No Jitneys Run After July Sixth in Seattle
Formal notice to quit was served on Seattle jitneys by Carl H. Reeves, superintendent of public utilities, after a council meeting. About 200 permit applications are on file as Reeves retracts permission to operate by midnight next Tuesday, allowing only feeder jitneys and outlining limited routes. The utilities committee also urged drafting an ordinance to prohibit jitney operation on city streets.
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Seattle
Carl H. Reeves
Public Utilities
Maj. Reeves
Council Utilities Committee
Reeves
Commit
Walter F. Meter
Public Works Sets Six Central Stations for For Hire Cars
The board approved regulations to ban standing of for hire motor cars on most downtown streets and create six central rental car stations. Stations include A on Dillingham between Third and Fourth Aves, B on Jefferson near Yesterway, C at Pioneer Pl, D on Spring between Second Ave and alley east, E on Seneca St, and F on Fourth Ave from Virginia St south 200 feet. Standing outside these sites will be prohibited.
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Board of Public Works
Lieut
C. G. Carr
J. W. Bollong
W. E. Davidson
Public Utilities Department
Dilling Pl
Third
Fourth
Jefferson St
Yesterway
Third Ave
Pioneer Pl
Spring St
Second Ave
Seneca St
Fourth Ave
Virginia St
Pair Charged With Smuggling Alien Woman Into U S
Federal court information filed Thursday charges George Kotros and George Herrin alias George Haralampou with bringing into the United States an alien woman who was denied admission.
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United States
George Kotros
George Herrin
George Haralampou
Democratic Women Are Easy to Look at During Oratory
Democratic women display varied gowns as they second nominations at the national conventions. Julia Brown, Guilford Dudley, Bessie Dwyer, Martha McCan, and George Tass are noted for their outfits and roles. The piece also jokes about the California flea and convention dynamics, including platform committee chatter and session numbering.
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Mabel Abbott
San Francisco
Mra
Julia Brown
West Virginia
John W Davis
Guilford Dudley
Tennessee
Ambassador Davis
Bessie Dwyer
Phillippines
Harrison
Martha Nelson McCan
Los Angeles
William G. McAdoo
Plungers King Shuns Perils of Wall Street
New York July 2 The best known plunger in racing E E Smathers once of McChesney Major Delmar and other horseflesh is said to loom large in Wall Street gossip as a top speculator and money maker He denies a major market role while Wall Street circles claim he profits from volatile trading and investments He helped pay Baxters debts after a prior firm collapse and has recently become a noted art collector.
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New York
Financial District
Wall Street
E. E. Smathers
McChesney
Major Delmar
Smathers
Chicago
Lord Derby
Benkard & Co
Waldorf-Astoria
Westchester County
People’s Gas
Chi Corporation
Waldorf Bunch
Federal Reserve Bank
Baxter & Co
Stock Exchange
Jease Livermore
Boston
Housing Bureau of Chamber Closes
The housing office opened during the war by the Chamber of Commerce closed yesterday. From January 1918 to July 1926, 80 930 applications were received and 12 663 led to homes through the bureau's recommendations. Miss Anna E Moses directed the bureau.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tnese
Bureau
Anna E. Moses
To Honor Daniels at Sand Point Field
In honor of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels the Chamber of Commerce and King County commissioners will stage exercises at the Sand Point flying field and a banquet next week. Daniels will depart for Rainier national park after his Seattle visit.
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Josephus Daniels
Chamber of Commerce
King County Commissioners
Sand Point
Daniels
Rainier National Park
Seattle
Overturned Lamp Destroys Rural Home Loss Tops 1206
An overturned kerosene lamp destroyed B. T. Leona's house at 35th avenue and Norfolk street, causing a 1206 loss. The house lay outside the city limits and was nearly wiped out before the fire crews arrived.
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B. T. Leona
35Th Ave
Norfolk St
Red Sky Over Phinney Ridge Amid Brush Fire
Extremely red sky over Phinney Ridge Thursday night caused by a brush fire at 100th Street and Dayton Avenue. The blaze burned out on its own in about thirty minutes.
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Phinney Ridge
N, 100Th St
Dayton Ave
Funeral of Frank Calvert Held in Oroville
Funeral services for Frank Calvert former Seattle newspaper artist who died last Tuesday at his Oroville home were held Friday from Bonn ey-Watson's.
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Frank Calvert
Seattle
Oroville
Bonney - Watson's
Man killed by lightning as storm halts wire service
A storm in Kansas City Missouri results in a fatal lightning strike and disrupts wire communication across the area. Emergency crews respond as utilities report outages and service interruptions.
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Kansas City
Gas Hearing Concludes On Seattle Lighting Co Charges
Public service commission session in the county city building heard charges that Seattle Lighting Co supplied gas of poor quality and that reserve tanks, mains, and producing machinery were inadequate. The panel said a ruling would follow soon as city witnesses described the gas as impure. Seattle Gas witnesses defended costs of laying mains compared with other cities.
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Seattle Lighting Co
State Public Service Commission
KH. V. Kuykendall
Frank Rh. Spinning
H. H. Clelland
Seattle
United States
Hart Appeals for Reclamation Idea in Northwest
Gov Louis F. Hart urged state residents to back the reclamation and development congress in Seattle on September 16. He stressed the need for greater production, housing for ex servicemen, and fostering enterprise by reclaiming unused lands for agriculture.
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Chamber of Commerce
Louis FP Hart
Northwest
Reclamation and Development Congress
Seattle
Cop Searched Him for Booze and Stole $17, Report Says
An officer in plain clothes conducted a midnight frisk on Harry Foss at 419 Jefferson Ave. He claimed Foss had booze on him and took $17 from Foss’s purse during the encounter. Foss later discovered the loss in his room.
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Harry Foss
Jefferson
Foss
Harry
Lumber Orders Rise 15 Percent at Northwest Mills
Northwest lumber mills booked a 15 percent increase in new business during the last week of June, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's report. The surge marks steady growth in regional timber demand and production activity.
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Northwest Mills
West Coast Lumbermen's
Kinney Field Proposed in Honor of Lieut Kinney
Sand Point airfield may be named Kinney Field to honor Lieut Claire Rawson Kinney formerly of the University of Washington who died of wounds on the Western front while flying with the 49th Aero Squadron. He lived at 5727 25th Ave North East and received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism.
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Sand Point Quing
Honeor
Claire Rawson Kinney
University of Washington
Ieut. Kinney
25Th Ave. N. E
49Th Aero Squadron
Pythian Hall Dedication Draws 2000 Attendees
More than 2,000 Pythians attended the reception and dance celebrating the opening of the new Pythian hall. The event occurred Thursday night on Third Ave near Westlake Ave with Harry W. Nice of Baltimore, ceremonial prince of the Dramatic Knights of Kho Rassan, as honor guest.
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Pythian Hall
Third Ave
Westlake Ave
Harry W. Nice
Baltimore
Perial Prince
the Dramatic Knights of Khorassan
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