Judiciary League attacks five Supreme Court justices over direct primary change
Rufus R. Wilson leads a charge claiming five justices manipulated the 1909 judicial convention law to shift nominations from public vote to convention selection. The statement accuses justices of lobbying for the bill, pressuring Governor Hay, and steering the convention process to favor machine influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus R. Wilson
Supreme Court
Judiciary League
J. Will Shafer
Law Libarian
Olympia
House
Senate
Hay
Tacoma
State of
Washington
Navy Secretary Recommends Expanding Pacific Gulf Yards
Secretary Meyer travels to major navy yards on the Pacific and Gulf coasts to study how to realign work for Panama Canal opening. He urges large enlargements at San Francisco and Pensacola, possible growth at New Orleans, and supports a strategic base at Guantanamo Cuba. Mare Island and Hunter's Point facilities strengthen the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Pacific
Gulf Coasts
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Pensacola
New Orleans
Gulf
Guantanamo
Cuba
Mare Island Navy Yard
Hunter’s Point
San Francisco Bay
Woman Footpad in Wallace Seizes Midnight Heist
A 19 year old girl garbed in male attire with a dark mask attempted a midnight holdup in Wallace Idaho. She confronted Ches ter C. Ritchie a Hercules mine bookkeeper but Ritchie overpowered the assailant and she was booked as Kate Summers, later claiming the name Peterson. Sid Francis was arrested as an accomplice.
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Wallace
Idaho
Chester C. Ritchie
Hercules Mine
Ritchie
Kate Summers
Peterson
Sid Francis
New Alaska Coal Fields Reported Near Knik Arm
Prospectors report a new coal field near Knik Arm at the upper Cook Inlet, close to the Alaska Northern railway end. The deposit is described as a vast blanket of good grade coking bituminous coal with unknown extent, potentially rail-accessible within 120 miles of coast. The Matanuska field nearby contains anthracite and bituminous coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Seward
Knikarm
Cook Inlet
Alaska Northern Railway
Kenai Peninsula
Matanuska
Stolen treasure tied to ship’s mess boy Buckley arrest
Buckley the mess boy on the steamship City of Seattle is arrested after gold bullion and bank notes worth thousands vanish. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty, finishing testimony on Pacific coast backhaul and Spokane rate cases, expects some commission rates to take effect January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Buckley
Seattle
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Pacific Coast
Spokane
Commission
City Council Proceedings and Banknote Counterfeit Alert
City council members reviewed bills and passed payables while approving tax and ordinance actions including a water plant bond measure and a mayoral election setup. An item on counterfeit ten dollar bills tied to El Centro and Seattle banks triggered nationwide secret service warnings and bank notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatherless
Anderson
McCoy
King
R. T. King
J. F. Hartman
Secret Service
California
Wilkesbarre
National Bank
Pasadena
Cal
Foster
el Centro National Bank
el Centro
McKinley
Seattle
Tacoma
Equal Suffrage Movement Gains Momentum Across Washington
As the November 8 election nears, Washington women intensify efforts for equal suffrage. At Seattle Arctic club a political banquet united men and women supporting the amendment. Seattle and Everett groups pledge women poll workers to rally voters to a yes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic Club
Seattle
New Chester Apple Defies Expert Opinion in Washington
C A Neville of Chester unveils an unfamiliar apple that baffles Spokane horticulturists and Washington leaders. The fruit resembles the Duchess in some aspects but remains distinct, originating from Neville’s small Chester orchard. Enthusiasm spreads as experts cannot name the new variety, and demand outpaces supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. A. Neville
Chester
Spokane
Neville
Washington, D. C
Bear Encounter on Idaho Ranch Highlights Unlikely Breakfast
Robert Jacobs, near Grangeville Idaho, quitted work early with a 22 caliber gun to chase grouse around an orchard. A bear stood 15 feet away among timber. the next day locals helped bring in the bear carcass. Hajime Imaha appeared in Spokane federal court charged with Cheney post office robbery and pleaded guilty, receiving $100 fine plus one year at McNeil Island. Puget Sound Navigation Company steel steamer Kulshan ran aground at Deception Pass. no injuries. Judges hailed the state fair cattle exhibit as the best west of the Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jacobs
Grangeville
Idaho
Hajime Imaha
Spokane
Cheney
McNeil’s Island
Puget Sound Navigation Company
Seattle
Bellingham
Deception Pass
Fidalgo
Whidby Islands
Bellflower Apple Trees Yield 120 Boxes In Pomona Orchard
Two Bellflower apple trees in the Pomona orchard near Dayton produced 120 boxes of first grade fruit this year, earning the owner 125 dollars.
