Bribery Plot Revealed In McNamara Case Witness Testimony
The article reports on a bribery scheme linked to the McNamara trial. Cap White and George Lockwood narrate alleged meetings with Clarence Darrow aides to arrange bribe payments. District Attorney Fredericks cautions that Lockwood’s statements are hearsay and not prosecutable evidence.
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United Prese
Angeles
Clarence Darrow
McNamaras
Franklin
Geo. Lee
Darrow
White
McNamara
Lockwood
Los Angeles
Qualias
Fredericks
Pranklin
el Monte
Cap, White
Congress to Recess from December 22 to January 3
Leaders of the house and senate announced a Christmas recess from December 22 through January 3, pausing business in Congress. The agreement preserves session break and returns with earlier priorities.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Weather forecast for tonight and Tuesday
Rain is expected tonight and Tuesday with brisk winds from the southwest and west. Temperature around noon reaches 48 degrees.
Senator Works Proposes Alaska Railroad and Coal Projects
In Washington on December 11, Senator Works of California advanced three amendments to the Alaska bill. The plan would stake coal claims for ten years by placer methods, authorize government construction of a $3,000,000 railroad from the Matanuska or Bering fields using Panama Canal equipment, and survey a second government line from Alaska interior to the coast.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Senate
Senator Works
California
la Foliette
Wisconsin
Matanuska
Bering
Panama Canal
Alaska
Taft Aims to Fight to Last Ditch in Nomination Bid
White House dismissed reports of Taft withdrawal as a malicious fake. An anti Taft leader said Taft intends to fight to the last ditch and seeks renomination with all power assembled to win.
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Taft
Washington
White House
Beef Packers Walk to Trial Smiling at Uncle Sam Suit
Two beef packers arrive at trial with smiles as prosecutors prepare to present their case. The men face federal charges linked to alleged improprieties in supply contracts and regulatory filings.
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Uncle Sam
Great Amusement Resort Fire at Coney Island Likely Total Loss
A blaze at Luna Park on Coney Island, owned by the Frederick Thompson Amusement Co, began this afternoon and by 3 10 PM fire chiefs said the flames were beyond control. The park, worth millions, faces an extensive loss.
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Coney Island
United
New York
Luna Park
Frederick Thompson Amusement Co
Governor's Son in Jail Over Port Orchard Shooting
Malcolm Patterson, son of former Tennessee Governor, lies in a county jail and refuses to speak about a night shooting at Port Orchard that wounded F. T. Seal. Patterson, who says he once practiced law with his father, may rely on self defense as his lawyers advise silence. Seal remains in danger and Patterson faces first degree assault charges.
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Malcolm €. Patterson
Patterson
Tennessee
Port Orchard
F. T. Seal
Anber Nen
Seal
Rainier Valley Demands Car Line Courtship and Funds
A Rainier valley delegation met Mayor Dilling regarding the city car line. They plan to attend the corner meeting this afternoon when funding transfers for the line will be discussed. Local opposition and recent revelations have energized residents as Councilman Blaine confronts Wardall and Griffiths faces legal hurdles.
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Rainier Valley
Dilling
Blaine
Wardall
Griffiths
Mrs Olson Trial Comes Before Judge Gay
Mrs Christina Olson faces assault charges in a courthouse trial before Judge Gay for injuring the judiciary by attacking Judge Main after a second jury verdict. Her husband Harry Olson was jailed on threats against the judge. preliminary hearing ended with no evidence, and a contempt charge was dropped.
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Christina Oleson
Main
Gay
Harry Oleson
Brown
Olegon
Mrs. Oleson
Headed for Prison After Fictitious Checks Confessed
John Wilson admits passing five fake checks and faces imprisonment. He has endured two murder trials in San Francisco over the poisoning of Harry Boas, with one conviction overturned on appeal leading to acquittal in a new trial. Police expect the penitentiary to claim him.
