Victimized Man Denounces Illegal Cash Fraud Scheme
A Spokane case centers on L. B. Wright alleging a $125 counterfeit style check scam tied to L. J. Yee and a grain company. Wright claims Constable Shannon ignored the danger while Howell tried to flee with money after falsely cashing checks. Wright questions justice and the role of officials in pursuing the alleged perpetrators.
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L. BR. Wright
Freman
Meat Company
L. J Yee
Giorney
Spokane Grain Co
Shannon
Howell
Grain Co
Elderly Man Found Dead Near Clover Point Range
News items report an unidentified elderly man found dead near Clover Point rifle range in Victoria British Columbia. Separate briefs note divorce residency ruling in Reno Nevada and a large urban fire in Manchester New Hampshire causing extensive damage.
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Victoria
B. C
Clover Point Rifle Range
Victory for Unions in U S District Decision
A court decision by Francisco de Haven of the United Act court settles a long dispute between Owners association and Guineers over overtime pay. The Roy B. Goodwin versus E Lumber case awarded nine hours pay and $604 costs, viewed as a victory for sailors and marine firemen in overtime negotiations with shipowners.
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United Peces
Prancisco
de Haven
United Act Court
Owners Association
Roy B. Goodwin
E Lumber Company
Avada County Gets Democratic Mule
In a peculiar campaign note from April 9, Warmeraida county Nev learns that William Itryat’s prize mule has been pledged to them. The animal, presented to the candidate during his campaign by his Minnesota backers, is claimed as property of the committee and registered as the party’s largest gain in the presidential contest.
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Aby
Freeeln
Neb
Citl
Warmeraida County
Nev
William Itryat
Minnesota
Standard Oil Loses Fight to Restore Tariff
Washington April 9. The House Ways and Means Committee placed petroleum and its products on the free list after an amendment reduced the tariff to 1 percent ad valorem. Standard Oil interests had pressed to retain the tariff. The issue is expected to gain Senate attention amid Capitol lobbying as Representatives consider petitions from Chicago against the tax on gloves and hosiery.
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United Pay
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Tion
Senate
Capitol
Eees
Silonis
Chicago
Seattle considers amending slot meter ordinance
The public utilities department proposal to eliminate deadly slot meters may be amended to apply only to hotels and apartment houses. Councilman Sparkman proposed the change, arguing meters are dangerous where one meter serves multiple units, but opponents contend danger exists in all locations.
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Public Utilities Department
Seattle
Corporations Committee
Sparkman
Roosevelt Arrives at Port Said During Africa Hunt
Former President Theodore Roosevelt his son Kermit and expedition members reach Port Said at six o clock in good health and enjoying the trip. Francis Warrington Dawson aboard the Admiral reports the voyage was without incident and the party is having a bully time.
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Walted
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Francis Warrington Dawson
United Press
Contempt Proceedings Dismissed Against Spokane Officials
Judge Huneke dismissed contempt actions against Judge EB H Sullivan and attorneys P C Sullivan and M E Nuzum in the Gordon Koot scandal case. The grand jury had charged contempt for discussing grand jury testimony but the judge ruled no intent to thwart justice. Nuzum and P C Sullivan are Gordon's attorneys.
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Spokane
EB. H. Sullivan
Superior Court
P. C. Sullivan
M. E. Nuzum
Huneke
Man seeks 99 after dog damaged by streetcar
Chas Stuck appeals before Judge Grimashaw in department 2 claiming his dog was mutilated after a streetcar ran over it. He asks the court to award $99 for the injury and damages allegedly caused by the incident.
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Chas. Stuck
Emma Goldman to be deported in U S court ruling
Judge Hazel in the United States circuit court ordered cancellation of citizenship papers for Jacob A. Kersner, stripping him of citizenship and also revoking Emma Goldman’s rights. Goldman, the anarchist, faces deportation from Buffalo New Jersey.
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Uested Pree
Buffalo
N. J
Hazel
United States Circuit Court
Jacob A. Kersner
Kersner
Emma Goldman
Mies Goldman
Alleged Robber Put On Trial Today
Claude Turner is charged with robbery and brought before Judge Mitchell. Ham is alleged to have persuaded Arthur Bigelow to accompany him to Lake Union where Bigelow was held up at gunpoint and relieved of valuables.
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Claude Turner
Mitchell Gu
Ham
Arthur Bigelow
Lake Union
Bigelow
Grant Moves to Tear Down Old City Hall
Grant, superintendent of buildings, plans immediate demolition of the old city hall once the final occupant moves out. City officials show no sentimentality and grant full authority to raze the structure promptly after vacancy.
