Washington News of Interest to the Coast
Pacific Coast citizens attentive to eight hour bills for District of Columbia women workers hear Senator LaFollette’s measure. Lafferty from Oregon testifies on homestead entry expansion in nine western states and Alaska. Jones returns to inform Works on Alaska Fisheries bill and hearings resume. California Democrats split on tariff lines as Kettner Baker and Church watch. Petroleum leads mineral output, making California the top western producer west of the Mississippi.
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Lafferty
Oregon
Public Lands Committee
House
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Alaska Fisheries Bil
Jones
Works
Alaska
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Church
Oregon to Exhibit a Boy and a Girl at Panama Exposition
Oregon's main contribution to the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco 1915 will be a baby boy and girl, says M. Plummer, head of the state's child welfare movement. The children will symbolize Oregon's thriving produce alongside its wheat and apples, part of a nationwide display described as the biggest baby show on earth.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
San Francisco
A M. Plummer
Union
Plot to Steal $500 Million From Denver Mint
Police say a post office paper a month earlier details an alleged plot to dynamite the Denver U S Mint and steal part of the $500 million in vaults. Washington notified. mint guards doubled in response.
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United Pigce
Denver
Colo
United States Mint
Washington
Wife Gets Pardon From President Taft For Chaplin
President Taft pardoned Frank David Chaplin. Chaplin, serving nine months in Los Angeles jail for conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands. Mrs. David Chaplin had traveled to Washington to seek the pardon for her husband.
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United Proes
Washington
Taft
Frank David Chaplin
Los Angeles
David Chaplin
Postman Smith Seeks Rules on Parcel Post Transport
Philadelphia report states postman Ter Thos B Smith has gone to Washington to determine whether chickens, turkeys, butter and eggs may be transported under the new parcel post system.
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Philadelphia
Thos, B. Smith
Washington
Two Million Christmas Packages Clutter Seattle Mail
Seattle post office faces a weekly rush as two million Christmas packages and thousands of presents must be delivered before December 25. Extra workers weigh packages and process a daily flood of about 100000 letters addressed to Santa Claus, with no delivery from the North Pole.
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Beattieites
Seattle
Banta Claus
Russell
Three O Clock Burglars Scare Portland Folk
Portland residents in upscale Irvington fear nightly raids by the three o clock burglars who wake occupants and rifle rooms at gunpoint. Mr and Mrs J G Cullison were among the latest victims, targeted in their home as the thieves followed a consistent pattern.
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Portland
United Press
Ore
J. G. Cullison
Irvington
Woman Sues Packing Company for 18000 After Bull Incident
Mary Farris of Kansas City Kan filed an $18,000 lawsuit alleging injuries from a wild bull being driven through the street that chased her upstairs into her home. The filing targets the packing company responsible for the animal.
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Kan
Kansas City
Kan Ra
Mary Farris
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