Traction Co. Deal Exposed as Mayor Vetoes Land Staking
Mayor Cotterill vetoed a council bill granting Puget Sound Traction Co. a temporary bridge and land use on Taylor Avenue between Republican and Mercer. The measure would have given the company land and a bridge for 8 000 dollars, against a claimed 235 000 value and 22 year franchise. Several councilmen say the deal mirrors an underhanded interlineation not known during passage. The car barn block has been blocked from street improvements for eight years while adjacent streets were fixed. The company reportedly sought to convert the site into a permanent street segment with bridge construction at company expense.
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Puget Sound Traction Co
Seattle Electric Co
Taylor
Republican
Mercer
Cotterill
Traction Company
Nine victims in Colman dock accident improving
Nine people injured in the Colman dock accident at Providence hospital were reported to be getting along nicely. The list includes Mr. and Mrs. Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel, Mrs. Carl Bruder, Mrs. Emma Michaelson, Miss Habbercorn, Miss Bartholet, and Frank Dierks. At Seattle General hospital, Mrs. Moulton, her daughter Miss Moulton, and Mrs. Cox were also reported better.
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Colman Dock
Providence Hospital
Mre. Dalton
Samuel
Carl Bruder
Emma Michaelson
Habbercorn
Bartholet
Frank Dierks
Seattle General Hospital
Rider and horse killed when horse balks on track
San Francisco report notes W Dwyer and his horse died instantly after the horse balked on a railroad track. Dwyer clung to the halter too long, causing the fatal fall.
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San Francisco
W. Dwyer
Dwyer
Bee swarm scare disrupts Vancouver shoppers
In Vancouver Washington on May 22 shoppers heard a buzzing in the main matter caused by a package containing queen bees. Women fled thinking they faced infernal devices. The incident prompted evacuations and a cautious police response.
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Vancouver
Wash
Brakeman Drinks Poison After Wife Dances
In Redding California on May 22 George Sergeant a brakeman followed his wife to a dance after she went with another man then drank a dose of bedbug poison at home and died. The incident ends his troubles and is reported as a fatal event.
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Redding
Cal
George Sergeant
Bullet wound surgery derailed by a sneeze in Portland
In Portland on May 22 Lawrence Perry endured a risky wound repair when sneezing after stitches reopened the bullet wound in his side. Doctors now face repeating the entire operation.
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Portland, Or
Lawrence Perry
Burglary Escalates When Intruder Fled Through Window
In San Francisco on May 22 Joseph Short awoke to a burglar in his kitchen. He yelled and the intruder leaped through a window with a bag of loot, escaping into the night. Short’s wife later described frightening hissed warnings.
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San Francisco
Joseph Short
Short
Struck by Possession Charge After Trout Basket Incident
In Santa Rosa on May 22 a man, W. Whiting, boasted of a trout basket with 91 fish. A police officer flashed a badge and escorted him to court after an admission that he did not catch them all.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
W. ©. Whiting
Whiting
Mother Reunites With Titanic Waifs In New York
Mrs. Michel Navratil, mother of Michel age four and Edmonf age two known as Lalo and Lamp, arrives in New York after the Titanic disaster. She rushes to her sons as Miss Margaret Hayes had cared for them at sea. The reunion is marked by tears and joyful embraces.
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Michel Navratil
Margaret Hayes
Lef
New York
Misa Hayes
Lalo
Lamp
Michel
Edmonf
Dock Accident Blamed on Carelessness at Colman Dock
City and public service commission plan joint review of dock machinery after coroner's jury blamed Colman Dock Co. for the drowning of Mrs. Learned and Carl Bruder. Henry L. Gray and officials will study gear wheels and worm drives and recommend safety brakes to prevent similar incidents. Prosecution deems evidence insufficient for criminal charges.
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Public Service Commission
Cotterill
Henry L. Gray
Florence € E. Learned
Little Carl Bruder
Colman Dock Co
Ober
Gray
Murphy
Snyder
Colman Dock
King Albert ready to sue for libel in Brussels
King Albert of Belgium will sue those circulating stories about his character. Reports claim the queen shot at a servant girl after learning of an alleged affair, though details remain unverified.
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Brussels
Albert
Wrong Proportions in a Witful Exchange
A humorous exchange notes a man’s boast about being self made. The other remarks his head is out of proportion to his thinking. The quip adds that the talking part is larger than the thinking part, highlighting proportion as a joke.
M Kenny Calls Lake Bridge Plan Crazy
County Commissioner McKenzie denounces a proposed two bridge project across Lake Washington as crazy and vows to take the fight to voters. Hamilton and Rutherford back a $500,000 bond for the plan, which would connect Bailey Peninsula to Mercer Island and the east shore.
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Lake Washington
McKenzie
Hamilton
Rutherford
George Walsh
Lake Weehington
Whit
Bailey Peninsula
Mercer Island
Teland
Ithe
Society Woman Tries Death in Washington Mansion
Mrs Ledroit Garber, famed as one of Washington's most beautiful women, leaped from a window at the Barber mansion in Despondency. She is seriously injured after the fall from the room where her husband died, daughter of Amzi L Barter, the asphalt magnate.
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Washington
Barber Mansion
Ledroit Garber
Amzi L. Barter
Asphalt King
Court Declares Annulling Marriage Of Count Von Maurik de Beaufort
Judge Brentano nullified the 1905 London marriage of Count Alexander Dudley Von Maurik de Beaufort and Miss Irma Kilgailon amid allegations of cruelty. The count allegedly beat his wife after she refused to obtain funds from her father M. H. Kilgailon to cover his debts.
