Hinky Dink Charter Attacked By Police Chief In Seattle Debate
Austin E. Griffiths, Seattle chief of police, denounces the proposed 30 ward charter as a step backward. He lambasts the plan as mongrel, fearing council meddling by special interests and noting the lack of unified executive power in a large city manager system. He cites European models where legislative and administrative powers are combined.
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Austin E. Griffiths
Northwest
Seattle
Griffiths
Commission
Elmer Todd T
Aise
Griffithe
Cornerstone Laid for Bikur Cholum Synagogue
A crowd of over 1000 gathered as the cornerstone for Congregation Bikur Cholum’s synagogue at 27th Ave was laid. Rabbi Friedlander of San Francisco delivered the dedicatory address, with speeches by Mayor Gill, former Tax Commissioner J. E. Frost, and Alden J. Blethen. Wagner's Band provided music.
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Bikur Cholum
Herman Kessler
Shafer
Meyer Gottstein
de Aronstein
N. N. Jaffe
Rabbi Friedlander
San Franc Rand
B’nal
Gill
J. E. Frost
Lister
Lake Washington Hearing Schedule Sparks Property Debate
Property owners are invited to hearings on lowering Lake Washington at Rainier Beach tonight Bothell tomorrow night and Renton on Thursday night. The issue asks who should gain from lowered waters the state or individuals.
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Lake Washington
Rainier Beach
Bothell
Renton
The Importance of Regular Piano Tuning
A note stresses regular tuning and inspection by experts. Temperature shifts and pests threaten piano action and durability. Even a piano with decent tone may be out of pitch, reducing tone quality and volume, while true excellence relies on optimal tone.
Mexican Senoritas as Spies in Vera Cruz Under Fire
The Vera Cruz story details college-educated Mexican women labeled as patriots by some and spies by others. Gen Funston’s officers map wealth and education networks while U S patrols race to interdict movement and protect secrets as the city stands under threat.
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Vera Cruz
U.S. Army
Maas
Mexico
Funston
Durborough
U. S
Darborough
U. & Army
United States
Fred” Funston
Mann
Badger Takes Lighthouse To Save Ships
Admiral Badger seized Lobestl Island lighthouse off the Mexican east coast between Tampico and Tuxpan as a precaution to protect shipping after a Huerta protest. The state department supplied the explanation to A B C mediators, noting the lighthouse is a navigation mark and its destruction would imperil vessels.
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John Edwin Nevin Washington
Admiral Badgers
Lobestland
Tampico
Tuxpan
State Department
Ince
Huerta
Rebels Attack Mazatlan City
A United Press dispatch from Mazatlan reports Mexican rebels firing on Mazatlan harbor at 9 last night. A Mexican steamer was hit by rebel shells and driven from the harbor. Rebels now hold the coast east of Mazatlan and inland for rifle shot distance, with Mazatlan heavily fortified making capture difficult.
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San Diego
California
Mazatlan
Chas. H. Raymond
United Press
Pacific Fleet
Necklace Found Returns to Owner in City
Mrs. L. B. Barrett of 1703 Twelfth Ave recovered a $400 pearl necklace lost by Mrs. M. C. Dawnon of 28386 Harvard Ave N. The loss occurred last Thursday at Second Ave and University St. The necklace was found and returned to its rightful owner.
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L. B. Barrett
Loura Barrett
Twelfth Av
M. C. Dawnon
Harvard Av. N
Second Av
University St
Narrow Escape On Cedar River Fishing Log Jam
R Fenton Davies director of the Schubert club and noted musician nearly died while fishing when a log jam trapped him in the Cedar river on Saturday. He fell and escaped unharmed after a close call with the current.
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R. Fenton Davies
Schubert Club
Cedar River
Open season for fires ends with permit rule
The note explains June 1 to October 1 bans on fires and that after June 1 fires may only start with a permit. In a separate item, violinist Ernest Gill scored a success at a Press Club theatre concert, with Mme Hesse-Sprotte and Katherine Weaver also performing to raise funds for Gill to study in Paris.
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Ernest Gill
Press Club Theatre
Paris
Mme. Hesse-Sprotte
Katherine Weaver
First Class Train Bandit Narrates Shootout Escape
A 24 year old train bandit recalls a Dec 1 1913 hold up on Southern Pacific train No 6 at Pomona California. He explains his motive love for a woman and describes grappling with a man, a gunfight, and his flight to Los Angeles after stealing watches money and jewels. He faces death in Quentin Prison for murder.