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Pomona
Dayton
State reveals auditor costs vs receipts in Chelan and others
State data show Chelan county auditor costs 4087.73 dollars or 62.8 percent of receipts totaling 6519.40, leaving 2431.67 in taxpayers’ profit. Clark 54.6, Benton 61.2, Mason 216.2, Ferry 239 percent. Biennial 1908–1910 Chelan inheritance taxes 384.11 on estates appraised 69,053. state tax commission totals 189,121.63 on estates appraised 19,824,897. escheats 12,830.70. State land office has over 3,000,000 collected in the period. part for interest and lease money. Treasurer Lewis urges liquor license collection reform with July 1 dues and monthly coupons. Supreme court nominees face party preference question. Poindexter leads in county returns with 67,714 votes. Burke 26,846. Ashton 14,581. Cotterill 4,822. Byrne 2,634. The canvass results are incomplete for Yakima and others.
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Chelan County
Clark County
Benton
Mason County
Ferry County
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
State Land Office
E. W. Ross
Yakima
Poindexter
Jefferson and
Cowlitz
Thomas Burke
Thurston and
Pacific
James M. Ashton
United States
Miles Poindexter
John E. Humphries
Legh R. Freeman
Schuyler Duryea
John L. Wilson
George F. Cotterill
Patrick S. Byrne
Four-year-old Harry Brown Drowned in Whatcom Creek
Harry Brown aged four, son of Mrs Jennie Brown of Bellingham, drowned in Whatcom creek. The body was recovered after the creek was partly drained. It is unclear whether he was alone at the time or if playmates witnessed the tragedy and will not speak.
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Harry Brown
Jennie Brown
Bellingham
Whatcom Creek
Court stenographer Proctor on vacation at Ritzville
During the present term of the superior court at Ritzville the reporting is done by Rev. Wm Proctor who is enjoying a short vacation and leave of absence from his charge at Oregon City Oregon This is the fourth successive term of court at which Rev Proctor has acted as stenographer at Ritzville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritzville
Wm. Proctor
Oregon City
Ore
Proctor
Former bank president found guilty of insolvent deposits
H. C. Welty former president of the Home Securities bank of Bellingham was convicted of accepting deposits for an insolvent institution.
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H. C. Welty
Home Securities Bank of
Bellingham
Campaign to Educate Northwest Farmers on Hog Industry
Portland Oregon October 11 Farmers in the Pacific northwest may hear more about hog production as a campaign to keep pork money locally is planned. An information bureau will be run by the Portland Union Stockyards company with railroads and others to promote hog raising.
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Portland
Pacific Northwest
Spokane
Northwest
Portland Union Stockyards Company
Obsolete Canal Materials To Be Sold On Isthmus
The Isthmus of Panama commission plans a warehouse to store obsolete canal materials until sale. Values of dead stock at the depot reach 200 000 to 300 000 dollars, with heavy machinery awaiting buyer inspection. Much material may be sold in Central and South American countries to avoid transport to New York. Congress will be asked to enact sale regulations.
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Panama
New York
San Francisco
Congress
Wenatchee Apples Sold in Boston at Eight Per Box
A Boston retailer reported buying Wenatchee apples at 2 for 25 cents from a specialty shop at 122 Tremont Street. The apples were packed 64 to a box and sold in Boston retail at eight dollars per box after a note from John Scott invited price and condition details. The seller in Boston was C. H. Cox of 551 South Street.
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Wenatchee
John Scott
Boston
C. H. Cox
South St
Sleeping Car Co Must Pay Damages Over Pass Injury
Montana Supreme Court affirmed a Silver Bow county judgment for T. A. John against the Northern Pacific railroad. The $25,000 verdict arose from injuries after falling from a sleeping car berth while riding on a pass. The court held that state constitution bars passes and the implied contract on the back of the pass is void.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Supreme Court
District Court of
Silver Bow County
T. A. John
Northern Pacific Railroad
Portland excursion to Goldendale for Southwestern Washington convention
Portland residents will travel October 12 to Goldendale on a special train for the Southwestern Washington Development association convention. A large number of business leaders have signed up, signaling Portland’s strong economic ties with southwestern Washington and a wish to demonstrate interest with substantial attendance.
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Portland
Goldendale
Southwestern Washington Development Association
Southwestern Washington
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Judicial Convention
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Frank T. Post
Navy Yard
New
King and McCoy
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Rockies
John G. Lewis
Democrats
Bell
Howell
Sos Mee
Sleeping Car Co
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