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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1909

Page

4

Marooned on Beacon Hill After Huge Water Pipe Blockade

A section between Charles and Plum streets and Ninth to 12th avenues is cut off by a four inch water main laid by Lewis and Wiley regrade contractors. Four hundred residents face coal shortages as no access remains for hauling supplies or unloading up steep hills. complaints to contractors and councilman James Conway have failed and residents with small piles guard their dwindling fuel.

Charles Plum Lewis & Wiley, Regrade Contractors Beacon Hill Regeon Hill Pike #1 10Th Av Eighth Avy 12Th 10Th Aos James Conway Second Ward

Family dispute ends with vow of separation

Testimony from an aged minister recounted a discussion where he forced Dr. William C. Woolsey to promise to have no further contact with his daughter in any capacity. The father spoke with emotion about the daughter’s actions as she whispered to Frank H. Morris, an associate respondent, during the scene.

William C., Woolsey Lafayette Au Woolsey Frank H. Morris

Frisco Alimony Cost Seven Million Dollars

United Press reports the Moores and associates paid 7 million to sever ties with the Frisco Rock Island merger. It notes B F Yoakum and Edwin Hawley profited, paying 10.8425 million to regain stock worth about 20 million years earlier.

United Press New York Moores DPD G. Reid Frisco B. F. Yoakum St. Louis Rock Ieland Yoakum Edwin Hawley

Salary Awarded to Joseph Weber Sparks Court Battle

Justice MacLean heard Walter N. Awrence’s motion to halt payments by the Broadway Producing Company to Joseph Weber and four directors. The case centers on a $55,000 annual salary deemed exorbitant for a company with $6,000 capital created to stage The Climax.

United Press New York Joseph Weber Lawrence Weber

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