Washingtons Home Rule Rally Meets Seattle Transit Clash
The Seattle Electric Co. vows to defy a state public service commission order to restore passenger seats on the Alki line amid court battles. Officials warn of mandamus or injunction while detailing financial figures and Ballard Beach disruptions.
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War Wakes The Admiralty Over Neutral Protests Test
Britain readies naval strength as French and British ships gather off the German coast the first test of neutral protests. A British warship shields a mother and child amid rising wartime tension as officials claim blockade support will be ready within hours.
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Dead Boxer Fouled Says His Brother
The trial of Lonnie Austin and Dan Salt, promoters of the fatal boxing match, continues with testimony from Ludwig Andersons brother Henry B Anderson claiming a foul in the second round. Defense counters that the death came from over exertion and notes cordial relations between boxers. Deputy Prosecutor Hessell leads state case as Capt. H H Kiehne recounts the sunken William P Frye at sea off South America.
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Falls From Bridge Into Flats Dies
A fall from the viaduct at Fifth ave and Weller st into tide flats fatally injured James McCarthy a waiter. He fell about 30 feet and was rescued unconscious from the mud by Patrolmen Arbogast and Sepenich. McCarthy died at City hospital after a brief consciousness period. He worked on the liner Alameda. New federal trade commission, including Will Parry, began at noon.
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Erickson Elected Head of City Council After 125 Ballots
Oliver T. Erickson, long a proponent of municipal ownership, was elected president of the city council after 125 ballots. Support came from Lundy Hesketh Haas Bolton Fitzgerald and Erickson, while Marble and Fitzgerald backed other aspirants. Erickson previously led the Erickson Weyman Manufacturing Co and was elected to the council in 1911.
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Hotel Fire Strikes McCloud Leaving One Feared Dead
Ninety guests of the Hotel Mc Cloud narrowly escaped death when the building burned to the ground in McCloud California. Julius C. Krebs a car builder is missing and feared dead as firefighters battled the flames.
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Allies Prepare To Enforce New Blockade Order
London dispatch reports British warships near hourly to halt the first neutral vessel enforcing the blockade of the German coast. The vessel will be convoyed, signaling the start of the new maritime order.
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Visit With the Pethick-Lawrences on Suffrage and War
The narrator meets Mrs. and Mr. Pethick-Lawrence at the Washington Annex, recalling their time with the suffragists and their wartime stance. They discuss protests in London, clashes with police, and prison hunger strikes, then express peace views and opinions on property and frontier defense. The couple affirms antiwar sentiment and criticizes burning property as excessive.
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Youth Dies After Bicycle Accident Under Truck Wheel
L. H. Marks, 19, of 527 Fairview Ave, died at the city hospital Monday night after being kicked under the wheel of a moving auto truck by a horse while riding his bicycle.
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Caplan Starts On Fight For Liberty
Los Angeles March 16. Arraigned before Superior Judge Frank Willis today M A Schmidt and David Caplan alleged Los Angeles Times dynamiters started a vigorous fight for liberty by demanding that the murder indictment against them be quashed. The case was continued one week.
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Frisco Election Sees Few Voters For 26 Charter Amendments
Frisco officials expect just over half of registered voters to cast ballots in today’s election on 26 proposed charter amendments. The vote centers on whether the changes pass or fail.
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