Inauguration of Ernest Lister as Governor at Olympia
The article describes Governor elect Ernest Lister’s January 15 inaugural in Olympia with a large political guest list. It notes special invitations for Democrats from county leaders and a parade ending by 2 50 pm. Transportation offered by chartered boats from Seattle to Olympia leaves at :30 am. The National Guard will escort the governor to the inauguration hall after the parade.
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Ernest Lister
Olympia
Temple of Justice
Seattle
National Guard
Hamburg Line to Run Boats to Puget Sound
Hamburg American Steamship Company plans a monthly freight service from Puget Sound to Europe via the Orient, with the first ship leaving Hamburg on February 5. Local agents say sufficient business exists to justify the route, and current sailings are at capacity with cargo space in high demand.
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Hamburg American Steamship Company
Puget Sound
Europe
Orient
D. W. Burchard
Koameos Line
Hamburg
Editorial Staff Of Star Banquets Farewell Banquet
The Seattle Star staff gathered at the Butler hotel Friday night in a farewell banquet for city editor Hensel Smythe who departs for Portland to become managing editor at the Portland News. Attendees included Leroy Sanders and Cynthia Grey among others.
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The
Seattle Star
Leroy Sanders
Butler Hotel
Hensel Smythe
Star
Portland
Dee
Portland News
Cynthia Grey
Hensel Gmythe
L. J. Ritchie
Fred L. Boalt
Fred Henry
Vic
College Opens for Foresters
A three months training course at the University of Washington College of Forestry will run from January 6 to March 27. The course aids forest rangers guards cruisers loggers woodland owners and others and is conducted with the cooperation of the U S forestry service. No tuition fee is charged.
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College of Forestry
University of Washington
United States Forestry Service
City Plans Public Morgue at City Hall
The city finance committee urged converting two rooms at City Hall under Yester Way into a public morgue with free water electricity and heat. Dr James Tate Mason the coroner elect pushed for a public morgue and will seek county funding for alterations and an ambulance purchase.
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Yesterway
James Tate Mason
Mason
Prince of Wales Resigns From Oxford Bullingdon Club
The Prince of Wales quit the Bullingdon Club at Oxford after a university reprimand for a rag or mild frolic. A proctor gathered names as gaiety peaked. the king ordered the resignation.
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United Prese
London
Prince of Wales
Bullingdon Club
Oxford
Monster Suffraget Parade Plan Named Chairman
Washington December 28 Mrs Wm Kent wife of Congressman Kent of California is today named chairman of the band committee for the monster suffraget parade here March 3. To avoid clashing with the inaugural spectacle the suffraget demonstration is scheduled one day before the inauguration.
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Washington
Mrsa
Wm. Kent
Kent
California
Hugh Todd Era Ambition Turns To Cleaning Up Politician
A vintage profile of Hugh Clifford Todd, Washington state Democratic chairman, detailing his rise from local clerk to legislative leader and his stated aim to reform the word politician. The piece notes his multiple roles, past campaigns, and potential future as customs collector in Seattle. It closes with a brief Chelan County roads association formation in Wenatchee.
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Chicago White Sox
Hugh Clifford Todd
Todd
Democratic Party
Washington
Seattle
Whitman County
Webster
Noah
Hugh
Hugh Todd
Pullman
Lister
Pat Todd
Taylor
Georgetown University
D. C
Wilson
Con
Wenatchee
Chelan County
Diplomatic Hitches Edges Turkey over Balkan Autonomy
London December 28 Turkish proposals for suzerainty over autonomous governments in Albania and Macedonia surfaced after plenipotentiaries met. Osman Nazim Pasha said Turkish envoys must request fresh instructions from Constantinople, prompting the allied representatives to adjourn the talks.
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London
Turkey
Raiken
Woman Kills Husband After Beating and Choking Her
Mrs Harriet M Burnham admitted shooting her husband after he dragged her from bed beat and choked her nearly to unconsciousness in Chicago. Assistant State's Attorney Fleming will seek the death penalty, arguing no extenuating circumstances and an unprovoked attack.
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Chicago
Harriet M. Burnham
Fleming
Fra zier elected president of Washington Educational Association
Everett report notes C R Fra zier chosen as president of the Washington Educational association. Portland reports Hamburg American line declares Pacific Northwest terminal for trans Pacific freight service with monthly sailings to Orient and Europe starting January 1. Cheyenne notes Bert Dalton, one of 19 Rawlins penitentiary escapees, captured in a snow bank. Mrs Mariah R Chipman, 83, mother of H D Broughman of Seattle, dies. funeral at Mount Pleasant crematory Sunday at 3 p m.
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Portland, OR
Hamburg-Ameri Line
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Orient
Europe
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bert Dalton
Rawlina Penitentiary
Mariah R. Chipman
H. D. Broughman
Seattle
Brougham
Nebraska state political figure Bernard Meserve dies
Bernard Meserve, longtime Nebraska state treasurer and intimate of William Jennings Bryan, died suddenly from heart trouble. His death ends two-term tenure and prominent involvement in Nebraska politics.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bernard Meserve
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Confessed plot to murder husband for life insurance
Georgia widow Mrs. James King, 35, admitted aiding the killing of her husband James King to marry Nicholas Wilburn and claim $2,000 life insurance. Wilburn, 25, confessed he killed King after Mrs. King promised $600 and marriage. Police also detained James Barber, who said Wilburn planned the crime.
