Seattle graft charges roil city council probe
Citizens demand action as Wardall and council members clash over graft in Seattle. Reports accuse Mayor Gill, Wappenstein, Vanderveer, and councilmen of vice, graft, and costly improvements while calls grow for recall and root‑and‑branch reform. A probe by a council committee meets Wednesday to seek proof.
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Red Light
Vanderveer
Yesler Way
Way
Council
Bisine
Wardall
Conway
Hart
Kellogg
Blaine
Revelle
Mallen
No license renewal for the Newport cafe in Seattle
Seattle council rejected renewing the Newport cafe license by an eight to six vote amid concerns over morals. The present license runs two months more, with Occidental Realty and Seattle Brewing tied to ownership. Roosevelt wins temporary chair at New York GOP convention after a bitter fight with Sherman. Roosevelt 562, Sherman 452.
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Occidental Realty Company
Seattle Brewing and Malting Company
Rainier
Hi Gill
Teeberga
Hi Geta
Kelloge
United Press
Saratoga
N. Y
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
James S. Sherman
United States
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Roosevelt
Woodruff
Tempo
Taft
Col
Gruber
Abe Gruber
White House
Derringer
Humphrey
Haywood
Moyer
Hearst
Lincoln
Bryan
Harriman
Albany County
Hicks
Col. Roosevelt
Cadet Corps Rebellion Shuts West Point Training
Point, N Y Sept 27 cadet corps at United States Military Academy West Point faces open rebellion after the Logan incident. About half of the cadet corps joined in disapproval by silencing leaders, causing suspension of all work and efforts to restore discipline.
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West Point
A States
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Democrats at Tacoma divided over nonpartisan judiciary ticket
At the Tacoma state Democratic convention three factions clash over endorsing a ticket for the supreme bench with a plan leaning toward a nonpartisan judiciary ticket. Pierce County delegates back a three Democrat two Republican lineup, while King County delays. Moore of Seattle is seen as likely to win a nonpartisan slate, with M. Troy of Olympia also in contention.
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Independent Judiciary Convention
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William Hickman Moore
Seattle
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Olympia
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Spokane
Baby Dolly Gray on Stage at Pantages Theatre
Described as a deserted baby saved by a newspaper appeal, Dolly Gray earns 10 dollars weekly playing a tiny role at the Pan tages theatre. A local man provided the rag doll substitute, and the story notes gifts from a stage hand and a bride as Dolly awaits a permanent home.
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Pantages Theatre
George Stearns
Pantages
Frank Cluxton
Sunderland St
Dolly
Marriage and divorce tale linked to Dorothy Dale project
The notice reports the marriage of Ray Assistant editor of Hamptons and Pearl Dillon Schou under Dorothy Dale, officiated by Thev C. Peters at a New York home. It briefly mentions Arthur Thomas Appleton and a prior life in Arthur, Ontario, with a note on ongoing cooking disputes and a possible divorce.
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York
Ray
Hamptons
Pearl Dillon Schou
News
Dorothy Dale
Congress Bulzer
New York
Thev C. Peters
Arthur Thomas Appleton
Arthur
Ont
Maria
Uhe
Weather outlook fair with light NW wind
Forecasters expect a fair night and Wednesday with a light northwesterly breeze. No precipitation is anticipated and overnight temperatures should remain mild.
Pacific Coast Congress Sought for Navy Fleet
Rufus Choate secretary of the Chamber of Commerce San Diego Calla urges local chamber support for a Pacific coast congress to back Admiral Evans idea of maintaining a battleship fleet on the Pacific coast.
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Pacific Coast
Rufus Choate
Chamber of Commerce
San Diego
Calla
Congress
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Letters to My Son’s Unborn Child Revealed by The Star
A forthcoming book titled Letters to My Son is discussed with the woman's name withheld. The Star will publish extracts starting tomorrow on the woman's page. The letters are described as delicate spiritual vignettes from an expectant mother to her unborn baby boy.
Recall Effort Aims at Seattle Mayor Gil
The Public Welfare League votes to circulate petitions for Mayor Gil's recall over alleged neglect of duty. A dedicated committee lists members to push a spring mayoralty election with nine council seats at stake while supporters vow to challenge the move in court.
