Trial drama as peremptory challenges narrow jury pool
In Los Angeles the McNamara trial reaches a tense moment as the state exhausts its peremptories and the defense is forced to strike four jurors. District Attorney Fredericks savors the move while Darrow paces, Jurors narrowed from fifty drawn in the tenth avenue panel to eight permanent jurors after qualification of seventeen.
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Hall of Records
Los Angeles
Cal
McNamara
F. McBurney
A. D. Stevens
P. Elecott
J. H. Harehall
Fredericks
Darrow
Frederickson
F. A. Brode
Eye witness names La Grande slayer in murder inquiry
La Grande, Nov 24. In the inquest on a tramp’s brutal death, Adolph Moll, 18, named John Sahles, a line worker, as the killer and said he crushed the victim’s skull with an axe after a quarrel over fifty cents. The alleged assailant and two others, including Moll, are held by police after a poker game in a vacant house.
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la Grande
Inques
Adolph Moll
John Sahles
F Min
Palmer
Betrayed by Girl Drives Murderer to Confession
San Francisco police report John Rogers confessed after being betrayed by Hazel Smith his mistress who aided in locating a shrine box on Kearney Street where a large portion of Benjamin Goodman’s stolen diamonds were recovered. Fruttien confessed to Rogers and a taller blonde man seen with Rogers before the murder is being sought.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hazel Smith
Benjamin Goodman
John Rogers
Kearney Street
Rogers
Manuel Frutten
Rovera
Fruttien
Voyage From Providence to San Francisco Completes Feb 22
The Mayor of Providence greets Captain Harry Richie of New York aboard the 22 foot power dory George Washington. From East to West via the canal, the voyage departs for the Golden Gate and aims to reach San Francisco by Washington's Birthday February 22.
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Providence
San Francisco
Harry Richie
New York
George Washington
Golden Gate
Washington
No Agreement Yet Tincoln Center Trial Delayed
Nov 24 The Chamberlain tor jury tostil out. The dodge said he would probably keep them together until tomorrow.
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Tincoln Center
Chamberlain Tor Jury Tostil
Dodge
Foreign troops to guard railroad in Peking region
Shanghai reports that amid anti foreign placards in Peking, foreign diplomats plan to import larger troops to guard the Pekin Tien Tain railroad. A general outbreak is feared as mutterings against foreign residents rise and the situation grows critical.
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Shanghai
Peking
Mrs Patterson Testifies Self Defense in Murder Trial
In Denver a crowded court heard Mrs Patterson claim she shot her husband in self defense after repeated abuse and a demand to deed the house. She linked a Chicago clothier Emil Strouse to her past and said she had been leased for 1500, tying to a resort operator Gertrude Knight. Police Chief Young noted statements that may affect chances of acquittal.
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St. Louis
Denver
Patterson
Europe
Emil Strouse
Chicago
Vacation for Pendleton students as teachers attend institutes
School dismissals end the day as hundreds of pupils begin a nine day break for Thanksgiving. Teachers from Umatilla Union Wallowa Baker and Malheur counties will attend the Eastern Oregon State Teachers association institute in Baker during the first three days of next week. Pendleton teachers plan to travel to Baker Sunday and return Wednesday. Some staff from Oregon City and Portland will attend the Multnomah county institute and visit relatives during the break.
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Eastern
Oregon State Teachers’ Association
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Baker and Malheur
Paker
Pendleton Instruction Corps
Baker
Oregon City
Portland
Multnomah County
Millionaire Moore Breaks Down On Witness Stand
Redwood City California November 24 millionaire Moore sobbing broke down on the witness stand as he described matrimonial troubles He said his wife begged him to divorce her and confessed a drink habit He recounted a prior incident with Frederick Fenwick a lumberman and an auto ride with Mrs Moore in Moore’s Son Mates home He was restrained from the courtroom during the collapse
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Redwood City
Calif
Ike
Moore
Frederick Fenwick
Henry Clay Beattie
Midlothian
Isis
Thomas Owen
Beattie
Beattie Imself
Grusome
Midlothian Turnpike
Joe
Luther L. Sherer
Chesepeake
Ohie Nallroud
Beattle
Beatle
Destito
Lothario
Richmond
Preacher Declines $12,000 Pastorate in Baltimore
Rev Dr Harry E Kirk of Franklin Street Presbyterian declines a call to Cavalry Church in Philadelphia, saying his services are needed in Baltimore. The job offered about 12,996 dollars annually after weeks of consideration.
