Track owners and bookies fleece public expose
Dan Dean outlines how the Meadows race scene nets millions daily for book makers and the Van de Vanter group. He calculates about seven and a half thousand dollars wagered each day yielding roughly five thousand six hundred dollars for the operators, with proceeds drawn from all city classes. Continue reading in the next installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Dean
King County
Meadows
Seattle
van de Vanter
Mrs Smith Keeps Fort Against Contractor in Water Battle
Mrs. Smith defends her property blocking construction after a dispute with contractor Elder. A water hose scene caused injuries and legal action began with Assistant District Attorney John W. Elder filing charges. Doctors tended to a wounded bystander as tensions rose over the stalled store project.
Strikers Attack Non-Union Worker and Labor Leaders Questioned
A non-union worker Edward Bickett was deliberately attacked on Mud bridge, maimed and hospitalized. Inquiries target Arthur Meek and J Conners of a stockyards group amid alleged payoffs to labor leaders. A Chicago strike committee met to seek talks with John V. Farwell Jr. with slim chances of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
Arthur Meek- J. Conners
Chicago
Jane
Teams
John V. Farwell, Jr
Taft faces decision on Bowen case amid cabinet meet
Taft’s cabinet convenes with Loomis accusing Bowen of wrongdoing while a presidential decision on Bowen’s dismissal remains unsettled. The morning scene hints the president will determine the case’s outcome as Seattle and Lewis and Clark fair preparations loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Loomis
Bowen
Seattle
I. A. Nadeau
Northern Pacific
Nadeau
New Reign of Wide Open Gambling Soon to Start
The article alleges Seattle sees widespread gambling with police denying activity. It cites Beatty Ferguson's tenderloin dive active and claims gamblers prepared for a carnival of vice while officials hint at neutralized enforcement. A deputy sheriff possibility is noted to crack down if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Beatty
Ferguson
Sethe
Thieves Loot Numerous Local Properties In Tuesday Reports
Police records recount a spree of break ins and thefts across the city. A wagon left for repairs disappeared, a residence was entered for change, a Panama hat and a gold watch were taken, and a sextant was stolen from an office. The board of public works also summoned contractor C. J. Erickson for questioning.
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Meattie
Phillip French
J. B. Jacobs
Frank
Firet
Virginia
Mercer
Louis Bonate
Howard McRae
First Baptist Church
Fourth and James
McRae
H. M. Thornton
Coleman Building
A. L. Jaffe
W. P. McGaha
State Penitentiary
Board of Public Works
C. J. Erickson
Tardiness in Completing Excavation Work on Second Avenue
Officials cite delays in finishing the excavation project on Second Avenue due to weather and labor shortages. City engineers warn of lingering disruptions to traffic and utilities until completion.
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Second Avenue
Widow shakes hands with acquitted man in murder case
In Bakersfield on June 20 the jury found Newt Walker not guilty of killing Dave Burton and James Bagaby at Havilah after four hours deliberation. Burton's widow warmly shook Walker's hand and told a reporter she sympathizes with the defense, calling romance a sound idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Cal
Newt Walker
Dave Burton
James Bagaby
Havilah
Burton
Walker
Little Happenings End In Frozen Cradle Of A Family
George Cornwall loses wife and three children in a divorce decree that also awards Anna Cornwall and the children full ownership of horses and Green's addition lots. N T B Pentreath sues for 10000 damages over alleged false imprisonment by Seattle detectives Hubbard and Delaney. Steamer Santa Monica with cargo and six passengers arrives in Seattle en route to Friday departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cornwall
Green
Anna Cornwall
N. T. B. Pentreath
Vancouver
Hubbard
Delaney
Santa Monica
L. Hw, Gray & Co
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Banquet Planned for King County Physicians in Portland
June 24 item notes a banquet for King County Medical Association members for their professional brothers at the Portland convention in July with a Seattle return. Also mentions an Alaska outing and announces Commonwealth Bank of Snohomish opening June 22 in Granite Wash under T. B. Gibbons with Charles Wiley as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
King County Medical Association
Professtral Brothers
Portland
Seattle
Alaska
Commonwealth Bank of Snohomish
Tts
Granite
Wash
T. B. Gibbons
Charles 8. Wiley
Onemier
Morgan & Co
New York
Washington National Bank
Commercial Bank
Snohomish
First Jobs of Sertileites in Nevada Mining Camp
A reminiscence recalls earning 25 cents weekly by shining boots at a boardinghouse in a Nevada County mining camp California. The boots were polished for Saturday dances and Sunday calls, paid in quarters. The speaker notes no dimes or nickels until age 16 and uses the first dime to buy a ring for his first girl. County Commissioner Daniel Abrams, known as Mustang Dan, is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada County
California
Daniel Abrams
Mustang Dan
Furth Faces Barriers in Gas and Electric Merger Plan
Report notes Rufus Dawes and Stone and Webster push for a city wide consolidation of gas and electric lighting, with J. Furth silent amid questions. Complications include municipal lighting plant defense, rising competition fears, and cross city finance links to Seattle Lighting and Beattie Tacoma Power ventures.
