Democrats to Seattle plan Jefferson Day banquet
Charles G. Helfner, chairman of the state central committee, travels East to secure Washington’s seat at the National League of Democratic Clubs meeting in Washington on January 9. He aims to bring national figures to Seattle’s Jackson Day banquet on April 13, with Senator Gore and Ollie James invited. King County Democrats will hold a Jackson Day banquet at the Arctic Club.
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Charles G. Helfner
Democratic State Central Comittee
East
Washington
National League of Democ Clubs
Inhington
D.C
Seattle
P. Gore
Oklahoma
Ollie James
King County
Arctic Club
Boy Only Nine Held as Burglar
Three men with revolvers confronted a 60 pound youth named Ancenas, nine years old, as he tried to carry a sack of cards pencils and type from the Harrington Print company. The adults entered after spotting the boy by his dark lantern, ending the attempted burglary at mid evening.
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Angeles
Harrington Print Company
Ancenas
Real Son of the Revolution Dies in New York State
Lorenzo Oviak aged 94 and reputed last real son of the American Revolution in New York died yesterday at Coming New York. His father served two enlistments in the Revolutionary army at Valley Forge.
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Elmira
N. Y
Lorenzo Oviak
Coming
Valley Forge
Pay-As-You-Go Plan Improperly Used on Defiance Cars
In Tacoma on December 28 the pay as you go system and gates on the Defiance streetcars were too narrow. Passengers complained of crowding through the narrow doorway as cars operated with the new scheme.
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Tacoma
Objections Raised to North Trunk Sewer Assessments
Residents in the Lake Washington district object to the size of assessments for the north trunk sewer levy. A meeting is set for Friday evening at Miller's Hall corner 28th and Addison. A protest will be made to the city council.
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Lake Washington
Miller's Hall
Corner 28Th
Adisonst
Gift of Tongues Leader Confesses Sin at Home Mission
Rev. Levi R. Lupton heads Faith Home near Alliance Ohio with wife Mamie Corlette and secretary. Lupton admits paternity of a son born to Corlette in a public confession. The Pentecostal movement at the school has spawned 100 missionaries worldwide and the leaders say they are penitent and forgiven.
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Faith
Alliance, O
Levi R. Lupton
Mise Mamie L. Corlette
Corlette
Lupton
God
Mi Mise Corlette
Burglar Victor Seeley Fatally Shot by Tacoma Officer
Victor A Seeley aged 16 was shot by Patrolman 8 E Garberg early yesterday in Tacoma while burglarizing a home. He died shortly after at a county hospital with the bullet passing through his back abdomen and intestines. The slain youth was described as a working shipping clerk for Willamette Casket Co and the sole son of Mr and Mrs W J Seeley who have lived in Tacoma for about twenty years.
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Tacoma
Victor A. Seeley
E. Garberg
County
Pita
Domen
W. J. Seeley
Seeley
Willamette Casket Company
Victor
Seeleys
Logger Wins $10 000 Suit in Supreme Court
In Olympia the supreme court affirms a $10,000 damages award to Young Hall, 23, who suffered a broken leg while loading logs for the Northwest Lumber Company. The injury, caused by hooks attached to a steam winch, left him unable to work.
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Logger
Supreme Court
Olympia
King County Superior Court
Ey Hall
Northwest Lumber Company
Young Hall
Pioneer Meekers in Washington Passages
Dec 28 burial at Puyallup marks the death of John V Meeker the last of the Meeker pioneers who crossed the plains in the Sua era and settled in Western Washington Ezra Meeker the youngest survives and recalls life on the old Oregon trail his A Y P exposition exhibit drew wide praise
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Tacoma
Puyallup
John V. Meeker
Puget Sound
Plains
Washington
Ezra Meeker
Oregon Trail
Passengers Refuse Testimony Against Auto Chauffeur
James McBride, chauffeur of the wrecked auto returning from the Wenatchee game, is jailed on $100 bail. Five Wenatchee passengers were injured but not seriously. Prosecutor-elect Niles Sorensen, injured, will not aid in prosecution and plans to return home after minor hospital stay. The driver claims the car moved at about 12 miles per hour.
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James
Mobiride
Mefiride
Niles M. Sorensen
Chelan County
McBride
Unearth Land Grab In Southern Oregon Land Scam
United Press reports a federal complaint in Portland alleging a scheme to grab 96 676 acres worth 4 million dollars through legal maneuvering. The Southern Oregon company, successor to Coos Bay Wagon Road, is named as defendant. The case centers on a provision restricting private land sale to 160 acres per person, claimed to have been violated.
