Shaker Tragedy Case Ends With No Indictment
Osceola county grand jury tacitly indorsed euthanasia by not indicting Brother Robert Gillette for assisting the elderly Sadie Marchant to death. The case involved a Shaker colony accused of chloroforming a woman at her request, prompting public interest and long jail time for Gillette.
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Joroman
Shaker
Kissimmer
Fla
Osceola County
Robert Gillette
Sadie Marchant
Shakery
Gillette
Little Colony
Ethel Conrad Describes Plot Against Miss Stokes Trial
In New York on December 13, Ethel Conrad testified about the alleged murder plot involving Miss Stokes and Graham. She described the Graham girl as a calculating wit who dodged questions, denied taking laudanum, and rejected claims of supporting Lillian Graham, while denying involvement in composing a letter with Miss Graham.
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York
Mis Stokes
Graham
Conrad
Miss Conrad
Mrs. Leste
Jim Farley
Piattn
Lazy Cramer
Buckwell
Sens
Lillian Graham
Miss Gra
Lillian
Stokeson
Fear DYNAMITE by irate settlers near plant
Witnesses report fears of dynamite directed at a plant by irate settlers protesting damages to lands near the Washington Water Power company at Post Falls. About fifty guards patrol the property as appraisers value the land at 24 000 dollars, half the damage claim.
Unknown Quantity Emerges in Goodman Murder Case
In San Francisco on December 13 an unnamed second suspect testified at the hearing, claiming that Camille had given Hazel Smith a diamond he stole from A. Goodman. Police doubt the testimony will pin down Camille’s role in the $5,000 gem theft after Goodman was killed near the Barbary Coast.
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Sak Pras Cabie United Pres
Ancisco
Nombeen
Goodman
John Rog
Camille
Hazel Smith
A. Goodman
Barbary Coast
Aviator Die in Monoplane Crash Near Etamps
Lieut. Chas Jaume, a noted aviator, fell to his death when his monoplane plunged near Etamps while en route from Melun to Dinan. He had promised to visit his sisters and was near their home at the moment of the crash. A peculiar colored dust marks a crater-like hole northeast of Greeley, possibly the meteor impact seen earlier.
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Paris
Lieut
Chas. Jaume
Etamps
Melun
Dinen
Sisters
Greeley
Grand Opera Star Jeannette Alvina Captivates Seattle
Seattle this week features Grand Opera star Jeannette Alvina, famed for beauty and talent. She urges American girls to study in America, then go to Europe to build reputations before returning home for reward.
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Jeannette Alvina
Seattle
Jeannette
Lombardi Opera
America
Europe
Alvina
Anna Pavilova
Indicted Correspondence School Head Arrested
Albert Sweeney in charge of a railroad education correspondence school was arrested on a federal indictment returned by the grand jury. He is charged with fraudulently using the mails to obtain $500 from Aleck Tomm in a supposed partnership of the school.
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Albert Sweeney
Federal Grand Jury
Yeater
Aleck Tomm
Expect Arrest of a Big Labor Leader
The Los Angeles Times dynamiting case hints a prominent San Francisco labor leader will be arrested for his role in the Times building bombing. Assistant District Attorney Ford says the man, who left New York for the Pacific coast after the Atlanta convention, is directly responsible for 21 deaths and ordered James McNamara to perform the dynamiting.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Times
San Quentin Penitentiary
James B
John J. McNamara
Ford
San Francisco
New York
Pacific Coast
Atlanta
Jim
Jim McNamara
Sheriff Hammer
McNamara Brothers
John
Lone Angeles Times
Olaf A. Tveitmoe
San Francisco Labor Council
Anton Johannsen
Tveitmoe
Pa Fic
American Federation of Labor
A Child Seeks Help For One Good Christmas
A 12 year old girl writes to Miss Grey asking for help to give her two younger sisters a doll and herself roller skates, noting her father was out of work and the family cannot pay grocery bills. The Star invites readers to volunteer as Santa for the family, keeping the girl’s name private.
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Miss Grey
Papa
Mamma
Cynthia Grey
Water safe to drink Cedar river after tests
Seattle health commissioner Dr Crichton announces two minutes of running water makes Cedar river water safe to drink without boiling. Daily typhoid tests show the water clear and sparkling, free from germs, ending the water famine as faucets and hose outlets are turned on tomorrow morning.
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Cedar River
Crichton
First Woman Juror in Murder Case Excused From Duty
Mrs. Sylvia Beckwith, Seattle, the first woman juror called for a first degree murder trial, was dismissed by peremptory challenge after answering questions on capital punishment. The Lombardi case involves a fatal shooting of Frank Bressi on September 30 following a heated dispute.