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Rufue Dawes
Chicago
Stone & Webster
Boston
Juel Bow
Jacob Furth
Forth
Seattle Lighting Company
Beattie Tacoma Power Company
Rufus Dawes
Beattl
J. W. Clie
L. C. Smith
Dawes
Dawes and
Peacemakers To Reach U S From Vancouver
Reports from St. Petersburg say Japanese peacemakers will come to the United States via Vancouver for ten years under US Steel supervision to rebuild Russia's navy. A brutal Cossack assault on a Japanese hospital in Manchuria left many dead and wounded as surgeons were seized and the hospital burned. Count Cannini will stay in Washington after the peace conference ends. Cossacks amid a demonstration killed and wounded several in Vorno seik province during unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
United States Steel Corporation
Russia
London
London Daily Telegraph
Red Cross
Oyama
Linevitch
Auto Collides With Wagon Near Twelve-Mile House
In a morning collision near the Twelve-Mile house an auto struck a wood wagon injuring F. R. Allen and an unknown woman who are seriously hurt and likely to die. William Davis sustained slight injuries.
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Portland
Twelve-Mile House
F. R. Allen
William Davis
Peace talks and plenipotentiaries in Tokyo amid war plans
Tokyo reports a series of elder statesmen conferences to settle peace terms and select plenipotentiaries. The peace commission may sail on the Empress India from Yokohama for Vancouver, with about a dozen members. Military actions and developments are anticipated. In St Petersburg a London dispatch says Britain cautions Japan against armistice, hoping Oyama defeats Linovitch to ease pressure and enable operations toward India.
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Tokio
ST. Petersburg
London
Novoe Vremya
Japan
Armietien
Russia
Great Britain
Oyama
Linovitch
Afghanistan
India
Protest Over Mary Rogers Hanging Reaches Governor
Captain Lloyd Clarke of the supply station wires Governor Bell in Vermont protesting the Windsor execution of Mary Rogers. He requests that if the sentence stands the portrait of Captain Clarke, famed from the Oregon battle ship, be moved from the state capitol wall. Clarke cites family concern behind the plea.
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Joseph
Mich
Lloyd Clarke
Governor Bell
Vermont
Mary Rogers
Windsor
Captain Clarke
Oregon
State Capitol
Clarke
State Department aide ends day at desk in Washington
The official remained at his desk handling a mass of correspondence and planned to depart soon for his home in New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
State Department
New Hampshire
Central Railroad Forgeries Linked to Gaskill Estate Scandal
Executors of Benjamin F. Gaskill announce the discovery of forgeries on Central Railroad of New Jersey certificates and other securities totaling nearly $400,000. Stock exchanges have not been notified to accept Gaskill securities until further notice.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin F. Gaskill
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Woman Arrested in $100 Robbery Case in Restricted District
Laselle Morrison a woman described as a negresas was arrested after morning reports that she robbed Michael Mulroy an Irish laborer of $100. Sergeant McDonald and patrolmen Crandall Donlon and Burkman tracked her down in the restricted district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laselle Morrison
Negreas
Michael Mulroy
Negresas
McDonald
Crandall, Donlon
Burkman
Mrs Myrtle Mercer Discharged In Police Court Case
The case of Mrs Myrtle Mercer arrested weeks ago at Third and Union for drunkenness was dismissed in police court Wednesday afternoon. The arresting officer asked that the case be stricken from the blotter. Mrs Mercer has filed charges against the patrolman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Mercer
Third and Union
Herold
Lusher Sentenced to Life for Crime Near Bucoda
J L Lusher received a life sentence for a murder on Mrs Charlotte Ni eraft at a lonely Bucoda farm on the night of April 16. He was wounded by a pursuing officer who shot him in the lung but has fully recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
J. L. Lusher
Charlotte Nieraft
Bucoda
Lusher
Hillman Ordered To Pay $1000 In Attorneys Fees
Co. D. Hillman, promoter of Garden of Eden, was held liable for $1000 in attorney fees after a divorce suit filed by his wife charging cruelty. The settlement was reached to avoid a legal separation that could affect property interests. Attorneys S. H. Steel and J. W. Brown won the case on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Hillman
Garden of Eden
J. W. Brown
Scholarship for Musicians Attracts City Interest
Musicians in the city show strong interest in a Ladies' Musical club scholarship of 150 dollars a year for three years. The prize funds tuition at the New York School of Art or a major European conservatory. Applicants must be 18 or older, endorse by three citizens, and not limited to club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Musical Club
New Musical School of Art
New York City
W. B. Judah
Columbia Street
Meeser Dismissed Over Salter Election Fraud Case
Clarence Meeser deputy collector of internal revenue at Philadelphia was ordered dismissed from service by the president for alleged participation in Salter election fraud cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Clarence Meeser
Internal Revenue
Philadelphia
Salter
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John W
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Eider
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Star
Edward Bickett
The
National Express
Johan C. Driscoll
NOWEN
Westington, D. C
Cascade
Isco
Chanute
Kan
Carl Hapsteid
Camano Island
Bonney-Watson
Reute
Saiee
Chief Delaney
Ballinger
Pottee Delaney
Neecine
Furth
Abeer
U. S
Cannini
Madrid
Washington
Adviems
Vornoseik
Khergen
Dpd. C
Wallace
Panama Canal Commission
Hay
Mike
Brute
Hillman
Pacific
Shanghai
H. H. Robertson
Robertson
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