Seattle Sees Prosperity Fueled by Shipyards and Deposits
Bank deposits in Seattle reach 96 million as shipyards boom with orders and new vessels on the way. Skinner & Eddy launches a steel fleet with Frances Skinner christening the ship while Seattle Construction & Dry Dock prepares another steel steamship with Dorothy Alexander presiding. Overseas and Alaska trade exceeds 42 million with Alaska exports from Seattle totaling 8.7 million.
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Seattle
Commerce
Federal Comptroller of Currency
Skinner & Eddy
Frances Louise Skinner
State Seeks Life Sentence For 12 Year Old Killer
Willie Zimmer, 12, faces trial for the murder of his mother Mrs. Mary Zimmer in New Orleans Louisiana, with the state seeking the gallows for the boy. Attorneys say he may be a victim of environment and request reform school instead of execution.
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Lawyers
New Orleans
Reform
Willie Zimmer
Mary Zimmer
Criminal District Court
Louisiana
Chandler C. Luzenberg
Mur
Washington
Zimmer
Willie
J. A. O'Hara
Wille
Mississippi
Widow wins case over Bethlehem steel fortune dispute
Mrs. Ernest E. Sirrine, an elderly Chicago widow, received $3,000 from an estate valued around $300,000 after Superior Judge Frater ruled no will existed. Deeds to Miss Elizabeth Logan, longtime companion of Sirrine, were deemed legal, with property including a $45,000 Iowa home and a palatial Dose Terrace residence awarded to Logan. Sirrine had claimed $201,000 earnings from Bethlehem Steel before his July 22 death, but the assets largely disappeared.
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Ernest E. Sirrine
Chicago
Bethlehem Steel
Iowa
Dose Terrace
Logan
Sirrine
Mason City
McCord
J. N. Ivey
Sirrine. Miss Logan Said Sirrine
Train Wreck Fatal at Erie Grade Crossing
Four people died when fast mall train No. 235 struck the automobile of Mrs. Percy Sieger of Pittsburgh at a grade crossing north of Girard depot. Victims include Mrs. Sieger, Mrs. K Shipman of Pittsburgh, Maude B Shipman 13, and an unnamed Negro chauffeur.
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K. Shipman
Son Goes to War Father Takes Farm Duties
In Ottumwa Iowa on September 18 Rev Morgan E Genge pastor of the First Christian church resigns to join as his 21 year old son enlists in the Canadian contingent heading to the European front. He moves to Wallace Bridge Nova Scotia to manage the 480 acre farm.
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Ottumwa
Morgan E. Genge
First Christian Church
Wallace Bridge
Nova Scotia
Germans abandon several towns to French forces
Berlin reported that German troops have abandoned Berny Deniecourt and Pons between Bar leux and Vermandovilliers, transferring control to French forces in an official announcement dated September 18.
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Berlin
Berny
Deniecourt
Pons
Barleux
Vermandovilliers
Soda clerk presides as 3000 drugstore bosses attend convention
In Indianapolis on September 18 the drugstore convention fills the town as soda shop clerks stand alone at counters while about 3000 drugstore bosses gather for their annual meeting.
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Indianapolis
General Strike Delayed in New York
A general sympathetic strike for organized labor will not start until Mayor Mitchel settles traction tensions. Mitchel will meet traffic officials tomorrow with labor leaders promising no action before Thursday. The talks followed a council with six labor leaders led by William B. Fitzgerald seeking police-discrimination charges and intervention in the traction dispute. Police Commissioner Woods pledged fairness.
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New York
Mitchel
Traction Company
Wm. B. Fitzgerald
Woods
Passengers testify secretly about fire aboard Congress
Federal inspection board hears private testimony from passengers and crew of the Congress about the Coos Bay fire. Witnesses credit crew for safety efforts while pointing to a possible short circuit in hold 3 as the fire’s cause. Hearing led by Capt. Lord and Capt. Whitney. 148 crew in Seattle plus 264 passengers aboard.
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Congress
Coos Bay
Federal Inspection Board
Walter Featheringill
San Diego
Cc. T. Rameden
H. C. Lord
U. S
B. B. Whitney
Seattle
Vienna riots over food prices flare in Vienna
A Vienna dispatch reports food disorders breaking out in the city as tea sells for four dollars per pound and rice for two dollars per pound, reflecting rising shortages and inflation.
