Gridiron Club Dinner Skits Mock US Supreme Court
At the Washington Gridiron dinner the crowd lampooned the recall of the Supreme Court with Bath House John Coughlin as chief justice and Eugene Debs among the associates. The skits ridiculed Taft, La Follette, Bryan and others in a broadly reformist, partisan tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Barbara Frietchie
Gridiron Club
United States Supreme Court
Dr. Wiley
Supreme Court
Bath House
John” Coughlin
Eugene Debs
Hinky Dink
Kenna
Sam Gompers
Fingy’ Conners
Charlie Murphy
Stubbs
Kansas
Aldrich
Theodore Roosevelt
Sugar Trust
Steel Trust
T. R
Triat
Wickersham
Bryan
Justice Aliritch
Champ Clark
Canada
Taft
Bob Lafollette
Frederick
Stonewall Jackson
Old Town
Joe
la Follette
Barbara
William J. Bryan
Harmon
Clark
Underwood
Count von Berstorff
Knox
McVeagh
Fisher
Meyer
Stimson
Hitchcock
Gilbert Parker
Gridiron
Faust
Dante
Hell
Marguerite Democracy
Pat Mephisto
McNamara Brothers Leave Los Angeles for San Quentin
James B. and John J. McNamara, confessed murderer and dynamiter, depart Los Angeles for San Quentin where James B. begins a life term and John J. faces 15 years. The men, manacled together, are under secrecy as to route and departure time amid federal grand jury secrecy in the dynamite conspiracy inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James B. McNamara
John J. McNamara
San Quentin Penitentiary
James B
John J
Darrow
John
Hammell
San Quentin
San Quentino
Federal Grand Jury
Pheasants Suspected of Self-Destruction in City
A pheasant wandered to South Seventh Street in front of Game Warden Frank Bryant’s home and allegedly died after colliding with wires. Bryant notes several birds have died similarly, while authorities warn possession of out of season game will be treated as proof of guilt and public sentiment backs enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seventh Street
Frank Bryant
Bryant
Mr. Bryant
McNamara Brothers and Their Counsel and the Judge
John J. and James B. McNamara pleaded guilty and awaited sentence in Los Angeles. The brothers ate heartily and spoke with guards as their lawyers appeared relieved the case ended. Judge Bordwell, author of the trial, received many messages on possible punishment but gave no hint of future sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John J
James B. McNamara
Mass entombment feared in Cross Mountain mine disaster
At Brideville Tennessee a mine explosion traps hundreds of workers in Cross Mountain Coal Mine. Only three escapees reach safety while rescue crews fight collapsed shafts and smoke. Officials fear many are dead as air shafts, debris removal, and brattice work attempt to reach imprisoned miners. News crowds gather at the mine mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brideville
Tenn
Great Cross Mountain
United Mine Workers of America
J. K. Hatmaker
Planting boom seen as growers prepare for larger sales
H. M. Lichty, an experienced nurseryman, predicts a record season of nursery stock sales in the Yakima-Sunnyside-Seattle area as ample supply allows growers to wait for stock. He notes more trees than ever, education on pedigreed stock, and the shift from planting or waiting to see bearing fruit to buying in advance.
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Marguerite Democracy
Robert LaFollette
Mephisto
Miss Independence League
Bill Hearst
Prohibition
Maine
Socialism
LaFollette
H. M. Lichty
North
Yakima
Sunnyside
Seattle
Lichty
Spokane
Mr. Lichty
Matthewses in Superior Court for Divorce
May Matthews files a divorce action against Morton L. Matthews in superior court alleging verbal abuse and a severe beating on April 11 that required medical care. The complaint cites the husband’s use of vile names and seeks dissolution of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lda
May Matthews
Morton L. Matthews
North Yakima Slaughter Houses Under Scrutiny by Inspectors
Will H. Adams deputy state dairy and food commissioner tours North Yakima meat markets and four local slaughter houses. Wiley City needs improvements, while Yakima Meat Co. promptly discarded a diseased hog. Benoit plant requires drainage fixes and bedding cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Plain Land
Will H. Adams
Henry Schauke
Cite
Yakima Meat Company
Jones
Tetreau
Benoit
Pigs Feet in Glass and Food Adulteration Notes
The report details sour pigs feet found in a Pacific grocery on First Street and instructions to ship them back to the seller. The investigation also covers samples of eggs bees and lard sent to Prof. Elton Fulmer for analysis and discusses bleaching flour and state versus city labeling rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Grocery
First Street
Elton Fulmer
Pullman State Agricultural College and Experiment Station
North Yakima
Durham Advocates Progressive Platform in North Yakima Visit
Spokane political figure N W Durham spoke in North Yakima outlining a progressive program. He attacked free trade praise for protection, urged tariff revision to match domestic costs, and pledged support for direct popular control of government. He praised labor rights and noted Yakima valley prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Durham
Spokane
North Yaki
Tacoma
Hay
Durham
Mabton Woman Files for Divorce on Incompatibility
Agnes M. Hartz of Mabton has filed for divorce from her husband on grounds of incompatibility of temperament. William M. Thompson serves as attorney for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes M. Hartz
Mabton
William M. Thompson
New Agent Named For Electric Line In North Yakima
H J Temple succeeds H N Frith as Yakima Valley Transportation Company agent at North Yakima. Frith resigns to start a Vancouver B C venture. All YVT freight and passenger business will be centralized at the C W R N depot with the electric line office closing. Interurban cars will still loop via North Second B and Front streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Frith
Yakima Valley Transportation Company
H. J. Temple
Frith
Vancouver
B. C
Mr. Temple
North Yakima
Y. V. T. Cements
Wee
First Streets
Aream
Ecity
North Second
Front
Treat Railway
Kenly
Yakima
Two North Yakima men claim easy gold by new river method
Fred B. Sin ford and James Williams, long-time Yakima miners, say they have found a simple cheap process to extract gold from river sands and tailings. Veteran geologists and investors plan to study the claim, with plans to set up plants to commercialize the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Sinford
James Williams
Colorado
Ag Leonart Thorp
J. D. Medill
John Lynch
John Michels
W. D. Wrighter
J. H. Dills
W. L. Lemon
Elizabeth Gold Hill
Amsay
Yakima
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Teddy
Debbs
Washington, D.C
Congress
M'Namaras
Bordwell
Torney
Moe
W.H. Adams
Thomas Tetreau
Olive Kurtz
Mr. Adams
L. Davies
State Dairy
Adams
Wiley & Benham
Wiley City
Washington
Bost
Union Labor Viewpoint
Spokesman-Review
Tam
Yakima Valley
Electric
H. C. Temple
Transportation Company
Yakina
Naches
Cowiche
Wenas
Nrcot
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