Murder in Reedwood Wood Yard Stuns City Police Probe
Police seek unknown man murdered near 801 First Avenue. He was struck with a metal bar and dragged between wood piles in Reedman yard after a night in the city. Witnesses report a fight, pockets rifled, coat missing, and a possible year fraternity tie. Police study lodging houses and nearby saloons for identification.
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Reedman
Bonney Watson's
Tennant
Detective Department
Irom
Hertilon
Tensant
Wappenstein
Hertilion Gallery
New York Hit By Severe Blizzard Weather
United Press reports a major blizzard strikes New York City with steady snowfall and drifting snow. City roads and elevated and surface streetcars face disruptions as traffic slows and suburban trains struggle to operate.
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Wight
Anniversary of Valencia wreck remembered in Seattle funeral
The Valencia disaster on January 24 1906 near Cape Bente left 117 aboard dead or lost as rescuers recovered 16 bodies in Seattle. The Building Trades Assembly raised about 1100 to aid victims and families. A public funeral was held September 23 in Grand Opera house with 16 bodies interred at Mt Pleasant cemetery.
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Valencia
Cape Bente
Pacific
Ami
Building Trades Assembly of
Seattle
Vancouver
Beattie
Grand Opera House
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Robbery on Westlake Avenue Night Scene
Gertrude McCounts was robbed on Westlake Avenue last night at about 9 o clock while walking home. A thief sprang from a street corner and grabbed her purse, escaping toward Pine Street as a police officer pursued with little chance to recover the bag.
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Gertrude McCounts
Westlake
Miss McComb
Daring Attempt To Blow Up Italian Bank Reported
A newspaper brief notes an attempted bombing of an Italian bank last night. Victim Pasquale A. is cited among unnamed bankers as officials report the incident remains under investigation.
Bomb Blast At Bank Leaves Salvatore Pati Wounded
Pati and son displayed cash deposit proof as two bombers unseen by bankers triggered an explosion at a bank vault. Salvatore Pati was cut by flying glass while guarding the money, as thousands of Italian onlookers watched the wreck in confusion. Clerks had left hours earlier and the attackers vanished into the crowd. GOOD ROADS MEETING J T Ronald to speak on useful points in road construction in Washington at King County Good Roads association meeting tomorrow afternoon.
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Pati
Salvatore Pati
J. T. Ronald
Washington
King County Good Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce
Great Composer MacDowell Dies in New York
Edward Alexander MacDowell renowned as America's foremost composer died at Westminster Hospital at the hour of night aged 46. Death attributed to a nervous affection.
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New York
Edward Alexander MacDowell
America
Westminster Hospital
At & O'Clock
Unclear financial balances recorded for Tacoma clearings
Fragmentary figures show clearings and balances in Tacoma with amounts such as 663 and 765.78, and totals including 554,604.00 and 792,726.00. The text lists multiple balances like 124,224.08 and 11,596.00 with incomplete context.
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Tacoma
Insane in Hospitals and Streets Warned by Doctor
Dr Eimer Pettijohn, a nervy specialist, says thousands are insane in hospitals and sanitoriums in Chicago as well as many walking the streets near insanity due to sleep loss. The piece also notes Seattle Tacoma interurban trains will make three stops daily at Bluff.
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Chicago
Eimer
Pettijohn
Seattle Tacoma
Bluff
Graves criminal insane law upheld in Thuroton county
Olympia January 24 Judge Ling in the superior court sustained the constitutionality of the Graves criminal insane law passed last session. The decision arose during the trial of W D loan charged with shooting Mallory at Teningiaet year. The defense sought to introduce evidence on relations between Mallory and the Sloan family and proposed an emotional insanity plea. The court rejected the plea and ruled the law valid after arguments.