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Grant
Old City Hall
Cle Grant
Woman Awarded Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty in Auto Suit
Bessie M. Keys won $2250 in damages from N B Jordan after being struck by his automobile November 30 1908. Keys suffered bruises and filed suit for $6000 alleging the collision occurred as she stepped from a street car at Flint and University.
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Bessie M. Keys
Wilson KR. Gay
N. B. Jordan
Keys
Flint and
University
Cleve Lawyer John Washburn Declared Insane by Commission
John Washburn a 28 year old attorney from Towne faced the insanity commission after a dramatic trial before a judge Towne's family and his former lover Miss Towne figured in testimony. He defended himself, cross examining his own father, and was ultimately adjudged insane and committed to the asylum.
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John Washburn
Bretincoom
Washburn
University of Denver
Towne
City of Destiny
Judge Towne
Miss Towne
Los
Young Washburn
King County
Asane
Tie
City adopts forged warrant prevention system after payroll fraud
A forger obtained two salary warrants from the city comptroller and cashed them at the treasurer’s office. To prevent repeats the city mandates signature verification for each employee, linking signatures to warrants and awaiting the next payday. The incident prompted the finance committee to appropriate funds to restore the stolen amount and tighten procedures.
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John O'Brien
Cedar River
Wice
Finance Committee
Cruelty in Asylums Report Sparks Inquiry
Des Moines April 6 The house endorsed the special investigating committee reports on cruelty to inmates of State Insane asylums and denied the estate board of control request to comment. The report states nude women were huddled in a room others plunged into ice cold baths and one woman was attacked by a black attendant.
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Des Moines
House
Special Investigating Committee
Estate Board of Control
Weather Update Showers Tonight and Saturday Forecast
Showers are expected tonight and Saturday with cooler readings this afternoon. Light west winds accompany the changeable precipitation.
Hitchcock Dead
Rithan Allen Hitchcock secretary of the interior under President McKinsey died at his son in law commander's home in Washington. He had kidney trouble following a cold contracted in St Louis seven weeks ago. Born Mobile Alabama September 19 1825.
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Washington
Rithan Allen Hitchcock
McKinsey
Lima
U. N
St. Louie
Mobile
Ala
Mail carrier sentenced for theft of two cents
Cleveland Carroll a Pulaski county lad and mail carrier was sentenced by Judge John F. Phillips to six months in the Missouri state reform school for stealing two pennies. He allegedly destroyed the letter and used the funds to buy a stamp.
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United Press
Springfield
Cleveland Carroll
Pulaski County
John F. Phillips
District Court
Missouri State Reform School
Carroll
Spanked by Papa Upheld as Proper Discipline
Detroit Judge Justice Jeffers ruled a father may administer a moderate spanking to his 17 year old daughter Margaret Grazin to keep her away from cheap theatres. The father had been arrested for disturbing the peace after the incident.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Justice Jeffers
Margaret Grazin
Grazin
Right of Way Contest Winners Notified by The Star
The Contest Editor of The Star informs the winners named in the Right of Way contest that their tickets will be held only until Monday, April 12, for pickup.
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the Star
Beon
Patrolman Carr attacked in Puget Sound fracas on dock
Frank Ryan a waiter and FE C Donovan pantryman fought Patrolman W B Carr on a Steamship dock before 7 pm. The ten minute clash ended with Ryan pleading guilty to drunken disorderly conduct and Donovan admitting interference. Both fined $25. Witnesses accused the patrolman of mistreatment.
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W. B. Carr
Puget Sound
Frank Ryan
Cottage City
FE. C. Donovan
Ryan
Donovan
John B. Gordon
Carr
Conta
the Star
Ross
Real Estate Broker Loses Teeth in Pike Street Fight
M Kenny a real estate broker and N Grant a theatre employee fought on Pike Street yesterday afternoon. Both were arrested by Patrolman Morf. Grant paid a $10 fine plus costs in police court. Kenny was discharged. Kenny said Grant struck first. Grant said Kenny used impolite language in front of women.
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M. Kenny
N. Grant
Pike St
Morf
Grant
Costa
Kenny
Denials in Rockefeller Holding Case Denied by Rosenthal
Morris Rosenthal opened in the federal suit to dissolve the Rockefeller holding company and denied any conspiracy with railroads since 1887. He claimed no proof of rebates or secret processes by Standard Oil and said he would limit remarks to applicable law.
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Ma United Mrese
ST. Louis
Morris Rosenthal
Rockefeller Holding Company
United States Airealt
Rosenthal
Standard
Sampson Case Faces Acquittal Despite State Evidence
Lyons N Y April 9 The court overruled a motion to dismiss on state evidence in the trial of Georgia Sampson charged with killing her husband Harry Sampson at Palmyra last November. Defense will rest brief as the general impression favors acquittal.
