Council OKs Petersen Bus Contract Over Mayor Veto
By a 7 to 2 vote the council overrode the mayor's veto and approved a contract with F. M. Petersen to operate a bus line from Division A to the north city limits thru Ballard with a transfer clause for Ballard riders. The contract pays Petersen 3 cents of b fare and 1% cents for school children and requires enough buses to handle the traffic from the municipal line. The council referred the port commission's industrial railroad franchise request along East Marginal Way to the franchise committee.
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F. M. Petersen
Division A
Municipal Car
North City
Ballard
Petersen
Port Commission
East Marginal Way
Penrose Names His Own Mayor In Philadelphia
Philadelphia republicans nominate former Poetmaster T. B. Smith for mayor and expect his election on November 2. The Penrose organization is favored to control contracts valued at 200 million dollars during the next mayoral term, as opposition splits weaken reform chances.
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Philadelphia
T. B. Smith
Penrose
City Sg. Co. DP
Million Buck Club Opens With Dance at Christensen Hall
The first Million Buck club opening dance is set for October 1 at Christensen's hall. Four hundred invitations have been issued. Officers include President Curtis Gifford Vice President James Wheeler and Treasurer Edward Gerrick.
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Christensen's Hall
Curtis Gifford
James Wheeler
Edward Gerrick
Off to the Orient with Dr Stanhope Sams
Dr Stanhope Sams former Tokyo newspaper editor left Tuesday for the Orient to study the market for American ready made clothing as a special investigator for the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. He spoke to shipping men at the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening.
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Stanhope Sams
Tokyo
Japan
The
Orient
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Reward Offered for Gold Bar Killings Suspects
Snohomish county commissioners set a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the men who killed Edward Pfeiffer and Maurice Schneider at Gold Bar on September 4.
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Everett
Snohomish County
Edward Pfeiffer
Maurice Schneider
Gold Bar
Son to Find Slayer Gold Bar
Frank Pfeiffer son of Edward Pfeiffer who with Maurice Schneider was murdered near Washington state continues bakery business closeout and announces plans to devote his time to locating a gold bar linked to the slayings.
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Gold Bar
Wash
Frank Pfeiffer
Edward Pfeiffer
Maurice Schneider
Here
Indian rescuer saves Manning crew in Alaska squall
An unnamed Indian saves Coxswain C. M. Jacobs and Seamen Peterson and Johtson and George Espinosa of the revenue cutter Manning when a small boat was caught in a squall at Captain Bay Alaska. The ship returned with Seamen Gardner and Lunn after clinging to the overturned boat for an hour before sinking. The rescuer ran five miles to Unalaska wharf and dispatched a rescue launch.
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C. M. Jacobs
Peterson
W. H. Johtson
George Espinosa
Manning
Captain Bay
Inalaska
Gardner
Lunn
Unalaska
Never Too Old in Orting Couple Weds in Honeymoon Start
Jacob B. Vanatter aged 75 and Mary A. Wilson aged 71, both long awaited companions, married by Justice Brinker. Vanatter said they were lonesome and tired of it and chose to wed during their honeymoon.
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Jacob B. Vanatter
Orting
Mary A. Wilson
Redmond
jJnatice Brinker
Vanatter
Details of Big Touch Almost Arranged Now
New York report details an allied loan of half a billion dollars or more from American bankers nearing final approval. Formal conference with the allied commission and financiers is expected to settle the remaining terms. Banks will use book entries to credit New York lenders, with little or no cash moving immediately.
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New York
Allied Commission
Police Band Dance to Feature Surprises in Seattle Event
Sergt. Fred Ribbach drum major of the Seattle police band says the final pre exposition dance at the Hippodrome Tuesday night will raise all funds for a Seattle day trip to San Francisco without needing business contributions. The event promises fun and several surprises from the band.
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Sergt
Fred Ribbach
Seattle
San Francisco
Young Mens Hebrew Association Manager Moves to Harvard
Phil Gross, previously in charge of all dramatic events for the Young Men's Hebrew Association, leaves Tuesday night to pursue studies at Harvard University.
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Phil Gross
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Harvard
Pyramid Pile Treatment offers home relief for piles
Advertises Pyramid Pile Treatment as a private home remedy for piles, claiming many readers had hopeless cases improve after using it. Encourages trying a box for 50 cents or a free trial by mail with a coupon.
