Educators Voice Skepticism As New School Code Debated
Olympia reports a heated public hearing on a proposed school code with critics alleging hidden aims. Opponents claim loss of power for state superintendent Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston and a shift of tax burden to wealthier districts under the 30-10 plan.
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Josephine Corliss Preston
Board of Education
Joint Educational Committee
Dba
A. S. Burrows
King County
Kern
Cheney
Reuben Jones
Gode
Preston
Budget System Bill Filed in House
Olympia reports a revised budget system bill aimed at cities over 250000 population led by Representative George F Mead of King County. The measure would let Seattle mayor veto individual items or the entire budget rather than reject the whole measure.
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Olympia
George F. Meadhef King
Seattle
Little Sergeant Hazel Brooks Fights Influenza Noted by Boys
Hundreds of boys recall Hazel Brooks nickname the little sergeant who fought influenza at Camp Kearney California and Camp Beauregard Louisiana. She lies near death in a Los Angeles hospital as telegrams and calls pour in from American servicemen she nursed and who learned of her critical illness.
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Hazel Brooks
Camp Kearney
Cal
Camp Beauregard
Los Angeles
Appropriation Ordinance Proposes Strict Officer Limits
The bill aims to approve the appropriation as a whole and makes it unlawful for an officer to exceed his appropriation. It details enforcement and potential penalties for overstepping budgeted amounts by officials.
Labor Will Attack Hart's Civil Code
Olympia reports William Short president of the State Federation of Labor announced that the constitutionality of Gov Hart line civil code will be challenged. The attack focuses on the emergency clause that blocks a referendum vote on the measure.
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Olympia
Wiliam Short
State Federation of Labor
Hart
Plot to undermine state Industrial Insurance charged
OLYMPIA Feb 10 William Short president of the State Federation of Labor allege an organized scheme to break the state Industrial insurance law. He accused leaders of seeking to allow private companies to compete with the state board. NEWARK NJ Prohibition officers seized wine at a dinner honoring Mayor C P Gillen.
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Olympia
William Short
State Federation of Labor
Short
State Industrial Insurance Board
Newark
N. J
C. P. Gillen
Man Arrests Over Raised Federal Reserve Notes Case
A. F. Morgan alias T. P. Morgan was jailed in King County after being arrested at the Everett post office for passing five altered five dollar notes made to look like twenties. He allegedly confessed to passing raised notes at Manitou station near Tacoma.
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Edison
Wash
Federal Reserve
A. F Morgan
T. P. Morgan
King County
Morgan
Everett
Postoffice
Swenson
Manitou Station
Tacoma
Seattle Firms Involved In Know Your State Week
Numerous Seattle firms are represented during the Know Your State week observed in Ellensburg as part of a state wide movement to promote Pacific Northwest manufacturers and local industry support.
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Seattle
Ellensburg
Pacific Northwest
Murder Mystery Near Tacoma Claims Year-Old Victim
The body of a man, found among brush six miles south of Des Moines, is believed murdered. A monogram ring with Kaneda in Japanese characters was found in a pocket. Coroner Willie Tr Carson noted a skull fracture, suggesting a revolver butt or hammer. Longshoreman Charles Wealing and T W Compton reported the discovery.
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Tacoma High Line
Des Moines
Kaneda
Willie Tr. Carson
Charles Wealing
Longshoreman
T. W. Compton
Seventh Ave
Doctor's Car Kills Woman at Broadway and Pine
Mrs. Sarah Metluire, 63, of 1717 G. Thomannet, died at Minor hospital after being struck by Dr. J. B. Eagleson's auto at Broadway and Pine. She stepped from behind a parked car and suffered a fractured skull. Dr. Eagleson was released on personal recognizance. the woman accompanied by Mrs. Priestly.
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J. B. Eagiewon
Sarah Metluire
G. Thoman
Broadway and
Pine
Metjuire
Eagleson
Eagieson
Minor Hospital
Larson Bail Set At 25000 After Tacoma Bank Scandal
Ole 8 Larson former president of a defunct Scandinavian American bank of Tacoma was arrested at his Seattle home Wednesday. Bail was reduced to 25000 by Pierce County Superior Court but could not be posted. Larson faces embezzlement charges totaling 60000.
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Ole
Larson
Scandinavian American Bank of Tacoma
Seattle
Pierce County Superior Court
State Officials to Visit Storm Region
Olympia officials depart to inspect storm damage on the Olympic peninsula. Gov. Hart, State Treasurer Hatecock, Land Commissioner Savidge, Highway Commissioner Allen, Fire Warden Pape, and Olympic forest supervisor R. J. Promme comprise the examining party.
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Olympia
Olympic Peninsula
Storma
Gov
Hart
Hatecock
Savidge
Allen
Pape
R. J. Promme
Olympic Forest Reserve
Jilted Suitor Tries Suicide Over Quarrel
Raymond Sheltren 20s a chimney sweep of 439 26th Ave drank chloroform amid a personal crisis after a quarrel with Shirley Sunday 20. The pair’s dispute drove him to the act. he was hospitalized and expected to recover. Shirley Sunday was questioned at her home 511 Blaine Ave with her mother saying she knew nothing of the affair.
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Raymond Sheltren
26Th Ave
City Hospital
Sheltren
Shirley Sunday
Gilbert Madison
16Th Ave
W. Shelttren
Madison
Blaine
Modern Enoch Arden Returns to Reunite with Wife
Cripple Creek Colorado report where William Zelsenhenne, long presumed dead, regains memory after amnesia and adopts the name William Proffitt. He remarries his former wife after 20 years, then learns she had married Proffitt. He later tells of his disappearance and remembers his own name, reuniting with family.
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Chipple Ciubek
Colo
William Zelsenhenne
Colorado
Enoch Arden
William Proffitt
Cripple Creek
Zetsenhenne
United States
Los Angeles
Denver
Zelsenhenne
William Proffit
Tonas
Proffitt
Zeisenhenne
Chicago
Former Chicago students addressed by Herbert Willett
Former students of the University of Chicago were addressed at noon by Professor Herbert J. Willett of their alma mater. Brookline, Mass., is noted as the largest town in the world governed under the town meeting system.
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The
University of Chicago
Herbert JL. Willett
Brookline
Mass
Rail wage dispute ruling rejects immediate abrogation
The United States Railroad Labor Board denied the Association of Railway Executives plea to end national working agreements and refused to authorize wage cuts for railroad workers. It will continue hearings on the agreements, hearing the employees' side as executives finish their case. B M Jewell of the Railway Employers Division AF of L condemned the actions as an attempt by capital to dominate labor.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Boy Ends Life Beneath Train In Zamora
In Zamora California on February 9 13 year old John Henry Hawk sent home from school for swearing threw himself before a Southern Pacific train. He was decapitated. His father William Hawk a track walker has no mother. The father had previously faced threats of confinement in a reform school for profanity.
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Woodlawn
Cal
John Henry Hawk
Southern Pacific
Zamora
William Hawk
Italy Open to Disarmament Talks
Rome officials say Italy is ready to participate in a disarmament conference and to answer any summons from President-elect Harding. Italian naval policy is described as strictly protective, though details await a formal call.
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Rome
Italy
Harding
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