Lister outlines broad reform bid in inaugural address
January 10 Olympia report with Gov. Lister proposing a constitutional convention nonpartisan offices a presidential primary law tax relief a Bonedry law and a one house legislature with 25 members. He calls to retire bond issues put state on cash basis and abolish several commissions while seeking efficiency and economy in state government.
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Lister
Feoker
Ashineton
John Rogers
Board of Control
Etras
U.W. and Pullman College
Board of Reformatory Managers
State Board of Control
Bureau of Inspection
House
Senate
Mash Note Wins Beauty Title and Marriage Link
Dorothy Collins, formerly Miss Collins, was named Chicago's most plautial woman in a contest. A playful "mash" note from Walter H. Moore, Chicago corporation treasurer, was the only one she saved. The pair met and just married.
Tragedy: Harold Triplett Ends Life After Marriage
Harold Triplett, 22, shot himself in the head at his in law’s home after a brief navy marriage. He had suffered from illness since the wedding and had threatened suicide. His wife, leaving for work after a kiss, found him dead in bed. the body lies at the county morgue.
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Harold Triplett
Triplett
Navy
H. ©. Brown
15Th Ave. W
Frederick Cook
Seattle
Colby
Buffalo Bill Dies After Long Illness at Noon
William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill died at 12 05 PM in Denver at the home of his sister Mrs May Cody Decker after weeks of critical illness. The famed plainsman and showman rose from a Kansas rider to a renowned hunter and founder of the Wild West show.
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Buffalo Bill
Glenwood Springs
Denver
William Frederick Cody
America
Cody
Gill Says Crooks Framing Me Indictment Likely
Mayor Gill on Wednesday said he would not be surprised if federal grand jurors indict him. He claimed the Billingsleys are obstructing justice to shield H C Hunt and wealthy San Francisco liquor dealers. He joked about a sergeant’s promotion and noted his son’s reaction to potential jail.
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Gill
Federal Grand Jury
Billingsleys
H. C. Hunt
San Francisco
Mullen
Billings
New Washington
McNeil Island
Beckingham
Mason
Seth Harvey Michener
Records on Billingsley Compromise Spark Probe
Captain Sullivan notes United States District Attorney Allen will review records linked to the Billingsley surrender on August 29 the day a compromise dropped all city cases against bootleggers. Logan Billingsley confession alleges payment to Mayor Gill to dismiss cases and retrieve Night and Day evidence. District Attorney Lundin sought the evidence. Allen and Moodie waited for Logan's cooperation while other officials and suspects maneuvered in the federal building. Chief Beckingham’s sergeant Guy Carleton awaited to testify as Allen pressed for further clarity.
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Sullivan
United States
Allen
Billingsleys
Gill
Beckingham
Logan Billingsley
Sergt. Putnam
Lundin
Oil firms price moves mirror Standard Oil pattern
Washington dispatch reports that Gulf Oil and a leading oil group imitate Standard Oil in price setting, but no evidence of an actual agreement to maintain prices has been found. The Federal Trade Commission plans to tell Congress in its forthcoming gasoline report.
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Washington
Ace
Gulf Oil Companies
Standard Oil Company
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
United Press
Advertising managers daily talk about Seattle furniture ads
Advertising managers daily talk lists many Seattle area furniture firms including Standard Furniture Co Woodhouse Grunbaum Maclougall Southwick Valle Praser Paterson Bon Marche Frederick Nelson and others. It notes regular appearances on page with heat offerings and careful attention urged.
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Woodhouse - Grunbaum Furniture Co
Maclougall-Southwick
Valle Praser-Paterson Co
Bon Marche Frederick & Nelson
Seattie
Thaw to Give Self Up Says His Attorney
Harry K Thaw will likely surrender to New York authorities on an indictment charging kidnapping and whipping Frederick Gump 19 of Kansas City at the McAlpin hotel Thaw charged with insanity defense testimony from his murder trials recalled Evelyn Nesbit testified to Thaw pouring scalding water on a bellboy another witness said he beat girls with a jeweled whip Thaw’s former wife Evelyn Nesbit now Mrs Jack Clifford reportedly unaware of the new charge and Thaw’s warrant physicians advised keeping her informed Jerome Walsh and others claimed Thaw lured Gump from Long Beach California with promises of a Carnegie Tech education in Pittsburg and sent him money
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Harry Kendall Thaw
New York
Empire State
Frederick Gump
Kansas City
McAlpin Hotel
William Travera Jerome
Thaw
White
Frank H. Walsh
Government Industrial Relations Committee
Swann
Philadelphia
Gump
Walsh
Young Gump
Long Beach
Cal
Carnegie Institute of Technology
California
City weighs department dumps crooked measures into Elliott Bay
About four years of work by the city weights and measures department ends with the dumping of more than 1,000 short weight scales double bottom milk cans and other crooked measuring devices into Elliott bay from Capt Paysse s harbor patrol boat. Movie men filmed the event.
