Impeccable Damnable Indictments But Governor West Backs Pardon
Salem, Oregon February 22. Governor Oswald West denounces indictments of Portland men including I Scott Brooke and H W Pler amid alleged cartoon related bribery tied to a Portland street railway franchise. He says if convicted he would grant pardons and criticizes jury foreman T A Ketchum for ties with Heusner.
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Ore
Blay
I Scott Brooke
CG. Beck
J. T. Ames
F. Henry Wemme
T. A. Tdnthicom
H. W. Plerong
J. A. Johnson
Portland
George Heusner
Heusner
T. A. Ketchum
Heusnear
Protest by school trustee over women as principals
Chicago May 22 Fear that public schools will be dominated by women prompted William Rothmann a member of the board of education to protest the appointment of four women as principals and assistants He cited records showing the last male principal was appointed in January 1918 and that since then 19 women have been named Ella Young the superintendent said names came from an eligible list and supported an equal division of positions Meanwhile a line about Ceylon exports appears as a separate note with value 64 540 970 rather than a connected fact.
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Publi Schanls
William Rothmann
Board of Education
Nothmann
Uints
Ella
Leg Young
Gexca Ag Principsla
One Standard of Ruling Morals at W C T U Meeting
A large Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting at Odd Fellows hall featured Mrs. H A Mullen speaking on The Double Standard of Chastity and Rev Charles Tes road addressing white slavery. Discussions followed with clergy attending a postmeeting school visit and parent teacher conference. Mrs Mullen argued for equal moral standards for men and women, condemning social dances and fashions as incitements to vice. Rexroad challenged the idea that closing vice districts would curb prostitution, noting Butte’s pervasive vice and resistance to reform. Reports from Knansay City show home mission costs rising, hindering outreach programs.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Odd Fellows’ Hall
H. A. Mullen
Charles Tesroad
Neekte
Charles A. *Rexroad
Butte
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Inventor Horace Wickham Dies in Manchester at 78
Horace John Wickham inventor of many improvements in Kun and envelope awakening machinery died in Manchester Connecticut on May 22 at age 78. He was known for innovations in industrial equipment and received recognition in his field.
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Manchester
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Horacé John Wickham
Telephone Consolidation Study for Butte Montane Area
Vice president C G Colkon of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph details a five month commercial study in Butte on consolidating local lines into a single system. Bell Co. cooperates. field surveys assess rental and growth. Philip Hamlin to report findings to the Butte Chamber of Commerce with June or July visit planned.
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Sud C. G. Colkon Epoca
Theplone and Telegraph Company
Helena
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Butte
Tha Bell Company
Cotgun
Bett Company
H. C. Brown
I. ©. Plume
Denver
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Hamlin
Lha Chambre of Commerce
Hell Companys
Cottan
Anaconda
Road House Hold Up Ends With One Man Killed
In San Francisco outskirts a road house holdup left gambler David Williams dead and patron Donavan wounded. Bandits masked fired, Reeves Regan owner and Ned Donavan wounded. James Bailey, a bandit, fled, believed shot. Donovan captured, Bailey's fate unclear as hospital reports misled officers. Policemen and detectives search hills south of the city.
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San Mites County
James Baily
Ledoy
Baily
Award Venevan
David ‘Willams
Con’t Regan
Price
Eugene
Galatoire
Willan Maret
Hose
Tepan
Rega
Donavan
Bally Ned
Donovan
Education as a Means to Bring About Peace
In Trinidad Col May 23 Col James Larkett commands federal forces. In Colorado aliens in southern coal fields received a pamphlet urging naturalization, published by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplied in eight languages to military commands for distribution among workers.
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Trinidad
James Larkett
Colorado
United States
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Lockett
Mary Fiavelle Attacked on Italian Train Near Arezzo
Mrs Mary Fiavelle of Chicago was attacked and robbed on a train near Figrenuce Italy. She remains alive but unconscious as investigators led by American Consul General Lee J. Kenna pursue the assailant who fled the train near Arezzo.
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Figrenuce
Italy
Mary Fiavelle
Chicago
Here
Vier
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Lee J. Kenna
Armerican
Bevo Gerson, Early Black Crook Manager, Dead at 66
Edmund Gerson a pioneer of fly county theatrical life died at his home aged 66. He managed the original Black Crook company and toured nationwide with that troupe and with Around the World in Eighty Days and Michael Strogoff.
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New York
Edmund Gerson
Fly County
Kernon
Black Crook” Company
Michael Sitrogoff
Aviators Face Fatal Mishap in May Prince Henry Contest
Hamburg reports a serious aviation accident during the Prince Henry event. Lieutenant Kraft suffered severe injuries after an emergency landing. a passenger escaped unharmed. Earlier in the week three aviators were killed. Lieutenant von Thuenasen won first prize in the reliability contest, flying 1103 miles in 1035 minutes.
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Hamburg
Kraft
Northrem
von Thuenasen
Seattle contractor vanishes with $100 after boating mishap
Seattle May 22 B R Suimlan, contractor for a Puget Sound navy yard building, left home with 100 dollars last Sunday and has not been seen. A rowboat, Sundall's hat, and boat reportedly used by Suimlan were found on Lake Washington's east shore. He was eight years old, in good health and financially well to do.
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Seattle
B. R. Suimlan
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Sundall
Lake Washington
Navy Canal Pilots to Wear Cream Uniforms in Panama
Washington May 22 The distinct and most aesthetic uniform worn by mariners will be plain cream colored palm based cloth without stripes or figures. Governor Goethals announces pilots will wear a matching cream slit jacket with a gray wreath device bearing the word pilot.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
United States Navy
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