Northwest Washington News Briefs 1940 Items
A miscellany from the Northwest notes Ruth Coston of Spokane turns 161 and the battleship Oregon visits Seattle for repairs. Colfax road improvements loom as Meade returns from California, while a school bond for a brick building secures 12 000. Fort Wright receives new troop billets. Yakima figure Archibald Voliva linked to Dowie as religious leader. Prisoners in Yakima jail try digging out with a stove poker. anti smoking crusade heads to Spokane. speed limits enforced in Tacoma. whiskey seizures on Yakima Indian Reservation. State coroner inquest payments shift to counties. Archie Griffin alive after jail escape. record fruit crop eyed in Yakima valley. apricot damage minimal. New cruiser Washington readies for speed trials. Nes Cole missing near Spokane. Burglary targets Alaska building in Seattle. fat sheep and fine wool noted. 4 crop of 40 000 pounds from Okanogan contemplated. Gallatin valley beet sugar factory assured. Helena elder Fred Schauer dies. Judge Hunt in Portland for timber cases. Kuhn guilty of second degree murder in Troy. Helena fire drill praised. eruption of orderly school exit readiness in case of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Coston
Spokane
Oregon
Seattle
Colfax
Mead
Californ
Codeens
Fort Wright
Archibald R. Voliva
North Yakima
W. Glenn Voliva
Dowie
Yakima County
International Anticigarette League
Wallace R. Struble
Tacoma
Jay Lynch
Yakima Indian Reservation
Indian Bureau
Atkinson
Archie Griffin
Oroville
McLaughlin’s Canyon
Colville
Yakima Valley
Washington
United States
N. M. Cole
Ber
Gallatin
Page Kuhn
Joann H. Plunkett
Troy
Erickson
Deer Lodge
Kuhn
Helena
O'Connell
Condon
Grand jury called in Yellowstone county and regional developoments
A Montana news brief reports a Yellowstone county grand jury, a fast start on the Billings Great Falls cut off from the Great Falls end, Huffaker confirmed as Helena postmaster, Arbor Day May 8 proclaimed, Helena High eyeing scholastic titles in Missoula, etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone County
Billings
Great Falls
United States Senate
George W. Huffaker
Helena
Toole
Fire devastates Sand Point residence. child dies
A four year old child of sheepman W B Bar ratt died in a Sand Point fire that also severely injured Bar ratt’s wife. The blaze destroyed the Bar ratt home, with reports noting the loss as a tragic household disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Barratt
Sand Point
Mr. Barratt
Fred Sibaldi
Portland
Peter Tortorici
B. Vilardo
Vallejo Street
San Francisco
B. Wistar Morris
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Oregon
Bishop Morris
New York
Idaho News Roundup Seeks New Rural Service and Local Tragedies
Idaho figures show Senator Heyburn backing a Rupert rural free delivery route while James Cannum escapes a state penitentiary. In Wallace and Burke, workers perish and officials seek trials as a bank becomes a government depository and a timber mill fatality prompts inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cannum
Heyburn
Rupert
Herman J. Rossi
Wallace
Idaho
Foresman
Lewiston
Portland
Jack Matthews
Antoine Broncheau
First National Bank of Hailey
Burke
David Taylor
Taylor
Board of Regents
University of Idaho
Alexander Burns
Post Falls Lumber Company
Burns
United States Land Office
C. A. Stevens
Osborne
Coeur d’Alenes
John Jacks
Clarence Ebney
Tiger
Senator Heyburn
Pacific, Idaho & Northern Railroad
Department of Justice
T. W. Powderly
Gooding
Moyor Haywood and
Pettibone
Steunenberg
New Chicago Political Movement Forms as Federal Labor Alliance
Sixty three labor groups met in Chicago last Sunday to form a Chicago Progressive Alliance intended as the seed of a National Progressive Alliance. The platform calls for government ownership of railways telegraphs and municipal utilities with labor holidays recall and initiative referendum. Candidates must sign a pledge to run cleanly and ally with no other parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Progressive Alliance
Pettigrew
South Dakota
National Democratic Party
Zion City Denounces Dowie as Voliva Leads New Oversight
