City Council Passes Vetoed Ordinance On Rates And Garbage
Monday the Seattle city council approved an ordinance raising light rates about 20 percent after overruling the mayor. They granted firemen one day off in eight starting next year and passed Tindall’s garbage collection ordinance for restaurants. They allocated funds for debt service extension, a Skagit camp, and lead arsenate purchases for earwig control, while noting restaurant opposition to revenue loss from garbage collection.
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Seattle
Skagit
Public Safety Committee
Carwig
City Railway Fund
F. Cowell
Council Passes Firemen's Bill and Light Rate Increase
City council approves a bill granting one day off in eight for firemen, increasing department costs by about 140000 annually and adding 292085 in annual lighting revenue. July 21 rates rise about 20 percent for business lighting and power. residence minimum stays 75 cents monthly. Mayor Caldwell initially vetoed. ordinance now becomes effective January 1 with forthcoming budget considerations.
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Caldwell
J. D Ross
Fighting
Oliver T. Erickson
A. F. Haas
Special Navy Guard Ordered for Mexican Waters
Washington June 22 A special squadron of United States warships will be formed for duty in Mexican and Central American waters by October 1 Admiral Koontz announced The flagship will be the cruiser Dolphin and the squadron will include Cleveland Denver Galveston Des Moines Asheville Sac Niagara with quarters at the canal zone for operations in Pacific and Atlantic areas under commanders of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
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Mexican
Amer B
Admiral Koontz
Cleveland
Denver
Galveston
Des Moines
Asheville
Sac
Niagara
Canal Zone
Samuel Gompers to Visit Seattle En Route to Democratic Convention
Samuel Gompers will reach Seattle Thursday en route to the Democratic convention in San Francisco and will stay for a conference with state leaders. The report notes the death of Lloyd W. Gontner, 11, an engineer with Heffer Engineering, who died Sunday night at his home in Old Colony apartments 16 Boren Ave.
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Samuel Gompers
Seattle Y
San Francis
City
Lloyd W. Gontner
Heffern Engineeing Company
Old Colony Apartments
Boren Ave
Martial Law Impending in Ireland Amid Rioting
Dublin reports indicate Londonderry in standstill as martial law is expected to be proclaimed. Rioting by Sinn Feiners escalates with armed mobs on rooftops, casualties rising, ships moved offshore, and soldiers engaged. Official casualty tallies are stalled due to sniping danger.
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Dublin
Londonderry
Limerick Courthouse Razed by Sinn Fein Attack
Two killed and many wounded in an assault by a large Sinn Fein contingent on the Drumcollagher courthouse in County Limerick. Civilians watched as attackers fired volleys and set off an explosion that wrecked the basement level of the building.
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Limerick
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Drumcollagher
County Limerick
Kindergarten head tried for cruelty to child in fork burn
In San Francisco on June 22 a trial begins for Louise Q. Lyle principal of the Charing Cross kindergarten charged with cruelty to four year old Carroll Kent Cooper. She admits burning his arm with a heated fork to teach a lesson about matches. Parents split in opinion on her methods.
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San Francisco
Louise Q. Lyle
Mra. Lyle
Charing Cross
Carroll Kent Cooper
Carroll
Mary J. Wellman Dies at 78 Noted WCTU Figure
Mrs. Mary J. Wellman a prominent member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union died at age 78 in Bellingham. She was known for her long service with the organization and local reform efforts and funeral arrangements will be announced by her family.
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Bellingham
Mary J. Wellman
Miss Wyoming Arrives in Chicago for Frontier Days Invite
Helen Bonham of Wyoming, daughter of a rancher and Gov. Carey Messenger, arrives on the Overland Limited in a cowgirl outfit. She roped the hotel clerk at the Congress for two rooms and then proceeds to City Hall to deliver her invitation to Mayor Thompson for Cheyenne Frontier Days in late July.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
Brownie
Wyoming
Helen Bonham
Robert Carey
Overland Limited
Thompson
Cheyenne
Executive Building
Carl Johnson Faces State Trial for Criminal Syndicarium
Carl Johnson, alleged to be connected to J. W. W., was bound over to the superior court direct Monday afternoon for trial on a charge of criminal syndicariem after a conference between Deputy Prosecutor T. H. Patterson and F D. Couden in Justice Brinker’s court. A preliminal hearing was dispensed with.
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Carl Johnson
Superior Court
T. H. Patterson
F D. Couden
Coman Talks to Women Republicans in Seattle Meeting
Senator FE C. Coman, candidate for governor, addressed the King County Women's Republican club at Meves' cafeteri at noon Tuesday. The event focused on state insurance policy and policy priorities as Coman outlined his platform to club members.
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FE. C. Coman
King County Women's Republican Club
Meves
Census reports Phoenix population rise to 29053
The census bureau announces Phoenix Arizona has a 1920 population of 29053, a gain of 17919 people and 160.9 percent. Chehalis hosts interstate celebration plans marking the paving of the Pacific highway from Seattle to Portland.
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Washington
Phoenix
Ariz
Census Bureau
Seattle
Portland
Hold Mormon leaders charged with sugar profiteering
Warrants from Idaho allege Profiteering against President Heber J. Grant and Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nibley of the Mormon church. Grant heads the Utah Idaho Sugar Co. and Nibley is its vice president and general manager. Four counts allege sugar prices below 21.48 in Idaho violate the Lever Act.
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Salt Lake City
Sast Lake City
Idaho
Heber J. Grant
Mormon Church
Charles W. Nibley
Grant
Utah Idaho Sugar Co
Nibley
United States Commisssoner Tanner
Pocatello
Maho
East Lake City
Four Dead in Auto Crashes Near Everett and Mt Vernon
Four young men died and two women were injured in a series of crashes yesterday near Everett and Mt Vernon. Sylvester Craw 22 and Edward Friasel 30 died after a motorcycle collision with Claude Riches auto. Joseph Wiener a Tacoma rider died at Mt Vernon Gypsy tour event. Roy Laren 17 Everett visitor died after a collision with an auto. Mrs Martin Kuehling injured. Mrs C B Manemore Snohomish injured after being thrown from a car on Everett bridge over the Snohomish.
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Roy Lareen
Everett
Mra
Martin Kuehling
Everett Ave
Snohormish River
C. B. Manemore
Snohomish
Sacramento Park Fire Destroys Pool Bathes and Mill
A $160,000 blaze swept Jayland park in Sacramento yesterday afternoon injuring one man, A. I. Holloway, while battling the flames. The swimming bath and the Old Mill were completely destroyed and a giant racer was badly damaged.
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Sacramento
Cal
Jayland Park
A. I. Holloway
Bon Marche Bargain Basement Shopper Pleads for Shoes
A tired man among eager shoppers describes staying up all night to buy shoes for his wife and five daughters. He asks to take six pairs, saying he is not a dealer but a night shift waiter and credits the sale with keeping his family clothed.
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