Slater mayoral bid sparks debate over license and Harbor Island plan
The Star questions John C. Slater as Seattle mayoral candidate citing his Chamber service and ties to the Harbor Island terminal push. It also notes Alaska railroad talks advancing, predicting renewed Seattle growth, jobs, and a shift to become a Pacific Coast hub.
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John C. Slater
Slater
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Harbor Island
H. C. Pigott
Star
The Blindness of Vir and Sex Hygiene Debate at Moore
A London English players troupe at the Moore Theatre presents The Blindness of Vir about a clergyman and a student in a pastorate with a girl visiting a man in his bed. The piece sparks debate on sex education and propriety. critics question whether the theater should moralize or educate. The Bishop of London dramatizes the tale to urge sheltered lessons for young women.
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Moore Theatre
English Players
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Hamilton
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Moore
Beattle Labor Seeks Federal Action Over Mines
Resolutions filed urging the government to seize Permines in the strike region and order miners released. A meeting at Temple Tevolutions discussed sending appeals to Mt and Congress. Locals claim existing operations in the district are under union control amid bitter wage disputes.
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Gov
Mother Jones
Trinidad
Col
Temple
Fruit shippers win case over icing charges
California fruit shippers win a major Supreme Court victory against the Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Salt Lake railroads. The court sustained an interstate commerce order cutting refrigeration charges for fruit cars and ruled that railroads do not hold exclusive rights to icing or block shippers from pre cooling and pre icing their own cars.
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Washington
California
Supreme Court
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Salt Lake
Interstate Commerce
Gang Violence Claims Bystander in New York Shootout
Israel Asofaky, 33, died after a bullet from a battle between the Gabary and O Rourke gangs struck him near his fruit stand at Madison and Pike streets. A second bystander was killed two weeks earlier in a similar clash.
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New York
Does the Ford profit sharing help the Little Worker?
Detroit report details Henry Ford's profit sharing lifting workers like Henry Kull from 72.90 to 150 dollars a month and telegraph and telephone operators to higher pay. It highlights Alice Hockmuth earning three dollars a day for eight hours while many women gain similar 100 percent wage increases.
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Henry Kull
Dockman
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Henry Kall
Alice Hockmuth
Misa Hockmuth
Ford Telephone
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Anti Food Trust League Sets Egg Stamp Law Push
A state wide campaign to pass a law by the next legislature to limit egg storage and require date stamping will be launched by the Anti Food Trust league after a 2 30 Tuesday Commercial Club meeting.
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Anti- Food Trust League
Commercial Club
Hamilton Recall Meeting Planned at Labor Temple
Recall leaders announce a gathering at the Labor Temple tonight at o'clock with petitions to be printed for circulation. A committee of organization will be appointed and the public is invited to attend.
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Hamilton
Labor Temple
Seattle Rapid Transit Proposal Faces Municipal Ownership View
Mayor Cotterill and Council oppose a city built subway and elevated line to be leased to private company. They recall 1904 Moore franchise petition and favor a municipally owned system instead. Councilman Erickson agrees on future serious consideration only with city ownership.
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Wardall
Dora
Cotterill
Seattle
J. A. Moore
Erickson
Wilson outlines how trust law will operate
President clarifies anti trust policy stressing focus on direct monopoly. He says holding companies and penny holdings meeting state laws are not targets. The Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate under Justice Department direction with reports to the attorney general. Ads follow.
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Washington
Interstate Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Sophia Bound Liner Run Aground Near Alert Bay
Canadian Pacific confirms the Seattle bound steamer Sophia from Southeastern Alaska grounded in Alert Bay north of Vancouver Island. Details are scarce and it is unclear if all passengers and crew were saved. Northland Steamship Co rescue efforts report all Sophia passengers saved.
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Canadian Pacific Steamship Co
Seattle
Sophia
Alaska
British Columbia
Alert Bay
Vancouver Island
Aiki
Northland Steamship Co
Tts
Northland Company
Vancouver
Alaska railroad bill passes Senate with pro Northwest support
The Alaska railroad measure clears the Senate 46 to 16 amid celebrations in Seattle and Alaska communities. It authorizes up to 40 million dollars for a 1000 mile network with a presidential selection of route and possible government operation or lease. Passage in the House is anticipated with a parallel bill in play.
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United States Senate
Alaska
House of Representatives
Seattle
Tanana
Senate
Fairbanks
Valdez
Cordova
Seward
Wagner
Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
Jones-Chamberlain
What the Alaska Railroad Means
One thousand miles of railroad will be built with forty million dollars spent. Seattle will be the base of supplies. Thousands of workmen will be employed. The Alaska coal fields will be developed and permanent prosperity for Alaska and the Northwest is promised.
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Northland
Alaska
Northwest
Poindexter
Panama
Puget Sound
Seattle
Lane Fights To Save Radium As Poorman's Cure
Washington January 26 Secretary of the Interior Lane urged the House mines committee to withdraw all remaining radium ore lands. He argued the radium fight is a battle to protect families from cancer and should be a cure accessible to the poor, not just a millionaire’s remedy.
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Lane
Radium
Poorman
Washington
House Mines Committee
Local Film Show Sparks Humane Society Protest
The Mexican bull fight film shown at a local theater drew no cheers from the King County Humane Society. They notified Mayor Cotterill about the cruel killing depicted, urging action against the depiction of cruelty in the movie.
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King County Humane Society
Cotterill
Gov West to pursue suit to disincorporate Copperfield
In Salem on January 26 Governor West vows to proceed with the legal action to dissolve Copperfield under martial law unless Mayor Stewart and the council resign. The item notes a broader context about social conditions with a line about Kansas widows.
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Stewart
Copperfield
West
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