Riley allegations trigger contempt inquiry in superior court
Smal Riley faces investigation after alleging funds were raised to influence a court ruling on the eight hour law. Judges Griffin Frater Morris Albertson and Tallman convened. Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh to probe and potentially cite Riley for contempt if comments are proven. The 189x decision by Judge Bell deemed the eight hour law unconstitutional, a claim linked to Saturday’s convention remarks.
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Teene
Riley
Griffin
Frater
Morris
Albertson
Tallman
Mackintosh
William R. Bell
Raley
Elopement in Seattle Links Peet and Countess Opal
The actor Merbert Peet and Countess Opal von Polatkowek eloped from Los Angeles to Seattle. Opal, 16, from a distinguished Polish family, is described as musical and a talent in poetry and dance. Peet’s family includes poetess mother and surgeon father honored by France. The couple planned to wed in June amid political talk of local endorsements for Judge Moore and party dynamics.
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Sten Peet
Opal von Polatkowek
Los Angeles
Seattle
Merbert Peet
Burbank
Countess Opal
John Conserof Music
The
Harbert Peet
Gilead Peet
Battle ship Aquidaban fire claims three hundred sailors
NM Jan 22 A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro reports the fire on the battleship Aquidaban killed three hundred crew members. It is understood the ship caught fire and the flames reached the magazines.
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Rio de Janeiro
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Half clad Jap arrested after resisting officers in town
A Japanese man, reportedly insane, was found on Main Street half dressed and shouting. Officers Spiers and believed to be insane wrestled him into a wagon after a desperate fight, then again at the county jail before he was safely lodged in the county jail.
Democrats Endorse Judge Moore Ticket at Convention
Democratic leaders expect a convention to endorse Judge Moore and his followers on the Municipal Ownership ticket. J. W. Godwin says the move aims to maintain the party organization, with a convention likely to be called to formalize the nomination.
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Judge Moore
J. W. Godwin
First Woman Prosecutes in State Superior Court
Miss Reach Whitehead, assistant in the prosecuting attorney’s office, conducts a criminal appeal in Judge Frater’s court. She prosecutes Edward Deane charged with beating a cow to death with a club. The case marks the first time a woman has led a criminal prosecution in a state superior court.
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Miss Reach Whitehead
Suit Follows Seattle Electric Trip Claim by Passenger
J M Furce sues Seattle Electric before Judge Gillam claiming damages after a Rainier Heights car incident. Passenger Sam July Furce stepped through an open trap on the car and injured one leg seeking 1500 dollars.
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J. M. Furce
Seattle Electric Company
Gillam
Sam July
Furce
Rainier Meights
Hustling Coppers Arrest 41 in One Day
Yesterday was the busiest day at Moone police headquarters with 41 arrests in 24 hours. Most were for vagrancy drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Patrolmen Dolphin and Anderson led with eight arrests on vagrancy, while Detectives Barbee and Kennedy added five for gambling at the Oriental billiard hall and saloon on Thursday.
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Howra
Dolphin and
Anderson
Barbee and
Kennedy
Oriental Billiard Hall
Arrests Over No Visible Means of Support at Oriental Cafe
Bt. James and Hal Blake were arrested Sunday morning by City Detectives Barbee and Kennedy for loitering at gambling resorts. Officers Wilkes and Roberts arrested W. W. White at 6 15 yesterday afternoon on a disorderly conduct charge. The man is described as possibly insane, showing constant fear of pursuit by an unknown source.
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Bt. James
Hal Blake
Oriental Cafe
Barbee and Kennedy
Wilkes and Roberts
W. W. White
Thief Steals Coat Suit Watch and Chain from Home
Joseph Mernastein of 703 11th Ave South phoned police at 7:90 this morning to report a break in during the night. An overcoat a suit of clothes a 14 karat watch a nickel chain and a bunch of keys were stolen. The thief worked quietly and was not heard until morning.
Low Train Town News From Olympia
Governor Mead grants clemency and postpones execution for White while scheduled hearing on March 2 confirms stay. Clemen cy also granted for Moses Druziman in King County jail with support from local officials due to aiding jail escape prevention.