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Olympia
Ling
Thuroton County
W. D. @loan
Mallory
Sloan
Siter
Thaw Murder Trial Postponed Amid Witness Delay
Attorney Littleton asked to delay further proceedings in the Harry Thaw murder trial to Monday. The steamship Adriatic, with three key witnesses from Europe, is off Sandy Hook due to stormy seas, and defense witness Deman is recovering from pneumonia. District Attorney Jerome did not object, and the court granted the postponement.
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Yew
Littleton
Harry Thaw
Europe
Sandy
Etty
Deman
Jerome
Portland Fire Ravages City Hall and Business District
A devastating blaze in Portland Maine began at 2 18 morning and burned until 10 o clock destroying several buildings and the new city hall valued at 800 900 dollars while losses reach about 1 000 00. Fire departments from Lewiston Bath and ford aided the effort in a catastrophe not seen since 1868 when the city nearly burned.
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United Press
Portland
Lewiston
Bath
Deford
Lowe Ls
Ravenna Park Sale Talks Drive City Purchase
City officials begin talks with Beattie family over Ravenna park owned by W. W. Beck and wife. Park board expected to state its stance on buying the 6 acre site priced around 100000 dollars. Officials hope to reach terms acceptable to both sides and the city.
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Beattie
Ravenna Park
W. W. Beck
One of Commerce
Ua Gavchace
Dean Condon to Read Smith Book in Washington University clash
Two rival political science camps at the University of Washington prepare for a lively exchange. Dean John T. Condon of the law school will read a review of The Spirit of American Government by Dr. J. Allen Smith, head of political science, on Tuesday February 4. Smith advocates radical public reforms and criticizes the Supreme Court while Condon supports constitutional government and classical economic views. The club meeting promises a keen discussion.
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University of Washington
John T. Condon
Law School
Political Science Club
J. Allen Smith
United States Supreme Court
Dean Condon
Niens
Dr. Smith
Police Detain Officers Over Lunatic Black Hand Letters
Police search for the so called Black Hand letters sent to residents in restricted districts. Chief Wappenstein says the letters demand money under threat of death and that no Black Hand society exists locally, though efforts to locate the writer continue.
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Wappenstein
Rieters
Frisco Unemployed Set for Mass Meeting at Walton’s Pavilion
Frisco moves to marshal its unemployed in a large rally planned for next Sunday afternoon. A call has been issued to the army of unemployed for a mass meeting at Walton's pavilion, with organizers outlining the program and aims of the demonstration.
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Ban Francisco
San Francisco
Army of Unemployed
Walton's Pavilion
Movement organizers map plan to mobilize thousands in city
The organizers of the movement outline measures to bring the problem to an immediate head. Ways and means to employ thousands of city men will be discussed and committees will likely be appointed to carry out the work.
City improves relief by hiring park workers
Superintendent Thompson announced approval by the board to employ several hundred additional unemployed men in city parks. Applicants may apply at the board offices on the fourth floor of the Hinckley block to secure work.
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Thompson
Rk Board
Hinckley
Vigilantes Target Tramps in Southern California
Loot threats and train harassment by roving tramps trigger fear in desert towns. Vigilante groups form as 50 to 200 brakebeam tourists ride daily between El Paso and Los Angeles amid widespread robberies and residents arming for protection.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Ifornia
el Paso
Salt Lake Papers Signal Two Senate Aspirants Named
In Salt Lake City two notable figures raise senatorial ambitions as former Senator W A Ctonel Newhouse and E A Wall receive backing, while media outlets hint at Fortunes of mining interests and party dynamics shaping the nomination process.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Salt Lake Herald
W. Ac Tonel Newhouse
E. A. Wall
Salt Tribune
Hese
West
Col Wall
Peete
Poultry Show Judging Concludes With Crowing Winners
Judging in the poultry show finished at noon today and winners are crowing. The show will reopen at 1 o clock tomorrow night for visitors to view the ribbon winning birds and their prizes. Attendance and awards were notably improved this year.
