Legislation by Popular Vote Moves Forward
A city wide push seeks amendments to require popular vote on all ordinance and franchise measures. A three-group conference committee outlines two charter amendments to submit at spring or general elections. If council blocks, petition drive will push public vote with mass meetings planned to organize a direct legislation league.
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Mont
Yrtreet Conference Committee
Central Labor and
Municipal Owner Co Committee
Ordt Sagen
Ordt
Direct Legislation
Fts
The
Civic Union
L. BE. Kirkpatrick
C. W. Horr
Central Labor Councrs
P. K. Moore
L. Backus
Municipal Ownership League
Joe Smith
T. Jonenhans
George P. Cattern
Direct Legislation League
Labor Convention In Session Nearing End In Va
Nearly all 406 delegates to the Federation of Labor convened in Virginia for the twenty seventh convention. President Gompers and Secretary Morrison presented their annual reports, which were exhaustive and addressed conditions and situations comprehensively.
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United Press
Parsux. Va
Federation of Labor Con
Gompers
Morrison
Elopement Report Aboard Interurban Train Discovery
Police investigate a suspected elopement by a 19 year old girl from Beattie who fled with a young man after leaving her parents home.Witnesses describe a brief description of the couple and a man said to be the fiancé boarded an interurban at Poster station and arrived Beattie’s morning train.
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A W. H. Bayer
Given
Beattie
Poster Station
Women describe city jail abuse after Pike Place protest
At a meeting in the Labor temple Mrs. Mattle Titus and three women arrested last Friday night for obstructing the street while delivering an address on Pike Place spoke about their jail experiences. Titus said the jailer was abusive and they were denied coverings to sleep. The report notes China’s fan exports total 11,900,000 yearly.
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Soelalteta
Labor Temple
Mattle Titus
Pike Place
Former dancing master found in Polk county poorhouse
Des Moines reports Prof. Thayer, once a dancing teacher in their youth, identified in the Polk county poorhouse. Society leaders react with surprise and launch a relief drive. Benefit dances chain letters and concerts have raised funds to provide comfort for his remaining days.
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Des Moines
Thayer
Polk County
Delegates Arrive in Juneau for Republican Convention
Delegates reach Juneau from Fairbanks Seldovia Valdez Cordovia Seward and Haines Mission for the Republican territorial convention to be held next Thursday. Leroy Toster from Fairbanks reports strong organization between divisions two and three. Judge Wickersham is a candidate for national convention delegate and Caley's bid for Congress gains support. Twenty rooms have been wired for delegates who left Seattle Saturday night.
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Juneau
Alaska
Pairbanks
Seldovia
Valdez
Cordovia
Seward
Haines
Leroy Toster
Toxier
Wickersham
Cale
Congress
Seattle
Missing Seattle man Greelish feared drowned after ice hole find
After days of searching for Pat Greelish near Port Angeles, John Greelish and William Tweker found a hole in Heppy Lake ice along his last sighting path. The discovery led some to fear foul play as John plans to continue the search for his missing brother.
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Pat Greelish
Seattle
Port Angeles
John Greelish
William Tweker
Heppy Lake
Greelish
City debates garbage disposal and plague control actions
Mayor Moore and Dr. Cofer lead a debate on proper garbage disposal amid a plague scare. The city burned several shacks on Fifth Avenue after consent, as health workers limit spread while about 2,000 residents seek help at health headquarters.
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Moore
Cofer
Hourna
Cty
Star Night Bazaar Opens at Armory This Week
The Scandinavian Good Templar lodge North Star No 1M L O G T announces Star Night at the Armory tonight and nightly through the week. Tomorrow night features Star Night at the theater with coupons in tomorrow's paper granting free admission and a record crowd is anticipated.
Seattle Leads Puget Sound Exports to England in October
Exports from Puget Sound district rose in October with a near doubling over September. Seattle tops the flour shipments but Tacoma leads in wheat and lumber. Lumber exports total over 31.5 million feet valued at $487,807, including consignments carried through Portland and Aberteen by vessels clearing from the district.
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United Press
Wnsend
England
Harper
Pugette
Bnei
Japan
United States
Distriet
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Aberteen
City business men petition to restrict saloon licenses
Seventy eight businessmen located between Yeater Way and Madison Avenue filed with the city council license committee this afternoon asking that no more saloon licenses be granted for saloons in this district.
