Burja Returns From European Squirrel Hunt
Seattle editor Emil Hurja recounts his trip with Henry Ford Oscar Sr. party in Europe and Alaska representation. He failed to interview the king of Sweden, finding the palace closed and the king absent, while detailing travel of 1500 miles and 20 months.
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Emil Edward Hurja
Seattle
Henry Ford
Oscar Sr
Emil
Univer of Washington
Sweden
Alaska
Lee White
Univer
Hanken
Norway
Nya
Star adopts weekly book size novel program
The Star announces a new deal offering a complete book size novel each week for two bits, starting Monday with The Rose Garden Husband by Margaret Widder. Subsequent weeks feature titles by Louis Joseph Vance, B M Bower, Bertrand W Sinclair and others, published under license from J B Lippincott & Co.
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PHE Star
the Star
Margaret Widdemer
J. B. Lippincott & Co
John Reed Scott
Louis Joseph Vance
the Wolverine
B. M. Bower
Bertrand W. Sinclair
Anne Arnold Fredericks
Eleanor Ingram
Maxwell
Carolyn Wells
City leaders to push for fair tourist rates in Northwest
Seattle city council and the Chamber of Commerce may join a campaign to equalize tourist rates, backed by business leaders. A mass meeting and letters to regional commerce groups aim to unify a new complaint against railroads, with plans for a public luncheon and coordinated action across the Northwest.
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City Council
Chamber OF Commerce
Seattle
Northwest
C. A. Reynolds
Public Service Commission
Transportation Bureau of the Chamber
Reynolds
Frank R. Spinning
Arthur A. Lewis
Butler Hotel
Citizens’ Committee
Kerr
Kenneth Kerr
Railway & Marine News
Pacific Coast
Portland
Boise
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tourist Rate Fight Seeks Equalized Chicago San Francisco Fares
The article details round trip fares from Chicago to San Francisco by Southern Pacific via New Orleans at 106 dollars and 127.75 dollars by Portland Tacoma and Seattle. Summer excursion via Southern lines costs 62.50 while Northwest route is 80 dollars. Distances: 5680 miles Southern route and 5427 miles Northwest. The fight targets Southern Union Pacific and O R N to equalize rates, citing a loss of over 90 percent of tourist traffic for Northwest.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Northwest
Southern
Union Pacific
Seattle Electric Delayed Heat Hearing Postponed to April 10
Seattle Electric lawyers delayed the heat in streetcar service hearing by citing lack of ten days notice. The Public Service Commission postponed the hearing until April 10, eight weeks away, as the telephone rate case proceedings in Tacoma continued to interfere. Assistant Corporation Counsel Ralph Pierce noted plans to pursue the matter in court if postponed again.
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Seattle Electric
Public Service Commission
Tacoma
Ralph Pierce
Voting on Sunday movies in Waco Texas
Waco voters cast ballots on February 15 to decide whether Sunday movie screenings should be allowed in the city. The measure sparked local debate as residents considered the propriety of Sunday entertainment.
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Waco
Texas
Tex
Vicious anarchists hunted as Chicago case links it to plots
Chicago dated February 15 and New York police hunt forDominick Forte a suspected anarchist after letters found on John Allegrini suggested an international plot against Archbishop Mundelein and the Chicago skyline. Police claim letters and Allegrini’s possessions tied to a wider conspiracy.
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Chicago
John Allegrini
Mundelein
Dunne
Dominick Forte
New York
Jean Crones
Allegrini
Anti Clergy Bomb Plot Suspects Sought After Church Attacks
Authorities pursue a gang of fifteen labeled radicals tied to anti clerical plots. Letters from Chicago and Salida reveal planned bombings and a forged threat against bankers. Missing Uni versity club member Jean Crones is wanted as a plotter in a poison banquet case.
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Jean Crones
University Club
Chicago
Salida
Colo
Colorado
St. Peter's Cathedral
New York
Allegrini
Allegria
Suffrage Question Shelved By House Judiciary Committee
Washington February 15 The house judiciary committee voted nine to seven to postpone consideration of any proposal for woman suffrage until after December 14 1916 meaning the Anthony amendment will not be voted on this Congress.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Anthony
Senate votes to study government ownership of railroads
Washington February 15 1930s Senate passes Borah motion by 39 to 23 to investigate the feasibility of government ownership of railroads and all public utilities.
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Washington
Thesenate
Sen
Borah
New Gym Plan Urged for Ballard High School
Dr. Ira C. Brown, medical inspector, urged a simple hand and foot exercise program for Ballard and other schools instead of full gym equipment. He said basic exercises benefit students during and after school. The board also considered fire drill improvements and alarms plus proposals on mothers’ pensions via the school district.
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Ira C. Brown
Ballard High School
Brown
Ratua
Dr. Brown
Franklin High School
Bringhurst
Nellie M. Burnside
Woman's Legislative Committee
Bank Holdup Hailed by Two Youths in Tulsa
Tulsa February 15. The wild and woolly weather set the scene as two youths confessed to the bank holdup here after cowboys, long black pistols, and a tense scene.
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Tulsa
Okla
Cowboy Tays
Mississippi River Levee Breaks Near Natchez
The main Mississippi river levee, 25 miles above St Joseph, Miss, broke early today. It released a huge flood over thousands of acres of land along the river.
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Natchez
Miss
Mississippi River
St. Joseph
Brandeis Pronounces Name With Brand-Ice Accent
Louis D Brandeis, Wilsons nominee for the Supreme Court, states his name is pronounced Brand-ice with the accent on ice, in a brief remark during introductory coverage of the court nomination.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Wilson
Supreme Court
Nurse in Jail Denies Kidnapping Five-Year-Old Boy
Frances Jack a Portland trained nurse and private detective in jail on charges of kidnapping Charles Bernard Storch, 8, amid a custody dispute. She says she located the boy for his father twice, never saw him or his mother, and calls police detectives stupid.
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Frances Jack
Charles Bernard Storch
Portland
Bernard M. Storch
Miss Jack
Charlie
Mr. Storch
Altho
A. H. Baumbach
39Th Ave. S. W
Victoria
Plot to Blow Up U S S Kentucky Foiled
Carranzistas report to U S that agents of Carranza foiled a plot to blow up the battleship Kentucky at Vera Cruz. Weather outlook calls for rain tonight and Wednesday.
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U.S.S. Kentucky
Washington
United States
Kentucky
Vera Cruz
Carranza
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