Gas Safety Ordinance Passed Soon Says City Council
Officials from the gas company joined council members to inspect lodging houses after a wave of accidental gas deaths. They conceded danger from combination gas and electric fixtures and agreed to install separate installations as required by the Wardall safety bill. The measure bans combining fixtures, with penalties up to 30 days in jail and a $190 fine.
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Wardall
Public Safety Committee
Haas
Public ‘Safety Committee
Slide Crashes Down Bluff Home. Baby Killed, Family Injured
A mudslide on Alki Avenue near Fairmount Avenue, West Seattle, swept a house 25 feet down a bluff at 6 pm Tuesday. Baby Booth, three, died. six other family members were injured. Mrs Booth and four children were trapped, rescued after 55 minutes as mud rose to her chin. neighbors freed the trapped parents and children with minor injuries.
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Booth
Baby Booth
Simon Booth
Alki Av
Fairmount Av
Seattle
Mra Booth
Catherine
J. B. Hanson
Olaf Moat
G. E. Snetder
T. F. Haas
George
Jack
William
Captain Cann exonerated in Alaska grounding investigation
The State of California captain T. H. Cann, previously blamed for a fatal Alaska grounding that killed 32, was exonerated in a Seattle inquiry. The Goliath tug incident near Gray Island led to a barge loss and an unfavorable bearing on Cann, later deemed an unavoidable accident.
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
T. H. Cann
Seattle
State of California
Bailey
Woman kills lover and young daughter in Los Angeles hotel
Police believe a romance motive led Mrs Mary Graves Cox to shoot her lover William Melton and her 12 year old daughter before killing herself. The trio were found in a Vidamar hotel room after midnight with sixteen shots heard prior to responders arrival. The woman had taken rooms with her daughter and the man posing as her brother accompanied her on several outings.
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Los Angeles
Mary Graves Cox
William Melton
Vidamar
Cox
Jeff to Speak at University Science Club Event
Jett Davis, known as a witty speaker, is set to address the University Science Club in Denny Street at 7 45 Thursday evening. The talk aims to illustrate practical worth and real results from the OWells School program and shorthand method.
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Jett Davis
King of
Geil Sete
Hyatt-Fo
Mons
Owells School
Aent
West Seattle Rain Sets January Record Amid Transit Breaks
Relief is forecast as rainfall in January hits 5.11 inches, surpassing all records and far above the usual 4.53 inches. Intermittent showers are expected, but flood fears persist with flooded lines and suspended service in Alki Point Youngstown Fauntleroy areas and a dangerous bridge near the Youngstown steel mill. Telegraph and northern rail service face disruptions while rerouting keeps some trains moving.
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Weather Bureau
Seattle
Northwest
Alki Point
Youngstown
Fauntleroy
Everett
Move Houses From Lowlands To Escape Floods
Rain drenches Puget Sound lowlands forcing residents in Southeast Seattle and nearby districts to relocate as floods rise. White and Snoqualmie rivers near overflow. two pumps operate in Seattle Renton area to clear four foot floodwater. Basements including Van Sicklen apartments at Eighth and University severely flooded.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Columbia
Rainier Beach
Laurelhurst
Renton
Duwamish Valley
White River
Snoqualmie River
Seattle, Renton & Southern Bara
van Sicklen
Eighth and
University
THIS GIRL EARNS $30,000 A YEAR IN MOTION PICTURES
Little Mary Pickford earns 30 000 a year as a moving picture star up from 10 000 a year a year ago. She is not yet 20 and due to doctor ordered simplicity moved west with her mother after stepping away from Good Little Devil. She joined the Campus Players company and returned to film work.
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Mary Pickford
David Helasco
Fampus Players’ Company
Commission Delays Thaw Admission Decision in Concord
The commission hearing Harry Thaw’s bid for admission to ball adjourned at noon without a ruling. After adjournment a telegram to Wm. T. Jerome invited submission of material factual data on Thaw’s mental condition by 11 p.m. Friday. Thaw and his mother attended the proceedings.
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Concord
N. H
Harry Thaw
Ball
Wm. T. Jerome
Thaw
Ballard Man Elected to Fill City Council Seat
Cecil B. Fitzgerald of Ballard was elected Tuesday afternoon to succeed Avetin E. Griffthe for seven weeks until the March election. On the third ballot Fitzgerald received five votes while H. T. Bolton got two. 20 ballots had been cast Monday. Fitzgerald, a 19 year Seattle resident, is an accountant, married with four children and lives at 2084 West Sixth Street. He will run in March for the two year term.
