Marchers Demand Action From Seattle Mayor at City Hall
An Army of about a thousand men gathered in Seattle on a January afternoon, marching from Occidental avenue and Yesler Way to First Avenue and Union Street to the city hall. They waited for the mayor to act on relieving unemployment, joined by hundreds more along Second Avenue. Louis Michel planned to deliver an oratorical address afterward.
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Seattle
Jan
Occidental Avenue
Yesler Way
First Avenue
Union Street
Anc
Second Avenues
Central Washington shoe Theater plans Friday show
Announcement outlines a weekly shoe theater event on Fridays featuring audience chosen topics centered on patriotic, political, or social themes both home and international. It promotes Mr. Michel's oratorical test with audience participation.
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Michel
Suit to bar 27 year old from pursuing 14 year old
Seattle January 20. Judge Morris considers whether a 14 year old may decide her own course in a proposed romance. A temporary order enjoins Alfred Wise, 27, from continuing advances toward Mildred Cross, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cross. Parents say Wise has sent love letters to the girl at her Ross Seminary domicile and protests erupt over alleged advances. This marks a rare legal challenge to intervene in a romantic matter.
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Seattle
Morris
Alfred Wise
Mildred Cross
William M. Cross
Blewett Avenue
Wise
Seattles Seminary
Ross
Council Considers Poll Tax and Sunday Saloon Clearance
The council met at seven to hear Opie Read. Mayor Gellatly presided with most members present. A A Bousquet was absent in Waterville. A poll tax ordinance of two dollars per adult over twenty one was referred to committee. an order on rules was referred. An ordinance to clear saloons on Sundays by removing screens was sent to the Police and Licenses committee for next report. The side assessment roll continued on page three.
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Opie
Gellatly
A. A. Bousquet
Waterville
Committee On Police and Licenses
Unable to Collect Damages in Suit Over Girl's Hand
The parties seek a permanent injunction banning him from continuing the suit for the girl’s hand. The text notes failure to collect damages while pushing for a lasting court order.
Pardons Board Recommends Discharges and Commutations
The Pardon Board met at Walla Walla and issued recommendations including final discharge for Dr. Mary Latham and Orley Sullivan among others. Commutations covered Archie Doyle and several others with sentences reduced to specified years. Paroles were granted to a list of named individuals across multiple counties.
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Board of Pardons
Walla Walla
Mary Latham
Edward Crowley
Chehalis
Hugh Callahan
Archie Doyle
Whitman
William Carey
King
Edward Costello
Snohomish
E. L. Moody
C. H. Brace
Yakima
J. L. H. Anderson
J. E. Brown
Benjamin Cooper
Thomas Forest
Thurston
S. J. Graham
C. H. Howe
Pierce
Frank Keffer
Wallace Ketterman
Emmett Mitchell
William Moran
P. H. Nelson
Whatcom Falls Mill Resumes Operations
Bellingham January 20. The planing mill and Falls Mill Company began full operation this morning after a several month shutdown. The plant is powered by a newly installed 175 horsepower electric motor.
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Whatcom Falls
Bellingham
Planing Mill
Falls Mill Company
Inland Threshers Oppose Sacking Grain in Washington
At a Spokane convention the Inland Threshers' Association announced opposition to shipping wheat in sacks. They favor bulk handling to reduce waste and costs, noting growers would gain 1.5 to 2 cents per bushel. Convicts at Walla Walla penitentiary produce 15 to 20 million sacks annually, a revenue concern for the state. The group plans to canvass farmers for support.
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Spokane
Inland Threshers’ Association
Washington
Walla Walla
C. W. Mohr
Threshermen
Rumor Nears Truth Ballinger May Run for Governor
Seattle rumor says Judge R A Ballinger may resign as general land commissioner to enter the gubernatorial race. If true the contest would likely pit Ballinger against Mead, both west-side candidates, making a sharp, interesting fight in the nomination battle.
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Seattle
R. A. Ballinger
New Industry at Aberdeen
Aberdeen January 21 O C Fenalson of Hoquiam plans a site for a large box factory. He patents a new box making machine with greater capacity than any current model. The machine will be used in the new factory. Persistent Elopers Released Tacoma January 22 Edwin F Booth freed from jail at Mrs Booth’s urging. Jessie Stewart also released with warning. she will not associate with Booth again per her statement.
