Government salaries under scrutiny in city waterway case
A graft probe reveals multiple inflated salaries from city and waterway commissions. Names include C. T. Merrifield with 300 dollars and 85 dollars monthly listings, James P. Agnew as clerk, George M. Walsh as lobbyist, and J. M. Clapp earning 300 dollars from two sources. Rent payments to Kinnear Paul & Co and fluctuating Burke Building charges are noted along with disputed tenancy of Waterway District No. 1.
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C. T. Merrifield
Eminent Domain Commission
Waterway Commission
Duwamish Improvement Club
Waterway Commissioners
Kinnear Paul & Co
Burke
Burke Directory
Waterway District No. 1
Kinnear & Paul
Paul
Waterway district funds halted amid audit calls
County Treasurer Hanna ordered a stop on payments to the Commercial Valley District No. 1 after findings of untracked warrants and vague charges. He notes $30,000 spent with little documented work on the Duwamish waterway project and questions high legal fees. A juvenile suspect, Floyd Merrill, escaped custody after being arrested for passing a bad check. Merrill, 16, resides at 1757 West Fifty-ninth Street and recently patented a track safety device.
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Hanna
Waterway Commission
Will Hanna
Commercial Valley District No. 1
Duwamish
Lake Washington
Duwamish Waterway
Waterway
Fred W. Newell
Frank H. Paul
D. Hamm
W. C. Rutter
Floyd Merrill
Hoggess
Second Avenue
Yester Way
Merrill
Weat Fifty-ninth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Man sues Seattle Taxicab Co over delayed service
In El Paso reports cite 14 killed in a Matehuala riot amid a miners strike. Separately, Mrs Kiernan sues Seattle Taxicab Co claiming $25,000 mental anguish after a 4 a.m. pickup delays allegedly caused complications and extended hospital stay. Jury for Wappenstein case deadlocked 7 to 5 after 28 hours of deliberation.
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Seattle Star
EL Paso
Tex
Matehuala
Kiernan
Providence Hospital
N. W
Honor Ballard Boy Champs at Elks Hall
A noon dinner honored Adams grammar school’s 12 player team after they won the city grammar championship. Salmon Bay Improvement Club and other supporters provided a meal and sweaters for the players as instructors Clark Lupt Sears and teachers joined the celebration.
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Adams’ Grammar
Elks’ Hall
City
Salmon Bay
Clark
Lupt
Sears
Fire at Sobey's mill a barrel bursts into flames
An empty oil barrel at Sobey's mill caught fire at 12 30 this afternoon and an excited employee rang in a fire alarm. Ballard and Interbay departments responded but mill workers extinguished the blaze before engines arrived. The water front run caused considerable excitement. Children’s Way exercises will be held at Ballard Presbyterian Church tomorrow night with Pastor Lee discussing The Boy Jesus.
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Sobey's
Ballard
Interbay
Ballard Presbyterian Church
Lee
Jesus
Deep West 73rd Cut Proceeds Despite Protest
Petitioning property owners oppose a 10 to 12 foot deep 600 foot cut on West 73rd from 30th to 32nd avenues. Councilman Steiner and Engineer Breen inspected the site and said with the contract underway there is little choice but to continue the project.
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Steiner
Engineer Breen
West 73Rd At
Man Crushed by Walking Horses in Lumber Yard
James Ambrose Weeks of 5808 Ninth Avenue Northwest suffered a broken collar bone and severe crushing injuries when a wagon drawn by walking horses pressed him between the wagon and a pile of lumber at Canal Lumber Company yard. He was rushed to a private hospital.
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James Ambrose Weeks
Teamater
Ninth Avenue Northwest
Canal Lumber Company
Weeks
Dbatlard
Beggar Thompson Arrested on Ballard Avenue
Thompson, recently released from city jail after a five day disorderly conduct sentence, was arrested last night by Patrolman Prefho on Ballard avenue for begging. He was panhandling with varying success until nabbed. Thompson will be tried before Justice Gordon Monday.
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Willian, Thompson
Prefho
Ballard Avenue
Thompson
F ¥Esho
Gordon
Two Scows Launched for Alaska Fish Company
Two large salmon scows slid into the water at Cooke & Lake yard yesterday afternoon for use by the Alaska Fish company in northern waters. On the ways at Ballard Marine yards the Coaster and the Princess await a new engine and general repairs.
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Cooke & Lake
Ip Yard
Alaska Fish Company
Ballard Marine Yards
Eight Negroes Die in Hammond Train Clash
At La Branch in Hammond on June 10 a work train crew clashed with a party of section hand workers. An Illinois Central foreman and Conductor Story faced the group. The assault left eight Black men dead after gunfire from the foreman and later Story, with the workers said to have plotted to kill the foreman.
