Dynamite blast targets Italian consul in Washington notes
The Italian consul Dr A J Ghiglione narrowly escaped a dynamite blast at his garage in Seattle. A white hot fuse exploded windows and china, injuring no one. Deputies and police searched 2904 Jackson amid suspicions of Cowardly attack. Ghiglione links tensions to his consul role and warns against Black Hand insinuations.
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A. J. Ghiglione
Washington
Ghighione
Jackson
B. L. Page
Ghiglione
Oregon
Ballinger Exonerated by Majority on Ballinger Inquiry
Washington December 7 The Ballinger investigating committee publicized its majority report exonerating Secretary Ballinger of charges of mismanagement and improper administration. The report credits Ballinger with maintaining integrity and serving the public interest amid criticism from Laula R. Glavie and Gifford Pinchot, finding no evidence of bad faith by Ballinger or H H Behwartz.
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Washington, D. C
Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Laula R. Glavie
Gifford Pinchot
H. H. Behwartz
Meld Service
Cunningham
Weather Moder Atin g and Festive Doughnut Evolve in Local Tale
Fragmentary text recounts a 44 year old evolution of a weather moderation and a festive doughnut motif linked to Rich ord Manny New. Mentions one night hotels and a church, with unclear phrasing about blessings and a historical event.
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Ord Manny
Heath
Edmonds Chooses Socialist Mayor
Edmonds elects W. H. Cook socialist mayor over incumbent William Keeler on the citizens ticket. Keeler, a dry, was decisively defeated. Cook’s win marks the first socialist mayor in the state.
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Edmonds
William Keeler
Citizens
W. H. Cook
Keeler
Cook
Tacoma Bans Treating In Saloons
Tacoma city from December 19 bans treating in saloons under a $100 fine or patrol wagon ride. Mayor Fawcett pushes ordinance despite opposition from Ex Mayor Lick who warned at least 100 saloons would close.
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Tacoma
Fawcett
Lick
Passengers Employ Silent Treatment on Crawford Line
Report describes riders on Craw Crawford's Renton and Southern railroad adopting nonresponse tactics to fare collection. Conductor requests fare. passengers remain quiet, paying only when pressed, leaving authorities without ground to intervene. Police and workers halted on a Crawford trestle after Kansas City intervened, claiming the site as public property.
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Crawford’s
Renton & Southern Railroad
Ken City
Crawford Company
Crawford
Young bride writes name on dollar bill and wins romance
Syracuse news recalls George H Gaudet Rochester salesman and Mary A Welch who pledged marriage after a 11 year romance started when Gaudet inscribed a $1 bill in the Philippines. Welch, then 15, kept the bill. the couple to wed at St Patrick's Church Monday morning in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
George H. Gaudet
Rochester
Mary A. Welch
St. Patrick's Church
Gaudet
17Th Infantry
Philippines
Lawrence
Masa
Miss Welch
San
Francisco
Poultry Show Brims With Fowl Language At Seattle Event
Poultry fanciers pack the Gilbert building at 1508 Third Ave for the Seattle King County Poultry Association show. More than 1,000 birds on display with eight hens and a cock in utility pens. Judges note no single prize winner yet, while Elmer Gimlin and Elmer Dickson are highlighted in a lighthearted quip about names. Pigeon exhibits by boys and strong rivalry for blue ribbons heighten the excitement as awards are due today.
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Third
Seattle King County Poultry Association
Bella On
Reds
Anconna
Leghorns
Plymouth Rocks
Elmer
Injunction headlines Tacoma Street Car Tax Standoff
A Tacoma street car company owned by the Webster-Furth combine defied Pierce County taxes, prompting a tax seizure attempt that failed after an injunction. The tale portrays the injunction as a powerful weapon of corporate dollars against local officials and men.
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Tacoma
E Webster-Furth
Pierce County
The
Traction Corporation
Traction Trust
First Seattle Woman Votes but Shuns Excitement
Mrs Helen Grace Hoffeditz the first woman to vote in Seattle declined to celebrate the occasion. She cast her ballot at 1 65 p m in Georgetown after being among voters in Georgetown and South Park amid comments from a few men who reportedly beat her to the polling place. Hoffeditz, widow of former city engineer L Hoffeditz, said she favored focus on home and children and opposed women running for office. The event centers on a waterway matter seen as crucial to residents in the district.
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Georgetown
South Park
Helen Grace Hoffeditz
Swift Ayr
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Wie L. Hoffeditz
Fn Aselsting
Virgil Bogue
Tyler
Flora
Goodby
John
Otto Sadler
M. Towle
Towle
Town Bellows Over Booth Prank Ends With Lockout
A burly man sought a downtown telephone booth and disappeared inside amid crowd chatter. After a heated exchange and a slammed door the prankster sprang out furious, only to get locked in by a broken knob until assistance arrived.
Chorus Girl Strikes Trouble Over Joy Ride at Memphis Show
An angry stage manager and chorus girl Bud Bradley caused embarrassment for George Sidney's theatre company in Memphis after Bradley's joy ride made her late for rehearsal. Sidney secured $460.50 to cover alleged unpaid salary under a broken contract as the train prepared to depart.
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Memphis
George Sidney
Bud Bradley
Sidney
Mine Bradley
Miss Bradley
Negro shoots father-in-law in Texas ranch attack
Harry Ruse, a negro, shot his white father-in-law W. Parmenter at the latter’s ranch near O’Brien with bird shot. Parmenter was badly wounded and taken to Kent hospital as deputies pursued Ruse who fled into the woods. The incident stems from a family quarrel and authorities planned to capture him. The North Dakota census release notes a state population of 577,506, up 80.8 percent.
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W. Parmenter
O'Brien
Parmenter
Kent Hospital
Ruse
Hodge
Freeman
Malone
Rose
Washington
North Dakota
Sulzer Seeks Tariff Cut on Meat and Cattle
Washington December 7 Democrat Connnan William Sulzer of New York introduced a bill to revise the Payne Aldrich tariff by lowering duties on meat and cattle. He argues American meat is undercutting prices in London by up to 15 cents a pound due to current tariffs.
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Washington
Connan William Sulzer
New York
London
Sulzer
America
Telephoned tree leased in Vancouver for ten years
A Vancouver Washington area tree has been leased by a telephone company for ten years to be used as a telephone pole. The contract value is reported as ten units of currency.
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Vancouver
Wash
Dee
Doped whisky claimed by youth in forged Yakima check
Everett dispatch reports H W Smith a well educated young man forged a 35 dollar check on the Yakima Nursery company after drinking whisky tainted with dope. Washington note states President Taft nominated Captain Albert Mertz U S N to rear admiral.
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Everett
H. W. Smith
Yakima Nursery Company
Washington
Taft
Albert Mertz
Courtroom Heritage of Early 1900s Divorce Tales
A rapid-fire court record details multiple divorces and domestic disputes. D. Vorce defeats D. Cupid in a race metaphor while Judge Frater and License Clerk Gage appear in the background. Frances Rensig, Otto Rensig, and others are named in spousal settlements and separations.
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Danny Cupid
D. Vorce
Frater
Vorce
Gage
Cupid
Frances Jessie Rensig
Otto Rensig
Otto
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