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Public Welfare League
Seattle
David Zerwekch
L. E. Kirkpatrick
L. J. Colman
A. E B. Flags
T. 5. Lippy
W. D Wood
O. L. Miller
John BE. Price
W. J
Mayor Gill Made Honorary Welfare League Member
The Public Welfare League meeting yesterday elected Mayor Hiram Gill as an honorary member. Cabinet notes from the after vacation session praised Washington state conditions as tip top. Bobby Terhune issued a public statement declaring he would not consent to election as rate-gate of the King County Central Committee under any conditions.
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Public Welfare League
Hiram Gill
Hallinger
Washington
Bobby Terhune
King County Central Committee
Sawyer
The
Star
Sigurdsson
Speaker Cannon
Will E. Humphrey
Gill
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Classified Page Prompts Readers to Seek Further Details
A brief classified section invites readers to consult the page for more information. It highlights that additional notices, listings, and ads are available there for those seeking specifics, with emphasis on directing inquiry to the classified area.
Notable Seattle Local Miscellany and Biographical Snippets
A collection of brief notes on local figures and events from Seattle. Includes anecdotes about professors turned reporters, judicial election habits, university debaters, a Non-Partisan Judiciary League nominee, parish editorial work, police career roots, insurgent acting mayors, courthouse relocation talk, incinerator plans for 1911, Washington state legislative impasse, divorce ease, and Captain Powell's South American brigade command.
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History Department
the State University
Seattle
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Moore
Hallinger
Humes
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Lloyd
Tom Revelle
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Court House
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U. S
George Turner
Allen
Reno
Harry Powell
Sanitation Department of
South America
Hearst backs Roosevelt on a progressive platform
William Randolph Hearst, in Paris, cables to the New York World that he would support Theodore Roosevelt on a progressive platform. He says he prefers Taft's methods over Roosevelt's, calling Roosevelt's policy windy and unsettled while praising Taft as quiet and steady.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
New York World
William Randolph Hearst
Paris
Taft
Roosevelt
Drainage Board Named to Aid Erickson Cut Work
J. W. Cline M. J. Carkeek and W. M. Calhoun form a committee to assist the United States engineer in completing drainage facilities through the Erickson cut joining Lake Washington and Lake Union.
Mrs. Kithyl Ward Kennedy Arrives in Seattle
Mrs. Kithyl Ward Kennedy wife of Ward Kennedy a California theater chain owner arrived in Seattle today. She is described as a former Tacoma girl.
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Kithyl Ward Kennedy
Ward Kennedy
California
Seattle
Tacoma
Banker to Marry a Seattle Girl
Olin W. Hill plans marriage to Martha Brown, former Seattle stenographer now in New York. He will furnish a flat and be at home after October 1. Brown is secretary of the Carnegie Late Deposit Co. on Broadway.
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Olin W. Hill
Martha Brown
Seattle
Metropolis
Brown
Carnegie Late Deposit Co
Broadway
Hill
Jap Suitor Foiled In Elopement At County Office
Japanese truck gardener Kunio Toda of Los Angeles and 18 year old Rayda Reed of Smithville Utah were arrested in San Francisco after eloping and released since the girl is of age. They were refused a marriage license by the county auditor who said Seattle has become a Gretna Green for eloping Asiatics and white brides and no licenses will be issued hereafter.
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Kunio Toda
Los Angeles
Rayda Reed
Smithville
Utah
San Francisco
Seattle
Work Pushed on Portage and Fremont Regulating Project
Lieut. Joseph H. Earle of the corps of engineers sent an exhaustive report to the Chamber of Commerce on the new regulating works at Portage and Fremont. He notes Lake Washington’s low and high levels at 31.6 and 38.5, and says the new gates will enable floods to be managed easily.
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Joseph H. Earle
Leutenant Corps of Engineers
Chamber of Commerce
Portage
Fremont
Lieut. Earle
Lake Washington
Floating body found in the bay at 15th Ave West
An unidentified man was found floating in the bay at the foot of 15th Avenue West this afternoon. F Ward discovered the body and alerted Coroner Snyder who ordered its removal to Butterworth Sons morgue.
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Snyder
Jap Kills Wife Because She Was Too Beautiful
Futami Yamasaki a restaurant keeper is held on uxorcide charges after he shot his wife claiming she was too beautiful and attracted other men He turned himself in at the San Francisco city prison and asked to be locked up with detectives summoned to assist the case.
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San Francisco
Futami Yamasaki
Yamasaki
German Torpedo Boats S-67 and S-69 Sunk at Kiel
German torpedo boats S-67 and S-69, carrying 32 men, sank today in Kiel roadstead. The fate of their crews was not reported in the dispatch.
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Kiel
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