Senators and Board to Visit at Fort Steilacoom
The state board of control will visit Western Washington Hospital at Fort Steilacoom next week to investigate cruelty charges raised before the senate committee on charitable institutions. The board leans to support Superintendent Keller and two nurses, countering eyewitness accounts by Miss Simmons and Mrs. De Monte. The senate committee also plans a hospital visit.
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Olson Murder Sparks Debate Over Death Penalty
In Olympia Feb 3 the lone legislator Ja Ina Williams and Senator Harve Phipps back capital punishment in extreme cases after John Van Dell killed Industrial Insurance Commissioner Olson. The dialogue frames a push for a backdated death penalty while Van Dell, in Thurston County jail, says he would have killed regardless.
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Don't Smear Olson's Memory With Blood
A state editorial mourns E. W. Olson and urges against capital punishment. It argues Olson opposed bloodshed and would not want the hanging law revived, calling for humane tribute and repeal of the anti hanging statute.
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E. W. Olson
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Plotters Tell Plans to Kill Lloyd George
Derby, England Feb 3 Crown witnesses testified in the trial of Miss Alice Wheeldon Miss Hetty Wheeldon Mrs Alfred Mason and Alfred Mason that they plotted to kill Premier Lloyd George and Minister Henderson and Chancellor McKenna using poisoned nails to the boots and a poisoned needle to the skull. The attorney general described long anti-British activity and Mason s poison knowledge as key to the case.
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Henderson
McKenna
Scotland Yard
Alice Wheeldon
Hetty Wheeldon
Alfred Mason
Council Lump Sum Settlements Declared Illegal by Supreme Court
The supreme court ruled Saturday that the city council's lump sum settlements of injury claims to city employees were unlawful, reversing a superior court decision. The issue, debated after the council approved lump sums against a legal opinion from Corporation Counsel Hugh Caldwell to Mayor Gill, spurred months of discussion.
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Superior Court
Hugh Caldwell
Gill
Miss Veedom Sought By Mrs Paschal In Banking District
Mrs R S Paschal of 1711 Belle Vue Ave seeks the Miss Veedom she spoke with in front of the Northern Bank and Trust Co last Tuesday morning. Contact Bast 1086.
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Bellevue Ave
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Salesmen Taught When to Keep Still in Keith’s Class
Geo R Keith leads Seattle Broadway high salesmanship course with 225 students including veterans and newcomers. Class uses notes and talks from Seattle business leaders to study real sales scenarios, with committees evaluating difficult questions and reporting findings. More than 50 students report promotions, and the program emphasizes action and timing in selling.
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Broadway High
Geo. R. Keith
U. of W
Seattle
Fears Overpay For Actress Mise Brady Says Her Fame Alters
Mise Brady, daughter of William A. Brady, faces concerns over high pay in a movie concern run by her father. He warns the salary could turn her head and says he deposits half of her pay in trust. Brady contends actresses are overpaid and that the film business is not a big money maker for owners.
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William A. Brady
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Trandum Drowns in Shilshole Bay Waterfront Accident
Jens Trandum, a dredge worker for Erickson Construction Co., drowned in Shilshole Bay Ballard after being struck by a cable on Wednesday. He lived at 7318 14th Ave. N. E. and supported his mother in Norway.
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Confessions of a Wife Read in a Philadelphia Hotel
Paula recalls a fateful night in Philadelphia ending in fear and doubt as a mysterious tapping at her door tests trust. She plans to call Earnest for help but hesitates when the intrusive speaker reveals her name, hinting at a scandal to come. The scene ends with a suspenseful tease.
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Theda
Margie
Paula
Philadelphia
Ruth Dayton
Ruth
Earnest
Ten Bodies Recovered in Chicago Gas Explosion
Ten bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a tenement destroyed by a gas explosion in Chicago. Fifteen people are missing and feared buried under debris and ice as rescuers labor through arctic conditions and arclight nights. Of 43 injured, 17 remain in county hospital and five survivors from the icy tomb are likely to recover.
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Protested Detention of American Prisoners in German Raids
Washington reports the state department lodged a protest after confirming Americans were among prisoners taken in German raids. The released list shows 64 prisoners, with details pending further confirmation from the Foreign Service.
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Washington
State Department
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