End of the Sixty-First Congress and Bailey Resigns
The Sixty-First Congress adjourned as Taft called a special session to ratify a Canada reciprocity pact. Bailey resigned amid Democratic Party gains, and later withdrew his resignation at Texas Governor Colquitt's request. The session marked a shift from Republican to Democratic control and signaled the fall of Speaker Cannon's power.
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Washington, D. C
Sixty-First Congress
Taft
Congress
House
Senate
Canada
Democratic
Ways and Means
Committee On Committees
New House
Tariff Board
Johnson
Kentucky
Cannon
Owen
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Bailey
Colquitt
Texas
Joe” Cannon
Aldrich
Hale
Burrows
Dephew
Carter
Kean
Scott
Old Guard
Post Office Bill Passes Aims at Magazine Rates
The Senate approved the post office appropriation bill for about 258 million dollars after removing the proposal to raise advertising sections of large magazines to 4 cents a pound. Postmaster General Hitchcock attended and saw his rate increase plan defeated.
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Washington
Senate
Post Office
Hitchcock
Aberdeen mayoral race shapes Aberdeen vote trends
Aberdeen faces a close mayoral contest as registration nears 2 800 with women making up nearly 1 000. Parks leads business interests while Beam draws sentimental support. six council seats remain and election outcomes may not alter city governance. The Herald predicts Parks victory by 500 to 800 and notes party activities including a Socialist convention led by Max Korn for mayor.
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Aberdeen
Parks
Beam
Montesano
The
Herald
D. C. Crivyen
A. H
Socialist Party
Max Korn
Aberdeen Lodge Elects 593 Officers for Year
Thursday evening Aberdeen Lodge No. 593 B P O Elks elected C C Quackenbush Exalted Ruler Frank Thibault Esteemed Leading Knight R M Remlinger Esteemed Loyal Knight Geo J Wolff Esteemed Lecturing Knight L W Roser Secretary R H Falconer Treasurer J M Bowes Tyler C R Sayers Trustee L M Roser Representative to Grand Lodge F L Carman Alternate A banquet followed the election
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Aberdeen Lodge No. 593
C. C. Quackenbush
Frank Thibault
R. M. Remlinger
Geo. J. Wolff
L. W. Roser
R. H. Falconer
J. M. Bowes
Tyler
C. R. Sayers
L. M. Roser
Grand Lodge
F. L. Carman
Fortune Half Way into The Herald Circulation Contest
The Herald announces its Great Circulation Contest opened this morning. Nominate, enter, and win prizes by promoting subscriptions, ads, and job printing. Clip coupons, gather votes, and recruit helpers to boost your candidacy and extend The Herald’s reach.
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Fortune
Herald
The
Grand Prize Types Revealed at Seattle Exposition
A local prize list highlights the First Grand Prize a $450 Eilers Orchestral Upright Grand Piano, the Second Grand Prize a $400 in gold, others to be announced, plus a Victor Victrola valued at $150 and a high-grade camera as the Sixth Grand Prize. The awards are described as opportunities for homes, lodges, clubs, and churches along Grays Harbor and the coast.
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Seattle
Grays Harbor
Victor Victrola
City Election Voting Places and Officers Listed by Ward
Tomorrow voters will find polling sites and election officers by ward. The city council selected inspectors judges and clerks for First through Sixth Wards across venues such as the city jail Wilsons old office Camillos boat house American hotel Dr Coons garage Mitchell block Hose House Empire theater City Hall S K Bowes garage Randolphs paint shop and Hayes Davis grocery with listed names for each role.
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First Ward
Branch City
H. B. Strong
Bert Loomis
W. H. Hawkins
J. W. May
E. S. Goldsmith
Wilson
James Johnson
M. T. Gilbreath
William Gilbreath
Tracy Vanacie
Michael Keating
Camillo’s Boat House
Robert Dinse
A. S. Brecht
A. E. Varney
Mollie Dinse
William Irvine
American Hotel
Robi. Scott
C. E. Arnold
J. G. Moir
Mabelle Revere
Third Ward
Dr. Coons
Father Gribben
Coons
Cliff Weatherwax
C. S. Prescott
R. E. Taggart
Mitchell Block
Charles McDermoth
A. L. McKean
A. L. Brauer
L. L. Maley
W. H Pearson
Fourth Ward
Hose House
C R. Apple
W. J. Sawyer
John Pack
James O'Connell
Henry Reynolds
Empire Theater
G. J. Shipy
William C. Anning
M. Demeree
J. A. Waldron
M. M Bacon
Fifth Ward
City Hall
W. Weatherwax
SS. W. Johnston
R. E. Peassey
Eugene McGillicuddy
Eugene A. Smith
S. K. Bowes
J. B. Elston
J. H. Empy
P. R. Hogan
G. B. Hopkins
Watson Vernon
Sixth Ward
Randolph's
C. Depute
John Stanford
A. D. Randolph
Cc. F. Jensen
C. G. Nolop
Hayes & Davis
Dan Pearsall
B L. Hayes
Henry Malette
O. E. Schultz
Ben Manning
Auditor rules: road supervisors may not hire own teams for county work
Olympia reports Attorney General W. H. Bell says road supervisors cannot contract in counties to furnish their own teams. If a claim by commissioners seems illegal the county auditor may reject it and force the claimant to sue for the money. Bell notes auditors may protest warrants and hold them up when proper.
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Olympia
W. H. Bell
State Bureau of Inspection
Bell
Personal Property Taxes Delinquent Date Set By Law
A new law approved February 25 changes personal property tax delinquency to March 15 from March 8 and raises interest to 15 percent on unpaid taxes. On March 16 the county treasurer must certify delinquent lists to the sheriff for immediate distraint, with costs borne by the taxpayer. It also tightens transfer rules until taxes and interest are paid.
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Tax Commission
New Method Burns Stumps On University Campus
The United States Bureau of Plant Industry demonstrates a preheated air stump burning method devised by Clarke Smith of Mount Vernon. A charcoal fire under the stump heats air sent through a small pipe to the burn point, enabling internal combustion. Three stumps are tested near the Woman's League, the boathouse, and Machinery Hall with costs and results to be reported in March.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
Seattle
United States Bureau of Plant Industry
State University
Clarke Smith
Mount Vernon
Harry Thompson
Woman’s League
University Boathouse
Isaacs Jr Tours Chehalis Bridge Construction Site
John D Isaacs Jr Harriman chief engineer visited the Chehalis river bridge project with engineers, praised progress, and noted a 2000 foot structure with 336 foot draw span. Nine hundred feet use wrapped steel, piles driven, concrete pouring to start within 20 days. site also inspected for a new Oregon Washington depot near the current Northern Pacific facility.
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John D Isaacs, Jr
Harriman Lines
Chehalis River
Portland
City
John D. Isaacs, Jr
Grays Harbor
Isaacs
Isaacs, Jr
Oregon-Washington
Northern Pacific
Fathers Sentenced as Boys Minor Thieves Face Lecture
Eric Zaolwinski and Rudolph Rokas two 11 year old boys were arrested for stealing from a vacant store on East Wishkah Street. At trial their fathers were found complicit and sentenced to 15 days in jail while the boys received a lecture.
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Eric Zaolwinski
Rudolph Rokas
East Wishkah Street
Phillips
West Eighth Street
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ELKS
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