Girl details slavery injunction case in Rainier valley hearing
The final hearing on the tempo injunction granted to Crawford line bondholders began in the federal courtroom crowded with Rainier valley residents. Arguments on a demurrer over federal jurisdiction filled the morning, with Judge Hanford opening the proceedings and bondholders’ counsel McCord contending city and residents conspired to ruin the company while transfers are ignored and riders travel free despite transfers.
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Hanford
Crawford Line
Federal Rt
Rainier Valley
Ion
Howard D
Fed
Crawford
Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway
Hughes
McCord
E. S. McCord
8. E. Co
San Bernardino Dentist Held After Teen's 15 Month Prison Stay
Miss Jessie McDonald, 21, testified about a 15 month confinement in a room adjoining Dr A W McDavit’s office. The dentist, charged with a statutory offense, was escorted from town as crowds roared while the prosecution prepared two witnesses.
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United Presse
San Bernardino
Cal
Jessie McDonald
A. W. McDavit
Riverside
Ralphs
Riverside County
McDavit
Miss McDonald
R. B. Goodcell
Miss MccDonald
Dr. J. 8. Mancha
Goodcell
Beulah Binford Speaks On Murder Trial Secrecy
Beulah Binford the 17 year old girl at the Henry Clay Beattie Jr murder trial withholds firm testimony as prosecutors and defense fear her statements could condemn or clear the banker. She vows to tell the truth when on the stand and recalls a long friendship with Beattie while facing harsh hardships. Marks of tension appear as another witness, Job Weinstein, contradicts testimony about the gun.
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Chesterfield Courtr Va
Beuviah Binford
Angs
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Binford
Henry
Ing
Beattie
Job Weinstein
Paul
Lad
Endurance Triumphs as Mohawk Rescues Shipwrecked Crew
The Mohawk arrived in port with Captain Henry Dodge and seven sailors of the four masted schooner Malcolm Seevy rescued after two days and three nights clinging to upper masts during a hurricane off Charleston. The vessel carried phosphate and sank as seas battered the hull. one Portuguese sailor died.
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Ry Ueltewereee
Toowa
New York
Malcolm Seevy
Cape Romain
Charleston
Carolina
Henry Dodge
Dodge
Taft Alters Western Tour With Seattle Stop
President Taft has changed his trip plan and will visit Seattle on October 8 for two days before heading to Frisco. Previously he planned California first and Seattle on October 16 and 17. In Los Angeles an argument over ownership of a cheap pipe ends in Santi Sottile’s death. Frank Vitali is arrested on murder charges.
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Taft
Seattle
Frisco
California
Los Angeles
Santi Sottile
Frank Vitali
Vitali
Sottile
Poindexter Due Here Today as Alaska Issue Hums
Senator Poindexter arrives in Seattle this afternoon en route to Alaska to study conditions and needs of residents. Former chief Gifford Pinchot may accompany him. trip viewed as nationally important amid Alaska policy debates and the Morgenheim versus people’s plan split.
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Poindexter
Alaska
Seattle
Spokane
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
Pinchot
Morgenheim
People's Plan
Morganheims
U. S
Navy plans largest battleships with ten 14 inch guns
Plans discussed in the navy department aim to build two new battleships under the latest appropriation displacing 28 000 tons each and set to be the world's largest vessels. Each ship will feature a main battery of ten 14 inch guns.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hlop Pickers Arrive as Town Watches Dunkhoret Letter
Hicktown residents note arrival of harvest laborers while Ed Hinkle the barber comments on local help. Nels Dunkhoret the Grand Central night clerk draws attention after receiving a letter with a foreign postage stamp last week.
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Hlop
Ed Hinkle
Nels Dunkhoret
Grand Central Hotel
Nels
Ein
Editorial on Hanford injunction and Seattle recall
The Post-Intelligencer editorial from January 7, 1911 discusses Hanford's injunction and its potential impact on a Seattle recall, suggesting the ruling would have prevented a cleansing recall and led to a broader prosecution of those tied to the city’s shame. The Star reprints the piece, noting its unusual relevance at the time.
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Hanford
Seattle
Star
Post-Intelligencer
Government by injunction sparks recall clash
An editorial denounces Judge Hanford over a recall election injunction in the Scobey case. It argues federal power should not override state authority and urges the public to back the recall, warning of a dangerous shift toward federal control. The piece praises Judge Albertson and condemns Hanford’s reasoning as an assault on the popular will.
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Hanford
Anile
Caduke
Frank H. Scobey
Roosevelt
Taft
Fe Hanford
Albertson
State Court
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Girl Wins and Learns of a Mining Claim
Gertrude La Rend a Seattle dancer with Alaska roots learned she once held a Bonanza Creek mining claim after a sick stranger deeded it to her. She plans to verify its value, possibly return to Alaska, then reunite with her mother in Ballard.
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Gertrude la Rend
Seattle
Gertrude
Haddon
Alonzo Avenue
Ballard Station
Dawson
Alaska
States
Bonanza Creek
Miss Haddon
Tong War Ends in Fatality in Chicago Chinatown
Hee Yip Wing, a Chinese merchant, died and Moy Dong Tong, a laundryman, lay critically injured after a long brewing tong war. Chu La Hun, suspected shooter, escaped in a taxicab.
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Chicago
Hee Yip ‘Wing
Moy Dong Tong
Chu la Hun
Woman Seeks Return of Bets After Race Losses
Mrs. Bernice Beatrice Billings Bronson of Marshfield Oregon files suit in Chicago to recover 10000 from William Ryan claiming her daughter lost a million dollars betting on horse races and driven her husband away. The case cites betting losses as the cause of the family’s financial and personal collapse.
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Bome
Chicago
Bernice Beatrice Billings Bronson
Etta Billings
Marshfield, Or
Five arrivals in nine hours as stork visits Petaluma
In Petaluma California a remarkable birth spree unfolds with five arrivals at a local poultry operation within nine hours. Four of the newborns are twins marking an unusually busy period for the farm.
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Petaluma
Cal
Here
View Acre North of Seattle
Real estate ad touts savings north of Seattle near Lake Washington as a premier place to invest.
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Seattle
Lake Washington
Three brothers kill bear near city after weeks of fear
The bear about two years old troubled residents for weeks until the O'Deas and Bussey tracked it yesterday and bagged it with five shots.
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O'Dea
Bill
Tom
Paul Bussey
Fauntleroy Park
O’deas
Bussey
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