How'd You Like To Be So Big You Couldn't Hold A Job
Carl Fletcher, seven foot meter reader nicknamed Efficiency, faces trouble reading mansion district meters in Seattle. After startled residents react badly to his height, the boss moves him to West Seattle to avoid nervous wealthy households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Carl BE. Pletcher
City Lighting Department
Fletcher
EB. Hendricks
Meter Reading Department
Mansion
Capitol Hill
Hendricks
Pletcher
Seattle
West Seattle
Great Christmas Piano Sale At Ellers Music House
Ellers Music House advertises a Christmas piano sale with coupons offering immediate payoff on pianos and six dollar monthly payments next year. Brands include Sohmer Hazleton Kimball and Chickering plus player pianos and grands with deep discounts and exchange options.
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Eilers Music House
Third
University St
Sohmer
Hazleton
Kimball
Smith & Barnes
Eadins
Ellers Music House
University Street
Port bonds awarded to E. H. Rollins for harbor work
The port commission will receive 1,000,000 immediately for harbor improvements at Salmon Bay and the central waterway with a total 2,500,000 bond issue. E. H. Rollins & Co of Chicago, represented by F. W. Camp, offered 92.50 per 100 on the issue. a second 1,200,000 will be drawn later for Harbor Island terminal work after further plans. George F. H. Tilden’s bid 92.50 was rejected as noncompliant.
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Port Commission
East Waterway
Salmon Bay
Central Waterway
E. H. Rollins & Co
Chicago
F. W. Camp
Harbor Island
George FH. Tilden
Peek
Murderer Levi Ehresman Pleads Guilty to Second Degree
Levi Ehresman, accused of killing J. H. Nicholson and burning the body, pleads guilty to second degree murder under a lack of corpus delicti evidence. He awaits sentencing in the county jail with a life imprisonment maximum.
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United Presse
Angeles
Levi Ehresman
J.H. Nicholson
Ehresman
Terrific England storm wrecks ship off Mounts Bay
A terrific storm across England damaged telegraph lines and seas. The Italian steamer Tripolitani on a Genoa to Barry route drove ashore at Mounts Bay with one drowned and 27 rescued or escaped.
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United Presse
London
England
Genoa
Barry
Wales
Mounts Bay
Gettysburg veterans seek state funds for battlefield trip
At a King County Democratic club luncheon in the Good Fats cafeteria on Saturday Civil War veterans who fought at Gettysburg plan to introduce resolutions calling for a $15,000 legislative appropriation. The 50th anniversary of Gettysburg will be celebrated next year.
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King County Democratic Club
Gettysburg
Helpless Parents See Children Burn In Ottawa Fire
Ottawa dispatch reports Mr and Mrs Andrew Curran of Edwards Station Carleton County faced a fatal house fire on December 27 as their three children in bed were burned to death while the parents stood by unable to save them.
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Ottawa
Ont
Andrew Curran
Edwards Station
Carleton County
Third death by own action reported in day
The day saw a third death by self harm as Guat Swanson, 38, a laborer, shot himself with a S& caliber pistol and died two hours later at City Hospital. He had been brooding over money and locked himself in a room at Swedish lodging, 602 Pontius Ave. He had no known relatives in Seattle. Earlier, landlady at Mattson House, 619 Sixth Ave, found Bill Tavo, 45, dead by hanging in his closet.
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Guat Swanson
Ecity Hospital
Swanson
Pontius Av
Seattle
Mattson House
Bll Tavo
Standard Oil Shares Jump Boosts Wall Street Totals
New York stock traders saw STANDARD OIL shares surge 106 points today lifting the market value to about 15.75 million dollars. The firm is capitalized at 16 million with reports suggesting the stock may double its present price, fueling optimism for future gains.
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New York
Standard
Otl
Neglected by Sweetheart Girl Tries Suicide After Dance
Miss Birdie Robbins a school teacher attempted to kill herself after a quarrel with James Hawkins at a dance party. She went to the home of W. W. Stalker and wife and made the life attempt before seeking reconciliation that never came. In Pomona California Lavt Ehresman was bound over to the superior court for first degree murder in the killing of J. H. Nicholson.
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James Hawkins
Birdie Robbins
Poleon
Pear
Taehine
W. W. Stalker
Pomona, Cal
Lavt Ehresman
Superior Court
J. H. Nicholson
Turkey Refuses Indemnity to End Balkans Conflict
Report from London states Turkey will not pay any compensation to end the Balkans dispute. Envoys received tight instructions on acceptable concessions. A Belgrade telegram claiming a secret Bulgaria Turkey peace at Constantinople remains unconfirmed but not denied. Turkey’s counter proposals ask for sovereignty east of the line from the Maritsa river to the Black Sea, including Adrianople, with recognition of Turkish sovereignty west of the line.
