Miracle Bride Survives Poison to Wed Fiance
Mrs. Anthony Maloney Johnson, recovering from a 32 tablet bichloride mercury poisoning, asks for a marriage to fiancé Frank Johnson. Father Corboy conducts last rites and legal marriage in hospital, witnessed by two matrons. The couple wed on the deathbed and share a hopeful moment amid medical uncertainty.
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Elsie Stickney
Men Bind Seattle Girl and Hair is Shorn in Car Escape
A 14-year-old girl, daughter of Mrs. Martha B K Eliott, was tied to her bed and had her hair shaved by two young men in cowboy attire armed with bayoneted rifles. They fled in a green automobile after the act, offering no other harm. Police seek the suspects.
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Family Eats Poison Meat In Plomaine Outbreak
Mrs George Barnhart 36 is dead and her husband and two sons Lloyd 19 Neal 15 are hospitalized in Walla Walla after a suspected plomaine poisoning from bologna sausage eaten at their Starbuck home Friday evening. Barnhart director of Barnhart Sproul mercantile firm at Starbuck traveled to the hospital with his family.
Start Move for Recall in King County Officials
Formal charges against three King County commissioners were filed Saturday noon with County Auditor Ferguson by Thomas W. Daugherty, Bellevue citizen committee chair. The charges prompt a recall petition, and Ferguson says he must draft the petition based on the charges.
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King County
B. Ferguson
Thomas W. Daugherty
Bellevue Citisena
Ferguson
Viscount Northcliffe Failing Health Reported
London Aug 6 Viscount Northcliffe is weakening suffering from a general breakdown and had a very poor night with condition worse this morning according to a physician issued bulletin.
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London
Viscount Northcliffe
China Typhoon In Swatow Wounds 5000
Five thousand people were reported injured by a typhoon at Swatow China in a dispatch from Hongkong today. The Central News dispatch notes the scale of casualties and ongoing damage from the storm.
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London
Swatow
China
Hongkong
Tariff Could Boost Sugar Price, Harrison Claims
In Washington on Aug 5 Senator Harrison charged that adopting the McCumber tariff sugar schedule would tax Americans by more than 170 million dollars annually. He noted that sugar costs six cents a pound domestically but could sell for about 4.21 cents in Germany under the tariff.
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Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
United States
Germany
Alice M. Lord Files For 35th District Senate Nomination
Alice M. Lord filed Saturday for Republican nomination for senator from the 35th district. Also listed were Tom D. Page representative distribution district Republican John K. McClung representative 42nd district Democrat and C. A. Hentz constable Greenwood precinct Republican.
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Tom D. Page
Dist
John K. McClung
C. A. Hentz
Greenwood
Denby to Return Home After Asia Tour
Manila August 6 Secretary of the Navy Denby who had been touring Japan China and the Philippines was to leave for the United States late today. He inspected the naval station at Olongapo during his stay and was lavishly entertained by local officials and host committees.
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P. I
Denby
Japan
China
Philippines
United States
Olongape
Blind Captain Plans South Seas Tour from San Francisco
Capt. H. Gilbert Nobbs, totally blind since the Somme, left San Francisco today to tour the South Sea islands after recently visiting the Grand Canyon. He undertakes the voyage despite his blindness.
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Grand Canyon
Nobbs
Somme
Fighting Ends in Genoa and Milan Violence
Rome reports order restored in Genoa and Milan after clashes between the Vasciati and socialista who had waged violence. Word received at noon today confirms the cease.
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Milan
Rome
Vasciati
Socialista
Mayor Brown Accuses Officials in Dope Case Conspiracy
In a Saturday charge Mayor Brown claimed federal officials prosecutors and police plotted to ruin him. He accused Nellie Hartford star witness in the Legate murder inquiry of being pressured and cited a written statement to the DA's office. Hartford held at Monroe reformatory faces a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
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Neliie Hartford
Legate
W. T. Woolley
Hirohito Ratifies All Arms Treaties
The Japanese empire completed ratification of all Washington conference arms treaties today with Prince Hirohito signing the pacts at the Japanese embassy in Washington.
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Washington
Japan
Seattle's 11-year-old Wallie Rogers Wins Fan Honor
Wallie Rogers, age 11, is hailed as Seattle's champion baseball fan for walking five to six miles to attend games at Mt. Baker Park. He climbs from his Madrona home to the ballpark and back, often in bleacher seats with free admission on weekdays. He dreams of playing first base for the Indians in about ten years.
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Wallie Rogers
Lakeside Ave
Walle
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George
Ball Park
Arbuckle Plans Asia Trip After Ban Ended
Roscoe Arbuckle will leave the United States for the Orient after being barred from U. S. screens. He applied for passports to China and Japan and, with secretary Harry Brand, will sail from San Francisco on August 16. It is unclear if he will make films abroad.
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Roscoe Arbuckle
Orient
China
Japan
Harry Brand
San Francisco
Arbuckle
Farmer Shot Dead in Row in Redding California
George Lowden of Hay Fork Trinity county died from a gunshot wound in Redding after an alleged shooting by Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Murphy during a Sunday arrest for intoxication. An inquest will be held today with predictions that Murphy will be exonerated.
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Cal
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Lowden
Hay Fork
Trinity County
Benjamin Murphy
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Murphy
Paderewski Loses in Court Action
In Los Angeles on August 5 a judge awarded $220.42 to W. A. Pavloski against Ignace Paderewski former Polish premier for labor in settling the pianist's affairs in the United States.
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Los Angeles
Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Justice Follett Today
W. A. PaVioski
Rail strike chiefs warn of country paralysis as talks urged
Washington officials say a telegram from the Big Four rail brotherhood leaders shows fear of runaway action by 1,250,000 members if the Harding settlement is not accepted. They warn deterioration of safety, law violations, and rail executives pushing to crush shop crafts unions may force a complete transport stoppage without a settlement.
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James T. Kolbert
Washington
Harding
Ble
Tacoma Banker Embezzlement Scandal Rocks City
Spencer Conrow, noted Tacoma civic leader and young businessman, is sought on embezzlement charges totaling 6003 dollars from the Bank of California. An audit shows the shortage over 90 days. authorities fear he may have fled, with his wife in distress and a bonding company protecting the bank. Conrow's employment traces to Fidelity Trust Co in 1911, later absorbed by Bank of California.
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Spencer Conrow
Bank of California
Conrow
Raleigh
Conron
Fidelity Trust Co
Union Mains Thief Charged In Tacoma Embezzlement
James Boland, 32, former secretary of the Railway Maintenance of Way local union, is jailed in Tacoma on embezzlement charges after admitting responsibility for about 400 of a 1400 shortage. The warrant, requested by Brotherhood auditor C Talbot, cites a 1921 shortage. Boland, a Milwaukee railroad section foreman, is married with four children.
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James Boland
Railway Maintenance of Way Local Union
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Milwaukee Railroad
C. Talbot
Brotherhood
Girl Struck by Torpedo Axe in Colorado Tragedy
Stella Comi, 11, is in critical condition after a railroad torpedo was struck with an ax in Trinidad Colorado. Fragments from the torpedo pierced the girl’s body in the incident.
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Colo
Stella Comi
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