Pyramid Drug Company Free Sample Request
A reader from Marshall Michigan seeks a free sample of Pyramid Pile Treatment. They request delivery in a plain wrapper to a specified name, street, city, and state. The inquiry provides the company address at 528 Pyramid Building.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
Marshall, Mich
Teutons Aim to Force Way to Petrograd
German artillery pounded Dvinak, guarding the route to Petrograd, for a day and a half as civilians evacuated fearing a Teuton breakthrough. The battle for the bridgehead before the city is about to begin.
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Teutons
Petrograd
Berlin
Dvinak
Germans Close Trap Around Slavs in Vilna Area
London reports Teuton forces encircle Slav armies as they retire eastward near Vilna. Petrograd says Russian troops withdraw while German flanks press in a bid to trap and smash the retreating line, with bitter fighting around Dvinsk and Elme.
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London
Petrograd
Vilna
Teutons
Dvinsk
Hindenberg Cuts Off Vilna to Baranovitski Railroad
Berlin reports Field Marshal Von Hindenberg has cut the Vilna Baranovitski railroad used by Russians retreating from Vilna. A second note says his right wing arrived east of Lida near a key railway junction south of Vilna. Bavarian forces under Leopold crossed the Molezafz at Dworzec.
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Berlin
London
Marshal von Hindenberg
Vilna
Baranovitski
Lida
von Hinden
War Office
Leopold
Molezafz
Dworzec
Balkan States Feverish as War Talk Grows
Rome reports Balkan leaders fearing war before snow, with Bulgaria Romania and Greece mobilizing. Temesvar hosts German forces near Serbia and Romania while Berlin says artillery massing on the Serbian border. Austrian border closures and halted trains add to tense atmosphere as Venizelos counsels daily with cabinet and war faction.
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Rome
Bulgaria
Rumania
Greece
Balkans
Bucharest
Temesvar
Serbia
Berlin
Austria
Venizelos
War Party
Explosion Traps 269 Miners in Nuneaton Colliery
In Nuneaton England 269 miners were trapped by an explosion at a colliery last night. It is feared a heavy loss of life occurred with rescue efforts underway and unclear conditions in the mine.
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Nuneaton
England
Rev Newell Dwight Hillis Faces Financial Troubles
In New York Plymouth church members pledge support as pastor Rev Newell Dwight Hillis seeks to straighten tangled finances after a pulpit confession. He offers to sell his $30,000 home to meet obligations and will continue preaching with a church majority backing him.
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New York
Plymouth Church
Newell Dwight Hillis
Hillis
Opposition to conscription voiced at Trades and Labor Congress
At the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada annual meeting in Vancouver 170 delegates attend. Several delegates push to repatriate all inmates held in prison camps once the war ends.
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Vancouver
B. C
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Deliveryman Robbed and Beaten Near Fourth and Alpha
Otto Smith of 711 Bell street, a deliveryman for a department store on Second Avenue, was found in a vacant lot at Fourth and Alpha streets. He was robbed of about $75 belonging to the store and beaten, reportedly for the store funds.
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Otto Smith
Bell St
Second Ave
Fourth and
Alpha St
Auto-Suggestion Lectures Begin at Local Churches
Dr BE L House opened a lecture series on auto suggestion at noon Tuesday at First Methodist church on Fifth Ave and Marion St. He will lecture daily at 3 PM and again each evening at 8 PM at Queen Anne Congregational Church on Queen Anne Ave and Galer St.
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BE. L. House
First Methodist Church
Fifth Ave
Marion St
Queen Anne Congregational Church
Queen Anne Ave
Galer St
Residents petition for new station on Seattle Renton line
Residents along the Seattle Renton and Southern railway between 75th street and Bryn Mawr request a public service commission to place a station in the three quarters of a mile stretch. No current stops exist in that area.
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Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway
75Th St
Bryn Mawr
Public Service Commission
Eccles Boy to Be Awarded 160000
Salt Lake, Sept 21 A concession of 160000 was expected to be given to Albert Eccles alleged son of the late David Eccles by a plural marriage in the settlement of the suit brought by Mrs Margaret Geddes the boy's mother against the estate administrator Officials of the Mormon church and allied financial interests are said to have persuaded the administrator to make the concession.
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Salt Lake
Albert Eccles
David Eccles
Margaret Geddes
Mormon Church
Eccleses
City Autos Must Be Licensed Now
Mayor Gill told department heads, excluding the police and fire, that all city autos must be licensed. The action follows a secretary of state complaint and the arrest of one city employee. The 1915 motor code allows no exemption for city departments beyond the two named.
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Gill
Secretary of State
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