That Suit of 14 and the Seattle Streetcar Fight
A critical view questions the 14 taxpaying plaintiffs stance in the Seattle street railway suit. The piece argues the case aims to force default on a city obligation to pay March 1, clouds the city credit, and masks broader questions about the streetcar venture. It warns against assumptions that taxpayers seek to aid an unjust contract.
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Seattle
Stephen J. Begging
Ronald
Corporation Counsel
Supreme Court
Stephen J. Chadwick
O. B. Thorgrimson
Stone & Webster
Yankee Troops to Leave Rhine Zone
Paris Feb. 19. Roland W. Bodden announces the withdrawal of American representation on the reparations commission, ending the last official connection of the United States with enforcement of the Versailles treaty.
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Rhine Zone
Paris
Reparations Commission
Roland W. Boyden
United States
Two Bandits Captured After $400,000 North Coast Robbery
In Minnesota, two men believed to have robbed the mall car of the North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific of $400,000 were captured in Little Falls after a running gunfight with deputies. A deputy and one bandit were wounded. E. Strong, a mail clerk, was injured during the resistance attempt.
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Minneapolis
Minn
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Little Falla
E. Strong
Caruso Rests Comfortably After Relapse
New York reports the tenor Enrico Caruso spent a restful night following his relapse and is sleeping comfortably. Dr. Franeig Murray announced the update this morning.
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Caruso
New York
Franeig Murray
Grocery Stores to Close on Tuesday
All Seattle Retail Grocers association stores will close for the day Tuesday amid an announced statewide event. Officials urge shoppers to prepare in advance and note limited services on that date.
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Seattle Retail Grocers’ Association
Ruling on Won't Prosecute Alleged Girl Bandits
Two youths charged with robbery in Congress hotel case await Monday ruling as city fight over Stone and Webster contract proceeds court side. Detected accomplices Rose McDonald and Marie Harmer, both named, face robbery charges while Gershon and Hartley are formally charged after alleged hotel loot of 16 dollars.
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Rose McDonald
Marie Harmer
W. B. Kent
Ben Gershon
Leo Hartley
Congress
Carmody
Gershon
Hartley
Captain Kent
Oscar Lunn
Lunn
Cherry Hotel
Columbia St
Rose Kelly
Marie Hogan
Congress Hotel
Kelly
Hogan
New York Lumber Dealers Meet Seattle Manufacturers
NY retail lumber dealers plan a discussion with Seattle lumber manufacturers at the New Washington hotel this Saturday afternoon to review 1921 state lumber requirements.
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New York
Seatte
New Washington Hotel
Election Monday Nominates Six Council Candidates
Six candidates for the city council are to be nominated at the primary election Monday with 14 candidates total. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Voters may choose three councilmen or ten points. Incumbents T. H. Bolton John E. Carroll and A. F. Haas seek reelection. Others include Co Th Fitzgerald former mayor George F Cotterill J A Johnson John Bushell A Lou Cohen Charles W Doyle Robert E Dwyer C A La Grave Edward W Melne S S Slaughter and William Phelps Totten.
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Washington
T. H. Bolton
John E. Carroll
A. F. Haas
Co. Th. Fitzgerald
Two Found Guilty of Counterfeiting
A federal jury in Seattle found Paul Egmont and Henry Nelson guilty of counterfeiting on a sealed verdict. They were arrested December 13 1920 by secret service operatives. Eight counterfeit plates for printing ten dollar notes and a complete counterfeiting outfit were seized in their room.
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Paul Egmont
Henry Nelson
Egmont
Nelson
Seattle
Secret Service
Federal Reserve
Howat Ordered to Call Off Strike in Mackie Mines
Alexander Howat district president of the United Mine Workers is ordered by the industrial court to end the Mackie mines H and J strike. His jail sentence for contempt of court stands as a backdrop to the court action.
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Howat
Pittsburg
Kana
Alexander Howat
United Mine Workers
Mackie Mines
Engineers Hear Big Chance on Pacific Coast
Edwin E Carman national president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers told University of Washington students that the Pacific coast offers a wonderful opportunity for engineers. He spoke Friday to engineering students.
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Pacific Coast
Edwin 8. Carman
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
University of Washington
Arrests Made in Bean Road School Teachers Slaying
In Cleveland Ohio on February 19 two suspects were held in connection with the brutal murder of two school teachers on Bean road about three miles from the city. One suspect bore deep scratches under each eye.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Bean Road
Judge Rules Against Injunction In Labor Picket Case
Superior Judge Austin B. Griffiths refused to grant the Sumner Prescott Co. a restraining order against International Iron Molders Local 168 on strike, saying injunctions are overused when no violence or clear peace disruption is shown. Sixteen Stanford alumni left a dinner at Blaine's Cafe to attend the Stanford Washington basketball game.
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Austin B. Griffiths
Sumner K. Prescott Co
International
Ron Molders’ Union
Griffiths
Stanford University
Filane’s Cafe
Stanford Washington
Manslaughter Charge Filed in Coroner Inquest Case
Dr. John Sorenson and nurse Daisy Fromuth face manslaughter charges after a coroner's inquest into Marie Reimers death. Evidence from special investigator Ralph Hammer showed Reimers died February 17 from an illegal operation performed February 12 in the Kitel Building.
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John Sorenson
Kitel
Daisy Fromuth
Marie Reimers
Ralph Hammer
They Were Thirsty and Made Booze
Joseph Troller and August Marks are scheduled to plead Monday in federal court on charges related to making liquor to satisfy their thirst.
