Trunk Murderer Webb Faces Execution Next Week
Portland, Sept 1 Jesse P Webb the principal in the so called trunk murder that stirred a thin section of the country a year ago will be executed at the state prison early in the coming week unless commuted by Governor West Webb has had two trials and an appeal for a third trial was denied by the supreme court Governor West after a careful review announced no interference with the sentence He was convicted of killing William A Johnson at the New Grand Central Hotel in Portland and the body stuffed into a trunk after being stabbed and beaten with a blackjack Evidence showed Johnson arrived with Webb and Carrie Kersh the woman who aided the plan Webb and Kersh were captured returning from a resort trip. Johnson’s money and the trunk’s bloodstains tied them to robbery motives. The Kersh woman was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years.
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Portland
Ore
Jesse P. Webb
Governor West
Webb
Supreme Court
West
William A. Johnson
New Grand Central Hotel
Spokane
Carrie Kersh
Mrs. Kersh
Johnson
Moran to meet English heavyweight Moran to meet English heavyweight
London Sept 1 A London club has arranged a twenty round bout between Frank Moran Pittsburgh fighter and English heavyweight Fred Drummond. If Moran wins he will be signed to fight either Gunner Moir or Fred Storbeck at the National Sporting Club.
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London
Jack Johnson
Bombardier Wells
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Fred Drummond
Moran
Gunner Moir
Fred Storbeck
National Sporting Club
Parole Seen For J. R. Walsh At Leavenworth
John R. Walsh, longtime Chicago banker, to be considered for parole when the Leavenworth Federal penitentiary parole board meets this month. Walsh, jailed Jan. 19, 1910 for banking law violations, had indictments quashed under direction of Attorney General Wickersham, clearing the way for potential release as Walsh nears his seventy fifth birthday.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Federal
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Walsh
Taft
Wickersham
Mr. Walsh
Lake Forest Open Air Horse Show Opens Tomorrow
Chicago society eagerly anticipates the twelfth annual Lake Forest open air horse show to be held tomorrow at the Onwentsia club grounds. Entry classes include polo ponies saddle coach and driving horses. Diarrhoea advisory note appears with a promoting remedy advertisement for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago Society
Lake Forest
Onwentsia Club
Runaway rehearsal shocks Lyceum crowd over age marriage theme
New York on September 1 reports the first rehearsal of The Runaway a four act comedy by Pierre Weber adapted by Michael Morton. Billie Burke stars with C Aubrey Smith as Maurice Delaney and Henry Miller Jr delivers a lengthy denunciation of marriages between a man in his fifties and a girl of eighteen. The play opens in Atlantic City September 11 then moves to New York. Labor Day holiday closes major exchanges with only the Coffee Exchange remaining open for September contract activity.
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New York
Billie Burke
Lyceum Theater
Pierre Weber
Michael Morton
Henry Miller, Jr
Desmond Kelly
C. Aubrey Smith
Ivan Simpson
Edwin Nicander
Emily Wakeman
Mr. Miller
Pierre Berton
Maurice Delaney
Aubrey Smith
Miss Burke
Atlantic City
Thy
Daniel Frohman
New York Stock Exchange
The
Cotton Exchange
Metropolis
Coffee Exchange
Congressional Jaunt to Hawaii
A large group of senators and representatives, mostly with their families, gathered in San Francisco preparing to sail on the Sierra to Honolulu. The group will spend September in the islands as guests of the Hawaiian government. German veterans in Omaha converge for their national convention with the Western Veterans' association. both groups plan a joint parade next Monday.
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San Francisco
Cal
Honolulu
Omaha
Neb
National German Veterans’ Association
National Association
Western Veterans’ Association
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Chamberlain's Remedy Proclaimed Best Cure for Childs Colic
Advertisement extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints in children. Claims it will surely cure, tastes pleasant when diluted with water and sweetened, and asserts no physician can prescribe a better remedy. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Fogg Family Association Holds Tenth Reunion in Portland
Members of the Fogg family association gathered for their tenth annual reunion at the Falmouth House in Portland Maine. George Fogg Osgood of Kensington New Hampshire presided as descendants of Samuel Fogg, who lived in New Hampshire in the mid 1600s, are now spread across the country.
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Portland
Fogg
Falmouth
George Fogg Osgood
Kensington
N. H
Samuel Fogg
New Hampshire
Episcopal bishops gather in Duluth for district council
Fifteen bishops and many clerical and lay leaders from the Northwest Episcopal church assembled in Duluth for the sixth missionary district annual council. Delegates from Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Minnesota attend as sessions continue through Saturday and Sunday.
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Duluth
Minn
Episcopal Church
Northwest
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Montana
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
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