Japanese Omoto Kyo Book of Flames Suppressed
A 1919 report describes Japan banning the Book of Flames and imprisoning Omoto Kyo leaders for threats to imperial order. It notes Og its founder Nao Baasan and the movement drawing retired military officers, its apocalyptic prophecies, and plans to convert a major daily to propaganda.
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Tokyo
Omoto Kyo
I Publishing
Ayabe
Nao Baasan
O Nao
ARMY
NAVY
Nao
Safe Rifeled of $71 Cash at California Ave Home
Police say amateur cracksmen forced the safe in Hans H. Hansen’s green house at 6543 California Ave. open with a hammer, taking $71 in cash while the Hansen family were away on a Sunday auto trip. They returned to find the safe pried open.
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Green House
Hans H. Hansen
California Ave
Hansens
Seattle Boy Wins Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford
Kenneth C. Cole son of Mr and Mrs George B Cole 2102 East 50th Street Seattle will study at the University of Oxford England as Washington state's Cecil Rhodes scholar in October 1921 He is 22 and now attends the University of Washington A Boston message confirms his selection
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Kenneth C. Cole
George 8. Cole
E. 50Th St
University of Oxford
England
Cecil Rhodes
Cole
University of Washington
Rhodes
Boston
California Auditor Sought by Officers
Sheriff James B. Webber attempted to locate A. H. Lucey county auditor of Butte county after a warrant for embezzlement was issued when an expert hired by the county found Lucey’s accounts short. Lucey was in Mill Valley Saturday amid reports he planned to go to Honolulu as the case unfolds.
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Oroville
Cal
James B. Webber
A. H. Lucey
Butte County
Lucey
Mill Valley
Honolulu
The Trick of a Gentleman’s Conscience
Billy confronts his friend Tom Hopkins over a despised affair with a distant Southern belle. He drugs Tom to force a confession and ends with a mock-tender plan to reunite Tom with the woman, while reflecting on honor and deception.
West Cities Urged to Unite for National Reclamation Program
W. O. Gilbert of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce congratulates Samuel H. Hedges for Seattle's handling of the reclamation congress. He urges the cities of the West to join forces to pursue a national reclamation program.
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Gilbert
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Samuel H. Hedges
Seattie
Man Captures Thieves By Crashing His Own Car
I Johnson aged 19 and R Campbell aged 22 were held in city jail after being chased by A D Chisholm who commandeered a car belonging to L Meikle and deliberately collided with his own vehicle to stop the alleged thieves. The events took place as the pursuit ended in custody.
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I. Johnson
R. Campbell
A. D. Chisholm
First Ave
L. Meikle
Harvest Moon Feast Observed by Chinese Seattle
Chinese Seattle residents observed the Harvest Moon feast on a Sunday marking the unveiling in Sing Ning China of a statue to Chin Gee Hee a former Seattle Chinaman known as the Jim Hill of China Hee helped with early Seattle construction projects.
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Seattle
Sing Ning
China
Chin Gee Hee
Jim Hill
Mills of Johannesburg outlines rail electrification plans
Mills, chief engineer of South Africa's government railways, visits Seattle to survey electrification of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line. He says the South African government plans to spend 90 million dollars on road improvements.
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F. . Mills
Johannesburg
South Africa
Seattle
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Mills
Missing Maine Electrician Sought by Mother and Officials
Carrie A. Fickett of Portland asks Mayor Caldwell for help locating her son Harry C. York an electrician who left Maine 15 years ago and has not been heard from in eight years. A Seattle resident thinks an unidentified man found in a Magnolia bluff shack could be York or his 19 year old son Harry E. Cunningham suspects the 35 year old dead man may be the missing boy and asks witnesses to contact him.
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Tom Hopkins
Hopkins
Tom
Billy
Fifth Avenue
Billly
Caldwell
Carrie A. Fickett
Forest Ave
Portland
Harry C. York
Maine
Seattle
F. KF. Cunningham
Howell Sr
Magnolia Bluff
Harry E
Cunningham
Salt Lake City
Police Seek Lenine Agents in Chicago Raid
Chicago police hunt for several men named on a code list found during the raid on Witty Schechman former secretary to Nicolas Lenine. Papers show Schechman was a delegate from the Third International to a communist labor party convention. Police say a coded paper was used by radicals. Schechman held. no charges yet. deportation expected.
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Chicago
Witty Schechman
Nicolas Lenine
Schechman
Third Internationale
Communist Labor Party
91st Vets to Come Again
The 91st Veterans completed a two day drive in France, ending their first annual convention in Seattle with over 400 attendees. Jules Markos of Seattle was elected president and announced plans to grow to about 20,000 members, with a reception and dance scheduled for the new officers.