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Hammond
la Branch
Illinois Central Bridge
Story
Fortune for a girl cashier ends in Atlanta
A search for a fortune worth probably one million dollars, led by Joseph H. Choate, concluded in Atlanta yesterday. Miss Margaret Ingersoll, sought for more than two years by detectives, heads north to claim her estate. She had worked as a cashier at a Marietta restaurant after her father’s death left Choate acting as executor.
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Atlanta
Hetrees
Joseph H. Choate
Margaret Ingersoll
Heat Wave Grips Midwest Cities Daily
Chicago reports continuing hot spell with multiple prostrations across the Middle West. Milwaukee thermometers hit 110 by noon and additional prostrations are noted as the heat persists today.
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Chicago
Middle West
Milwaukee
Frank Stetson Becomes Seattle Fire Chief
Frank L. Stetson, of the Stetson-Post Mill Co and former Minneapolis fire chief, was appointed head of Seattle's fire department by Mayor Dilling after a council conference. He assumed duties at 10 a.m. today, pledging to keep politics out of the department.
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Frank L. Stetson
Stetson- Post Mill Co
Minneapolis
Seattle
Dilling
W. H. Clark
W. D. Freeman
Fire Department
Freeman
Board of Public Works
Stetson
Weather roundups from Seattle to Chicago and Kansas City
Mild sunny weather dominates Seattle with a noon temperature of 66, while Chicago reaches 98 yesterday and could hit 100 today. Kansas City 99, St Louis 97, Omaha 100, Cincinnati 101. The county board in Chicago contemplates funding options for the poor. President Peter Bart en Skinenane may settle the bill if legal pay is unavailable.
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Seattle
Middle West
East
Uncle Sam's Land
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Cincinnati
Peter Barten Skinenane
Jefferson sails for Skagway amid crowd dunking incident
About 500 people gathered on Pier 1 to bid farewell to the Jefferson as it prepared to depart for Skagway. The whistle sprayed water onto the drenched crowd after a leak, dampening the farewell celebration.
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Pier 1
Jefferson
Skagway
Palmleaf maniac commits suicide in hospital ward
In the county hospital detention ward G. CG Palmleaf strangled himself with a sheet while strapped to a bed. Attendants had briefly left him unguarded for a few minutes. The incident occurred on June 10 and was reported in Sport Re today.
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Palmleaf
Maniac
Roosevelt To Referee July 4 Boxing Match
Theodore Roosevelt will be asked to referee the July 4 boxing bout between Jim Flynn and Carl Morris in Tulsa Oklahoma. Morris' manager F B Ufer said Roosevelt is agreeable to both fighters.
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Tulsa
Okla
Theodore Roosevelt
Jim Flynn
Carl Morris
F. B. Ufer
Morris
Roosevelt
Man Arrested After Attempted Family Massacre in Muncie
Wm Kuhn is under arrest in Muncie Indiana after firing two shots at his wife and daughter Mrs Nola Weaver, wounding the wife in the arm and the daughter in the finger. He then slashed his own throat with a razor, the wound not serious.
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Muncie
Ind
Kuhn
Nola Weaver
Kohl shot by Adele Verge in San Francisco
San Francisco report says C Frederick Kohl millionaire clubman is recovering after being shot. Doctors planned an X ray to locate and remove the bullet. Adele Verge remains in a cell, hysterical, with a physician summoned at midnight for opiate administration.
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San Francisco
C. Frederick Kohl
Adele Verge
Verge
Norris says insurgent movement has scarcely begun
Washington June 10 Congressman G. W. Norris Nebraska Republican dismissed rumors that the insurgent movement slowed, asserting it has scarcely begun and will fight for progressive principles despite machinations. He said reports of panic or discouragement have no foundation.
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Washington, D. C
G. W. Norris
Rep
Neb
Taft
Norris
Jury Deliberations End in Fateful Midnight Pause at Wappenstein Trial
After a thirteen hour session the Wappenstein jury slept on chairs and tables in the room next to Judge Main's court. Loud arguing and intermittent laughter marked the night as fruitless ballots were noted. Judge Main and Chief Wappenstein remained observers until midnight with no verdict in sight.
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Wappenstein
George E. Grey
Main
W. H. Shorey
Mr. Shorey
Mr. Grey
Seattle
John Lang
Machinists Cite Peaceful Picketing Amid Strike Tensions
James A. Duncan, a striking machinist, denies talk of dynamite and stresses peaceful methods to the chief of police. He says the union aims to avoid violence while condemning actions by strike breakers and police pressure. Only six arrests of machinists have occurred in over a year.
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James A. Duncan
Wife wins divorce over 20 cent daily allowance
In Los Angeles on June 10, Mrs. Mary Willis testified her husband Albert Willis gave her only 20 cents a day for household expenses. She said she found a meal ticket in his pocket, and the testimony led to a divorce being granted.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Willis
Albert Willis
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