Various 1915 Tacoma News Highlights Across Civic, Labor and Science
In Tacoma a mobbed oath ceremony installs Mayor W. W. Seymour as a charter member of Local No. 23, with hobo housing at an abandoned school. Engagement news ties Joseph E. Willard’s daughter Belle Wyatt to Kermit Roosevelt. A massive Selleck sawmill fire devastates Pacific States Lumber, costing about 200000 and 350 workers jobless. Federal biology demos in Philadelphia feature blood cleansing and appetite tests. The Brooklyn Navy Yard receives 1500 textbooks for shipboard education per Secretary Daniels’ order, with classes to follow. Dr. S Weir Mitchell dies at 83 in Philadelphia. A Milwaukee petition seeks mandamus to override medical certs in marriage licenses. Washington legislators push an eight hour day plan with fines. Black Diamond miners reach arbitration over mine safety and a return-to-work deal. Cornell University announces a six week horseshoeing course for NY shoers to improve knowledge of anatomy and infection risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Seymour
Tacoma
America
Hotel de Gink
Spain
Joseph E. Willard
Richmond
Belle Wyatt Willard
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Pacific States Lumber Company of
Selleck
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Daniels
Navy Yard
S. Weir Mitchell
Mitchell
University of Penn
Jefferson Medical College
L. G. Widale
Milwaukee
Wis
Alfred A. Peterson
W. H. Kingery
Shelton
Mason County
Socialist Party
Secretary of State of
Washington
Pacific Coast Coal Company
Black Diamond
Wash
Cornell University
New York
State College of Veterinary
Moore
California News Roundup Weaves Flood, Crime and Policy Threads
The Sacramento Valley floods yield minimal material loss for railroads while irrigation experts note potential benefits. San Francisco unemployed spark a protest by dining then refusing payment at a Kearny Street cafe. A nurse in Sacramento dies from blood poisoning after a leg wound. A two man gunfight on San Francisco streets ends with Gibson captured and hospitalized. Gunboat Smith moves into vaudeville after boxing plans fall through. California debates express delivery licenses for automobile permits and recalls Johnson. Massed unemployed in San Francisco denounce soup kitchens and urge boycott. Berkeley bills regulate billboard fences and cigarette age rises to 21. Trinity County residents push Congress to create a 99 square mile national reserve for fish and game. The Fish and Game Commission lacks power to stop yearlong fishing or hunting beyond ten years, so Congress may declare a national preserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento Valley
Portland
San Francisco
Kearny
Sacramento and
Kearny Streets
Mary D. Early
Sisters’ Hospital
Sacramento
Miss Early
Post and
Montgomery
W. P. Gibson
Edward Clark
John H. Colen
Wall
Gibson
Central Emergency Hospital
Gunboat Smith
Smith
Carpentier
Jack Johnson
Buckley
State Board of Control
Parcel Post
W. C. Ormsby
Automobile Registration Bureau
Jefferson Square
E. Teesdale
Hiram Johnson
Andrew Gallagher
Fifth
Howard Streets
Berkeley
John E. Baker
Trinity County
Congress
Coast Range
State Fish and Game Commission
Lucerne Valley Improvement Association Meet Debates Co op Store
Lucerne Valley Improvement Association held its Saturday meeting with notable reports on road labor expenses totaling 1408.50, a cooperative horticulture society planned to trim tree costs by half, and a vote favoring the California Land & Water Co. as beneficial. Officers for the year were elected and a postal service committee was formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne Valley Improvement Association
Goulding
Co-Operative
Union Road
Deadmans Point
Rabbit Springs
Gold Mountain
Cherry
Victor Valley
California Land & Water Co
Department of the Interior
James Goulding
W. A. Porter
P. E. Weigle
Ray Packer
F. H. Gobar
C. A. Thatcher
F. J. Gobar
Lucerne School Advances with Water Well and Bonds
The Lucerne school district reports a 190 ft water well with active flow funded by local volunteers led by James Goulding and others. Total improvement cost reaches 170.68 dollars, plus a 2000 dollar bond vote to finance a new school building in the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Goulding
Shorty Mulholland
Mr. Norris
Victorville
Mr. Goulding
C. A. Thatcher
Ruez Goltry
W. S. Cherry
D. J. Gribbin
Early Work Likely On Holmes Ranch Despite Mishap
Mr Miser, who has been on the Holmes ranch for a month, met a peculiar accident Sunday when his horse bolted and kicked him on the left cheek after the animal ducked under a low eave. He can work but has trouble eating. In San Bernardino on Dec 22 a son, Chester Lee Weigle, weighed eleven pounds at birth to Mr and Mrs Lee H Weigle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Miser
Holmes Ranch
Miser
San Bernardino
Lee H. Weigle
Chester Lee Weigle
Notable Burglaries and Arrests Lie Before Courts
Frank Day and Henry Carter, arrested for burglarizing a Santa Fe freight car near Ludlow on January 2, were bound over to the Superior Court by Judge Carter. They were caught selling stolen shoes to Mexicans. C A Wallingford and Tim Sullivan were arraigned on January 5 for burglarizing Cadiz freight house, with preliminary examination set for January 13. Pistols seized at arrest included 38 and 41 caliber with steel jacket bullets. Deputy District Attorney Frank Bates prosecuted both cases. The State Supreme Court will decide the validity of the new automobile tax law next Wednesday. Ralph Farris awaits execution at San Quentin for killing Horace Montague on a Southern Pacific train near Pomona. Paul Case and Tom Green, motion picture actors who robbed Blythe bank and killed Cashier Bowles, pleaded guilty and face sentencing January 14.
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Frank Day
Henry Carter
Santa Fe
Ludlow
Superior Court
Carter
C. A. Wallingford
Tim Sullivan
Cadiz
Fred Johnson
Colt
Atty
Frank Bates
State Supreme Court
Ralph Farris
San Quentin
Horace Montague
Southern Pacific
Pomona
Paul Case
Tom Green
Blythe
Bowles
Also Mentioned on This Page
California News
Lucerne Valley
Postal Service of
Our Valley
Lakeview Ranch
Lucerne District
Lucerne School
Interstate Telegraph Company
California
Lubin J. Henderson
Everybody’s Tailor
Barstow, California
Barstow, Cal
Los Angeles
San Fran
Chicago
Barstow
Overland Express
Angel
Phoenix
Johannesburg
Salt Lake
Pacific
B. Lamantain, Ag’t Daggett
Calif
Munn & Iat
New York i
Hawk W
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