Farmers Seek Law to Control Puget Sound Produce Trade
Farmers in Sumner Puyallup Auburn and White River valley plan a mass meeting to push a law requiring commission men to list all buyers of their produce and to notify shippers before dumping. They envision a regional farmers exchange with Seattle and Tacoma central markets and a farmers public market.
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Sumner
Puyallup
Auburn
White River Valley
Puget Sound
Farmers’ Association
L. G. Orr
Sumner Valley
Commission
Seattle
Tacoma
Orr
Cotterill
Burglary Wave Strains Seattle Police Amid City Debate
In Seattle night scenes, Johnson confronts a panhandler as a wave of robberies drains the city. Across streets on Pike and First avenues, valuables including a diamond ring and a Cadillac are reported stolen, with totals rising to nearly 12 burglaries daily and a local fund of 2468.55 dollars noted. City council friction over Griffiths ordinance faces police criticism as officers contend the measure hampers crime fighting.
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Sonifie
Pike St. Sa
Mra. L. Follet
Cadillac Auto Chr
Evans
Griffithe
Fapnick
Griffiths
Mabil
Healer Rev F B Yoakum to Visit City for Healing
Rev F B Yoakum from Los Angeles arrives after an East tour claiming numerous miracles. He says he does not focus on money, drawing checks as needed, and will hold sessions at Carpenters' Hall Fourth Ave and Priest St with no admission, inviting the crippled and sick.
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Yoakum
F. B. Yoakum
Los Angeles
East
Carpenters’ Hall
Fourth Av
Prie St
Halibut Shipments Push East Amid Price Row
In Seattle 14000 pounds of fresh halibut from Vancouver Island were sold for 1.04 dollars a pound and sent by express to the East. The fish trust, running the fishing steamboats, is locked in a two month strike as fishermen demand 1.5 cents instead of 1 cent and independents accuse the trust of hoarding. The trust has been importing fish and unloading cold storage halibut in Seattle and Northwestern cities.
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Seattle
Vancouver Island
Molola
William Harley
Fish Trust
Trust
Aviation deaths rise past two hundred thirty eight
Aviation statisticians counted 238 fatalities in the history of flight including the deaths of aviator Horace Kearny and his passenger near Los Angeles as the death toll from early aviation grows.
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United Preee
London
Horace Kearny
New Lawrence
Los An
Weather forecast for tonight and Saturday
Occasional rain with moderate southeast winds. Noon temperature 42 degrees.
Little Chimney Kids Gift Drive Seeks Holiday Support
A reader driven Christmas appeal urges Seattle families to help the “Little Chimney Kids” by contributing gifts and fund donations for needy children. Santa and Mique Fisher coordinate efforts at the Union Street storeroom, with reports of post workers, merchants, and residents backing the drive.
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Seattle
Fink
Union St
Santa Claus
Santa
Little-Chimney
Santa Claue
Mique Fisher
Seattle Women Weigh Action to Cut Egg Prices
Mrs Geo N McLaughlin head of the Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs says Seattle women will push to lower egg prices. She notes Philadelphia Housewives League bought 7 000 cases and sold eggs at 24 cents a dozen, with some dealers advertising 23 cents. She suspects Seattle could reach 25 cents per dozen after Christmas if eggs remain scarce.
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Seattle
Housewiven’ League
Philadelphia
Geo. N. McLaughlin
Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs
McLaughlin
Housewives’ League
Man leaps off trestle after wife killed on track
Harry Roe er e, 36, of 114 Elliott ave., is jailed after he leaped from the Thom as et trestle where his wife was killed by a Great Northern engine while fishing. W O Williams of Empire Fuel Co pulled him from the water as he tried to drown himself, and Rogers struggled to throw himself under a passing engine. He is believed insane.
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Great Northern
Thomas Et
Railroad
Harry Roeere
Elliott
W. O. Williams
Empire Fuel Co
Rogers
Wiliams
Hired Gunmen Blamed for Wong Song Killing
M B Sing a criminal investigator for Hop Sing tong attributes the Wednesday night murder of Wong Song to hired gunmen. He says three days earlier Hop Sing members knew of a planned killing by the unfriendly tong in revenge for Seid Bing’s murder in Portland. Sing cites a Portland firearm serial and ties gunmen to Portland Bow Leung tong.
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Wong Song
M. B. Sing
Hop Sing Tong
Sing
Hop Sing Society
Tong
Seid Bing
Portland
Bow Leung Tong
Long Yick
Hall of Oregon Gets His Pardon
John H. Hall former district attorney of Oregon was pardoned by President Taft today. He had been sentenced in 1909 to 60 days in Portland jail and a $50,000 fine amid Francis J. Heney charges over a conspiracy involving fencing government lands.
