Veterans of Russo Japanese War Arrive in Seattle
Two veteran captains and a group of officers from the Orient arrived in Seattle aboard the Shinene con en en route to Mogland. They will command Kashima Katovri and Yashima ships, with rest of the crew including Lieutenant Kanno and Chief Engineer T Kurtta noted for their war service. Local Japanese association members accompanied the party and an informal reception was held aboard. The group plans to depart eastward this evening aboard the Oriental Limited.
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Perviee
Peattle
Mogland
Kashim
Ulehi
Ree
Kashima
Katovri
Oom
Teumea
Yashima
Port Arthur
Conan Miyamid
T. Kurtta
Thief Works While House Burns In Illinois Branch Fire
Mrs. Williams of 1031 Firat av reported to police that a thief entered her house during a millinery fire at 4 purse $95 and escaped with the stolen money. She left doors open while she checked the blaze and only reported the loss after searching unsuccessfully.
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Y Willams
Shep
J. B. McDowell
Coroner's Jury Scheduled After Streetcar Wreck
Coroner F M Carroll says a coroner's jury will be summoned to view the streetcar wreck that killed Henry Simonson. He expects witnesses on forward platforms to be examined but notes many are badly injured. He opposes premature conclusions and says evidence will show if Seattle Electric Company or employees were criminally careless.
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F. M. Carroll
Henry Simonson
Agein
Seattle Electric Company
Valencia wreck recovery and search operations report
Reports detail ongoing searches for Valencia victims from the Grant and Bamfield wreck area. Remains found decompose, with one headless body recovered and another badly damaged, making identification difficult. notes mention weather, a beach landing challenge, and the Grant propeller blade lost on Barclay inlet.
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Whittier
Grant
Bamfield
Barclay Inlet
Army officers dismissed in San Francisco cases
Washington February reports that Lieut L. Lewis of the 20th Infantry and Capt A F Curtis of the artillery were tried in San Francisco. Lewis faced charges of duplicating his pay accounts while Curtis was charged with mis ness. The president has taken no action.
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Washington, D. C
L. &. Lewis
20Th Infantry
A. F. Curtis
San Francisco
Lewis
Curtie
Waterfront acreage sold in North Edmonds to Crawford & Conover
Five hundred acres of waterfront near North Edmonds purchased by Crawford & Conover. Property to be listed for sale soon. Also, F A Pope, Seattle U S engineers department successor to Millis, appoints an instructor at Point with a new successor to be named later. Second precinct backs John Riplinger for Republican mayor and J C Edwards for council, with T P Revelie as second choice. City committee votes $100 per ward to boost voter registration and turnout. Five women two men and three boys apply for Beattie Public Library jobs after exams. board approval pending. Finnish Brotherhood of Se-
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North
Edmonds
Crawford & Con
F. A. Pope
Millis
Seattle U. S. Engineers Department
Point
Seventh Ward
John Riplinger
J. C. Edwards
T. P. Reveli
Steamer Tam Shanter Missing After January Departure
The schooner Tam Shanter sailed from San Pedro California to Bellingham January 17. Fears for her safety grow as no sighting has occurred since departure. The voyage typically takes ten days, with delays possible due to the storm during the Valencia wreck.
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Bellingham
Tam
Shanter
San Pedro
Cal
California
Hellingham
Storma
Valencia
Mariners Report Busy Port with Several Arrivals
Steamer Farallon docked from Valdez with passengers and light cargo. Tampico chartered by Pacific Coast Steamship Co arrived from Frisco with freight and will sail Nome at season start. Shinane Maru reached port after a swift voyage with oriental freight and about 160 passengers. Oregon also arrived from Valdez yesterday afternoon.
