Room in county jail mirrors federal prisoner capacity
A jury of the Chamber of Commerce reports that the county jail has space for fifty more prisoners and that facilities including sanitation food and cleanliness are adequate. The inquiry followed a shooting at Pay Streak involving George Corini and a missing couple linked to a girl employed in a gallery. Corini was shot and later identified by authorities as alive but unable to name his assailant. The pair fled the city and police seized the girl and her father while the case remains unresolved this night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Corini
Pretté
Porini
George Corin
Sten
Ak Porini
Int Corini
Sand
Pinto
DSS
Mt South Seattle
Lex
Chamber of Commerce
Jal
Mortgeger
United Press
Turners, N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Roland
Harriman
Clearing totals at Portia data center show March figures
Portiarte data center reports clearings and totals including 1 429 on Portiarte data 1 672 928 213 436. Figures reflect daily sums and monthly activity across services.
Annual fire association convention opens with mayor welcome
The annual convention of the Association of Fire was held this morning in the bera with Mayor Miller delivering a welcome. Officers conducted business and fielded greetings while a procession and handshakes marked the opening. Geary Kalevy served as vice president with M. Merralary noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Fire i
Bera
Miller
Victoria
Cortion
Kalevy
M. Merallary
Judge appoints joint receivers for Puget Sound Realty
Judge Wilson and Judge Gay declare evidence of gross extravagance misappropriation of trust funds and appoint M A Arnold of First National Bank and Edward Brady as receivers for Puget Sound Realty Associates. Attorneys for the defendant appeal to the Washington Supreme Court. Bond hearing set for Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Supreme Court of Washington
Gay
Goodwin Realty Company
E. 8. Goodwin
Puget Sound Realty Associates
Ballinger Says Let The War Go On
Secretary Ballinger favored continuing the Ballinger Pinchot controversy and declined further comment, noting plans for meetings with President Taft that evening and the next day in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballinger
United Press
Boston
Ballinger-Pinchot
Taft
Transport Sheridan to Move 25th Infantry to Batte Beattie
On orders from the commanding general Philippines division the transport Sheridan will carry the 25th infantry directly to Beattie leaving Manila about September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Sheridan
25Th Infantry
Beattie
Manila
Graft claim ties to city electric light contract dispute
A V Bouillon alleges graft linked to an electric lamp contract worth about 40000 dollars. He charges bidders paid monthly kickbacks to a city employee, with money not ending in city treasury, and seeks a commission to present full proof. The board tabled the communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Superintendent of Public Utilities
A. V. Bouillon
Boullion
Bouillon
Peary and Cook Headed for Polar Glory in Rival Claim
Dr. Frederick A. Cook greets Commander Peary’s North Pole dispatch with praise yet hints at a predated American flax plant. The two explorers clash over priority as Cook plans likely return to New York, while Mills of England calls for Cook to prove his claims or face discredit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Stewart
United Associations
Copenhagen
Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Robert K. Peary
United Press
North Pole
Dr. Cook
Pole
New York
Antwerp
Cook
Cook-Peary
London
H. R. Mills
England
Mills
Hans Keetle
Veteran slashes at self after unhappy marriage
John W. Paulson, 65, Civil War veteran and city treasurer clerk, attempted suicide with a razor at the Akronhurst hotel after blaming his second wife Louise Reynolds for his misery. hotel proprietor Batty restrained him. police arrested him and he is recovering in hospital. Paulson vows never to return to marriage, despite wish to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paulson
The
Star
John W. Paulson
W. F. Prosser
Akronhurst
East University St
A. A. Batty
Harriman's Condition Reported Much Worse
The article notes E. H. Harriman's condition deteriorating with a relapse after a period of stability. Doctors and guards limit access to Ardenestate as twelve armed guards patrol the grounds. Physicians from Roosevelt hospital and New York are said to be attending, with Odell visiting Harriman and labeling him very sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle
Harriman
W.C. Brewer
Walter Jones
New York
Arden
Benjamin B. Odell
Nightgown Escape Shocks Fairmont Tenant
A Fairmont hotel tenant, Co. M. Whitehead, locked in only a nightgown, slid to the street from Ninth Avenue and Pike in a dramatic escape. He fled southward in the early hours, leaving all belongings behind as hotel owner Mrs. M. Jacobs reports no known reason for the disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M. Whitehead
Fairmont
Ninth Av
Pike
Ninth
Toll of lives taken by pole explorers through history
A compiled list traces explorers and deaths by polar travel over centuries. Names include Sir Hugh Willoughby 1553, Henry Hudson 1607, James Clark Ross 1838, John Franklin 1819, and others like Parry, Peary, and Andree, noting voyage outcomes and dates.
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Hugh Willoughby
Richard Cancellor
Martin Frobleher
John Knight
Thomas James
Isle of Jan Mayen
Capt. Davis
Barents
Henry Hudson
Sir Thomas Button
Jens Munk
Tlers
Setthers Be
Pn Cos Peenases
Deshness
James Knight
Bering
Pronchistcheff
Lassiniae
Chariton Lapiter
Lord Mulgrave
Capt. Cook
Parry
Franklin
John Davis
William Barents
William Baffin
Wim. Scoresby
Capt. Ross
W. KE
Sir John. Prank
Lin
Ellisha Kent
Kane Oa
Baron Nordensk
Aeeene
C. F. Hall
Julius Payer
Nares A
de Long Ee
A. W. Greely
Frederick Jackson
Fridtjof Nansen
Andree Se
Walter Wellman
Robert E Peary
Duke of the Abruse
Anthony Fiala
Robert B Peary
Peary Plots Path to New York After Pole Discovery
Cable confirms Commander Robert E. Peary will rush to New York after reaching Sidney Nova Scotia then rail across Nova Scotia to St John New Brunswick and down the coast to Maine Boston and New York. Officials in Washington receive the first official notification of the North Pole discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peary
New York
United Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert E. Peary
Roosevelt
Africa
Sidney
Nova Scotia
Peary
St. John
New Brunswick
Maine
Boston
Herbert L. Bridgman
The
Peary Arctic Club
Japan
Brazil
North Pole
Arctic Club
Bridgman
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Indian Harbor
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George Corini
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Wise Blanche Porint
Portiarte Data
ABC
Bourlion
W. Grant
Grant
Cox @ Gleason
Glory OF
Discovery
Louise Reynolds
Paulson
J. P. Larson
Union
Company A
Hatch’s Volunteer Cavalry
James A. Sexton
Seattle
Franiin
John Ross
Pease and Simpson
J. Cc
Ross
Plover and Herald
Kane
Isaac Hayes
Hail
Hall
Pegetthoff
B. Leigh Smith
Jeanette (de Long
Greely
Andree
Tee
Sydney
Metropolis
Segai
Chateau Bay
Labrador
Jeanie
Robert EB. Peary
Eagle Island
ST. Johns
N. F
Robert Bartlett
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