State Bar Association plans five lawyer commissioners to codify laws
The State Bar Association at Spokane proposed a five member commission of lawyers to pass on all laws, advise legislation, veto measures, and codify statutes for the states. The plan includes pensions for life at $2,500 and tenure until age 68, with a powerful role over police and legal interests amid strong criticism of corporate influence.
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Federated
State Bar Association
Spokane
Commonwealth
Yegg Alley
Crooked Tooth
Jimmy
Holdup
Jakey Furth
Jakey
State Bar
W. T. Dovell
Seattle
E. C. Hughes
Herr Dovell
Pacific States Telephone Company
Forth Shows Em Boss Here as City Battles Transit Monopolies
A Seattle confrontation over streetcar service pits the Jake Furth power octopus against a mobilized crowd seeking municipal lines. Hartshorn challenges a conductor after a transfer dispute, triggering a blocking standoff that highlights public demand for open competition and fair franchise terms.
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Furth
Jake Furth
Forth
Seattle
Weather Update: Fair Tonight and Sunday
Forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions tonight. Night westerly winds are expected and the daytime temperature reached 66 at noon today.
Government coal plan urged by Alaska advocates
The Star calls for militant citizens to support a government led coal development plan benefiting the broad public. Petition copies are printed for general circulation and available at The Star office for volunteers to circulate and gather signatures.
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Alaska
Morganhelms
Star
Star Office
Actress Mabel Morrison Travels With Her Babies
Los Angeles July 29 Mabel Morrison known as Mrs Dick Bennett insists on bringing her children on tour. While in Chicago for a 14 week engagement she sent for each baby until the entire brood joined her. The family travels with her husband and abroad.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mabel Morrison
Dick Bennett
Chicago
Fires destroy two buildings including post office in Yealer
A brush fire sparked by a passing locomotive burned two structures last night. The post office building owned by Union Grocery Co. and a building owned by American Feed & Nursery Co. were leveled. The post office structure suffered about 1800 dollars in losses, partly insured, while the nursery company incurs about 550 dollars in losses fully covered by insurance.
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Old Yealer
Union Grocery Company
American Feed & Nursery Company
Nursery Company
Walsh Leads Recall Talk At State Bar Meeting
T J Walsh of Montana shocked Spokane lawyers at the State Bar association by endorsing sweeping recall of judges. He argued that recalling judges is a reform the people of the United States support and challenged critics who oppose recall as applying to elections.
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Ee Walsh
State Bar Association
Monana
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Grosscup
Corporation
Spokane
W State Bar Association
Walsh
United States
English Pretender Invites Officers to Imperial Army
John De Guelph, claiming to be the first son of the late King Edward, urges British and colonial officers in the United States and Canada to enroll in his imperial army corps. He plans contingent service for possible war with Germany and aims to muster about 60,000 men for active duty under Britain’s War Office.
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Los Angeles
John de Guelph
Ilot
United States
Canada
Imperial Army Corps
England
Germany
Guelph
British War Office
Edward
Mrs Harriman Arrives in San Francisco for Pacific Coast Stay
Mrs Edward H Harriman widow of the railroad wizard reached San Francisco and plans to remain on the Pacific coast for several months staying in the city area and visiting local communities while there.
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San Francisco
Edward H. Harriman
Pacific Coast
Seattle Hen Produces Smallest Egg Defies California Claim
Peter Floy of Seattle ranching presents a tiny egg from a full size White Leghorn after reading a Fresno bantam egg report in The Star. The egg weighs about a quarter of an ounce and is one sixteenth of an inch smaller than a dime, challenging California claims.
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Seattle
Peter Floy
California
Washington
the Star
Fresno
Cal
Troy
Star
Moroccan dispute settled in Vienna talks
Vienna dispatch reports a special edition of the New Free Press stating the Franco German Morocco dispute is settled except for a few formalities and will be amicably arranged soon.
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Vienna
Nieu Frei Presse
Morocco
Bangor Wreck Kills Eight as Signals Misread
A Bangor & Aroostook excursion train and a regular passenger train collided 65 miles north of Grindstone. Eight killed and sixteen injured as misread signals caused the head on crash. The dead include Harry Clark Hugh Pipes Frank Seeley Zerene Harris Claude Loomis Engineer F W Garcelons and Fireman Gallagher.
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United Press
Bangor
Engieer
F. W. Garceloni
Grindstone
Bangor & Aroostook
Paseed
Harry Clark
Hugh Pipes
Frank Seeley
Zerene Harris
Presque Isle
Claude
Loomis
Washburne
F. W. Garcelons
Gallagher
Brewster
Morgan Aided Steel Trust In Tennessee Coal Buy
Lewis Cass Ledyard testified before the Stanley house committee that J Pierpont Morgan acted as a public benefactor in aiding the steel trust to acquire the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. He said his client Corporal Oliver Payne first proposed the sale and that Ledyard conducted negotiations with Morgan, detailing 1907 financial strains and long discussions in Morgan’s library.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Steel Trust
Tenessee Coal and Iron Company
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Stanley House
Ledyard
Cpl
Oliver Payne
Morgan
Paul Mohr Lands Signatures for Alaska Coal Petition
Paul K. Mohr a bakery worker at the county jail and active in the city labor council led a signature drive for the Alaska coal land petition. He turned in a strip containing 96 names collected mainly from delegates to the Central Labor Council at last Wednesday night meeting.
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Paul K. Mohr
Council of Organized Labor
Baker
Alaska
Central Labor Council
Seattle Electric faces likely prosecution over blockade
A blockade of city streets by Seattle Electric appeared likely to trigger a complaint at the City Attorney's office. Passengers delayed by the disruption planned to swear out charges, while A G Gumner was tried for disorderly conduct after being involved with the crowd. the judge released him. In Pittsfield Mass on July 29, hundreds visited Mr and Mrs George C Livingston to view their Fourth of July triplets.
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Jake Furth Combine
FORTH
Power Trust
H. L. Hartshorn
Spring
Pike and Third
Pat
Seattle Electric
Pierce
A. G. Gumner
Gumner
Westlakeny
Gordon
Pittsfield
Mass
George C. Livingston
Dartmouth Street
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Nils Florman
Mise Stallo
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