In Zion City on April 9 the congregation denounced John Alexander Dowie as a spendthrift liar and traitor. General Overseer Voliva won overwhelming support to lead, and Mrs Dowie applauded the denunciation while the audience pledged to follow Voliva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion City
Ill
John Alxander Dowie
Shiloh
Dowie
Voliva
Tabernacle
John Alexander Dowie
Barnes
Law Department
Speicher
Excell
Dantel
Granger
Zion
Jane Dowie
New Reciprocity Treaty Talks With Cuba Near Completion
Edwin Morgan the American minister in Havana has led talks with Cuban officials to draft a new reciprocity treaty. The aim is to replace the existing convention as U S officials feel the current arrangement leaves the United States at a disadvantage and the draft could be submitted to the Senate before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
State Department
Edwin Morgan
Havana
Foreign Office
Senate
America
Change in Army Departments names two commands
Lieutenant General Bates issues orders assigning Brigadier General McCaskey to command the military department of Texas and Brigadier General John W. Bubb to command the department of the Dakotas. Temporary fill had been by Colonel M. B. Hughes and Colonel Co. J. Sweet respectively.
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John W. Bubb
Dakotas
Bates
McCaskey
Military Department of Texas
Department of the Dakotas
M. B. Hughes
Second Cavalry
Co. J. Sweet
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Sleepwalker Hangs Self in Akron Ex-Councilman
Akron Ohio reports Jacob Stair 65 a sleepwalker rose while sleeping and hanged himself to a floor joist with twine he discussed death with his wife the prior night. He was a prominent Mason and former city councilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Jacob Stair
Boat Hoxie Explosion Sends Crew to Suffer
The tow boat H. M. Hoxie bound from Cincinnati to Pittsburg with 12 empty barges blew its boiler off Portland Ohio. The boat sank in five minutes. Fireman John Moran of Pittsburg is missing and presumed drowned. Fireman Joseph Wheeler was scalded and will die. Three other crew members suffered severe burns and broken limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
H. M. Hoxie
Portland
Ohio
John Moran
Joseph Wheeler
Will
Burial in Nagold after hotel collapse toll
In Nagold Germany the burial of 50 victims from the Zum Hirschen hotel collapse occurred Saturday. Interments were conducted in small groups as three visiting pastors led grave side services. Most village families mourn a loss amid the quiet, somber ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagold
Black Forest
Germany
Sporting notes preview season and notable bouts
The coast league opened its season last Saturday. Joe Walcott has accepted Joe Gans’s offer to fight for the welterweight world title on April 27. Yale wrestlers won the intercollegiate title in Columbia gym, defeating Columbia Princeton and Penn. Noted billiard stars include Wilmot Anson Parker, with McGraw rising as a cue ace. Jay Gould, aged 17, won the national court tennis championship over Sands. An Indian Joe Gregg versus Kid Fredericks bout ended in the fourth round with Gregg dominating. The Oxford Cambridge boat race on the Thames ended with Cambridge ahead by three and a half lengths in 19:24. The 1906 Northwestern league opens April 28 in Spokane with Butte and Grays Harbor clubs touring. Opening day moved from April 25 to 28 to give extra practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast League
Joe Walcott
Joe Gans
Yale
Columbia University
Columbia
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Walter Wilmot
Anson
Harley Parker
McGraw
Jay Gould
New York City
Charles E. Sands
New York
Sands
Gould
Rossland
Joe” Gregg
Kid Fredericks
Fredericks
Oxford
Cambridge
Putney
Mortlake
Thames
Spokane
Charlie McIntyre
Miners
Butte
Grays Harbor
Tacoma
Record Homeseekers Move Sets Two Year High
St. Paul union depot officials report more than 6500 homebound travelers sent west and north on a Saturday night. Low Tuesday rates are expected to continue pushing the movement for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