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Farallon
Valdex
Tampico
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Frisco
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Oregon
Valdez
Indictments Filed By Federal Grand Jury in Tacoma
The federal grand jury indicted W. H. Holmes for shipping dynamite on a passenger steamer Chung Kow Ne Hung for smuggling William Coons George J. Brown and Herman Wendt for counterfeiting Harry H. Randall for tampering with the U S mail Henry Engleman for opium smuggling All cases set for May term in Seattle
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Tacoma
Federal Grand Jury
W. H. Holmes
Chung Kow
Ne Hung
William Coons
George J. Brown
Herman Wendt
Harry H. Randall
U. S. Mafla
Henry Engleman
Seattle
Adams Is Removed to Hospital Ward for Writing Work
United States marshal allows George Edward Adams to move from the north tank of the county jail to the hospital ward to write for Eastern magazines. He pays for meals, cooks his own, and enjoys slower confinement while continuing his literary output. His move is praised as a rare favor and a chance to work comfortably.
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George Edward Adams
North Tank
Adame
Adams
Assay
Tank
J. Ht. LeRoy
Adama
Challenger's Crew Arrive After Ocean Fire and Wreck
Eleven survivors reach Seattle aboard the Shinane Maru after the bark Challenger caught fire at sea and sank off Osaka. Officers Douglass and crew members Kris Rustan Elliott Kuha Pierce Larson Culthold DeConta Simeon Barnard Friedman sent from Yokohama. Capt. Pederson headed to San Francisco. The Central Labor Council of Seattle names new executive committee members John Hay F X Christman A C Dunseth J Hendrickson Fred Treble and A G Anderson. Local navy recruiting office plans new quarters.
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Challenger
Seattle
First Office
Douglass
Kris Rustan
Elliott
Kuha
Pierce
Larson
Culthold
DeConta
Simeon
Barnard
Kriedman
Yokohama
Pederson
San Francisco
Central Labor Council of
Sattle
John Hay
Stone Cutters
F. X. Christman
A. C. Dunseth
Botcchers
J. Hendrickson
Fred Treble
Horeeahoers
A. G. Anderson
Typographical Union
Navy
Investor’s quip on copper stock and dividends
A note suggests putting $60 into 100 shares of Seattle Boston copper stock, fully paid and non assessable, claiming its value will rise to $100 per share. It mentions four short railroad and tram to begin paying dividends and lists offices at 724 Alaska Building.
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Seattle-Boston
Alaska Building
City Comptroller Grants One Week Vacation Without Pay
Harry Carroll, a candidate for comptroller, is granted a week off without pay by Comptroller Riplinger to avoid city politics during work hours. The action aims to prevent political activity in the office while Carroll seeks the comptroller’s job, drawing mixed public reaction from City Hall.
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Harry Carroll
Carroll
Riplinger
Mr. Carroll
Kiplinger
Marry
Cfty
Boulder Falls onto Train Near Lamoine Killing Rider
A massive over one ton boulder crashed from above the track two miles north of Lamoine at 3 am striking a freight train. The engine and seven cars derailed with near river collapse avoided. An unknown man riding for free was killed. All traffic halted.
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Redding
Cal
Lamoine
Valencia Steamer Disaster Reveals Navigation Mistakes
Thick weather led to a wreck with most officers drowned. Only Second Mate Peterson and the first assistant engineer survived. inspectors note the Valencia failed to allow for the current and promise another report tomorrow.
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Peterson
Valencia
Inspectors Turned In Valencia Disaster Report
The first report by Inspectors Turner and Whitney on the Valencia disaster was received today by Secretary Metcalf. It notes that testimony from most survivors has already been taken and provides no observations to determine the ship's cause.
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Washington, D
Turner and Whitney
Valencia
Metcalf
Man G H Sherk Dies by Own Hand in Hotel Northern
A man named G H Sherk, traveling alone from Huntington Oregon and registered from Ketchikan Alaska, shot himself in the mouth in his room at the Hotel Northern. A bellboy forcing the door found him in a pool of blood. He was said to be connected with the Omar Mining company of Show Arm Alaska.
