Deadlock in City Republican Caucuses Sparks Contests
Bitter precinct battles mark the Republican caucuses with clashes in the First and Fifth wards as factions led by Wilson, Houston, Piles, and anti-Piles lines clash. Delegation strength and future convention control loom as primaries approach next Thursday.
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Republican Committee
Wilson
Houston
Clancys
Friends of
Elmer FB. Todd
Piles
al Barton
George Jeffries
Blackistone
Dawes
W. JT. Scott
J. W. McConnaughey
C. C. Dalton
G. B. Lamp
McConnaughey
Frank Twitchell
J. P. Agnew
John W. Peters
F. M
Smith
Lamping
Beott
Dalton
Kenneth Mackintosh
Mackintosh
Seattle to Establish City Information Bureau
An ordinance referred to the finance committee proposes a city Information bureau under the executive department. A seven month board of control including the city comptroller and county board chairmen will govern it with three mayoral appointees. A $3060 appropriation funds staff, salaries to be unpaid, and the bureau aims to promote Seattle and King County for Alaska Asia and Pacific trade. A Seventh ward delegation urged O M Moore for park commissioner amid many other candidates.
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City Information Bureau
Bowen
Board of Control
Board of County Commissioners
Seattle
King County
Alaska
Asia
Islands
Pacific
Seventh Ward
Ballinger
O. M. Moore
Feld
Are battleships good instruments in war?
In Washington on April 6, Senator Hale of Maine urged delaying immediate battleship construction until lessons from the Far East war are learned. He cited submarines and top heavy ships as risky, noting that many senators favored postponement and questioned the value of large battleships as an investment.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
Hale
Maine
United States
Jessons
Breaker Burned at Scranton Coal Yard
A large breaker at Fine Brook in Scranton burned today sending excitement through the relatives of about 400 men and boys in the mines. All escaped via another exit. The loss is estimated at 125000 dollars.
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Scranton
Scranton Coal Company
Fine Brook
Day Suit On Trial In Superior Court
The Day versus Bevington case opens in the superior court this morning with many witnesses on both sides. Mrs. Day seeks return of property deeded to the Bevingtons and a recent court restraining order protects her from harassment as she is elderly and frail.
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B. F. Day
Elia Bevington
Superior Court
Bevingtons
Mra. Day
Part Company of Weber and Fields Shocks Broadway
The partnership of Lauren Weber and Joseph Fields, famed vaudeville actors and managers, dissolves after more than 25 years. Weber buys all rights in the Twenty-ninth and Broadway theater. Fields reportedly signs with another firm and may build a theater on Broadway near Forty-second Street.
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New York
Lauren Weber
Joseph Fields
Weber
Fielda
Twenty-ninth
Broadway
Preida
Forty-second Street
Juneau Ferry Contract Won by Hefferhan Works
The contract to build the new Douglas City to Juneau ferry was awarded this afternoon to Hefferhan Engine Works for 15000 dollars. The vessel will be named The Lone Fisherman.
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Douglas City
Juneau
Alaska
Hefferhan Engine Works
Missing couple from Green Lake found in Mt Vernon
Carlo Dayton and his 17 year old bride, reported missing from Green Lake, were located safe in Mt Vernon this afternoon. The Kate Davenport sailed toward Biteo Bay and Chatham Straits loaded with cannery supplies for Pacific Packing and Navigation. tug Phil Kelly to tow it. Smallpox patients Charles King and Claude Binnia moved to pest house and hospitals. Carnegie library building plans filed with the building inspector.
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Carlo Dayton
Green Lake
Mt. Vernon
Kate Davenport
Biteo Bay
Chatham Straits
Pacific Packing and Navigation Company
Phil Kelly
Charles King
Third Avenue House
Claude Binnia
Weather Observer Sets Showers For Kids Ballgame
Salisbury the weather watcher notes dust on vacant lots as he plans light showers to settle the baseball grounds tonight. If not tonight then tomorrow, he promises. The piece recalls a past era when he enjoyed easier times on the diamond.
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Seattle
Somata
Atlin Awakens to renewed mining interest across regions
Preparations for general mining activity continue in Atlin along with Dawson Nome Copper River and Aleck districts. After quiet years due to prospectors and promoters leaving for new strikes, last year’s developments prove gold can still be mined profitably and local owners plan substantial tests this season.
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Dawson
Aleck
Copper River
Nome
Atlin
Hello Girl Starts A Run In Indianapolis
A telephone operator overheard a business discussion at the Indiana Trust Company and misinterpreted it, triggering a bank run. The Cincinnati to Louisville shipment of one million dollars arrived today, while the bank holds a cash reserve of about $2,006,000 and is deemed one of the state's oldest and largest institutions.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Louteville
Indiana Trust Company
Ready for the Big Show 1 Louis
The National World's Part commission met this morning to finalize plans for opening day. The program as arranged for Saturday remains unchanged.
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Louis
National World's Part Commission
American officers join Turkish navy on new cruiser Modiji
Four American officers navigators from Cramps' yards signed contracts to enter Turkish service aboard the cruiser Abdul Modiji. Captain Buckman is appointed Turkish vice admiral and given command of the Modlji.