St. Paul
Noted Negro Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Dies in Dayton
Paul Laurence Dunbar, renowned poet of the Negro race, died at his Dayton home from consumption. Born June 27, 1872, he rose from news boy and elevator boy to a prolific writer with twenty one books. He married Alice Ruth Moore after meeting through her poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dayton
Ohio
Mr. Dunbar
Steele High School
Malindy
Malinda
Dunbar
Dixie
Hearthside
Cabin and Field
Gideon
Lil’ Gal
Happy Hollow
Alice Ruth Moore
Boston
Congressional Library
New York
Notable Historical Quips From Fringes Of The Pacific Coast
A collection of pointed anecdotes touches on Pacific coast linguistics Drake’s 1579 claim Nouva Albion near Point Reyes and Dover likeness. A Philadelphia physician declines cigars at a New York dinner, fearing a loss of appetite. A Washington Star quip mocks politicians praising the American hen over the eagle. Mild humor on finance and counsel follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Plymouth Rock
New England
Francis Drake
Elizabeth
Nouva Albion
Point Reyes
Dover
Philadelphia
New York
Russia Faces Dramatic Shift After Election Swing
Premier Witte gains strength as constitutional democrats win a large lower house majority. He warns the emperor that reform is urgent and urges a preemptive constitutional move and Easter amnesty as Russia braces for reactionary cabinet pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitutional Democrats
Witte
General Trepoff
Durnovo
Tsarskoe-Selo
Theatre Schedule for Spokane Week Dates
The Christian on 12 13, Blanche Walsh on 14, Mascots on 17 18, Alberta Gallatin on 19 20, Heir to Hoorah on 25, Creston Clark on 26, My Wife's Family on 29 30. Reserve seats in advance by writing to Joseph Petrich, theater manager, with preferred location. Prices range 25 cents to $1.50, a deposit required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Christian
Blanche Walsh
Alberta Gallatin
Hoorah
Creston Clark
Joseph Petrich
Two Apostles Dropped From Mormon Quorum
President Joseph F. Smith announced at the Mormon conference that two apostles resigned from the quorum of the twelve during the church election Sunday in Salt Lake City. Matthias T. Cowley and John W. Taylor tendered their resignations on October 28 for not being in harmony with the quorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Smith
Twelve Apostles
Salt Lake
Francis M. Lyman
Matthias T. Cowley
John W. Taylor
A Romantic Simile
A couple walks under a clear night moon when the man exclaims its beauty and his partner agrees. He then likens the glowing moon to “a big fried egg,” expressing playful affection in a lighthearted exchange. The moment captures domestic charm and imaginative humor between William and Judy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Three Men and Woman Drowned in Cedar Rapids Boat Capsize
A Cedar Rapids report states George McDonald Samuel Gallahan and Thomas Delaney with Mrs Hattie Kopp rode a gasoline launch on the Cedar River when Mrs Kopp rocked the craft causing a capsize Delaney swam ashore to summon help but the others drowned before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
George McDonald
Samuel Gallahan
Thomas Delaney
Hattie Kopp
Cedar River
Kopp
Delaney
General Strike Declared by Havana Unions
A Havana special reports a meeting of many unions has declared a general strike. Several thousand men will participate, stemming from the ongoing street car line strike that has been active for several days.
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Havana
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Washington Notes
Geo. W. Lowden
Loomis
Okanogan County
Helena High School
Missoula
State University
Merrifield
Roosevelt
Charles Lloyd
Thomas Kirk
Bozeman
Idaho News
Labor Organizamet
Bor
Ation
Gates
John
Cuba
Sleepwalker
Sporting Notes
Paul Lauri
Ce Dunbar
Washington Star
McCarl
Rogerman
Cleveland
Russia
Ists
Cowley
Judy
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