Feud Over Graved Theft Splits Family Roots
In San Francisco on June 20 Superior Judge Graham reviewed a case of a body stolen from Holy Cross cemetery. Mrs Blanche Gallagher said ghouls took their child’s body during a three year separation from her iron worker husband James Gallagher who moved the coffin next to his mother's resting place. The judge pledged to help return the body to its original grave.
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San Quentin
Cal
Juan Magana
James B. Lamkin
Porterville
Mexico
San Francisco
Graham
Holy Cross
Blanche Gallagher
James Gallagher
Miller Granted Writ Of Habeas Corpus In Eight Hour Law Case
Riverside June 21 Frank A. Miller of the Glenwood Mission Inn has a writ of habeas corpus from the supreme court. The eight hour law will be argued July 3. Miller, under second arrest, is ordered released on bail to allow direct appeal to the higher court.
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Riverside
Frank A. Miller
Glenwood Mission Inn
Venice May Bar Scant Garb
City Marshal George Nettleton presented a petition to the Venice board of trustees asking for an ordinance to prohibit people from going about the streets in bathing suits. The petition also requests that beachgoers lie on the sand only with robes or similar coverings. A board member suggested the proposal be considered further.
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Venice
George Nettleton
Board of Trustees
Ocean bathing reform prompts controversial policing approach
A police officer armed with a broad board was instructed to use it freely as a means to speed a reform against objectionable ocean bathing practices. The officer believed the method would quickly remove unwanted features from seaside recreation.
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Soffie
Prune Shortage Sparks Possible Famine in California
Jay Jacobs of the Simon Levi company warns Southern California distributors hold no more than 1 000 boxes of prunes and expect depletion within ten days, risking a four month famine. He notes nationwide shortages and predicts prices may open at six cents, with a crop far smaller than demand.
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Los Angeles
California
Jay Jacobs
Simon Levi Company
Jacobs
United States
Indictments Show Smugglers Plots and Bribery Network
Federal grand jury issues new indictments in a massive conspiracy to smuggle Chinese contraband into the United States. Prominent San Francisco Chinese merchants linked to the Six Companies face charges of bribing inspectors, with operations described as extending to Mexico and Southern California. The case follows prior immigration-service shake ups and the earlier removal of several officials. Evidence includes payments to inspectors Weddle and Conklin in San Diego.
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Los Angeles
West
San Francisco
Immigration Service
San Diego
Weddle
Conklin
Mexico
California
Swift Runners Highlight Kangaroo and Ostrich Speed
The article notes the kangaroo and the ostrich as the two swiftest land runners in the animal kingdom. It compares their unique gaits and adaptation for speed, illustrating how each uses biology to excel in fast movement.
Fifty more postal savings banks named for California
Postmaster General Hitchcock designated fifty additional postal savings banks bringing the total to 700 established to date. Offices named today will open for deposits on July 14. The partial list includes Napa San Rafael and Vallejo in California.
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California
Washington
Hitchcock
Napa
San Rafael
Vallejo
Cal
Anti Snake Clubs Are Formed
Northern New Jersey is overrun with rattlesnakes and local clubs form to fight the pests. Thousands of snakes have already been destroyed and the groups vow to continue until all have been exterminated.
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Newton
N. J
New Jersey
Taft Eyes Emergency Aid for Imperial Valley Floods
After a White House conference with President Taft Secretary Fisher Judge Lovett and Maxwell Evarts of Harriman lines Fisher said the president would likely send a special message to Congress requesting an emergency appropriation to finish flood protection of the Imperial valley California from the Colorado River floods.
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Imperial
Washington
Taft
Interior
Fisher
R. S. Lovett
Maxwell Evarts
Harriman Lines
White House
Congress
Imperial Valley
California
Colorado
Submarine Cruise of 150 Miles From Newport
The submarines Grayling Bonaita Narwhal Salmon Snapper Sting ray and Tarpon of the Atlantic fleet sail from Newport bound for Gloucester for an about 150 mile underwater voyage. Commanded by Lieut. Donald C. Brigham they will surface only to recharge batteries and dock in a harbor each night.
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Newport
R. I
Gloucester
Mass
Grayling
Third
Atlantic Fleet
Donald C. Brigham
Memphian Seeks Postcard Portraits With His Image
A Memphis citizen writes Postmaster General Hitchcock via lead pencil asking the cost to produce postcards and stamps bearing his own face. He requests pricing for a hundred prints, aiming to join figures like Washington and Lincoln in stature. Hitchcock’s reply on the minimal price was conveyed to a Tennessean but not released to the public.
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Washington
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
William McKinley
Memphis
Tenn
Hitchcock
Airships Barred During Coronation
London bans aircraft over London for coronation events and Windsor for three days each, under a new act. Violations carry six months imprisonment or a $1000 fine. Public access narrows as barrier gates close by early morning and seating must be filled by 7.00.
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London
Home
Churchill
Windsor
Bradstreet Report Notes Slack Trade and Varied Crops
Bradstreet reports a slack overall trade and slight fall in West crop prospects. Retail trade benefits from good weather and lower sales. distribution lags. Jobbing trades spans regions with orders filling. US weekly business failures total 212 for the week ending June 15, versus 232 last week and prior years. Canada records 27 failures, up from last week.
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Bradstreet
New York
United States
Canada
Examinations Planned to Halt Auto Deaths
Los Angeles June 20 A plan to require all drivers to pass a county examination before owning a car has been submitted to the Auto Club of Southern California for approval. Coroner records show sixteen automobile collisions with deaths in the past year and twelve deaths from auto train collisions, all linked to inexperienced drivers.
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Los Angeles
Auto Club of Southern California
California Hawaii quarantine to seal baggage for fruit pest risk
California and Hawaii will enforce strict quarantines to prevent the Mediterranean fruit fly from entering the state. Passengers from the islands must allow baggage inspections in San Francisco, with signed passenger agreements on tickets. Any refusal may prompt a state search warrant.
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Sacramento
California
Hawaiian Islands
California State Horticultural Commission
State Commission
San Francisco
Jeffery
Honolulu
New Zealand
Australia
Orient
United States
State Horticultural Commission
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Stockton
Charles Sellars
Lodi
Samuel B. Axtell
McKinley
Long Beach
Earl DuRee
DuRee
S. L. DuRee
U. S
Hawaiian
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