Cotterill Replies to Campaign Circular on Seattle Taxes
George F. Cotterill, Seattle mayor, challenges an anonymous circular arguing tax relief before 1911. He tabulates ward vs council at large levy levels from 1903 to 1915, showing overall rises but noting specific reductions in 1911 and 1912, and explains increases tied to debt service and fire department costs. He argues the city’s public utilities remained self sustaining and urges fair comparisons across campaigns.
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Seattle
George F. Cotterill
Coat Fire Department
Com Police Department
Health Department
Water, Light and Power
Enty
San Francisco
New York
Oregon to Frisco Dispatch Ordered by Navy
Washington Feb 14 The battleship Oregon is dispatched to San Francisco under orders from the Navy Department with a plan assigning the second of the ships to the naval militia and for use in coastal defense.
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Washington
Oregon
San Francisco
Navy Department
Tne
Naval Militia
Newthot cult leader on trial in federal court
Dr. Newe Newt New and Mrs. Marie L. T. Graham go on trial in San Francisco federal court charged in indictments with misuse of the mafia. Government says New advertised that his religious system could grant the secret of youth.
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San Francisco
Newe
Newt New
Mre
Marie L. T. Graham
New
Alaska Aerial Mail Plans Bid For Seven Routes
Washington Feb 14 Alaska may have aerial mail service by October 1. Bids were asked today for service on seven proposed Alaska routes. The bids call for a semi weekly service throughout the year.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
Gallowes Reused for New Hampshire Murder Trial
Concord New Hampshire February 14 The gallows used in the last state execution 23 years ago for Frank C Almy will be mounted for Oscar J Cormery confessed wife murderer next Friday morning.
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Concord
N. H
Frank C. Almy
Oscar J. Comery
Labor Candidates to be Quizzed by Labor Council
Candidates for corporation counsel and city council will be quizzed Thursday evening at the Labor Temple by a committee appointed by the Central Labor Council.
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Labor Temple
Central Labor Council
Star Want Ads Reach Bargain Seekers
Star Want Ads attract shoppers seeking bargains, connecting buyers and sellers through classified listings. The brief notices highlight deals, items for sale, and services in a concise marketplace format.
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Star
Abe Ruef Becomes Broker of Ideas in San Francisco
Abe Ruef, once political boss and San Quentin prisoner, opened an office as a broker of ideas. He said that a man with brilliant ideas who cannot market them is one of the saddest things in the world.
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San Francisco
Abe Ruef
San Quentin
Ruef
Harrisburg to Police Riot Threat at Birth of a Nation Showing
Harrisburg mayor E B Meals orders a special police corps for the film’s premiere to head off a possible race riot. Earlier, Philadelphia saw rioting after showings of The Birth of a Nation.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
The Escape at Rex Theatre Promises Dramatic Social Lesson
Director Griffith expands the breeding theme to humanity in The Escape starring Blanche Sweet Mae Marsh and Owen Moore. The film portrays a slum girl who escapes and faces harsh moral tests under manager John Hamrick at the Rex theatre.
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Griffith
John Hamrick
Rex Theatre
Blanche Sweet
Mae Marsh
Owen Moore
The Horrors of War at Class A theatre
A recent screening at the Class A theatre’s Horrors of War is praised for realism with a scene depicting an ocean liner sinking by a battleship in real action. Henry Ford commented that such films could stop war if shown to the public.
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Europe
Henry Ford
Undine Surges to Sea in Bold Fairy Spectacle
A new page in movie art unfolds with Undine leaping 150 feet from a cliff and swimming to shore in a haunting mermaid tableau. Critics hail it as sensational bold cinema with a modern meaning and wide audience appeal.
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Undine
Mother Eve
Althe
Governor Would Let Brother Die in Vengeance Is Mine Film
A Colonial theatre program reviews a Mutual Monster Pictures release where a governor supports the death penalty, a rogue schemes against the governor’s wife, the wife kills him, the brother takes the blame, is sentenced to death, and is pardoned at the last moment. It also notes several other acts in town.
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Colonial Theatre
Monster Pictures de
The Spiders, Sphinx and Honor's Altar At Local Theaters
Managers Jensen and Von Herberg announce attractions including Honor's Altar with Bessie Ber riscale at the Liberty, The Spider with Pauline Frederick at the Coliseum, and The Sphinx at the Mission theater. A Keystone comedy is also shown at the Liberty. In The Spider Pauline Frederick plays a dual role as a French beauty and a young girl.
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Honor
Jensen & von Herberg
Filipino bill to extend freedom to ten years
The Philippine bill, approved by the Senate to grant freedom within four years, will be amended by the House Philippine committee to extend the timeline to ten years.
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Washington
Senate
House Philippine Committee
Grave diggers win first strike in New York cemetery
Grave diggers at Calvary cemetery win a 25 cent pay raise after a 50 funeral strike. Three hundred workers had halted work to demand higher daily wages, lifting pay from $1.90 to $2.15. The move ends their labor dispute in the city.
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New York
Calvary Cemetery
Matrimonial Bureaus and Model Cottage Demo
Three university girls from the home economics department kept house nine days in a model cottage. Their breakfasts cost 6 to 8 cents, lunches 10 to 12 cents, dinners never more than 20 cents.
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Home Economics Department
Pudding Burying With Faithful Mother Beside Boer War Son
In St. Paul Minnesota on February 14 a widow buried with her son’s body a pudding she had kept for 20 years. The woman saved the pudding to serve when her son, missing since the Boer War, returned home.
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ST. Paul, Minn
William Wright
Dance Hall Burns on Lake Washington Sides
A blaze destroyed Urania hall, a lakefront dance pavilion on the east side of Lake Washington, Sunday night with flames visible across the water. The fire caused extensive damage to the structure and threatened nearby properties. Local authorities investigated the cause as fire officials fought the blaze through the night.
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Lake Washington
Urania Hall
Oil Boom Prediction Sparks Market Talk
Washington dispatches note Congress may act to ease oil conditions. William J. Wood, oil expert for H Pfetzheimer and Co, asserts the industry is on the verge of its biggest legitimates in history. He cites expansion in business and higher gasoline prices as the basis for optimism.
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New York
Washington
Congress
William J. J.wood
Smalllwood
H. Pfetzheimer & Co
Deal Oil Securities
Wall St
Smallwood
Papes Diapepsin Promises Fast Relief for Stomach Ailments
An advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a fast, reliable remedy for gas sourness indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims millions of cures worldwide and urges keeping a fifty cent case on hand to relieve symptoms quickly when stomach upset strikes.
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Pape
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