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San Jose
Cal
John Wilson
Wilson
San Francisco
Harry Boas
Wickersham Returns After Illness
Washington December 11 reports U.S. Attorney General William Howard Taft era type Wickersham returning to his office after an attack of gastritis. He appeared evidently recovered and resumed duties at the department.
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Washington
U. 8
Wickersham
Baby Stop Your Crying Mama's Gone a Buying
A fragment hints at a domestic scene with a mother preparing to shop while comforting a crying baby. The lines suggest a lighthearted mood and a domestic setting without specific individuals or dates. The item reads like a lyric snippet or a caption from a modern era advert or script.
Progres sive Republicans press nationwide primaries to Taft
Walter Houser, chairman of the progressive Republicans league, asks President Taft to back nationwide primaries for the Republican presidential nomination. He cites five states already using primaries and a sixth with similar provisions and predicts more follow this winter. He argues a nominee should reflect a majority of Republican support nationwide.
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Washington
Walter Houser
Progressive Republicans’ League
Taft
National Republican Committee
Houwser
Houser
Girl Admits False Charge Against Father in Court
Josephine Primmer 19 repudiates earlier sworn affidavit in The State v Barnaby Primmer case saying she was mad at her father for not taking her to Dreamland rink. Prosecutor seeks custody and perjury charge as trial continues while she is jailed.
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Barney Primmer
Dreamland Rink
Kennedy
Gay
Primmer
Miss Primmer
10 Acres for $600 in Auburn Area Land Sale
10 acres of good rich level land south and east of Auburn listed for $600 with $20 cash and small monthly payments. Near a major electrical power plant at Lake Tapps. Last 10 acres in a large addition. previously sold or traded for a larger tract. See for details.
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Auburn
Lake Tapps
Ole Hanson and Co. Third Floor New York Block
Ole Hanson and Co occupies the third floor of the New York Block, continuing its business operations in a prime downtown location. The firm is listed among tenants advocating professional services and commercial activity in the city directory.
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New York
Jury to try Chicago Packers on Sherman Act today
Chicago packers indicted for criminal conspiracy under the Sherman act are to have their jury trial completed tomorrow. United States Marshal Hoy continues serving subpoenas for witnesses as attorney Payne for the defendants wraps up testimony from key witnesses.
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United Press
Hicago
Chicago Packers
United Tes
Hoy
Payne
Packers
Talesmen
Hyde Juror Escapes During Hyde Trial
A juror named Harry Waldron fled from the courthouse hotel by a rain spout while serving on the panel for the Dr. B. C. Hyde case involving Col. Thomas H. Swope. Police and city authorities scour Kansas City for Waldron with word a new trial may be needed if he is not found soon.
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B. C. Hyde
Col
Thos. H. Swope
Harry Waldron
Joe
Waldron
48 Frisco People Before Grand Jury
Subpoenaed by federal authorities to learn James B. McNamara dealings while using the alias J Bryan Bryce 48 San Francisco and San Jose hotel workers summoned to join a Los Angeles grand jury investigating the McNamara dynamitings. A separate Ohio vote favored Roosevelt and Bryan with La Follette and Harmon as second choices.
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United States
James B. McNamara
J. &. Bryce
Los Angeles
Federal Grand Jury
McNamara
Bryce
San Jose
Cleveland
Ohio
Toledo
Roosevelt
Bryan
la Follette
Harmon
Lillian Graham Denies Love Letters to Stokes in Trial
In New York on December 11, Lillian Graham testified she did not intend to marry W. E. D. Stokes and denied writing love letters. She claimed the correspondence with Stokes was only friendship letters and stated she is 23, not 28, as the prosecution alleges, amid the trial over Stokes’s shooting in which she and Ethel Conrad are co-defendants.
