Two Miners Die in Peat Tank Excavation Accident
At 1420 Fourth Way two men were killed and a third injured while digging a hole for an iron tank behind a building. Victims were identified as Jel of 1808 Terry Ave and S Weat. The surviving worker was hospitalized. The accident, blamed on soft earth from recent rains and lack of cribbing, is under Coroner review with the North Coast Engineering Co. contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Av
Pacific Hospital
North Coast Engineering Company
International Building Laborers’ Union
Butterworth's
Roy Wiltete
Carroll
Governor Proclaims Five Day Holiday Amid Bank Crisis
News from i0V.Oregon and California reports Gov. Chamberlain seeking to revoke a five day holiday proclamation but failing to recall it. Critics argue the move aids stock gamblers, while others note federal relief funds. Provincial and regional banks prepare to reopen with limited assets and ongoing legal scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Im Ore
Proce
Portland Bank
Ste
Navy chief urges wider Panama Canal to fit battleships
Secretary of the Navy recommends widening the Panama Canal by 200 feet instead of 110 to accommodate larger battleships, in response to a War Department request following the ships' increased size since canal plans were drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Metcalf
Panama Canal
War Department
Sanitary Inspector Burns Unsanitary 219 Queen Anne Ave House
Sanitary Inspector H. Lampman burned a one story rear house at 219 Queen Anne avenue under board of health orders. The property of George W. Dilling was cited as being in a very unsanitary condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Lampman
Board of Health
Queen Anne Av
George W. Dilling
Justices Postpone Courts Under Holiday Proclamation
Justice J. EB. Car roll and Justice BR. R. George suspend court business in accordance with Governor Mead’s legal holiday proclamation. No sessions are held today in these Justices of the Peace courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justices of the Peace
J. EB. Carroll
BR. R. George
Mead
Mammoth mud shark tangled in salmon net near Flyer Dock
A 400 pound mud shark became entangled in a fisherman's salmon net last night. It tore the net to pieces while struggling to free itself and was finally killed. The carcass drew attention on the tree in front of the Flyer Dock fish market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flyer Dock
Roosevelt Taft plan shift from Manila to Berlin Rainbow voyage
In Manila reports say President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft discuss a long cable exchange. Taft is expected to depart Manila on November 4 aboard the flagship Rainbow to reach Berlin as soon as possible. Officials offer no comment on the change in itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Manila
Oct
Roosevelt
Taft
Ila
Herlin
Rainbow
Unclear Text About End of Strike
Fragmentary report indicating talks to end a strike and possible formal vote. Mentions executive committee, gathering at quarters, and conferring with officials in York. Details are incomplete and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
CAGO
Ohers
Ox Ve
York
Com
Italian Attacker Eats Tin Spoon in Asylum Cell
Tacoma Oct 31 Joseph Carbom the Italian who attacked Captain John OBrien of the steamer Yucatan at Valdez Alaska and was sent to McNeils Island and who awaits transfer to Walla Walla after declaring insane last night reportedly devoured a tin spoon given at his evening meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Joseph Carbom
John O'Brien
Yucatan
Valdez
Alaska
McNeil's Island
Walla Walla
Health Board Faces A Hard Waterfront Problem
City health officials warn the waterfront section from Western Avenue to the docks requires a sea wall and long term rebuilding costing millions over many years. A cleanup plan includes garbage crematories, extra hauling teams, and temporary measures as the city fights plague with Yer sin serum while authorities push for rapid sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Board
Beattie
Western
Westernavy
Oran
Board of Pubile Works
C. B. Ford
Board A Health
Moore
Crichton and
Sawyer
Maloney
Halloween Mystery Craned From Porch In Everett
Local residents report a cow placed on a front porch amid Halloween pranks. Police are investigating the incident, with witnesses describing a strange, greeting ritual tied to a curse.