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White
Moses Draxinin
Serferce
King County
Etten
Druziman
Mackintosh
Sith
Citizemr Wd
Severe winter storms cripple Chicago and other cities
A brutal sleet storm isolates Chicago with downed wires halting telegraph and telephone lines, stalling elevated trains and trapping commuters. In St Paul trains run hours late as temperatures plunge and fog blankets New York. Nebraska reports 16 degrees below zero with a growing cold spell and a north gale. In Washington a forged check case leads to the arrest of McDonald, linked to Weir and a New England hotel incident, with detectives tying him to other forgeries.
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Chicago
Chicago & Western Indiana
ST. Paul
Jan
James Weir, Jr
New England
First Av
Main
Weir
Wappenstein
McDonald
Washington
Easl
American Bankers Association
Pinkerton
Smail
Seattle
Forger Ed McDonald Arrested at Alaska Commercial Hotel
Detective Wappenstein arrested Ed McDonald a noted forger wanted for over a year by the Pinkertons and the American Association of Bankers in an Alaska hotel this morning. The arrest followed the passing of a counterfeit note.
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Wappenstein
Alaska Commercial
Ed. McDonald
Pinkertons
American Association of Bankers
McDonald
Bar P Jones to Speak in Seattle Auditorium Tonight
Bar P Jones, renowned evangelist, arrives in Seattle at noon tomorrow to speak at the Auditorium. Over 1 600 seats have been sold and Captain Boyes, handling the lecture, said no more seats would be sold once 1 700 have been disposed of.
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Bar P. Jones
Seattle
Captain Boyes
Milwaukee Wins Control Of Pacific Coast Company
New York reports indicate the Milwaukee railway group has obtained control of the Pacific Coast company by purchasing about 10 million dollars in stock. The deal gives Milwaukee terminal facilities in Seattle and access to coal fields, plus the Columbia & Puget Sound railroad and associated assets. The move shifts Seattle’s railroad balance and creates a trans Pacific contender for Milwaukee.
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New York
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Pacific Coast Company
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Seattle
Washington
Harriman
Robert B. Strahorn
North Coast Road
Beattie
Pacifc Coast Company
Strahorn
Stetson-Post Mill
Columbia & Puget Sound Road
Columbia
Puget Sound
Harriman Lines
New York Dispatch
Pacific Coast
Cannon
Stock Exchange
Coast Company
Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad
First Arrest by J P E Peoples Police Chief Delaney
The first arrest by J P E Peoples, the newly appointed negro officer under Chief Delaney, occurred Sunday morning. The arrestee, a negro, faced charges of unlawfully buying a steamship ticket he had in his possession.
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J. &. Peoples
Delaney
One Year Sentenced in Port land Hotel Assault Case
Judge Frater today sentenced Robert Collier to one year in the penitentiary for attempted criminal assault on 12-year-old Helen Noyer at the Portland Hotel on December 30. Collier pleaded guilty and received the minimum sentence.
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Frater
Robert Collier
Helen Noyer
Portland Hotel
Columbia St
Collier
Garfield arraigns beef trial as government overreach
In Chicago on January 22 General John A. Cowen, for Cudahy Packing, denounced the government for compelling testimony in the beef case. He attacked Commissioner Garfield and lambasted use of immunity. Former Judge Hynes called Garfield a trickster.
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Chicago
United States
John AC. Cowomen
Cudahy Packing Company
Garfield
Cowen
Cudahy
Hynes
Packers
Garefield
Murderer shoots sweetheart then kills himself in Idaho
Henry Neubaumer a wealthy Alaska miner shoots his sweetheart Ollie Powell after she rejects him. He also wounds Lafayette Gray and his mother and sister before fatally shooting himself at the Gay residence. Ollie Powell survives with a left arm wound as the family tragedy unfolds.
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Alaska
Ollie Powell
Lafayette Gray
Gray
rGay
Neubaumer
Powell
Dawson
Boise
Bone
Ollie Powel
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Herbert Peet
Caf
Maga
Miss~ Whitehead
Joseph Mernastein
Olympia
Charlee FE. Coen
Mead Hee
Balt Lake
Mead
New York City
Detective Wappenstein
Bankers’ Association
Sam Jones
C. M. & St. Paul
Pacific Coast Co
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