Hold Up Suspect Confesses in Carnival of Crime Case
Prosecution prepared to file today against B J Scanlon in Superior Court for multiple robberies. Scanlon, captured after a spree that included Lou Conways and the New York saloon, admits two hold ups amid a spree with a partner, while authorities pursue a second suspect.
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Mackintosh
B. J. Scanlon
Seanion
Coonan
Lou
New York
Scanion
Scanon
Scanlon
St James
Lou Conway
Conway's
Scanton
All City
Adams
Mayou
San Francisco
People’s Cafe
St. James
No. 2
Conway's Saloon
White
Hildebrand
Great Northern Schedule Noted for Sunday March 6
Sunday March 6 timetable shows Great Northern trains departing with routes including Past Mail at 6:00 AM, Flyer at 7:30 AM, Vancouver Local, Vancouver Limited at 3:45 PM, and Bellingham Local at 4:45 PM.
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Great Northern
Pam Vancouver
Vancouver Limited
Bellingham
Fire destroys Duane Street warehouse in New York
Fire this morning destroyed a six story building on Duane street housing the Merchants Rubber company and the Daleschetmber Willow Ware company. Loss estimated at 100000. CZAR GETS GOOD ST PETERSBURG Imperial ukase orders ministerial committee to study schemes for people’s relief. Pot roasts 6c per pound at Olympic market Saturday.
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New York
Duane Street
Merchants’ Rubber Company
Daleschetmber Willow Ware Company
ST. Petersburg
Czar
Passage of Direct Primary Law Bill Discussed
Debate focuses on advancing a bill establishing a direct primary system. Advocates urge voter selection of party nominees, while opponents warn of potential shifts in party control and campaign dynamics.
Retreating the Japs Press Russian Forces Back in Manchuria
Reports from Manchuria say fighting is general and desperate. Kuropatkin may withdraw from Trepass while Russian losses reach about 7,000. Japanese forces have driven the Russian left and crossed the Hun River east of Fushan, pressing the center near Mukden.
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ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Trepass
Hun River
Fushan
Mukden
Siege of Fort Frayne at Grand Tonight and Tomorrow
Company A Signal Corps units present The Siege of Fort Frayne at the Grand tonight and again tomorrow night with much of the cast from the company. The battle scene will feature three companies on stage. Sunday and Monday feature Paul Gilmore in The Mummy and the Hummingbird at the Grend.
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Signal Corps
N. G
Fort Frayne
the Grand
Paul Gilmore
The Keane company closes en gagement in Parsifal
The Keane company ends its engagement tomorrow evening in Parsifal. On Sunday afternoon the Ferris stock company opens an indefinite engagement in Grau stark a romantic play adapted from the book. Baume Brandt presents Lovers Lane for its final performance tomorrow night. Sunday afternoon Quo Vadis with Louise Brandt as Lygia will be staged.
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Keane Company
New Ferris Stock Company
Baume-Brandt Company
Louise Brandt
Lygia
Star Theater Vaudeville Hits With Strong Attendance This Week
The vaudeville program at the Star theater is drawing strong crowds with unusually good numbers. The little play house maintains a steady turnout at each performance. On Monday afternoon the bill will be changed.
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New Star Theater
Little Play House
King Edward cancels Mediterranean tour
Birmingham dispatch reports King Edward has canceled plans for a Mediterranean tour due to political crisis at home. The Post cites the king’s decision as a response to the evolving English political situation.
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Birmingham
Edward
Mediterranean
Fire at Third Avenue causes smoke damage and rescues
A blaze in John Coughlin's plumbing shop on Third Avenue prompted a large fire department response yesterday. Smoke damaged interior lodging and many stores, earning rescuers praise as ladders were used for fainting residents. A Jackson Street re grade discussion followed with clubs and owners considering costs. A question about Great Northern railway new train service is noted.
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Third Avenue
John Coughlin
Herotic Firelandicn
City Clears Fortune Tellers After Fine Payment
Mrs Mary Schmidt and Prof A Masery dairy voants were arrested for fortune telling a practice prohibited by state law Judge Gordon found them guilty but allowed dismissal if they promise to stop in the city The detectives acted on orders from Chief Delaney and the defendants paid 60 to license the work.
