City Taxpayers Lose Suit to Halt Street Rail Bonds
Judge J T Ronald dismissed the 14 taxpayers suit to force the city to default on interest payments to Stone and Webster for the street railways. The court held the complaint fails to state facts for relief and notes the city must raise rates to cover operation and bond costs if revenues allow. A federal injunction urged by Puget Sound Light and Power Co limits prosecution of the case, with a hearing set for Monday.
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J. T. Ronald
Stone & Webster
Walter F. Meier
Supreme Court
Schooley
Halis
Yathe
Farthe
Tales Cataluenea
Puget Sound Light & Power Co
Traction Company
Meier
U. S
RE. B. Cushman
Jeremiah Neterer
Puget Sound Light and Power Company
O. B. Thorghmaon
Challenge to Mayor. Meet It Squarely for Facts
Puget Sound Traction Co. faces a court case to decide if the contract is payable and the city’s taxes and funds are properly used. The piece urges Caldwell to confront the issue, expose truth, and avoid harming city credit or returning the lines to Stone- Webster for political ends. It calls for better management if the contract proves unworkable.
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Puget Sound Traction
Caldwell
Wilmon Tucker
Ption
Puget Sound Traction Co
Lake Burien
Puget
Cald
Stone- Webster
Patterson Faces Grand Larceny Charge In Judge Frater Court
H A Patterson, an employee in the jelly lighting department, is charged with grand larceny. The case alleges Patterson took vacuum cleaners from Lig City, pawned one and gave the other to his landlady to cover board bills.
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H. A. Patterson
Jelly Lighting Department
A. W. Frater
Patterson
Lig City
Oregon race track bill is knocked out
Salem Oregon February 23 The senate killed a bill that would have legalized pari mutuel betting and created a state racing commission after it had already passed the house.
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Oregon
Bill
Salem
Ore
Senate
Oregon Ture
House
Oregon Women May Serve on Juries
Salem Ore February 23. A bill allowing women in Oregon to serve on juries clears the senate 28 to 10 after the house already approved. Governor Olcott expected to consider the measure.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Olcott
Senate
House
Tijuana Race Track Closed by Clubmen
San Diego telegram reports the Lower California Jockey Club closed the Tijuana race track with 800 horses idle. Horsemen nationwide wonder what comes next as officials plan to keep the track shut until Mexican authorities drop a $10 passport visa fee.
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Tijuana
San Diego
Cal
California
Jockey Club
Washington urged to pass anti alien land bill now
The editorial urges immediate passage of the Jones Beeler anti alien land bill to bar ownership by non citizens, arguing Washington prior constitutional ban against aliens was violated by Japanese entrants and urging the legislature to vote without delay lest aliens mock the state constitution.
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Texas Senate
Nebraska House
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Texas
Wrong Chinese Pleads Guilty Case Mix Up In Court
Federal court on February 7 saw Chang Tong plead guilty to opium smuggling and receive 90 days in county jail and a $120 fine. Pong Wo failed to appear and was later found in the county jail under a 90 day sentence and $120 fine. The real Chong Tong was located and the matter was corrected.
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Selves
Chang -Tong
Pong Wo
Chong Tong
U. S. Grand Jury to Convene on March 8
Federal grand jury will convene March 8, announced by District Attorney Saunders. About 20 cases are expected to come before the jury.
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U. S
Federal
Saunders
Federal agents seize permits in booze conspiracy case
Chicago reports four men arrested on operating a liquor ring claimed to have netted about $1,000,000. Authorities seized 1000 forged permits believed taken from the Prohibition Director in New York as part of the case spanning Imola Kentucky and New York.
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Chicago
Imola
Kentucky
New York
Prohibition
O’connor
Champ Clark Ill in Washington
Champ Clark of Missouri the Democratic leader of the House is ill in Washington with a severe cold grip stomach trouble and poor blood circulation.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Champark
Missouri
Police Nab Three in Gambling Raid on First Ave
Bill Angel, A. Gabriel and Angel Lazzarocus were arrested in a gambling raid conducted by Patrolmen M. J. Maher C C. Delp and Ed Peterson at 210 First Ave 8 on Tuesday night.
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Bill Angel
A. Gabriel
Angel Lazzarocus
M. J. Maher
CC. C. Delp
Ed Peterson
First Ave
Beeler Jones anti alien land bill advances in house
February 21 Beeler Jones anti alien land bill comes before the house at 11 20 for final consideration. If delayed only with a majority house approval. Representative Allen of King moves to consider in committee of the whole. House pages before debate distribute pro Japanese propaganda reprint from an Oregon newspaper opposing such legislation.
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Olympia
Allen
King
House
Oregon
Oregon Senate
Jap Who Killed U. S. Man Sentenced 30 Days
The Japanese sentry at Vladivostok who shot Lieutenant Langdon of U N A has been sentenced by a court martial to 30 days hard labor for perjury. The court cleared him of heavier charges. The finding follows Tokyo’s notice that General Nishihara was suspended for failing to train the sentry and that several officers face discipline.
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Shanghai
Vladivostok
Langdon
Dhepatche
Tokyo
Nishihara
Sir Gilbert Parker Ill in Los Angeles Hotel
Sir Gilbert Parker, noted writer, remains confined to his hotel room in Los Angeles due to illness. He had arrived with a motion picture company working on adapting one of his stories. His condition was described as not serious.