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Joseph Troller
August Marks
Victory in Long Fight in Midwest
The U S Senate adopts by unanimous vote an amendment to the Dillingham immigration bill lowering admitted aliens to 3 percent per year. In Nebraska the house passes the Davis and Asiatic bill by 60 to 29 banning aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning real estate, targeting Japanese, Chinese and Hindus.
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Washington
Senate
Lincoln
Nebraska
United States
Japanese Interventions Stalled Over Land Bill Debate
The Washington landowning bill facing Japanese intervention criticism moves slowly in the legislature. Sponsor J T Jones says final passage delayed until next Wednesday amid claims of hidden backers and a concerted effort by advocates to secure a favorable outcome. Seattle councilman Philip Tindall and others push to protest federal interference while amendments tighten the measure.
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Washington
House
J. T. Jones
Philip Tindall
Seattle
Miles Poindexter
Wesley L. Jones
Pliny Allen
Representative Jones
Rules Committee
Senate
Jones
Mail Driver Fired On By Three Bandits
Three assailants fired two shots at a mail truck on 18th Ave near Madison Street at 2 a.m. Joseph Burke, 604% W Crocketter, reported the incident to police. The bandits fled as Burke accelerated, a second shot struck his windshield after one threw a flashlight.
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18Th Ave
Madison Sr
Joseph Burke
W. Crocketter
Burke
Valentine Reynolds Faces Federal Grand Jury
Valentine Reynolds known as Montana Jack was bound over to a federal grand jury at a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Mc Clelland. He has prior bootlegging sentences and is charged with dealing in hope.
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Valentine Reynolds
U. S
McClelland
Reynolds
Montana Jack
Thousand Rejected Models Spark Balcony Riot
New York on February 19 reports a fashion show riot at the Hotel Pennsylvania after promoters sought 200 models and 1,209 candidates showed up. Staff recovered hairpins clothing shreds and other debris from the roof garden as anger erupted over public acceptances and rejections.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Two Marines Die in Plane Crash in Haiti
Two enlisted Marines were killed when their airplane crashed near Minebalaia Haiti on Thursday. The victims were Douglas Booth pay clerk Key West Florida and Donald Leslie Mack gunnery sergeant Seattle Washington. Seattle station records show no Mack. officials consider Earl Mack possibly the man mentioned.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Minebalaia
Haiti
Navy Department
Douglas Booth
Key West
Fila
Donald Leslie Mack
Seattle
Wash
Earl Mack
Alimony in Pennies Wins Her Divorce
In Los Angeles judge case Emma Eisenhart wins divorce after her husband Oscar Eisenhart paid temporary alimony in pennies. He sent 700 pennies weekly with taunting notes. The judge heard she received cents as a form of support and viewed it as part of the alimony dispute.
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Los Angeles
Emma Eisenhart
Oscar A. Eisenhart
Eisenhart
Archbishop Dougherty Begins Journey to Rome for Cardinalate
Archbishop Dennis J. Dougherty started a special train from Philadelphia to New York and Hoboken to join the liner New Amsterdam. He will travel to Rome for the consistory next month where he is expected to be elevated to the cardinalate. More than 100 Catholic clergy accompany the bishop on the journey.
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Philadelphia
Dennis J. Dougherty
Roma
New York City
New Amsterdam
Hoboken
Speeding a Fordney Tariff Bill Moves to Conference
Washington February 19 The house rules committee reported a special rule to speed final action on the Fordney emergency tariff bill and send it to conference with the senate. Rep. Treadway of Massachusetts has blocked conference thus far, delaying agreement on differences.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate
House
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Measure to Kill Primary Law Filed
Senate bill introduced by Senator Lambert of Whatcom County seeks repeal of the direct primary law. The act would abolish the current primary system and includes a referendum provision if approved by the legislature.
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Olympia
Senate
Lambert
Whatcom County
Veterans Dependents Entitled to Help Under Bonus Bill
Olympia February 19 Dependents of ex service men who died after discharge and before passage of the bonus bill would receive the compensation that would have gone to the veteran under a bill introduced in the house today.
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Olympia
Three Vote Against London's Bus Bill
In Olympia on February 19 only three votes were against Senator London's bill to permit cities to operate motor buses with municipally owned car lines. Senator Palmer of King County voted against the measure while Seattle councilmen backed the bill.
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Olympia
London
Palmer
King County
Seattle
Black Cat Tavern Raided By Sheriff Starwich
Sheriff Starwich and deputies raided the Black Cat tavern south of Lake Forest on a tip of underage luring. Five people were arrested including D N Schoonover Aaron McSparen James Locknane and Mrs J A Locknane. Evidence seized included beer and whisky from the premises. The raid followed reports of a girl named Ruth lured to a roadhouse and supplied liquor. Language notes mention a protest by former chief Lang and secrecy around a complainant’s identity.
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Cat Tavern
Lake Forest
Bothell Road
Matt Starwich
Ruth
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Starwich
Black Cat
Lang
Shiff
Cow City
Autome Starwich
Frank Brewer
Downey
Bob Morrow
Mc Kearney
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J. T. Ronald
Meier
Corporation
Walter F. Meier
General Fund
Stone-Webster
Chadwick
Kennedy
Midwest
Rome
Fordney
Black Cat Tavern
D. N. Schoonover
Aaron McSparen
Schoonover
James Locknane
J. A. Locknane
Elsie
Marie Allen
McSparen
Roadhouse
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