City heats debate on heated street cars plan
A public franchise committee meeting in Seattle discusses plans to heat street cars. Puget Sound Traction Light & Power and Jakey Furth oppose heat, citing public health concerns and service quality. Most cars are open or lack proper enclosures, with safety data requested from City Utilities.
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Furth
Puget Action
Light & Pow
City Health
Superm
City Utilities
Valentine
Seattle
Renton & Southern Cars
Jakey Fourth
Rainier Valley
Renton
Jakey Furth
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
Purth
Wardall
Superintendent of Public Utilities
Otterill and Erickson Battle City Ownership Stand
City officials push ahead with masonry dam plan after opponents cite delays. Council and engineers discuss sites at Camp 2 with private interests blamed for stalling progress. Mayor Cotterill contrasts bonds approved two years ago with alternatives backed by critics.
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Jacobs
Blaine
Ad Man Given Up for Dead After Hunting Incident
A Bainbridge Island man, Wells, is found missing after a hunting trip that ended badly. He had been staying with his wife at the home of Wm. Wells on Bainbridge Island when he disappeared during the hunt. Local authorities report he had no known contacts since the trip began.
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Rio
Wells
Bainbridge Island
Ammer
Wmom
Mead Schricker Letters in Trial
Fragmentary report details Schricker and W E A La Conner banker Jacob Furth in a Seattle trial sketch. Bank relations at the Seattle National Bank are noted with conditions and payments, while Schricker’s letters appear to influence the case as it unfolds in Washington.
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Mead Schricker
Wash
W. E
la Conner
Seattle
Jacob Furth
Schricker
de la Conner
Lawyer Prisoner to Tell His Story in Gibson Case
The prosecution in the Burton W. Gibson murder trial of Mrs. Rosa Szabo rested. Judge Tompkins denied motions to dismiss and barred removal of evidence about Szabo's bank accounts. Defense attorney Elder outlined the plan to argue Szabo's injuries were accidental.
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Goshen
Burton W. Gibson
Rosa Szabo
Justice Tompkins
Elder
Gibson
Skyscraper collapses in Portland street district
A eight story section of the Marquam building on Sixth Avenue collapsed at noon stretching through the business district. The blast was heard for blocks as streets were roped off and fears grew of a total collapse. The structure housed the Orpheum theatre and numerous offices.
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Portland, Or
Marquam
Orpheum Theatre
Suffragists Hold National Convention in Philadelphia
The National Woman Suffrage Association opens its 44th national convention in Philadelphia with over 400 delegates from nearly every state. Anna Howard Shaw leads the meeting as debates on presidential candidates and tie‑ins to the progressive movement unfold amid calls for women’s votes.
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United
Philadelphia
National Woman Suffrage Association
Cuffragiata
Anna Howard Shaw
National Organization
Witherspoon
Juniper
Walnut Streets
Roosevelt
Jane Addams
U. S
Cora Smith Eaton
Seattle
McManigal Testifies in Dinamite Transport Case
Ortie McManigal, key government witness, resumes testimony in the labor leaders dynamite transportation case. He describes detonations reputedly carried out under the direction of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers officials amid suspected defense factions and tensions.
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Indianapolis
Ortie KE. McManigal
International Association of Bridge and Struectural Tronworkers
Snow Forecast for Seattle Tonight Warm Noon Reading
The weather bureau predicts rain or snow for Seattle for the first time this year. Last years forecasts anticipated snow earlier. If snow arrives it will be light with only a trace. Noon temperature was 49.
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Weather Bureau
Seattle
Ten States Grant Women Suffrage in Record Pace
The vote expands women’s suffrage to Arizona Kansas Oregon Michigan Colorado California Idaho Utah Washington and Wyoming. Electors eligible rise from 37 to 70, covering over 300000 square miles. Suffrage reaches Michigan and the pace shatters previous records with an initiative filed July 5 in Arizona four months before the election.
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Arizona
Kansas
Oregon
Michigan
Colorado
California
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Progressives Primed for Big Organization Meet
Progressives plan a meeting at Arcade Hall on Saturday night to adopt a constitution and elect officers. A committee led by Geo W Dilling Thomas P Revelle C J France Arthur P Moran and Will H Parry issued the call. The invitation exudes optimism noting the Progressives won over 4 300 000 votes in the recent national election and aims to push policy goals.
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Arcade Hall
Geo. W. Dilling
Thomas P. Revelle
C. J. France
Arthur P. Moran
Will H. Parry
Progressive Party
Mayor Cotterill Promises Straight Talk at Church Meeting
Mayor Cotterill vows to speak plainly in a Tuesday night address at the First Presbyterian church on Seattle Today and Tomorrow. The event is hosted by the Brotherhood League in a community discussion setting.
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Cotterill
Nine Men Rescued From Schooner Wood Near Vancouver Island
The schooner Wood, laden with lumber, battled a northwest gale off Vancouver Island and wrecked on a reef. Captain Hellquist and crew fought the storm for four days before nine survivors were rescued by the Canadian fishery cruiser William Jolliffe and taken to Vancouver. Survivors listed include J Hellquist master, F W West mate, Henry Machabo second mate, and Otto Anderson among others.
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Hellquist
Vancouver Island
Mate Weat
William Buckland
Zen
Otto Anderson
Junin Inlet
San
William Jolliffe
Vancouver
Seattle
J. Hellquint
F. W. West
Henry Machabo
H. Morris
W. Madee
Alfred Diller
Morika
Doctors Laud Government Crusade Against Quacks
Seven alleged malpractitioners were arrested in Seattle in a nation wide federal action. They face charges of using the mails to promote criminal practices and for drugs and instruments used in quack operations. Bond for three was posted while others remain in detention awaiting arraignment Monday.
