Wives of Candidates Share Election Day Roles
The Star reports on campaign work by several wives while men campaign. Some express confidence in their husbands, others plan to vote and speak at polls. Separate from politics, rescue efforts at Lawson mine near Black Diamond continue after a fatal explosion, with crews probing shafts and assessing live or dead status of five men.
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McKenzie
D. C. Botting
Clelum
Black Diamond
James Anderson
Lawson
Louis Kranc
Kranc
Fair
Cho
Debrie
Iain Cuts Vote Down In Seattle
Rainy weather dampens turnout as Seattle precincts report lighter than expected polls. Party leaders express confidence in non partisan candidates for the supreme bench while observers anticipate possible shifts in county races and school superintendent contests.
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Iain
Seattle
Wreck Victims Identified Amid Milan Train Disaster
Nov. body of MeIntyre a Milan brakeman found after Sunday wreck in this city. Joseph Keefe’s body recovered from the wreck yesterday and sent in. Weather forecast calls for rain tonight and increasing south winds.
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MeIntyre
Milan
Joseph Keefe
Bandits Loot Nelson Hotel Night Clerk and Staff
Three masked youths robbed the Nelson hotel early today, forcing night clerk Virgil Buchanan and waiter F. Zweiger and bellboy Matthew Bell to surrender cash. Zweiger lost 65 dollars and Bell 3 dollars. Buchanan had just secured his money in the hotel safe. Suspects fled north on Seconday. no arrests yet.
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Nelson Hotel
Virgil Buchanan
F. Zweiger
Washington
Matthew Bell
Zweiger
Bells
Buchanan
Love at first sight in a contest of hearts and bets
The Star reports on love at first sight debates amid theater and dating chatter. A contest invites reader opinions about marrying for love versus practicality, featuring quotes about sacrifices, wealth, and the odds of divorce if not sure of true love. Readers are urged to submit a 150 word response to the Contest Editor before Monday night.
Recall petitions at polling booths target Hi Gill in Seattle
Voter participation drives will be at polling places today to gather signatures on recall petitions. Citizens are urged to locate a petition and sign as part of the effort protesting perceived misrule in Seattle.
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Hi Gill
Seattle
Marion Baxter Listed Seriously Ill At Mission Hospital
Mrs Marion Baxter head of the Waypide Mission is critically ill at the Mission hospital with internal troubles worsening over weeks. Her daughter Beatrice McClure stays by her side. Baxter, 61, helped found the mission and led it for seven years and engaged in many civic activities.
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Marion Baxter
Waypide Mission
Mission Hospital
Baxter
Beatrice McClure
Mission
Returns Read Across Local and National Venues
Officials announced today that returns from local state and national elections will be read between the Moore and Seattle theatres. Downtown cafes plan to obtain returns of the results as well.
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Aca
Moore
Seattle
Wreck at Colfax Involves Gravel Train and Freight
A gravel train and a freight collided in a rear end smashup near Blackwell on the Spokane and Inland Electric line. The caboose and a stock car burned. conductor Donahue rescued himself by jumping to safety.
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Colfax
Wash
Blackwell
Spokane & Inland Electric
Donahue
We Must Celebrate the 24th But What
The narrator notes a proclaimed Thanksgiving on the 24th and jokes about frugal pleasures and saving money until election returns come in tomorrow. The piece playfully questions what to be thankful for as a satirical social commentary.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Taft
Anastasia
Nice Trip to Spokane Ties Stenog to Million-Dollar Coal Company
The Spokane federal grand jury indicted Harry White former Seattle mayor D B McKenzie and others in a Alaska coal claim fraud case. Mise Cora B Anderson a stenographer head of the ten million dollar firm served as incorporator and dummy officer signing papers while Neva Airey secretary treasurer traveled to Spokane with a “very nice little trip” as her only dividend.
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Spokane
Stenog
Alaska Clean, Smokeless Anthracite Coal Company
Yea
Mise Cora B. Anderson
Bostwick
Mutual Life
Mise Anderson Safty Watred Y - Baie
Tion
Harry White
Seattle
D. B McKenzie
C. BE. McKenzie
Alaska
Mise Anderson
Negroes Overtake Polls as Whites Struggle at Oklahoma Precinct
At Fussy Creek in Wagoner county Oklahoma a clash over voting erupted as black voters outnumber whites ten to one and seized the polls after white officers were blocked. Armed white reinforcements rushed from Coweta to restore order and disarm the rioters.
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Muskoger
Okla
Fucay Creek
Wagoner County
Coweta
Fussy Creek
Love-Crazed Man Kills Girl and Self in Ritzville
In Ritzville Miss Josephine Pittman a 45 year old school teacher was killed by rancher Patrick Colling after she spurned him. He shot himself but survived after a rib deflected the bullet. City budget notes attached claim Seattle’s 1911 city operation will cost $7 177 208 47 with revenue estimates of $3 569 453 40 leaving $3 607 846 07 to be raised by taxation per final council estimates.
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Ritzville
Josephine Pittman
Patrick Colling
Seattle
Mrs Crippen Alive Hoax Triggers Chicago Probe
United Press reports authorities remain skeptical that Belle Elmore Crippen is alive. Promoter Jack Curley and attorney Robert Cantwell claim to locate a woman near Chicago with a claimed link to the Crippen murder case. F T Tobin, brother of Solicitor Tobin, reportedly has affidavits. the case hinges on his arrival tomorrow for verification. A Chicago millionaire’s wife, Ari Grannis, also says she found a note in a hotel telephone booth with a clue to further details.
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Chicago
Belle Elmore Crippen
Robert Cantwell
Jack Curley
F. T. Tobin
Tobin
Lon
Don
Dr. Crippen
H. H. Crippen
England
Ari Grannis
New York Voters Turn Out Despite Snow in Record Election Day
Voters lined up in heavy snow as New York anticipated a record turnout. Betting favored Dix for governor, while Roosevelt Stimson supporters eyed a close race. Taft voted in Cincinnati and Harmon cast an early ballot amid indecisive early signals.
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Roosevelt
Col
Diz
Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harmon
Two Suspects Deny Theft as Stockade Sentence Issued
Addison Smith and James Sharp accuse each other of stealing a gold headed umbrella. Judge Gordon sentences both to 33 days in the city stockade after cross accusations. Patrolman Rose denies refusing to arrest Ed Arnett at Mrs. Peterson’s request. Sheriff Roberts later arrests Arnett for grand larceny.
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James Sharp
Gordon
Addison
James
City Stockade
J. W. Rose
Ed Arnett
Ed Craven
Peterson
Cherry St
Arnett
Roberts
W. Arnett
Rose
What If All the Women in America Had Voted Today
An early suffrage era piece by Ida Husted Harper argues every mother and wife would improve homes and society if women possessed the vote. It laments men voting while women lack representation, claiming pure foods, safe toys, schooling, and humane labor depend on women voters.
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Ida Husted
Harper
National Suffragis
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