Inquest Held Over Puget Sound Traction Explosion
Witnesses at City Inspector Murray’s inquest offered only theoretical causes for the Puget Sound Traction explosion that killed five men and injured three. Insurers Paddock and Barringer cited unequal expansion from hot water meeting a idle boiler, as Coroner Corson prepared a Wednesday morning examination to determine responsibility and inspect boiler compliance.
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Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
City
W. H. Murray
C. BK. Paddock
Hartford Insurance Co
IL. M. Barringer
Murry
Builer
Corson
Murray
Willis H. Corson
King County
Railway wage law: arbitration board to settle disputes
Washington reports a final railroad bill conference agreement establishing a permanent arbitration system. A railway board of labor appeals will oversee disputes, with three public, carrier, and employee representatives. Appointments come from the president, salaries set at ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
United Preas
Senate
House
Himes
Wilson
Publc
Railway Board of Labor Appeals
Appeals Board
Sailors aided Helme candidacy against Ford in 1918
Grand Rapids, Mich. Feb 17. Michigan sailors at the Great Lakes naval station testified they aided the Helme campaign to oppose Henry Ford. Kenneth C. Throckmorton said Willam E. Rice handed him Helme petitions and small sums for travel, and that petitions circulated by sailors reached Grand Rapids.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
United Preea
Michigan
Great Lakes Naval Station
Senator Newberry
James W. Helme
Henry Ford
Helme
Kenneth C. Throckmorton
Great Lakes
Willam E. Rice
Chicago
Rice
Briggs House
Grand Rapida
Ravenna Line Extension Approved by City Council
After protracted petitions residents won approval of a 15000 dollar extension of the Ravenna streetcar line from 29th Ave N E to 30th Ave N B and north on 10th Ave N B to 62nd St. It also appropriated 90106 for fire department motor apparatus and 13357 to Gerrick Gerrick for extra work on the Eastlake Cave bridge. Fire marshal Harry W Bringhurst protested an ordinance on fire hazards but it will be considered next Monday.
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Ravenna
Fire Department
Gerrick & Gerrick
Eastlake Cave
North End
29Th Ave. N. E
30Th Ave
N. B
10Th Ave. N. B
North Fond
Council
Fred P. Matthys
Fred
Harry W. Bringhurst
Gore
Margia
Harry
Seattle
Woman killed by a pea shooter in London tragedy
London February 17. The coroner's jury finds Mrs. Jennie M. Archer shot to death by a pea shooter. The vegetable projectile caused a rupture of an aneurysm of her aorta when it struck her face in a schoolyard incident.
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London
Jennie M. Archer
Marriage license blanks exhausted in county clerk office
Denver brief notes the county clerk reports marriage license blanks are exhausted. Mount Vernon reports Patrick phy age 90 burned to death in bed. Tonasket notes J. J. Hone an Okanagan pioneer buried here. Bombay report cites government study finding eighty percent of coolies employed are hookworm victims.
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Denver
Mount Vernon
Patrick Phy
Bombay
Vestee model blouse with lace trim and edging
A plain white voile vestee features a collar and trim of striped dimity with Filet-pattern and Venise lace insertions priced at 1.95.
Smart Patent Leather Oxfords Attractively Priced
The graceful lines of these Oxfords and their soft pliable leather win admiration in a season of good-looking Low Shoes. Modeled on a slender long-ramp last with five-eyelet pattern and flexible hand turned soles, Louis heels with aluminum plate. Sizes 21% to 7, widths AA to C. priced at 8.75 dollars per pair. The Downstairs Store.
Five Arrested in Chicago Shooting Case
Chicago report states Bruno Roti, the fifth man arrested in the Enright murder case, is accused of concealing the sawed off shotgun used in the killing. A grand jury indicted four others, Big Tim Murphy, Mike Carrozzo, Vincenzo Cormano, and James Vince, as murder suspects, as police target the Chicago black hand gang.
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Chicago
Bruno Roti
Moss
Enright
Roti
Big Tim” Murphy
Mike Carrozzo
Vincenzo Cormano
James Vince
Black Hand
Rich men have coffers and poor men have coughs
A concise proverb notes wealth contrasts with hardship as rich individuals hold assets while poorer people suffer illness and penury, reflecting social disparity. The saying juxtaposes affluence with sickness to critique inequality and resilience.
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G. J. Bauer & CO
TeBerd End Dressmakers
Fourth Ave
Newberry
White Sewing Machine Co
East
J. BR. van Auren
E. Corner First
Pike
Ravenna Line
New York
Partak
Flliott
Elliot
Freeker Optical Co
Vigst Ave
Frederick & Nelson
Fifth Avenue
Pine Street
Dimity
HELE
Sform
Ballantrae
Cleveland Kleibauer
Lincoln
Neb
University Christian Church
Spitzenberg
Rome
Chelan
Winesap
Sy. Edwin J. Brown
Westlake
Hawin J. Brown
Regular Army
National Guard
Army Recruiting Office
Rales Tt
Wuetiat G
Vemation
Kilbourne
Masonic Temple
Tremont Station
Ohio
The
Seattle National Bank
Second Avenue
Columbia
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