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Seattle
Department Opr Justice
B. Weldon
State Board of Mediev
Mullinix
Mme.Crane
Sam Goodrich
Madison St
Henrietta Droth
Laurelshade Ay
B. Zornestein
C. M. Foster
Bellingham
Marshal Jacoby
High Court Intervenes in Furth Bank Case Change of Venue
The Washington Supreme Court cites Skagit County to show cause why the Seattle National Bank officials led by Jacob Furth should not be barred from moving their criminal trial to Whatcom county. The move follows a Skagit judge’s grant of a venue change amid defense requests for Snohomish county. Prosecutor Brawley notes prejudice claims and questions why the files were not timely served.
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Olympia
Wash
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Skagit County
Whatcom County
Jacob Furth
Seattle National Bank
Brawley
Mt. Vernon
Seattle
W. E. Schricker
la Conner
Furth
FE. C. Hughes
Joiner
Snohomish County
Bellingham
H. Welty
Everett
Turks Refuse Peace Offer War Continues
Constantinople reports Turkey rejected the Allies terms as excessive. Fighting persists with gunfire heard at the southern entrance to the Dardanelles. A Bulgarian torpedo boat reportedly sank the Turkish warship Hamidieh, with many Turkish casualties as Bulgarians retreat to trenches near the Tchatalja fortifications.
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Dy United Wrese
Constantinople
Afder
Turkey
Garian
Hamidieh
Audi
Tchatalja
Will Protect Girls on Boats in Tacoma and Seattle
Tacoma and Seattle city officials plan to place a matron on boats serving both cities after complaints from mothers about trouble aboard. Mrs. Covell, public morals officer, will request cooperation from Seattle police protective officers to monitor passengers and safeguard young travelers.
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Tacoma
Seattle
War nets King a trio of cousins
Rome November 21 Ap a result of Italy s war with Turkey King Victor Emmanuel has three new cousins Marchese San Giuliano minister of foreign affairs Gen Paolo Boingardi minister of war and Miral Pasquale Leonardi Cattoligo minister of marine In recognition of their services In enabling Italy to get away with Tripoli and Cyrenaica the king has conferred upon them the collar of the Order of the Annunziata which makes them his relatives
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Rome
Italy
Turkey
Victor Emmanuel
Marchese San Giuliano
Min
Paolo Boingardi
Miral Pasquale Leonardi- Cattoliog
Tripoli
Cyrenaica
40 Chickens Under Arrest for Laundry Bill
Deputy Sheriff Sam Klein jailed 40 chickens over a $15 laundry bill owed by W. H. Pate of Beacon Hill. The chickens were held at the county jail pending bail, as Edgar Duford, the laundryman, had obtained a judgment and execution. Deputy Kieln warned further execution of the birds seems likely.
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Sam Klein
Edgar Duford
W. H. Pate
Beacon Hill
Duford
Kieln
Dynamiter Held on $20,000 Bail After Public Building Threat
Carl Reidelbach terrorized the central police station in Los Angeles with an infernal device and was held in default of $20,000 bail by Police Justice Williams. The case cites Section 601 of the California penal code, defining the offense as depositing or attempting to explode dynamite in a public building.
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Los Angeles
Carl Reidelbach
Williams
Warning on new Canadian penny and $10 gold piece
J. W. Spangler, vice president of the Seattle National Bank, warns the public about the new Canadian penny and a $10 gold piece issued this year. They are the same size and nearly identical, urging careful examination to avoid confusion.
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J. W. Spangler
Seattle National Bank
Jury Views Scene in Snoqualmie Road Murder Case
The judge, jury, defendant, and attorneys left the courthouse to inspect the Snoqualmie road shooting scene in the murder case of T. L. Richards who is charged with killing Henry Dillman. They plan to return tonight and likely reach a jury verdict tomorrow night.
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T. L. Richards
Henry Dillman
Snoqualmie Road
Final plea for strike leader in Massachusetts murder case
In Salem on November 21 Attorney Peter denounced the commonwealths dragnet process in the Arturo Giovannitti case and condemned witnesses who would discredit the defendants and sidetrack witnesses who might show innocence amid the Lawrence textile strike violence.
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Salem
Mass
Arturo Giovannitti
Ad Ettor
Antonio Caruso
Petera
Commonwealth
Specials in the News Prompting Curious Headlines
A collection of odd items featuring eccentric prophecies, a Cincinnati couple drowning a boy baby, an enormous omelette from misfired goods, an Arkansas dog fitted with glasses for eye relief, Henry Kracke’s 50th vacation and egg price rise, a Pennsylvania town renamed to Nineteen Twelve, Chicago Clean Food club aims for sanitary groceries, Dr. Wiley warns coffee could become a national issue, and a Vienna war correspondent reports an aviator dropping surrender hand bills over Adrianople.
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Cincinnati
Exe Harbor
N. J. Champ
Arkansas
Henry Kracke
Pennsylvania
al Ready
Washington County
Cleveland
Buchanan
Chicago
The Star Promises Guaranteed Paid Circulation
The Star notes its want ads reach more than 40,000 copies daily and gives contact details for placing ads at Main 9400 or Elliott 44 or at the downtown Want Ad office 229 Union St.
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Star
Elliott
Want
Union St
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