Seattle Mayor requests expert commission on streetcar safety
In a letter to the City Council Mayor William Hickman Moore calls for a commissioned inquiry into streetcar accidents in Seattle. He cites fatalities and a coroner's verdict of negligence tied to defective equipment and urges a budget for roadbed rolling stock signals and discipline review.
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Seattle
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WM. Hickman Moore
Seattle Street Railway Commission Proposed By City Council
The Seattle City Council plans to create an expert commission to investigate street railway accidents. Mayor William Moore supports appointing three members to form the street railway commission with power to enter company car barns power houses and related premises.
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Street Railway Commission
City of
Seattle
Ballard Annexation Debate Hints at Seattle Union
The article discusses Ballard joining Seattle through annexation and census implications. It notes councilman J W Combs favors delaying consolidation until after the new assessment law. Ballard’s current payroll includes 21 salaried workers and 35 to 48 day laborers who face job loss after annexation.
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Third Ward
Anaun
J. W. Combs
Jone
Ballard
Seattle Growth Highlights Shingle City Status And Projects
The report notes Seattle becoming a shingle city with property value gains of 4,111,000 and population rise of about 14,000. Ballard aids in building the main trunk sewer, municipal buildings, and offices. A well water plant with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons is planned.
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Ballard
Tailors Threaten Strike Over 18 Percent Wage Increase
Local tailors plan to strike as workers demand an 18 percent rise from $20 to $25 per week. Employers of large shops discuss a possible compromise of 10 percent while smaller houses resist any raise. A union meeting led by A. Schiesa noted long‑standing wage dissatisfaction and potential walkouts in high class establishments.
Smuggler Faces Courts Again In Tacoma Case
Kelly, described as an old Confederate smuggler, was rearrested after leaving Penitentiary and held on an old smuggling charge. He vanished after bond, later arrested for smuggling opium into Tacoma and pleaded guilty. Steamer Saratoga sails from Valdes on the 10th with passengers and freight.
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Tacoma
McNeill
Saratoga
Valdes
Epworth Convention Sought in Seattle by Ministers
Sixty Seattle ministers met at the Chamber of Commerce to back inviting the Epworth League national conference to Seattle in 1909. A committee led by Rev. H. C. Harrington was formed to advance the plan with members Rev. W. H. Reese Rev. E. B. Glass J. W. Blaw and S. H. Morford.
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Chamber of Commerce
Epworth League
H. C. Harrington
The
Methodial Episcopal Church
W. H. Reese
EB. G. Glass
J. W. Blaw
H. Moford
The Right Dope. Russo Dispels Third Term Talk
Jacob Russo reports from the White House that the president will not seek another term and will keep his word. The dispatch notes Russo's view on the pending third term story.
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Washington
Jacob Russo
White House
Tom Brown Mlooing Tom Brown Mlooing
Tom Brown, the Chehalis murder suspect, has left the country after the U S Supreme Court reversed a local federal ruling. He was found not guilty by insanity and released on a writ of habeas corpus. The court overruled that action and no effort is being made to locate him.
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Tom Brown
Chehalis
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Brown
Shingle City Enforces Prohibition War Ends Disorder
Galoone in Baherd reports Mayor Peck’s crackdown on liquor led to immediate closures and law enforcement. The town became markedly orderly with few arrests after the warning, as liquor sellers shut down to comply.
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Baherd
Peck
Cases Set for Trial in San Francisco Court
Owing to the illness of one of Ruef's attorneys, his trial was continued until tomorrow. The cases against Schmitz on extortion and against Dinan on perjury and conspiracy were extended to April 22.
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San Francisco
Ruef
Schmitz
Dinan
Metal workers refuse machinists demand for 40 cent scale
The metal workers association endorses its executive committee decision to reject the machinists demand for a 40 cent minimum scale. The machinists await the outcome and say they will not return to work unless the demand is granted.
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Metal Workers” Association
Wealthy 11 year old dies of meningitis in South Park
Little Freda M Snyder aged 11 who recently inherited 66000 from her grandfather died at 10 o clock at her father's home in South Park city. She had been a healthy child until sudden illness struck. Her death ends a brief period of prosperity as the inheritance is lost.
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Freda M. Snyder
FM. Snyder
Routh Park
Delmas
Philadelphia
New York
White
Evelyn
Stanford White
Congress
Seattle to Establish Pure Food Laboratory Campaign Planned
Government authorities informed the Chamber of Commerce they will start a campaign against pure food law violators in Seattle and the northwest. Prof. W. D. Fulmer of Washington DC sought a site with the chamber and was offered space in the basement and the Arcade building. a laboratory will be established in Portland.
