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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1912
Page
3
Washington State College Fer ry Hall residents vote unanimously to refuse meals at the dormitory dining hall. They will relocate to other boarding houses as the Sphinx club plans to take over managing the hall through a students committee citing poor food quality and high prices under current hired staff.
City commission of Chehalis appoints Miller of El Tensburg and Arvid Rydstroma of Tacoma as fast appraisers to value the water plant. Washington Oregon Corp selects R. B. Montagee and J. R. Thompson of Portland as additional appraisers. Work starts immediately as the May 7 election bars the system and paves its purchase.
An epidemic of tonsillitis grips Portland as in other states. Few patients go to hospitals while seven Episcopal clergymen in the United Clerics have sought care at Good Samaritan hospital. City physicians say cases exceed the usual seasonal level. Dr. Andrew Smith cites sudden temperature changes as the probable cause.
At the election of Grand Lodge a Knighta of Pythias gathering in North Yakima yesterday elected Ken Salick of this city as Inner Guard. The local delegation to the annual encampment returned home at noon today. The report notes the election and the return of the delegation.
A general transport workers strike in England is largely observed with about 109,000 workers expected to march out by night. Ports nationwide face paralysis as unions demand higher wages, shorter hours, larger crews, and standardized pay. Officials refuse to settle with employers, claiming boycott tactics sparked the walkout. May 23 London report.
May 22 New York reports a pilot will fly a pouch of mail to Washington if weather favors. Paul Peck, a Washington aviator, starts from Governors Island with about 10,000 letters. Postmaster Hitchcock authorized the test. Peck is sworn as a postal employee on route 607901. The flight aims to beat five hour train time, potentially under four hours, with stops later considered.
ENGINE G. W. Backavan of Toppenish Nursery Company was struck by a Southern Pacific switch engine on the Grays Harbor branch at J Street last night. He crawled to a damaged bridge where two tramps found him. One stayed while the other fetched help. He was taken to the Employes Hospital in Centralia and was reported resting easily and expected to recover. His grip lay near the crash site.
The Tacoma Ledger reports a skeleton found near Chambers Creek may belong to E. Wheeler of Centralia, age 52, missing since April 1911. Wheeler denies knowledge of the find, calling the tale greatly exaggerated. coroner to investigate, police have not confirmed the link.
United Press reports London port paralyzed by a transport workers strike. Thousands of dockers carmen lightermen and related workers halt movement halting tons of perishable fruit and foodstuffs at docks and wharves while the board of trade negotiates to settle grievances of about 750 000 workers.
Los Angeles May 24 No progress was made at the forenoon session in the trial of Glay lence Darrow charged with jury bribing The thirteenth juror had not yet been obtained The third panel was exhausted and veniremen were borrowed from other departments of the court An adjournment to 2 o clock was ordered to summon more veniremen The alternate juryman was debated but the judge and counsel kept to the thirteenth juror idea
May 24 marks Victoria Day in Canada, a legal holiday across the dominion honoring the late queen. The piece notes traditional hat fashion and social commentary on gender roles, reflecting light domestic observations alongside the holiday mood.
Seattle May 24 Superior Judge A W Frater tells 2% men newly admitted as citizens to avoid involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World and to refrain from preaching changes to the constitution. He warns such acts violate allegiance oaths and threaten national safety, calling I W W and related groups dangerous enemies of law.
May 23 report that Col Roosevelt began a whirlwind speaking tour of New Jersey to win the state's Republican primary endorsement. He addressed Paterson crowds and planned night meetings in Newark and Jersey City, aiming to capture a majority of the delegation.
United Press dispatch from Boston notes a triangular eight oared race on the Charles River featuring Harvard Princeton and Cornell in a first on water since 1874. Start is 2 30 pm over a mile and seven eighths downstream. Cornell favored by rowing experts with Ithaca crew strong again after Princeton debut.
A parade of prominent state figures began in St Louis to dedicate the completed 100 mile St Louis Arcadia automobile highway. The route runs through Jefferson and St Louis counties to De Soto then Bonne Terre Farmington Doe Run and Arcadia, highlighting the St Francois River valley and Graniteville before reaching Arcadia.
W P Boland of Scranton testifies before the house judiciary committee accusing Judge Archbald of Commerce Court of aiding railroads in seizing his Marion Coal Company. Boland describes a conspiracy narrative with railroads and cites remarks by Erie Railroad officials and attorney Watson about influence and bribes.
The Cen tralia high echo will hold the 1912 graduating class commencement in the high school auditorium next Friday night. Enrollment stands at 24. N. B. Coffman, Chehalls school board president, to deliver the commencement address. Superintendent R. B. Kellogg to present the class to the public, J. E. Lease, local school board president, to award diplomas.
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