Woman refuses to talk in Tacoma tragedy tale
Ruth Frances Allen, pursued by Edward W. Mygott of Portland, refuses to reveal details about the incident. Mygott died after leaping from a bridge tower as bystanders say he tried to throw her into the water. He claimed she was his wife and left a note to his mother begging forgiveness.
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Edward W. Mygott
Allen
Iiks
Tacoma
Wash
Ruth Frances Allen
Portland
Mygott
New York
Ruth
Los Angeles
Capitalist Ends Life by Shooting in Seattle Hotel
Seattle June 20 BE W Dooly a capitalist and promoter of Green River Hot Springs was found dead in a hotel with a bullet wound in the head. He was taken home to North Yakima. Despondency over poor health and an insurance suit trial reportedly contributed to the breakdown.
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Seattle
BE. W. Dooly
Green River Hot Springs
North Yakima
Finan Heads Dispatchers Association President
J P Finan of Needles California was elected president of the Train Dispatchers Association of America today in Los Angeles.
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Finan
Los Angeles
Spanish Queen Mother of Boy Born Last Night
Madrid reports Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth to a son last night. This is the sixth child for Queen Victoria, with the fourth child stillborn. King Alfonso and Victoria Ena, Princess of Battenberg, wed May 1906.
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Madrid
Victoria
Spain
Alfonso
Victoria Ena
Battenberg
Man in Critical Condition After Race Jump Attempt
London reports Harold Hewett known as the male suffragette remains in critical condition after leaping toward the Tracery Belmont entry at Ascot. A diary found in his room cites his wish to help the suffrage cause and to do something useful like Emily Davison, while friends deny membership in any suffrage group.
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London
Harold Hewett
Tracery
Ascot
Hewitt
Cambridge
Emily Davidgeen
Cyclone sweeps the South with multiple deaths
Tallahassee Florida June 20 At least two people are dead and 18 possibly killed in a cyclone across the region. Fishermen report a tidal wave at Marsh Island in the Florida Keys with several drowned. Most fatalities occur in black communities. Details are scarce and estimates of deaths range widely. The storm arrived from the southeast without warning as fishermen battled immense seas.
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Tallahagee
Florida
Florida Keys
Fate of La Grande Team in Elusive Standstill
Western Tri state league woes deepen as La Grande and Pendleton face relocation and pay disputes. A Sunday Baker meeting will decide if La Grande remains with Caldwell or shifts, with back salaries funded from league funds and potential player free agency under delinquent salaries rules.
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Caldwell
Buckarages
Baker
Sweet Wired
Boise
Walla Walla
North Yakima
Sweet
Pendleton
Buckarooes
Ritner
Harvard Triumph Over Yale In Varsity Fours Race
Harvard wins the eight car race on the Thames river beating Yale by four lengths in driving rain. Harvard freshmen claim a close finish in the eighths and spectators pack the river banks as Averill Harriman funds English coaching for Yale.
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New Haven
Harvard
Yale
Thames River
New London
Daniels
Morphin
Averill Harriman
Harriman
Restrictions Placed on Aliens From Possessions
Washington June 20 An amendment to immigration regulations was filed authorizing mainland port officials to reject aliens arriving from Insular possessions unless they prove they are not in excluded classes or likely to become public charges. The modification tightens admission of Hindus and Malays from Asia, with several thousand in the Philippines and Hawaii.
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Wusshington
Caminetti
Department of Labor
Asia
Phillippines
Hawiii
Death toll from Napa Valley electric collision climbs
Vallejo California June 20 Fourteen dead and possibly fifteen before night in a head on crash between Napa Valley electrics. Investigation not yet clarifying whether mistake in orders or neglect caused the wreck. Most of the 44 injured are in hospital two in danger. District Attorney Raines probes cause. Malcolm McIntyre superintendent blames crew for leaving without orders.
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Vallejo
Cal
Napa Villey
Raines
Malcolm McIntyre
Two men get 25 years for kidnapping Dorothy Holt
Salem Wisconsin jurors convict Frank W. Sullivan and Ernest Harrison in the Dorothy Holt kidnapping case from last March. The state sought the death penalty. Sullivan confessed to abducting the girl and planned to hand her to Helt at an abandoned mine for five dollars.
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Salem
Frank W. Sullivan
Ernest Harrison
Dorothy Holt
Sullivan
Helt
Divorce Granted in Seattle Six Day Bride Case
Judge Smith grants an annullment petition filed by Philip R. Waugh in Seattle. The ruling commends the wife’s many good qualities and notes that her conduct was not deserving of censure. The six day marriage is annulled per the judge’s decision.
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Seattle
Breach of Promise Verdict in Horton Case
A jury awarded Miss Mary Falk 106000 damages against William Burke, a Horton farmer, for breach of promise after she sought 25000. Burke claimed he was willing to marry but could not obtain his mother's signature on his baptismal certificate, required by the priest, and thus did not appear.
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Atchison
Mary Falk
William Burke
Miss Falk
Burke
Waa
NO PENALTY FOR SHIPPING LIQUOR INTO DRY STATES
Washington June 20 The Webb law forbidding interstate shipments of liquor into dry states is not a crime statute and violations cannot be prosecuted in federal courts Attorney General McReynolds instructed US attorneys The law merely prohibits interstate traffic and aims to let state prohibition laws operate on intoxicating liquors It deprives shippers of interstate commerce privileges and applies state laws to such commerce This is the department’s first formal construing of the Webb law.
