England Looks for Warfare on Pacific
United Press reports English naval circles fear a U S Japan war and act to reinforce the North Pacific Squadron at Esquimalt with battleships and cruisers. A Washington conference between President Roosevelt and Democratic naval committee members arose over naval appropriations to fund new battleships amid tensions with Japan. England seeks readiness as ally candidate and nearest coast line in the potential war zone.
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United Press
Washington
International
United States
Japan
Admiralty
North Pacific
We Cressy
Tus
Hogue
Bril An
Esquimalt Fe
Paral
Roosevelt
House
England
Startling Facts Known by the President
A Pacific coast strategic debate is referenced with claims that the president withheld certain military information from the public. The Atlantic fleet was involved, and Congress allegedly pressed for disclosure while officials cited national defense needs and potential militia mobilization. Further publicity is said to be barred.
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United Press
Sanco
Wesbington
Pacific
Atlantic
Hf Coogres
Japan
Congress
Senator Stone Sets Philippine Lands Independence Date
Washington February 6. Senator Stone of Missouri offers a program for disposing of Philippine lands by the United States and names December 10, 1915 as the date the government shall grant complete independence.
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United Press
Washington
Senator Stone
Missouri
Hughes Leads Republican Drift Toward Nomination
The Washington Post reports a national Republican shift toward Hughes after a two week canvass. In Oregon four Hughes four Taft. Idaho six Taft. the Post predicts Hughes gains on first ballot, Taft short of nomination. Cannon Foraker Fairbanks La Follette supporters expected to rally. Massachusetts society to meet at room 300 M C A Building. club to widen to include New England states.
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United Press
Washington
Washington Post
Repubblican
Hughes
Northwest
Post
Oregon
Taft
Waaeh
Taidaho
Cannon
Foraker
Fairbanks and la Follette
Arash
Massachusetts Society
M. C. A. Buanding
Club
New England States
Import Workmen to Fight Labor in Seattle
Waddingham, president of the Master Association, seeks to bring 4000 skilled men from other cities to Seattle to break unions. He claims contractors will hire nonunion workers at good wages, says the card system has flooded the field with inferior labor, and cites upcoming $700,000 in expo contracts as justification for recruiting skilled bricklayers and iron workers.
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Seattle
W. W. Wad
Master Association
Waddingham
Angeles
Belfare
Builders’ Association
Lee
Los An- Times
Alaska
Wenal
Agnem
Prospect
Bite
Loss Angeles
Robbery trio cases draw mixed verdicts in Montana court
George Hastings confessed when his case went to the jury over the Northern Pacific engineer killing near Belgrade. The court guaranteed Hastings no life sentence. Henry Gruber, who confessed yesterday, faces ten years' imprisonment. James Towers already received a life term.
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United Press
Bouler
Mont
George Hastings
Engineer Clow
Northern Pacific
Henry Gruber
James Towers
Missing longshoreman Jack Lovell Believed Drinking
Jack Lovell a 55 year old longshoreman is missing from his home at 2025 Western av per his wife. Police have not confirmed his location and believe he may have been drinking.
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Jack Lovell
Western Av
Family floods Sundays with lake picnics after ban on saloons
A Seattle area mechanic driven by Sunday saloon habit turns to the lake for family outings after Mayor Moore bans tavern sales on Sundays. He vows vengeance, then rows with wife and children as a simple, hopeful ritual grows each week with weather permitting, as told to The Star editor.
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Lake Washington
Mayor Moore
Moore
the Star
Two Women Die Likely From Freezing In New York House
Police probe reveals a freezing death at 351 West Seventy first street where Mrs. Margaret Meek Hertie and Mrs. Margaret Kelly were found dead in a kitchen. Pawn tickets and little coal in a cellar hint at conditions. Also tied to a county contract with Eaton, escheat estates may cost thousands. court action expected as officials argue the pact is binding.
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New York
West Seventy
Margaret Meek Hertie
Margaret Kelly
I. H. Eaton
Eaton
Board of Commissioners
Prigmore
Supreme Court
Bank Clearings Report from Seattle Office
Daily clearings in Seattle show 1 617 352 26 with balances 192 378 16 and additional clearings of 919 260 with unreadable trailing data.