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Elliott Bay
Paysse
City Weights and Measures Department
Women Picket White House For Suffrage Protest
Twelve congressional union women positioned at the east and west gates of the White House at 10 am to press for woman suffrage. Police guarded the scene after President Wilson passed the gate, with officials considering permits for banners as the women stood with backs to the fence, displaying a yellow banner reading Mr. President What Will You Do for Woman Suffrage.
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Washington
White House
Congressional Union
Silent Sentinel
Wilson
News piracy injunction suit postponed in Hand court
The Associated Press suit against Hearst's International News Service was postponed until Tuesday at Hearst lawyers' request. Judge Hand will hear arguments in federal court today.
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New York
Associated Frese
Hearst
International News Service
Herat
Judge Hand
Federal Today
Contradictory Lansing Statements Surface in Leak Probe
Testimony in the house leak probe presents conflicting accounts of Secretary Lansing’s role in a confidential note leak. Archie Jamison says Lansing claimed to prevent garbled abroad reporting and market harm, while Lenroot notes Lansing said the market was not his concern. W A Crawford testified he disclosed a forthcoming note from the state department under authorization. R B Bolling demanded an apology for name use. Baron of the Wall Street Journal was summoned to testify about ticker stories.
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Washington
Archie Jamison
State Department
The
Central News
Lansing
Lenroot
R. W. Bolling
House
Wood
W. A. Crawford
Centres of America
New York
Crawford
W. Baron
Wall St Journal
Allies' Reply to Peace Note Nears Completion
The allies' answer to President Wilson, prepared by the Entente, is nearly ready and will be handed to Ambassador Sharpe in Paris soon. Delays stem from polishing phrasing, not broad disagreements, as complete agreement on the general aims exists. The note will set forth war aims and purposes and be made textually perfect to avoid misinterpretation.
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ED L. Keen
U. P
London
Wilson
Sharpe
Paris
Walter Hansen to plead self defense in Ellensburg murder case
Walter Hansen faces a murder charge in the death of Raleigh Evans near Ellensburg and plans to plead self defense. The case centers on the confrontation that led to Evans's death and Hansen's intention to justify his actions as self defense.
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Walter Hansen
Raleigh Evans
Ellensburg
Carmen Brotherhood Strikes At King Street Terminal
About 120 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen walked out at the King street terminal Tuesday after the company refused a wage raise from 20 to 24 cents an hour. The walkout left them out on Wednesday as well. The brotherhood includes all mechanical and common laborers on the railway.
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Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
King St. Terminal
Brotherhood
Germany to Name War Aims and Peace Terms
Berlin dispatch reports German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg plans a formal note defining Central powers war aims and outlining acceptable peace terms. The move signals a structured approach to settlement discussions viewed from Rome.
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Rome
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Bobbie General Manager serial in Monday Star
The Star begins six installments of Olive Higgins Prouty's novel Bobbie General Manager. The serial runs six parts, starting Monday and ending Saturday, with the feature titled Something Different.
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Star
Olive Higgins Prouty
Mullen Freed On Small Bond Held At Three Thousand
Patrolman Mullen facing federal charges for attempting to induce the Billingsley brothers and W H Pielow to jump bail was rearrested after an overnight release on an $800 bond. His custody followed a long confession linking Chief Beckingham to his suspension and plan to arrest gamblers.
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Cc. J. Mullen
Billingsley Brothers
W. H. Pielow
United States
Robert McClellan
Allen
McClellan
Mullen
A. Greenbaum
Third Ave
Federal Building
Joseph Welch
Billingsleys
Beckingham
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