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Boy Bandit
Ralph N. Fariss
Ban Quentin
Los Angeles
Pomona
Cal
S. P
Fl Monte
H. BE. Montagne
State Knights of Columbus Hold Annual Seattle Meeting
The State Council of Knights of Columbus opens a three day convention in Seattle anchored by a sermon at the Church of the Immaculate Conception by Rev. Jeffrey J. O Shea. A 100 member initiation, banquet, and tours around Puget Sound are planned for delegates.
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State Knights OF Columbus
Seattle
Knights of Columbus
State Council
Knights
Jeffrey J. O'Shea
Church of the Immaculate Conception
E. Marion
KE. Union St
Harvarday
Tle Council
Puget Sound
Ice breaks up on Fairbanks rivers
An early spring is noted as the Chena river ice broke up yesterday and flowed into the Yukon. The Iditarod ice also went out, carrying away the Turner Street bridge at Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Chena River
Yukon
Iditarod
Turner St
Nordica Dies in Java After Illness
Mme Lillian Nordica world famous soprano dies in Batavia Java after pneumonia ending a period of nervous prostration started December 28 when the Tasman wrecked in the Gulf of Papua. Born 1859 near Farmington Maine she studied at New England Conservatory and made her debut in La Traviata at Brescia in 1879. She married banker George W Young of New York.
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Batavia
Java
Lillian Nordica
Tasman
Gulf of Papua
Mme
Nordica
Thursday Island
New England
Singer
Farmington
New England Conservatory of Music
Europe
Brescia
George W. Young
New York
Woman files divorce suit against Charles H Pentecost
Mrs. Emily Pentecost of Dayton filed for divorce from Charles H Pentecost. She states she married him when she was 73 and she is now 76. Court action begun locally this week.
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Dayton
Charles H. Pentecost
Emily Pentecost
Pentecost
Inventor Unveils Press Aimed at Slashing Pulp Costs
A hydraulic press invented by Rr. H. Alvord is expected to notably reduce pulp manufacture costs. Seattle and Tacoma financiers are bidding to build a plant for the venture.
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Rr. H. Alvord
Seattle
Tacoma
Highbrow Folk To Shake A Leg At Crew Benefit
The University of Washington crowd from Capitol Hill Queen Anne hill and the First ward will dance at the Hippodrome next Friday night. Casper Fischer and Ralph Horr organize the event to raise funds to send the Washington crew to Poughkeepsie. Admission is 50 cents with proceeds aiding the team. Mrs. Harry Landes and Miss Isabella Austin among prominent attendees.
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Boston
University of Washington
Capitol Hill
Queen Anne Hill
First Ward
Hippodrome
Casper Fischer
Ralph Horr
Washington
Poughkeepsie
Harr
Harry Landes
Isabella Austin
Nniversity
Mother’s Day observances honor in Seattle churches
Civil services across Seattle praised mothers with carnations and heartfelt messages. Clergy notes the enduring bond, while many men, away from home, send letters to mothers abroad. In a separate San Francisco tragedy, Manuel Vega killed Muenala Gonzales before taking his own life.
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Seattle
South
Jesus
W. M. Jeffers
Queen Anne Methodist Church
Manuel Vega
Muenala Gongales
San Francisco
What Is Drunkenness and Who Is the Drunkard?
A health pamphlet-style appeal argues that all drinkers are drunkards, differing only by stage. It promotes three days at the Seattle Neal Institute or home treatment with Neal Drink Habit methods to curb cravings without injections, offering contact via phone East 4381.
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Seattle
Neal Institute
Neal
East
Amatuer Japanese Aviator Crushed in First Solo Flight
In Los Angeles on May 11 R. T. Teubota, a Japanese aviator, sustained nearly total injuries after his home made biplane fell 800 feet during his first solo flight. The engine crushed him as he lay trapped.
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Los Angeles
R. T. Teubota
Dr Edwin J Brown Dental and Optical Offer
The advertisement announces the Union Block and Washington Building office of Dr Edwin J Brown offering painless methods, free examination, expert specialists, guaranteed work, and affordable prices for dentistry and optical services.
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Union Block
Washington Bldg
Edwin J. Brown
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