Town of Kent Seeks Relief Against Higher Rates
Kent residents complain to the public service commission over elevated electricity charges by Puget Sound Traction Light Power in Kent. They seek Seattle’s 6 cent rate after Furth company cut prices in Seattle due to municipal plant competition and demand equal treatment.
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Kent
Seattle
Forth Lighting Company
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Public Service Commission
Furth Company
Alaska Solons Are Banqueted as Selfless and Fortunate
Eight Alaska legislators spoke at an Arctic Club banquet before about 500 guests praising the mining law, woman suffrage, compulsory arbitration of labor disputes, and Alaska self government. Nome’s Senator Fielding touted Nome’s high birth rate while Speaker Collins claimed the delegation typified Alaska with 15 years’ residence in the North.
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Alaska
North Country
Arctic Club
Alaska Sclons
Conrad Fielding
Nome
Febh. Collins
Goldstream
Inquiry in Customs Service Over Missing Inspector
An inquiry into conditions in the customs department is expected today amid Inspector Neil McArthur's continued absence since last Saturday. No warrant is issued, and his absence will not delay the trial of Chartie Louie and John Ralston. Reports say McArthur, a five year friend of Louie, was on duty when the Vancouver opium trunk bound for Portland passed through Seattle during Louie and Ralston’s arrest.
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Customs Department
Neil McArthur
Chartie Louie
John Ralston
McArthur
Louie
Vancouver
B. C
Portland
Ralston
Loule
Seattle
Exoneration for O Hara follows affidavit by Mrs Maude Robinson
Mrs Maude Robinson testified before the Illinois state senate investigating committee that Lieut. Gov. O Hara was her companion at the Sherman house but they were never alone and that allegations of immoral conduct are false. She said the affidavit was not to be published but used to silence O Hara.
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Chicago
O'Hara
State Senate
Maude Robinson
Sherman House
McReynolds Extends Probe Into Pacific States Bell Trust
Attorney General McReynolds announced a continued telephone probe into Pacific States, a Bell telephone trust branch. He appointed C. J. Smythe of Omaha to probe monopoly charges after reviewing grand jury testimony from the Wickersham era. The inquiry aims to build a bill in equity to dissolve the alleged trust.
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McReynolds
Pacific States Company
Bell Telephone Trust
United States
Riddell
C. J. Smythe
Omaha
Bell Company
Wickersham
Isle o Dreams and The Squaw Man At Local Theatres
Moore Dark presents Isle o Dreams at one venue while Seattie Bailey and Mitchell stock features The Squaw Man at another. OA listings show multiple houses including Orpheum Vaudeville Empresse and Pantages Vaudeville with photoplays continuing at Grand and Melbourne venues.
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Metropolitan
Channncey Olcott
Isle O' Dreams
Seattie
Bailey & Mitchell Stock
Orpheum
GRAND
Clemmef
Grandeville
Melbourne
Alhambra
Demand for Suburban Property Is Good
Demand for suburban property is rising this year with April steady and May expected to improve. Lake Washington shoreline activity grows as canal openings and a new Kirkland ferry draw home buyers to the east shore. Beaux Arta Village Gardens reports strong spring sales and several new homes priced from 799 to 5000, plus a 6000 school and water system, with 1199 feet of waterfront dedicated as park and beach.
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Lake Washington
Lake Washington Canal
Kirkland
Thomas L. Campbell
Beaux Arta Village Gardens
Leach Park
California
Seattle
Village Gardens
Beaux Aris Village
Lerch Park
Heattioa
Wee
Beaux Arts
Beaux Arta
Flags Fill Judge Humphries Courtroom
Judge Humphries' courtroom is adorned with multiple flags, including a 10x15 flag from the Patriotic Sons of America and three large banners. He expects a fourth flag to join the display as a Fourth of July style tribute.
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Humphries
Patriotic Sons of America
Tukwala remains on the map in local court fight
A pleader for Red Bluff officials defeated a move to disincorporate Tukwala by demurring to the town and mayor’s request for a receiver. The suit claimed 70 electors sought disincorporation while the town refused. Also a Red Bluff note: a fox terrier in Bakerville shows unusual poultry instincts.
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Tukwala
J. A. Snoddy
Red Bluff
Cal
Bakerville
Doings in Old Brain Town by Frank Verbeck
Frank Verbeck, famed for animal pictures, lives in Bermuda and begins a series for The Star. He recounts getting lost and wandering into Bruin Town, a city inhabited by bears, told in pictures and story for young readers.
