Washington primary reform aims to bar straw ballots
United Press dispatch from Spokane reports legislator elect Guy B Groff proposing an amendment to Washington primary laws to prohibit straw ballots by newspapers or individuals. He argues such ballots inflate perceived advantage and should be banned until after primaries. He also advocates curbing confessions in criminal trials to restore rights advisement.
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United Press
Spokane
Wash
State of Washington
Guy B. Groff
Columms
Froff
Sheriff Urquhart reports rising crime costs in Lewis County
The annual Lewis County Sheriff Urquhart report notes a rise in crime and costs. Sheriff and deputies handled 236 offenders with 17 sent to trial, while fines and fees totaled 1064.50, up 4% from the prior year, reflecting broader county growth in 1909.
Taft urges easier terms for settlers in reclamation plan
President Taft backed the Army engineers' report calling for a 20 million dollar appropriation to the reclamation service. He urged Congress to grant broader executive authority over water project payments arguing easier terms are needed to secure government returns and accelerate settlements.
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Washington
Board of Army Engineers
Taft
Congress
Department of the Interior
Young Chohalis Man Injured After Barn Loft Fall
Bert Schubert Brhaks Rib suffered a painful injury when he fell from his father's barn loft yesterday morning. He is reported to have broken a rib in the fall and sustained internal injuries.
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Tort Behubert
Chohalis
Cbs
Woman Seeks 2000 for Injuries in City Case
Mrs Apaha Knapp sues the city of Chehalls claiming a fall caused disarrangement of her vital organs and mental distress. Jury awards 100, then Judge Rice reduces damages to 100, with potential Supreme Court review. Attorneys Langhorne and Gushacker listed as her counsel.
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Apaha ‘Knapp
Chehalls
Studebaker
Rice
Rye
Seattle Hunt for Bandits After Northeast Limited HoldUp
A sheriff's posse with thirty detectives searches suburban districts as Northern Pacific detectives and the Seattle chief head from St. Paul to locate the bandits who halted the Northeast Limited just outside Seattle. In Auburn two masked highwaymen robbed the mail car of the North Coast Limited No. 2 near King Street Station, firing as the train began to depart and injuring mail clerk Harry Clark Liarry QO.
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Clark
Reid
Auburn
Tacoma Land South
Tacoma
Hoye
Brandt
Seattle
Kent
Held
Amooth
Pas
Cl Fiefq
St. Paul
Waah
King Atroot Wopot
Mall Clark Liarry QO
Daily Chronicle Restores This Girl's Watch
Miss Mildred Looney, staying with her sister in this city, recovered a valuable gold watch after fearing loss. The Daily Chronicle aided the return after reports from Aberdeen of a man under arrest for alleged theft. Ownership was established and Aberdeeen authorities were contacted via Chief Ingalls and Sheriff Urquhart.
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Mildred Looney
R. L. Lewis
Daily Chronicle
Aberdeen
Miss Looney
Ingalls
Urquhart
Centralia Wreck Victim Auldridge May Be From Here
A list of injured in yesterday’s Cheney railroad wreck includes D. F. Auldridge with Portland Oregon as his address. It is believed the address is mistaken and D F P Auldridge of the Auldridge drygoods store in Centralia is the injured man. He and his daughter Pauline were aboard and he is reported to have serious internal injuries and is in a Spokane hospital.
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Cheney
D. F. Auldridge
Portland
Ore
D. FP. Auldridge
Auldridge Drygoods
Mr. Auldridge
Pauline
Spokane
Centralia City Considers Boulevard Addition Plat
Jan 4 Centralia officials reviewed a plat of the Boulevard addition presented to the city council. The plan was accented and faced on Ale last night with most of the tract outside city limits, but state law requires filing the plat.
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Centralia
Treasury Gas Surplus Shows December Close Strong
December closed with working balance near 87 million dollars the highest since July. Receipts reached 67.6 million with disbursements of 52 million creating an ordinary surplus around 6 million and reducing the yearly deficit to 8.8 million. National banks expanded to 7291 with 499 million in outstanding circulation as 12 new banks opened with 1.616 million capital.
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Washington, Jan
United States Treasury
Apite
Panama Canal
Busainesa
Minta
Murder Mystery Enshrouds Foul Crime Near Town
A battered corpse of an unknown man is found in Gran ery, two miles from Centralia. Indications of a furious struggle are evident on bloody walls and floor. The victim's skull shows heavy trauma from rocks and clubs.
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Granery
Centralia
Man Found Murdered In Abandoned Granary Near Gao Castle Farm
Sam Secord discovered the slain man in a granary two miles NW of the city. The victim’s head injuries were fatal, with a large bloodied club and a fist sized stone nearby. The suspected motive remains unclear as identity is unknown and many townsfolk attempt to guess who the victim is.
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Sam Secord
Gao. T. Castle Farm
G. L. Stickiin
Secord
Senator Elkins of West Virginia Dies in Washington
United Press reports Senator B Elkins died at midnight from septicemia after a long illness begun in Elkins West Virginia He was conscious until shortly before death and had been moved to Washington in November for possible return to the Senate Also noted a wedding at Chehalis Maryland Avenue between Robert Alexander and Kate R Allens with detailed family and ceremony info.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senator B. Elkins
West Virginia
Senator Elking
Elkins
W. Va
Washington
Senate
John Taylor
Maryland Avenue
Chehalis
Robert Alexander
Kate R. Allens
Harting, Wash
Toa Angeloa
F. A. la Violette
M. 5
Chehalis Councilman West to California for Leave
John Weat newly elected Chehalis councilman receives 60 days leave from his duties and plans a trip to California within a couple of days. The note highlights his temporary exit from municipal duties and upcoming travel.
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Cheha
California
John Weat
Chehalis
Uutton
Vlatt California
Weakening robbery motive in murder near Castle farm
A coroner's inquest found the victim unknown with death at the hands of unknown parties after a gold watch and chain were recovered from the scene on the George T. Castle farm. Witnesses described nightly fights near the Oregon Washington Railroad property, while officers preserved evidence including a severed vest and bloodstained boards.
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George T. Castle Farm
Jrquhart
Chehalis
Damon
Buxton
George T. Castle
F. E. Camp
Oregon- Washington Raiload & Navigation Company
Rendesyous
Hoboas
Thousands View Corpse in Murders Mystery Case
The corpse of a strangled man found near Contratia on a Thursday night remains unidentified. Coroner Sticklin pursues clues while 2000 annual morgue visitors fail to reveal the dead man’s identity. a photograph and circulars will be issued before burial.
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Contratia
Sticklin
Buchlin
Ead
Monnay
Corpes
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Sherif Urquhart
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