Library Row Threshed Out In City Hearing
Discharged Seattle library employees testified against Librarian Judson T. Jennings in a Civic Betterment League hearing before Mayor Caldwell. They alleged autocratic management and pressuring resignations, while board minutes argued witnesses had adequate opportunity to appear. A full transcript will be submitted to the mayor.
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Seattle
Judson T. Jennings
Civic Betterment League
Caldwell
Mary Rowe
Delphine Metteland
du Bote
Mitchell Jennings
Sand Point aviation base gets Senate funding
The United States Senate unanimously approved an $800,000 appropriation for the Sand Point aviation base in Seattle. Claude Rameny, chairman of the county commissioners, said the funds will cover all preliminary expenses for developing the site. Army and navy experts call the Sand Point site ideal for land and sea planes.
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Sand Point
Seattle
United States Senate
Claude ©. Rameny
Board of
County Commissioners
Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
Man seeks $855 back in court over broken engagement
In superior court this afternoon George Kionis sues the brother father and mother of his prospective bride Efgenia Pakamis. He says he spent $400 on presents and loaned $465 to her father Nick during courtship before the engagement was broken by the bride's brother Tom to favor a friend.
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Superior Court
George Kionis
Kionia
Presenta
Efgenia Pakamis
Nick
Tom
Auburn Boxcar Gang Conviction Upheld
Conviction of Lemuel 8. Fowler a former Northern Pacific brakeman to 18 months at McNeill Island prison and a $1500 fine and sentence of Tom Singer a Seattle hair store proprietor to one year and one day at McNeil Island with a $1500 fine have been confirmed by the United States circuit court of appeals in San Francisco. Fowler and Singer were among defendants found guilty of wholesale boxcar thefts and were members of the Auburn boxcar gang tried in federal court here last June.
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Lemuel
Fowler
Northern Pacific
McNeill Island
Tom Singer
Seattle
McNeil Island
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
United States
Saunders
Singer
Auburn
German Editors Still Of Opinion Bills On Throne
Berlin May 19 German papers resist republic shift with monarchist sentiment. Berlin Kreugzeitung keeps Imperial black cross and motto Forward with God for King and Fatherland while calling the Kaiserin majesty in death reports. Berlin Tageblatt mentions subscriptions for all colonies and protectorates.
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Berlin
Berlin Kreugzeitung
Berlin Tageblatt
Jury Awards Damages to Widow in Federal Case
A Portland federal court jury awarded Mrs. Lena A. Hedderly 1500 dollars in damages against officers W. R. Wood James J. Biggins and Delazon C. Smith over the killing of her husband during an attempted escape. Hedderly had sued for 7500 dollars claiming police halted a bootlegging suspect by driving through a police cordon.
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Portland
Lena A. Hedderly
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Elliott
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W. 8. Beckman
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Blue
Women's Patent Oxfords
Peters
Mary Jane
Loxfords
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Sandpoint Fund
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Tim
Witer
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