Riggs in City Outlines His Task in North
Riggs from the Alaska commission outlines summer route surveys for the new Alaska railway. He, Mears, and Edes will split duties from Broad Pass to Susitna mouth, Nenana to Tanana, with Fairbanks as northern base. They plan to conclude surveys around October and report to President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Ring Board
Seattle
Alaska
Thomas Riegs
Arctic Club
Riggs
Portland
Broad Pass
Susitna
C. Edes
Seward
Portage Bay
Valdez
Tanana
Yukon
Nenana
Healy
Fairbanks
Commission
Prin- Alaska
Wilsonees
Mears
Yakima High School Botany Exhibit Shows Rapid Growth
In Yakima on May 20 the botany exhibit at Yakima High School demonstrates plant growth under electricity, with specimens growing two inches in a single week and a foot in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Yakima High School
Theatre men of Vera Cruz cater to American tastes
Vera Cruz reports a wave of English and Spanish fliers for new entertainments as American marines arrive. The Olympia theatre led a craze with vaudeville, films, and a dog act drawing crowds. Local theatres and moving pictures flourish while Mexicans prefer softer opera over loud American bands and ragtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Vera Cruz
Mall
Salon Olympia
Olympia Theatre
Los Porloymos
Neron
Olympia
Vera Crus
Longacre Square
Navy
Private Parks Shot Report Denied by Mexican Officials
Washington May 20 The Brazilian minister in Mexico state told the state department that Private Parks was shot by federals and cremated. An eye witness reportedly gave the minister the information. Garrison denied Kerr's claim that Gen Funston had issued a similar report.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Aihaoelles Garrison
R. J. Kerr
Vera Cruz
Funston
Inglis Divorce Granted to Mrs Anne Hughes Inglis
Col William M Inglis was not present in court when Judge Gilliam granted Mrs Anne Hughes Inglis a divorce on grounds of cruelty. A 10 year old son and alimony of $50 a month were awarded to the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Inglis
Gilliam
Anne Hughes Inglis
Arrest Waiters in Robbery Case Involving Mill Worker
Deputies Roberts and Loomis arrest Walter Her bert Wolf and Harry Brewer attending the Angeles Cafe as suspects in the robbery of mill worker Al Reetz. Reetz was drugged beaten and robbed of 235 dollars on Country Club road. both waiters remain jailed pending further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Loomis
al Reetz
Herbert Wolf
Harry Brewer
Angeles
Reetz
Country Club
Rebels claim near San Luis Potosi after Durango clash
Gen. Carranza reported from Durango that Torres' rebel forces seized the outskirts of San Luis Potosi following a battle in which 280 federals were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Carranza
Durango
Torres
San Luis Potosi
City to push Rainier Valley street car line plans
Seattle council prepares to issue 500000 in utility bonds to start construction of a municipal Rainier valley line parallel to the S R & S. Co. suggestion that Renton line owners may sell for 400000 bonds plus 1000000 in utility bonds. If no sale, dual lines will serve Rainier valley residents.
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Oclty
Rainier Valley
Seattle, Renton & Southern
Erickson
Municipal Road
Corneilman Cooley
Renton Line
Renton
Police Chief Demands More Cops Denies Other Reforms
Police Chief Griffiths told the Municipal League yesterday he wants more chug bike cops and substations. He rejected additions like a detention home for women a workhouse for men and a police court judge beyond increasing bike mounted and patrol units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffiths
Municipal League
Prices For Apples Reported By North Pacific Distributors
Spokane reports show apples averaged 1.26 per crate in 1913. Trustees of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors heard the figures in session this May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
North Pacific Fruit Distributers
Seaston
Grace Line Santa Clara Sets Puget Sound to Atlantic Route
The Grace line steamer Santa Clara, berthed here yesterday, will carry the first cargo from Puget Sound ports to the Atlantic coast via the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Grace Line
Santa Clara
Puget Sound
Atlantic Coast
Panama Canal
Socialist plan aims to unite factions at Washington convention
The national committee of the Socialist Party launches a bid to abolish the red and yellow factions and bring them together with the white dove of peace. A three state committee is named to hold a convention in this state, allowing both sides to present grievances and reorganize, elect new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Committee
The
Socialist Party
State Sues J. K. Montgomery over Insurance Premiums
The state files a lawsuit against Everett shingles maker J. K. Montgomery seeking $124,000 in premiums on industrial insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Montgomery
Everett
First U S stamp received and cancelled in Vera Cruz
Fred L. Boalt reports obtaining the very first United States postage stamp to be received and cancelled in the Vera Cruz post office with the American flag over the city. He notes such stamps may become valuable due to rarity and historic associations and cites high prices for similar stamps abroad. He encourages soldiers’ families to mail letters home and preserve the envelopes as a legacy for grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Boalt
Vera Cruz
Mex
United States
Star
Narrow Escape Stuns Auto Party In Seattle
A car toppled from a five foot bulkhead at Interlaken and Washington boulevard in Seattle last night. Rear wheels caught the wall after the front cleared the edge. Cecil Laird Cecil Million Cecil Gray Gertrude Gray and Lottie Palmer escaped unharmed as the auto hung on the wall briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interlaken
Washington Boulevard
Cecil Laird
Cecil Gray
Gertrude Gray
Lottie Palmer
Seattle broker guilty of grand larceny in bank purchase
A. C. Gunn of Seattle was found guilty by a superior court jury of grand larceny for unlawfully obtaining 1200 dollars in a bank purchase case in Sumas last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
A. C. Gunn
Seattle
Sumas
No Award Made on Inland Empire Highway Bid
Olympia May 20 The state highway board put off awarding the Inland Empire highway contract for nine miles in Whitman county due to the closeness of three low bids and awaiting further consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Whitman County
State Highway Board
Roads campaign starts in Tammany valley led by D Ward King
Lewiston Idaho May 20 A good roads campaign began in the Tammany valley yesterday led by D Ward King inventor of the King plit log drag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Idaho
Tammany Valley
D. Ward King
King
Washington Lawyers Head to Chelan for Annual Convention
Washington lawyers travel by automobile to Chelan and by steamer to the head of Lake Chelan after finishing their annual convention at Wenatchee on August 5 and 6. A banquet at Hotel Stehekin and an accompanying lake outing are planned as features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chelan
Lake
Wenatchee
Stehekin
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Tess of the Storm
Coun
Alaska Railroad Commission
Pelis
Moor
Lyman H. Howe
Sam
George J. Mackenzie
Avenue Players
Rudyard Kipling
Amato
Paris
George Wilson
Albert “Ansen Deweler
Second Ave
Madison
Frye & Co.s
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Inglis
Smith-Jones
Cooley
Stearns’ Electric
Butler
Grugeiste
Tie
Hutier Drug Co
Seattie
Boston Dentists
Second Avenue
Bon Marche
Main
Q. A
Crown Cleaners
Boalt
U. S
England
Sacrat
Fred Boalt
Charles Eugene Banks
James Hamilton Howe
Washington Baths
Moore Theatre
Bide Maseours
Wm Wicklund
Kjetberg
Stockholm
Sweden
Hilmer Peterson
Unman
Toelholm
Morey Stationery Co
Wiret Ave
Columbia St
Convict Gunn
Spangle
Mobile
Bilea
Diocese of Olympia
St. Mark's
Aberdeen
Frank Fields
Tacoma
James Chicago
St. Gruenbaum
Louis
Ember
Darling
Prefontaine
Elliott
McCarron
Anperry ST
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Pioneer Square
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