Miner murdered on his doorstep near Bruce station
Austrian miner John Swetisher, 23, was found mortally wounded on his Bruce area doorstep after an afternoon of drinking with his mother Mrs Johanna Swetisher and suspect Antone Wehoe. Coroner Hoye and Deputy Hodges suspect Wehoe. the mother is under surveillance for alleged complicity. No inquest planned. prosecutors may file charges if evidence supports Wehoe.
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John Swetisher
Bruce Station
Black Diamond
Hruce
Moye
Wehoe
Swetisher
Lawson
Bruce
Littl
Weltow
Lawsen
Webhoe
Hoye
Bwetisher
British Columbia
Swellaker
Querretea
Relieved by Death After Elop Apartments Tragedy
H. T. Montgomery, 27, died at Providence hospital after four days with a severed windpipe from a suicide attempt in his Elk apartment room. He and his wife, recent arrivals from St. Paul, had a history of heavy drinking and mental distress. His wife found him on the floor Friday with a blood stained razor in hand. Montgomery was a stenographer and bookkeeper.
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Providence
Montgomery
St. Paul
Water Service Shutdown Affects Several Streets
A scheduled water shut off will occur tomorrow from 9 am to 4 pm affecting Haat Thomas street Hellevue avenue north to Belmont avenue north Hellevue avenue north Fast Thomas street Hellevue place East Republican street and adjacent blocks including Mel rewe avenue north Raat Mercer Street Summit avenue north Hel mont avenue north Roy Street Lakeview avenue and Hel mont place Belmont avenue north to Bellevue avenue.
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Haat Thomas Street
Hellevue Avenue
Belmont Avenue
Fast Thomas Street
Hellevue Place
Republican Street
Melrewe Avenue
Raat Mercer Street
Summit Avenue
Helmont Avenue
Roy Street
Lakeview Avenue
Helmont Place
Bellevue Avenue
Sobered by a City Council Move Maison Barberis Bar Faces License Fight
The city license and revenue committee ordered the Maison Barberis bar and its street floor change to close with no license for two weeks. Inspector Marsh is accused of duty breach as the panel denounces the venue as a house of assignation and a potential dead-lane operation. The meeting signals broader crackdowns on similar saloons in the business district. A theft report follows as W H Lyons reports the loss of a gold watch and chain from his office.
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Marsh
Malson Barberis
Barberis
Zbinden
Maison Barberis
Buat Neas
W.H. Lyons
First Avenue
Moore Plans First Class Salt Water Natatorium in Seattle
J A Moore of Moore Investment announces a $200,000 three-plunge natatorium to be built in the basement of a new building at Virginia Street and Second Avenue. Plunges for men women and boys will use Sound water heated by modern props with tiled walls floors and attendant facilities. Construction starts in spring with completion and opening expected by fall.
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Seattle
Masaya J. A. Moore
Moore Investment Company
Mr. Moore
Virginia Street
Second Avenue
Riot at Chicago Stock Yards Flares Into Bloodless Clash
Strike breakers arrive under jeers and fire at crowd as nonunionists clash with unionists at the Chicago yards. Police quell disturbances, eight arrested, and packers threaten direct cattle handling amid mounting tensions and a looming strike. President Golden seeks talks while International President Shea orders meetings to back teamsters action.
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Chicago
Perate
Golden
Teametered
Indianapolis
Garde
Rota
Teameters
Butchers
Theorder
Commission
Teameters' Union
International
Shea
Rhea
Teammasters
Tacoma Workman Takes Carbolic Acid Suicide in Tacoma Home
A Tacoma laborer, Michalson, a St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co. worker, killed himself with carbolic acid at his home on South Street after a day at the mill. He left a brief note of intent and had previously threatened self harm. His wife and four children witnessed the tragedy.
Noted man, 47, described as acting queerly
The health report cites that he had not been well recently and his wife says he has been acting queerly and unable to sleep. He was 47 years old and had been married sixteen years.
Railway line to extend to Connell Washington
The Oregon Railway and Navigation company will extend its branch from Kahlotus to Connell due to higher wheat yields. The line, unused in years past for lack of traffic, is expected to run trains to Connell within three weeks.
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Connell, Wash
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Kahlotus
Connell
Man Attempts Suicide in Alley Near Fifth and Pike
Frank Scott tried to cut his throat in an alley near Fifth Avenue and Pike Street last evening. Patrolman Landwehr had him taken to Wayside Mission hospital where a surgeon said the wound is dangerous but not necessarily fatal. Beott, about 42, refused to provide details beyond his name. J N Dean was discharged for lack of evidence in a burglary case, and Frank Burkhardt was bound over to superior court for trial.
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Frank Scott
Fifth Avenue
Pike Street
Landwehr
Scott
Wayside Mission Hospital
Beott
J. N. Dean
George
Frank Burkhardt
Superior Court
Gordon Yestor
Packing Trades Council Orders Walkout Without Chicago
The Packing Trades Council met and decided to order out all trades today without awaiting instructions from Chicago.
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ST. Lou
Packe Ing Trades Council
Chicago
Mechanical men out at Omaha packing plants
About 1000 mechanical craftsmen at Omaha packing plants quit work at noon today amid industrial unrest. The stoppage affects major facilities and signals escalating labor tension in the meatpacking industry.
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Omaha, Neb
Quiet Kansas City labor scene as wheat workers arrive
July morning in Kansas City shows no sympathetic strike. Quiet prevails as several carloads of laborers arrive from Kansas wheat fields. Packers say they have the situation well in hand.
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Kansas City
Kansas Wheat Fields
Courts Will Save Hotel Washington from Street Closures
J. A. Moore files an injunction against the City of Seattle Seattle Electric Company and C. J. Erickson to stop tearing up Second Ave Virginia Street and the car tracks that access the Hotel Washington. He warns the shutdown would strand guests and calls for court relief to halt the aggressive street work amid rising tensions over urban reconstruction.
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J. A. Moore
City of
Seattle
Seattle Electric Company
C. J. Erickson
Washington Hotel
Second Ave
Mr. Moore
Second Avenue
Virginia Street
Court House
Spokane probate attorney makes failed suicide attempt in jail
Samuel G. Allen once a prosecuting attorney for Spokane County tried to kill himself with a penknife in the city jail awaiting trial on worthless check charges. He was disarmed by guards after cries from prisoners and later moved to the county jail. Alcohol and personal troubles were cited as factors in his decline from a once prominent Spokane society figure.
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Samuel G. Allen
Spokane County
Allen
George
Dr. Buckley
Spokane
Salt Lake Sale Poised to End Pacific National League
The Salt Lake announcement to sell Weed, Muller and pitcher Tosler to Shreveport is described as the start of the Pacific National League’s dissolution as of July 26 in Salt Lake City Utah and Hutte Montana reports the Salt Lake series now on here is believed to continue.
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Lake
Shreveport
Pacific National Baseball League
Hutte, Mont
Salt Lake
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Dead Man
Wehoe Direct
Wehvoe
H. T
Gomery
T. Montgomery
Elk Apartments
Council
License and Revenue Committee
Coucil
Bowen
Beripps News Aer'n
Non
Laurel Street
Europe
IS Oniy
Atto Sars
Povttarousi
Tacoma
Alson
The
Tacoma Lumber Company
Michalnon
Soeth Street
Royal A. Gove
Tie
Michalson
Gove
Imenelf
Michaelson
Ellensburg
UNSUC
Washington
S. G. Allen
Utah
Muller
Tosler
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