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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1912
Page
8
April 28 report from the superior court shows Prosecuting Attorney Buxton bringing charges against Gam Carter this afternoon. He was discharged by Justice Howe yesterday afternoon on the charge of wire desertion. Carter is held at the county jail awaiting bond.
Chehalis State League team under Manager Murray conducts daily practice as recruits rapidly improve. They face Chinook Indian Club at Mile End Field on Monday afternoon. Indiana plays in Portland tomorrow, Vancouver Sunday, and in Chehalis Tuesday.
The funeral honors for General Frederick Dent Grant son of Ulysses S Grant were held with troops veterans and Grand Army members present. He was buried today in the West Port Military Reservation cemetery amid solemn rites.
Former Centralia girl six is described as a singer with local ties and a noted family background. The item notes her birth, upbringing, and connections to Pryt Wf Mills and San T Mills, with mentions of Mrs. Shriver and Mrs. Teralass.
Fragmentary OCR note recounts a legal dispute involving Judge George Dyatre and a public job advertisement. It mentions Washington officials and political contention around appointment and shifting positions, with unclear names and details.
A citizen committee in Centralia Washington studied a gravity water system for Centralia and Chehalis, recommending separate city systems with a joint intake from the North Fork of the Newaukum River. Report models cover legalities, engineering, and financing, with bonds up to five percent of assessed value.
Ernest Gill a donkeyman on the Californian testified to the Senate committee on the Titanic disaster that the ship ignored distress rockets from the sinking vessel. He recalled seeing the Titanic lights at ten miles away as the Californian sailed on. He said officers could not help and the crew blamed the captain for not rescuing.
In Washington on April 25 a breach surfaced between Titanic inquiry chairman Smith and other committee members. Smith seeks to detain Titanic survivors in the capital until the hearing ends, while colleagues claim release is unnecessary. Ismay and Franklin of White Star press for freedom of survivors. Senator Bourne disrupts questions as Willy Marconi testifies, noting New York office kept Titanic news for money and urging dual wireless operators aboard liners.
Margarite Bellaire, owner of a dyeing and cleaning shop in Portland, was shot and killed today by Lou Whitlake after she refused his marriage proposal. The incident followed a quarrel at her shop. Councilman Georg H. Jones is named in a related note.
A Commercial Club luncheon at the Centralia Hotel drew squakers and a Chehalis Citizens' Club delegation led by Elmer McBroom and C A Studebaker. Sheriff Robert Hodges, king s county governor candidate, spoke of his campaign as C E Flanigan and others promoted church Uplift and the Hub City Festival.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a local event with a repeated line about Bog Hodge pears and a Friday date. Readable bits mention a shoat of King ewe har and ag nd sevs np hed the Hay. Missing clear details prevent full reconstruction.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention places and events with garbled names. No coherent facts or identifiable persons or organizations are clear enough to summarize into a proper news item.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions warngtail title and Pontal Misamugins area. It lists isolated terms like Maga De and Simiousd. Difficult to extract a clear event or names.
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