Beatrice Barclay Wins Divorce and 25000 Alimony
Mrs Beatrice Barclay Shoemaker was granted a divorce from Henry W Shoemaker and 25000 cash alimony by Superior Judge Main. The mother was awarded custody of their 2 year old child. Beatrice before marriage was Miss Beatrice Barclay daughter of G B Barclay president of Northwest Lumber Company. She now lives with her parents at 138 Madrona Place North. The wife testified that her husband's mother objected to the marriage and caused estrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Barclay Shoemaker
Superiorudge
Henry W. Shoemaker
Pennsylvania
Hue Band
Shoemaker
Beatrice Barclay
G B. Barclay
Theorthwest Lumber Company
Madrona Place North
Four Autos Burn In Garage Fire
An explosion from a gasoline tank in a storage room wall caused a fire in the White Bteamer garage at 1409 Broadway. Four autos burned and sixteen others were damaged, with about $20,000 in losses. Proprietor Frank Jestrab faces arrest per Fire Marshal Kellogg for storing 350 gallons of distillate in the garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Frank Jestrab
Kellogg
Carnegie Hugs Choir Singer in Washington
In Washington on May 14 Ironmaster Andrew Carnegie embraced Joe Merrick a 15 year old choir singer from Columbus Ohio after Merrick performed in Carnegie’s presence at the National Press Club Carnegie praised the boy noting links to Scotland and praised his soprano voice while Merrick recounted being born in Carnegie Pennsylvania and singing Scottish songs for Carnegie in the mansion where he stayed before Carnegie’s departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Joe Merrick
House of Representatives
Joe
Columbus
Tne National Press Club
Carnegie
Lord of
Skibo
Andy
Enoe
Golden Gardens Park Opens Season In 1920s Style Card
The notice advertises Golden Gardens Park opening May 15 and closing September 15 with a Pacific coast beach setting. Access via Ballard cars to Loyal Heights line at Market for 10 cent admission. Dancing Sundays afternoons and evenings and picnic grounds described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gardens Park
Pacific Coast
Ballard
Loyal Heights
President's Daughter in May Day Revel at Siryn Mawr College
Miss Taft played Duke Theseus in an outdoor production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream during a May day revel at Siryn Mawr College. She received warm applause for her performance as the duke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Taft
Siryn Mawr College
Mine Taft
Duke Theseus
Roomers Escape From Flames At Idaho Hotel Fire
Thirty men and women lodgers at the Idaho hotel 2316% Firet av were driven to the street in their night clothes by a morning blaze. The fire caused about 3000 dollars in damage to the hotel and rear residence where it started. Orrin Hanson raised the alarm and then aided J D Sullivan Sergeant Bunnell and patrolmen Geer and Baker to wake and evacuate all tenants. Little was saved as some left false teeth behind in their rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Orrin Hanson
J. D. Sullivan
Bunnell
F. A. Geer
J. E. Baker
Reduction in U S paper money size eyed by Treasury
A Washington report says a committee of treasury officials will propose smaller currency. Secretary MacVeagh to consider recommendations within weeks. The aim is more convenient handling and annual savings of about 500 000 dollars in paper and engraving. The new notes would be about three fourths the size of current notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Washington
United States
Treasury
MacVeagh
New Mexico Reds On Warpath National Guard Responds
Two companies of New Mexico guardsmen are ordered to Beranca to ferry horses to the Taos Indian Pueblo to quell an uprising. Sheriff Quintano notified Gov. Mills that the situation is out of control and requested militia deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Pay Takes or Lose Franchise
Public service corporations holding current or future franchises will forfeit their right to operate if they fail to pay taxes. Councilman E L Blaine supports adding a clause to steam heating and other franchises that nonpayment of real or personal taxes will trigger forfeiture, with broad council backing anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Blaine
Eighth Ward
Bis Way
Councilman
Maine
Blaine
Corporations Committee
Stormy Outlook for Socialist Convention in Chicago
