Progressive forces rally Cotterill bid for mayoral race
Mayor Cotterill addresses voters in Arcade three weeks ago to lure progressive lawmakers, a school teacher, and Mrs Mary Bogardua. Progressive Republicans and Democrats join the effort as a strong campaign organization forms. Women’s headquarters at the Lumber Exchange Building buzz with daily calls to enlist supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcademe
Mra
Mary C. Bogardua
Progressive Republican League
Progressive Democrats
Cotterill
Lumber Exchange
Jday
Pretty Chinese Suspect in Trunk Murder Hunt
Detectives and immigration officers scour coast for Oy Sen a pretty Chinese woman linked to the mutilated body of Seid Bing found in a trunk at King Street station. Clues point to Seattle and Portland visits with a possible lover’s quarrel motive. Two inquests planned as shipments and remans proceed to Portland.
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Portland
Constede
United States Immigration Department
Oy Sen
Seid Ape
Seid Bing
King St
Bing
Dalles, Or
Seattle
San Francisco
Joe Day
Seid Lack
Seid Sing
Union
Explorers Strive for Mt McKinley Top of the Earth
Prof. Herechel Parker of Columbia University and Belmore Browne of Tacoma lead a party from Seattle aboard the Alameda toward Mt. McKinley. They aim to reach the summit, amid doubts about rival reports by Dr. Cook and Tim Lloyd, while Browne seeks material for books and scientific value for Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herechel Parker
Columbia University
Belmore Browne
Tacoma
Seattle
Alameda
Alaska
Mt. McKinley
Top
Browne
Parker
Dr. Cook
Tim Lloyd
Se—_ A prospector
Doula
Cook
Lloyd
Hie
George Browne
Griggs
Trial details reveal witness issues and bank money schemes
In Seattle Dr Hazzard trials the defense questions Mrs Smith witnessability while the state rests aside from expert testimony on starvation cure. Muscards sought funds from Williamson sisters in Canadian banks and aimed to seize Dorothea's money in London bank, but officers required clear instructions beyond a handwritten slip.
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Seattle
Mrs. Smith
Cinsire
Muscards
Williamson Sisters
Dorothea
London & Westminster County Bank of London
Benefit Dance For Two Needy Families
A Yeomen dance at the 10 G T hall Virginia and Boren tonight raises funds for two destitute families. Attendees are urged to bring food or clothing. Donations tonight aid the families, with a January 5 event to follow a ball and card party with a small admission, benefiting the same families.
Bryan Wears Short Freckled Trousers in St Louis Station
In St Louis Jan 25 Wm J Bryan arrives at Union Station to discuss the presidential scene with local politicians. He notices his trousers need pressing and they are pressed off briefly then replaced as he returns to the waiting room. He and Jos Folk chat as Bryan misses the 9 05 am train to Lincoln due to the lengthy discussion.
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Bryan
ST. Louis
Wm. J. Bryan
Union Station
Jos. W. Folk
Bryantoo
Folk
The
Nebraskan
Lincoln
Woman Struck by Auto Injures Leg in City
Mrs Letta Hanson of 1912 NE Ave was struck by an automobile driven by Alvin T at the Bon Marche corner at 11 am today as she crossed the street. The vehicle passed over her leg, breaking it in two. Dr Heavenitch rushed her to City Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letta Hanson
Alvin T
Bon Marche
Judge rules private card games not gambling under 1609 law
Justice Fred C. Brown finds that casual card play in a private house club saloon or on a train does not meet the state gambling definition. The decision notes a game must be conducted for gambling when money is involved and the case will go to higher court for further review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Fatiad
Jackson
Iehepmntina Waa
Brown
Girls rewarded for saving train near Alta
Little Alma Martin and her sister Aileen, both of San Francisco, were each awarded 100 dollars by the Southern Pacific company for prompt and intelligent action after discovering a broken rail near Alta on January 13 while the overland limited was approaching.
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San Francisco
Alma Martin
Southern Pacific Overland Limited
Siso
Aileen
Company
Alta
Knockout Drops Allegations Hit Local Resort
Hazel Irwin, a dance hall girl, testified that knockouts are used by resort owners to rob visitors. Ada Fulton Bretagne, formerly of Sacramento, implicated Jimmy Lacher's resort in drugging visitors, citing multiple incidents to back her claim.
