Betrayal of Bob Hodge by Gill gang shocks Seattle
The Gill gang boasts of deceiving Sheriff Bob Hodge to sign a statement that harms his campaign for clean government in King County. They claim to be his friends while plotting to keep power for themselves. Hodge, trusting and open, faces a hard lesson in political deceit and may emerge a hardened, steadier official.
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Gill Gang
Bob Hodge
Gill
King County
Seattle
Bob
Hodge
Hi Gill
Robert T. Hodge
Scotland
Black Diamond
Christian Science practitioner victory shocks police failure
New York readers report the arrest of healer Willis Vernon Cole on Fifth Avenue failed to convict him of violating New York medical laws. Jubilant Christian Scientists view the outcome as a clean win for their practitioners.
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New York
Willis Vernon Cole
New York State
Cole
Salvation Lass for Police Chief
Members of the Artists league of the Political Equality association agreed that Maud Ballington Booth would make an ideal chief of a feminine police squad after hearing Dr. Anna Shaw’s address in New York. Booth’s leadership praised as a fit for women officers in the era.
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New York
Artists’ League
Steamer Coos Bay Run Aground Near Ventura
A report says the steamer Coos Bay lost her rudder and went ashore at Ventura this morning. Tugs have been asked to aid, but the vessel is not believed to be seriously damaged.
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United Fresc
San Pedro
Cal
Coos Bay
Ventura
Rebels Win At Shafter In Mexican Action
Reports from Shafter Texas confirm a second clash near Ojinaga where 150 federal troops were routed by a large force of revolutionists.
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United Press
Shafter
Tex
Ojinaga
Registration Totals Rise to About 71,750
Registration clerks in the Prefontaine building tally about 3,857 new registrants yesterday, bringing the overall total to roughly 71,750. They expect to finish late this afternoon as they complete the final sums.
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Prefontaine
Stringer Dismissed For Being Too Heavy For Duty
Lieut. Col. John Stringer was discharged from the national guard service by Adjt. Gen. Fred Llewellyn for weight reasons. Stringer weighs 164 pounds stripped and asserts no change since the Spanish American war.
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John Stringer
Volunteers
Adjt
Fred Llewellyn
National Guard Service
Stringer
Who's Who at Olympia
Hugh Todd, the young Whitman county representative, is described as a Democrat. Despite party lines, Speaker Taylor placed him on key house committees including rules banks and banking judiciary and privileges and elections. Todd was the youngest member two years ago at age 24 and was joined by fellow Democrat Charles R. Larue as his colleague.
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Hugh Todd
Hugh CC. Todd
Whitman County
Taylor
Todd
House
Chas. R. Larue
Nina the Monkey Triggers Portland Theft Damages
In Portland on January 28, a small monkey named Nina escaped from the Model Moving Picture theatre and damaged the Stancheff Bros. confectionery at 78 North Third Street. Fred Meame, owner of the theatre and Nina, faced a gun during the incident seeking $75 in damages.
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Portland
Nina
Stancheff Bros
North Third St
Fred Meame
Model Moving Picture Theatre
Stancheff
Mayor Interferes in Chicago Street Car Strike Threat
CHICAGO Jan 28 In an effort to avert a threatened strike of 35000 street car men Mayor Busse called a conference of traction line presidents for Monday to urge concessions to the men.
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Chicago
Busse
Fugitive Brenan Captured in Reno
Harry Brenan, who escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary at Salem on June 26, 1910, was captured in Reno today by Detective Hillhouse.
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Reno
Harry Brenan
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem
Hillhouse
Where Is Opie Read Hidden in Town
A Star reporter hunts for Opie Read a famed Chicago and Kentucky author and playwright. Kyle arrived Thursday evening and the Hotel Washington clerk says Read is not there and may have gone up the sound. Read is described as a large man weighing about 400 pounds noted for novels like The Kentucky Colonel and The Carpetbagger and other works.
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Opie Read
Chicago
Kentucky
Kyle
Star
Washington
Nix
Ople
Stronger Cigarette Law Aims To Ban Ownership
Olympia January 28 Representative Byerly author of the four year old anticigarette statute proposes a bill to prohibit ownership or manufacture of cigarettes.
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Olympia
Byerly
Death by hangman joke ends in fatal accident
Paris telegraph reports Pierre Malliet died after falling when his foot slipped while he pretended to hang himself as a joke. He had come home intoxicated and, to startle his wife, tied a rope to a chandelier and stood on a chair before the accident occurred.
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Paris
Pierre Malliet
Malliet
Hicktown Bee Briefs Note Local Goings On
Dee He were wae called out of town Inet night te attend a call that wae go the Bilin. Mise Maxy Tupper went shoppin im Seattle today. Quite a big crowd of citizens went to the train with Abel Dikke last night. Abel has gone to tag over Sunday with his nephew in Renton. We have got in a new toe of Cobian Girars, 2 for the Jenks Basten. Ivy has bad i feel to the government for more scent stamp. She sold 188 last week.
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Maxy Tupper
Seattle
Minervy
Abel Dikke
Abel
Pastor Sutton Charged With Fraudulent Registration
Reverend EB Br Sutton, a registration clerk in the Fourth precinct of the Thirteenth ward, faces charges of false and fraudulent registration dated January 20. He will appear before Justice Gardon on Wednesday morning and is free on personal recognizance.