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Mary Schmidt
A. Masery
Harbee and
Wappenstein
Delaney
Gordon
Viaduct Project on University Street Abandoned
The street committee yesterday officially abandoned plans for a major viaduct on University Street below First Avenue due to opposition from Northern Pacific and other interests. The aging bridge will be replaced by a new wooden structure.
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Northern Pacific
University Street
First Avenue
Chicago Markets Reperte Wheat and Bond Prices
From Seattle and New York reports dated March 3, market notes show May and July wheat futures with varied highs and lows, and prices for Park and steel stocks. The bulletin cites a large short interest in Tractiona and Metropolitan stock and advises buying B R T and P O to maximize gains as steel may rise above 40.
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New York
Joseph
Tractiona
Metropolitan
P. O
Steel
New York Stocks Prices and Wheat Market Report
New York stocks opened firm with mixed results as Atchison Amal and other issues showed narrow ranges. Wheat futures in Liverpool opened modestly lower and closed about 1.2 pence above yesterday, while Minneapolis and Chicago markets were noted for limited activity and a scalp-like trading pattern.
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New York
Close
Atchison
Amal
Copper
Can
Pac
Erte. Com
Manhattan
Metropol
Mo. Pac
People's Gas
Penn
K. L. Com
So, Pac
St. Paul
Sugar
Union Pac
U. S
Liverpool
Care—Minolis
Moore System Endorsed by Renton Hill Improvement Club
J A Moore's proposed street car system received strong backing from the Renton Hill Improvement Club at their meeting last night. D H Gilman and George F Cotterill outlined features of the service while plans for a Queen Anne Hill club discussion followed. The Renton Hill group also urged the legislature to advance the direct primary bill promptly and new officers were named for a Queen Anne foot of the hill improvement association.
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J. A. Moore
Renton Hill Improvement Club
D. H. Gilman
Moore
Enterprise
George F. Cotterill
Queen Anne Hill Improvement Club
Renton Hill Club
Langley
Jacob Reuben W. Jones
Joseph Shippen
W. W. Kirkwood
J. A. Bance
C. EB. Newton
L. B. Peek
Queen Anne
Surprising Seattle Policeman Secret Romp to Tacoma
Policeman John Huff, a veteran Seattle officer, reportedly left with a younger woman to Tacoma for a private wedding plan. Huff, nearing fifty, hid the trip from his superior as his wife, Louisa Sorenson of North Yakima, is 22. Mrs Huff is well known in Seattle social circles.
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John Huff
Seattle
Mra. Huff
Convention in Session for Swedish Lutheran Conference
The thirteenth annual Columbia conference of Swedish Lutherans met Wednesday evening at the church at Ninth Avenue and Stewart Streets for an 8 o'clock session. The first business meeting followed, with officers elected for the coming year: Rev. M. L. Larson president, Rev. N. J. W. Nelson vice president, Rev. Gustaf E. B. Rydquist secretary, Rev. Carl J. Renbard treasurer, and trustees Rev. M. L. Larson Rev. J. Jesperson Rev. G. A. Anderson P. J. Johnson and C. P. Erickson.
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Columbia Conference of the Swedish Lutheran Church
Ninth Avenue
Stewart Streets
M. L. Larson
N. J. W. Nelson
Gustaf EB. Rydquist
Carl J. Renbard
J. Jesperson
G. A. Anderson
P. J. Johnson
C. P. Erickson
Patterson Father Seeks Permit to Bring dying sister
Nan Patterson's father visited Assistant District Attorney Band seeking permission to take Miss Patterson to Washington to see her dying sister May. The request was refused. An appeal to District Attorney Jerome failed. The man left the office in tears.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Imperial act on popular participation to be issued tomorrow
An official announcement states the imperial act regarding popular participation in legislation will be issued tomorrow. A lot with 30 feet frontage on the west side of Second avenue near Sewart street and Virginia street sold for 5 000 dollars this morning. The deal was handled by Predoh Sanders company. Qearygo Sruauw was the buyer.
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Preersdorg
Second Avenue
Sewart Street
Virginia Street
Mike
Pred Oh Sanders Company
Qearygo Sruauw
Seattle Plans Monument For 1856 Battle Site
Mrs. Horton Phelps of the Lady Stirling chapter asks the council to secure a location for a monumental boulder commemorating the 1856 battle near the city hall triangle. She notes the area near the bay along the munitions and rifles defended settlers, with Englishman Wilson and pioneer Holgate killed.