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Sak Francisco
Lar Bary Coast
Hazel Irwin
Captain Doke
Ada Fulton Bretagne
Sacramento
Everett Treasurer Missing with $19,423 Shortage
Accounts of Alex Keay, treasurer of Everett, Washington, show a $19,423 shortage after his sudden disappearance. Keay has not been located. his bond with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company was $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Wash
Fan
Alex Keay
State Bureau of Inspection
Keay
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Wilde trial opens in Portland for embezzlement
Special Prosecutor A E B Clark outlined the state's case in the Wilde embezzlement trial. Malarkey for the defense followed with his response. The state alleges Wilde and ex cashier W Cooper Morrin of the defunct Oregon Trust and Savings Bank sold stocks to the bank at par and divided 90000 in the difference between market and par value.
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Portland, Or
Louis J. Wilde
San Diego
A. E B. Clark
Malarkey
Clark
Wilde
W. Cooper Morrin
Oregon Trust and Savings Bank
Great Faith Is Mrs. Tingley
In San Diego on January 25 Judge Cunningham opened the deposition in the Thurston will case. Mary Hastie testified she had great faith in Katherine Tingley, whom she says influenced Harriet Patterson before she became Mrs. Thurston, and that Tingley ultimately received the larger share of Thurston's fortune via the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cunningham
Newcastle
Geo. L. Patterson
Thurston Will
Mary Hastie
Hastie
Harriet Patterson
Thurston
Katherine Tingley
Ways and Means Back Underwood Tariff Revision
The Ways and Means Committee reported favorably on the Underwood bill to revise iron and steel tariffs. House Democrats plan a caucus on Saturday to push for adoption of the bill.
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Washington
Jan
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Democrats
Weather forecast predicts rain and cool spell
Rain expected tonight and Friday with a drop in temperatures. Moderate southerly winds will accompany the unsettled weather through the period.
C P Connolly to Visit Seattle Next Week
C P Connolly, noted publicist and author of Hig Business and the Bench, now in California, plans to deliver an address in Seattle next week. His judicial problem articles for Everybody's Magazine have been in preparation for years, with prior fame from Collier's and other magazines.
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C. P. Connolly
Hig
Star
California
Seattle
Connolly
Everybody's Magazine
Collier's
Young Clark to Plead Insanity in Bank Murder Case
Adelbert Clark charged with first degree murder for killing banker Lawrence Bar in Centralia while attempting a bank robbery. He pled not guilty yesterday and planning an insanity defense. Trial set for early March.
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Chenalis
Washotansh
Adelbert Clark
Lawrence Bar
Centralia
Doesn’t Remember Confession Now Denies Arson
San Francisco January 25 United Press says David Abrams, the tailor once confessing to arson at Broad Way flats, now denies any guilt and claims he does not remember signing a confession. He is hospitalized in the Emergency department and says he attempted suicide due to years of depression.
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United Press Season
San Francisco
David Abrams
Broadway
Mra. Net
Abrams
Young Benny Tougood Bales Under Freight Car Ride
Five year old Benny Tougood of San Bernardino carried his toy car and rode a Salt Lake train’s brakebeam for six blocks. A brakeman found him under the car and pulled him free after Benny said he enjoyed the trip and seemed unaware of the danger.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Benny Tougood
Salt Lake
Benny
Coast Defense War Games to Test San Francisco Fortifications
About 25 000 regular and state troops, the Pacific naval fleet and aerial cruisers will rehearse an invasion of San Francisco next August. The invasion force will advance from Half Moon Bay against land defenses, with militias from Utah New Mexico and Arizona included in the maneuvers.
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Washington
San
San Francisco
Pacific Naval Fleet
Army of Invasion
Half Moon Bay
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Michigan Governor Osborn backs Roosevelt for president
Governor Osborn of Michigan declared support for Franklin D. Roosevelt, saying he favors Roosevelt for president first, last and all the time. The remarks were delivered in Urnsing, Michigan.
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United Press
Mich
Jan Ae
Osborn
Michigan
Roosevelt
Duke of Connaught Drives Engine Through Hudson Tunnel
The Duke of Connaught began his Washington trip by personally driving electric engine No. 23 through the Hudson Tunnel to the Manhattan transfer station in Harrison New Jersey. His private car Signal was attached to the train, which joined the Pennsylvania express at Harrison. He called the tunnel work the most marvelous piece of engineering he had ever seen.