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EB. Br. Sutton
Justice of the Peace Gardon
Sutton
Gould Sells Out Rumor Persists In Circulation
Rumor that Gould sells out continues to circulate with unspecified details and sources unclear leaving readers awaiting confirmation and clarification from involved parties or official statements.
Cornell poultry expert links short toe nails to thrifty laying
Prof. J. B. Rice of Cornell told Columbia farmers that selecting chickens with short toe nails yields thrifty fowls that lay nearly every day. He explained that short toe nails mean constant scratching for food, and a chicken that constantly scratches is likely to be industrious.
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Columbia, Mo
J. B. Rice
Cornell University
Juror Bribers Sentenced in Hillman Contempt Case
Judge Danworth suspends Hillman's sentence for contempt of court after he sent mafia style circulars to veniremen. Bail set at 2500 dollars. Also Kirk and Webb found guilty of attempted bribery of juror Van Horn, with Kirk six months and Webb four months in jail.
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C. D. Hillman
Danworth
Veniremen
Hillman
E. H. Anderson
McNeil’s Island
E. J. Kirk
M. J. Webb
Todd
C. D. Milliman
Don,worth
United States District Court
Kirk
MecNeil's Island
Webb
King County
Kirk and Webb
R. C. van Horn
van Horn
U. S
Sunday School Work On Mercer Island Assigned To Ladies
A committee of young ladies including Misses Adelaide Cecilia Savage Helen Savage Rosamond McNally and Mary Rieth will conduct Sunday School for Catholic boys on Mercer Island. F G Black son of H Black president of Seattle Hardware Co was fined $20 by Police Judge Gordon after a police chauffeur testified he outpaced the police car traveling at 32 miles per hour several days earlier.
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Mercer Island
Adelaide
Cecilia Ere Helen Savage
Rosamond McNally
Mary Rieth
F. G. Black
H. Black
Seattle Hardware Co
Gordon
Gill Club signers target alleges abuse of names
A report describes the Gill Gang pressuring Labor Temple visitors to sign for a supposed 20 000 Gill club. A former socialist notes he will not vote for Gill, while a Gill supporter urges signing any name for pay per name, showing the practice of collecting signatures regardless of support.
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Gill Club
Gill
Labor Temple
Law Repeal Considered in Naval Contracts Section
A vision to repeal the eight hour law for naval contracts was included in the naval appropriations bill reported to the house this afternoon. The item references a proposal noted on January 28.
Peace Declared Charleston West Virginia Senate Tangle Ends
Democratic threats to impeach Gov. Glasscock over a U S Senate entanglement dissolved as an agreement was reached, likely allowing the formal election of Watson and Chilton to the United States Senate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
United States
Watson and Chilton
United States Senate
Government seeks confirmation on Wheeling explosion report
Washington reports the government cannot verify a claimed explosion aboard the gun boat Wheeling, which is due to arrive at Guantanamo in Cuba tonight.
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Washington
Wheeling
Guantanamo
Cuba
Union depot lighting bid saga entwines city plant woes
A Seattle Star exposé links the Union depot lighting contract to alleged favoritism toward the Furth company. George R. Cooley's probe reveals a clerk drafted a bid at 2.5 percent per kilowatt hour with sliding scale, Arms delayed review, and Seattle Electric Co. securing the contract, prompting accusations of mismanagement of the city lighting plant.
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Star
Seattle
Furth Company
Union Depot
George R. Cooley
Cooley
Seattle Electric Co
Arms
GillArms
Robey Beaten and Held in Martinique Hotel Fraud Case
John R. Robey, president of Golden West Baking Co, was beaten and held in room 421 at the Martinique hotel as two men and a woman tried to cash a $250 check. The group, including a man named Barr and a woman identified as Miss May Richards, were later arrested after Robey warned the bank. The check was refused and Robey signed it under pressure, while a marriage certificate tied the woman to Barr.
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John T. Robey
Seattle
Tiene
Martinique Hotel
Eighth Av
Union St
John R. Robey
Golden West Baking Company
Robey
First National Bank
Martinique
Sergt. Pence
Humphrey
Porreea
We Marca
Barr
H. H. Carroll
Carroll
Baking Company
Miss May Richards
Mr. Robey
Barr and Carroll
Golden West Baking Co
Murphy
Facts and figures from historic US governance and crime
The passage lists figures about immigration, a Senate chamber, Capitol iron weight, silver dollar circulation, Taft’s daily pay, and John Jay as first chief justice, then describes a King County extradition delay over a $400 debt and a murder witness arrest in Vancouver with $1,000 bail.
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United States
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Taft
John Jay
Nims
King County
Police Department
Edward Nims
William Palmer
Vancouver
Seattle
Justice of the United States Supreme Court
The query concerns the United States Supreme Court justice position, outlining the role and selection process within the federal judiciary. It touches on nomination by the President, confirmation by the Senate, and lifetime tenure on the bench.
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United States Supreme Court
The New Calamity Liquor Price Hike Grips City
A Washington dispatch reports liquor prices on all grades will rise today as distillers increase costs. The piece mocks the move with coastal slang and notes the impact on drinkers and the city economy, claiming higher prices will hurt the working class and spark anger.
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Washington
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