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United Press
Macon
Nicholas Wilburn
Wilburn
James King
Georgia
James Barber
King
Prisoner Shot During Escape in San Francisco
San Francisco December 28. Peter Maytzer a county jail prisoner escaped from a road gang yesterday and was shot and killed here by Deputy Sheriff Borgeich in a running fight. Deputies searched the city for Maytzer who was serving five months for petty larceny and due to expire February 21.
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San Francisco
Peter Maytzer
Borgeich
Mayntzer
Labor Leader Denounces Verdict in Indianapolis Case
Haywood declares the verdict proves one law for capitalists and another for working men, railing against perceived bias in the Indianapolis labor case. The statement highlights enduring tension between labor and management in the era.
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Indianapolis
Haywood
Indiana man killed wife while she slept in La Grange
Ed ward Hart killed his wife Rena, from whom he was separated, and her mother Mrs. Sarah McBride in La Grange while they slept. Hart fled but was captured later.
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LA Grange
Ind
Edward Hart
Rena
Sarah McBride
Hart
Haywood Comments on Unwarranted Verdict
Haywood, organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, said the verdict was unwarranted after noting he had not thoroughly investigated the charges. He spoke in Denver on December 28 as the case drew widespread attention.
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Denver
Wm. B. Haywood
Inustrial Workers of the World
Patient awarded damages in hospital mix up case
Miss Harriet L. Baldwin won 16.50 in damages from Dr Slo cum and the International Hospital association after a mistaken operation on her left leg instead of the right and an extra charge to operate on the other limb. She had sought 5 016.50 in total damages. The jury awarded the 16.50.
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Portland
Harriet L. Baldwin
8. C. Slocum
International Hospital Association
Seattle Evidence in Delarm Case Details Washington Irrigation Project
Sworn testimony by Seattle civil engineer Sterling Hill places the Wahlake irrigation project at about 150000 dollars. DeLarm and associates faced indictment while attempting to float bonds totaling four million dollars for the same project.
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Portland, Or
Sterling Hill
Seattle
W. B. DeLarm
A. J. Biehl
Wahlake
Wash
DeLarm
Earning Their Way at Washington University
A University of Washington report by Recorder Stone shows 28 percent of students self supporting and 36 percent partially so. Of 2010 enrolled, 1148 are over 21 and 867 under 21. graduates rise with 25 in the class of 1902 and 266 graduated last June.
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University of Washington
Recorder Stone
Referendum Sought On Expanded Pike Place Market
City Comptroller reports 9 000 petition names asking a spring finance measure to convert the old Pike Place market and build a waterfr on link to market place with low floats. A second proposition seeks a 000 bond issue at 4 percent over 20 years to extend 800 feet west. Final validity checks precede a March voter decision.
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Carroll
Annance
Pike Place
Market Place
Pikest
Rockefeller an Elusive Gent
New York December 28 Aider two deputies Sergeant Riddel of the house of representatives resumed his search for Rockefeller here today. He entered the Standard Oil building and received information that the supreme court dissolved the trust, Rockefeller was not even an officer of the company.
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New York
Riddel
House of Reprtives
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Co
New Y Rockefeller
Darrow Trial Postponed Again in Los Angeles
W C Powers of Salt Lake will aid Clarence Darrow in the defense as the labor attorney faces a bribery charge. The trial set for January 6 is expected to be continued later in January, with the defense likely to file comments from their office.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Ortie McManigal
McNamara Brothers
McManigal
Los Angeles
W. C. Powers
Salt Lake
Barere
Clarence Row
Darrow
100 Boosters From Oregon to Tour for Rose Festival
In white uniforms with emblem lights on the rear of their coach special train, 100 boosters known as the Royal Rosarians depart at midnight from Portland for a tour to promote the Rose Festival and showcase Californians in every city visited as part of a “one big time” effort.
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Portland
Royal Rosarians
Submarine Record Set by French Boats in Heavy Seas
London December 28 French submarines completed 800 miles submerged with no surface breaks despite storms. Naval authorities consider the feat a superior performance over torpedo boats, even in heavy seas, signaling a potential shift in naval balance.
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London
Last of Ezra Meeker's Oxen at Tacoma Park
Dec 28 report notes a planned big dinner of meat from Ezra Meeker's two oxen donated by the pioneer. The animals were part of Meeker's Oregon Trail outfit and were given to the park board.
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Ezra Meeker
Tacoma
Point Defiance
Meeker
Oregon
Park Board
Turkey declines Allied peace terms at Balkan talks
Envoys for Turkey and Balkan states met in London resuming conferences. After a 90 minute session, the meeting adjourned to 4 PM with Reshid Pasha presiding. The Turks formally rejected the allies terms and presented a Porte counter proposal.
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London
Turkey
Balkan States
Reshid Pasha
Porte
Building talk and cheese contracts shift Portland chatter
A letter to the New York Chamber of Commerce highlights the L. C. Smith building as a bold advertising feat, while Portland rumors say Swift and Co and other meat packers plan to secure Tillamook cheese by contracts this season, anticipating buying next year.
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L. C. Smith
Woolworth
New York
Burns Lyman
New Chai of Commerce
Smith
Portland, Or
Swift & Co
Emn
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