Supreme court upholds $20,000 personal injury award
The Washington Supreme Court sustains a Spokane court ruling requiring Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. to pay Patrick J. Murphy $20,000. Murphy, a lineman between Pullman and Colton, was crushed between two poles. the court finds the company negligent, marking one of the state’s largest injury awards.
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United Preas Teccet
Olympia
Wash
Supreme Court
Spokane
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Patrick J. Murphy
Murphy
Pullman
Colton
Jury Selected in Chehalis Dr Johnson Murder Trial
The Johnson murder case in Chehalis proceeds as jurors are sworn. The Centralia dentist is accused of aiding as an accomplice in the killing of Barry Clark. The panel includes farmers William Irwin Fred Johnson Fred Balfour R. R. Francisco J. G. Pollard and others from Chehalis Mossy Rock Riffe Alpha W Nash Napavine and nearby areas.
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United Press
Chehalis
Wash
Johnson
Barry Clark
Centralia
William Irwin
Independence
Fred Johnson
Little Falls
Fred Balfour
R. R. Francisco
J. G. Pollard
B. Wiliams
Mossy Rock
James Vanbibber
Riffe
Andrew Parnel
Charles Harper
Dan Warren
Alpha W
Nash
Toledo
M. C. Rhodes
Napavmne
Berger Ready in Hanford Fight
Washington June 5 Congressman Victor L Berger of Wisconsin moves to impeach United States Judge C H Hanford of Seattle over cancelling citizen papers of Leonard Olsson socialist agitator. Berger says he will present the resolution this afternoon or Thursday after conferring with Attorney General Wickersham who notes the department did not initiate or endorse Hanford action. The DOJ lacks jurisdiction to impeach.
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United Press
Washington
United States
C. H. Hanford
Seattle
Leonard Olsson
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
Olsson
Berger
House
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Hanford
Descent on Mount Baker Narrowly Stops Two Climbers
Re Owen of Bellingham slid 200 feet down an icy slope during a Mount Baker descent. Richard Hesse, leading the party, seized him as his feet neared a widening crevasse, saving him from a fatal fall.
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United Press
Bellingham
Rew Owen
Mount Baker
Richard Hesse
Brakes Not Cause In Drag Accident That Injured Boy
Motorcycle expert Seret Dagner tested the machine and found it could stop in three feet at ten miles an hour. He measured that the boy was dragged eighteen feet, disproving Hagge the driver’s claim of ten feet. Hagge remains jailed as the injured boy’s prognosis is very poor.
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Lewis Miller
Seret
Dagner
Hagge
Morals of Bargain Counter Lecture for Women
Rev. M. A. Matthews speaks Thursday at 3 PM to women only on The Morals of the Bargain Counter. All women invited to attend.
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Matthews
M. A. Matthews
Made right tastes right is right Feifer's Union 5e
Feifer's Union 5e is promoted with claims of proper adjustment and correct flavor. The note emphasizes satisfaction with the product and its correctness in taste and quality.
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Feifer
Be Beautiful At Sixty Say Madame Zaccchi On Board
San Francisco report on Madame A Zaccchi who claims to be 60 and youthful. She advises happiness, associating with young people, and avoiding worry. The world traveler aboard the Manchuria arrived in Honolulu and attracted attention with a turban and striking appearance.
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San Francisco
Jane G
Madame A. Zaccchi
Madame Zuccchi
Orient
Manchuria
Honolulu
Madame Zucek
Madame Zucchi
Democrats Say Taft in Harmony on Tariff Revision
Washington June 5 The Ways and Means committee report on the cotton bill praises harmony with Taft on downward cotton schedule revision. It quotes the president urging reduction and notes the tariff board’s findings are not a tariff document, offering little on duties for manufacturers or industry.
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Bill Taft
United Press
Washington
Tariff Board
Taft
Democratic Ways and Means Committee
Congress
America
England
Reception Honoring Presbyterian Moderator Draws Seattle Crowd
A large Seattle reception celebrated Dr. Matthews, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Mayor Cotterill, Gov. Hay, Judge Hadley, former Sen. Wilson and church leaders praised him. Matthews said the honor belonged to the North Pacific territory and credited Seattle citizens with ability and common sense.
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Seattle
Dr. Matthews
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Cotterill
Gov. Hay
Hiram E. Hadley
Wilson
A. W. Leonard
First Methodist Church
W. A. Major
Bethany Presby
Terian Church
Matthews
Presbyterian Church
North Pacific Territory
State Grange at Puyallup A Big Year
About 600 delegates representing 17 000 members attended the Washington Grange session in Puyallup marking a record year for the organization. State master B Kegsey delivered the annual address and urged reform measures including initiative referendum and recall while criticizing a large state road plan.
