Everett's Kelly Rules as One Man Boss of Everett
Thomas Joseph Kelly of Everett, a 50 year old bachelor, holds every city post from mayor to fire chief. He keeps the “whole works” job with a $2 000 annual salary and has kept control during a recall crisis that ousted two commissioners. An ordinance calls for a primary election to fill vacancies, with Kelly backing and voting for it.
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Thinkographs Lesson At Eight In Se Tonight
The event promotes an Esoteric lesson titled The First Ensen to with admission set at 26 conte. Rev. DK Lucas invites readers to attend and donate offerings as they enter the theatre for the evening lecture. The notice welcomes all, including those without feuds.
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Omar Khayyam
Mra. Lucas
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Whitman College honors three with honorary degrees
Walla Walla June 18 at the 22nd annual Whitman college commencement Mrs Josephine Preston Otto B Rupp of Seattle and Mrs L Penrose received honorary master's degrees. Bachelor degrees were conferred upon the graduates.
Betts Fires at Water Official in Wapato Altercation
In Wapato on June 18 William Betts fired a shot during a dispute over a water bill injuring L. T. Mulvaney the water system superintendent.
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Wapato
William Betts
L. T. Mulvaney
Judge probes missing court records in Brockway case
Justice Fred C. Brown asked the Seattle Bar association to investigate the disappearance of justice court records in the J. B. Brockway case. Brockway, Vashon Island road supervisor, was convicted of misconduct in office and an appeal was pending when papers vanished. Brown says 24,000 cases checked. likely certified copies will be used in the appeal.
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Seattle Bar Association
Justice Court
J. B. Brockway
Vashon Island
Superior Court
Brown
Lena
Brethren Convention Opens on Seattle Campus
Church of the Brethren general conference opened in Seattle with D M Garver of Dayton leading organizing efforts and Lewis Teeter delivering the opening address. Delegates from varying groups arrived on the University of Washington campus as Brethren customs and attire drew attention. The agenda includes dress reform, dating the annual meeting, temperance, arbitration, and scriptural integrity.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Church of the Brethren
D. M. Garver
Dayton
Lewis T. Teeter
Alaska Railroad Surveys Boost Seward Real Estate Boom
June 18. Government engineers conducting preliminary surveys for the Alaska railroad have sparked a real estate boom in Seward. Several important sales have been negotiated as demand rises.
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Seward
Alaska Railroad
Harbor plan hearing on traffic manager for port district
The harbor development committee of the Municipal league will present arguments to the port commission on June 22 regarding the necessity of a traffic manager for the port district. The date was set yesterday.
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Municipal League
Port Commission
Chief of Police Byron Dies After Operation in Bellingham
Horace Byron former chief of police died in a Bellingham hospital after an operation Sunday afternoon. He leaves a widow and one daughter.
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Bellingham
Horace
Byron
First Bathing Death Reported At Long Lake
Olympia records the season’s first drowning as 21 year old Ernest R. Crist of the city drowned while swimming in Longlake yesterday. The incident marks the initial bathing fatality of the season.
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Olympia
Longlake
Ernest R. Crist
Warn Voters of Perils in New Charter
A Seattle protest meeting featuring J C Kellogg, Chief Griff iths and C W Harr warned voters against the Hinky Dink charter. Speakers argued appointive city council power, 30 councilmen, and ward trading would erode governance. Tonight talks at the University branch library Asbury Methodist church and the Pacific club outline civil service concerns.
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Federated Improvement Clubs
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Elmer EB. Todd
Austin Griffiths
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Home Owners’ League
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Grand Opera House
George P. Listman
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Municipal Civil Service League
Launch Swamp Boat Capsize Off Leschi Park Drowns Man
A launch capsized about a half mile off Leech park last night. C. W. Leeder a 28 year old carpenter living on ereer island drowned. Fred Nelson road foreman for the Sreeehim was rescued in time by S. A. Carman who heard cries. Leeder was a member of the First Christian church baseball team and had played in a game Wednesday night where he was hurt and retired.
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C. W. Leeder
Ereer Island
Fred Nelson
Sreeehim
S. A. Carman
Aberdeen votes to incorporate Westport, boundaries set
June 18 C W Yana and A Peterson led opposition to Incorporation of Westport. At Monday’s election residents voted to incorporate, keeping objectors property outside the town boundaries. Lloyd Cook elected mayor.
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C. W. Yana
A. Peterson
Westport
Lloyd Cook
Volcanic Snow Covers Prince William Sound
Rains powdered sulphur and pumice blanket large surface areas and shorelines of Prince William Sound indicating nearby volcanic activity. No confirmation yet that Mount Katmal is erupting.
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Valdez
Prince William Sound
Katmal
Eleven Strike Hits South Bend Construction Crew
Eleven construction men and one foreman on the Willapa Power Co project struck yesterday for the union scale, halting work on the site in South Bend.
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Willapa Power Co
Union
Old Gang Gathers at Tacoma Republican Convention
Tacoma May 18 delegates echo Aberdeen 1912 Taft machine as handpicked King and Pierce county delegates arrive en masse. Questions loom over rank and file influence, open primary demands spark floor fights as Powell opens session and Lorimer Jones hints at Roosevelt 1916 favor.
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Wash
Masonic Hall
Aberdeen
King County
Pierce County
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Republican Party
Snohomish County
Snohomish
Powell
John H. Powell
Seattle
Sam Sumner
Wenatchee
Wesley Lorimer Jones
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Taft
New Federal Reserve Notes Include Agricultural and Manufacturing Scenes
Washington reports that with the opening of federal reserve banks a flood of new money will appear in the coming weeks. The five dollar note features an agricultural scene while the twenty dollar bills show Grover Cleveland with a manufacturing scene and Jackson with a commercial scene.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Grover Cleveland
Jackson
Vacationing detective taunts fugitive in Hawaii
Detective M. J. McNamee of Seattle reports a swindler, R. J. Ritchie, who fled custody after stealing goods valued at 4000 to 7000 dollars. Ritchie allegedly broke jail Sunday night and is believed hiding in Hawaii as authorities urge him captured.
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Seattle
Honolulu
Islands
R. J. Ritchie
Charles Tennant
Murphy
McNamee
Ritchie
M. J
What the Press Agent Says on A Butterfly on the Wheel
A Metropolitan players stock production under Manager George J Mackenzie is praised for delicate handling of a problem play. The cast effectively clears the alleged infidelity, leaving audiences with no lasting negative impression.
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Metropolitan Players
George J. Mackenzie
Neal Treatment for Drink Habit
The Neal Institute offers a three day internal vegetable program to remove drink cravings without injections. It claims to sober and restore habitual and nervous drinkers by eliminating alcohol from the system and neutralising its effects. Call 1735 16th or write for information.
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