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United Rene
London
Turkey
Balkans
Daily Telegraph
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Maritea River
Black Sea
Adrianople
Orchard company stock issue on trial in Portland
Testimony opened in Portland as Tomahanny Tag III faces trial for alleged misuse of the malls in disposing of about 4 million dollars in bonds of questionable value. Federal prosecutors outlined the case after jury selection, detailing lands worth 150,000 dollars held by the company under fire and the flotation of a major portion of a 2.5 million dollar stock issue.
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Portland, Or
Tomah
Umver Orchards Co
McCourt
Quarrel over Buzzwagon ends with fatal shooting in Chicago
James Conway, official of the steamfitters union, was shot and killed at union headquarters in Chicago during a dispute over automobile ownership. Thomas Freer, secretary of the union, was arrested and claimed he acted in self defense.
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Chicago
James Conway
Sreamfitters
Thomas Freer
Freer
Babe Chokes to Death on Bean in San Bernardino
San Bernardino Cal December 27 Mary Wagner an 11 month old baby of Mr and Mrs James Wagner died today after choking on a bean drawn into her windpipe following insertion in her nostril.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Mary Wagner
James Wagner
Another Grandson for the Kaiser
Berlin dispatch reports a son born last night to Prince August William fourth son of the emperor and Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig Holstein. The couple married October 22 1908 and this is their first child.
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Berlin
August William
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
William
Misreported shooting duo living at Afro-American apartments
Morton Freeman and wife were said to reside at Emil apartments on 14th Avenue and Jackson Street but records show they live at Afro-American Apartments, 1251 Main St. London notes King George I did not have influenza but a slight chill, recovered fully.
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Morton Freeman
Emil
Jackson Sr
Star
Georgie
London
George I
Ponsonby
French Premier Poincare Accepts Presidency Candidacy
Paris December 27 Premier Raymond Poincare agreed to run for the presidency of France amid pressure from allies in the senate and chamber of deputies. A successor to President Fallieres is to be chosen January 17.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Raymond Poincaire
Fordnte
Fallieres
Two Killed in Fire Destroys Lodging House
In Los Angeles on the North Side a blaze early today killed two people and injured seven, one seriously, as a lodging house burned. Elsewhere near Lemberg Germany a motorist paid 300 dollars in damages after a flock of poultry mobbed his car, mistaking its horn for feed call.
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Los Angeles
Brrlin
Lemberg
Germany
Women Will Send Eggs by Parcel Post
New York December 27 Mrs Julian Heath president of the National Housewives League says a consumers and producers registry will supply butter eggs and produce to housewives after January 1 using parcel post. The registry will be run by a league committee. Housewives wanting small quantities must register and farmers within fifty miles of the city must enroll.
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New York
Consumers and Producers’ Registry
Julian Heath
National Housewives League
Hold Shephard on Larceny Charge
Clem Shephard former purser on the steamer Humboldt was arrested Monday night on an accomplice charge in a 57 000 gold theft from September 1910. He and Benny Wiseman face grand larceny charges as the prosecutor moves to file information in superior court. Shephard threatens habeas corpus action against the sheriff.
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Clem Shephard
Humboldt
Fred E. Brown
Murphy
Shephard
Benny Wiseman
Waldo Defies Probers in Police Records Testimony
New York December 27 Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo testified before the aldermanic committee probing alleged police rafting and refused to disclose department records unless he chose to. He argued the inquiry would reveal sensitive material and accused the probe of aiming to create a sensation.
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New York
Committee of Aldermen
Rhinelander Waldo
Waldo
Inauguration Plans Circulated for Governor Lister
A luncheon by the Commercial Club in Olympia discussed plans for Governor Lister's inauguration on January 15. Representatives from Olympia, Tacoma, Bellingham and other nearby towns attended to arrange a reception and ball, the ceremonies, and public entertainment.
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Lister
Olympia
Commercial Club
Tacoma
Bellingham
Jyvand
Immigration Into Western Canada Predicted At 200000
Ottawa figures cite W. J. White predicting American immigration into western Canada will total at least 200000 for 1912-18, an increase of 70000 from the prior year. The U S head of Canadian agencies asserts ongoing growth.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
W. J. White
United States
Commission to probe Western avenue price issues proposed
Mayor Cotterill may appoint a city commission to investigate the Western avenue problem. The volunteer panel will hear testimony on the street trade and craft recommendations to align producer and consumer interests. The Municipal League proposed the plan and resolutions were adopted.
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Cotterill
Municipal League
Rogers Probes Woman in Eddie Trial Cross Examination Shows Tension
In Los Angeles on December 27 defense attorney Karl Rogers pressed Mrs. Alice Phelps about her past and relations with officers, seeking to challenge her testimony in Eddie's trial. The questioning aimed to undermine the prosecution by exploring her life before the alleged events and connections to Milwaukee.
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Llatted
Vrece
Wire
Angeles
Alice Phelps
Guy Eddlete
Karl Rogers
Eddie
Rogers
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National System OF Credit
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Third Av
Babe
Bean
Waukee
Milwaukee
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Sae No
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