Murder verdict in first degree shocks Los Angeles
Matthew A. Schmidt was found guilty of first degree murder in the 1910 dynamite killing of Charles Haggerty. The jury set life imprisonment, and a motion for a new trial and an appeal were announced. Schmidt showed no nerves. his sister Catherine Schmidt supported him. Labor leader Trettmore condemned the verdict as sparking a lifelong LA conflict.
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Angedes
Matthew A. Schmidt Yeaterday
Wille
Charles Haggerty
Los Angeles
Dife
Pnd
Willis
Nathan C. Coghlan
Edwin V.mckenzie
Sanford Woodbury
Matthew A. ‘Schmidt
Schmidt
Wue
Missatherine L. Schmidt
Missatherine L. Schmidt, Also Bore Up Neavely
Angers
Four States 10 Go Dry Tonight in Washington State
At midnight tonight Washington will ban the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquor under the 1913 initiative law. Within ten days distilleries must stop operations and stores must remove wine and spirits. Portland stock is expected to be exhausted by midnight as the ban takes effect.
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State of
Washington
Portland
Snowstorm Thwarts Freeze Threat to Southern California
In Los Angeles December 31 officials credit a freak snow and rain storm sweeping from Tehachapi to the Mexican border with saving citrus growers from a severe frost. Dr. Ford A. Carpenter cites a clash of high pressure from the north and a moist Pacific low as the cause of the remarkable storm and its unprecedented snowfall.
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Los Angeles
Pec
Ollara
California
Tehachapi
Mexico
Ford A. Carpenter
Diagnostician
Carpenter
Pacific
Corona Opens Baseball Season With Las Vegas Visit
The winter baseball season in Corona starts tomorrow at 2:30 PM at West Sixth Street Park with Las Vegas, Nevada, visiting for two games, one tomorrow and one Sunday. Stewart v. Elsinore may catch for Las Vegas. Corona fields a strong lineup and local players have trained hard as grounds are prepared for opening day crowds.
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Las Vegas
Corona
West Sixth Street
Stewart Vf. Elsinore
Gooch
Eqing
Airship duel waged on the western front at year end
British aviators fought heavy aerial battles on the western front with multiple German planes downed. One Briton claimed four foes and another two. The German report notes significant air activity and one British pilot brought down. In a separate clash near Fricourt the Germans attacked before being repelled. Accompanying social note mentions Mr. and Mrs. Sebastapool of Los Angeles visiting in the city.
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London
Germn
Fricourt
Frank Sebastapool
Los Angeles
C. H. Doughtery
Sheridan St
Motorcycle Collision Injures Man Near Temescal Canyon
Geo Damron is recovering after a motorcycle struck a rig driven by two Italians near the Tisnerat ranch in Temescal canyon. The crash left him with severe facial wounds and a dazed condition. the Italians were uninjured and their vehicle wrecked.
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Geo. Damron
Arlington
Tisnerat Ranch
Temescal Canyon
Damron
Return of Miss Hattie Lehman to Banning
Miss Hattie Lehman returns to her home in Banning after a week with Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Eadon on Vicenia street.
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Hattie Lehman
Banning
G. L. Eadon
Vicentia Street
Great Allied Offensives Reported Across War Fronts
Dispatches from multiple war theaters describe new Allied actions including a British bombardment at Westende and a Russian offensive in Bukowina. Montenegrins defeat Austria, Castelorizo is seized, Italian sea victory off Albania noted, and central powers’ push in Macedonia checked as Balkan relief appears underway.
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Westende
Belgium
Bukowina
Castelorizo
Mediterranean
Egypt
Macedonia
Balkans
Salonika
California to vote on prohibition at next election
California voters will decide on prohibition in the presidential election after Secretary of State Frank Jordan announced the initiative petition qualified with 74,527 signatures, exceeding the needed 74,137. The petition calls for absolute ban on all retail liquor traffic starting January 1, 1918, with Los Angeles County contributing a supplementary 19,210 signatures.
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Sacramento
California
Frank Jordan
Los Angeles County
Congregational Church Schedule and Lectures
A Liberal Christian Church in Edville lists 9:30 Sunday school 10:45 worship service led by Pastor Edville A. Roys with the sermon What Constitutes a Successful Church and a 7:30 lecture on God and The Infinite. A lecture on Astronomy begins a series for those whose view of God lags behind creation.
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Edville A. Roys
God
St Johns Episcopal Church Service Times This Weekend
The rector will preach at Holy Communion services at 10:00 a.m. Saturday and 7:30 a.m. Sunday with Holy Communion at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school follows at 10:45 a.m. A New Year call to worship. Hunters note quail and small game seasons and closures clarified.
Isabelle Morrow Attends Rose Tournament in Pasadena
Isabelle Morrow leaves for Walnut this morning to visit her aunt Mrs. W H Riley and to attend the Rose tournament in Pasadena tomorrow.
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Isabelle Morrow
Walnut
W. H. Riley
Pasadena
School Sessions Resume After Christmas Vacation
The high school and grammar schools will start on Monday morning after a two week Christmas break. Teachers on holiday have returned to the city or will arrive by Sunday night.
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Dynamiter
Oregon
Colorado
Battle of the Elements
Piste Team
West
Austria
Prohibition
Citizens Bank Post Office
A. W. Bates the Jeweler
God and
the Infinite
Congregational Church
G.M. Donnelly
Main ST
Cal
ST. John’s Episcopal Church
Eighth and Washburn Sts
Charles Stanley Mook
Services
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