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Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Northwest
W. D. Fulmer
Washington, DC
Portland
Banker Beslow Arrested in Larceny Case at Banco Napell Macaron
William Retoutse Beslow, president and manager of Banco Napell Macaron, is under arrest awaiting prosecution for larceny by embesslement. He allegedly bilked stockholders, mainly poorer Italians, of about 97000. Company assets are unaccounted for and Beslow is accused of selling $600 in shares without accounting.
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William Retoutse Beslow
Banco-Napell- Macaron
Besiow
Beelow
Reverend Lashes Pool Players In Sunday Pool Scene
The Rev M A Matthews pastor of First Presbyterian denounces wealthy pool players as desecrators of the Sabbath and questions moral restraint in a speech titled When Will the Devil Be Chained. His sermon last night stirred his audience amid a pointed arraignment of poolists.
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M. A. Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Gambling charge in Pantime pool room case at Ninth and Pike
W. H. Cooper, Thomas Hyde, G. A. Rude, Prenk Carey, Meal Hae breek and George Weir faced court action after being arrested Sunday in the Pantime pool room at Ninth and Pike on gambling charges related to a pool game.
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W. H. Cooper
Thomas Hyde
G. A. Rude
Prenk Carey
Meal Haebreek
George Weir
Ninth
Pike
Refinement of War Fuel Advance Noted in April Report
A partial wartime note describes tightened fuel refinement in April and the per gallon standard by the company. Details are sparse but indicate ongoing standardization efforts and price context amid the conflict.
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Bond buyer faces bid delay on city water bond
George H. Tilden, the local bond buyer, returned from Chicago unable to place his first bid for Genttie’s $2,250,000 water bond issue as Ww. F. Milsie’s option expires this evening. The city council may readvertise the bond issue at tonight’s meeting if no bid is accepted.
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George H. Tilden
Chicago
Baseball lineup notes with injuries and positions
Ar je struggles in the field while aaa remains in fine condition and ready to enter the game. DAr likely stays at second base with estern aamodtation. Stites may play shortstop. In a separate notice James D. Murdoch, previously with Portland, died by carbolic acid suicide after job troubles.
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Lia
Estern
Stites
Vaer
B.C
James D. Murdoch
Portland
Waste oil threatens Lake Washing ton bathers. tank ordered removed
Waste oil from Standard Oil barge on Lake Washington covers acres and alarms lake shore residents. The oil, used by Anderson Steamboat Company, endangers bathing and may ignite. Fire Marshal Kellogg orders the floating tank removed within 20 days and to stay submerged to prevent backflow.
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Standard Oil Company
Lake Washington
Lake Shore
Anderson Steamboat Company
Maretaal Kellogg
Howe
Kelloge
Protests Target Japanese Labor Firms and Immigration
The United States government invites the Emperor of Japan to address wholesale violations of the contract labor law by Japanese subjects. It also moves to prosecute large Northwest companies accused of lending aid to smuggling Japanese laborers for railroad work. The bureau investigates two veiled schemes alleged to import workers and suggests bringing the issue to Japan.
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Washington
Commissioner General of Immigration
United States
Japan
Northwest
Bureau
Nee
Thaw Trial Nears Verdict As Defense Rested
The Thaw trial moves toward a verdict with the defense resting after Delmas began his plea. Judge Fitzgerald allows continued testimony and a single jury, as Thaw faces up to death, while Delmas recounts Evelyn White and Stanford White’s crimes in a somber, legal defense.
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New York
Mans
Fitzgerald
Thaw Lunacy Commission
Thaw
Jerome
Dr. Hamilton
Delmas
White
Bedford
Ballard City Hall Proposed as Seattle Annexation Moves
City authorities in Ballard urge placing Ballard city government in its own city hall after annexation to Seattle. The argument cites Ballard’s larger, more modern hall as a key reason for the relocation.
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Ballard
Seattle
Man Found Unconscious in Alley After Beating
Patrick Patterson a 45 year old teamster was found lying face down in an alley between First and Second Avenues by Patrolman Potter. Bruising on the head suggests assault or a heavy fall. Taken to Wayside hospital where he remains unconscious. Details about his identity are scarce beyond his employer Adams.
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Patrick Patterson
Potter
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