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Sylvia BR. Beckwith
Seattle
Murphy Ths
Cance
Lombardi
Frank Bressi
Murphy
Desperate Rescue Efforts In Cross Mountain Mine
In Briceville Tennessee rescue workers fight fire and wreckage three miles underground to reach entombed miners including Sam Miller. Government life saving party of twenty five battles flames and collapsing galleries as they follow chalk marks toward gallery 36.
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My United Preas
Briceville
Tenn
Cross Mountain
Sam Miller
Bey
Government Life Saving Party
Miller
California Senate Backs Direct Popular Election Resolution
The California senate approved a resolution urging Congress to amend the U S constitution to elect president and vice president by direct nationwide vote. Senator Lester Sanford argued the electoral college concentrates power in a few states making many voters feel their ballots wasted.
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United Press
Capitol
Sacramento
California Senate Today
Congress
Lester Sanford
Texas
Pennsylvania
Not Engaged Yet Denied By White House
Reports that Miss Helen Taft and J Cotton Smith are engaged were denied by the White House and by Smith himself. Smith is a young Washington businessman, son of Roland Cotton Smith a prominent Episcopal minister in the capital.
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United Presse
Washington
Helen Taft
J. Cotton Smith
White House
Smith
Roland Cotton Smith
National Capital
Pauline Miller Sues Gusts for 50000 in Defamation
Pauline Miller sues Mrs. Sarah Gust for defamation, seeking 50000. The dispute centers on a divorce case where Gust named Miller and her bookkeeper as parties, claiming alimony from a 200000 estate. Miller counters with a 25000 suit for partnership in real estate and another 50000 claim appears in the ongoing tangle.
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Pauline A. Miller
Sarah A. Gust
Gust
Noble Gaekwar In Scandal in Delhi Divorce Action
The Gaekwar of Baroda a leading Indian prince now at the Delhi Durbar faces a sensational divorce case. An application asks the court to cite him as co respondent European royalty named as principals in the affair.
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United Pros
Gaekwar
Baroda
India
Delhi
Brandeis Pleads For Nine Hour Work Law
Louis D Brandeis Boston attorney asks the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the nine hour workday for women noting 31 states and 13 foreign countries have laws limiting women’s hours and none repealed.
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United Press
Ey Sous
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Cow Goes Dry as County Votes Wet in Harpersfield
A Harpersfield farmer moved to Geneva to open a saloon after a wet vote. On election night he waited for returns as a dry victory emerged. A friend asked who would milk his cow, and he replied the cow has gone dry too.
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Ashtabula
Harpersfield
Geneva
Delhi Runs Aground Off Cape Trafalgar With DUKES and Royals Aboard
The British steamer Delhi grounded in a fierce gale near Cape Trafalgar. Passengers including the Duke and Duchess of Fife and Princesses Alexandra and Maud were rescued after lifeboats failed. A French cruiser Briant aided the ship, while other vessels stood by as heavy seas lashed the wreck.
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United Press
Gibraltar
Delhi
Duke and Duchess of Fife
Princess Alexandra
Princess Maud
Cape Trafalgar
Briant
Hope
Egypt
Duke
London
Duke of Edinburgh
Weymouth
Cape Spartela
Duke of Fife
Warmest December Day on Record in New York
A December heat wave hits the East with New York reporting 60 degrees at 2 pm on December 12, the warmest for the date since 1873 and 1899. Berkshire hills show maple sap rising and pussy willows blooming as signs of springlike weather.
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New York
Berkshire Hills
Mysterious Hotel Poisoning In Snohomish Woman 20
Mrs A M E Eastmann drank a sequence of five colored liquids including hair tonic helio trope cologne and carbotic acid at the Archibald hotel room 418. She was rushed to city hospital at midnight and is reported out of danger. She is 20 and daughter of W M Pelkey of Snohomish.
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Archibald Hotel
City Hospital
W. M. Pelkey
Snohomish
Man seeks annulment after learning wife’s prior marriage
A. G. Adams claims Eleanor Irvin already carried a marriage when they wed on August 30 after obtaining a license and marrying on Profanity hill. Adams, a fireman, says she had married Edwin M. Johnson in 1906 and was never divorced, prompting annulment action.
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A. G. Adams
Eleanor Irvin
Adams
Eleanor
Bliss
Fire Department
Edwin M. Johnson
Shine and Polish Explained in a Quizzing Sign
A humorous note traces the difference between shine and polish at city shoe stands. An engineer explains a polish is needed with a shine, for customers to enter. stalls debate the phrase and even a sign reading Shoes shined on the inside appears.
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Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Jack Johnson
Liberty Building
Washington St
Tripoli
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Prrate
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