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G. H. Sherk
Hotel Northern
Ketchikan
Alaska
Omar Mining Company
Show Arm
Huntington
Ore
Seattle sculptor Barrett works on city fountain statue
In a basement studio at 614 Spring St Seattle J O Barrett the national famed sculptor and his wife work daily on the first large statuary for the city the eight foot goddess of water Dorie and a 25 foot fountain group for Prefontaine Place Barrett who studied in Paris and Berlin spent 15 years in San Francisco and gained praise for Sacajawea at the Portland fair and a George Washington boat model will be ready by his birthday
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Seattle
St. Hall
Father Prefontaine
J. O. Barrett
Pather Prefontaine
Prefontaine Place
Dorie
Barrett
San Francisco
Paris
Berlin
Maieta
Portland
Lorado Taft
Emma
George Washington
Chamber of Commerce to House Presidential Commission in Seattle
Assistant Secretary Vandall asked the Seattle chamber to provide quarters for a special presidential investigating commission on the Valencia wreck. The chamber agreed and arranged to hold sessions in the federal court building at Fourth and Marion, Seattle, with the date of arrival sought. Weather forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Friday with fresh east winds.
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Valencia
Seattle
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Court Building
Fourthay
Marion
East Wi
Southern Pacific Announces New Los Angeles to San Francisco Train
The Southern Pacific will launch the Shore Line Limited, a faster route between Los Angeles and San Francisco, aiming for under 14 hours. The train, running March through May and possibly longer, will use new equipment including a baggage car dining car three parlor cars and a recessed observation car to serve increased California traffic.
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Southern Pacific Railway
Los Angeles
San Francisco
California
Shore Line Limited
Southern Pacific Railroad
Hoch Must Pay Penalty: Governor Delays Hang
The Supreme Court refused to intervene further in Hoch's case. Governor Hoch twice reprieved Hoch so he could present his appeal. He was sentenced to hang on February 23 in Springfield Ub.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Hoch
Minister Wade’s suicide attempt follows arrest for obscene mail matter
Rev J G Wade arrested yesterday for sending obscene material through the mails. He tried to commit suicide by leaping before a passenger train this morning. He was badly injured but is expected to recover. North Yakima awards Carnegie library contract. Mrs Mary B Hobart, reform writer and speaker, dies at daughter’s home in Bellingham.
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Waukroan
J. G. Wade
Mra
Mary BB. Hobart
Mra. F. Ht. Prouty
Bellingham
Two Bodies From Wreck Identified and Pending Burial
The Bonney-Watson company received the bodies of Pete Glude and Joseph Dorrity from a wreck. Glude’s body arrived in Brownsville, Kitsap county, while Dorrity, once an electrician on the battleship Nebraska, is to be shipped from Glade. Dorrity’s brothers in New York and San Francisco have been notified and will decide disposition.
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Bonney-Watson Company
Pete Glude
Joseph Dorrity
Valencia
Vietimea
Princess Keatrics
Victoria
Harry Watson
Glude
Glade
Brownaville
Kitsap
Nebraska
Moran Bros
Seattle
New York
San Francisco
Citizens Rally for Better Roads in Columbia City
Columbia City residents gathered for a Rainier Valley Improvement association rally to push for good roads. Leaders Judge Alfred Battle W. W. Beck and County Surveyor Valentine backed an extension of Rainier boulevard from Rainier Beach to Renton to a 16 mile grade not exceeding 5 percent, with surveyors to begin work soon.
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Columiia
Alfred Battle
W. W. Beck
Valentine
Columbia
Rainier Valley
Dearborn
Rainier Boulevard
Rainier Beach
Renton
Tidewater
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Entinel
J. B Gaunt
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Yale
Corbin Mortise Lockney
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Eilison
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Pital
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Japan
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Ovak
Aines
First
Cv. Colman Building
Merck
Waterman
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Beattie
Grand Opera House
Arteruary
Sue Harper Mims
Atlanta
First Church of Christ, Science
Goddess of Water
Sacarena
A. Bridge & CO
Popular Price Clothiers
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Kersey
Vestee
Norfolk
Clerrs
Second Avenue
Bon Marche
Seattle Chamber OF Commerce
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