Japan Issues Ultimatum to China Over Steamer Indemnity
Tokyo delivers a formal demand to Pekin calling for the surrender of the Japanese steamer Satsu ru, full indemnity, and an apology. Japan warns that refusal will trigger war, while Washington and London observers note potential crisis and possible Chinese yielding.
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Japan
China
Pekin
Ington
State Department
Washington
Yeleck
Tokio
Don
Finance committee report on city accounting controversy
The finance committee presents a report on defalcation and accounting flaws in Seattle city finances. It notes deficiencies, disputes methods, and endorses Shorrock and Co. findings over the city engineer's, while affirming prosecutions and that cash was properly accounted for since 1904. It urges a prefatory submission of the proceedings.
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John
Com
WE 10
Carrolls
Shorrock & Co
City Engineer
Young Man Charged With Perjury Over Marriage Age
Claud Grayson is charged by information with perjury for stating both bride and groom were of legal age. The complaint, requested by C W Long of Curtis Lewis county, cites a 19 year old groom and seeks to annul the marriage on grounds of fraud. The case follows the groom and bride’s recent wedding to Rey Desmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Grayson
C. W. Long
Curtis
Lewis County
Etta Long
Rey Desmond
Grayson
Desmond
Wote
Long
German Battleship Nassau Launched At Wilhelmshaven
Berlin reports the monster battleship Nassau was launched at Wilhelms Haven today with Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Henri of Prussia witnessing the ceremony. The Grand Duchess of Baden christened the vessel.
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Berlin
Nassau
Wilhelms Haven
Kaiser Wiliam
Prince Henri
Prussia
Grand Duchess of
Baden
May Send Crosby to Reform School
Eli Crosby, a 13 year old boy who robbed his benefactor George Engler and was captured in The Dalles Oregon may be sent to the reform school Disposition of the case is held up until Judge Frater can hear from the boy s relatives.
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Eli Crosby
George Engler
Dalles
Oregon
Reform School
Cruisers Washington and Tennessee Arrive at Gan Diego Harbor
The cruisers Washington and Tennessee reach Gan Diego Harbor from Manta Harbara on March 7 and will stay ten days before sailing for Mare Inland.
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Gan Diego
United Press
Bandingo
Cal
Washington
Tennessee
Manta Harbara
Thin Harbor
Mare
Trains Collide Near St Petersburgh. 12 Dead
A terrible collision occurred today near Samara involving two trains. Twelve people were killed and twenty five injured as the wreckage blocked the line and emergency crews rushed to aid survivors. Dispatched trains and local authorities coordinated a heavy rescue response.
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United Press
Petersburg
Samara
Arrest Report Incomplete Humane Department Investigation
John Be. Bevens is under arrest by the Humane Department pending investigation of the birth on Saturday at 8402 Third West. The child's mother Lena Evens is alleged to be involved with Drisener a R.
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John BE. Bevens
Humane Department
West
Lena Evens
Drisener A
Judge Rules Employer Liable for Inexperienced Work
Judge Frater rules that an employer hiring an unqualified person is liable for injuries from that worker. In Alaska Pacific Co case, N. W. Pearson, injured operating a donkey engine, was awarded $7,400. court denies new trial and may appeal to the supreme court.
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Frater
Ape
Alaska
N. W. Pearson
Pearson
Russia and Germany May Face Trouble Over Minsk Case
Berlin dispatch reports Berlin Prankfurter Volksstimme correspondent Edward Levine, held in Minsk by czarist authorities, subjected to brutal treatment. Immediate protests demand his release and Russia’s apology, with many pressing for restitution as his health worsens.
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Germany
Berlin
Edward Levine
Supreme Court Affirms John Sullivan Estate Split
In Olympia on March 7 the supreme court affirmed the decision to divide the John Sullivan estate with half the property awarded to Edward Corcoran and half to Senator Piles. The ruling secures Senator Piles more than half a million dollars.