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Constantinople
Abdul Modiji
Cramps
Turkey
Buckman
City of Beattie Departs for Skagway and Alaska
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company liner City of Beattie sailed for Skagway and southeastern Alaska with 129 passengers from this port. As she stops at Vancouver she will take on twenty more bound for the North. The cargo includes mining machinery two dredges for Atlin and cannery supplies. Dogged by business figures J M Ruffner and I T Ruffner lead a party bound for Atlin while W I and A J Powell ship livestock toward White Horse and Dawson.
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Beattie
Skagway
Alaskan
J. M. Kuffrer
I. T. Ruffner
T. W. Bianck
B. M. Hannon
Atlin
Dawton
White Pass
Yukon
White Horse
Lower la Barbe
Dawson
Thies
Ma T. Green
United States Mint
San Francisco
Juneau
Mctlughes
Vancouver
B. C
Pine Creek Power Company
Senate divides Oregon into two districts and creates Portland assay office
The Senate approved the bill dividing Oregon into two judicial districts and establishing an assay office at Portland. It then took up the military academy appropriation bill and passed it after striking out the military sites provision.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Oregon
Portland
Mason Thatcher Testifies on Mormon Politics in Smoot Hearing
Mason Thatcher, once an apostle, testified before the committee about his split with the church over politics. He described friction from a 1892 Republican attack and a 1894 pamphlet and said church consent rules for officers are vague. In executive session the panel approved a report to allow testing during congressional recess in Utah.
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Washington, D. C
Mason Thatcher
Judgne Powers
Church
Thatcher
Republicana
Joseph F. Smith
John Henry Smith
Calvin Reasoner
Utah
Senate
Endowment House
City to reopen bids for prison feeding contract
The board of works readvertises for bids to feed city prisoners. Five bids were received, three flat rate and two negre gated. Except for Mkandi navian house, which already held the contract, all bids were low. A flat bid is desired to avoid complications.
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Board of Works
North Alaska Salmon company to set cannery at Cook Inlet
The North Alaska Salmon company of San Francisco plans a new cannery at Cook Inlet this year. Previously it operated canneries on the Kiichak river in Bristol Bay and at Nushagak. Its tender George F. Muller under Capt. L. Vo Haaven is at Behnabacher's dock loading supplies for construction.
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North Alaska Salmon Company of
San Francisco
Cook Inlet
Kiichak
Fristol Bay
Nushagak
George F. Muller
L. Vo Haaven
Behnabacher’s
Supreme Court Denies Bail for Moyer in Miners Case
Denver reports state supreme court refused bail for Charles I. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, pending habeas corpus proceedings. Hearing on the merits set for May 6, with Moyer held in a military bullpen at Telluride. Trinidad dispatch notes press censorship lifted as Lagunimas county faces insurrection status.
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Denver
State Supreme Court
Charles I. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Habeas Corpua
Moyer
Telluride
Trinidad
Zeph T. Hill
Bponge Cake Lesson At Local Cooking School
The W A cooking school will host a morning class on Bponge Cake from 10 to 12 with a second evening session on Puddings and Pudding Sauces from 9 to 9 80 oclock. Mrs Frances BE Young widow of the late Rev T C Young died today at Providence Hospital aged 84.
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Frances BE. Young
T. C. Young
Providence Hospital
Farce Near End in Slot Machine Case Returns to Dockets
In Justice Cann's court the 17 pending prosecutions tied to slot machine gambling are expected to be dismissed due to lack of speedy hearings. Seized machines will be returned to owners. Prosecution, witnesses, and city officials missed the morning appearance, prompting Justice Cann to threaten action though no warrants were issued. Attorney Gill plans to seek dismissal upon trial call.
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Justice
Cudihee
Beott
H.gill
City Counsell
Justice Cann
Gill
Warsaw Placed Under Martial Law Amid Revolutionary Plots
Berlin reports Warsaw is placed under martial law as Polish revolutionary plots are cited. In the United States the University of Washington board of regents met for routine business with F. A. Haxelton, editor of the South Bend Journal, present.
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Berlin
Die Post
Warsaw
Board of Regents
The
University of Washington
F. A. Haxelton
South Bend Journal
Delegates Leave Los Angeles for Methodist Conference
Four hundred delegates to the Methodist general conference depart Los Angeles today aboard a special train en route to Chicago.
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Chicago
Spokane employment agent convicted in federal court
Spokane, April 2. C. F. Sebring an employment agent was found guilty in federal court for sending girls to houses of ill fame using the United States mail. This marks the first conviction in Spokane’s drive against employment agencies. The schooner Alex T. Brown, built at Ballard by Globe Navigation, arrived from Nanaimo with coal for Alaska and will depart under Captain McKay tomorrow.
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Spokane, Wash
C. F. Sebring
United States Mati
Giria
Spokane
Bchooner
Alex T. Brown
Ballard
Globe Navigation Company
Nanaimo
Capt. McKay
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Vellamovitchi
Yalu River
Second Siberian Army Corps
Vellamovitch
Carnegie Library
Salisbury
Mr. Salisbury
Beripps News Ass'n
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Schediff
Zablaka
Russia
Port Arthur Feet
Behedift
Scripps News Ass'n
Hatcher
Smoot
Beripos News Ase'n
Guish
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Bright
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