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Seattlee
Seattle
Horton Phelps
Lady Stirling
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wilson
Holgate
War and unrest flare as Mukden battles rage
War dispatches report louder gunfire at Mukden as wounded stream northward and chaos spreads. A Warsaw dispatch says an imperial manifesto triggered a revolutionary outbreak with rioters attacking factories, Cossacks combating the mob, and heavy casualties along with numerous arrests.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Whola
Indicted Representative Hermann Charged With Fraud Destruction
A federal grand jury indicted Oregon Representative Binger Hermann for unlawfully destroying 25 letters and press copy books on January 30 last year while head of the land office. Secretary Hitchcock testified as a witness in the case.
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Washington, D. C
Binger Hermann
Oregon
Land Office
Hitchcock
Hermann
Entries for the mile roller skating race announced
Entries are arriving for a mile roller skating race to be held in the Auditorium on March 10. Early participants include H Krant Sidney Dane George Brown J A Lamar J R Mecklroy and George Biswanger. The course spans 23 laps per mile with a bronze medal to the winner and a handsome old watch for the ladies event winner. Training hours for the gentlemen run between noon and 1 daily.
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H Krant
Sidney Dane
George Brown
J. A. Lamar
J. R. Mecklroy
George Biswanger
Ladies Train Twice Weekly Schedule
The schedule lists training sessions for the ladies on Tuesday Thursday and Friday each week with practice from 6 to 6 on those days.
Erickson Denies Deal On Regrading Contract
Erickson states that a reported agreement to sell his regrading contract for Second Avenue to Walsh Construction of Iowa never happened. He notes Walsh planned no immediate move here, despite visiting and evaluating the site, citing high local costs and competition. a future visit remains possible.
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Walsh
Mr. Erickson
Washington
Jackson Street
Fourth Avenue
Mayor Replaces Policeman Stars with Badges
Thirty city employees who wore policeman stars have them revoked by Mayor Bailinger who ordered all stars called in and issued replacement badges. Stars were provided when Seattle Electric issued passes. after Superintendent Grant's order ending free rides, the stars became valueless and were collected.
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Bailinger
Seattle Electric Company
Grant
State rests its case in Letcher arson trial
In Bryan Ohio the state will rest this afternoon in the Letcher arson case after Judge Donnelly overruled a defense bid for dismissal and to strike co conspirator evidence. Labor Commissioner Grout reports 744 jobs last month 520 for men 224 for women marking a slight rise from the prior year. March 20 exams set for 39 municipal lighting positions with applications due March 13. Calumet mine blast kills Oswald Payne and Frank Keln and injures others.
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Bryan
Letcher
Donnelly
Jack Page
Burchard
San Francisco
Grout
Milliner Defies Lawyer in Easter Hat Bill Case
Mrs. S. FE. Gleason of Portland clashed with attorney for Lowengart Millinery, who seeks payment for hat makings. She resisted questions about her age and hurled ethnic remarks, prompting a courtroom scuffle before the judge intervened.
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S. FE. Gleason
Lowengart Millinery Company
Portland
Electric power worker sought in attack on Randolph maid
Police hunt an electrician from Seattle and Tacoma Electric Power who assaulted a servant girl at 704 East Union Street yesterday afternoon. The assailant entered under the pretense of meter work, fled after the victim screamed, and remains at large with a serious charge likely once captured.
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Seattle & Tacoma Electric Power Company
Randolph
East Union Street
Private royal note delivered to the president
A sealed congratulatory letter from King Edward was delivered to the president by the British ambassador, contents not disclosed. The Senate approved a Spooner act extension, authorizing canal zone changes by the president pending House action. The president sent Will A. Newcom’s nomination for Sacramento receiver of public money to the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
Edward
Senate
Spooner
Government Canal
House
Canal Commission
Washington
Will A. Newcom
California
Sacramento
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Star Theater
Pty Belippe News Assn
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Great Northern Railway
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Suess Imma
Moore System
Erickson
Regrade
Walsh Construction Com
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Tractor
C. J. Erickson
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Iowa
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Son
Cusby
Calumet, Mich
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