Big Alaska coal lands case opens in Seattle court
The trial of Charles J. Munday Earl B Sigie and Archie W Shiels charged with conspiring to defraud the United States of 6087 acres of coal lands in Kayak district Alaska opens in District Judge C H Hanford's court. The lands valued at 100000000 or more were sought for the Alaska Development Co and the Pacific Coal and Oil Co with dummies used to file on lands. Munday organized the Alaska Development Co and arranged with English capitalists including Algernon H Stracey who is believed in Vancouver B C. Shiels is a Scottish employee of Stracey.
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Charles J. Munday
Seattle
C. H. Hanford
Alaska Development Co
Pacific Coal and Oil Co
Munday
Algernon H Stracey
Vancouver
B. C
Archie W. Shiels
Stracey
Birthday salute to Maj. Gen. Adolphus Greely
In Washington DC the veteran polar explorer Maj. Gen. Adolphus Washington Greely turns seventy. Thirty years earlier he led an expedition to establish observatory stations and expanded U S land area by about six thousand square miles. His parties neared solving a great mystery while he aided relief efforts after the San Francisco earthquake.
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Washington
D. C
Adolphus Washington Greely
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Ponce de Leon Names Florida on Easter 1612 Discovery
A 1612 Easter Sunday landing by Ponce de Leon led him to name the land Florida. The piece notes the long term fame of Florida for tracks and alligators and cites Dr. Roland Dwight Grant’s remark at a Boston church event.
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Ponce de Leon
Ponce
Florida
Hell
Roland Dwight Grant
Boston
First Methodist Church
Innocent Man May Get Carnegie Pension After 20 Years
Andrew Carnegie ordered an investigation into Andrew Toth, a Pittsburg mill worker released after two decades in prison for a murder he did not commit. The case began in 1891 when a Hungarian co‑suspect accused him after a witness faltered, and the Hungarian later confessed. Toth’s release followed.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Toth
Pittsburg
Toth Ikely
Carnegie Villa
Toth
Hungary
Tosh
Allison Appointed to Fill King Dykeman Vacancy
Willam B. Allison a Seattle resident and son of the Iowa senator, is named by Corporation Counsel Calhoun to fill the vacancy created by King Dykeman’s appointment to the superior court bench.
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Willam B. Allison
Iown
Seattle
Calhoun
King Dykeman
Superior Court
NAB Saloon Man Victor Anderson Arrested in Woodinville
Victor Anderson a saloonkeeper at Woodinville was arrested Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff Beebe after minors were found under the influence of liquor. One boy is being held as a co defendant and Anderson is out on 250 dollars bond.
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Victor Anderson
Woodinville
Beebe
Co Anderson
Roosevelt to Speak at Inland Empire Education Session
Theodore Roosevelt will be among speakers at a joint session of the Country Life commission and the Inland Empire take noted in Spokane with a date set for April. The gathering aims to discuss education and rural life improvements and will feature prominent officials.
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T. R. Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Country Life Commission
Inland Empire Teach O —Tation
Spokane
Spokane grain firm challenges bid deposit rule
A complaint to the board of public works by B. F. Shields of Spokane Grain Co contests the city rule requiring a 5 percent deposit with bids on supplies, asserting it discriminates against small dealers.
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Board of Public Works
B. F. Shields
Spokane Grain Co
Alice Longworth May Fly With Jannus Tomorrow
Washington dispatch reports aviator Anthony Jannus completed a successful flight with Miss Gladys Hinckley as passenger. Mrs. Alice Longworth hinted she may undertake a flight with Jannus the following day.
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Alice Washington
Anthony Jannus
Gladys Hinckley
Alice Longworth
Jannus
Telegrapher Union Leader Sermon Sparks Pay Rise Drive
H B Perham rallies 42 000 members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers at a Boston convention. He notes pay increased from 35 to about 60 dollars monthly, enabling families to keep a cow and ensure pure milk, plus a 1000 dollar death protection for 60 cents monthly. Union began in Vinton Iowa about two decades ago.
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H. B. Perham
Santa Fe
Chairman Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knapp
Boston
Perham
Vinton
Charlies B. Thurston
Favored Dress Materials and Fabrics Featured
Imported voiles 47 inches wide in multiple colors from a French loom at 1.75 per yard. Priestley Irish Crepe 44 inches black gray Copenhagen navy mixes wool and mohair, resists creasing at 2.00 per yard. French Challis returning as favorites in Dresden designs and checks, 75 and 85 cents per yard.
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Priestley
Copenhagen
Dresden
New Dress Waist Lisle Union Suit For Women
Sleeveless lisle union suit with low neck and cuff or wide lace trimmed umbrella knee yoke options priced at 1 25. Includes plain or lace insertion yoke and is offered in women sizes.
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Lisle Union
New Wash Fabrics Show Season Styles From Abroad
The New Wash Fabrics feature a season showing assembled from home and abroad. Appliqued French Voices 27 inches wide offer white ground with lavender and blue dots. Yard 65c. French Lateens 31 inches wide with dark foulard designs 50c yard. English Madras Waistings white ground with fast color prints 40c yard. Bordered Empire Batiste 40 inches wide with graduated dot border yard 25c. Bordered Robes 42-inch silk and cotton priced at 6.00 6.50 and 7.00 each.
Direct-Action Range Promises Efficient Gas Savings
The article highlights the Range’s oven construction as its strongest feature. It claims five feet of gas will bake biscuits on both oven racks, with heating of oven and baking included. Firet Floor, Annex.
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