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Firatavy
Yeaterway
Madison At
Southern Pacific Trial Delayed On Indictments
The United States District Court paused the Southern Pacific Railway trial on 21 indictments accusing violations of the cattle car time limit of 38 hours. Judge Dehaven continued the case for two weeks with consent from both sides.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railway Company
United States Lstrict
Dehaven
Child injures self on porch in Seattle
A five year old girl Clara Morgan fell on her parents porch at 2232 First Ave yesterday and sustained injury. She was taken to Seattle General Hospital for treatment.
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Clara Morgan
Seattle General Hospital
Lincoln High picks blue and gray colors for school
An assembly at Lincoln High School selected blue and gray as the official school colors. Students urge local merchants to display the colors in their windows from Thursday through Saturday ahead of Lincoln’s game against Salem High of Oregon.
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Lincoln High School
Bue
Gray
Lincoln
Livcoln High
Salem
Ore
Prisoner Cuts Throat in Jail Delirious inmate restrained
In Puyallup city jail a man believed to be John Kelly slashed his throat with a pocket knife while alone. A physician sutured the wound and Kelly was placed in a straight jacket as he suffers delirium tremens.
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United Press
Tacoma
Puyallap City
John Kelly
Kelly
Inquiry Seeks Wallace Relative Amid North American Contacts
Police receive inquiry on the whereabouts of James S. Wallace formerly with Preific Whaling Co. in Victoria B C. Mentioned are Jesale Wallace of Glasgow seeking info on a brother Ray Eibon and Lloyd Elbon of Portland seeking details about the same missing man as his father is ill.
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James S. Wallace
Preific Whaling Co
Victoria
B. C
Jesale Wallace
Shamrock
West
Glasgow
Scotland
Lloyd Elbon
Washington
Portland
Ore
Aska
Ray Eibon
Italy Produces Some of the Strongest Tobacco Worldwide
Italy grows and uses much of its own tobacco crop. The statement notes the country’s significant production and domestic utilization of tobacco.
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Italy
Watches on sale at Chicago Jewelry Co in Blain Waltham Chatelaine
Local ad notes bargains on Hig watches in Blain Waltham and Chatelaine at Chicago Jewelry Co located at 1207 Second Ave offering a chance to shop for affordable timepieces.
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Hig
Chicago Jewelry Co
New York Stock Market Ends Mixed With Hefty Losses
The opening was unchanged to fractional gains as buying orders pressured stocks. Union Pacific rose two points but demand waned, market slowed to stagnation, and late trading saw profit taking erase gains leaving only few firms higher. The day closed heavy.
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United Press
New York
Shorts
Union Pac
Police arrest Jacob Godburg over indecent pictures
In a move to remove indecent pictures from saloons and penny parlors, police arrested Jacob Godburg, a local for the picture company that supplies these to local concerns.
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Jacob Godburg
Ich
Mars canals viewed as ancient irrigation system expert says
Boston November 11 Professor David Todd of Amherst College returns from the Andes with 7,000 photographs. He describes Mars as dying and argues the canals are irrigation works by a race to sustain life, indicating intelligent engineering on the planet.
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Boston
Mars
David Todd
Amherst College
Andes
Mass Kidnaping Ring Panic Haunts Italian City
A vast wave of kidnaping for ransom grips Italy as detectives struggle to cover all cases this summer. Dozens of children, lured by candy, are seized with several killed after parents refuse to pay. Nicola Tomaso, four, was found asleep on a school steps near home a month after being stolen, possibly returning after a $500 ransom. Annie Orlando, eight, followed the same pattern days later. authorities warn parents to beware ransom letters and denounce the Brooklyn den as a possible hideout.
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Nicola Tomaso
Nicky
Brooklyn
Tomaso
Annie Orlando
Spanriding Sporting Goods Ad at Theo Wilts Co
An advertisement notes Spanriding's Sporting and Athletic Goods offered at Theo Wilts Company located at 1008 First Avenue. It emphasizes low price and quality, stating you cannot buy for less from any supplier and you cannot pay more to anyone.
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Theo. Wilts & Co
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Pire Sale
Ernst Bros
Pike
Ean
Bazaar
S&s. P. Case
Sperger & Hurlbut
House of Bargains
Dalety
Sterling
Haviland
Haviland & Co
Ransome
Allerton
Kansas
Rogers Fruit
Natura
Gpelger Aurlbat
2Nd Avenue
Union Street
Lewis Levy
Justice
Equal Rights
Jacob Waldeck
Star
Beld
Buffalo
G. H. Woodhouse CO
University Stoes
Bradbury
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
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Union
Title Trust Co
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