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United Press
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Southern Oregon Company
Coos Hay Wagon Road
Troops Rescue Negro From Mob in West Virginia Luminary
State troops arrived at Weston at 1 a.m. and rescued William Furby a Black man from an enraged mob outside the railway station. The sheriff had him in the express office vault and the soldiers moved him to a special train to Clarksburg breaking the mob’s charge. The crowd overawed by threats to shoot, shots rang out at the train and windows were broken.
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Weston
W. Va
William Furby
Clarksburg
NEW PRESIDENT OF PANAMA
Notice invites young readers to find Uncle Jack in The Star next Saturday, likely a feature or column aimed at children. The item is framed as a reader engagement tease with no additional detail.
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Uncle Jack
The
Star
Des Moines Women Found Dead in Rear Room
In Des Moines Iowa police found two women dead in a rear room of a house. Four half bottles of whiskey were located beside them indicating possible alcohol involvement. The incident occurred in the afternoon and police are investigating the deaths.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Women Had Right to Sign Recall Petitions
Corporation Counsel Scott Calhoun ruled that women who registered and signed recall petitions were legally qualified. The opinion, issued in response to Controller William J. Hothwell, clarifies eligibility of women’s names on the petition. With the 1911 election approaching, all voters must register again.
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Scott Calhoun
William J. Hothwell
Wetties
Doz Dies After Mercury Poisoning Incident
Pittsburg reports Elmer Doz swallowed 27 grains of bichloride of mercury twelve days earlier, a dose capable of killing many. A physician was summoned, Doz initially recovered, then deteriorated on Christmas Eve and died today.
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Pittsburg
Elmer Doz
Doz
Two Die in Car Crash on Intercity Viaduct
Two persons were killed and more than 50 injured, four seriously, in a street car collision on the intercity viaduct between Kansas City and Kansas City, Kansas, last night.
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Kansas City
Here
Kas
New York Banker predicts unusual prosperity for 1911
State Superintendent of Banks John Howard Cheney forecasts unusual prosperity for 1911. He bases his prediction on current general financial conditions prevailing throughout New York state.
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New York
Jon Howard Cheney
Cheney
New York State
Gypsies Riot Near Wadesboro Camp in North Carolina
A riot erupted last night in a gypsy camp near Wadesboro with Chief Mitchell accused of breaking into a tent and assaulting a woman. County officers arrived and several arrests were made.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wadesboro
Mitchell
Convict Warden Pleads Guilty to Bribe Charges
Roy Wunetine of Renton, a deputy game warden, pleaded guilty before Judge Kaufman to taking bribes for allowing illegal game out of season. He received a reformatory sentence of one to three years at Monroe.
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Roy Wunetine
Renton
Preerier
Hindus Overrun California Noted by Health Board
A Sacramento health official claims hundreds of Asians, mostly Hindus, illegally reside in California. He says the state lacks funds to employ physicians to screen diseased aliens and secure deportation.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
State Board of Health
Bathtub Magnates Plead Not Guilty In Detroit Case
In Detroit on December 28 the first plea in the federal prosecution of enameled bath fixtures makers was entered before Judge Swan. The defendants pleaded not guilty. In Kansas City on the same date eleven prisoners escaped from a city farm after burning a window frame to create an exit.
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Detroit
Mich
Swan
United States District Court
Kansas City
City Farm
Sweds
Hypnotist Evicted After Alleged Assault at Crystal Theatre
Pasco reports a hypnotist on the Crystal theatre bill was nearly forced off stage after allegedly hypnotizing an 8 year old boy and pinning his arm as a trick. The audience and management demanded the show end and the performer left. Aberdeen notes a new shingle mill at Markham by Deming Lumber & Shingle Co will start tomorrow at a cost of 50000 dollars.
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Pasco
Crystal Theatre
Skiddoo
Aberdeen
Deming Lumber & Shingle Co
Markham
Japanese Spy Report Denied by Manila Authorities
Manila authorities deny claims that a Japanese spy was captured with a mapa of Corregidor. No suspect or evidence released, and official statement downplays the report as unfounded.
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Manila
Dee
Mapa
Corregidor
No license for bartenders delayed by council vote
Councilman Blaine's licensing measure for bartenders was indefinitely postponed by the council amid protests from organized labor led by R. B. Hesketh who decried a head tax on strikers. Also reports: Baltimore machinists end 18 month shutdown and return to work with Baltimore Ohio Railroad. ICC advances suspension order on extra switching charges to March 1.
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Blaine
Organized
R. B. Hesketh
Baltimore
Atr
Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company
Washington
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
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