Four Wives Named as George Carr Faces Bigamy Charge
George E. Carr alias Jeffrey Carr and George Temple has been arrested and charged with bigamy in Portland. He is alleged to have married four women since 1904: Maud Khafferty in Spokane, Margaret Barclay in Spokane, Ruth Allen in Colfax, and Ernestine Levert, daughter of M Levert of Louisiana. He will be sent to Spokane for trial, with Louisiana authorities seeking him for the Levert marriage too. Clarence Herbert, former assistant U.S. treasurer, allegedly aided Carr’s arranging, as Taft campaign manager for Louisiana.
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Portland
Ore
George E. Carr
Jeffrey Carr
George Temple
Maud Khafferty
Briggs Apartments
Spokane
Margaret Barclay
Roberts Apartments
Ruth Allen
Colfax
Wash
Ernestine Levert
M. Levert
Louisiana
Levett
Clarence
Herbert
U.S Teasurer
Carr
Ernestine Levett
Taft
Nationalists approve home rule measure at Dublin convention
The Dublin gathering of 3,500 delegates unanimously endorsed Asquiths home rule bill after John Redmond gave unqualified approval. Women were excluded to avoid suffragette disruption. James O Callahan of United Irishmen of America attended the crowded meeting.
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Dublin
Asquith
John Redmond
James O'Callahan
United Irishmen of America
Indictment Recommended Against Suffragettes Leaders
London April 23. The judge at the grand jury investigation recommends indictments against Emmeling Fankhurst and Lawrence Pethrick and wife leaders of the suffragettes. They are charged with conspiracy to violate the property act and malicious injury to property for the window smashing tactics.
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London
Emmeling Fankhurst
Lawrence Pethrick
England
Walla Walla Murderer Condemned to Death
Walla Walla April 23 William Shaw the man who killed his wife February 27 in Walla Walla was sentenced to death by Judge T H Breasts. An appeal will be taken to the supreme court. The condemned man returned to his cell and resumed a card game interrupted by the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Wash
William Shaw
T. H Breats
Supreme Court
Strikers Appeal to Taft Over Harriman Lines Strike
A telegram signed by presidents of twelve unions asks President Taft to intervene in the Harriman lines shopmen strike. The message warns that without an honorable settlement the strike will spread to all western raids by the federation of federations, an organization of shop employees nationwide.
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Kansas City
Kas
Harriman Lines
Federation of Federations
United States
Taft
University of Oregon Appropriation Referendum Upheld
Salem Oregon April 23 The supreme court reversed Marion county ruling and dissolved the injunction preventing the secretary of state from placing the University of Oregon appropriation question on the ballot at the next general election. The decision delays university funds until voters decide at the next election.
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Salem
Ore
Supreme Court
Marion County Superior Court
University of Oregon
Gallows
Secretary of State
University of Oregon Appropriations
Prophecy Race Could Die Out Warned by Doctor in Lehigh Speech
South Bethlehem Pa Dr William Charles White of the University of Pittsburgh warned at Lehigh University that humanity may gradually extinguish itself. He cited loss of great minds to disease and argued for appointing a nonpolitical high type health officer to lead local sanitary efforts and educate the public to conserve children.
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Bethlehem
Wiliam Charles White
University of Pittsburg
American Academy of Medicine
Titanic Lookout Blames Company for Disaster
Titanic lookout accuses White Star Line of refusing to provide glass for his binoculars, claiming this omission could have prevented the wreck. He argues the absence of proper equipment hindered his ability to spot the iceberg in time.
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White Star
Washington
White Star Company
Senate
Frederick Fleet
Jeebery
Hun Ghaisses
South Hampton
Pleet
White Star Line
Fleet
Titanic Inquiry Sheds Light on Glass Shortage and Sinking
Senate hearing reveals Frederick Fleet blamed White Star for not supplying marine glasses, sparking a claim of delayed iceberg sighting. Pittman describes harrowing scenes as women and children crowded lifeboats, while Ismay’s presence is noted and Astor's wife postpones testimony.
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Pittman
Hessesl
Boxhall
Mr. Ismay
Senate
Lucier Smith
Congressman Hughes
West Virginia
Smith
John Jacob Astor
J. Boxhall
Record for Big Families in Sumner Township Hutchinson Kans
Sumner township in Reno county likely holds the state record for large families. With under sixty families and a total population of 513, households average about ten members. Ten families total 110 members, averaging eleven per family, in a rural area without a railroad or town.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Sumner Township
Reno
Coathy
Sumner
Official Count Confirms Umatilla County Primary Results
The official count by County Clerk Salling and aides confirms no change in standings from the primary. Hanley Waterman defeats Horace Walker for the commissionership by 66 votes. T. D. Taylor wins both Democratic and Republican sheriff nominations. Roosevelt leads La Follette by about 600 votes in the county. Wilson tops Champ Clark in the Democratic presidential ballot. Summary of official returns lists extensive Republican delegates, La Follette and Roosevelt tallies, and local contest outcomes with J. H. Graham and Claude Covey defeating others in the Democratic contests.
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Wolock
Salling
Justices of the Peace
Roosevelt
la Follette
Umatilla
Taft
Wilson
Champ Clark
Judge Lowell
Pierce
Judge Ellis
Umatilla County
J. H. Graham
Claude Covey
Mann
Chas. W. Askerson
O. C. Applesate
Daniel Boyd
Fred S&s. Byron
Homer
Campbell
Chas. H. Carey
Henry Waldo Coe
Chas H
Justice Supreme Court
Robert Bakin
U. S
Bourne
Lowell
Morton
Horde of Greedy Old Men Follow a Girl in Oil Deal
Carrie Cochran an 18 year old Delaware field landholder in Cookson Oklahoma attracts wealthy suitors as oil wells on her eighty acre allotment yield one eighth royalty. Surrounded by men seeking deeds or leases, her age and future ownership hinge on Indian rolls and 1913 law, while the lease could bring $1000 to $1500 monthly.