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Cecil B. Fitzgerald
Ballard
Avetin E. Griffthe
Fitzgerald
H. T. Bolton
Labor Council
Seattle
Iie Ia
Weat Sith St
Erickson Takes Bride In City Wedding
Councilman Erickson married Mrs. Carola Agnew by Rev. J D Powers at the bride’s home 1214 15th Ave. The couple plans a two week honeymoon in San Francisco as Erickson seeks leave to study a municipal railway there. Mrs Erickson is active in local clubs.
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Erickson
San Francisco
Carola Agnew
J. D. O. Powers
First Unitarian Church
15Th Ave
Frisco
False report of drowning laborers on Fraser river
Vancouver sources deny a Winnipeg dispatch claiming 75 Grand Trunk Pacific laborers drowned when their barge sank in the Fraser river. Foley, Welch and Stewart officials report no knowledge of any such incident and nothing corroborates the story.
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Vancouver
B. C
Winnipeg
Grand Trunk Pacific
Fraser River
Foley, Welch & Stewart
Vice President's Gift Book Inscription Cited
Washington dispatch reports Thomas R. Marshall sent a book to the President with the inscription To the president of the United States from his only vice. In a separate item, Mrs A M Dickey Pacific hospital secretary and manager was arrested for failing to report promptly an auto accident to nurse Lydia Rainey.
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Washington
United States
Thomas R. Marshall
Lydia Rainey
A. M. Dickey
Pacific Hospital
Robber slain in temple as pair raid Hatcher home
In Portland suburb of Lents, H J Hatcher fired on two burglars awakening him and his wife. One robber collapsed 75 feet from the door. the second shot his comrade in the temple and fled. Police cite theory the surviving man fired the fatal shot.
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Portland
Lents
H. J. Hatcher
Hatcher
450 Prisoners Executed by Federal Troops
In Presidio Texas the dispatch reports 450 rebel prisoners executed in Ojinaga amid heavy fighting as Gen Herrera reinforces Gen Ortega with cannons and ammunition. The siege tightens, about 750 killed overall with 300 defenders among the dead. wounded rebels were reportedly killed by parties removing the dead.
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Ojinaga
A Gambler’s Bet on Honesty of a Seattle Machinist
A Seattle man with a wife and five children seeks $200 claiming to face usurious shark loan debt after a Western Steel Corporation real estate boom. He describes sober, industrious work and a desire to escape high interest as he risks his name and address being published for gamblers to test his honesty. The Star promises to reveal his name to interested bettors as a test of character.
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Irondale
Western Steel Corporation
Hi Neck
Seattle
Register Now as Voter Books Open Daily
Registration figures show 1 283 on Tuesday with 32 days left until closing. Officials warn of a rush if the rate drops and urge citizens to register at the Prefontaine building between 8 30 and 5 30 to avoid lost votes.
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Prefontaine
Moonshiners Learn Reading and Writing in Cattlettsburg
In Cattlettsburg Kentucky twenty moonshiners aged 20 to 50 study reading writing and arithmetic under former school teacher C V Fitch who once practiced penmanship on bad checks.
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Cattletsburg
C. V. Fitch
Woman Wins Swan’s Affection Then Marries Rival
George Swan sues Amy Archibald and her husband D M Archibald for 10000 alleging the woman won his affection, obtained the money as an investment and profits share, then married Archibald. He seeks an accounting from both defendants in superior court.
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George Swan
Amy Archibald
D. M. Archibald
Swan
Mrs Archibald
Port Townsend
Archibald
Talk Bridge Meeting At University Branch Library
A meeting is set for Wednesday at 7:30 pm at the university branch library corner of 50th av and 10 av N E. The J D Trenholm club sponsors with J D Trenholm expected to speak at length on the 10th av bridge project. Public attendance urged for those seeking the bridge location.
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University Branch
50Th Av
Av. N. E
University J. D. Trenholm Club
J. D. Trenholm
Isl
Heart Stabbing Victim Lauro Dies 24 Hours After Surgery
New York report says Vincenzo Lauro died a day after doctors repaired his heart following a stabbing affray. Authorities opened an inquiry into the assault and reported no further details at this time.
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New York
Vincenzo Lauro
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