Champagne Dinner After Fire Sparks Missing Wine Probe
A fire at Artington pier led to a splashy dinner at Second Assistant Chief Joseph Latham’s home where champagne went missing. Police suspect liquor looted by firemen. five men face possible charges with up to five years’ imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Investigators seek source and owners of the vanished champagne and related underwear case.
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Ariington
Joseph Latham
Waterhouse
Wappenstein
Fre
Ois
Latham
Artington
Fire
Chitt Joseph Latham
Babe Little Linked to Looting Rumors In Firehouse Fallout
Acting Chief Clark seeks Civil Service guidance as Freman J. Little of Hose No. 2 and other firemen face scrutiny after a looting episode. J Little, once known as Babe, disputed involvement while H G Little and H H Moore officials defend actions at the scene. Vince Paben recalls Little’s troubled youth but asserts he has reformed and deserves credit for changing his life.
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Civil Service Commission
Freman
J. Little
Hose No. 2
Babe” Lit
BJ. Little
Little
H. G. Little
Howe Com
Pet
Cook
Chief Cook
Moore
Hose Company No 5
Habe” Little
Civil Service
Department
Canada
Fli
Fire Chief Cook May Not Resume Command
Fire Chief Cook will not return to command the fire department, according to officials who spoke today. He departed yesterday for San Francisco for a planned two to three week absence and may not resume leadership after his leave. Mayor Moore said no intimation existed to suggest he would not resume, and expected his return after the 30 day leave.
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Cook
Fire Department
San Fransisco
Arlington Deck
Hie
Whder
Police probe widens over Arlington dock looting
Police investigate expanding theft ring linked to Arlington fire. Firemen Mapes returns carved net and cutlery. officials verify goods on wharf versus post fire stock. More firemen expected to be implicated as tally of unaccounted items grows and inquiry nears sensational phase.
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Arlington
Major Wood
Mapes Hearing This Afternoon In Theft Case
Captain Craille reports theft from the Arlington dock with five men including Mapes J. Mingo and J. Longbottom taken into custody yesterday afternoon. Authorities claim strong evidence and will proceed with hearings this afternoon at 4.
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J. J. Longbottom
G. M. Craile
Arlington
Cralle
Park Board Grants Permit for Hyacinth Cultivation Experiments
The park board approved use of Bat then of Wombland park by A J Pieters of the United States department of subculture to conduct experimental work. He is to assess suitability for cultivating hyacinths and other bulbous plants as part of a regional trial.
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J. Pieters
United States Department of Subculture
Wombland Park
Mr. Pieters
St Paul Road Signs Track Agreement For Puget Sound
President J C Ford of Pacific Coast company signs a 25 000 annual rental contract with Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul for use of Columbia Puget Sound tracks from Beattie to Maple Valley and the Seattle terminals. Double tracking required and accident damages clause included. Terminal work awaits Forest Street vacation approval.
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Pacific Coast Company
New York City
Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul Road
Seattle
Columbia
Puget Sound
St. Paul
Maple Valley
Wheelage Basin
Williame
Porest St
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William Larsen Arrested for Forgery in County Fall
Deputy Sheriff Breve Meek arrested William Larsen on charges of passing forged checks drawn on the Western Paint Company. The checks total 047 and were cashed at several saloons in the county, with Larsen taken into custody last night.
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Breve Meek Last Hight
William Larsen
Western Paint Company
Larson
Two Planned Meetings by Young Men's Republicans
Officers of the Young Men's Republicans announce two upcoming meetings. A public reception and banquet will honor United States Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin during his Beattle visit next month.
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Young Men's Republicans
Hotel Butler
Baquet
United States
Lafollette
Wicconrim
Bia Vieit
Beattle
No reply from Fairbanks slows Seattle sympathy effort
Up to late afternoon A Nadeau vice president of the chamber of commerce had received no reply to the telegram sent to Fairbanks extending Seattle solidarity and asking if any assistance was needed. Residents of Fairbanks now in Seattle and United States Marshal G G Perry have also been unable to establish telegraphic communication with Fairbanks.
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A. Nadeau
Chamber of Commerce
Fairbanks
Seattle
United States
G. G. Perry
Transit Order Forces Fares to Yield to Pedestrians
Under new directive from Chief of Police Wappenstein, teamsters must stop and allow pedestrians to cross intersections or board and alight streetcars before continuing. The measure enforces temporary stops to protect pedestrian safety at crossings and stops.
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Teameters
Wappenstein
No Shortage Foreseen After Fairbanks Fire
Dawson May 24 There is no danger of a food shortage at Fairbanks due to the fire Four steamers are already on the river from Dawson carrying several hundred cattle and 1000 sheep Two more steamers depart this week Supplies can reach Fairbanks via St Michael before the river opens Dawson men who lost heavily are arranging to send new stock to replace losses
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Dawson
Fairbanks
St. Michael
Anarchist Arrest Near Geneva King Victor Emmanuel Tunnel
Geneva May 24 An anarchist was arrested today at the tunnel opening within two of King Victor Emmanuel. He had a stiletto concealed in his sleeves.
