County hospital turmoil as nurses strike over wages
The Seattle Star reports a county hospital strike led by nurses demanding $50 monthly raises and an eight hour day. Superintendent O Rourke resigns amid political clashes with Steward Dearborn and County Commissioner McKenzie. About 250 patients depend on care as doctors step in, while staff discuss replacements and governance battles unfold.
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O'Rourke
C. T. Dearborn
Cemean
Dearborn
McKenzie
Hamilton
Rutherford
Retta
California
Mise Hien Barrett
Dorcas Butt
Mise McGregor
St. Joseph's Hospital
Tacoma
Commissioners Office
Carrigan- Hodge
Bear
Building Collapse Kills One Injures Several in Seattle
A two story frame dwelling at 1919 Terry Ave collapsed during lowering. Knute Doviand died on site while Mrs Minnie Coleman and Mrs John Hyer were injured. Firefighters freed victims as deputy coroner ordered an inquest and Curtis Bros denied blame.
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Knute Doviand
Boren
John Hyer
Terry
Minnie M. Coleman
George McDonald
Frank Sandberg
Robert Thyer
A. McRae
Robert Tosh
Terry Av
Route Dovland
Margett
Harria
Doviand
Romney
Reacuers
William Borthwick
Curtis Bros
Loyding
Intervene Possible Over Bratt and Converse Case
Washington officials weigh risk of U S intervention after Knox asserts Bratt of Pittsburg and Converse of Los Angeles were captured on American soil while Mexican claims they were arrested in Mexico. Reports from San Antonio San Diego Durango describe mobilization, border tensions, and insurgent actions as Mexico teeters toward martial law.
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Washington
Knox
Edwin Bratt
Pittsburg
Lawrence Converse
Los Angeles
Juarez
Mexico
United States
Railroads fined for rebating linked to Standard Oil case
In Buffalo the New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad were fined 35000 and 26000 dollars respectively in a U S district court for rebates connected to a four year old shipment of oil tied to Standard Oil Co The company has already been fined 20000 dollars for accepting the rebates In New York Charles Frohman plans open air park performances this season with Maude Adams likely to appear in Shakespearean roles
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
U. S. District Court
Standard Oil Co
New York
Charles Frohman
Maude Adama
Grand jury ends with no indictments and bar witness noted
Up to the noon recess two witnesses, Frank Purcell and Chas Berryman proprietor of the Alaskan bar, testified before the grand jury with no indictments. Detective W J Baxter remained on call. Post office department authorized a new substation at 4603 McLelland St opening April 16 as Station 31.
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Grand
Frank Purcell
Chas. Berryman
W. J. Baxter
Post Office Department
McLelland St
Caesar 23 wounds myth corrected by Brutus tale
An ancient tale recalls Julius Caesar falling after 23 wounds at Pompey’s pillar. The post mortem found only one wound fatal, blaming Brutus as the culprit. The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce informed the Seattle Commercial Club a relief car for China is en route, with $148.54 in contributions reported yesterday.
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B. C
Julian Caesar
Pompey
Caesar
Brutus
Julius
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Seattle Commercial Club
China
Hat shopping leads to a captain's death in Seattle
Capt. Ransom J. Chase, a G. A. R. member and Seattle resident for a decade, died at his home 1621 20th Ave yesterday. He is survived by a widow and two sons living in Los Angeles and Dr. R. J. Chase of Seattle.
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Ransom J. Chase
Seattle
Los Angles
Cal
R. J. Chase
Three Die As Hardware Building Collapses in Nashville
Three workers were killed with five dying and at least 15 others believed buried when the G. H. Falla Hardware building collapsed in Nashville Tennessee this afternoon during debris removal.
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Nashville, Tenn
G. H. Falla Hardware Company
Minerval show to raise funds for orthopedic hospital bed
The Boys department of the Y M C A will stage a minerval show at the Auditorium next Friday evening with over 100 boys, aiming to raise 250 dollars for a bed at the Orthopedic hospital and to provide 12 months of medical care for a deformed boy.
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Orthopedic Hospital
Russia Sets 10 Day Deadline on China Notice
St Petersburg officials announce that if China does not reply to Russia within ten days the foreign office will stop negotiations and defer further steps to the war office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
China
Russia
Foreign Office
War Office
Coroner's Jury Finds Explosion Destroyed Times Building
After six months and testimony from over 50 witnesses, the coroner's jury concluded the Times Printing Co. building was destroyed by an explosion and fire caused by high explosives, not illuminating gas, placed there by unknown parties.
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Los Angeles
Times Printing Co
Adolf Sues Osgear Over Restraining Order Dispute
C William Kolb files restraining order to bar Max M Dill from using the name Kolb & Dill on the Grand billboards. Kolb, a German dialect comedian and Orpheum headliner last week, claims the dissolution of their partnership and seeks to prevent Dill from presenting Lonesome Town under their joint act. The two long collaborated across California and once staged Lonesome Town in New York in 1907.
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C. William Kolb
Orpheum
Max M. Dill
Lonesome Town
Grand
Dis
Kolb & Dill
Kohl & Dill
California
New York
Man Hunt On For Murderer Near Washtucna
Sheriffs T. Davis of Pasco and A. J. Coss of Mitzville lead two large bands of deputy sheriffs scouring Washtucna hills for the murderer of Engineer Anthony E. Lowe who was shot from his engine near Washtucna early Wednesday. Authorities report Lowe fired no warning as he commanded off the locomotive. A separate tidbit notes about $57,000,000 worth of natural gas sold in the United States last year.
