Hands Off Courts Clash With City Over Train Holdup Case
Four suspects were arrested in connection with the Great Northern train No. 358 holdup near Samish Washington. Sheriff and deputies from Whatcom and Skagit counties led large posses chasing bandits as a $30,000 railroad reward draws more volunteers. Victims describe a lone gunman forcing passengers to surrender valuables while others fired back as the train halted and bandits fled toward Alger and Blanchard.
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Bellingham
Great Northern
Samish
Alger
Sedro-Woolley
Dave
Moses Henry
Skagit County
Blanchard
L. A. Thomas
Whatcom County
Stevenson
J. J. Davis
Seattle
E. J. Keith
Everett
Gypsy Band Seen Near Bothell in Catherine Winters Case
Deputy Sheriff Julian Smith pursues clues from Bothell and Kirkland as the search for Catherine Winters widens. A new $50 reward boosts efforts after M E Anderson reports a gypsy wagon and a white girl resembling Catherine near Bothell on the Pacific highway.
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Julian Smith
Seattle
Bothell
Kirkland
Catherine Winters
Smith
M. E. Anderson
Lulu Mallet
12Th Av. N. E
Joseph Jackson
Hothell
Pacific Highway
Everett
Catherine
Supreme Court decision leaves city powerless over streetcar crowding
The court, in an opinion by Judge Main and concurred by all justices, declares the city has no right to interfere until the public service commission sets overcrowding rules and Seattle ElectricCo. receives a schedule. The ruling, known as the strap-hangers case, stresses city regulatory limits until home rule is granted by the legislature. The city council had enacted a streetcar schedule to avoid crowding.
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Supreme Court
Seattle
Public Service Commission
Seattle Electric Co
Main
Rallies Tonight For Gill And Trenholme Mayoral Race
Campaign kicks off with rallies for Ht Gill and J D Trenholme. Trenholme's supporters meet at the Press club while Gill speaks at Beacon Hill school and Oltman's hall located at 24th Ave and Lane St.
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Ht Gill
J. D. Trenholme
Latters
Press Club
Gill
Beacon Hill School
Oltman's
24Th Av
Lane St
Cefalo Pleads Guilty in Wife Kiling Case
Louie Cefalo admitted manslaughter for the January 6 quarrel that killed his wife. Judge Frater sentenced him to one to 20 years at the Walla Walla jail.
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Louie Cefalo
Frater
Walla Walla
Refused Loan Triggers Desperate Japanese Worker Shootself
Kunijo Miyato 46 a Japanese laborer living at the Nippon hotel lay near death in Providence hospital from a self inflicted abdominal wound after being refused a loan of 1200 to return to Japan. He spoke that he would kill himself if money was denied and implicated C K Takahashi former Japanese consul in a private office at 2128 Fifth Ave. Miyato president of Oriental Trading Co notified police.
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Japan
Kunijo Miyato
Nippon Hotel
Providence Hospital
C. K. Takahashi
Av. Miyato
The
Oriental Trading Co
Hi Gill Attacks George Cotter In Ward Campaign
Hi Gill accuses Cotterill supporters of spreading false claims and cites carrying Cotterill’s precincts and most wards. He disputes Pigott aligning with Trenholme and alleges Pigott accused Trenholme of dishonesty and misused funds. Gill says he won all wards except the 10th and 13th, won by Judge Winsor.
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George Cotterill
Mr. Cotterill
Trenholme
Pigott
Seattle Electric Co
City Hall Park
Winsor
European powers weigh concerted action over Benton affair
Reports from Berlin say European governments are exchanging notes on possible concerted action in Mexico or pressuring the United States to act following the Benton affair. confirmations were not available.
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Mexico
Kyres Transfer Co seeks injunction against Teamsters union
The Kyres Transfer Co filed in superior court for a permanent injunction to stop assaults on non union workers and destruction of transfer property. Complainants say these acts began with a strike last December.
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Kyres Transfer Co
Teamsters’ Union
Dillon to Wed English Actress In Portland Today
Legal obstacles to entry have been cleared and Bernard Dillon, manager for Marie Lloyd, is expected in Portland at 4 30 this afternoon to marry the English comedienne.