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Geneva
Develd
Torday
Victor Emanuel
Myers appeals for sympathy from Missouri women
In Labb raty Missouri Mrs Agate Myers condemned to die on the gallows for the murder of her husband pleads for sympathy. She addresses the women of the state saying that if she faced execution today her story should be told and that only her husband bears responsibility for the crime.
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Labbraty
Agate Myers
Tory
May Save Boerabaya Blockade Runner From Ice Break Up
Victoria May 24 The steamer Euher arrived with news that the Rua mh blockade runner Boerabaya, with 20 crew, was found frozen in North Siberian coast ice while escaping Japanese fear chips. She may be saved if not crushed in spring breakup.
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Victoria
Chinese plan wireless stations in China for Marconi system
May 24. The Chinese government will establish several stations to test Marconi's wireless telegraphy and train Chinese operators. Apparatus has been installed on four Chinese men at war at Shanghai.
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Perkin
China
Marconi
Shanghai
Three Cornered Street Row Ends With Umbrella Defense
A Saturday afternoon street clash on Second Avenue involved Myrtle Stevens, a man named Kohl, and longshoreman George Denvers. Denvers struck Kohl in the face, knocking him down, and a woman used an umbrella to intervene before police separated the crowd.
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Kahl
George Denvers
Denvers
Kohl
Republicans vote down Piles presiding invite at state convention
The Washington state Republican central committee rejects a motion to invite Senator Samuel H. Piles to serve as temporary chairman at the upcoming convention. Lieutenant Governor Charles Coon proposed the resolution, but it drew no votes in its favor. The committee met in the Pioneer building with Beattie selected to host the convention, apportioning 655 delegates across counties for the September 19 gathering.
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Republican State Central Committee
United States
Samuel H. Piles
Charles Coon
Pioneer Building
Beattie
Walla Walla
Tacoma
Cows Clash With Gardener Over Madison Park Lawns
Gardener Johnson of the streetcar company battles Mr. Stewert who owns cattle at Madison park. Johnson reports a drove of cows devouring lawns and flower beds while Stewert insists the herd is only 30 peaceful milch cows. Johnson asks police to arrest wandering cattle and protect the grass.
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Johnson
Stewert
Johbnson
Pound
Police appoint Barek private secretary. Hoodeen named acting clerk
J. L. Barek previously acting clerk at police headquarters is appointed private secretary to Chief of Police Wappenstein. Patrolman Swwn Hoodeen is promoted from the ranks to acting clerk to fill Barek’s vacancy.
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J. L. Barek
Police
Wappenstein
Swwn Hoodeen
Barek
Officer Tries to Take Own Life Twice in Police HQ
In New York on May 24, Policeman Harry Morton awaiting arrest for perjury in Bertha Clarche’s manslaughter case took two suicide attempts in the police headquarters anteroom. He first used his revolver and later swallowed glass. The case involves Clarche accused of killing Emil Gordon in a white slave captivity scheme.
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New York
Bertha Clarche
Emil Gordon
Harry Morton
Jealous Hungarian Flower Seller Kills Wife in Los Angeles
Michiel Cserepes, a Hungarian flower seller, shot his wife to death in Los Angeles on May 24 and then attempted suicide. The motive cited is jealousy over her admirers.
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Los Angeles
Michiel Cserepes
Engineer Killed as Train Engine Strikes Head in Burlington
J D Johnson a veteran Burlington road engineer was instantly killed this morning when his head was struck by a passing engine after he stuck it out of a cab window. The accident occurred in Burlington Iowa the date noted as May 24.
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Burlington
Iowa
J. D. Johnson
Burlington Road
Seattle Purge Drives Poker Rooms and Vice Clean Up
Mayor Moore and Police Chief Wappenstein lead a city wide cleanup campaign in Seattle to close poker games pool halls palmists and other vices. Police enforce new orders strictly with arrests and harsher sentences to purge gambling and loitering from the metropolis.
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Wappenstein
Moore
Puget Sound
Safety Cable Plan Seeks Seattle Factory to Cut Freight
Ira W. Henry of Safety Cable proposes a Seattle plant to build submarine cable for the Pacific, employing 250 skilled and 400 total workers with a 250000 dollar yearly payroll. The project would organize a stock company, provide plans, buildings, and expert staff, with existing orders and large past output cited.
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Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
Ira W. Henry
Safety Cable Company
New York
J. F. Flynn
Committee On Manufacturing
Mr. Henry
Alaska
Philippines
Cape Horn
Henry
Yukon River Open to Dawson to Lake LaBarge Still Impassable
General Agent Dudley of the White Pass reports a wire noting the Yukon river is open from Dawson to Lake LaBarge but the lake itself remains impassable and is not expected to clear until June 1.
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White Pass
Yukon River
Dawson
Lake LaBarge
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