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Torrow
Seattle Capitalists Leave for Mazatlan Mission
A party of Seattle capitalists sailed from San Pedro for Mazatlan and other western Mexican ports to study the potential for a fruit steamer line from San Pedro to Mexico banana districts.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Seattle
San Pedro
Mazatlan
Mexico
Public auction for 1800 boxes of Japanese oranges
The United States customs men will hold a public auction tomorrow at 10 o'clock at the Great Northern Docks in Smiths Cove. The sale covers 1800 boxes of Japanese oranges that arrived on a late steamer.
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United States
Great Northern
Smiths Cove
Actress Bride Undergoes Appendectomy In Chicago
Mrs Charles Stanley Albert formerly Miss Sarah Trimx, an actress, underwent an appendectomy at a Chicago hospital yesterday. The newlyweds were married Wednesday. Doctors say Mrs Albert is in satisfactory condition and on the way to a speedy recovery.
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Chicago
Charles Stanley Albert
Sarah ‘Trimx
Albert
Appeal Taken On City Right of Way Assessment
An appeal is taken in Judge Gilliam’s superior court decision releasing Seattle Electric from the Jackson right of way assessment. The verdict affirms most of the assessment roll with exceptions, including a ruling that the street railway right of way levy should be charged to the general fund. Relative Humphrey advocates more government boats on the Pacific coast.
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Gilliam
Seattle Electric Company
Jackson
Tamnet
Regrade
Assess. T
Street Raily Corporation
Humphrey
Pacific Coast
Firemen Killed in Baltimore Blaze
A Baltimore blaze claimed the lives of two firemen. The report notes an arrest of a suspect, M. Ek Mooner, by Officer Cummings as a fugitive, with Sheriff Edwards of Yakima involved in the case.
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M. EK. Mooner
Cummings
Edwards
Yakimna
Norman Martin Found Guilty of Highway Robbery
Norman Martin was found guilty by a jury in the criminal department of the superior court on a charge of highway robbery. Sentence will be pronounced tomorrow unless an appeal is taken. Martin, of samere youth, is said to have beaten and robbed Gus Hill, a farmer near Swan Lake. Hill's condition was precarious for a time. The evidence against Martin was largely circumstantial.
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Norman Martin
Criminal Department of the Superior Court
Martin
Gus Hill
Swan Lake
Hill
King Alfonso Narrowly Escapes Wild Boar Attack
Madrid January 24 King Alfonso faced a perilous hunting incident when a wild boar charged him after he killed a first animal. The boar leapt again and would have struck the king were it not for a quick shot from a member of the party that ended the animal. The king was unhurt.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Forg er Caught in Los Angeles City Rooming House
Chas R Lawcon former savings bank teller of San Francisco was arrested by detectives in a rooming house on E Fifth Street and booked on forgery charges. He is believed to have defrauded merchants and storekeepers across Tennessee Arkansas and the Pacific coast of more than 10000 over two years.
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United Press
Angeles
Chas
R. Lawcon
Ban Francisco
E. Fifth
Tennessee
Arkansas
Pacific Coast
Beers Returns From Revival to Preach on Foreign Missions
Rev Alexander Beers president of Beattie Seminary and pastor of First Free Methodist Seattle returns from revival work in Spokane Sunnyside and will preach at Pu yn and hall at 11 a m Sunday Mrs Beers heads the Washington Conference Women Foreign Missionary Society and both support foreign missions.
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Alexander Beers
Beattie Seminary
First Free Methodist Church of
Seattle
Spokane
Sunnyside
Poyanand Hall
Il A. m. Sun
Beers
Womens Foreign Missionary Society
Washington Conference
Pickle Factory Divorce Case Heads to Court
Rosalie Dutcher files for divorce from Thomas H. Dutcher claiming a souring marriage due to his work in a pickle and cider factory at 2609 Western Ave. The couple, married April 19, 1906, owned half the business. She alleges abuse and eviction and seeks $40 monthly alimony plus costs.