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Aberdeen
O. C. Fenalson
Hoquiam
Fenalson
Tacoma
Edwin F. Booth
Jessie Stewart
Malony
Booth
Stewart
Seattle
Washington Rail Rules Require Station Car Records
State railway commission issues new regulations for steam railroads in Washington. Operators must keep at each station with an agent a distribution record of shipments, filed at the division superintendent's office. Unused fare refunds must be issued within sixty days after travel rights expire. Mileage books by the O R & N and Northern Pacific will exceed 50 dollars, be interchangeable, and valid on all three systems.
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State Railway Commission
Washington
Paio
Lanham Wins Supreme Court Ruling in Water Case
Olympia reports the Lanham Wenatchee Canal Co. case decided in favor of Lanham. The court holds the canal's water right was parole and revocable, delivering a mandaory injunction for water into the Settlers Ditch. Also notes a G A U P Club gathering with remarks on current events and a luncheon.
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Olympia
Lanham-Wenatchee Canal Co
Supreme Court
Lanham
Z. A. Lanham Et al
Wenatchee Canal Company
Chelan County
Canal Company
Money for Soldiers by State Receives Care Funds
Olympia January 21 Governor Mead has received from the National Home for Disabled Volunteers a check for 6900 dollars. The payment covers the state’s share for the care of old soldiers for the quarter ending December 31. The allotment is based on 100 dollars per capita per year.
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Olympia
Mead
National Home For Disabled Volunteers
Opie Read Plans Wenatchee Data Trip for Book Scenes
Author Opie Read will return to the city and gather material for a book set in Wenatchee and the surrounding country. He praised Washington’s intelligence and spoke of Chelan as Switzerland like, promising to come back to study the region. In Bellingham, most clearing house certificates are destroyed as the local currency system fades.
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Opie Read
Wenatchee
Daily World
Coun
Chelan Country
Switzerland
Chelan
Columbia River
Bellingham
Medford
Henry Schubert
Oregon
Mr. Schubert
Wenatchee Leads Postal Receipts Rise in Washington
Postmaster L. M. Hullis reports seventeen second class offices in Washington show gains. Wenatchee's gross receipts climbed from 11803 dollars in 1906 to 14511 dollars in the past year, a 22.7 percent increase. Tryouts for Olympic Games set for May in Portland San Francisco or Spokane under Pacific Coast jurisdiction.
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L. M. Hullis
Washington
Wenatchee
Spokane
Northwest
Pacific Coast
London
Eng
Portland
San Francisco
Pacific
Northwest meet personnel and athletes listed for Pacific Coast event
Coast association and the Pacific Northwest association appoint A S Goldsmith of Seattle and E E Morgan of Portland to oversee the northwest end of the meet with S S Piexotto and others. The report lists contestants including Jon Moores De cor Vardiers Joe Malcolmson Spokane sprinter and hurdler Harry McFinney Baker City Oregon shot put 46.1 feet Rudy Zaceharis Oregon hammer 155 feet and Welch Cecil and John Fuiliman Washington distance runners.
Convicted Man Pardoned by the Governor
Edward J. Hughes of North Yakima, convicted of grand larceny, was pardoned by Governor Mead before sentence. The pardon application was signed by the judge, prosecuting attorney and jury members. Mitigating circumstances and Hughes良s good reputation cited as reasons.
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Olympia
Edward J. Hughes
North Yakima
Mead
Hughes
Sleigh Ride Planned by Presbyterian Youth Group
The Presbyterian church youth group plans a sleigh ride Friday evening with sleds departing the Manse at 7 30 and 8 00. After their country ride they will gather at Miss Browning's home for a social hour and refreshments. All area youths are welcome, especially newcomers to Wenatchee.
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Presbyterian Church
Miss Browning
Rail Proceeds to Oust Squatters at Blaine Tide Lands
In Bellingham on January 20 a suit was filed in superior court by Seattle & Montana Railroad Company against F. Berger and George Brackett to eject alleged squatters from tide lands claimed by the railroad. It is asserted that notices were served requiring vacating the property.
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Bellingham
Jan
Great Northern Railroad
Blaine
Superior Court
Seattle & Montana Railroad Company
F. Berger
George Brackett
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