Rosenthal Case Witness Details Extortion Plot
New York August 5 The Rosenthal murder probe gains momentum as grand jury weighs three new extortion indictments against Police Lieutenant Charles Becker. Dora Gilbert Rosenthal’s first wife testifies to corroborate Rose and Webber confessions and to show Becker’s agents sought to involve her. Police hunt two fugitives Harry Horrowitz and Lefty Louie Rosenberg near Tannersville.
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Rosenthal
Grand Jury
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Dora Gilbert
Gilbert
Whitman
Jack” Rose
Thrown Man Into Pond At Fresno Park
Thomas Gill aged 40 was pushed into a pond at Zapps park Fresno by hoodlums. His body was recovered later and friends seek to identify the assailants. Gill reportedly begged not to be thrown in as he could not swim.
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Fresno
Cal
Thomas Gill
Zapp
243 Year Term Convict Cited Lie to Sweetheart
In 1901 J. M. Baker, a telegraph operator and station agent for the Kansas City Mexico & Orient, signed express money orders as agent. He was convicted on 37 counts and given a 243 year sentence. A forged death notice to his sweetheart led to his parole, later canceled by Governor Stubbs after inquiries. Baker was ordered back to complete the term.
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Topeka
Kan
Aus
J. M. Baker
Kansas City
Mexico & Orient
Stubbs
Baker
Yell Save High School Girls in Lake Mills Boat Rescue
Four Oak Park High School girls adrift in a storm on Lake Mills Wisconsin shouted their class yell to summon help. Their group cry I yell you yell we all yell Help drew rescuers to the scene and they were brought safely ashore despite a failing engine.
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Chicago
Oak Park High School
Mildred Crissey
Gladys Palmer
Edith
Rachel Forbush
Lake Mills
Wis
Hen Lays Ten Inch Egg in Mount Vernon
A Plymouth Rock hen owned by W. F. Holtman of Mount Vernon, New York, laid an egg 10 inches in circumference and weighing five and one half ounces. The hen is a steady layer with consistently oversized eggs, many double yolked.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Plymouth Rock
W. F. Holtman
Kirmess Raises 23000 for Orthopedic Hospital
The Moore hosted a four night Kirmess drawing record crowds and raising 23000 for the Orthopedic hospital. Receipts totaled 28462.40 with 1550 from flowers candies programs and booths and 9787.50 from seats. expenses were four to five thousand.
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Moore
Harry Whitney Treat
Park Board Funds for Lake Washington Boulevard Extension
The county auditor holds 112223.98 to distribute to property owners condemned by the park board for the Lake Washington boulevard extension between Mount Baker park and Seward park on Bailey peninsula. Money was paid over by the park board last Saturday.
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Park Board
Lake Washington
Mount Baker Park
Seward Park
Bailey Peninsula
Another Judge Who May Be Impeached In Georgia
Judge Emory Speer of Macon Georgia faces impeachment allegations from W A Hoff former Macon mayor. Charges center on a large estate held in court custody for 13 years Hoff has been cited for contempt but continues to press the case.
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Emory Speer
Macon
W. A. Hoff
Huff
Schools of Citizenship Urged In Seattle Immigration Plan
Dr. Graham Taylor, president of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, warned Seattle to prepare for thousands of southern European immigrants with the Panama Canal opening. He urged establishing schools of citizenship to start assimilation and warned against party lines in city affairs.
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Seattle
Europe
Graham Taylor
Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy
Municipal League
Social Service Club
Commercial Club
Taylor
Councilman Introduces Life Safety Measures for Lake Washington
Councilman Marble introduced two ordinances this afternoon to protect life on Lake Washington. One requires boat renters to be provided grappling hooks and life preservers. The other appropriates funds for the patrol launch Comet through October 1.
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Noon
Lake Washington
New York Becomes World’s Gambling Capital Amid Rosenthal Case
The Whitman probe into Herman Rosenthal’s murder reveals that Manhattan’s gambling houses pay vast graft yearly to stay protected. New York reportedly hosts 318 gambling dens, with 176 in Manhattan, 74 high class houses, and 100 swell poker rooms, clustered from Fifth Avenue to the East and West Sides near Longacre Square.
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Whitman
Herman Rosenthal
Jack Rowe
Harry Walton
Ridgey Webber
Manhattan
Sambling Houses
New York
Greater
Kings County
Queens County
Monte Carlo
Fifth Avenue
Longacre Square
White Light District
Broadway
42Nd Et
Metropole
Chance for a Cook Hotel Man WII
Geo T. Tetlow, wealthy hotel proprietor near Uniontown, plans to hire a first class woman cook for his mountain summer home. He offers good wages, a room with private bath and private dining room, no laundry or milking duties, use of a back porch and half acre lawn, flowers to view, one off afternoon weekly, and a seventeen mile auto ride once a week. As of latest reports he had not found a candidate.
