Hamilton Recall Drama Fuels City Campaign
The piece alleges Hamilton controls millions in county funds and faces a recall push. It pins alleged graft on county contracts, ambulance deals, cemetery work, and dock sites to spur signatures for removal. It also criticizes labor and values the working class as urged by editorials and ads.
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Hamilton
King
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Ition
Ippy Arcade
Columpace Ity
Av. N. E
En Bull Bros
Arte
Raymer’s
Suffragette Tries to Shoot Rockefeller in New York
Marie Gans a suffragette allied with muckraker Upton Sinclair confronted the Rockefeller offices at the Standard Oil building shouting that ifRockefeller refused to arbitrate and stop murders in Colorado she would shoot him. A policeman tried to detain her and she used an umbrella to escape to the elevator.
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New York
Marie Gans
Upton Sinclair
Rockefeller
Colorado
Miss Gans
Mother Seeks Baby Girl in Kidnapping Claim
Mrs. E. W. Gillette reports her 71 month old daughter Little Viroqua Gillette missing from 1918 Eighth Av W. since April 5. She accuses the father of kidnapping after a divorce suit and a restraining order was issued. she offers 25 dollars for the child’s return.
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Viroqua Gillette
E. W. Gillette
Prendergast Leaves Progressives for Republican Party
Comptroller William A. Prendergast of New York said he returned to the Republican fold because he believed the progressives could not win. Once a Bull Moose governor candidate, he spoke tonight under the Young Men's Republican club after his 1912 election setback.
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William A. Prendergast
New York
Republican Party
Prendergast
Young Men's Republican Club
George R Cooley Elected New City Councilman
George R. Cooley of West Seattle was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Councilman John G. Petree. The 177th ballot produced a 7 to 1 victory for Cooley, who will take office immediately and advocates municipal ownership.
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George R. Cooley
West Seattle
Counccilman
John G. Petree
Cooley
Cecilman Fitzgerald
C.J. France
Buxbaum & Cooley, Inc
Death from Auto Crash Adds to Seattle Victims
Christ Mackris aged 21 died this morning in the Minor hospital after being struck by an auto driven by J Parker of 957 22nd avenue between Pike and Priest on Thursday. Mackris, manager of the pool room in the Wingfield hotel, sustained a fractured skull and was removed first to the city hospital then the Minor.
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Christ Mackris
Seattle
Mackris
J. &. Parker
Pike
Wingfield
Boy Bandit Sought After Two Street Car Heists
Detectives in Los Angeles search for a 16 year old youth who, masked, robbed two street cars. Krone name appears in the report, suggesting a suspect alias. The incidents occurred in the city as authorities pursue the youthful suspect.
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Los Angeles
Krone
Wrong name in white slavery case irks Hess Press founder
The Star misidentified defendant J. Archie Hess as Albert Hess in a white slavery case in superior court, causing annoyance to Albert Hess of the Hess Press, who has no connection to the case.
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Star
J. Archie Hess
Albert Hess
Hess Press
Cooper Responds to Map Controversy In Seattle
Supt. Frank B. Cooper rebuts criticism from Farr and McMurray’s geography remarking Seattle schools can endure the debate. Secretary C. B. Yarnell of the Chamber of Commerce has been cited. Cooper notes a map offers no actual locations and Seattle’s absence from a world map proves nothing.
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C. B. Yarnell
The
Chamber of Commerce
Frank B. Cooper
Seattle
Farr & McMurray
Yandell
Cooper
Sinclair Hunger Strike Protester Refuses Fine
Upton Sinclair was arrested for picketing Standard Oil at No 26 Broadway and refused to pay a $3 fine in the Tombs police court He declared he did nothing to warrant punishment and that he would lie on the jail floor and refuse to eat any food.
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New York
Upton Sinclair
No. 26
Broadway
Standard Oil Company
Tombs
Sinclair
Policeman Shot While Making Arrest in City Wide Search
Police hunt two gunmen after three shots were fired at Patrolman H. H. Hazlett last night leaving him seriously wounded. Citywide search ongoing with officers scouring streets and alleys for suspects.
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H. H. Hazlett
Missing Park Board Member Sparks City Wide Search
Police and detectives sweep Seattle for Ralph C. McAllister a 50 year old park board member last seen leaving the Central building around 10 pm He was reported missing by his brother after failing to return home at B 50th St and Eighth Ave North West Local officers note headaches and a Masonic meeting attendance as details while a separate report mentions a police shooting and rising crime prompting full patrols to pursue suspects.
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Ralph C. McAllister
Park Board
Seattle
B. 50Th St
Eighth Av. N. W
BE. L. McAllister
McAllister
Gay
Funston Brigade Lands at Vera Cruz in Morning Landing
At Vera Cruz on April 30 the Fifth Brigade of the U S Army began landing from transports at 7 30 am and relieved bluejackets on shore. Gen Funston set up in Maas’s former quarters while Mexican snipers drifted from the city and threatened locals supplying food to the Americans. To counter this, he extended his lines by 206 miles with authorization from Secretary Garrison.
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Bernard Rucker
Vera Cruz
United States Army
Funston
Maas
Dri
Garrison
United States to Be Generous During Mediation Talks
In Washington April 30 Gary Bryan said the administration seeks to be fair but generous to M while negotiations proceed the U S must keep its armed forces to deter massed attacks. Spanish ambassador Riano Gayangos acted for Huerta as mediators convened Rafael Zusa ran Capmany was en route to Washington to speak for the constitutionalists. Carranza showed no sign of suspending hostilities despite mediation. Rebel forces march on Saltillo and Tampico battles continue.
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John €. Nevin Washington
Gary Bryan
U. S
Riano Gayangos
Pr Huerta
Rafael Zusaran Capmany
Carrangas
Washington
Carranza
Saltillo
Tampico
Admiral Discovers 116 Men Buried in Filthy Dungeons
Admiral Fletcher personally inspected the fortress prison at San Juan de Ulua in RACRUZ. He found 116 prisoners living in filth under degradation, with many barely alive and rats pervasive. The admiral ordered the place cleaned and prisoners moved to light cells, some for the first daylight in years.
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Racruz
Fletcher
San Juan de Ulua
Hegre
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