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Materprise Association
Frank Verbeck
Bermuda
Star
Bruin Town
Artist Verbeck Captured by Bruin Town Bears
In a vivid tale a lost artist encounters a bear family led by Father Bruin. The bears seize him with a halter and organ and march toward Bruin Town while owls hoot and leaves chatter, leaving Verbeck to face his unsettling fate.
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Frank Verbeck
Artist Verbeck
Mr. Bruin
Bruin Town
A. Bruin
B. Bruin
Tommy Bruin
Teddy Bruin
Bruin
Bomb discoveries and arson strike in Britain
Two bombs found in public spaces including the Reading post office and Liverpool railway station. One held a clock and battery and was addressed to an official, timed for a weekend holiday. In Scotland, suffragettes blamed for a fire at Farington Hall causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Votes for Women literature was found nearby.
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London
Reading
Liverpool
Mallne
Dunder
Scotland
Farington Hall
Tragedy at Oakland: Father Kills Wife Then Himself
In an Oakland home, a 3 year old boy watched as his father wrote a will and shot his wife in her sleep, then killed himself. The wife, gravely wounded, and the infant were in the room with the tragedy blamed on the father's illness and fear of infection. The man was described as a victim of the white plague and had requested their son be placed in a children’s home.
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Oakland
Robert Craig
Mra. Craig
Pure Fabric Bill Moves in Congress
Washington May 10 Rep Lindquist of Michigan introduced a Pure Fabric and Leather bill alleging 75 percent of clothing sold is adulterated. The measure would require labels stating material quality and mandate fumigation of goods before marketing.
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Washington, D. C
Rep Lindquist
Michigan
Rep. Lindquist
Four Fire Victims Identified After Vancouver to Ladner Sinking
Vancouver BC May 10 five of eleven crew members survived the Ophir voyage to Ladner after a deadly blaze that destroyed the vessel. Four dead are named William Hendrickson, a Finland native and captain's nephew. W Braid possibly from Glasgow. John Hume, Vancouver longshoreman. Chcil Price, an Australian fireman. Two more victims unnamed as investigations proceed. The disaster occurred at 3:20 am when Ophir anchored near Brunswick cannery Canoe Pass Ladner.
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Vancouver
B C
Ladner
Ophir
WM. Hendrickson
Finland
W. Braid
Glasgow
John Hume
Chcil Price
Boston Boxer Flynn Drawn With Kenneth in San Francisco
Boxing fans in San Francisco condemned Porky Flynn of Boston after his draw with Kid Kenneth of Coalinga. Flynn allegedly stabbed Kenneth at will during the bout and fled repeatedly, displaying little fighting spirit despite Kenneth pursuing him throughout the match.
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San Francisco
Porky Flynn
Boston
Kid Kenneth
Coalinga
Flynn
Kenneth
War Pay Is Only 50 Years Late
NORTH YAKIMA May 10 After a wait of 60 years D M Rand of this city received a check for 126 from the state of Massachusetts for services in the civil war.
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North Yakima
D. M. Rand
Massachusetts
Women raid moonshiners near Rome Georgia
A group of West Armadice women conducted a woods search near Rome on May 10 suspecting a wild cat liquor operation. They reported surprising moonshiners in the act and forced a disorderly retreat. The raiders partially demolished the still but were not fully successful.
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Rome
West Armadice
Oregon Beats Washington In Intercollegiate Tennis
Eugene May 10. In the first of a two day Intercollegiate tennis tournament Oregon beat Washington by breaking even in singles and taking the doubles.
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Eugene
University of Oregon
University of Washington
Cooke Claims Truth in Divorce Case Answer
Hartford May 10 Jore Knode Cooke the runaway minister says every word in her complaint is true in reply to Mrs Cooke's divorce petition. Cooke eloped with Miss Floretta Whaley six years ago from Hempstead Long Island and lived in San Francisco and other cities. Marriage Clerk Morris Salmoneon of Chicago is dead after issuing 50000 licenses in 30 years.
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Hartford
Conn
Jore Knode Cooke
Cooke
Floretta Whaley
Hempstead
San Francisco
Conat
Chicago
Morris Salmoneon
Makes Love to Girl in Poster
Oakland May 10 Patrolman Curran caught FrankCastellis kissing a poster girl. Tear it down and put us both in a fifth cell You for the alcoholic ward. Portland Great mystery surrounded the disappearance of champagne bottles held as evidence at the courthouse until two carpenters confess they were responsible.
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Oakland
Curran
Frank Castellis
Portland
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Teddy
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Grandma Bruin
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Armstrong
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