Water sales dispute hinges on EJUSDEM GENERIS ruling
Seattle faces a legal challenge over selling surplus city water outside its limits. The 1897 statute allowed water works for inhabitants and other persons, but a 1906 Supreme Court decision restricted outside sales using EJUSDEM GENERIS. City seeks reopening of Farwell v Seattle or new legislation to regain the right to sell water beyond city borders.
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Caldwell
King County
Renton
Seattle
Corporation Counsel
Supreme Court
City Water Department
Ballard
Farwell
Democrats Set to Renominate Wilson and Marshall Tonight
Reports from Washington and St Louis describe preparations for renomination of President Wilson and Vice President Marshall at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates and speakers highlight Wilsonian peace gains and a strong American plank against foreign influences.
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Wilson
Marshall
Washington
Lansing
Carranza
Mexico
James
Kentucky
Bomb mailed to Governor Spry explodes in car
A bomb in a mail sack addressed to Utah Governor Spry exploded in Butte Montana when the bag was passed from a Northern Pacific to an Oregon Short Line train. The car interior was wrecked and messenger Ross Winterowd suffered non fatal injuries from flying splinters.
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Butte
Mont
Springs A Surprise In Probe In Westlake Murder Case
Howard King, nephew of the suspect, testified before a coroner’s jury that a boy from a rooming house across the street may have murdered Mrs. Corinne Wheeler and Kate Swift two months ago. He offered details after an eight hour grilling by deputies and detectives, and identified only a vague young man as the possible killer. The inquest yielded tense moments as King described watching from a window and refused to describe the suspect. The rooming house owner Mrs. Fouts is to testify later as the investigation moves forward.
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Corinne Wheeler
Kate D. Swift
Westlake
Shack
Howard
King
Ellis
Tennant
Kate Swift
Disappearance of Mayor Gill and Chief Beckingham Stuns City
Police and city officials report the mysterious vanishing of Mayor Gill and Chief Beckingham who were last seen aboard the Kirkland ferry at 6 am. Gill wore a slouch hat and carried a pail while Beckingham had a police star and two long instruments hidden in a gray cloth sack. No detective alert was issued.
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Police
Mayor Gill
Chief Beckingham
Kirkland Ferry
Gill
Beckingham
Tony Tojic Has Best Job In City
A satirical profile portrays Tony Tojic as having the finest job in Seattle. He works nine hours daily at Diamond Ice Co in freezing 15 degree temperatures, earning 2 per diem for his family of four. The piece mocks local figures and contrasts wealth with toil.
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Tony Tojic
West 64Th St
Almanac
Diamond Ice Co
Missing beer cases haunt Alaska court case
Twenty nine cases of bottled beer seized in a Seattle to Ketchikan shipment vanished from the public safety building. Police testified only three cases remained as evidence while Mayor Gill allegedly dumped 960 cases into the bay. The defense questioned bootlegging, but no records could confirm the loss.
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Public Safety Building
San Francisco
Seattle
Ketchikan
Alaska
Harbor Island
Gill
Bay
W. X. Russell
Smith
Sergt. Smart
van Ruff
Russell
Kennedy
Sullivan
Weather man peevish over sticky forecast
The weatherman groans at a sticky forecast describing a warm spell. Sawlsbury notes temperatures around 80 to 84 with a possible 86 this afternoon and predicts a cooldown by tomorrow afternoon as heat breaks across the region. He cites Phoenix at 108 as a sure sign of relief ahead.
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Sawleb'ry
Phoenix
Arizona
Buffalo postmaster and delegate dies suddenly in St. Louis
Wm F Kaasting postmaster of Buffalo New York and a convention delegate died suddenly in St. Louis on June 15.
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Louis
F. Kaasting
Buffalo
N. Y
Steamer Bear Wreck Kills Many En Route to San Francisco
In fog off Cape Mendocino the liner Bear ran aground with 120 passengers and 82 crew aboard. Five bodies washed ashore at Cape Mendocino with two identified. 23 believed lost. Survivors number 159, with ships Oregon Grace Dollar and Relief aiding. Captain Nopander stayed on to help. Knights Templar travelers among passengers bound for Los Angeles conclave.
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Portland
Bear
San Francisco
Cape Mendocino
California
San Francisco & Portland S. S. Co
Herman Rose
Butcher
F. Rossi
Cook
Naval Training Station
Yerba Buena
San Francisco Bay
Eureka
Oregon
Blunt's Reef
Capetown
Louis Nopander
Nopander
Blunts Reef
Relief
Grace Dollar
Bear River
A Aswell
L. M. Nopander
Los
Passenger list of ill fated vessel Bear voyage
Portland June 15 list shows cabin passengers aboard the steamer Bear bound for San Francisco and Los Angeles. Names include W. B. Walkup family, Irene Lal, Maybell Walkup, F. E. Wilbur, Keyster, Parker, Coleman from Berkeley, and many others from San Francisco, Lewiston, Spokane, Portland, Missoula, Forest Grove, Walla Walla, Vancouver, and beyond.
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Portland
Bear
San Francisco
Los Angeles
W. B. Walkup
Maybell Walkup
Misa Irene J. Lal
F. E. Wilbur
Neet Hy
Mre
Keyster
Mra. K. Abing
H. May Gedtres
A. H. Parker
San Franecis
Otto Wirsing
J. W. Vera J. Adams
Jas. Hearing
A Cc
Moyer
E. W. Paget
Misa
A. G. Paget
John Hille
M. A. Crummey
M. K. Weyant
H. T. Williamson
Louise Belser
L. Halstead
Mra
Emma Lyon
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Mann
Laredo
Funston
San Ignacio
Maj. Gray
James Minahan
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Ameri
Gray
Las Tortuillas Ranch
State Department
Army General Staff
Bryan
Martin H. Glynn
Wm. J. Bryan
Resolutions Committee
Spry
Gar
Fifth Ave
Pike ST
Tony
Whitney Treat
Weatherman
Mister Salisbury
Sawisberry
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