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Washington
Webb
United States
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Taft
Wickereshim
30 000 Men Locked Out By Employers
Chicago June 20 Thirty thousand building workers were locked out this morning by the employers association determined to kill unionism in the city. Leaders vow a fight to the death between unionism and the open shop. The lockout is the largest in the city’s history and employers aim to starve out unionists. Marble workers quit at Continental Commercial Bank after non union men were allowed on another job, precipitating the action.
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Chicago
Continental Commercial Bank
New Steamer Scandbee Brings Meveland Guests to Big Lake
Buffalo July 20 members of the Meveland Manufacturers and Wholesalers Board and families arrived on the new steamer Scandbee for its maiden voyage from Cleveland. The Scandbee, the largest side wheel passenger steamer on the Great Lakes, is 500 feet long 97 feet 8 inches wide and can carry 6000 passengers at 22 mph. Guests plan to return to Cleveland tonight.
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Buffalo
Meveland ‘Manufacturers
Cleveland
New York
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Boy of 13 held for killing Mike Millich
Seattle reports a hunter shot farmer Mike Millich near Enumclaw. Joseph Kuja, 18, was arrested after new evidence emerged. Coroner Mason previously found the shooting accidental, but sheriff investigators will pursue further inquiry while Kuja remains in the county jail.
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Seattle
Mike Millich
Enumclaw
Joseph Kuja
J. Tate Mason
Navy Ensign Killed In Chesapeake Hydroplane Flight
Ensign William D. Billingsley, a Navy aviator, died when a hydroplane inverted at 1600 feet over the Chesapeake. Lieutenant J. H. Towers, aboard, clung to the craft but was saved. Billingsley’s body was not recovered. Towers, injured, reported a wind jolt caused the plunge during training off Annapolis.
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Rally
Annapolis
William D. Billingsley
Navy
Chesapeake
J. H. Towers
Billingsley
Towers
Naval Hospital
City Goes Into Ice Business To Relieve The Poor
Cincinnati launches emergency ice plan as 35 drivers strike. Police stations and fire houses become ice depots. City buys all output to sell at cost or free to the needy while engineers and plant workers join the sympathy walkout. Dealers threaten plant closures if demands are not met.
Pests Threaten Portland Gardens With Caterpillar Plague
Caterpillars swarm across Portland damaging orchards and rose shrubs in multiple districts. They strip foliage from ash, cherry, plum, and apple trees before attacking roses. Park Superintendent Mische notes authorities have kept them from parks but require constant vigilance to prevent spread.
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Portland
Oregon
Mische
Woman seeks pilot license at Griffith Park field
Los Angeles report states Mrs Florence Sledell, 25, will attempt to qualify for a pilot license at Griffith Park aviation field. If granted she plans to enter the hydroplane contest on the Great Lakes and pursue aviation opportunities.
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Los Angeles
Florence Sledell
Griffith Park Aviation Field
Great Lakes
Locomotive workers gain union eligibility in amendment
Washington June 20 An amendment adopted at the annual convention makes all employees operating electric locomotives eligible for membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, expanding the union’s eligibility rules.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Wilson to read currency message at joint session
Washington June 20 President Wilson will deliver his currency reform message personally at a joint session if the Senate concurs in a House resolution. The Democratic caucus will last a week as senators debate the tariff bill with expected close votes and opposition from free sugar supporters. Reductions include wheat cattle sheep flour text books beet sugar and cheap stockings cut sharply. Wool schedule items cloth knit fabric and goods see notable cuts.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Democratic Senate Caucus Committee
Ransdall
Thornton
Walsh
Shafroth
Newlands
Hhe
Neeley Urges Renewal of Money Trust Probe
Washington June 26 Representative Neeley Kansas in a House speech denounced the New York stock exchange and clearing house association. He charged the publicity bureau of Morgan company opposed renewing the probe into financial conditions and urged passage of the Henry bill giving Congress inquisitorial power over banks.
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Washington
Money Trust
Neeley
Kansas
New York Stock Exchange and Clearing House Association
Morgan Company
Congress
Perkins Predicts Indictment In Sherman Act Case
George W Perkins testified in the government suit to break up the Harvester trust and angrily forecast he would be indicted for criminal violation of the Sherman act. He said today he expected prosecution after his testimony in Chicago on June 20.
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George W. Perkins
Chicago
Harvester Trust
George W Perkins
New Commander Named for Receiving Ship Charleston
Bremerton June 20 Commander A N Robertson of the receiving ship Charleston was ordered to report to San Diego to assume command of the cruiser Denver Commander Washing of the Denver will take command of the Charleston in a swap of duties effective immediately
Studebaker Strike Demands Weekly Pay for Detroit Workers
In Detroit on June 20, 2500 automobile workers at the Studebaker plant walked out, led by the Industrial Workers. They demand weekly pay instead of semimonthly wages as the strike action unfolds locally.
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Detroit
Studebaker Corporation
Australian cabinet resigns after liberal gains
Melbourne June 206 The cabinet led by Andrew Fisher, premier, resigned today as liberals won a majority of seats in the last election, reducing Labor to opposition in the house.
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Melbourne
Andrew Fisher
Australia
House of Over
Labor Party
Auto Owner Must Serve Five To Ten Years In Prison
In Trenton New Jersey on June 20 Daniel A Dugan Jr son of Judge Dugan and a personal friend of President Wilson was ordered by the state supreme court to serve five to ten years at hard labor for manslaughter in the Christmas 1911 death of Lee McDermott a boy struck while trying to cross the street in front of his automobile.
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N. J
Daniel A. Dugan Jr
Judge Dugan
Wilson
Cision
Supreme Court
Slaughter
Lee McDermott
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