Miners Lose Bid to Halt Renton Strike Injunction
The court weighs a request to bar miners at Dakey Furth’s Renton mines from acts linked to dynamiting while the Puget Sound Power & Light Co. and Furth claim threats of violence. Judge Cushman grants a temporary injunction amid accusations of crime, with affidavits noting limited violence and disputes over evaluating innocence.
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H. Rummens
Puget Sound Power & Light Co
Furth
Alaska
Cushman
Seale
Veteran detective pins old Dyke again for old times sake
Freeman recalls pinching the so called Dyke, the first of his 36 000 arrests, 20 years on Seattle force, as Dyke explains his hard life from Liverpool to Billy the Mug. The two men reminisce at Billy the Mug’s and Freeman promises another pinch for old times sake.
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Fred L. Boalt
Detroit
America
Stewburne
Mark Freeman
Seattle
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Liverpool
Dublin
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Cnald
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Sam
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Blackie
Red’ Murray
Red” Mu
Senator West
Paddy Ryan
Maheum
Roosevelts Los Angeles Speech Promised by Chorus
About a hundred women voters in Los Angeles will hear Col. Theodore Roosevelt speak at Shrine Auditorium Monday evening his second appearance in Los Angeles. Organized groups will provide musical praise with the Addams chorus leading.
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Los Angeles
Col
Theodore Roose
Shrine
Ne Addams
Freakish Montana Ranch Creature Captivates Attention
A Montana rancher named Doyle reports a bizarre freak animal at Pine Ridge. The creature, weighing about six thousand pounds, stands tall with two extra legs extended from the center and appears to use its other limbs for movement. He plans to exhibit the animal after trapping it, with around 200 people expected to view.
Edward Ji Inventor of the Gold Heker Dies at 74
New York dispatch reports Edward Ji, inventor of the Gold Heker and organizer of the Stock Telegraph, died at his Brooklyn home at age 74. His last invention was a telegraph system.
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New York
Edward Ji
Brook 7
Seattle Friday the 13th Hoodoo Yields Few Heavy Wits
The Seattle streets on Friday the 13th brought several minor misfortunes. A laborer on the N P was struck by a train and fractured skull. A worker lost a finger in a Ballard shingle mill. A residence at 605% Bastlake av was broken into with six rings and a gold watch stolen. Multiple thefts and injuries are recorded among residents and a Broadway high football squad notes the day as unlucky after a thief stole cash rings and pins. A violin and $19 were stolen from Fred Seffin’s camp at Bellevue. Tom Winkler broke his right wrist and three ribs after slipping on a deck aboard the Kennedy.
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van Asselt
P. KE. Cassidy
12Th
N. W
Ballard
M. T. Bradshaw
Bastlake Av
Pike
Broadway High
Standard Hotel
Firetav
Pine St
Fred Seffin
Bellevue
A. J. Hoaum
North 44Th
P. Callahan
Tom Winkler
Kennedy
Leslie M Shaw Named in Western Steel Case
Leslie M Shaw former secretary of the treasury is named in James A Moore's suit against Metropolitan Trust Co of New York. Moore seeks recovery of Western Steel plant and up to 1 million in damages alleging a conspiracy to wreck and seize the plant. Affidavits purporting Shaw Moore correspondence to influence a 600000 loan are challenged as improper and after the loan was issued.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Moore
Shaw
Metropolitan Company
Core
Calhoun
Deaths of Nogi and wife spark possible dynasty-wide grief
Tokyo reports Gen Count Nogi and his wife committed hara-kiri following Emperor Meiji’s death. Their bodies were found in Akasaka as news spreads of possible copycat suicides that could influence noble houses. The emperor’s funeral proceeded in Kyoto with Shinto rites.
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Momoyamm
Kioto
Japan
Maresuki Nogi
Port Arthur
Nogi
Old Japan
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Stoensel
Russia
Gibraltar
Weather Forecast for Tonight and Sunday
Fair conditions continue with cooler western portions and moderate easterly winds. Noon temperature pegged at 76 degrees.
Savants from Europe Enter Seattle and Ponder Local Culture
A delegation of sixty six European scholars visits Seattle to study American society and climate. Their presence spurs self reflection on Western civilization and hints at changes in local manners and tastes, including a clash over a café dish once known as clams.
Desperate Fight Rages Near Arizona Border
A federal force of 300 men fights rebels about 15 miles south of the Arizona border. Five hundred more troops with two rapid fire guns were dispatched from Agua Prieta for relief. The messenger reported federal troops pressed and outnumbered with reinforcements essential.
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el Tigre
Bravery of Engineman and Brakeman Saves Passengers
In Redding California on September 14 a passenger train collided with 16 runaway freight cars near Edgewood injuring 14. Engineer Joseph Poor and Brakeman Alex Andrea stayed at their posts, applying brakes and ultimately jumping as the cars crashed. Poor suffered a broken leg. most injuries were to women from bruises and cuts.
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Cal
Joseph Poor
Wbrakeman
Alex lAndea
Edgewood
Here
Engineer Poor
Lindsay
Memorial Honor for Gen Booth Planned by Eva Booth
Commander Eva Booth arrives from England to oversee a memorial in New York for her father General William Booth. The event will be a training school for Salvation Army workers.
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New York
Wm. Booth
Eva Booth
England
Man Confesses Murder After Joining Church in Mississippi
Walter Brence, 45, Benton county farmer, confessed to killing Lewis Knott two years earlier after attending a camp meeting and joining a church. He surrendered to authorities after praying with the preacher at Knott’s widow’s home, saying he sought forgiveness. The article also includes humorous asides about vocabulary and local scenes.
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Miss
Walter Brence
Benton County
Lewis Knott
Rence
Brence
Bandit Traced Through Love Letters
Des Moines Iowa based bandit Sidna Allen, leader of the Hillsville Virginia group, surrendered after letters he wrote to a Virginia woman revealed his whereabouts. Wesley Allen, the gang’s lone free member, is believed near Des Moines and expected to be arrested soon. Several others involved in the Hillsville murders have been sentenced to death.
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Army
Des
Des Moines
Wesley Allen
Hillsvilleanurders
Beers Made Commander At G A R Encampment
Thousands of veterans of the G A R and their families close the encampment as Judge Alfred B Beers of Bridgeport Conn is elected commander in chief. Officers named include H Z Osborne Los Angeles Americus Whedon Louisville Lovejoy Whitaker Seeley Stewits. The next encampment city for 1913 will be chosen within 90 days.
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Alfred Beers
Bridgeport
Conn
Alfred B. Beers
H. Z. Osborne
Americus Whedon
Louisville
George E. Lovejoy
Lawrence
Mass
L. L. Whitaker
San Antonio
Tex
Beers
Henry J. Seeley
Bridgeport, Conn.; Quartermaster General, C. D. R. Stewits
Buffalo
N. Y
Regulars Bolted to Form Independent San Bernardino GOP Convention
In San Bernardino California the regular republican delegates fled a county convention overwhelmed by Bull Moose supporters. They approved withdrawal resolutions and departed in silence while the progressives proceeded with organization for an independent convention.
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San Bernardino
Cal
San Bernardino County
Roosevelt
Light Snow Returns to Denver After Rain
Following a rain, a light snow shower continued intermittently in Denver today, marking a wintry turn after a day of unsettled weather.
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