Love and Diamonds Theft Case Leads to Embezzlement Charge
A complaint filed this morning with Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh accuses barber Clyde Granger of larceny by embezzlement from Eva Wentworth a Spokane widow recent to the city. Four valuable diamond rings valued at 300 were taken after Granger claimed they needed cleaning and did not return. Wentworth seeks Granger’s arrest and remedy for the alleged theft. The article also notes a cable ship inquiry and a local church fundraising update.
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Mackintosh
Eva Wentworth
Spokane
Clyde BH. Granger
Granger
Fourth Avenue
Clyde Granger
Ger
Love
Alaska
Fallhlown
Earth
Gordon
City to Save Thousands with Tunnel and Elevated Streetcar Plan
The city expects annual savings of about 3360 dollars once the tunnel and elevated streetcar system by J A Moore begins operation. City workers would receive passes, reducing city funded car fares, while officials claim a long standing critique of the system and its subsidies. Monthly and department totals show guards and inspectors incurring costs prior to the transition.
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J. A. Moore
Seattle Electric Company
Plana
Octopus
Sian
City Treasurer Puts Interest Decision On Legal Advice
Wisconsin county treasurer Rathbun delays earning interest on city deposits pending Scott Calhoun's legal opinion. He has not consulted banks about paying interest and insists on a proper, nonbiased approach before acting, while noting funds are evenly divided among local banks under bond.
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Rathbun
Scott Calhoun
Carfon
Two Holdups Reported On Seventh Avenue
A highwayman halted Miss McPherson of Fremont on Seventh avenue around 7 pm. She fled after tossing her purse at him. no revolver was seen and no injuries were reported. A parallel hold-up at 2129 Sixty-First avenue ended with the victim forced to surrender money at gunpoint.
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Miss McPherson
Fremont
Seventh Avenue
Sixty-firet Avenue
May Get Life For LeRoy Hold Up Case
James H. LeRoy faces potential life in state penitentiary under the cumulative sentence law if convicted of a third crime now pending in Gourta. He has prior terms from Walla Walla to seven years and a Montana sentence for earlier hold up and robbery at the Red White Mud Blue saloon on Washington Street. An accomplice is also held.
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James H. LeRoy
Gourta
LeRoy
Walla Walla
Montana
DaRoy Ie
Washington Street
Promotions in National Guard appoint several officers
Adjutant General James Crain announced promotions in the National Guard. Ernest Norton was named first lieutenant of infantry and assigned to Company D Second Infantry. W T James and G H Baker were commissioned as second lieutenants. Arthur Weisbach of Tacoma is named colonel and aide on the governor staff.
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James Crain
National Guard
Ernest Norton
W. T. James
Arthur Weisbach
Tacoma
G. H. Baker
Senate Adjourns to Allow Seattle Celebration Attendance
In Olympia the senate adjourned after a brief session to enable members to attend the Mk celebration in Seattle today and tomorrow. The session will resume on Thursday.
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Olympia
Senate
Seattle
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Woodmen of the World
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