Delegates arriving for the national socialist convention in Chicago brace for clashes over Asiatica policy and unlimited immigration. A split with the international socialist party is seen as likely as the American Federation of Labor stance on exclusion of Asiatics faces opposition from Pacific coast delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fre- Chicago
International Socialist Party
American Federation of Labor
National Socialist Convention
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Taft to Visit Yale for Son Robert Taft Graduation
President Taft will visit Yale University on June 21 and 22 to witness his son Robert Alphonso Taft graduate with a B A. He is expected to receive additional honors as he leads his class in scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Taft
Yale University
Robert Alphonso Taft
Pearl Burns Defends Westminster Depot With Wrench
In Westminster Massachusetts on May 14 a 15 year old telegrapher Pearl Burns used a nickel plated monkey wrench to hold off a man claiming to be Patrick O Leary who tried to enter the depot for 45 minutes. The incident is quoted from the Kansas City Journal and NY Press quotes appear in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Mass
Pearl Burns
Patrick O'Leary
Ballinger and Taft letters and the destruction of drafts
A fragmentary account describes Taft and Ballinger linked letters, Lawlor drafts, and the burning of rough drafts during September. It details who burned papers in room 215 between 10 and 10:30 pm on September 10 and the subsequent search for copies and notebooks tied to Ballinger Pinchot and Dennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr
Lawlor
Massey
Us EC
Pinney
Eletant
Mr. Lawlor
Massey and I
Ballinger
Judge Ballinger
Fine Picture-Donkey Painted It
Paris readers uncovered an art hoax at the society of independent artists show. A canvas titled Sunrise on the Adriatic was signed By J R Boronali and praised by critics before admitting a donkey drew it with a brush tied to its tail. The prank ended with Boronali mocked and the painting removed amid laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Adriatic
Society of Independent Artists
J. R. Boronali
Broronall
Bake Oven Institute Offers Rheumatism Treatment Half Price
Specialists famed for the Bake Oven rheumatism treatment announce a limited week long half price offer beginning tomorrow. The Seattle based Loughney Bake Oven Institute aims to treat cases across Washington to demonstrate the method’s claimed efficiency. Sunday visits and the next days include a one dollar full treatment, instead of two, at the People's Savings Bank building corner Second and Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loughney
People’s Savings Bank
Seconday
Pike At
Attorney General Wickersham Sends Memoranda to Committee
On May 14 the Attorney General sent the so called Law for memoranda to the Ballinger Proctor Investigating Committee for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Wickersham
Ballinger-Prochot Investigating Committee
Lawlor memorandum notes emerge from old notebook findings
The speaker recounts discovering a long-hidden stenographic notebook dating May 26 to October 30, 1900, containing the Lawlor dictation. He explains why he kept it and how it substantiates testimony while resisting deletion. He cites Ballinger, Taft, and Brandeis context and stresses the need to reveal truth to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr
Lawlor
Massey
Ballinger
Interior
Taft
L. R. Gravis
Municipal Ownership Talk Revives Amid Utility Controversy
City officials weigh public ownership of utilities as tax issues and councilman Behlumpf criticize the Madison at cable line. He hints at opening a municipal system or railways, arguing the street car company serves only private interests and may be cut from city plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie Wheetrie Company
Behlumpf
Madison At
Board of Public Works
Corporations Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carnegie Hugs Choir
Helen Taft AS
My United Press
College Inn
Yale
Girl
Kansas City Journal
New York
Presa
Oal Taft
Louis St. Glavin
Glavis
Diamias Glavis
Beverly
McGill
Tims
Globe Wernecke
Congressional Investigating Committee
Brandeis
Glavia
Department of the Interior
Dennett
Welf
Econgressional Committee
Government
Kerby
Mr. Kerby
The
Staten
Burke & Farrar
Cam I
Puget Sound
Elliott
Fremont-Ballard
Duc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!