Campaign backing Seattle port commission faces Senate Bill 78
Civic groups including the Commercial Club and Municipal League plan mass meetings and a letter campaign to stop Senate Bill 78 which would shift port rate making to the public service commission. Port officials argue the bill would enable long wharfage leases and harm Seattle. A 1900-strong petition urged defeat of a measure to abolish the port commission, asserting public ownership keeps rates fair and dock charges lower than San Francisco.
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Seattle
Port Commission
Commercial Club
Municipal League
Women's Clubs
Senate
Public Service Commission
Harbor Island
King County
Friends of
Port of
Hamilton Higday
San Francisco
Vote Against Josiah Collins For Higher Taxes And Waste
The 1913 Oregon or Seattle era record shows Osiah Collins as a state senator backing omnibus appropriations that boosted taxes by seven million and supported a pork barrel road bill vetoed by Governor Lis ter. He backed eighteen million in appropriations tied to political debts, marked as wasteful by newspapers.
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Osiah Collins
State Senate
Collins
Lister
Pork Barrel
Olympia
Seattle
Josiah Collins
Bolton challenges Gill over I W W charge in Seattle row
T H Bolton president of the Central Labor Council and city council candidate confronts Mayor H C Gill, denying ties to the I W W and accusing Gill of prejudice and malice after a clash over an ordinance privileging I W W factions. Bolton cites decades of labor leadership and broad support from organized labor and socialists.
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H. C. Gill
Seattle
Bolton
IL W. W
T. H. Bolton
Central Labor Council
Gill
Washington
Four Die as German Zeppelin Bombs Calais
Paris reports a German Zeppelin crossed allied lines and dropped bombs on Calais killing four people. The attack adds to the wartime casualties as authorities assess the damage and casualties.
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Paris
Calais
Curtail Trolley Service in Seattle Amid Jitney Invasion
Seattle street railway cuts have begun with more reductions promised after Monday announcement by Superintendent A L Kempster. Madrona route limited to Priest summit by Wednesday. cars already run to Prospect. Sixth Ave N W Line shifts to Sunday shuttle service after 7 PM on weeks, affecting segments between Sixth Ave N W and W 46th St and Fifth Ave N W and W 65th St. Next lines to be cut will be announced periodically.
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A. L. Kempster
Madrona
Priest
Prospect
Sixth Ave. N. W
W. 46Th
Fifth Ave. N. W
W. 65Th
Kempster
Wilson nominates five to Federal Interstate Trade Commission
President Wilson today named five members to the Federal Interstate Trade Commission. The nominees are Jos Edward Davies of Madison Wisconsin Edward Nash Hurley of Illinois Manufacturers Association William Julius Harris director of the census Wim H Parry of Seattle Washington and Geo Rubles of Cornish New Hampshire.
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Dent Wilson
Federal Interstate Trade Commission
Jos. Edward Davies
Madison
Wis
Edward Nash Hurley
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
William Julius Harris
Wim. H. Parry
Seattle
Wash
Geo. Rubles
Cornish
N. H
Guards Parade Washington Birthday in Seattle
Seattle marked the 183rd anniversary of George Washington’s birth with campus exercises led by D A R on the university quad. The National Guards then paraded downtown in full dress, followed by an Armory dance for guardsmen, families, and friends as banks and government offices closed.
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Seattle
George Washington
Meany
National Guards
Retail houses open for business as schools close for day
The shops remained open while schools closed for the day. Officials did not issue broader safety or weather notices. Local businesses reported normal hours despite the temporary school closure.
Rockefeller researchers sued over alleged medical experiments
In New York on February 22, Jos Garcia and his wife filed a federal suit seeking 100000 dollars. The couple, a porter and a charwoman at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, claim doctors subjected them to experiments without warning about possible consequences.
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New York
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Jos. Garcia
Garcia
Gardner Again Presses Unprepared Coast Defense
Washington Feb 22 congress moved to finish work before the holiday week as Rep Gardner of Massachusetts renews his attack on the country’s war readiness. He argues sea coast guns lack sufficient ammunition for more than 45 minutes of combat and that total war preparedness is lacking.
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Washington
Congress
House
Rep
Gardner
Massachusetts
U.S
American Vessel Evelyn Destroyed By Mine In North Sea
The steamer Evelyn, the first American ship reported destroyed in the German allied naval conflict, struck a mine near Zorkum island in the North Sea on Saturday. Officers and crew were saved. The cotton cargo from New York was shipped January 27 and the ship arrived at Rotterdam February 17 before loading here. The vessel was insured by the United States government. The wreck site lies outside the current sea war zone defined by Germany.
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Bremen
Germany
Evelyn
Zorkum Island
North Sea
New York
Rotterdam
United States
Children Sing Warning Of An Aeroplane Raid
London reports describe a raid on Essex by two German aircraft. No fatalities and little damage were recorded. Five bombs were dropped while locals, including children, paraded and sang a warning hymn to the approaching planes.
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London
Essex
Pigs for Grads Help Drive from Seattle Mission
T J Newbill of Pullman college travels to Seattle seeking homes for two to three hundred light pigs raised at the state college. Any responsible boy or girl can take one, with payment due after one year. He is stopping at the Frye hotel.
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T. J. Newbill
Pullman College
Seattle
State College
Newbill
Frye Hotel
Won't Hold Germany Accountable for Evelyn Sinking
Washington reports Germany will not be held responsible now for the destruction of the Evelyn sunk by a mine in the North Sea. Practically all redress will come only through civil proceedings after the war if it is proved the mine was planted by Germans. The Evelyn's crew of 28 was saved.
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Washington
Germany
Evelyn
North Sea
Washington Administration
Bremen
Bryan
Austria Extends Zone to Adriatic Sea
Paris dispatch says Geneva reports Austria has extended its naval zone to the Adriatic. The Austrian admiralty allegedly ordered the navy to sink any merchant vessel found in the area. The move heightens tensions in the region as authorities assess implications for Allied and neutral shipping.
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Paris
Geneva
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Adriatic
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