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Lyons
N. Y
Georgia Sampson
Harry Sampson
Palmyra
Georgia E. Sampson
Release of Joe Gladney Due to Notification Lapses
A Washington hearing on Joe Gladney was postponed after the sheriff’s office was not timely notified about the case. Clerk Dal Roberts claimed notice was sent at 10 a.m. for a Wednesday hearing, but no notification reached the sheriff, delaying testimony from Renton witnesses and Hart, a gang forger, as prosecutors moved to dismiss.
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Joe Gladney
Crims
Nes
Dal Roberts
Gordon
Roberts
Star
Gladney
Zimmerman
Hart
Olympia
Renton
Sheriffs Office
Explosion injures many near Rome cathedral and at Dupont works
A blast near St Peter's cathedral in Rome injures about 20 people and damages Borgo Palace as improper dynamite storage is blamed. In Wayne New Jersey a Dupont powder works explosion kills Rome Marshall and fatally hurts Red Kron, with several others injured and damage around $50,000.
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London
Cathedral of St. Peter
Rome
Borgpio Palace
Exchange Telegraph
Wayne
N. J
Nine Mile
Dupont Powder
Passenger Train Aflame Envelopes Westbound Reach Valparaiso
A Union Pacific westbound train No 27 arrived in Valparaiso Neb after mail and baggage cars burned. The mail agent leaped to save his life as remaining coaches were saved with difficulty. Sparks from the locomotive blamed for the blaze and a large mass of mail was lost.
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United Prep
Valparaiso
Neb
Union Pacific
Mali
Auto takes Queen Anne Hill on high gear
A Stearns four passenger car owned by Representative Harry Merrets of Chehaits climbed Queen Anne Hill in high gear yesterday afternoon. De Howe won $600 staked with Dr W Wooley and Jerome E Gossage as referee Wooley paid the bet. Manager Hatcher says the car can do it with four passengers, driving at an average 24 miles an hour over the hill.
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Stearns
Harry Cf Merrets
Chehaits
Queen Anne
de Howe
Dr. W. Wooley
Jerome E. Gossage
Bull A
Dr. Wooley
Peterson
Stearns Parevean
Avera
Wooley
Representative Hewitt
Skin needed to save injured man at city hospital
Doctors at the city hospital appealed for skin grafts for Christopher who was badly burned on New Year’s Day. He has been treated at Wayside Emergency and now needs several square inches of healthy skin to survive.
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City Hospital
Christopher
Wayside
Marie Dressler Undergoes Successful Tonsil Operation
Chicago April 9 Actress Marie Dressler had a successful operation here yesterday to remove a growth on her tonsil and doctors expect her normal voice to return. The report mentions travel to Fairbanks via the Valdez trail and lists several officials aboard the Northwestern. A stray note ends with a humorous exchange about souvenir postcards.
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United Press
Chicago
Marie Dressler
Auto hits Samuel Lauber in Portland killing him
An automobile driven at high speed by J. H. Ponnya, an employee of a real estate firm, struck and killed Samuel Lauber, a taker, in Portland. Ponnya was arrested and will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Lauber leaves a widow and two children.
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Portland
Ore
J. H. Ponnya
Samuel Lauber
Ponnya
Lauber
Oregon Town Is Scorched in North Bend Warehouse Fire
Marshfield Ore April 9 The city warehouse at North Bend burned early this morning from an unknown cause. The contents were destroyed and the total estimated loss reached 80000 dollars.
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Manchester
N. H
Marshfield
Ore
North Bend
Aged Coal Miner James L. Evans Found Dead
James L. Evans, an aged coal miner, was found dead in his Black Diamond shack yesterday. Deputy Coroner Shelton learned Evans bought a quart of whisky two days earlier and drank it all at once. He leaves a widow and several daughters in Seattle. the body lies at Butterworth & Sons funeral home. Funeral arrangements are not yet made.
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James L. Evans
Black Diamond
Shelton
Seattle
Evans
Butterworth & Sons
PUPILS TO HAVE BATH EACH WEEK
Chicago April 9. The board of education adopts a new movement to require a weekly bath for every elementary pupil who needs it as part of personal cleanliness in schools.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Notable Oakland Attorney Admitted To Infirmary
J M Poston about 60 years old once a brilliant California attorney was admitted to the county infirmary as a charity charge. He is described as a slave to drink by authorities.
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United Press
Oakland
Cal
J. M. Poston
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