Temperance Platform Debate At Union County Convention
A political convention in Union County wrestles with a proposed temperance plank amid debate by speakers including William Fepy and J. Donovan Meade. The vote ends 506 to 258 in favor of adopting the temperance measure with delegates from Pierce County and others rallying behind the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Wash
Unis
Harry Fulrennd
William Fepy
J. Donovan Meade
Pierce County
Bound Pale
Stratton Fights Extortion Claims After Manslaughter Verdict
Guy Stratton, secretary treasurer of Acme Shingle mill, faces a potential penitentiary term after a manslaughter verdict in the death of 26 year old Henrietta Margaret. His attorney seeks a new trial contending the accident occurred in a thinly settled area and speed was not excessive.
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A. W Ter
Stratton
Acme Shingle
Tecome Welliode
Hie
Hie Attor
Witt H. Morris
Gality Manslauchier
Henrietta Margaret
Phoet
Mr. Morris
Ives
Beattie Accommodation Bureau Accused of Fraud
Representatives of a Seattle bureau are charged with deceiving visitors by implying Chamber of Commerce backing and offering rooms at inflated rates. The city prepares harbor patrols and assigns policing for fleet visits with 500 officers, plus assistance from eastern detectives. Japanese support grows with donors and fireworks experts planned for a grand welcome. Captain Herbert Beecher to pilot the flagship into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. City decorations and electric signs abound as celebrations loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence & Lawrence
Arcade Building
Beattle Accommodation Bureau
Beattie Accommodation Bureau
Information Bureau
Preas
Bureau
Chamber
Star
Department of Commerce and Labor
Irving Ward
D. F. Willard
Ward
San Francisco
W. J. Biggy
Herbert Beecher
Port Townsend
Connecticut
Straita
Juan del Fuca
Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Bennett Sinking After Fatal Fall Near Seattle
Edward C. Bennett, son of H. F. Bennett, is gravely injured after riding a 40 horsepower Oldsmobile through a trestle railing at Fourth and Andover. At Seattle General Hospital his condition worsened with severe facial injuries, a fractured jaw, damaged eye sight, and a splinter near the jaw. doctors fear death and note a troubling pulse decline. Other victims, Miss Alice Teater, Miss Hazel Ross, and Henry Hibbard, show varying improvement.
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Edward C. Bennett
H. F. Bennett
H. F. Bennett & Co
TOS Firat Av
Fourth No
Andover
Seattle General Hospital
Eddie
Bennett
Bennet
Alice A. Teater
Hazel Ross
Henry Hibbard
Miss Teater
Miss Ross
Providence Hospital
Hold Up Near Police HQ Details Crime Scene
Two men assaulted C L Merrill 45 in Seattle within four blocks of police headquarters and near an area with pedestrians. They robbed him of 80 in gold and silver and a gold watch before he staggered to a city station and to Providence hospital. Merrill was dazed, with cuts on head and forehead. Police and Pinkerton detectives pursue multiple leads linking to a California gang arriving last week.
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C. L. Merrill
Eagle Harbor
Merrill
Wayside
Providence Bostal
Seattle
Iroquois Hotel
Thirday
Columbia St
Providence Hospital
California
Pinkerton
Express
J. Be, Perrine
Great Northern
Union Depot
Beell Seeks Return Wrestling Match With Roller
Fred Beell, defeated by Dr Roller in a Dreamland Rink bout, posted a $100 forfeit for a rematch within two weeks. The match would follow Police Gazette rules with a $500 side bet and all gate receipts. Roller may delay if trainer Joe Carroll requires surgery for appendicitis. both men are bruised but hopeful for another fight.
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Fred Beell
Dr &. F. Roller
Dreamland Rink
Police Gazette
Roller
Beeoll
Wisconsin
Beell
Joe Carroll
Carroll
Bandits Rob Bank Depot Loots In New Mexico and Texas
Three bandits robbed a depot in East Vegas New Mexico and El Paso Texas. They wounded a guard and blew open a safe, securing a large cash haul estimated at fifty four thousand dollars. Pursuit by dogs and scouts followed the heist.
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United Press
EL Paso
Texas
East Vegas
N. M
Bank Clearings Beattie Tacoma and Port Summary
Bank clearings reported for Beattie today amounting to 1 141 161 96 167 830 16 dollars and Tacoma shows 711 844 in clearings. Balances and other port figures are listed as 90 01 and additional clearings totals for ports and lances not fully legible.
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Beattie
Tacoma
Show Printers Ban On Girls In Tights Posters
Chicago May 15 The Show Printers association has taboed objectionable posters at its second annual convention. Secretary Clarence Raney says posters featuring girls in tights jumping through a hoop of fire will no longer appear on billboards nationwide.
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United Press
Chicago
Show Printers’ Association
Clarence Raney
Infant Body Found in Grain Sack on Atlantic Beach
A infant boy aged under two months was found dead in a grain sack on Atlantic Beach near Seattle Boulevard. Olive Hosker and Lena Arnold, both nine, discovered the body while playing near the water. Deputy Coroner Wench ordered delivery to Bonney-Watson. City Detectives Peterson and McCabe began an investigation.
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Atlantic
Seattle Boulevard
Olive Hosker
Ninth
Wy. S
Lena Arnold
Wench
Bonney- Watson Undertaking
Peterson
McCabe
Soana Itn
Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad Orders 70 Locomotives
Milwaukee May reports the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad has ordered 70 locomotives costing 1 400 000. Five thousand workers will be employed in its local shops immediately. A commercial telegraph system is also organized to compete with Western Union between Chicago and the Pacific coast.
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United Press
Milwaukee, Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee
City council hears plea for West Seattle trestle repair
Councilman Max Wardell urged approval of an ordinance seeking $39,000 to repair the West Seattle trestle. He described the thoroughfare as dangerous and a menace to traffic as it connects West Seattle with Alki Point and serves as the main route around the point.
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Max Wardell
West Seattle
Alki Point
Merchants Plan Closures for Parade Attendance
The Merchants' Protective association will close stores from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday May 23 as the fleet arrives in the bay and again on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for employees to witness the parade. On Decoration Day Saturday the stores stay closed until noon.
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Merchants’ Protective Association
Bay
Missing items reported after theft at Hater Lake
Cant WM Powell of 1117 Sixth Avenue reported to police that Mrs Rowe at Hater Lake was abducted and that all portable belongings were taken including a loft storage, books, dishes and pictures.
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WM. Powell
Sixth Av
Rowe
Hater Lake
Aged Halifax Grandmother Seeks Seattle Grandson
An elderly Halifax woman Mrs. R Smear don writes a plea to Nayar Miller hoping her grandson Benjamin Burfitt in Seattle might visit before she dies. The note cites Burfitt’s Vancouver years and later move to Seattle, with the Seattle city directory failing to show his name.
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Benjamin Burfitt
Seattle
R. Smeardon
North J
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Nayar Miller
Vancouver
Merly
Benjamin Burs
Senate Passes Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Appropriation
The Senate approved a $700000 appropriation for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition yesterday. Senator Piles led the effort and the bill moves to the House for consideration. A conference is expected soon and the funds should become available shortly.
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Senate
Piles
House
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