Bremerton Navy Yard graft scandal looms large
A Bremerton yard graft scare, said to span many months, centers on special agent R P Pickerell reports. Allegations include underground smuggling of government supplies, lodging-house coercion, alien labor, and a looming Major shakeup under Captain Burwell after investigations by the Navy and attorney general.
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Navy Yard
R. P. Pickerell
Navy Se
Washington
Proveble
Pickerell
Post Office Department
West
Navy Department
Bremerton
Charleston
Sydney
Department At
Burwell
Admiral Barclay
Bpecefal
Despondent Japanese man hanged himself near Grant Street bridge
Tasaburo Morimoto a Japanese man was found hanged to a beam at the Grant street bridge intersection of South Fourth and Lane at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Patrolman Martin and Deputy Coroner Austin investigated the death which occurred about two hours earlier. A lodging house keeper identified the body at the morgue and noted Morimoto had been in straightened circumstances for two weeks and suffered from an incurable disease. He left a letter thanking the lodge keeper for his help and indicating where the body would be found.
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Sooth Fourth and
Lane
Martin
Morimoto
Coronner Carroll
Austin
West Pocket
Bonney-Watson
Fierce Race War Reported at Nushagak Alaska
San Francisco dispatch says Chinese Italian and American fishermen clashed at Nushagak Alaska starting June 20 when whites were driven from bunk houses and retook the post reinforcements from Italians aided the Chinese. Reports claimed many whites killed and wounded.
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Nushagak
Alaska
December and May wed in county office turmoil
Charity Commissioner Chasckingham presided over marriage licenses at the county auditor’s office as a white haired 62 year old groom and a 28 year old-bride faced a hurried, discreet ceremony. Reporters watched the third couple that morning as the couple left arm in arm after securing the license.
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Chasckingham
Opia
Hennah
Cupid
Mystery Cutting Affray Stuns City at Booth Fifth
Police seek motive after a midnight cutting affray on Booth Fifth between King and Jackson. Three Japanese suspects, including two believed attackers, surged through a disreputable house hall as officers quelled the fight. The victim lies dying at the Washington house. witnesses and countrymen offer few details.
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Washington House
K. Urikamy
Y. Kiturma
Council rejects Westlake Second avenues streetcar franchises
The Seattle corporations committee will end exclusive streetcar privileges on Westlake and Second avenues. Jacob Furth and the Seattle Electric Co. face a decisive setback as most council members, led by Murphy, oppose the franchises. Furth’s stance may force tracks to be laid or municipal action to proceed.
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Second Avenues
Corporations Committee
Jacob Furth
Seattle Electric Company
Mullen
Benjamin
Star
Councillman Murphy
Ninth Ward
Furth
Westlake Avenue
Green Lake
Fremont-Ballard
Pike Street
Denny Way
Plumbers Threaten General Strike Over Masonic Building Issue
Plumbers and journeymen confront a disputed contract and possible sympathy strike pending settlement at the Masonic building site. Union delegates and the Citizens' alliance weigh in as tensions rise, with past clashes coloring current talks. Russian securities rise sharply on favorable Portsmouth news.
Little Gladys Mickelson Kidnapped By Mother
Adolph Mickelson seeks his kidnapped child after a court awarded custody to him. His former wife is a suspect as police search by train and road. The missing girl was last seen with her rag doll and wool sheep with shoe button eyes in Ballard.
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Gladys
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Adolph Mickelson
Mickelson
Ballard
Mackintosh
Fourth Northwest
Sixty-second Street
Mickels
Why Don t They All Obey Mayor s Orders
A columnist laments the city’s rules on public drinking places urging enforcement to curb secrecy behind curtains and doors. The piece argues openness risks social harm, calling for scrutiny of men with other men s wives and unwise liaisons as readers are directed to continue on page seven.
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Dan Dean
Mayor Ballinger
Delaney
Yealer Way
Ballinger
Roosevelts Appeal Ties Peace Talks To Czar
Reports from Portsmouth and Oyster Bay indicate the peace envoy conference adjourned until Saturday after reading and correcting protocols. President Roosevelt is kept informed with a ciphered line to Secretary Pierce and Ambassador Meyer reports to the czar on progress toward peace.
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Portsmouth
Navy Yard
N. H
Meyer
Oyster Bay
Korosetovitz
Greek boatswain accused in man eating contest claim
Constantine Amassio a Greek boatswain on the steam er Queen is alleged to have attacked three crew members in a Tuesday morning quarrel by biting them repeatedly Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh sought a warrant for assault and battery based on statements from John M Bell steward W E Ward Bell's assistant and Jack Hanson cabin boy on the Queen.
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Constantine Amassio
Queen
John M. Bell
W. E. Ward
Bell
Jack Hanson
Mackintosh
Amassio
Steward Bell
Disappearance of Freewater Boy Sparks Kidnap Theory
Walla Walla aug 23. No trace found of 9 year old Mark Bade of Freewater who vanished from a German Lutheran picnic by Mill Creek. Low water rules out drowning and kidnapping is now the leading explanation for the boy's disappearance.
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Walla Walla
Mark Bade
Freewater
Mill Creek
Bridekilling groom shoots wife and self in Missouri
William Maley, 20, shot and killed his bride of eight months in Kansas City Missouri and then attempted suicide. The tragedy occurred on August 23 with investigators listing a domestic dispute as the likely motive.
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Kansas City
William Maley
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