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Sepokane
T. ¥. Davis
Pasco
A. J. Coss
Mitzville
Washtucna
Anthony 8. Lowe
Wash Tuena
Lowe
United States
Reward offered for capture of four car thieves in Seattle
Automobile Club of Seattle president Rix A Warren Gould notified members that tomorrow night a meeting would vote a reward of 100 dollars for Motor cycle Patrolman Claude Rix. His prompt action led to the capture of four young men who took a seven passenger touring car from P B Sands Monday night.
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A. Warren Gould
Automobile Club of Seattle
Claude Rix
P. B. Sands
Foreclosure Proceedings Against Former Mayor Schmitz
In San Francisco on March 15 foreclosure actions are pending against former Mayor Eugene Schmitz. The case involves his former home on Fillmore Street.
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San Francisco
Eugene Schmitz
Schmitz
Fillmore Est
Rainier Valley Pledges Support For The Star In City Ownership Fight
Citizens at a Rainier Valley mass meeting voted unanimously to back The Seattle Star for its coverage of the municipal street car ownership issue. They commend The Star and urge subscriptions to sustain future battles, and discuss selling street car bonds in Seattle in small denominations.
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Citizens IN Mass Meeting
United Support
Star
Rainier Valley
Seattle Star
Qamasa
Seattle
James Tulloch
Holmes
Holl
Gkinson
Dunlap
George F. Cotterill
R. H., Thomson
C. C. Closson
Not Insane But Morally Degenerate Says Prosecution
In Albany on March 15 the prosecution argued that Edith Melber on trial for poisoning her son George is not insane but morally degenerate. Rochester police chief Quigley testified she appeared rational while confined there.
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Albany
N. Y
Edith Melber
George
Quigley
Rochester
Melber
Wreck injures 20 near Glendora. one dead
A head on collision between Santa Fe passenger trains 41 and 42 near Glendora at 10 45 this morning left one man dead and 20 injured.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Santa Fe
Glendora
Carnegie to testify in Carnegie Trust looting probe
The grand jury will hear Andrew Carnegie as a witness in the investigation of the Carnegie Trust Company looting. District Attorney Whitman said Carnegie had lent a large sum to the institution. The Alaska spring rush has begun with the Ramona sold out seven hours before departure. The Ross South of Canal Improvement Club plans an officer election at a meeting on West Bertona Street and Third Avenue.
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New York
Carnegie Trust Company
Andrew Carnegie
Whitman
Carnegie
Alaska
Ross South of Canal Improvement Club
West, Bertona St
Third Av. W
Ross Marche
Who Will Claim The Star Dollar At Madrona School
A youth with a funny hat may win a Star dollar by posing for The Star photographer tonight before 6 or tomorrow morning before 10 at The Star office. A girl swapped at Miner school is identified as Francis Gatt, 14, of 816 15th av. The Star photographer will be at Central or Cascade school tomorrow morning between 8 and 9.
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Rosalie
Ralston
Star
Midnight Sons” Company
Moore Theatre
Madrona
Miner
Francis Gatt
15Th Av
The
Central
Cascade School
Divorces Granted as Court Sifts Through Cases
In Judge Frater's court, half the cases moved to Judge Carey's docket. By noon, 15 decrees were granted. Witnesses cited spousal deserts and finances, including McLarin, Long, Okubo, and Sward cases, with several couples listed among outcomes.
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Erdes
Adell Toonine
Joseph Toonine
Belle M
Woodbury
George B. Woodbury
Nina Banks
George Banks
Chitl Pichelli
Antonio Pichelli
Mary Roberts
B. A. Roberts
Cora E. Niles
John J. Niles
Laborer Drowned When Piling Breaks at River Dam
In Yuma Arizona a laborer named Harry Molina was drowned when sixty feet of piling gave way and a piledriver sank to the river bottom. The accident happened late yesterday as the river rose from 8 o clock with the stage measured at 22 feet ten feet above normal. Several others escaped.
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Yuma
Ariz
Harry Molina
Colorado River
Molina
Springtime mischief and small town chatter in Hicktown
Pickerel tends bright flowers and Safe Watertower plans to install a weeping willow tree in her yard as signs of spring. Uncle Abe Whitmarsh reportedly earned 116 a year on the jury with more to come. Dee Lamb filled a back tooth for Ivy Lee after a local gathering. Wilbur Tidde sold his owy graph to the White Sisterhood of the M B Church near the Watertower report.
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Pickerel
Willer
Widder
Ays Dame
Abe Whitmarsh
Dee Lamb
Mies Ivy Lee
Wilbur Tidde
M. B. Church
Watertower
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House Falls
Frances Kydd
Bee Hive
Georgetown
Retta M'Gregor
County Hospital
John Schulze
Ben Schulze
Schulze
Engine Co. No. 15
Coleman
Seattle Electric Co
Robert Halseth
Everyhue
San Antonio
Texas
San Diego
Tia Juana
Ensenada
Tasker H. Bliss
United States Army
Durango
Topia
United Press
Adolf Sues Osgar
Hy Unalted Press
Rix
H. Bennett
My Uord Press
Hicktown
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