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New York
Duke of Connaught
Washington
Hudson River
Manhattan
Harrison
N. J
Harrison Station
Tragedy at Bay Ends in Rescue and Hope
Gertrude Bernal of Livermore leapt into the bay in a suicide attempt after taking a dance hall job to secure medical care for her dying mother. A watchman saved her, and both are hospitalized at Emergency. Doctors say the mother will live.
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Gan Francisco
Gertrude Bernal
Livermore
Duke of Connaught Arrives for White House Reception
The Duke of Connaught arrived at 4 30 p m and was driven to the British embassy where the 15th cavalry from Fort Meyer would escort him to the White House. A military band will perform God Save the King and The Star Spangled Banner during arrivals and departures at the blue room reception where Mrs Taft will pour tea in the red room.
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United Press
Washington
Duke of
Red
Flooded basements blamed on Ericksom sewer project
Neighborhood residents along Thirty first avenue and Re puticam street report flooded yards and cellars due to alleged neglect in installing a trunk sewer by the Ericksom company. Heavy rains over the past two days worsen the situation.
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Thirty-first Avenue
Reputicam Street
Ericksom Company
McNamara Remains in Jail Over Bank Looting Case
John McNamara, ex San Francisco saloon keeper, held in New York on alleged complicity in the Bank of Montreal robbery at New Westminster B C carrying $258 000. Judge Hough denies habeas corpus and orders kept in jail and the $800 seized at arrest.
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New York
John McNamara
San Francisco
Bank of Montreal
New Westminster
B. C
United States
Hough
Battle
McNamara
Registration Deadline Nears For Feb 13
Registration closes February 13 with long lines possible later. A yesterday’s fee of 11 dollars was reported. Visit the Prefontaine building across from City Hall between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and until 9 p.m. on Saturdays to register.
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Prefontaine Building
City Hall
Seifer Faces Life Trial With Two Women Jurors
Charles Seifer stands trial for first degree murder in the killing of John Craig Great Northern section foreman last Labor Day. Seifer claims self defense after a quarrel over a fraudulent time check. Two women jurors sit on the panel, among the first in Washington on a first degree murder case.
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Charles Seifer
John Craig
Great Northern
Seifer
Craig
Tion
Emma L. Wood
Schreiner
Washington
Ida M. Kleeman
Av. S
Jane A. Leeson
Greenwood Ay
Murphy
Lindsey
George Friend
Tacoma Recall Prompted By Citizens Vote Pressure
Voters sign petitions calling for a recall vote at the April commissioners election. Mayor W. W. Seymour appears certain to be recalled while Commissioner of Public Utilities B. F. Weeks faces removal or resignation amid rising pressure.
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United Press
Tacoma
W. W. Seymour
Public Utilities
B. F. Weeks
Seymour
Woman’s Good Roads Congress Opens Second Session
Delegates numbering over 150 from all parts of Washington attend the second session in Tacoma. L. Frank Brown of Seattle opened with a talk on Co operation, the keynote of Good Roads, followed by Mrs. Walter Reed of North Yakima discussing Restoration and Historical Roads.
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United Press
Tacoma
Washington
Woman's Good Roads Congress
L. Frank Brown
Seattle
Walter Reed
North Yakima
Questioning Tax Measures and Seattle Real Estate Growth
The text questions whether a single tax measure will lower homeowner taxes and cites Seattle real estate values rising by over 210 million in ten years. It notes landlords at 47 Second Avenue earning more from rentals than city departments combined and claims newcomers add 500 to 800 to land values. It also attributes to George F. Cotterill a history of charter amendments expanding popular power.
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Seattle
Second Avenue
George F. Cotterill
Free lecture on Mining Law by Herr at Y M C A
Willis B. Herr of Herr Bayley and Wilson will discuss the legal requirements for miners and prospectors at a free lecture this evening at the Y M C A. The talk covers licensing, claims, and compliance basics for those pursuing mineral work.
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Willis B. Herr
Herr, Bayley & Wilson
Committee on Truth presents butter subject in fresh act
The scene features Bill Banks, Prof Snitz, and Doc Hawkins as members of the Committee on Truth. The group banters about the next performance, promising a new show on the topic What Is Fresh Butter. The troupe crafts a playful satire as they prepare for another trail.
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Committee On Truth
Bill Banks
Snitz
Doc
Hawkins
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Dalles
Oregon
At Parker
Dr. Hazzard
Reac Cne
Mrs. Tingley
C.P. Connolly
Young Clark
Baby IS
T. R
DUKE
Woman’s Congress
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