City Light Turmoil and Corporate Ties in Early Seattle
The piece describes tumult over city energy leadership with Hi Git tendent appointed amid labor, business, and citizen protests. It cites Jacob Furth funding influence, Seattle Electric Co. control, and conflicts over contracts with banks and mills. It notes public dissatisfaction as power lines favored private interests and outlying districts, while profits dwindled.
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Seattle Electric Co
Depen
Jacob Furth
American Savings Bank Building
Edwinity Light
Lake Union Paper Mill Co
Crane & Co
Gill Furth Power Fight Shifts City Lighting Costs
The article accuses Gill of betraying taxpayers by replacing Arms and cutting rates, noting a $90,032.53 higher profit for the city plant in 10 months ending February 1, 1912, despite a rate cut to 75 cents. It claims Furth’s firm reduced rates to compete, saving light users about $200,000 annually, funds that would have sunk to Furth’s stockholders under Gill-Furth control.
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Gill
Jakey Furth
Furth
Gill-Furth
ISM STANDS NINIL MARCH 8
A court hearing date has been set for March 8. The phrase indicates the matter will proceed with a scheduled session.
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ISM
NINIL
Mutinous Troops Kill Priests in Pao Ting Fu Riot
Mutinous soldiers in Pao Ting Fu murder several French priests and burn the village before returning to Pekin to loot the former empress' palace. Foreign residents take refuge in district compounds as guards are doubled.
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Pekin
Pao Ting Fu
Regation
Weather note: frost expected tonight and Sunday
Pair tonight and Sunday with heavy frost and moderate northeast winds. Temperature at noon reaches 40 degrees.
Swedish women voters meet at Tabernacle for Cotterill
Swedish women voters gather tonight at the Swedish Tabernacle on Pike street. George F. Cotterill, the people's progress mayor, will be the principal speaker. Also present are Mrs E P Fick, Rev Emil Fribors, and Rev E Aug Skogabergh.
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George F. Cotterill
People's Progress
Swedish Tabernacle
Pike St
Mra E
Sop to Big Business Triggers Arizona Senate Fight
In Phoenix on March 2 readers attack President Taft for sending former Governor Richard Sloan to the senate for confirmation as a federal judge in the new state. They charge the choice is a sop to big business and a threat to popular government, urging action to oppose Sloan.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Taft
Senate
Richard Sloan
Sloan
Provo
Socialists Wind Up Campaign With Big Seattle Rally
Campaign winds down with a large Dreamland rink meeting and four socialist candidates listed for council seats and city offices. Monday events include Rainier hall and Dogdale's hall gatherings and poll watcher meeting at Laer Temple. Tonight, Junction hall Ballard hosts the socialists as Brotherhood League holds an afternoon address by Rev Francia J. Van Horn at the Old Arcade theater.
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Dreamland Rink
Seattle
Rainier Hall
Norman St
Rainier Boulevard
Dogdale’s
Rainier Beach
Laer Temple
Junction Hall
Ballard
Council
E. J. Brown
George W. Scott
J. Jacobs
David Burgess
Brotherhood League
Old Arcade Theatre
King Street
Francia J. van Horn
Plymouth Congregational Church
Five Bank Robbers Battle Police At Royal Bank
Five heavily armed bank robbers fought police in West Montreal after dynamiting the Royal Bank. One robber was killed, a posse member injured, two more captured, and the others fled. no loot was taken as the bank building lay in ruins.
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United Frees
Montreal
Que
Royal Bank
West Montreal
Suffraget Raid Roars Through London Streets
UPI report from London describes the largest suffragette raid in England last night. Women smashed plate glass windows of department stores and clubs along the Haymarket Piccadilly Bond Street Regent Street Strand and Oxford Street using coal lumps and stones in a coordinated attack.
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United Press
London
England
Haymarket
Piccadilly
Bond St
Regent, Strand
Oxford Sts
Little Miss Snob of Snobocracy Hill Speech Sparks Seattle Debate
A masked speaker denounces a wide open town and the red-light district amid a tense crowd in Seattle. He argues economic pressure drives women into prostitution and warns workers their daughters could be next. The socialist counterpoints, retorts fade as the crowd disperses wary and thoughtful.
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Hi Gills
Wappensteins
Folke
Pickts
Miss Snob
Hill
Tenderloin
Seattle
Mise
Shobocracy Hill
Tragic Oral Removal Incident At Wichita
A Wichita report describes a dental accident at lunch where a false tooth plate became lodged and required throat cutting to free it. Mrs. Alice Miller was hospitalized after an emergency operation. The plate reportedly had three teeth on it and caused the incident.
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Sfewichita
Kan
Alice Miller
Gillites Cover Bets Amid Cotterill Wave in Seattle
The Gill gang, shaken by Cotterill sentiment sweeping Seattle, rush to cover bets after a week of boastful wagering. Officials note a new fear of a Gillem revival, with Gillites scrambling as the political tide shifts.
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Gill Gang
Cotterill
Seattle
Gillem
Ollittes
Cotterill Women Meet To Back Anti Vice Candidate
A Cotterill workers meeting for women is set for 4 PM Monday at Rainier School in district Second ward near 24rd and Lanest. They are urged to form a strong women’s organization to support the progressive anti vice syndicate candidate.
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Obree
Cotterill
Rainier School
Lanest
Gillites
County Jailer Contempt Case Postponed Again
The contempt case against County Jailer Allan Stark, set before Judge Hanford, was delayed for one week. Stark faces charges from District Attorney Todd alleging he allowed a prisoner custody to be a trusty with county jail access, claiming it followed a request from the United States marshal.
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Allan Stark
Hanford
Stark
Todd
Councilman Haas Seeks Reelection Amid Critics
The candidate emphasizes a record of opposing streetcar and lighting ordinances while supporting the Seattle Electric Company and brewery interests. Voted against measures to improve city car service, crowing over actions hindering transit expansion and funds transfers.
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A. F. Haas
Erickson
Griffithe
Lander Street
Northern Pacific Railroad
Arnold Zbinden
Seward
Palace Hotel
Haas
Seattle Electric Company
Cotterill Campaign Plans 200 Meetings Monday Night
Seattle political effort aims to mobilize over 200 Cotterill precinct meetings across all 281 precincts Monday night. Meetings emphasize thorough organization, poll books for workers, challenges to unregistered voters, and a push for a 10,000 vote majority.
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Seattle
George F. Cotterill
People's Progressive
Cotterill
Seme
Lumber Exchange
Cotterill Headlines Largest Seattle Rally at Dreamland
Progressive mayoral candidate George F. Cotterill speaks at Dreamland rink in Seattle for the citys biggest political rally. Five minute speeches follow from Hermon W. Craven Judge W. H. White Glenn Hoover Jackson Silbaugh George H. Walker and James T. Lawler as fireworks light the evening event.
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Seattle
George F. Cotterill
Dreamland Rink
Hermon W. Craven
W. H. White
Glenn Hoover
Jackson Silbaugh
George H. Walker
James T. Lawler
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T Corner Socialist
M. A. Matthews
Vice Syndicate
National Press Club
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