Erickson Leads Fight to Reduce Appropriation
City council passes a $5,000 appropriation for expert engineering advice in the Puget Sound Traction case after Erickson Dale and Hesketh urged full funding. The hearing will use valuation statistics to challenge the private utility before the state public service commission. The council also restored the assistant license inspector position and approved $7,455 for auto and motorcycle purchases and exchanges.
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Puget Sound Traction
Light & Power Company
Public Service Commission
Erick
Dale
Hesketh
Erickson
State Public Service Commission
Traction Company
Cornet
Erickson and
Hanna
Bulgarian Troops Entrench Along Greek Border
Reports from Amsterdam dated December 21 indicate Bulgarian forces are entrenching at multiple points on the Greek border, with advices noting widespread fortification activity.
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Amsterdam
Seattle liner Minnesota clears inspection for voyage to England
Seattle officials defend strict checks on the liner Minnesota before its departure bound for England. Inspectors B B Whitney and H C Lord claim no laxity, noting hydrostatic tests, valve adjustments, and tube inspections supported the vessel's safety for the long voyage. Lloyd's surveyor James Fowler confirms the assessment.
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England
Minnesota
Hull and Bollers
Seattle
Inspector Lord
Capt. Whitney
James Fowler
Lloyd’s
Federal report to blame no officials on Minnesota disaster
San Francisco December 21 advance word on the federal officers report in the Minnesota disaster finds no blame attached to federal officials or crew. The inspectors Guthrie and Dolan recommend new boilers costing about 250000 dollars and cite salt water dirt and foreign matter in tubes as the likely cause.
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Minnesota
Washington
Bulgar
Guthrie and Dolan
Congress Alone Can Bring War Decision Not In Wilsons Hands
Washington, Dec. 21. The author argues that Congress alone can declare war and that the president and secretary of state are checked by the Senate and by congressional votes. He notes the Mexican intervention at Vera Cruz prompted by executive action but not a declared war, highlighting constitutional limits on war power.
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Wilson
Gilson Gardner
Washington, D. C
Germany
Austria
United States
Senate
House
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Congress Divided Over War With Mexico and Gas Incident
Members urged war declaration but a majority opposed it. The resolution only authorized Wilson to act, not to wage further war. Debate centers on whether the president will keep the nation out of war or lead it in, amid reports of gas jets and sealed rooms in the chamber.
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Congress
Mexico
Wilson
Clairvoyant Mrs Eddy Held on White Slave Charge
Michigan City reports Mrs. Melissa Eddy, a clairvoyant, is held on $9,000 bond awaiting U S commissioner in Tacoma where she will appear January 6 on a white slave investigation after detectives pursued her.
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Melissa Eddy
U. S
Tacoma
Crane Company to give $750000 to 10000 employees
In Chicago on December 21 the Crane company announces a distribution of 750000 dollars to about 10000 employees across the United States as a 10 percent dividend on their yearly salaries.
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Chicago
United States
Grinnell College Glee Club Plans 6000 Mile Christmas Tour
Grinnell Iowa December 21 Hoarding their private hotel car in Des Moines and giving a concert in Hampton this evening the Grinnell College Glee club will start today on their 6000 mile Christmas vacation trip to the Pacific Coast The itinerary includes Mason City Minn Fargo N D Helena Seattle Tacoma Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Hampton
Grinnell College Glee Club
Pacific Coast
Mason City
Minn Minn
Fargo
N. C
Helena
Seattle
Tacoma
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Ore
Salt Lake City
Colorado Springs
Col
Warship Bombards Varna in Black Sea Action
A Royal Navy unit escorting sixteen troop transports bombarded the Black Sea port of Varna yesterday. The operation targeted coastal defenses and naval batteries, with no immediate reports of civilian casualties. Naval authorities confirmed damage but offered no further details on losses or objectives.
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Varna
Sarian Black Sea
Yeste
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