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Muskogee
Okla
Carrie Cochran
Dawes Commission
Carrie
Cookson
Caarrie
Delaware Field
Oh Men
Hot Springs
Congress
Oklahoma State Supreme Court
Titanic death toll rises as Mackay-Bennett recovers 77 bodies
New York reports seventy seven bodies of Titanic victims recovered by the Mackay-Bennett, the coffin ship remaining at the wreck site to prepare one hundred coffins. The Birma captain notes the liner’s proximity to the disaster as details unfold from Rotterdam.
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New York
White Star
Mackay-Bennett
Mackay-Hennett
Rotterdam
43 cents a day enough for a deserted wife
Pittsburg court orders Ernest L. Miller to pay $3 a week to his wife Cora McDonald Miller after she testified he left her on March 17. Miller earns $24 weekly. attempts to award one-quarter of his earnings were rejected.
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Pittsburg
Charles F. McKenna
Ernest L. Miller
Cora McDonald Miller
Miller
Pacific Comet Ship City of Puella Fire Delays Seattle Departure
Fire in the hold of the Pacific Comet Steamship line vessel City of Puella delayed its sailing in Seattle on April 23. A brisk crew and fire boats fought the blaze, initially feared hopeless but the fire was checked after a brief, hard fight.
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Seattle
Pacific Comet Steamship Company
City of Puella
Government May Avert R. R. Strike
New York April 23 bulletins say railroad managers are likely to accept federal mediation to forestall a looming strike by locomotive engineers. Federal Labor Commissioner Neill and Judge Knapp proposed mediation after railroads refused an 18 percent wage increase. Chief Stone of the engineers union has agreed to mediation. Railroads hope to settle amicably and argue for higher freight rates to justify a strike.
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New York
Bulletin
Neill
Knapp
Commerce Court
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Meilin- Yan
It Ie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Three Names in Twenty-Eight Minutes in Indiana Court
In Manles Indiana Mrs Lotthe Osterhart changed names three times in 28 minutes. She entered as Mrs Willam Stephens, received a divorce from Stephens, and left as Miss Lottie Hardman. In the corridor Everett D Osterhoff joined her. they obtained a marriage license and shortly after wed with a justice of the peace. The rapid sequence totaled about 28 minutes.
Farmer Feeds Chickens With Grasshopper Hatchlings
Allen McNeal of Graham Missouri hatched grasshoppers to feed his chickens after running low on meat for them. He placed ground grasshoppers in a warm spot where hoppers were found, and the warm conditions hatched a swarm in days, which he then fed to the fowl.
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Graham, Mo
Allen McNeal
Graham
McNeal
Two Sisters Admit Forging Will In Probate Case
In Marlon Indiana Vidla Hossbauer and Atee Rickard pleaded guilty to forging a will and a trust to deny their sister Marion Gerhardt any share of a $10,000 estate of their aunt Miriam Miller who had a genuine will giving one third. Attorneys said forged documents stemmed from sisterly friction and the court deferred sentence.
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Marlon
Ind
Vidla Hossbauer
Atee Rickard
Marion Gerhardt
Miriam Miller
Virtue May Be Its Own Reward Motto
A concise aphorism notes virtue as its own reward, yet questions why a man should also be a force for good. The line suggests moral contemplation over personal gain.
Degenerate Brothers Face First Degree Murder Trial
In Corvallis Oregon on April 25 George and Charles Humphrey, the men who confessed to murdering and outraging Mrs. Eliza Griffith, appeared healthy and groomed as they were arraigned in circuit court for murder in the first degree. Judge Hamilton of Roseburg presides as veniremen are being drawn amid delays to secure a jury, with jurors reading about the case in Portland Journal and Benton County papers.
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Corvallis
Ore
George
Charles Humphrey
Eliza Griffith
Philomath Mist
Hamilton
Roseburg
Portland Journal
Benton County
Weeding of Ball Players Commences
Manager Jess Garrett began trimming the roster this morning releasing Catcher Toomey, In fielder Reames, and Pitcher Cable. With salary limits and meal-tickets, the squad drops to eighteen players for two full teams as new pitchers Osborne and infielders Don and Davolt join the workouts. Garrett stresses daily practice, wind work, and weight control while preparing for upcoming games and possible matches with O. A. C. on May 2 and Adams team next Sunday.
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Jess Garrett
Toomey
Reames
Cable
Osborne
Don
Davolt
Garrett
Bond
Adams
Children Save Village From Major Blaze
Thompson village near Chardon Ohio faced destruction when two homes and a store burned, risking twenty thousand dollars. Fire broke out after school ended, but quick actions by local children manning budget brigades helped stop the flames from spreading through the town.
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Children
Chardon, O
Thompson
Delegates Prepare for Big Sunday School Convention in Pendleton
Preparations for the Twin State and Oregon Sunday School conventions in Pendleton this Thursday and Friday are underway. Church crews handle accommodations while the Commercial club backs the welcome effort as citizens are urged to greet visiting workers and speakers warmly.
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Jack Keefe
Pendleton
Ore
Oregon State Sunday School Association
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Colfix
Titanic
Leebergs
Township
Kansas
Indian Maid's Wells
Pacific
Kremarried
Humphreys
Philomath
Corvallis Court
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