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Portland
United States
Bernard Dillon
Marie Lloyd
Mother Offers Life To Save Starving Child
In St Louis on February 21 a poverty struck mother Mrs Edward Harte proposed death to send her body to the dissecting table so her 3 year old daughter Dottie could live without starvation. She said she would rather die than see the child in an asylum. Authorities declined the offer and the Harte family was taken in by local relief efforts.
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R. L. Lee
Bremerton
Thomas F. W
H. R. Adkison
Vancouver
B. C
Herbert Vanderwerker
Brett
ST. Louis
Edward Harte
Dottie
College
Mrs Harte
Harte Wife Offers Death for Baby Prompted Aid
Report notes Mrs Harte offered to die for their baby. Harte is unaware. He received employment food clothing and fuel. rent paid. a physician attends the sick child.
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Harte
Diaz Arrives in New York from Havana on Morro Castle
Felix Diaz landed in New York from Havana aboard the Morro Castle. He declined to say if he would visit Washington to confer with President Wilson on the Mexican situation.
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New York
Felix Diaz
Havana
Diaz
Washington
Wilson
President Hill Boosts Reward for 2 Robbers
The Great Northern Railway raises the reward to $30,000 for the capture of two robbers tied to a Samish murder. A Seattle broadcast description labels one suspect as 23 to 25 with dark hair and complexion, in a brown suit, cap, gray overcoat. The second suspect is smaller, in a blue suit and black hat.
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Samish
Great Northern Railway Co
L. W. Hill
Road
Seattle
Mr. Hill
Northwest
Four Drowned in Southern California Storm Toll Rises
Four persons are confirmed dead in the recent California storm. R. W. Hamlin drowned at Santa Barbara and J. C. Rockwell at Carpinteria. Grace Sprague drowned at Victorville and Gonzales, a Mexican national, drowned in Los Angeles. Arroyo Seco flood rivaled the disaster with fifty homes washed away between Los Angeles and Pasadena.
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Los Angeles
California
R. W. Hamlin
Santa Barbara
J.C. Rockwell
Carpentiera
Grace Sprague
Victorville
Gonzales
Arroyo Seco
Here
Pasadena
Butcher shops in Seattle keep hours on Washington's Birthday
The Seattle butcher shops will not close for Washington's Birthday, as few stores in the city will stay shut for the holiday. The decision followed a finding that half-day closures are unlikely.
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Seattle
Washington
California Rep Kahn Says Equal Rights Inevitable
Washington lawmakers debated woman suffrage with Representative Kahn arguing equal rights are bound to come and that capitulation now would be wiser than later. He warned the nation cannot avoid progress and equality.
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Washington
Kahn
California
Roger Wilson and James Cogan's auto bill in San Francisco
Roger Wilson used James Cogan's cars for seven hours in San Francisco. The bill totaled 21 dollars and was to be collected from a woman in Santa Ana described as the girl's mother. In Washington, President Wilson greeted 1,700 visiting Knights of Pythias.
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San Francisco
Roger Wilson
James Cogan
Santa Ana
Wilson
Washington
Knights of Pythias
Victims Named In Robbery Case Include Puget Sound Worker
Robert L. Lee age 35, a Puget Sound Navy Yard employee since 1912, lived in Bremerton and was active in the Methodist church. He planned to visit friends in Bellingham and Mount Vernon. Thomas F. Wadsworth, a Canadian Pacific conductor, resided in Vancouver with family, returning from San Diego. H A Adkison, 47, formerly with Adkison & Dill, lived in Vancouver with wife and two daughters and had gone to Seattle on business.
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Robert L. Lee
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Navy Department
Bellingham
Mount Vernon
Ackerland
Kas
Thomas F. Wadsworth
Canadianl Pacific
23Rd Av
Vancouver
B. C
San Diego
Cal
H. A. Adkison
Adkison & Dill
Seattle
Senate ratifies arbitration treaties with seven nations
Washington February 21 The Senate ratified arbitration treaties with Spain England Norway Sweden Portugal Switzerland and Italy today expanding international dispute mechanisms involving major powers.
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Washington
Spain
England
Norway
Sweden
Portugal
Switzerland
Italy
Senate
Four teen life savers die rescuing crew off Wextford coast
Four teen life savers perished in the surf while attempting to rescue the crew of the Norwegian schooner Mexico ashore off the coast of Wext ford. The crew was saved.
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Queenstown
Mexico
Wextford
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