Seattle Celebrates Prosperity with Civic Progress Events
Seattle marks Progress and Prosperity Day with a large parade and motor cavalcade. Officials from the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and local associations led hundreds through downtown routes from Rainier Grand to Pike Street amid ceremonies and visitor turnout from Ballard and surrounding towns.
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Rainier-Grand Hotel
Seattle
Yeller Way
W. Rs
Ng Hing
Pondeg
Hee Mabe
Cham+ of Commerce
Rotary Club
Women's Commercial Club
Ballard
Bothell
Hemion
Fremont
Kirkland
Pike and Weatlakg
Phinney Av
Ewing
What’s the Use of Living Personal Crisis Reports
Three men in varied lives commit self harm in Seattle amid financial strain and isolation. D N Holden, East Seattle real estate man, stood on a float and shot himself. Ernest Eisenschmidt, 28, Swiss electrician, unable to work due to language, killed himself after drinking. an unidentified man shot himself in the St James hotel leaving no papers.
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D. N. Holden
Ernest Eisemschmidt
Switzerland
East Seattle
Stanley Malloy
Hans Anderson
Fairhaven
Holden
Beattle
N. BD. Holden
Ernest Eisenschmidt
Eisenschmidt
Seattle
Milwaukee
Chudeey
St. James Hotel
Post-Keller
Carl Gohm
Carl
St. James
Washington St
Salt Lake City
Police chief Wappenstein trial linked to Tupper bribe case
Testimony in the Wappenstein bribery trial ties the former police chief to $1,000 graft from Gid Tupper. bank records show a sudden $5,000 deposit after the grand jury convened and repeated large deposits, with officers describing notes and a card bearing G Tupper’s business details found in Wappenstein’s desk.
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Charles W. Wappenstein
Gid Tupper
Clarence Gerald
Ern. Wappenstein
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Wappenstein
Bannick
Seore Sullivan
Penstein
Sullivan
Bryant
Mike Powers
Adam Charles Sullivan
Police Department
Wapstein
Chief Bannick
Police
Corters
Eve Wappenstein Girl Burns to Death in Fire
Miss Anne Ostrom twenty four year old stenographer dies after clothing burns from an alcohol lamp explosion in her room at 819 Spring Street. Fire Chief Clark transported her to Seattle City Hospital but she died at six this morning. She had moved from Puyallup and saved about five hundred ninety dollars.
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Spring St
Anne Ostrom
Todger
Clark
Miss Astrom
Seattle
Puyallup
Lynch Subscription Company
Springs#t
Regular Strap-Hanger Wins Five Dollar Bet
A Fremont Ballard scene recounts a weary Alki Point commute. The narrator offers a seat to the first man who will take five dollars, rewarding John Pete for yielding his place. Pete explains he is a machinist turned cement worker due to a strike while caring for a sister in poor health.
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Jay
John Pete
Chiff Aiki Point
Betty Graham
Burglar Steals Sleepers Teeth From Woman's Bedroom
Early morning robbery targets 68 year old Mrs Margaret Grace at 1929 First avenue rear. An assailant reached through an open window and stole her false teeth while she slept. Mrs Grace was frightened and bleeding from the mouth when Sergeant Wilkes arrived.
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Margaret Grace
Indicted enumerators arrested in Tacoma census irregularities
Four census enumerators were arrested on indictments after a grand jury found irregularities in Tacoma census returns. Twenty six indictments total involve census padding. additional arrests expected. Those named were Charles T Jaeger Alphonse Carbone Jay and Fred H Allen. Bonds set at 1500 dollars.
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United Prees
Tacoma
Jane
Charles T. Jaeger
Alphonse Carbone
Jey
Fred H. Allen
Weather Forecast: Fair Tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Friday with moderate westerly winds. No precipitation is expected and temperatures should remain mild.
Congress full of lawyers and millionaires debate reform
A terse critique highlights a House dominated by 206 lawyers and a Senate filled with millionaires. The speaker insists representative government is strained by elite professions and wealth, urging reform.
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House
Senate
Questioning During Domestic Incident Clarifies Weapon Use
Magistrate questions a defendant about his wife seizing a weapon and fleeing the home. The plaintiff concedes uncertainty, noting the wife might have used a flatiron as a prop or means to calm tensions.
Boy Buys Nuts with Curious Offer
A boy enters a shop seeking a chat's worth of nuts. The cheerful counterman offers a mix if he stays, and the boy replies he may take one or two cocoanuta tins if allowed.
Bryan says he will not seek presidential nomination
Wm J. Bryan told a Democratic Club banquet in the Northwest he will not be a candidate again for president. He added he can be of greater service in the ranks and that there is plenty of good material from which to choose presidential timber.
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United Press
ST. Paul
Wm J. Bryan
Democratic Club of the Northwest
Bryan
Woman Beats Man After Fib Allegations
Susan Doran, 19, 102 pounds, knocked J. H. Murdock, 50, 175 pounds, to the ground after he accused her of fibs. She sat on his chest, struck his face and fled when bystanders intervened. Murdock sought arrest. Judge Gordon released Doran on recognizance after she admitted thrashing him.
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J. H. Murdock
Susan Doran
Murdock
Mrs. Doran
Mia
Doran
Snohomish Fire Sparks Plan for New Brick District
In Snohomish on June 1, after a $150,000 blaze destroyed several business district buildings, owners moved to rebuild. Uniform brick blocks will rise, and officials say the disaster will spur a more modern, sturdier downtown.
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Snohomish
Seattle Saloonmen Fail to Pay Licenses
About 30 saloon men in Seattle have not paid the state liquor license of 25 in the last two years. Secretary Koors of the state tax commission says warrants have been applied for through the prosecuting attorney. Penalties range from 30 days to six months in jail or a $100 to $500 fine or both.
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Seattle
Koors
State Tax Commission
Banker Vanishes with Bank Safe in Loyalton
J. Miller, cashier of the Sierra Valley Bank, disappeared from Loyalton California on June 1 with the bank's safe combination. Miller had full control of the bank and was the only person able to open the safe, prompting a search and police involvement in the incident.
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Loyalton
Cal
Miller
Sierra Valley Bank
Leavenworth Officials Face Supreme Court Ouster
To oust them from office, Attorney General Dawson started action in the supreme court today against Albert Dodge mayor and J T Taylor chief of police of Leavenworth. It is alleged that these officers are guilty of neglect of duty.
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United Press
Topeka
Kas
Dawson Today
Supreme Court
Albert Dodge
J. T. Taylor
Leavenworth
Rich Yet Broke Says Stocker Faces Lawyer Fees
In Los Angeles on June 1 Br. J Baldwin and Harry R Stocker declare they lack $2,000 while defending a $4,000 fee suit filed by attorney Wm Anderson. Stocker notes his wife is heiress to millions left by her father. He denies possessing funds and frames the claim as a financial strain.
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Rich
United Stress
Los Angeles
Br. J. Baldwin
Harry R. Stocker
Stoker
Wm. Anderson
Trousers Stolen From Rooming House Report
Sam Bertola of 814 Washington street woke to see a burly man flee with his trousers containing 40 dollars in gold small change and an old country silver watch. Police have a trail on the suspect.
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Sam Bertola
Washington St
Mrs. Miller Held on Threat to Kill Charge in Belmont Ave Incident
Mrs. Nettle Miller alias Seybold was jailed on a charge of threatening to kill L. Seybold. A scuffle at the 219 Belmont avenue apartment led to Mrs. Miller being burned by acid and a revolver being seized.
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Nettle Miller
Seybold
L. Seybold
Belmont Av
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