Three Imprisoned Men In Phili p Come Near Liberty
Los Angeles August 29. Three men once convicted of robbing Miss Amelia M Gregg in San Francisco in 1905 and sent to Folsom for twenty years are believed near liberty. John Miller Charles Johnson and John H Smith, veterans of the Philippines, were paroled after six years served and may win a new trial amid reformer doubts about their innocence. Miller plans to marry Miss Jennie Havick in Nebraska once freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perea
Los Angeles
Folsom
Liberty
John Miller
Chas. Johnson
John H. Smith
Philippines
San Francisco
Stockton
Amelia M. Gregg
Greer
Miller
Nebraska
Jennie Haviick
Hillman Named Defendant in Major Stock Suit
George W. D. Lee sues C. D. Hillman alleging he engineered a million dollar stock transfer to himself in American Investment & Improvement Co. without consideration. Lee claims Hillman and Homer Lee control the firm via a $65,000 loan and seek to wreck the company to seize assets, asking a receiver be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNetheland
American Investment & Improvement Co
George W. D. Lee
Hillman
Homer
D.J. Lee
Lee
Hillmans
Why Whales Are Scarce Now
Captains Thomas Wilkison and A. Anset of the whaler Patterson say volcanic disturbances in Alaska this year cut whale catches in the north Pacific. They report 54 whales caught this year versus 187 last year as eruptions divert small drift fish and the whales themselves to other currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
North Pacific
Thomas Wilkison
A. Anset
Patterson
Freed and Is Arrested Again in Police Court Verdict
Edward Maylan was found not guilty of holding up Dr. Annie Russell last Saturday. Officers found articles on him identified as John Barton’s. He received a fine of 25 dollars and a 30 day jail sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Maylan
Annie Russell
John Barton
Matthews Due Back Tonight From East Trip
Rev. M. A. Matthews returns tonight after a trip through the East. He spoke at the Stonybrook Chautauqua in New York and opened with prayer the House in Washington. He will be in his pulpit next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Matthews
East
Stonybrook
N. Y
Chautauqua
House of Representatives
Washington
Judge Denies Freedom To Cornwall In Habeas Case
Judge Frater denied freedom to George Cornwall in a habeas corpus proceeding stating the action should have been brought in Walla Walla county where he was imprisoned. Cornwall, convicted of assault in 1907, received a five to twenty year sentence and contends the court lacked authority for a minimum term. Meanwhile, a Paris dispatch notes Venezuela sent about a half ton of pearls to Europe over five years.
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Frater
George Cornwall
Walla Walla County
Cornwall
Paris
Caracas
Venezuela
Europe
Parker Takes Record From Dug Dabruzi
Belmore Hirowne and Prof. Herschel Parker reached 20100 feet on Mount McKinley Alaska before being driven back by cold and snow. They nearly surpassed the prior record set by Dug D'Abrusti and were greeted in Tacoma by Mrs. Parker and their child.
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Tacoma
Belmore Hirowne
Herschel Parker
Brooklyn
Mariposa
Mount McKinley
Alaska
Parker
Beattie Pier
Seattle Link In A World Wireless Chain
Frederick M. Sammis of Marconi Wireless says Seattle will be a link in a global chain of wireless stations. He visits Seattle for site deals, including a potential powerful station at Fauntleroy Park, enabling world-spanning messages via a path from Seattle to Honolulu to Shanghai and beyond back to Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick M. Sammis
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America
Seattle
Sammis
Fauntleroy Park
Flonolulu
Honolulu
Shanghai
Manila
Singapore
Bangalore
Aden
Egypt
London
New York
Panama
Good Honest Dentistry Promotes Safe Dental Care
An advertisement by Dr. L. R. Clark claims caution against unlicensed practitioners in Washington. He touts discounted services, including fillings and gold crowns, and promises a written guarantee with all work. The note emphasizes licensed oversight and patient safety at 1405 Third Ave. NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sunday Opening and Closing Rules for Post Offices
Next Sunday marks the start of the Sunday closing law for post offices. No mail will be delivered that day except one business district collection and none in residences. Windows will be closed for mail distribution and only first class mail will be placed in lock boxes.
Little Girl Bitten by Mad Dog Dies in Chicago
Three year old Esther Cannon died in Chicago from rabies after being bitten by a mad dog on August 1. She was taken to the Pasteur Institute as hydrophobia developed but doctors could not save her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Esther Cannon
Pasteur Institute
Portland deputy lessons in street corner subpoenas
Deputy United States Marshal Beatty waited two hours on a street corner in Portland to serve a subpoena on D A Duncan. A passing friend informed him Duncan died ten years earlier, ending the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
United States
Beatty
D. A. Duncan
Duncan
Progressive reform advocate McLean praised in local record
The record notes McLean's early 1896 advocacy for direct legislation and 1898 work before the Kansas Bar Association. It cites his roles with the State Direct Legislation League and Joint Legislative Committee, plus extensive social progress work in Seattle with over fifty lectures. The piece endorses his progressive principles over personal ambition. Signatories include Otway Pardee and A. Z. Hamilton.
