Eight Arrested In Effigy Hanging Conspiracy Case In Seattle
Eight individuals including Oliver L. Erickson and Leroy Sanders were arrested on warrants by District Attorney Todd for conspiring to obstruct justice in a U. S. court. Bail set at 5 000 for most. Atkinson released on 1 000. Preliminary hearing scheduled Wednesday in a case tied to an effigy hanging of Judge Cornelius Hanford and inflammatory mass meeting remarks.
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Oliver L. Erickson
Seattle Council
Leroy Sanders
Seattle Star
B. C. Canfield
the Star
John H. Perry
Canfield and Sanders
Hugo Kelly
Paul K. Mohr
Thomas Horner
Will Atkinson
Todd
Erickson
Mohr
Kelly
Atkinson
United States
Corneliue Hanford
Ranier Valley
Seattle, Benton and Southern Railway
Ita
Canfield, Sanders and
Perry
Hanford
Trimble Named Commander for Grand Army Next Year
Judge Harvey M. Trimble of Princeton Ill was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic Mrs Cora M Davis of Union Oregon was elected president of the National Women's Relief Corps The Sons of Veterans voted to withdraw support from the Memorial University at Mason City Iowa The national organization had annually appropriated funds but considered a per capita tax for university support. the idea was rejected and the withdrawal of support approved.
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Harvey M. Trimble
Princeton
Grand Army of the Republic
Mra
Cora M. Davis
Union
Ore
National Women's Releif Corps
Sons of Veterans
Memorial University
Mason City
Riots Escalate in South Wales with Looting and Police Clashes
Rioting continues in South Wales England with multiple shops looted and wrecked. Police call in military aid in Gilfac but bayonets and batons are used to disperse the mob. Many persons are injured by police clubs.
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South Wales
England
Gilfac
Man Who Refused to Join Army Dead Pioneer of Doniphan
W. H. Simmons a Doniphan pioneer died at eighty three after a life marked by Civil War refusals. Imprisoned for refusing to join the federal army, he fled to St. Joseph, later served two years in the Confederate army, and returned to Kawase penniless. He once faced threats when a rope was cut to hang him and owned 1,500 acres at death.
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W. H. Simmons
Doniphan
Dage
Mr. Simmons
Kangas
St. Joseph
Kawase
Missouri Seeks Ban on Current Receipts Egg System
Dr W P Carter Missouri food and drug commissioner orders ban on current receipts or shippers count method in wholesale egg market. Ruling condemns mixing good and bad eggs in consignments and weeding out defective eggs by candling as violating state law.
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St. Louis
Navy tests 1 pounder gun for aerial combat at Indian Head
Rear Admiral Twining designed a 1 pounder anti aircraft gun tested at the navy proving grounds in Indian Head Maryland. Preliminary performance pleased ordnance experts and met expected standards.
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Twining
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Proving Grounds of the Navy
Indian Head
Herr Wing Illinois Cup victory at Elgin road races
Donald Herr in a National car won the Illinois Cup at Elgin road races with Charles Merz nine seconds back in second. Hugh Mughes captured the Kane County Cup by finishing 169 miles at an average speed of 1 miles an hour.
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Donald Herr
Elgin
Charles Merz
Hugh Mughes
New Census Figures for Chicago Population Rise
Chicago's population is now 24 264 in the TMA per the new city directory. The figures show an increase of 78 001 over the federal census from a year ago.
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Chicago
Beattie Jury Sees Auto Evidence in Virginia Murder Case
Prosecution in the Henry Clay Beattie Jr murder trial in Chesterfield Virginia argued that blood on the Midlothian turnpike shows where the wife fell from the car and could not have dripped through the bottom. The jury inspected the automobile outside the courtroom, examining under the seat area where a grease pan allegedly caught the blood.
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Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Chesterfield
Midlothian
Wendenburg
Trade Outlook As Congress Adjourns. Tariffs Hint at Change
Bradstreet's Review notes improved house trade in large centers due to visiting buyers. Staple goods like wool and print cloths show gains, but overall sentiment remains cautious with little speculation. Cooler weather boosts retail modestly, yet clearance sales compress profits. crop reports show change while commodity prices stay firm. Demand to improve as tariff concerns fade.
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Bradstreet
Automobile crash near Glenfield leaves merchant dead
William Barron, a merchant, was killed when the car went over an embankment near Glenfield. Harry Clark was seriously injured and freed himself after the gasoline tank exploded, burning Barron to death before help could arrive.
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William Barron
Harry Clark
Glenfield
Clark
Barron
Tragic Lehigh Valley Wreck Kills Twenty Six at Manchester
Twenty six people died and about sixty were hurt when Lehigh Valley No. 1 jumped the tracks at Manchester New York. The dining car and last two coaches plunged down a sixty foot embankment after rails failed. Veterans returning from Rochester were among passengers.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Manchester
N. Y
Harry Backer
Kenkeman
Edger Paneburn
Ellis Island
Charles Hicks
Newark
Philadelphia
Johnston Philadelphia
George
Gundle
Smithville
N. Z
EK. Power
Thomas Murray
D. M. Belch
Los Angeles
Louvre Mona Lisa theft probe gains new crew
Magistrate M Drieux oversees an investigating crew in Paris. A Paris official reports seeing a tall agitated man with a large panel under a horse blanket boarding the 7 47 express to Bordeaux shortly after dawn, aligning with the Louvre disappearance time.