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Chicago
Brentano Todey
Alexander Dudley von Maurik de Beaufort
Irma Kilgailon
M. H. Kilgailon
London
Silk Trouser Shortage Ties Up Royal Levee Plans
London May 22. A silk trousers shortage caused by tailors strike threatens to disrupt the royal levee at Buckingham Palace. The shortage impacts formal wear for the upcoming royal event and reflects broader labor tensions in the tailoring industry.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Los Angeles Rejects Bull Ring Offer by Matadors
Mayor Alexander declined a Mexican syndicate offer to stage bull fights in Los Angeles. The city would have received 5 percent of the gross in the presented deal.
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Los Angeles
Alexander
Pastors' Slamfest in Santa Ana Baseball Victory
Min isters' team defeated the school teachers' nine 68 to 32 in four innings before about two thousand spectators who paid as many dollars to charity. State Association of Home Economics meets at Broadway High May 31 and June 1 with exhibits from different schools.
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Santa Ana
Cal
State Association of Home Economica
Broadway High School
Juarez Nightlife Amid Vice Rumors Spread Across Town
Special to The Star reports Juarez thrives on lavish cabarets and racing amid shifting loyalties with Old Pascual Orozco as power broker. American girls mingle with officers at Tivoli and George's saloon while cockpits and bullfights entertain. betting and revelry echo across the border with Americans drawn into the gaiety.
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Orozco
Tivoli
Juarez
Mexico City
el Paso
Fifth Avenue
Lindsey Reelected Denver Judge in Citizens Reform Victory
Judge Ben G. Lindsey wins reelection on a women backed citizens ticket sweeping all wards by large margins over both major parties. He says the victory vindicates him and signals revolt against The Beast reform foes. Mayor candidate Henry Arnold leads the reform ticket with pledges to resign if the commission form attains power.
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Lindsey Denver
Denver
Ben G. Lindsey
Citizens
Henrys Arnold
Lindsay
Lindsey
Arnold
Citizens Reform
Commission
The Post Telegrapher at Melbourne Theatre
Thrilling two reel photoplay shows battles among trail blazers Indian tribes and soldiers. Based on the 101 Ranch military dramas it features a colonel’s daughter who saves the title hero from death with a dagger, amid a love story backdrop.
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Ae RS &Eee
Post-Telegrapher
Melbourne
101 Ranch
America
Darrow Case Delayed Until Tomorrow Morning
Superior Judge Hutton said the Darrow case would not resume today and that a new venue is scattered across the county making court access difficult. The sheriff warned jurors could not be brought into court today. In Vancouver Washington Wim Belisies took a patent blood purifying medicine, grew drowsy and slept in the street, was fined $2, and later found his $42 paycheck missing while he slept.
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Los Angeles
Hutton
Darrow
Vancouver
Wash
Wim. Belisies
Bigamist blows up house killing his sons and wounding wife
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 22 James Mungrose detonated an explosion that destroyed his home and killed two infant sons and mortally wounded his wife as he refused to live with her after learning she had another undivorced wife. A mob threatened lynching as a posse captured him.
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Guna
Wheeling
W. Va
James Mungrose
Mongrose
Cupid's Darts Fail Here in Atlanta Elopement
Miss Clara Parker a Gainesville beauty eloped with and married B W Sullivan of Atlanta on the eve of her marriage to Edwin G Gilbert Sullivan was best man at the wedding and disappeared with Miss Parker in Gilbert's touring car They were wed in Atlanta The bride said I loved Ben best Sullivan commented I am glad I didn't get her I hope they return the car in good condition.
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United Preas
Atlanta
Clara Parker
Gainesville
B. W. Sullivan
Edwin G. Gilbert
Sullivan
Parker
Gilbert
Ben
Latest Fashions Got Little Miss Into Trouble
Myrtle Arntstrong fell on a hotel stair when her high heel caught on a stair at a North Yakima hotel. A jury awarded her 8400 dollars for injuries, but the hotel company appeals to the state supreme court arguing fashion caused the fall.
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United Press
North Yakima
Yakima
Myrtle Arnt Strong
State Supreme Court
Myrtie
Chauffeur Ordered to Explain Robbery Incident
Percy Young the chauffeur must explain to police the circumstances of an alleged robbery against traveling salesman W. A. Dallam who says he was assaulted by a stranger, relieved of 50 dollars, and thrown into the street. Dallam says he cried for help and Young, who is deaf to pleas, failed to aid. Dallam was later picked up by Dennis Miles on First Avenue. Young remains in city jail on an open charge without bail.
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Percy Young
W. A. Dallam
Young
Dallam
Dennis Miles
Governor Johnson directs AG on San Diego problem
Sacramento May 22 Governor Johnson issues a statement directing the state attorney general to proceed so that justice is done the law is enforced and a solution to the San Diego problem may be found, reflecting state involvement in the local dispute.
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Sacramento
Cal
Johnson
San Diego
Portland Strike Demands Higher Wages
In Portland on May 22 150 workers of the Portland Railway Light and Power Co walked out demanding daily wages rise from 1.75 to 2.25. The strike brings total strikers to about 900 across the company.
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Portland, Or
Portland Railway, Light and Power Co
Robbery at 600 Thomas street steals $100
The flat of Mrs. Ferris Johns at 600 Thomas Sr. was entered during her absence Saturday and Sunday. $100 was stolen along with two suits of clothing. Entry was gained with a pass key. A dark complexioned woman, possibly Italian, was seen near the door Saturday night.
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Ferris Johns
Thomas Sr
Harbor repairs and buoy project move to council
The harbor repair plan includes repairing the launch Telegram the steel pontoon float at the foot of Madison Street and a steel harbor buoy as recommended by Harbormaster Davies. The harbors and public grounds committee will recommend the measures to the council and Councilman Marble will introduce the ordinance next Monday.
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Madison St
Davies
Harbors and Public Grounds Committee
Marble
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