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Baltimore
Harry E. Kirk
Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
Cavalry Church
Philadelphia
Kirk
Surveyors End Working On Trans Oregon Line
Survey parties of three engineers camped along Malheur canyon near Yale as construction on the Oregon Eastern railway, the Harriman system line, is slated to start before year end. Engineers Rupple Cramer and Grimes head camps at milepost 46 and 100 respectively, with crews refining the final survey and following the old lines under O W R & N jurisdiction.
Farrell Talks on Trans-Oregon Extension and O W R N
President J D Farrell of the Oregon Short Line affirms a Yale trans Oregon extension would join the O W R N under Portland headquarters once finished. He notes Oregon Eastern details are not yet reviewed, while development aims at central Oregon land to be unlocked by railway progress.
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Clair
Ferrell
Brent
Central
Oregon
Deschutes River
Morse Pardon Tryupped by Attorney General Taft
Washington Nov 24 Another attempt to secure the release of Charles Morse the banker imprisoned in the Atlanta federal prison was presented to President Taft by Morse's attorney but was turned down Immediate pardon was asked on grounds Morse is near death He was sent to Atlanta for fifteen years in 1910 for misappropriation of funds of New York banks he controlled Attorney General Wickersham said President Taft might issue a statement later.
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Washington
Charles Morse
Atlanta
Taft
Morse
New York
Wickersham
Taft Micht Niuaike
Northwest wins rate reduction for freight
Washington Nov 24 Portland Seattle and Tacoma won their fight for cheaper freight rates into Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana as the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a 20 percent Cut on rates by the Northern Pacific Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company and their connections. The case, known as the back hand case, was filed in 1909 by const cities alleging unduly high rates.
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Washington
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific, Oregon- Washington Railroad and Navy Gation Company
Const Cithes
Pendleton Seeks City Electric Plant Asset
San Francisco expert BE P. E. Troy urges Pendleton to establish a municipal electric plant and use local power for city lines. He argues such a plant would be a valuable asset and revenue source, noting Oregon City's power company profits and tax assessments as concerns.
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Pendleton
Munuteipal
BE. P. E. Troy
San Francisco
Troy
Oregon
W. & U'Ren
Clackamas
Northwest
California
West
Powersltea
Oregon City
Falls
Fielder Receives Stiff Prison Term in Embezzlement Case
New York dated report says W. J. Cumming former trustee of the Cam hocle Trust Company was sentenced to not more than eight years and eight months or at least four years and eight months after conviction for embezzling 140000 of the institution funds.
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New York
W. J. Cumming
Camhocle Trust Company
Needle Removed From Foot After Twenty Years
In Wohrrensburg Missouri on November 24 a medical operation extracted a quarter inch fragment of a needle from Miss Mattie Johnson’s foot. The needle had lay dormant for twenty years but began causing pain two weeks earlier and prompted the removal procedure.
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Wohrrrensburg
Mattie Johnson
Whiiper
Johnston
Pendleton Men Seek Thanksgiving Gridiron Rivalries
Pendleton football fans aim to host a big Thanksgiving game against a Portland Walla Walla or Heppner champion after a Baker defeat. Local organizers plan subscriptions to cover gate shortfalls if the Portland invite comes through, else Walla Walla could take the date. Heppner challenges Pendleton while Eastern Oregon bragging rights are debated amid claims of an eastern title.
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Pendleton
Baker
Portland
Walla Walla
Heppner
Entuhenade
Oregon
Pleskin Chasera
Garden City Gladiators
Heppner High School
Sanders
Morrow County
Auch
Beattie dies in electric chair after confessed murder
Richmond reports Henry Clay Beattie Jr was executed for killing his young wife Beattie confessed in a written statement to Rev Fix claiming guilt and expressing sorrow. the sentence followed a dramatic evening with ministers, crowds, and police at the prison.
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Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie
State
Fix
Beattie
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Beulah Binford
Henry Clay Battie
Prizon
Beattie Murder Case Timeline 1911 at Chesterfield Court
The sequence recalls July 18 1911 murder of Mrs Henry Clay Beattie Jr. by Henry Clay Heattie Jr. Arrest followed July 21. Trial opened August 21 at Chesterfield courthouse. September verdict found Beattie guilty and sentenced to death. November 24 1911 the death sentence was carried out and a confession announced.
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Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Henry Clay Heattie, Jr
Chesterfield Court House
Beate
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Chicago Clothier
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Toute
City Electric
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Henry Clay Beattle, Jr
Dough Beattie
Reattie
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