Billy Sunday’s Moral Force and Oratorical Power
From Olympia on February 8, T J Dillon lauds Billy Sunday as a great preacher and pleader backed by moral issue passion. He recalls Sunday’s stadium impact, likening him to Paderewsky in influence, and argues his exhortations could sway lawmakers on local option while praising his combat against liquor’s crimes.
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Billy Sunday
T. J. Dillon
Olympia
Tilly Sunday
Anne
King Kelly
Billy
Congress of Physicians
Koch
Harriman Charged With Conspiracy
Cleveland February 3 By PA petition charging Harriman and associates with con to defraud the government filed today in the government s effort to dissolve the merger of the Union Pacific with other rail lines. The petition names Stillman Schiff Frick and others as defendants and alleges the Pacific group used its holdings to stifle competition. It asserts Harriman controlled railroads steamship lines and inter nation commerce. Witnesses were summoned to testify.
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Cleveland
Ohio
BK H: Man and Associates
Conto
Union Pacific Rail
Stillman
Jacob Schiff
H. H. Ve
Henry Frick
William
Man
Southern
Nian Pacific
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
the Pacific
North Pacific
Harriman
New
Portland
San Francia
Delivered Booze In Candy Box At Drug Store Trial
N Jankins proprietor of the Way Pharmacy stands trial charged with selling liquor without a prescription to a woman rumored to be intoxicated. Allegations state a whisky bottle was hidden daily in a candy box and supplied by the druggist.
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N. Jankins
Y Way Pharmacy
Jankins
Portrait Sketch of Billy Sunday by Alfred Renfro
A humorous yet admiring profile analyzes Billy Sunday through caricature, noting distinctive jaw, eyes, and hairline. The author likens Sunday to famous fight leaders and praises his humanity, leadership, humor, and vigor, suggesting these traits suit him for multiple fields.
High Water Threatens Sacramento River Regions
U P reports record flood levels along the upper Sacramento at Tehama St Johns and nearby areas. St Johns Glenn county lies under four feet of water with bridges tottering. residents are rescued by boats as levee fears grow near Phelan ranch threatening 1000 cattle.
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Sacramento
Cal
U. P
Tehama
St. Johna
Sacramento River
St. Johns
Glenn County
Phelan Ranch
Hutte County
Chico
Rally Road
Railways allowed to pass Liberty Bell for Pacific events
Chairman Marti A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission rules that transcontinental railways may carry the Liberty Bell free of charge for the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition the Portland zone festival and other Pacific slope celebrations. Railroads had offered to do so pending commission consent.
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Portland
Ore
U. P
Marti A. Knapp
Interstate Commercce Commission
Alaska
Wanted for Larceny Greek suspect arrested in hotel
Peter John alias John Peters alias Pete Jones, a Greek, was arrested by City Detectives William Peterson and Jeff McClure. Jones is wanted by San Francisco police for grand larceny. Found in the Livingstone hotel with stolen apparel from other tenants. He reportedly served time at San Quentin. He will be held until California officers arrive.
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Peter John
John Peters
Pete Jones
William Peterson
Jeff McClure
Sao
Justice
Jones
San Francisco
Livingstone Hotel
Jones Ax
San Quentin Penitentiary
Owen
Calfornia
Publicity as a Cure for Corporate Abuses
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations, issues a public statement advocating publicity for large interstate firms. The plan envisions regular reporting and government access to records while safeguarding legitimate trade secrets. Administrative supervision would replace judicial control with proper regulatory oversight.
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U. P
Herbert Knox Smith
Heim
Ular
Aueh
Contractor Injured by Falling Scaffold at Arlington Hotel
While supervising repairs at the Arlington hotel a falling scaffold struck contractor KD. P. Pinckney causing severe bruises to head and back. He was taken to Benattle General Hospital where doctors report he will recover. Mr Pinckney resides at 1109 16th ay.
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Arlington Hotel
KD. P. Pinckney
Benattle General Hospital
Mr. Pinckney
16Th Ay
Senate debates Sawyer tied to subway franchise
Citizens question why Councilman Sawyer backs the Boddy Dudley subway grant while opposing changes, with Bouillon’s adverse report cited as proof the franchise harms public interests. Critics warn of potential corruption and suggest Sawyer serves special interests over the people.
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Sawyer
Fourth Ward
Corporations Committee
Dudley
A. V. Bouillon
Depart of Public Utilities
Busi
Bouillon
Wenoway-duaiey
Boutilon
Hing
Cae Wiens
Despondent Women Attempt Suicide at Ohio Waterway
Mrs. Gaudy, 33, waded into the Stacyt Occident waterway with another woman to end their lives. Gaudy was rescued by nearby carpenters, while the second woman disappeared, possibly deterred by fear of arrest. Humane Officer Kent notes a connection to a woman who left a baby with Mrs. Clark and has not returned.