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Vienna
London
Exchange
Teef
Blackmail Ring With Handsome Women Targets Millionaires
federal agents hold four men and three women in Chicago over a million dollars traced to extortion across the United States. The gang lured victims via glamorous female operatives and used trained lawyers to fight arrest. One victim, Mrs Kippler, was kidnapped to Montreal before testifying, as authorities pursue other members and potential witnesses.
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United States
Dinself
Matsral
U. S
H. C. Woodward
H. 8
Clabaugh
Richard Barrett
Edward J. Thompson
Famous Kentucky moonshiner shot dead in Hazard
Mose Feltner, a famed Kentucky moonshiner linked to the Hargis Cockrell feud, was shot and killed by U S Deputy Marshal G A Lismore as he attempted to escape while being transported to Hazard from Leslie County. The killing follows decades of outlaw violence surrounding the feud and the Jackson courthouse shooting of J B Marcum.
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Hazard, Ky
Mose Feltner
U. S
G. A. Lismore
Leslie County
Feltner
Hargis-Cockrell
J. B. Marcum
Jackson
Carranza Troops Readied to Seize Lower California
Reports from San Diego say Carranza forces 5 000 strong under trusted commanders are massed at El Palme near Guaymas Sonora and ready to sail to Ensenada to wrest control from Governor Cantu. Cantu prepares 1 200 men with ammunition and arms.
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San Diego
Carranza
el Palme
Guaymas
Sonora
Mex
Ensenada
Californian
Gov. Cantu
Gen Mills Dies At 70 Chief Of Military Affairs Dies
Maj. Gen. Albert L. Mills, head of the division of military affairs at the U S Army, died at his Washington home from pneumonia after an illness of about 12 hours. He was a longtime figure in military administration and served in high command positions.
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Washington
Albert L. Mills
Division of Military Affairs
U. A
Senator Clapps Partner Hid His Identity 25 Years
In Redlands California Francis J Everett was revealed to be J F Cowie a former law partner of Senator Moses E Clapp of Minnesota The Standard Accident Insurance Co disputes Mrs Everetts insurance claim arguing she was not legally married after investigations showed the name change and prior marriage in Fergus Falls Minnesota The man reportedly disappeared from public view 25 years ago and was recognized by several Redlands associates who kept silent about the past.
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Redlands
Cal
Francis J. Everett
J. F. Cowie
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Standard Accident Insurance Co
Everett
Fergus Falls
Minn
Cowle
Two Men Hurt When Alki Car Hits Truck
Two men were injured Monday morning after an Alki Point car crashed into a truck near the West Seattle ferry landing. Louis Bragg, 36, driver for Fairmount Fuel Co., suffered chest neck and face lacerations. his helper Harry Hall, 26, was bruised about the knees.
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Alki Point
West Seattle Ferry Landing
Louis Bragg
41St Ave. S. W
Fairmount Fuel Co
Harry Hall
40Th Ave
Wilson Leader Lure of Victory
Vance McCormick democratic national chairman reported returning from the West with confidence. He said Indiana conditions were satisfactory and predicted a Wilson victory there. In Chicago he met Western leaders, noting party unity and a militant mood, with brighter prospects for democracy in the region.
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New York
Vance McCormick
Indiana
Wilson
Chicago
Ezra Meeker completes fourth Oregon Trail journey
Ezra Meeker 85 arrives after 3 560 miles from Washington D C in a 12 cylinder Pathfinder prairie schooner to press for a national military highway. He tours cities along the route with Ernest Grot of Illinois and signatures from thousands on the car. He meets Mayor Gill and recalls the desolate Great American Desert fading into orchards and beet fields. He hopes the Memorial road bill passes in the next Congress and would make another trip if needed.
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Ezra Meeker
Washington
Meeker
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Seattle
Ernest Grot
Illinois
Gill
Asquith's Son Raymond Reported Killed in War
London reports that Raymond Asquith, eldest son of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, was killed in action. He served as a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards and was recently in France. The loss comes as three of the prime minister's five sons have already seen service in the war.
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London
Raymond Asquith
Grenadier Guards
Herbert Asquith
Arthur
Dardanelles
France
Somme
Green motormen cause two crashes on New York rail lines
Green motormen used as strikebreakers on New York Railroad lines caused two collisions today. One passenger in each crash was badly hurt while many others suffered cuts or bruises from flying glass.
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New York
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Frederick E. Hamlin
B. B. Howard
H. O. Hollander
Alic Burke
Howard
George
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Lower
California
Gen. Mills
Sen. Clapp
Old Trail
Asquith
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