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Olympia
Wash
Supreme Court Today
John Sullivan
Edward Corcoran
Senator Piles
Knickerbocker Trust Granted March 26 Opening
The New York Supreme Court allowed Knickerbocker Trust to reopen on March 26. It was the first bank to suspend during the crisis that triggered wider suspensions amid the panic.
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United Press
New York
Supreme Court
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Fleet maneuvers to assemble in Seattle and visit Pacific ports
Secretary Metcalf will announce a program for the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets on the Pacific coast. The fleet is to assemble in Seattle harbor for June maneuvers and stop at San Diego and San Francisco. Admiral Evans' fleet may reach San Francisco Bay by May 5 with 45 ships in four-column pageant.
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United Press
Washington
Metcalf
Navy Department
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Seattle Harbor
Magdalena
San Diego
San Francisco
Hunters Point
Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Evans
San Francisco Bay
Yorktown
Admiral Evans
Manila
United States
Suez Canal
Root
Eet
Judge Halts Picketing as Miners Strike Case Grows
In Carbon Nevada Judge Farrington issued an injunction against the Western Federation of Miners restraining picketing of mines and intimidation of nonunion workers. The ruling marks a major legal blow to mining unions and labor activity in the region. Meanwhile Republican politics shift as former Gov Henry McBride is rumored to announce a gubernatorial bid triggering Washin gton state campaign maneuvers and opposition from the Wilson faction.
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United Pros
Carbon
Nev
Farrington
United States District Court
Goldfield Consolidated Mines Comm Y
Western Federation of Miners
Henry McBride
Seattle
Wilson
John L. Wilson
Spokane
Indiana
Washington
D.C
McBride
Poet-Intelligencer
Crawfordsville
Ind
John D. Atkinson
Ankeny
Gov. Mead
Cosgrove
Garfield County
Atkinson
Chehalis County
W. H. Snell
Pierce County
W. M. Ridpath
Spokane County
Gov. McBride
Crandall Caught in San Francisco After Tacoma Swindles
Clarence Crandall, a smooth young man with many names, has been arrested in San Francisco after fleeing Tacoma where he swindled prominent residents. Detectives D O Smith and John Raymond will bring him back once requisition papers arrive. Crandall, once engaged to Sybil Anderson, deserted her in Tacoma and left debt totaling hundreds of dollars.
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Clarence Collier Crandall
Sybil Anderson
Donnelly Hotel
Tacoma
Elke
San Francisco
Crandall
D. O. Smith
John Raymond
California
Smith
Charles Hudson
Allan Duffy
Peo ‘Ie
Anderson
Hike’ Lodge
Oma
San Quentin
Cal
Conductor Falls From Bridge in Seattle Accident
Co C Rovee a Seattle Electric line conductor living at 1009 East Newton street fell through planking at a bridge in front of the car barn at Fifth avenue and Prie street yesterday afternoon. He sustained severe back bruises and was taken to Seattle General Hospital.
Roofer Frank Peters Arrested in Connection With Saloon Hold Up
Detective officers detain Frank Peters a 42 year old roofer in a cheap lodging house at Firet ov south and Weller st. He stands as a suspect in the Fisherman s saloon hold up on Wall st and Elliott occurring early Thursday. Victims gave $65 under threat of two revolvers but their description does not match Peters. The police will hold him for investigation results.
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Frank Peters
Firetov
South
Weller St
Adama and
Clark
Wall Sr
Elliott
Peters
Lumbermen Expect Favorable ICC Freight Ruling
Victor Beckman reports a telegram from C F White and Austin Griffiths in Washington predicting a favorable Inter State Commerce Commission decision on lumber freight rates within 60 days. White expects to defeat the railroad advance, possibly extending 40 cent rates east to the Missouri River, adding 162000 car loads annually. White and Griffiths plan to return to Seattle near week’s end.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Victor Beckman
C. F. White
Washington
D. C
F. White
Lumbermen
Austin Griffiths
White
Beckman
Missouri River
Messrs
White and
Griffiths
Seattle
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