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Fife
Williams
Gaudy
Stacy
A. M. Kent
Two Die in a Room at the Hotel Teddy Bear
A Alaska miner and a woman companion suffocated in a room at the Hotel Teddy Bear on Fourth Ave and Pike St. Their identities were given as John Hardin and wife, later linked to John Hinkle and Mary Young. Coroner to perform post mortem. beer and gas leak investigated.
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Theatel Teddy Pear
Fourth Av
Pike St
James C. der
Westway
Westway Aay
John Hardin
Snyder
John Hinkle
Seattle
Alaska
Hinkle
Mary Young
John Howard
South Park
Mary Stringham
University Park
Ore
Carroll
Paul Young
John W. Howard
Plot to Kill King Manuel in Lisbon Spark Arrests
Lisbon February 3. Police arrested a former sailor named in U P dispatch as chosen by revolutionists to throw a bomb at King Manuel during a memorial service for his late father and brother. Three accomplices also arrested but later escaped.
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Lisbon
U. P
Saior
Revolutionista
Rain Tonight and Thursday Forecast
A weather forecast indicates rain tonight and Thursday with light west to south winds. The system calls for damp conditions across the region with otherwise mild temperatures and no significant hazards anticipated.
Deserted baby found in home seeks care
A woman arrived at Mrs. M. Clark’s home with a shivering baby in water soaked clothes claiming to need care for two hours. The mother did not return, and Humane Officer A. M. Kent took the infant to Washington Children's Home. The child, about six months old, is feverish and poorly dressed.
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Mra. Cay Ie
Wireless gear plan eyed for passenger steamers
The house committee on merchant marine will recommend a bill requiring ships with more than 50 passengers to carry wireless telegraph apparatus. It remains unclear if the rule will apply to steamers sailing beyond 600 miles or 100 miles.
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Washington
U. P
House Committee On Merchant Marine
Settlement ends manicurist suit over Seattle job promise
Ida Weill sued J. B. Shrewsbury president of the park board and operator of the Butler barber shop after traveling from Sacramento to Seattle for a manicurist job that never materialized. A justice court awarded her 55 dollars but the case was dismissed today after an out of court settlement in Superior Judge Boyd J. Tallman’s court.
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Ida Weill
Boyd J. Tallman
Miss Weill
J. B. Shrewsbury
Park Board
Butler
Shrewsbury
Seattle
Sacramento
Tallman
Clearing Totals Report for Tacoma and Portland Today
Clearings total 1 479 849 56 for Tacoma and 909 487 for Portland. Balances show 182 487 44 and 79 656 respectively.
Three Die in Missouri Train Collision
Three men were killed in a head on collision between two cattle trains on the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul line near Powaraviled Missouri. The crash occurred when an engineer reportedly lost control causing one train to descend a grade and crash into the cars ahead.
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Ree
Powaraviled
Chicagwo, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Senate Passes Track Bill Without Emergency Clause
In Olympia on February 3 the senate approved Ole Hanson’s track bill with the emergency clause removed by a 41 to 0 vote. The house received notice of the change but did not concur, and a conference committee was considered as leaders debated the clause.
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T. J. Dillon
Olympia
Ole Hanson
Senate
House
Knickerbocker of
King
Benator Cotterill
Cotterill
Ex-Chief of Police Shot Chasing Store Robber in Oakland
Ex-Chief of Police H. C. Kins of Oakland was shot while pursuing Charles Clifton who attempted a Telegraph Avenue holdup. Clifton was captured after a brief chase. The officer was seriously but not fatally wounded.
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Oakland
Cal
U. P
C.kins
Ing
Charles Clifton
Telegraph
Clifton
Body of John Farrel to be shipped to Colorado
The body of John Farrel, a young bartender, who died by his own action in Chicago, will be shipped to Colorado Springs. Butterworth undertakers will receive the remains today to prepare the voyage.
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John. Farrel
Illinois Bet Av
Bell St
Springs
Cole
Butterworth Undertakers
Steamship Men Prepare Olympia Lobby Against Pilotage Bill
At a meeting in the Exchange rooms the Association of Steamship Men voted to go to Olympia and lobby against a compulsory pilotage system for ships entering the port. Similar resolutions were adopted by Tacoma Aberdeen and other Sound cities, and steamship owners flag the measure as hotly contested.
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the &Chants’ Exchange
Association of Steamship Men
Olympia
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Bellingham
Alaska murderer must now hang in Fairbanks
Alaska report states Duke Perovich, convicted killer, must die by hanging after a stay was lifted. The case was appealed. former U S marshal Perry prepared the gallows in a San Francisco attempt that led to the stay.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
U. P
Duke Perovich
Eclicuic Court
Ap San Francisco
Perry
Perov
Governor Cosgrove in Serious Condition
From Paso Robles on February 1 a dispatch reports Governor Cosgrove of Washington is seriously ill after returning from Olympia. He has told of his condition and concerns are rising among allies and supporters.
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Cosgrove
Paso Robles
A. Cosgrove
Washington
Olymp Hia
Earthquake Felt in Owensville Indiana
A UPA flight earthquake was felt in Owensville Indiana with a stronger, longer shock two miles east of town. No damage was reported.
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Owensville
Ind
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