Rival orators occupy the same platform in campaign clash
At Hibernian hall both Republican Miller forces and City Party Moore supporters spoke, with Miller blasting opposition arguments and George F. Cotterill closing for the City Party. Mayor Moore’s absence prompted replies and a letter promising district removal by September 1.
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City Party
Hibernian Hall
Seattle
Miller
George F. Cotterill
Fremont
John F. Miller
Moore
A. E B. Flagg
Ity Party
Rainier Heights
Oppose Crichton Hospital Plan Oppose Crichton Hospital Plan
Women who organized the Children's Orthopedic Hospital oppose Councilman Crichton's plan to merge it with an isolation hospital. They say proximity to the business district would risk contagious disease exposure and hinder surgical services provided by volunteer lay surgeons. Mrs. John W. Roberts calls the consolidation a serious menace.
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Children’s Orthopedic Hospital Association
Crichton
John W. Roberts
Queen Anne
Water Shut-Off Notice for Ninth Avenue and Main Street
Water will be off tomorrow March 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to a break in the 20 foot main. The outage affects Ninth avenue between Main and Kingsts and Main street from Fourth to Twelfth avenues.
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Marea 1
Kingsts
Main St
Automobiles to Deliver Official Ballots Across City
Autos will be chartered to deliver the official ballots to the various city precincts Monday. Special street care will be used to reach the more remote districts.
Thaw Refuses Fees as Trial Fallout Grows
Harry Thaw declines to pay defense fees in his second trial and rejects any settlement with his wife. Messages from Pittsburgh quote Thaw saying he did not bargain to go to Matteawan and will not pay lawyers until released from the asylum for the criminal insane.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Matteawan
Thaw
Ballard Man Victimized By Forged Check Scheme
J. BR. Locke alias J. BR. Matthews, a former convict, is sought by police for passing a forged $60 check on Andrew Johnson, Ballard businessman. Matthews, who recently finished a five year term for forgery, claimed to be an expert accountant for a steamship line and paid $25 cash for the fake check, the rest to be recovered. Police want to locate Locke Matthews.
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J. BR. Locke
J. BR. Matthews
Andrew Johnson
Ballard
Matthews
Johnson
Locke
Extra Dividend Declared by Oregon Railroad and Navigation
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation company declared an extra dividend of 76 dollars per share on its preferred stock, totaling 8.25 million dollars. Union Pacific Railway and its auxiliaries own nearly all the company’s 11 million dollars in preferred stock and all 24 million dollars of common stock, with the road operated as part of the Union Pacific system.
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New York
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Union Pacific
Lumber Rate Case Begins In Pacific Northwest
Testimony started in the lumber rate case with 43 lumber companies accusing 70 railroads of conspiring to set exorbitant freight rates. Defendants include O. Kt. & N., Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and Canadian Pacific.
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Washington
Pacific Northwest
Transcontinental Pacific Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Much Ado About Nine Cents in City Funds
Comptroller Carroll reports to the finance committee that five cents from one fund was deposited into another and four cents is similarly misplaced. He notes the city has no power to transfer money between funds, blocking two ordinances from being introduced.
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Joe Smith
Chargyman
City Party Central Committee
Republicans
Homer M. Hii
Miller
City Party
Smith
Carroll
Beer Bust Bumps Coeds Plans at University of Washington
A UW Woman's League party in the gymnasium is to be all female with no men admitted. Indian clubs and canoes decorate the walls. Coeds see the event as a leap year risk and joke about a pirate afterward while men plan a late gathering elsewhere.
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Aguin
Collegians
Woman's League
University of Washington
Victor Place
Five Newborns Topic Stir in Steubenville Family
Mrs George Campbell gave birth to five babies in Steubenville on Feb 29. Two hours later three male infants died. the remaining two, a boy and a girl, survived. The Campbells have a history of multiple births in the family with several relatives also fathering or giving birth to multiples.
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United Press
Steubenville
George Campbell
Campbell
Mre Campbell
Seattle to Host New Internal Revenue Division
The treasury department plans a new internal revenue division for the Northwest covering Washington Oregon Idaho and Alaska with Seattle as permanent headquarters. It will employ about 15 staff and include a resident agent once the office opens, expanding the nine divisions nationwide from eight.
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Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Alaska
Seattle
Oine
California
Mead to Keynote YMCA Spokane Meeting March 16
Gov. Mead will be the principal speaker at the YMCA annual meeting in Spokane on March 16. The open shop at Carstens meat plant in Tacoma has been declared after workers refused wage cuts. Most mills at Arlington are operating, with one closed. The Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Co may build a plant at Monroe. Claim for extra on the battle.
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Gov. Mead
YMCA
Spokane
Carstens
Tacoma
Arlington
Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company
Monroe
Baseball Goods Ace Piper and Taft Store Ad
An old ad lists Piper and Taft, baseball goods sellers, located at 1024 26 Second Avenue. The notice highlights equipment and sporting gear available for players and fans in a bustling commerce section.
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Baseball Goods
Piper & Taft
Abrupt incidents disrupt Aberdeen and Yakima mills
Ole Petersen of Aberdeen broke his wrist while trying to button his coat. A big fly wheel at the Skagit mill in Lyman shattered, nearly wrecking the engine room and leaving operatives with narrow escapes. Union services planned at Auburn and Tacoma and Pierce county workers form a protective association as Cascade Lumber at North Yakima with 200 workers plans to resume operations.
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Nebraska
Ole Petersen
Aberdeen
Union Evangeliatic
Auburn
Sporsmen
Tacoma
Pierce County
Skagit
Lyman
Cascade Lumber Company
North Yakima
Hen fruit hoax exposed threatens poultry business
Report from Los Angeles in February notes a claim that a “hen fruit” is being manufactured, contradicting prior beliefs about its existence. The piece hints at a budding conspiracy to put hens out of business by promoting this vegetable compound product.
New Vegetable Ease Plant Forms Company with 35000 Investment
A company is formed to manufacture vegetable eas and plans to invest 35000 in special patented machinery to peg its market position. The strategy aims to make the product attractive enough to drive competitors to lower prices.
Choir to Sing Stabat Mater at Firet Presbyterian
The Firet Presbyterian church choir will perform Rossini the Stabat Mater on Monday evening March 16. Soloists include Edith DuMond soprano Sylvia Ware Ireland contralto Herbert J. Cave tenor and Alvin Elias Gillett baritone, with Cave noted as Vancouver’s leading tenor visiting Seattle for the event.
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Rossini
Firet Presbyterian Church
Edith DuMond
Sylvia Ware Ireland
Herbert J. Cave
Alvin Elias Gillett
Cave
Vancouver
B.C
Seattle
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