Petition Filed to Recall Governor Hart Over Poll Tax Law
A recall petition against Governor Louisa F. Hart was filed with Secretary of State J. Grant Hinkle by Joseph R. Manning and Mrs. George Maclaughlin. They accuse Hart of misfeasance for signing the poll tax bill and say it burdens citizens and strips rights. Manning expects broad support as petitions circulate, needing 100,000 valid signatures for a recall election.
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Louisa F. Mart
Fontering
J. Grant Hinkle
Ercretary
Beattie
Joseph R. Manning
Seattle
George Maclaughlin
Hinkle
Manning
Oldest Seattle Block Vanishes Defied Fire in Historic Boston Block
The Boston block at Second and Columbia is being torn down for a new Seattle National bank building. Built 1888, it survived the 1889 fire aided by maple trees that served as a break. Charles Whittlesey recalls moving to the block after his firm Haller & Whitellsey burned out. Jack Haley once operated a leading grocery on the ground floor. Page 7 continuation.
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Pioneer
Seattle National Bank
Boston
Charles Whittlesey
Haller
Victor Roch
Whittlesey
Mve
Jack Haley
Page 7
Mm & Cook
Ian
Seattle
Explosion in Chicago Italians District Kills Three, Injures Many
A blast at the Joseph Weil Paper plant near 14th and Halstead in Chicago’s Nineteenth Ward killed three and injured dozens. Officials suspect a gas leak. police consider a possible bomb. The explosion damaged nearby homes, smashed plate glass, and sent victims to local hospitals as crowds watched in silence.
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Joseph Weill
Halstead Sta
Chicago
Mike Hughes
Mike Tipansky
Weil Paper Company
Peeves and trees in Seattle memory of a pet dislike
A Seattle writer reflects on peeves from missed trains to a windy day and windy fashion, then shifts to sorrow over despoiled shade trees. She urges protective planting, notes the cost of upkeep, and recalls a UW talk advocating slow growing dogwood for street strips.
Alleged train robber caught in Salt Lake City
Delbert Smith identified as last of the Northern Pacific gang that held up mail between St. Cloud and Minneapolis on February 18 and escaped with registered mail. He was arrested Sunday night in Salt Lake City by postoffice inspectors, per a Seattle report to J. B Swenson. His accomplices were captured soon after the raid.
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Delbert Smith
Northern Pacific
St. Cloud
Minneapolis
Minn
Salt Lake City
Seattle
J. 8. Swenson
Smith
Salt Lake
He Thought He Was en Route to Heaven
Charles Morrison of 5205 Palatine avenue was struck by a car at Third avenue and Union street. The vehicle ran over his feet as he believed he was headed to heaven. Morrison has been involved in five other accidents recently.
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Charles Morrison
Palatine Ave
Third Ave
Union St
Morrison
Wireless censor job ends as navy censor ship dismissed
President Harding and his cabinet ordered removal of the navy censorship ship over commercial wireless. The action ends the censor ship’s duties and shifts oversight of wireless communications away from the navy. The decision comes in Washington on March 29.
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Washington
Harding
Navy
Beacon Hill Folk to Meet Wednesday
The Beacon Hill Community Council will meet Wednesday at 7 45 p m at the Beacon Hill School building. The evening will feature sociability music dramatic readings and recreative games.
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Beacon Hill
Sign of spring and civic notes bloom in spring issue
Page One items report spring fever, budget talks, layoffs, and local events. Mentions Endolyne gardens, Queen Anne high reunion, Consolidated ticket offices, Camp Lewis training, and a rash of arrests at a Collins building union hall. Federal court reflects bankrupts Rogers Brown & Co. with $7.5 million liabilities.
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Endolyne
Stiff Gu
Europe
Ralph Schoenfeld
Queen Anne High
Associated Industries
Camp Lewis
U Selamograph
Tembior
Rogers, Brown & Co
Gamble
Union Hall
Collins Building
J. Hunter
Minor Ave
Zellerbach Paper Co
Frank Waterhouse & Co
Howard Shrope
Erwin Prairie
Fourth Ave
Virginia St
Fort Lawton
Children's Orthopedic Hospital
Court Fight Over 11 Inches of Land
Carl Richter owner of the Hamburg inn in South Alka sues W. Myer claiming 11 inches of adjoining land has encroached since 1907. Richter seeks title to the strip or an easement to prevent Myer’s building from blocking his sun.