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Thomas H. Dutcher
Rosalie Dutcher
Dutcher
Western Av
Mill Workers Meeting Declared Off
The sawmill workers meeting planned for Sunday afternoon has been canceled. A mass meeting two weeks earlier prompted other plans to address unemployment, with prospects of success.
Suit filed in superior court over $1500 salary and advances
Harry Savings sues Low Creek Copper Company in superior court for 1500 dollars claimed as salary and advances to employees who worked on the company's property in November and December of last year.
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Harry Savings
Low Creek Copper Company
Aptos burglary trio plead guilty in church desecration case
Santa Cruz January 24 Patrick Aston Edward White and J T Riddie pleaded guilty to burglary for breaking into a Catholic church at Aptos and destroying statuary and other property They were each sentenced to three years in Folsom penitentiary
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Santa Cruz
Patrick Aston
Edward White
J. T. Riddie
Aptos
Folsom
Fire kills three and injures ten in Baltimore blaze
A January fire on Holliday and Saratoga streets destroyed 450000 in property. Three firemen died Lieut. Frederick Harmas Fireman William J. Pugh and one unidentified man. Chief George Horton among the injured as flames spread amid a northwest gale and extreme cold. Most loss fell on J Regester Sons and Baltimore Hell and Urass firms with other firms and city hall annex also damaged. Fire under control by 2:30 a m.
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My United Press
Pee Timore
Helliday and
Saratoga Sts
George Horton
Frederick Harmas
William J. Pugh
Holliday and
Saratoga Sta
J. Regester Sons Company
Saratoga St
Regester
Baltimore Hell and Urass Company
Heatley & Shriver
Glovers
North Holliday #t
Kyon & Emerich
East
BE. B. Reed & Sonn, Company
Kregester
Saratoxa «T
City Hall
Hearth Department
Mahoot
Frederick Harman
William B. Pugh
WIFE FOILS THE AUTHORITIES
O Mathie, fugitive president of the Exchange Hank of Blaine, evades prosecution for alleged forgery of $3,000 in county school warrants. Wives the warrants were posted as collateral for a $1,500 loan. Mrs Mathis later redeemed the paper by mortgaging her home and estate, hindering prosecutors.
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United Press
Bellingham
Jan
O. Mathie
Hank
Blaine
Mathis
Dr. Dunblack
Unemployed Demonstrators Challenge Chicago Police
Chicago police fear mass unrest after Ben Bettman followers clash with officers. Chief Shippy orders extra patrols and ammo from armory while fire department stands ready to aid via water streams. Bettman vows no jury trial as officials mobilize 43 stations and fundraising for unemployed relief launches with pledges reaching into thousands.
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Chicago
Ben Bettman
Shippy
Rettman
Prigmore and Herald to Fight Tax Cases
A morning conference led to Prigmore and Herald taking sole charge of county tax cases in both superior and federal courts. County officers plan to hire assistance to handle other duties, freeing them to focus on the large tax assessment dispute involving public service franchises. officials warn a bad ruling could unravel this year’s entire corporation assessment and disrupt the county tax rolls.
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Heckingham
Mackintosh
Prigmore
Herald
Prizmore
Bar
King County
Parish
Insurance swindler nabbed by police
William Watson an engineer living under an assumed name was captured in Los Angeles after eluding authorities through London Paris Canada and the United States. He confessed to staging a fake drowning off the British coast in 1806 to defraud an large English insurance company and related domestic troubles and affairs led to his flight.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
England
William Watson
Watson
North
Sunderland
Eng
London
Paris
Canada
Quebec
United States
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Confessor Is Star Witness in Hall Mays Trial
W. W. Steiner, codefendant in Hall Mays land fraud and conspiracy cases, pleaded guilty and then testified as star witness in this morning session. He claimed Hall discussed the fencing case with him during the 1908 state legislature, swore he voted for Geer then switched to Fulton, and remained on the stem all day.
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Portland
Ore
W. W. Steiner
Hall-Mays
Steiner
Hall
Geer
Fulton
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