver riots motive alleged by Fowler and excluder league
Vancouver is told that A K Fowler secretary of the Seattle Japanese Korean Exclusion League manipulated events to strain Pacific coast relations. He allegedly planned riots to influence US Canada Britain stance on Japan, and to rally anti Japanese sentiment while awaiting a Seattle invitation.
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C. H. Tavenner
Vancouver
B. C
A. EK. Fowler
States
England
Lees
Japan
Baron Sehi
Pacific
United States
Fowler
British Columbia
Baron Jehn
Amercan
Perry
Yowler
Seattle
Squires Sullivan Fight Betting Across San Francisco
On September 18 followers of the sport weighed odds for the Squires Sullivan bout set for a week hence. The first recorded bet stood at 200 to 190 with Squires slight favorite at 10 to 9. Backers shifted after his recent fall, yet many now insist Squires will win.
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United Press
San Francisco
Squires-Sullivan
Squires
League convention opens with Galveston plan debate
The eleventh annual convention of the League of American Municipalities opens in Norfolk with a discussion on the Galveston plan of municipal government as a feature. A Pure Food Show offers a free package of Old Plantation Pancake Flour at Union and Seventh tomorrow afternoon. Banquet for mining men drawn by Los Angeles and Nevada stock exchanges presents nearly 800 guests. Puget Sound National Bank uses Washington Fire Insurance policies.
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Norfolk
League of American Municipalities
Galveston
Pure Food
Corner Union
Seventh
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexandria
Nevada
Arizona
California
Los Angeles and Nevada Mining Stock Exchange
Puget Sound National Bank
Washington
Attorney Crane Visits Alaska to Seek Missing Witness
In Juneau Alaska September 18 attorney Crane of Spokane representing Steve Adama has arrived and is searching for a missing witness in the famous murder trial. He spends the day at Treadwell where the miner is said to be employed or to have worked until recently.
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Juneau
Alaska
Crane
Spokane
Steve Adama
Treadwell
Registration light in West Seattle precincts this morning
City hall reports show voter registration in West Seattle is unusually light with heavier expected later in the afternoon in Alki Youngstown and West Seattle precincts.
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West Seattle
Alki
Youngstown
Plucky Women Stand Ten Days for Timber Land Draw
In Morande Oklahoma a mixed group of men and women have waited ten days at the federal land office for a timber land opening set for September 26. Rain and cold nights test endurance but the dozen women near the front remain determined to win fine timber land selections.
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United Press
Lmorande
Federal Land Office
Sweden Celebrates King Oscar’s Accession
Stockholm dated Sept 18 reports all Sweden celebrating the accession of King Oscar to the throne. Messages of congratulation arrived from around the world, including one from President Roosevelt.
Nervous disorder leaves James F. Wilson in critical condition
James F. Wilson is reported in a precarious state at Seattle General Hospital after a nervous disarrangement. Physicians regard his condition as extremely serious though hope for recovery remains. Fred Eidemiller and Lincoln Davis, also injured in the crash, are improving at Providence Hospital and expect to go home to Tacoma in a few days.
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James F. Wilson
Seattle General Hospital
Hope
Wilson
Fred Eidemiller
Lincoln Davis
Providence Hospital
Tacoma
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Katfoka
Mewell
J. R. Vibere
M. Cros
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Orchard
William Orchard
Plark
T. J. Ine
Peterson
J. Peterson
Oyster Bay
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Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Fred Siegert
Bidemiller
Davia
EB. L. Moore
War Department
Signal Corps
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Sweden
Nolan
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Bismarck Cafe
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Signor
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Astor Hotel
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