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Uniontown
Geo T. Tetlow
Mountain Home
Fingers Regrow After Ax Cut Severed From Girl
In Chanute Kansas on August 5 a six-year-old girl lost fingers when a playmate struck her hand with an ax. The severed digits were found in a barn and later sterilized and surgically sewn back onto her right hand. they began to regrow.
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Kas
John Benson
Handcuff King Fails Public Exhibition
A dialogue notes the handcuff king being shut down from a public show after a committee barred him from demonstrating a railway coach window catch. The exchange questions how he appeared publicly and implies he lost his business through the restriction.
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Houston Post
Council Debate Over Puget Sound Traction Franchise
The council discusses an East Union Street railway extension with a public franchise sought by Puget Sound Traction Co. Blaine favors a charter waiver to aid the monopoly while Erickson pushes a plan to extend at a needed point and test legality in court without breaching the charter.
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Blaine
Puget Sound Traction Co
Puget Sound Electric Railway
Erickson
Lame
East Union
City Comptroller Receives Bond Proceeds From NY Firm
City Comptroller Harry Carroll received 505850 dollars from E. H. Collins & Sons of New York. They bought the 500000 dollar issue of park bonds voted last March, paying a premium of 3450 dollars and 2000 dollars of accrued interest.
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Harry Carroll
E. H. Collins & Sons
New York
Son in the City Finds Dirt Work and Real Estate Offer
In a country town exchange, a father learns his son works shoveling dirt in the city. He reports the son also received an offer from a big firm to handle their real estate affairs, confirming the claim with a written note.
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Subsoil
Waal
Phonograph Match for Squalling Baby
Miss Sarah Davenport of Wilton Connecticut hires a man to run a loud phonograph from 10 p m to 3 a m each night to upset a neighbor with a squealing baby George Benson the baby’s father warns he will seek arrest if the nuisance continues He claims the device is unreasonably disruptive and that the baby does not fit nuisance criteria The phonograph is described as large and loud and is set to repeat the same piece continuously, highlighting a local neighbor dispute during hot nights.
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Connecticut
New York
Sarah “Davenport
Wilton
Miss Davenport
Philadelphia Bathhouse Delayed Over Water Supply Omission
The new public bathhouse at Tacony in Philadelphia is complete and ready for turnover but cannot be used for a year because planners forgot to arrange a water supply. The oversight was only noticed near completion, delaying use.
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Jerome
New York
Richard A. Canfield
East 44Th St
William T. Burbridge
John Kelly
Charles Reed
John Daly
Sol Lichenstein
Tim Kenny
Lou Ludlum
Shang Draper
W. 28Th St
Allen
Canfield
Philadelphia
Aacony
King County Board of Equalization Opens Session
The first session of King County board of equalization opened this morning. Members include Commissioners McKenzie Hamilton and Rutherford, Assessor Parish, Treasurer Hanna, and Councilmen Griffiths Marble and Blaine. The assessment lists King County property at 222,081,692, with possible additions from public service corporations. total value shows a 440,590 increase over last year based on 4 percent of actual market value.
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King County Board of Equalization
McKenzie
Hamilton
Rutherford
A. BK. Parish
Griffiths
Marble
Blaine
Parish
King County
Intimate Glimpses of Woodrow Wilson Revealed
A portrait describes Woodrow Wilson as a Presbyterian, tobacco abstainer, nearly blind in one eye from an accident, and a skilled stenographer. It notes his pastime of walking, riding, painting, storytelling, and long sleep patterns, with daughters Eleanor Margaret and Jes.
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Presbyterian Church
Eleanor
Margaret
Jes
Louis W Hill Boosts Glacier National Park Effort
Louis W Hill the Great Northern chair and Seattle booster promotes Glacier National Park in Montana. He says the project is so large he has no time for other duties as he travels from the Sound area to rally support.
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Louis W. Hill
United States
Seattle
Glacier National Park
Montana
Mr. Hill
Great Northern
Sound
Oilers Great Anniversary sale of used pianos
Seattle retailer promotes an anniversary sale of renovated used pianos including Eilers De Luxe Autopiano and Bungalow models. The offer highlights save over half the original price and accepts trade ins such as Chickering Lohmer and Kimball grands. Limited stock urged with quick action advised.
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Oilers
Seattle
Chickering
Lohmer
Kimball
Thor
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