Valley residents push legislature to curb rail rate gouging
Valley people vow to take their fight to Olympia seeking stronger railroad commission powers to curb fare gouging. Committees pressed for immediate hearings, while court delays limit action. Residents rally, plan meetings, and threaten further appeals as they urge restoring old rates and tougher enforcement.
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Railroad Commission
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Rainier Valley
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Crawford
Smuggling Ring Suspected in Pacific Northwest
Reports from Francisco say the Chiyo Maru landed a girl stowaway and authorities suspect a broader smuggling network. Investigators, aided by port officials in Portland and Seattle, probe links to Chinese labor rings as ships like the Minnesota and Blue Funnel lines allegedly transported contraband labor to the region.
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Murder by Bandit Leaves Austrian Wounded Near Lodging House
A burglar pursued by a bandit shot an Austrian man near Eighth Avenue lodging house. The assailant fired three times, two bullets hitting the victim and a third entering the liver. The wounded man, identified as Vidh, was taken to city hospital. The assailant fled into darkness as Jackovich pursued a partial description.
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Weather Note From New Amsterdam
On a brisk day Peter Van Trumpet of New Amsterdam made hot apple toddy and apple sauce. He used rum in a toast then shared it with his father. Forecast fair tonight with southerly winds.
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U S Population Totals and State Apportionment Figures
Census data released today show the U S population at 101 100 000 including territories and overseas posts. Wisconsin 2 334 560 Georgia 2 609 121 Washington 1 141 999 Alaska 64 356 New York 9 113 614 Hawaii 190 108 plus revised congressmen allocations and state rankings by population.
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Samoa
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Florida
Busch 50 Years Wed in Pasadena Golden Wedding Tour
Adolphus the wealthy brewer and companions departed today for Pasadena to begin a two month tour celebrating the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Angeles. Arlene F Willard flew from Los Angeles to Pasadena aboard a Curtiss biplane.
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Adolphus
Pasade Cal
Angeles
Arlene F Willard
Los Angeles
Pasadena
MINE BLAST KILLS 25 AT BELLE VUE MINE NEAR FRANK
Fernie B C December 10 Twenty bodies have been recovered and eighteen miners rescued alive at the Belle vue mine near Frank Alberta seven men remain entombed with four believed alive though debris hampers access. Nurses and doctors rushed to aid the wounded. By noon twenty five known dead and rescue efforts continue.
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Yesler Way to Ring Dumb Bell in New Street Plan
A city plan proposes Yesler Way as the ring point for a new street naming scheme in downtown Seattle. North of Yesler paths become North streets, south become South. west of First Avenue north of Yesler to the city limits will be alphabetized, others use college names and trees as names, with no changes south of Yesler or in the downtown core.
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Untitled items mix in early 20th century gossip
A stream of trivia questions asserts various celebrity ages and biographical oddities, including claims about Lina Cavalieri, Anna Held, Enrico Caruso, Blanche Bates, Sarah Bernhardt and others, alongside dubious statements about bank counts and firefighter totals in New York.
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Enrico Caruso
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Admiral Dewey
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ellen Terry
Mrs. James Carew
Lew Dockstader
Wee Alfred Clapp
Trixie Friganza
Delia Edna O'Callahan
China Man Claims Prior Invention of Airship
A Shanghai man Tai Taan Tai asserts he devised the dirigible balloon before 1894 and sent his plans to Sir Hiram Maxim in 1899, challenging the claim of prior invention.
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Tai Taan Tai
Hiram Maxim
Poetess to Be a Proprietress Opens Union Street Store
Miss L. Byrd Mock, a poetess and author, opens a store on Union Street near Fourthay to sell her own works. She wrote the magazine story Seattle Spirit and the poem The Mocking Bird, bound in calfskin, sent to Roosevelt, King George, and other notables.
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Miss Mock
Seattle
Mocking Bird
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King George
Police Plot or Police Spies In Burglary Case Firestorm
The article reports Judge Ronald hearing 14 youths charged with burglary and grand larceny in Seattle. It questions police spies enticing youths into crime to bolster arrest scores, noting older accomplices evading capture and many youths pleading guilty to quick sentences. The judge laments juvenile crime appearance and offers cautious hope for reform.
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Leave Me Alone Says Nan Patterson Former Florodora Star
Mrs sumsner Prescott once Nan Patterson tells Seattle press to leave her alone as she seeks privacy after the Caesar Young homicide case. She lives at the Waldorf hotel on Pike Street with husband Sumner Prescott, a Spanish-American War captain now at Vulcan Iron Works.
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Jail mischief and a bold theft in a city cell
Andrew Carlson known as John Doe was robbed of 120 dollars in cash and gold while in the city jail receiving cell. Ephraim Hoge, a Black prisoner, admitted the theft after being challenged by Patrolman McNamee, paying a 25 dollar fine and later confessing at the station. Eighty dollars were recovered. forty remain unaccounted for as authorities pursue charges.
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John Doe
Andrew
Ephraim Hoge
McNamee
Carlson
Eph
Ed Ripley
Gordon
Hobble Skirt Sends Woman to Hospital
Mrs. Harrison Allen wife of the Gold Belt Mining secretary was damaged after a fall down a mountainside near Doble her hobble skirt hampering self rescue She rolled 40 feet over jagged rocks before stopping at a granite ledge She said the garment is available to anyone preparing a missionary box The Federated W C T U will meet next Tuesday from 1 to 4 at room 300 Y M C A
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Harrison Allen
Gold Belt Mining Company
Doble
Los Angeles
Hobble skirt mocked by 100-year-old on fashion pendulum
Boston on December 10 Mrs Mary L Chase of Everett marked her 100th birthday and dismissed the hoop skirt trend preferring practicality She asked what hobble skirt women would do if chased by a mad dog illustrating a timeless view on fashion shifts from 30 years ago to today
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Mary L. Chase
Everett
Interurban Hires 10 Real Goats for Rights of Way
Ten official goats have been employed by the Interurban line to clear weeds and brush along the Seattle to Tacoma route. Working near Edgewood, they are fenced to avoid the third rail and moved as they finish plots, with goats using six foot reach to pull branches and keep the right-of-way clear.
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Tacoma
Franklyn
Sumner
Kent
Edgewood
Portland backs San Francisco for Panama-Pacific fair
Portland Chamber of Commerce records support for San Francisco in securing the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, joining boosters in the effort to win the big fair.
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Ore
San Francisco
Portland Chamber of Commerce
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