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Ebesesesce
Ognee
Factional Fight Over City Republican Committee
A heated dispute in the city Republican party centers on the election and seating of ward members to the executive committee. John F. Miller denounces the Clancys as he blocks Clark and supports Newman, leading to Newman’s confirmation and Clark’s rejection amid factional maneuvering. The ward lineup includes progressive and pro corporate factions, with Miller’s coalition staging a dramatic address at the King County Republican club. The new central committee names reflect ongoing power struggles within the party.
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Clancys
John F. Miller
Russell- Agnew
Republican Party
Pacific Coast Company
Frank Clancy
Miller
Republican City Central Committee
G. H. Clark
Clark
Agnew-Russell
George F. Russell
Russell
Clancy
Third Ward
City Central Committee
King County Republican Club
Pirot
J. M. Newman
Russell Agnew
Newman
Procorporation
First
I. M. Newman
EB. Tonkin
HM. Fh. Hoyt
Walter McClure
Howard Waterman
Civic Unions Committee
McClure
F. W. Baker
D. C. Conover
James Blackistone
Clark M. Nettleton
James A. Wood
R. R. Fox
J. H. Lyons
Victim Struck By University Car on Latona Trestle
Henry Daffee 63 of 651 Northlake Ave died after being knocked off the Latona trestle by a university car. Motorman Deery says Daffee crawled on hands and knees, the fender struck him, and he fell twenty feet. Conductor Gildersleeve controlled the car. Daffee had left Tacoma for a physician visit before returning to the Latona trestle yesterday night.
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Henry Daffee
Northlake Av
Latona
Daffee
Gildersleeve
Deery
Duffee
O. N. Huntash
Tacoma
Grigsby Nominated as Alaska Federal District Attorney
President Roosevelt nominates Geo B Grigsby for Alaska federal district attorney to fill the vacancy left by Henry Hoyt resignation. Nomination awaits Senate confirmation in Washington.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Geo. B. Grigsby
Alaska
Henry Hoyt
Supreme Court Asked to Define Extortion Limits
San Francisco February 6 The California Supreme Court will hear whether extortion crosses into crime as it weighs the French restaurant cases. District Attorney Langdon has prepared a petition for review with Francis J. Heney and Charles W. Cobb and will submit it to Attorney General U S Webb for filing by February 9. Webb will represent the district attorney at the supreme court.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
California
Commonwealth
Court of Last Resort
District Attorney’s Office
Ruef
Schmitz
District Attorney's Office
Langdon
U.S. Webb
Webb
Financier Morse Disappears Amid NY Speculation
New York reports intense speculation about Charles W. Morse after his financial collapse. Attorney Albert T. Boardman says Morse sailed for Europe on Saturday for three weeks of rest, likely to Paris, where he co owns a mansion. Creditors seized property including his Fifth Avenue residence as receiver Charles A. Hanna pursues a $155,753 default judgment.
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United Press
New York
Wall St
Charles W. Morse
Albert T. Boardman
Morse
Europe
Paris
Fifth Av
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank Examiner
National Bank of
Wrong Cowen mixup clarifies park donor
The article clarifies that A. D. Cowen who paid a fine for striking a man in a land dispute case appeared in Justice Carroll's court yesterday, and that he is not the Cowen who donated a Seattle park. Charles Cowen is the park donor, not involved in the assault case.
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A. D. Cowen
Justice Carroll
Cowen
Seattle
Star
Charles Cowen
Ghosts or Hindus Haunt York Station Homes
Women report nightly sounds and figures at Twenty-ninth avenue and Hanford street near York station. Patrolman Van Rickley watches the area and suspects eight Hindu men living in squalor in Beacon Hill shack. He reports starvation and crowding, urges health department action to condemn the shack and remove the occupants.
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Twenty-ninth Av
Hanford St
York Station
van Rickley
Beacon Hill
Health Department
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