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United Press
New York
W. E. D. Stokes
Kentucky
Lillian Graham
Stokes
Ethel Conrad
Buckner
Woman Guilty Of Cattle Rustling In Colorado Trial
Mamile Mitchell convicted of stealing a steer from the Par rise brothers of Newcastle county. District Judge Shumate fined her $1,000 and denied a motion for a new trial. Mitchell fainted when the sentence was pronounced and remained unconscious for an hour.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Mamile Mitchell
Parrise Brothers
Newcastle County
Shumate
Fifty years of love end in alienation verdict
Eliza A. Phillips sued Mrs. Mattie Thomas Phillips for 100000 dollars alleging alienation of affections. A Seattle jury awarded 35000 dollars citing a twenty year bond ending with a court verdict that marked one of the largest in such suits, with both women described as gray haired.
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Eliza A. Phillips
John W. Phillips
Opokane
Mattie Thomas-Phillips
Phillips
Thomas
British Columbia
Thomas-Phillips
Thomas Phillips
Seattle
Future Is Still Before Us Says John McNamara At San Quentin
John J. McNamara told reporters at San Quentin that history repeats itself and the future remains open for him and his brother. He and James McNamara were assigned to prison mills and printing work as Los Angeles County spent a record $1000 to move the inmates from Los Angeles.
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John M’namara
San Quentin
United Presse
Cal
John J. McNamara
John McNamara
James McNamara
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Cothran Sues for Divorce Over Pocketbook Clash
Co C Cothran sues Dora E Cothran for divorce claiming a pocketbook loaded with heavy coin struck him on the forehead and left a lasting memory. He alleges cruelty and continual nagging as additional grounds for dissolution.
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Co. C. Cothran
Dora E. Cothran
Windel Freed After Insanity Acquittal Court Ruling
Chris Windel, after three years and four months in the insane ward of the penitentiary, was declared no longer dangerous by a jury in Judge Gay's court and released. He had been acquitted of an attempted assault charge on temporary insanity grounds following a Georgetown incident in which he ran amuck with a revolver.
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Chris Windel
Gay
Windel
Georgetown
Banana magnate's son seen in San Francisco behind freight crew
A. W. Wolfson, son of England's banana magnate, is staying at a leading hotel in San Francisco after leaving his overalls as a banana freighter working from New Orleans.
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San Francisco
Wolfson
Banana King
England
New Orleans
Junk in Prison Pockets Reveals Odd Personal Trophies
Police records from central station list items found in prisoners pockets. Junk items include string nails wire and a deck of cards. Also creditable objects such as bacon pencils butter knife a pebble razor fountain pen Bible bank book milk cans a car ticket and $105 show varied personal effects.
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Johnny
Central Station
Miners Die in Cross Mountain Mine Disaster at Briceville
Sixteen bodies have been recovered with many more trapped as a massive explosion in Briceville Tennessee closes access to Cross Mountain mine. Officials cite coal dust as the cause while probe into negligence continues amid a growing casualty toll and questions about sprinkling safeguards.
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United Press
Briceville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Cherry
Naomi
Seattle Boy Is Killed on Northern Pacific Train
The body of 16 year old Harry Ashworth of Seattle was found on a train roof after a night run. He died from head injuries after striking a bridge support while the train traveled at full speed. Two companions Jed Foley and Leo McKeever, both under seven, from Sioux City, Ta., were with him.
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Portland
Harry Ashworth
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Jed Foley
Leo McKeever
Sioux City
Taft Nominates Two Postmaster and Inspector
President Taft sent to the Senate the nominations of John R. Bulger of California to be supervising steamboat inspector for the First district and Alphonso Learned to be postmaster at Port Townsend Washington.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
John R. Bulger
California
Alphonso
Port Townsend
Wash
Lumberjack Samuel Bassert Killed in Tacoma Accident
Ground to death in South Tacoma after a likely jumping incident between moving trains. Samuel Bassert, 32, a local lumberjack, died instantly. He had no relatives or friends in the area.
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Tacoma
Samuel Bassert
South Tacoma
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