Labor ultimatum targets Coliseum managers over lighting deal
Organized labor vows a boycott of the Coliseum theatre over its lighting contract with Seattle Electric Co. after a Central Labor Council meeting. Jensen & Von Herberg, theater managers, were visited by a council committee and given until the opening date to comply and secure city light.
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Filthave
Pike St
Seattle Electric Co
Central Labor Council
Jensen & von Herberg
The
Atre
Defense closes in New York rail merger conspiracy case
The defense in the New York New Haven Hartford railroad directors conspiracy case under the Sherman anti trust law closed early this afternoon in New York.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Seattle thaws break season cold record after frosty start
Weatherman Salisbury noted a 5.5 degree drop and 24 above zero at 6 am Thursday, breaking the season low record set Wednesday. Historic low marks in Seattle dates back to 1893 and 1915, with forecasts of continued cold. meanwhile California reports light snows in San Bernardino and Fresno orange growers smudge orchards as blizzards hit the East.
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Salisbury
Seattle
Weather Bureau
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Green Lake
Fremont-Ballard
San Francisco
Oakland
California
San Bernardino
Riverside
Corona
Ontario
Two Austrian Warships Destroyed in Battle
Paris dispatch reports two Austrian warships sunk after a clash with allied forces near Durazzo Albania. The destroyer Triglav went down by a mine while the Litta is presumed lost. French and Italian ships likely took part in the engagement.
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Cattaro
Durazzo
Albania
Litta
Trigliav
Triglav
Austria
Lika
Brewery seeks delay to dispose of stock under new dry law
Seattle Malting and Prewing asks federal court for a temporary restraining order to prevent attorney general interference with beer manufacture shipment and possession in Washington from Jan one to Jan sixteen. It faces 15 000 barrels valued over 50 000 and claims lack of facilities prevents disposal before January sixteenth.
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Tacoma
Seattle
Sleepwalker Jump Ends With Broken Jaw in Hotel Window
Peter Anderson a 28 year old logger awoke walking in his sleep and leaped from a third story window of the Granite hotel at Third Ave and Stewart St. He landed on his head and survived with a broken jaw. Roommate Carl Peterson said Anderson was half awake when he left the bed. His brother Oscar noted Anderson had money and no suicide motive.
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Granite
Third Ave
Stewart St
Anderson
Carl Peterson
Peterson
Oscar
German Embargo on Chemicals a Blow at U. S.
Chicago December 30 Elmer Murphy importer reports Germany's embargo on chemicals and dyestuffs for America stems from the view that the United States is neutral He quotes a German foreign trade officer after a visit to Germany The ad suggests renting vacant rooms or houses via Star Want Ads
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U. S
Chicago
Germany
America
United States
Elmer Murphy
Best $2.50 Glasses on Earth
A health advert proclaims low priced eyewear at $2.50 per pair with a doctor promising to prescribe only when necessary and offering a free examination to potential customers.
Logger Dies After Crawling Into Mill Furnace
Pete Gustafson a Guilan Logging Co. logger from Monroe crawled into a furnace at Hollywood Shingle Co. mill near Mollywood owned by oo Getchell at 8 30 a m Thursday and was burned to death. He had been in Seattle a week and started for Monroe via Gothell. He was drunk and sleeping in a shack near the mill with his brother Gus who was seen leaving earlier.
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Guilan Logging Co
Monroe
Hollywood Shingle Co
Mollywood
Getchell
Gustafson
Seattle
Gothell
Gus
Pain Free Dentistry Looms As Novo Cain Shortage Hits Nation
A wartime panic over novocaine scarcity grips U S dental practice with German supplies exhausted. Seattle study clubs clamor for injections while a local clinic claims vast stock and vows painless dentistry. A separate report notes a 35 year old un married man found dead as coroner takes body to the county morgue.
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Novo-Cain
United States
Germany
Seattle
Tacoma
America
Ward
De tL. HR Clark Manager 1405 Third Ave
A fragment notes address details for a manager at 1405 Third Avenue near the corner of Third and Union. The text identifies a person named Clark with a role likely as manager and provides street and cross-street locations. Further context is unavailable in this fragment.
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Seattle writer's sketch hits Hippodrome bill
Seattle author Bill Lehman wrote the vaudeville sketch staged by Robert Athon and company at the Hippodrome theater. The plot features a busy husband, an old sweetheart, a jealous wife, and a resolving burglar miscommunication. The evening also features Larson and Humblad with singing pipes, plus Redding and Roberts, Cort and Redford in blackface, the Raymonds, a cowboy roping act, and Olga Petrova in a photo play The Vampire.
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Hippodrome Theatre
Bill Lehman
Seattle
Robert Athon and Company
Hubby
Larson and
Humblad
Redding and Roberts
Cort and Redford
the Raymonds
Olga Petrova
the Vampire
Clue Tied to Old Murder Mystery Figures Rise
Sheriff Hodge went to Olympia to question R Chapman a jogger who claimed while drunk on Wednesday he had talked with and knew the current whereabouts of the murderer of Elsie Milhuff a Renton girl killed in 1906 at age 13.
Chief Loulelang Endorses Club Use on New Year
Chief Loulelang states it is permissible to use clubs on New Year's Eve and suggests clubs may be the sole refuge in the desert after the holiday.
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Loulelang
King of Seattle Suspected as Spy
The ex-king who ruled one day, Clarence Schmidt, is suspected as a German spy after a Victoria arrest escape. He appeared as Clarence Smith in Victoria, then returned to Seattle with five YMCA boys led by Walter Jenkins and Milford Kingsbury. Washington reports a protest over British mail to the U S linked to Belgian French securities seizure and sale.
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