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United Press Lease
Puyallup
Washington Grange
Puyally
Gsrangke
Montana
National Grange
W. C. Picking
Sunnyside
B. Kegsey
Palouse
State Grange
Germany
Senator Nixon Near Death in Critical Illness
Washington June 5 Senator Geo Nixon is critically ill from spinal meningitis and blood poisoning after a nasal operation. Physicians say he cannot survive the day and the end is expected momentarily.
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Washington
Geo
Nixon
Idaho Delegation Chooses Clark Support. Dubois Not Named
Idaho Democrats at the state convention refused to name Former U S Senator Dubois as a delegate to the national convention in Baltimore. The convention instructed the delegation to back Champ Clark, a move critics say weakens Dubois’s political dominance in Idaho. Dubois serves as national manager for Clark’s presidential bid.
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Coeur Dalsne
Ida
Idaho
Baltimore
Champ Clark
U. S
Dubois
New York Man Dies From Injuries in Odd Car Incident
Bert J. Holmes died of injuries from a car accident that occurred while he inspected his vehicle. The incident involved the car lying over him during the examination, with investigators probing the circumstances of the\naccident.
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New York
Bert J. Holmes
County Dock Use Spars Held By Commissioners
Hamilton and Rutherford oppose disturbing the county dock at Kirkland to protect the county ferry. East Side Club secretary Dresen presents a petition asking Anderson Steamboat Company to stay off the dock. McKenzie votes with residents and criticizes colleagues for effort to ruin the county ferry.
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Hamilton
Rutherford
Anderson Steamboat Company
Kirkland
W. Dresen
East Side Commercial Club
McKenzie
Lake Washington
Anderson Company
Dresen
Palouse Man Elected Head of Odd Fellows
W. E. McCroskey of Palouse was elected grand master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at yesterday's Seattle convention session. Retiring Grand Master Staley reported substantial gains for the order over the past year. The day closed with a temple reception drawing over 2,000 attendees. The Rebekahs elected their trustees and the Muscovites initiated a class of 200. Sessions continued with a prize drill at Lincoln Park as a highlight.
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W. EB. McCroskey
Palouse
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Seattle
Staley
Odd Fellows
Temple
Assembly of
Rebekahs
Imperial Order of Muscovites
Lincoln Park
Roosevelt Wins South Dakota Delegation in Primary
Incomplete returns show Theodore Roosevelt narrowly secures the solid Republican delegation from South Dakota with a 10 000 to 12 000 plurality. Democratic delegates from the state are claimed by both Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson managers who say the ten national convention slots go to their side.
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Sioux Falls
Theodore Roosevelt
South Dakota
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Crawford asks vote on stock in Seattle line tangle
William R. Crawford, former head of the Seattle Renton and Southern, petitions the superior court for an order forcing the company to grant him a vote on his stock. Crawford owns almost all shares, held in trust for a $300,000 loan by Augustus S. Peabody, president. A receiver appointment by Crawford prompted Peabody to file a similar suit in federal court, with jurisdiction disputed between courts as the matter moves to the circuit court of appeals in San Francisco.
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William R. Crawford
Seattle, Renton & Southern Tangle
Superior Court
Crawford
Augustus S. Peabody
Peabody
Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Primary vote in Everett selects city commissioners
In Everett Washington the June primary nominated T. E. Skaggs and C. Christenson for commissioner of finance, A. A. Brodeck and J. Olinger for commissioner of safety, and Al Thompson and Mayor R. B. Hassell for commissioner of public works under the new commission government charter.
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United Press
Everett
Wash
T. E. Skaggs
C. Christenson
A. A. Brodeck
Singers Wanted for Potlatch Week Chords at Mammoth Rink
The first rehearsal for the monster chorus to sing during Potlatch week was held at the Mammoth rink. Claude Madden urges all Seattle singing societies to attend and promises a large, improved chorus with new numbers this year. The laborer's choice Felfer's Union 5e.
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Mammoth Rink
Claude Madden
Seattle
Madden
Important decision on jumping Alaska claim conflicts
United States circuit court of appeals upholds lower court in Becker v Long Schmidt Moore, ruling on overlapping Alaskan mining claims. Moore placer claim dated May 1903, Long January 1903, dispute over discovery priority and mineral ownership under federal and state law.
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Ban Francisco
W. W. Morrow
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
F. D Becker
John L. Long
Louie Schmidt
George L. Moore
Alaska
United States
Morrow
Moore
Long
Becker
Seattle Neuropathic Physician Promises Cure and Limited Appointments
A letter supporting Dr Lahrop’s treatment claims remarkable relief from stomach liver kidney and intestinal diseases. The writer says a visit to the office at 219 1415 People’s ing Second and Pike brought great improvement after months of illness and fever with pendicitis.
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Seattle
Trea
D. W
Lahrop
Pike
Spm
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