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Carl Richter
8. W. Myer
Richter
South Alka
Myer
Passed Car With Open Gates Charge Bump
Aondo or Aondah Tuesday charged with passing a street car with open gates on Easat lake avenue. The 42 year old manager was released on bail.
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Bump
Aondah
Easatlake Ave
County Assessor Hull Prompts Poll Tax Oath of Office
Frank W. Hull, county assessor, asked Mayor High Caldwell to require department heads to swear in their employees for the poll tax. Caldwell, as department head, must place his own name at the top of the oath list.
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Hughes Hugh
Frank W. Hull
High Caldwell
Caldwell
Sawdust Diet Accuses Mill Owner on Patterson Creek
M C Perkins proprietor of a saw mill on Patterson Creek faces justice court complaint filed by the prosecutor at the request of the game warden alleging the mill ruins fish with sawdust.
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M. C. Perkins
Patterson Creek
Suit Over Punch Board Prizes In Kent Store Case
Dwyer & Co. sue Peter Dereiko proprietor of a Kent store for the price of a punch board and prizes, alleging sale and delivery. Dereiko defends in Judge C W Brinker’s court claiming sheriff seized the items on June 26 1917. Also noted a large auto found in ten feet of water near Pier 18 with insurance interest cited by police.
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Dwyer & Co
Peter Dereiko
Kent
C. W. Brinker
Pier 18
Girl Accuses Ex Army Man of Love Frauds in Oregon
In Portland Oregon on March 29 Robert Douglas of Warsaw Indiana a former lieutenant at Vancouver Washington faces grand jury indictment for stealing a coeds heart and her college funds. The co ed says she loaned him 750 dollars in five installments as they planned marriage before he disappeared and she learned he had a wife elsewhere.
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Portland
Ore
Robert Douglas
Warsaw
Ind
Vancouver
Wash
Army Post
Oregon Agricultural College
Douglas
Moonshine Hens Owner Fined $100 in City Court
A. Starika, 38, owner of the two moonshine hens, was fined $100 for violation of city liquor laws in police court Monday afternoon. The hens were found hatch ing two barrels of mash in the basement of a house at 911 Connecticut St.
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A. Starika
Connecticut St
Stick-Up Demands Match Then Takes $6
A robber demands a match and takes $6 from H L Arnett, the Rubenstein Pharmacy delivery man, during the hold up. The incident involved a delivery route and a single assailant in the vicinity of the pharmacy. Arnett complied with the demand and reported the crime to authorities.
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H. L. Arnett
Rubenstein Pharmacy
Man Cleared in Theft Link to West Seattle Burglar Case
John Sherman aged 2013 W Nevada Street is exonerated after authorities checked his alleged partnership with C Hdmonda in a West Seattle master burglary. Police released him with no charges following review of evidence and statements.
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John Sherman
W. Nevada
Rosenbluth Bail Granted in Cronkhite Case
Former Captain Robert Rosenbluth released on 25000 bail as charges against him and Sergeant Rolland R. Pothier for Maj Alexander Cronkhite's 1918 Camp Lewis death are set to be dropped per attorney general guidance. Pierce County prosecutors indicate state charges may proceed. The killing occurred near Camp Lewis on the O Shuffert ranch site.
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New York
Robert Rosenbluth
Alexander Pr. Cronkhite
Camp Lewis
Wash
United States
John Cox
Rolland R. Pothier
Alexander P. Cronkhite
Saunders
Pierce County
Tacoma
Maj. Cronkhite
Selden
O. Shuffert
Sergi
Pothier
Lindeberg Fights Extradition Case Continues
In Sacramento on March 29 the extradition hearing for Jafet Lindeberg was continued for two weeks. The state attorney general's office requested the delay and it was granted. Lindeberg faces charges in Tacoma over a bank mulation case and his counsel argues the Washington governor's requisition lacks proof the grand jury returned the indictment.
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Sacramento
Cal
Jafet Lindeberg
Tacoma
Wash
Attorney General
Lindeberg
North
Hart
Washington
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