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Sir Gilbert Parker
Los Angeles
Santa Rosa
Cal
Gilbert Parker
Atlantic Seaboard Digging Out After Heaviest Snowfall
New York reports the Atlantic seaboard enduring the season’s heaviest snowstorm. A blizzard Sunday was followed by more snow and rain flurries with overcast skies. Long Island and New England beach resorts lie deserted as residents cope with closures and travel disruptions.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Long Island
New England
Burroughs Recovering After Chest Operation
Pasadena reports naturalist and philosopher John Burroughs is recovering after a minor chest operation earlier in the week for an external abscess. An X-ray showed no internal infection and the procedure went satisfactorily. Burroughs will be 84 on April 3.
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John Burroughs
Pasadena
Cal
Burroughs
Seven Japs Arrested After Card Game Bust At Ball
Patrolmen N. P. Anderson and R. K. Baerman disrupted a gathering described as a ball when they seized a deck of cards and $11.55 from seven individuals deemed Japs.
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N. P. Anderson
RK. F. Baerman
Daring bootleggers trap two men in Kerma Hotel room
Three bootleggers one posing as a deputy sheriff lured C D Conley auto salesman and Ernest Polsen engineer to room 401 Kerma hotel where they were handcuffed to a bed for three hours. They were robbed of 195 dollars after a staged entry and a rusty blue gun pointed at them.
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C. D. Conley
Ernest Polaon
Kerma Hotel
W. H. Searing
Matt Starwich
Conley
Polsen
Peterson
Fourth Ave
Spring St
Polson
Tim
Woman seeks divorce after alleged husband injury to daughter
Mrs Berbadine Gabriel sues for divorce from Joseph Gabriel claiming he bit her daughter on the shoulder blade. The daughter is her child by a former marriage. She adds the husband’s temper once seized a cross cut saw and broke it into bits.
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Berbadine Gabriel
Joseph Gabriel
Longshoreman killed on steamship at Great Northern docks
Antone Olsen a 40 year old longshoreman was crushed in the hold of the steamship Taka shimi Maru at the Great Northern docks Wednesday. He was crushed between a stanchion and a shingle bolt moved by a winch. Olsen was married and lived at 3825 11th Ave N E. He worked for Griffith & Sprague Stevedoring Co. The body was taken to the county morgue.
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Antone Olsen
Great Northern
Olsen
11Th Ave
N. E
Griffith & Sprague Stevedoring Co
Europe Awaits U S Inauguration Amid Reparations Talks
London reports negotiations among allies on German reparations and other key international questions paused today until the inauguration of President elect Harding.
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London
Harding
Dede Paskert Saves Three Children From Fire
Cleveland February 23. Baseball star George Dede Paskert distinguished himself by carrying three children to safety from a burning apartment building. He and others rushed up to an upper door as smoke poured out, then brought the children down a flamescarred stair. Paskert’s hands were scorched.
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Cleveland
George
Dede) Paskert
Pasker
Paskett
Mary Ann Potter Celebrates 107th Birthday in Dwight
Mrs. Mary Ann Potter of Dwight, reputed oldest woman in central Illinois, celebrated her 107th birthday. Born in 1814 in Essex County New York, she marked the anniversary today.
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Dwight, IL
Mary Ann Potter
Dwight
Illinois
Suit for $70,000 filed against International Motor Co
Thomas G. Young of Seattle sues the International Motor Co of New York in federal court alleging breach of contract after taking over the Mack truck agency. Young seeks damages of 70000 for alleged breaches and displacement from the agency position.
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International Motor Co. of
New York
Thomas G. Young
Seattle Automobile
Young
Mack Trucks
U S Tries Jap for Operating a Still
The case of Shimbei Takeuchi a Japanese national charged with operating a still was argued before a federal jury on Wednesday afternoon. Two co defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced in the same case earlier.
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U. S
Shimbei Takeuchi
Takeuchi
Alex Dixon Labeled Ex After Saturday Night Incident
Police department on Wednesday described Alex Dixon as an ex in connection with a Saturday night incident involving a group of girls. The report notes the term meaning likely intoxicated or in trouble but provides no further details.
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Alex Dixon
Woman Who Posed as Man Dies in Oregon
Miss May Leonard, long known for living as a man and working as a shoemaker, died in Lebanon Oregon after illness revealed her sex.
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Lebanon
Ore
May Leonard
Washington's Birthday Holiday Drives Two Paths for Hillyers
John Hillyers faces a holiday choice on George Washington's birthday. He plans a quiet morning then enjoys a day out with wife and stops for lunch and a movie, while reflecting on workers denied days off at a nearby laundry. The tale ends with his frustration over the missed collar return.
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Korge Washington
John Hillyers
Hillyer
Alki
John
George Washington
Hillyers
Little
Orient
King Gt. Station
Washington
Black Cat investigation reveals police and official corruption
A Seattle probe into alleged smuggling and vice tied to public officials expanded from a roadhouse near Lake Forest Park. The committee tapped a wire at Black Cat, exposed leaks, and faced funding gaps as wealthier backers withdrew support. suspects learned of the inquiry, prompting further scrutiny ahead of a federal grand jury.
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Black Tavern
Lake Forest Park
Seattle
Black Cat
Federal Grand Jury
Matt Starwich
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