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Dy United Presse
Washington
John H. Hall
Oregon
Portland
Francis J. Heney
Taft
SANE ANSWERS TO FOOLISH QUESTIONS
A column style excerpt presents brief Q A items on etiquette and household tips. Questions cover starching a negligee shirt, saving currant jelly seeds, starting ilum insting plants, preventing coffee pot leaks, hat etiquette during telephone conversations, caring for a chafing dish, and related social niceties. The tone responds with practical replies and social commentary.
Sergeant Carr Lead Seattle Police Band A City Formed Musician Cop
Sergeant Clarence G Carr of No 2 squad heads a 50 piece police band in Seattle. He formed the group four months ago with base horn, composing the Seattle Police March and guiding performances at headquarters and future city venues. Carr is praised as musician athlete and respected officer.
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Clarence G. Carr
Clarence
Seattle
Carr
No. 2
Argus
Herr Meister
Charley Tennant
Kitsap County
Charley
Allegretto
Andante
Mebby
Caprit de Corps
Won Fight On Day Of Death
Andrew Jackson Davis, a 60 year old farmer from Kititass county near Rowan, dies after 20 years of fighting the Northern Pacific railroad over land entry? The land office in Washington confirms his long battle success and that his 160 acre entry will be recorded.
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North Yakima
Rowan
Kittitas County
Andrew Jackson Davis
Land Office
Washington
Davis
Northern Pacific Railroad
Local News Glimpses From Across the Nation
Fragments from cities including Venice Garvanza and Los Angeles describe odd incidents and misadventures. Letters and crime notes mention mayoral promises, domestic disputes, stove soot mishaps, a lumber dispute, a burglar tale, and a name change for a naturalization case.
Doctors Debate Capital Punishment In Medical Talk
Beattie physicians voice strong opposition to taking life while some defend capital punishment as a deterrent. Dr J B Thomas and Dr Grant Calhoun argue against state killing, though Dr J C Moore supports the oath and temporary use of the death penalty. Right Rev FF W Keator will ordain three deacons at Trinity Church tomorrow.
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Beattie
Thomas
Grant Calhoun
J. C. Moore
King County Medical Association
W. Keator
D. D
Bleh
Olympia
Trinity Church
Queen Anne Choir Plans Cantata The Holy Child
The Queen Anne Methodist church choir will perform The Holy Child cantata Sunday at 7 30 pm at Fifth Ave West and Garfield Street. Under Mrs W J Rankin the choir will wear new vestments for the first time in a Sunday evening concert.
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Queen Anne Methodist Church
Fifth
Av. W
Garfield St
Holy Child
W. J. Rankin
Big Snow Storm Paralyzes North Dakota Rail Network
A historic snowstorm grips North Dakota with five to six foot drifts. Railroads across the state are hampered as snowfall shows no sign of abating. In Washington, the navy remains about 6,000 men short despite rising recruitment.
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North Dakota
United Press
Fargo
N. D
Washington
Man assaulted after disagreeing on drink mixing in San Francisco
F. Matheson, who had definite ideas on how a drink should be mixed, argued with Fred F. Leidecker at Leidecker's saloon. Leidecker beat Matheson, sending him to the hospital, while Leidecker was jailed.
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San Francisco
F. Matheson
Fred F. Leidecker
Leidecker
Matheson
Woman Sues Traction Firm Over Damages
Mrs. Jennie J. Pierce, sick with tuberculosis, won 7900 against Puget Sound Traction Light & Power Co. The jury found the company’s agent coerced a release for 500 after a Capitol Hill car fall two years prior. she repudiated it saying she did not understand what she signed.
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Smith
Jennie J. Pierce
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
Pierce
Capitol Hill
Traction Company
Barricaded with Girl Followers
Evelyn Arthur Lee founder of the absolute life cult remains barricaded in his temple in Chicago with four women and a 17-year-old follower Mildred Bridges rescued after his arrest for abduction. Lee is free on bail.
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United Prose
Chicago
Evelyn Arthur. Lee
Mildred Bridges
Lee
Girl Aviator Miss Matilda Moisant Quits Flying
San Francisco December 20. Miss Matilda Moisant sister of the late John Moisant and an aviatrix by trade has given up flying. She heeded relatives pleas and left the air. The steamer San Jose from Panama brought the news. she was traveling from Panama to Acajutla and is visiting her brothers in Salvador.
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United Press
San Francisco
Matilda Moisant
John Moisant
San Jose
Panama
Moisant
Acajutia
Salvador
Congress Adjourns for Christmas Holidays
Congress adjourned for Christmas holidays and will reconvene January 2. President Taft departed for the Panama Canal to spend Christmas there and return to Washington by December 31.
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Congress
Taft
United Press
Washington
Panama Canal
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