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France
Seattle
Jules Markos
Actress death sparks new narcotics probe in California
The death of actress Marjorie Shields in San Francisco appears from an apparent cocaine overdose and intensifies the ongoing statewide illicit drug traffic investigation. Shields was the daughter of a wealthy former Philadelphia resident.
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San Francisco
Marjorie Shields
California
Philadelphia
Reclamation Plans Discussed At Seattle Convention
This week at the Chamber of Commerce officials will finalize plans for a convention in Seattle next month to discuss reclamation of logged off lands. An auto accident near MMERER Wyoming left Oren Hall and J V Gentierrez in Salt Lake City and B Bigier in Kem meres dead.
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Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Mmerer
Wyo
Oren Hall
Salt Lake
J. V. Gentierrez
Bingham
Utah
W. Bigier
Kemmeres
University of Washington Registration Surges Overcrowds
New students flood to register at the University of Washington as about 2,500 seek admission and pay a $10 fee. The mix includes engineers and business majors with high demand pushing some to music courses due to overflow. Cadet uniforms and lab fees rise while funds support a stadium and a health service.
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University of Washington
Herbert T. Condon
Uni
Hiow
Health game taught by U S Red Cross workers in Prague
Czecho-Slovakian children learn the American health game from junior Red Cross workers. The rules clash with local customs, notably sleeping with windows open. A girl, Marianka of Radilice, earned a health medal by extra baths, sparking an epidemic of baths in Radlice.
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Prague
Red Cross
New
Republic
Marianka
Radilice
Radlice
Opposition Rises to Select Schools in Hawaii
In Honolulu on September 27, Chinese and Japanese residents protested a plan to create three select schools for pupils who pass an English test. They argue the measure promotes racial prejudice as public schools already house far more Japanese than white students while private schools mainly serve whites and many Native Hawaiians.
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Honolulu
T.hl
Islands
Dean Hunt Named to Italian Post
President Wilson names Thomas Hunt dean of the Agricultural College of the University of California to a permanent committee at the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome. Albert B. Young is named registrar at Vernal Utah and Nellie E. Rodabaugh appointed receiver of moneys at the same land office.
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Washington
Wilson
Thomas ¥. Hunt
Agricultural College
University of California
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
Albert 8. Young
Vernal
Utah
Nellie E. Rodabaugh
Police Called to Calm Run on Bank
Tremont Trust company invoked the 90 day clause of banking laws today after a deposit run prompted police to restore order among excited depositors in Boston.
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Boston
Tremont Trust Company
Woman's screams chase burglar during weekend burglary
Mrs. Bernbaum woke to find a burglar looting her husband's trousers at 923 24th Ave and screamed as he jumped through a window and escaped with small change. In New York an excursion boat carrying 265 passengers was marooned all night in Flushing Bay due to fog.
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Bernbaum
24Th Ave
New York
Flushing Bay
Woman Dead of Starvation Found in Seattle Home
Mrs Annie Holmes 64 was found dead in bed at 018 N 67th by her husband John A Holmes after a month alone at Bremerton farm. Coroner says starvation caused death though neighbors had food. no sign of violence or robbery. Mail piled up with three letters from Holmes.
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Annie Holmes
W. H. Carson
Bremerton
John A. Holmes
Holmen
Thlmes
Mra
C. B. Arthur
Holmes
No Eulogies Scheduled for Jacob H. Schiff Funeral
New York on September 27 reports that following Schiff ailing magnate’s wishes no eulogies will be spoken at tomorrow’s funeral services to be led by Dr. Jacob Silberman at Temple Emanuel with burial at Cypress Hills Long Island. Schiff a Kuhn Loeb & Co. partner valued estate above 350 million dollars drew many condolence messages including one from President Wilson.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Jacob Silberman
Temple Emanuel
Cypreus Tillis
Long Leland
Altho Schiff
East Ride
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Schiff
Wilson
Two Children Die in Cedar Shack Fire Near Machina
In Everett on September 27 a cedar shake and paper shack burned, killing Naomi age 3 and Ruth age 1 a 3 month old baby suffered burns. Joseph Cully’s family was in the barnyard milking when the fire started unknownly. coroner N B Challacombe recovered the two charred bodies.
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Everett
Joseph Cully
Machina
Naomi
Ruth
N. B. Challaecombe
Pickpockets Lose $320 at Second Ave Movie Show
Mrs C Rasse mussen of 7337 29th Ave watched a Sunday movie at a Second Ave theater when a handbag containing $320 and valuable papers was taken by pickpockets. The incident is under police inquiry.
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C. Rassemussen
29Th Ave
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Omotoyo
U. of W
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Lenine
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U. S
Hawaii
Dean Hunt
Aberdeen
Sam Pavesich
Grays Harbor
Perth Amboy
N. J
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Frederick & Nelson
Pine Street
Copenhagen
Women’s Union
Taupe
Wistaria
Tan
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