Easterners rally to aid Alaska development effort
The Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce reports a flood of letters from Eastern business interests and citizens seeking to back Alaskan development. Judge Wickersham and several senators and congressmen respond with support, praising the campaign’s broad national interest and promising legislative backing where possible.
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Alaska
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Judge Wickersham
Friends of
Congress
Schwabacher Hardware Company
Crane Company
William Hickman Moore
J. H. Irving
Claude C. Romney
Frank J. Laubie
W. D. Allen
Robert K. Dykes
J. F. Douglas
Simonds Mfg. Co
Stewart-Holmes Drug Co
Bon Marche
Schwabacher Bros. & Co
Pillsbury Flour Mills Company of
Minneapolis
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Matthews Brokerage Co
Omaha
Neb
The Wanderers at Class A Theatre Offers Stark Fist Fight
A three part Vitagraph feature stars il am Duncan as Clem and George Holt as Lorraine in a brutal on screen bout. The tale centers on a camp boss’s feud with Muskeg Jake’s daughter set in Athabasca Landing Canada during boom days. The program includes Selig Tribune newsreel When the Circus Comes to Town and Pathe colored Headdresses of Holland.
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Ilam Duncan
Clem
George Holt
Lorraine
Holt
Selig Tribune
Pathe
Holland
Seattle
Ferry route vote sparks heated county meeting
County Commissioner Lafe Hamilton and Vashon Island Attorney Myers clashed over a ferry election. Myers claimed irregular ballots with Tacoma ties and 300 votes cast by Tacoma residents. Hamilton demanded Myers publicly back his stance or face fallout. Investigation began into precinct irregularities including overregistered turnout on the island.
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Lafe Hamilton
Myers
Vashon Island
Hamilton
Tacoma
Terenta
Portage
Des Moines
Vashon Heighta
Seattle
Lusitania Talks Improve as Berlin Sends Proposals
Washington officials show optimism over Lusitania negotiations after Berlin signals a direct message to the state department. A hopeful view grows from Ackerman's Berlin dispatch that the German foreign office may present definite proposals to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
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Washington
Germany
United Press
Ackerman
Berlin
Foreign Office
State Department
Republicans Plan Lincoln Day Banquet And Deliberate Delegate Selection
The bull moose state central committee will meet around May 1 to decide how national convention delegates are chosen. Republicans will hold a Lincoln day banquet at the Hippodrome pavilion with seating arranged for 1,200 attendees.
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Bull Moose State Central Committee
Repubblicans
Hippodrome
Pole valuations clash in state rate hearing in Tacoma
In Tacoma a hearing on Pacific Telephone and Telegraph's ratebase reveals a small one million dollar gap between state Public Service Commission engineers and company engineers over pole valuations. The company’s figures show pole costs rising from 8 to 18 dollars per pole since 1910, while the commission questions the discrepancy and asks for explanation.
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Tacoma, Jan. Sr
State Public Service Commission
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ralph Pierce
Seattle
Yuma Fights Flood As Gila Crest Nears
Jan 31. With the crest of the new Gila river flood not due until the afternoon, all Yuma residents fought to keep the deluge from destroying lowland sections. The levee held but river banks collapsed nearby and water streamed over the Hard Indian reservation on the California side. Wagon loads of rock were dumped in the path as ranchers fled with livestock before them.
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Yuma
Gila
California
Registration Surges to 2068 in Record Year
A big registration day pushed totals to 51,081 with 10 days remaining. The notice urges immediate action to avoid long lines and future delays.
Mitchell On Trial For Opium Sale To Chinese Merchant
Frank Mitchell faced a seven women and five men jury in Judge Frater's court Monday charged with selling a five tael tin of gum opium to King Chong Lang a Chinese merchant The case highlights the era's crackdown on opium trafficking and cross cultural commerce.
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Frank Mitchell
King Chong Lang
Peace Getter Arrives Here
Miss Grace DeGraff of Portland, member of the Henry Ford peace party, arrived in Seattle Monday afternoon from the boat. She said editors misinformed the public about events on board and denied dissension among real peace delegates. DeGraff noted six delegates will go to The Hague to advocate peace on neutral grounds. She formerly led Kenton school and was president of the National League of Grade Teachers.
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Grace DeGraff
Portland
Seattle
Miss DeGraff
Messachua
Henry Ford
Dimple Maker Invented by Los Angeles High School Girl
Miss Elizabeth Jermaine of Los Angeles develops a reusable dimple maker using a lard bucket bail and corks. She partners with a manufacturer to patent the device now on the market, adjustable on the cheeks for desired dimples sought by girls and even boys.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Jermaine
Elizabeth
Jermaine
Life Saved By Snow In Tacoma Fire Incident
Mrs. Albert Hollycross is grateful after a gasoline flare up near a gas jet ignited flames that engulfed her clothing. Neighbor Iva Cokee rolled her in snow, extinguishing the fire before firefighters arrived.
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Tacoma
Albert Hollycros
Iva Cohee
Hollycross
Snook Weds Again As Attorney Remarries
Attorney Herbert E. Snook marries Donna Snook after a prior divorce from Ina Hoffmann. Hoffmann of West Seattle, 1618 Sunset Ave., had sued under the lazy husband act. The ceremony took place Saturday.
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Herbert E. Snook
Donna Snook
Ina Hoffman
Sunset Ave
West
Seattle
Snook
No Kicks From Waitresses
Olympia reports waitresses in the state are satisfied with current wages. State Labor Commissioner E. W. Olson says no complaints have reached the industrial welfare commission about low pay for waitresses or cannery workers. A proposed $11 minimum wage was rejected more than a year ago and no further action has been taken.
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Olympia
E. W. Olson
Industrial Welfare Commission
Olson
Pites Cured and Refund Offer for PAZO OINTMENT
Advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding or protruding piles in six hours with first application relief and offers a refund if it fails. It mentions a 50 price and emphasizes quick relief.
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Dave Dengate
Dr C Franklin Mohr Denied Father Claim in Murder Trial
The Providence trial of Mrs Mohr and two Black men featured the first direct charge that Dr C Franklin Mohr denied paternity of Charles and Virginia Mohr. Gustavus Mohr submitted a letter from the doctor stating the children she claims are not mine.
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Providence
R. 1
C. Franklin Mohr
Charles
Virginia Mohr
Gill to Speak at Green Lake Banquet
Mayor Gill will speak at the annual Green Lake Business Men's Association banquet at Thorne's hall on Friday night February 18. A L Valentine superintendent of public utilities and Judge Remsberg will also address the gathering.
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Gill
Green Lake
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