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M. Drieux
Leonardo da Vincii
Louvre
Paris
Bordeaux
Qual Orsay
Panic after moving picture film explosion at Cannonsburg opera house
More than sixty injured in a theater panic after a film explosion in Cannonsburg Pennsylvania. A flash was followed by someone shouting Fire triggering a deadly rush to the exit as people crowded the narrow stairway and many were smothered in the crush.
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Cannonsburg
Fires and shocks ripple through early 1900s headlines
A mob burns a black man in Purcell Oklahoma after an attack on a white woman. Canada faces Laurier’s political future. Merritt Young kills his brother and himself in Beresford South Dakota. Moose meet heads to Kansas City in 1912. Taft targets agricultural reform with possible removals in Wilson Wiley McCabe. A Washington bridegroom is injured for shunning a charivari. Portugal elects Arriaga as first president. Long Wharf Boston hosts a large sea monster exhibit. Confederate veteran Dr Theophilus Steele dies at 77. A hayride accident injures Rose Sykora in South Dakota. Arctic BC discovery of a white man and Indian by Stefansson. Collar button saves Thomas Junta from a fatal bullet. Farmer’s field holes alarm Oklahoma town. Meccan National railway ties restored with bridges after 10 months. Charles J Brown hunted for theft while honeymooning.
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Wilfrid Laurier
Canda
Merritt Young
Beresford
Ross Young
Kansas City
Loyal Order of Moose
Order
Detroit
Taft
Agricultural Department
Wilson
Wiley
McCabe
Andrew Edwards
Washington
Ind
Manuel de Arriaga
Republic of
Portugal
Arriaga
Constituent Assembly
Long Wharf
Boston
Theophilus Steele
Morgan
Belmore
N. Y
Lhrown
Rose Sykora
Frank Sykora
Bon Homme County
South Dakota
Arctic
British Columbia
Vilhimar Stefansoon
American Museum
Harriman Officials Open to Labor Demands but Not Strike
Julius Kruttschnitt, HarrimanRailway vice president in charge of maintenance, arrived in Omaha en route to San Francisco and said a strike is not our aim. He noted talks with workers have occurred and many are familiar with current conditions. He declined to comment on whether the system would recognize the federation demands.
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San Francisco
Julius Kruttschnitt
Harriman
Omaha
West
Mr. Kruttschnitt
Harriman Avsetem
Federated Labor Organizations
Robbery and assault in Chicago led by young woman
Detectives nabbed Kitty Kiinski and Paul Stawrot after a holdup led by a twenty year old girl. Four men snatched a gold watch and $5 from Cast er Krang, beat him and dumped him into a yard. A revolver fight followed with several shots fired.
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Chicago
Caster Krang
Kitty Kiinski
Paul Stawrot
Market Wrap Chicago August 1938 Prices and Livestock
Chicago August 25 market report lists grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats Sept contracts with Sept Pork and Rib prices and Jan prices. Live cattle receipts 24 000 slight decline with Western steers stockers calves and cows noted. Hog receipts 24 000 steady to lower with Merit mixed heavy rough pigs bulk prices and sheep receipts 30 000 with natives westerns yearlings and lambs priced.
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Chicago
Triple Murderer Confesses in Boonville Fire
William Lee aged twenty two confessed to killing his father Richard Lee his mother and younger brother Clarence and setting the Boonville Indiana home on fire to hide the crime. He said motive was anger because his parents forbade his marriage to Mina Taylor.
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William Lee
Richard Ie
Clarence
Boonville
Ind
Lee
Mina Taylor
South Omaha Live Stock Market Report
South Omaha stock receipts August 28 show cattle steady with beef steers 5.40 to 7.10, cows and heifers 2.00 to 4.25, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.65, bulls 2.55 to 4.0, calves 3.00 to 6.05. Hogs receipts 2,390 steady with most sales 7.10 to 7.15, top bacon hogs 7.49. Sheep receipts 4,900 down 10 cents, lambs 5.00 to 6.25, wethers 3.15 to 3.40, ewes 2.80 to 3.25.
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South Omaha
Child Killed by Tombstone in Des Moines Cemetery
Margaret McAnniff, 4, daughter of Charles McAnniff, died at Mercy hospital after a tombstone fell on her while she played in Woodland Cemetery Des Moines where her grandfather serves as sexton.
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Margaret McAnniff
Charles McAnniff
Mercy Hospital
Woodland Cemetery
Des Moines
Sexton
Brooks Comet to Shine Bright Soon for Naked Eye View
The Brooks comet, discovered by Dr W. R. Brooks director of the observatory and astronomy professor at Hobart College, has grown very bright and will soon be visible to the naked eye.
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Brooks
W. R. Brooks
Hobart College
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New Census of
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Henry C. Beattie, Jr
American Press Association
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Rochester
da Vinci
New
Mona Lisa” Clew
Purcell, Oklo
Kruttschnitt Visita
Tombstone
Geo. W. Duncan & Son
Alliance
John Snoddy
F. S. Showers
May Snoddy
Sec
Treas
Nelson Fletcher
Fire Insurance Agency
Nebraska State Building and Loan Association
Rodgers’ Grocery
John Garrett
Frank Wallace
Alliance Cafe
M. D. Kimball
Burlington Station
Hotel Alliance European
Peter Rubendall
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