City Officials Question legality of yesterday's city dealings
City officials faced questions over thousands of dollars in bonds and contracts signed yesterday. Mayor Moore suspended business after conferring with Gov. Mead, anticipating tomorrow and Saturday alcohol laws. Finances and advertisements may be redated or carried over to next week amid delays and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Co
Emery
Dr. Bourne
Moore
Gov. Mead
Board of Earth
Istant
Haynie
Scott Calhoun
Board of Public Works
Americans Killed in Bombardment Reported by State Dept
State Department dispatches from St. Petersburg confirm Americans killed in the bombardment at Vingivostol. Names are being coded by Washington officials as the grim tally is processed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
St. Petersburg
Con
Amert
Volcanic Blast Obliterates Karatagh Town
Berlin reports say Karatagh Kuselan Turkestan was annihilated by a volcanic explosion not an earthquake or landslide. A Berlin-datelined dispatch from 100 miles away places 16,000 killed, though officials doubt the toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Berlin
Kavatagh
Kuselan Turkestan
Nome hotel runner returns after year in the north
A well known Nome hotel runner, A. P. Woodard known as Watty Woodard, arrived from the north after a year away. He and his party, including Frank Penning and the athletic company, had a profitable season at a Yass bir market segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P Woodard
Womtard
Ao Yass Bir
Will Collier Returns to Seattle After Nome Bank Visit
Wil Cotter, long associated with the Nome branch of a regional bank, returns to Seattle aboard the Victoria. The trip concludes a routine banking foray and signals continued ties between the distant offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Cotter
Nome
American Bank of ‘Hidedty
Seattle
Victoria
Misanthropic Will Echoes Life of Wealth-Seeker in Turbulent West
A juried reading of Melody Choit’s will reveals a man enmeshed in grievance and defiance. He recounts lifelong hardship, distrust of institutions, and a philosophy that charity is rejected, born from alleged abuses by churches temperance groups secret societies and officials. His travels from Kentucky to Texas Arizona Los Angeles Seattle culminate in a claimed fortune near two hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Choit
Albertson
Superior Court
Speoke
Louieville
Kentucky
Louisiana
Texas
Houston
Arizona
Plains
Desert
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Bless the Bankers for Women Only Stocking Room
Chicago October 31 United Press reports the Commercial National Bank creates a special room for women to withdraw money, a distinctive $10,000 stocking room with a foot high stool, marking the first bank to provide a private space for female customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presse
Chicago
Commercial National Bank
Tariff Debate: Class Benefit and Foreign Labor
Dr J Allen Smith argues in economics class that a high protective tariff benefits capitalists by shielding them from foreign competition but does not shield American workers. He calls current tariffs a close benefit to the capitalist class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Cars Crash Injures Several In Tacoma Collision
In a rear end crash between a Pet. car and a McKinley Park car in Tacoma, Conductor L. L. Martin suffered both legs broken below the knees and internal injuries. Motorman J. W. Lincoln escaped with facial bruises. cause cited as Lincoln’s failure to follow rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Pet
McKinley Park
L. L. Martin
J.W. Lincoln
Lincoln
City Franchise Inspector Appointed in West Seattle
P. T. Wilson, previously heading the West Seattle district for City Engineer Thomson, is named city franchise inspector in place of Walter Wheeler, who resigned. Wheeler has joined a private electrical development company in Skagway Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Wilson
West Seattle
Thomson
Walter 8. Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
Skagway
Alaska
Bank Clearings Beattie Today
Bank clearings show total of 1 975 680 44 and balances of 197 734 39 for Beattie today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Portland
Ragosinnokova Hanged After Assassin Killings at Reception
In St Petersburg on October 31 Mile. Ragosinnokova, who killed Director Maximoffsky at a October 28 reception, was executed despite Maximoffsky’s death bed plea for mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
ST. Petersburg
Ragosinnokova
Maximoffsky
Rock Island Railroad to Trim Construction Force
President Winchell orders retrenchments reducing Rock Island construction forces by 2,500 men across states the line traverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Rock Island
Winchell
Roosevelt to Seek Federal Charter for Trust Companies
President Roosevelt will recommend to Congress a federal charter for trust companies. The plan reportedly has the backing of Secretary Cortelyou and Comptroller Ridgeley. He argues trust company inspections should match the rigor applied to national banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Fire damages clothing at University Street home
A kitchen range fire at 707 1 2 University street left unattended earlier and ignited a clothes string belonging to L Costello of the third generation. Grand father J A Costello narrowly avoided a breakfast blaze before the fire was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University St
L. Costello
J. A. Costello
Sailor Knudston Drowns After Port Hole Fall at Skull Bay
Albert Knudston, a Dolphin sailor, fell through a port hole while loading salmon at Skull Bay Alaska and drowned. His body was brought south on the steamer today and his family resides locally though their exact address is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Knudston
Skull Bay
Alaska
May Yohe Falls Faint During Grand Theatre Performance
At the Grand theatre last night May Yohe known as former Lady Hope fainted on stage and had to be carried off. Doctors summoned refused to permit an appeal as she remained in a weakened state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage
Sacoma
Grand Theater
Martell Shifts Blame to Mother-in-law in Theft Case
Edmond Martell, held in King County jail after Ballard arrest on Menominee county charges, claims he is not a criminal and blames his mother-in-law. He says he left the area after living there with his wife and her mother and used funds from sold stock to pay debts. His wife visits the jail bringing food as authorities label him a dangerous figure. Deputy Kell is en route to Seattle to transfer him back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee, Mich
Menominee County
Edmond Martell
King County
Ballard
Menominee
Martell
Joseph L. Kell
Seattle
Hitchcock Fugitive From Justice in New York
Raymond Hitchcock the comedian is sought on six indictments for mistreating young girls. Detectives scour the tenderloin, watch outbound boats, and cut off escape routes as his wife Flora Zabelle remains prostrated and believes he was kidnapped. Police fear suicide. Hitchcock once appeared in The Yankee Consul in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Flora Zabelle
Hitchcock
Seattle
Removal of Grace Lindell to peat house for illness
Grace Lindell aged 13 whose parents live at Youngstown was removed yesterday to the peat house with a bad case of smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Lindell
Youngstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gust A. Johnson
A. West
Ole Johnson
Chamberlain
Wall St
Sentative Gillespie
Harriman
Secretary of the Treasury
Harriman-Morgan-Rockeye
Bellingham Affairs
Bellingham
Wash
Clearing House
Frisco
Prancisco
Crertier
California
Columbus
P and Brokerage
House
of & Co
I Securities
D. C
Mrs. Osborne
George Osborne
de. Bourns
Georgetown
Moe
Couni
Health Department
Chamber of Commerce Committee On
Sean
Everett True
Everett
Wii
Karatagh
Fanning
Will Collier
Him
History of
Bankers
Itchcock
Pest House
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!