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State Direct Legislation League
Charlie R. Cane
State Federation of Labor
Fred J. Chamberlain
State Grange
Almer McCurtain
Farmers’ UN
Henry A. Mclean
Direct Legislation League of
Washington
Seattle
Boy Bonner Convicted of Second Degree Murder
United Press Leased San Francisco August 2 After eight hours deliberation a jury found Chas Bonner 19 guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of Bernice Godair a high school girl. Judge Dunne set sentencing for 10 o clock Saturday after a request to define degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prepe
San Francisco
Chas Bonner
Bernice Godair
Rtp Firet
Dunne
Bonner
Woman Hit and Killed by Auto in Seattle Intersection
Mrs. Emma Denny a 62 year old widow died after being struck at the Ninth Avenue Adame Street crossing by a county automobile driven by Cheries E Hastings right of way agent for the county engineer. Hastings attempted to avoid the woman but she stepped into the path and was struck broadside. She died shortly after at the county hospital following trepanation. She came to Seattle eight years ago and is survived by a son C L Denny and a daughter Mrs Delle Banker.
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Emma Denny
Ninth
Adame
Cheries € E. Hastings
Hastings
Denny
Seattle
C. L. Denny
Delle Banker
Stevens At
American killed defending home near Pacheco Chihuahua
William Stevens an American was killed near Pacheco Chihuahua while defending his home and family from bandits. His wife, two sons, and three daughters survived him, with no further details released.
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United Presse
EL Paso
William Stevens
Pacheco
Chihuahua
Stevens
Wanamaker Undergoing Bladder Operation in Philadelphia
John Wanamaker the millionaire merchant and publisher underwent an operation for bladder trouble at his Philadelphia home today and is reported in critical condition. Physicians declined to discuss the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Still Hunt for Phillip's Cow
Three weeks after a Georgetown family cow vanished from Philip Scott the cow was found in the possession of Joseph Goldsmith. Scott personally pursued clues after a county car chase ended in an accident and regained the animal in a private pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Scott
Georgetown
Scott
Joseph Goldsmith
Two Women to Die on Guillotine in France
In Paris and Rouen two women face execution by guillotine after murder-for-insurance and murder-for-money plots. The Widow Gauthier was sentenced in Rouen for murdering her daughter to claim life insurance, while the Baroness de Couvrigny was condemned in Caen for killing her husband to obtain rum funds. The report also notes detectives arresting Theodore Fritz in Stockton, California, for murder. he denies involvement and awaits removal papers.
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Paris
Gauthier
Rouen
de Couvrigny
Cael
Stockton
Cal
J. F. Majewski
Joe Blanch
Theodore Fritz
Fritz
California
Code of ethics drawn at Minneapolis lumber dealers
In a government probe into restraint of trade Assistant Attorney General Clark McKercher reported a code of ethics from a Minneapolis meeting of retail lumber dealers. D Becker of the Pacific Coast Shippers association identified a letter from A L Poerter of the Western Retail Lumber association referring to the code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Clark McKercher
D. Becker
Pacific Coast Shippers’ Association
A. L. Poerter
Western Retail Lumber Association
Becker
William Hollis
Northwestern Lumber Association
Hollis
Gambling Place for Women Charged in Oakland
Oakland August 29. Mrs L A Brink society woman of Berkeley charged with conducting a gambling place for women here. She was released on 1000 bail by Police Judge Turner. Trial date to be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
L. A. Brink
Herkeley
Turner
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Marion Warde Dramatic School
Yres Transfer Co
Central Wet Wash
Gibson-Chandler Furn. CO
Pike Street
Ethelton
Poatofitee
22Nd N. W
Nuernberg
Sandah! & Son Co
Pike St. Main
Ricco Enitnsits
Pioneer Square
Ballard Business
Royal Dairy
Leary
Mayfield
Ballard
T. Bimpson
B. Baues
Adolf
Words By
Schael Music By
Conde
Susie
Osgar
Henry
C. D. Hillman, the Millionaire Real
Matthews
Parker Takes
Dug Dabruzi
Ity United
Madison Park Track
Madison Street
C. G. Chilberg
Wheee Nerth Lon
T14
Blewht
ACME
Beatiwates Givens
Regal Dental Offices
L. R. Clark
D. D
Third Ave
N. W. Cor
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OR. L. R. Clark
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Stacy St
Seattle Hardware Co
Kansas Bar Association
McLean
Otway Pardee
A. R. Priest
M. J. Loveless
H. P. Fish
L. B. Kinn
Paul K. Mohr
C. E. Bogardus
Hugh W. Hogue
W. C. Lippincott
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EB. Punk
A. Z. Hamilton
Milwaukee
Pacific Northwest
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Pittsburg
St. Louis
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Winnipeg, Man
Peniogae
A. P. Chapman, JR
J. L. Criswell
Dept. City Ticket Agt
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Cherry Street
Wanamaker
Phillip
Florence E. Holcomb
Augustus H. Holcomb
Lyons
Am Espert
W. Edmunds
Atiasa
China
Dreamland
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