Burglars Persist in Petty Thefts Across City
Multiple reports describe ongoing petty thefts and burglaries. William Anderson, roommate of George Prescott, allegedly admitted stealing Prescott’s gold watch to raise Christmas money. Thieves also took a gold watch, charm, revolver, and Yale keys from J. N. Hardy’s locksmith shop. About $50 in jewelry and $15 cash vanished from R. M. Dubighk’s home. Frank Barstow, an 18 year old bell boy, allegedly admitted stealing a $175 diamond ring from W. E. McKensie's property. Mrs. E. J. Roberts fainted after spotting a prowler at her window. The Federal Hotel rooms of J. Hagan and E. Beckman were ransacked for clothing and other items.
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George Prescott
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Hurglara
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JL. Marton
R. M. Dubighk
Frank Barstow
Bellboy
W. E. McKensie
A. C
E. J. Roberts
Atkins
J. Hagan
E. H. Beckman
Federal Hotel
Man hanged self in cemetery under claimed persecution
In Menlo Park on December 20 a man, believed to be Barney Biersdorf of San Francisco, a construction engineer, hanged himself from a tree in the cemetery after imagining he was persecuted by a mysterious power.
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Menlo Park
Barney Biersdorf
San Francisco
Junior Prom At Broadway High Attracts 350 Couples
The school gymnasium was beautifully decorated for the occasion as Broadway High hosted the annual junior prom on Friday night. Three hundred fifty couples attended the dance with Supt. of Schools Cooper and his wife among the guests.
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Broadway High School
Cooper
Woman speaks on Mexican war impact from a Mexican rebel kin
Senorita Anita Carranza niece of Venustiano Carranza warns Americans war in Mexico harms women not men. She cites looting, violence, and starvation facing wives and daughters, urges U.S. restraint and supports Carranza as Mexico’s rightful leader.
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Chicago
Mexico
Sherman
Senorita Anita Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
Huerta
Senorita Carranza
New York
Newport
Boston
Piedra E Negras
State plans to settle Danish folks on land
Washington eyes a 12 year program to sell 1,000,000 acres of unimproved land to 25,000 Danish and Friesian families. Immigration Commissioner H W Giles described the scheme at a Seattle luncheon. The plan envisions bringing 30 families from Holland and Denmark in year one to settle 1200 acres with cash help for land clearing stock and implements.
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Washington
H. W. Giles
Seattle
Punthakeller
Oregon
Giles
Holland
Denmark
Glacial History Talk At Mountaineers Meeting
University geologist J H Bretz lectured on The Glacial History of Puget Sound to Mountaineers at the Commercial Club Friday night. Other speakers followed as experts from the state auditor’s department join Seattle officials in city and state affairs probe. An information against E M Dooley alleges he offered a bribe as a witness, while a prior perjury charge was discussed during Dr Kingsley’s European composers series with a talk on Russian Music.
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Department of Geology
The
University
Mountaineers
Puget Sound
Commercial Club
Department of the State Auditor
General Conference Committee of
Seattle
E. M. Dooley
Kingsley Friday
Muate
Telephone trust dissolving signals new competition plan
Washington dispatch reports the American Telephone and Telegraph Co plans to dissolve the telephone trust and restore nationwide competition. The agreement would require Western Union divestiture and limit further takeovers, with filings to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Justice Department. The Bell system integration in Seattle appears unaffected by the proposal.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
McReynolds
Telephone Trust
United States
Wilson
Western Union Holdings
Interstate Commercce Commission
Department of Justice
Bell Company
Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Co
Department
American Telephones Telegraph Co
Seattle
Bell Systems
Hell Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buicks in the Movies at Pantages Attract Crowds
A trainload of Buicks shown in moving pictures at the Pantages drew a large crowd and prompted favorable comments. The film illustrates the scale of auto shipments and cross continental shipping costs, with over half a million dollars in vehicles featured.
Milwaukee Man Sentenced for Fatal Crash Killing Child
Norman Schubert aged 26 received one year in prison in Milwaukee for the death of 4 year old Mabel Rohman in an automobile collision.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Norman Schubert
Rich
Mabel Rohman
SP President Denies Resignation Rumor
President Sproule of the Southern Pacific denied a New York rumor that he and Traffic Manager Mo Cormick planned to feast.
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San Francisco
Sproule
The
Southern Pacific
New York
MoCormick
Ex President Brown Joins National Soil Fertility League
Chicago December 20 Ex President Brown of the New York Central joins the National Soil Fertility League as vice president.
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Chicago
Brown
New York Central
National Soil Fertility League
Melbourne Film Week Promises Eclectic Scene At The Picture House
A compact Melbourne program highlights Paul Rainey African Hunt eight reels and a diverse lineup. It features Kinemacolor with Lillian Russell and The Wolf of the City, educational insect studies, two part dramas from Edison and Pathe, plus comedies and Biograph reels. The week showcases star acts, animal on site events, and varied entertainment at Clemmer and Alhambra venues.
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Paul Rainey
Wild Animal Pictures
Melbourne
Lillian Russell
Clemmer
Lallian Russell
Nice
The Olympian Tonight Programs Feature Dose of Dramas and Comedies
The Olympian shows a mixed bill with The Fatal Legacy and Dorothy's Adoption as Kalem and Selig dramas, The Widow's Suitors Edison comedy, Hiananda's Cross Lubin drama, Thieves Vitagraph drama, A Day With a Hindu Family Pathe color, Valley of the Bourne Pathe color scenic, Black and White Biograph comedy, Objection Overruled Biograph comedy.
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Olympian Tonight
Dorothy
Selig
Edison
Hiananda
Lubin
Vitagraph
Pathe
Biograph
Photoplayer Miss Bush in Rough Western Roles
A profile notes Miss Bush born for performance not study. Her leisure is a library couch with high brow books, yet her vocation is acting in rough Western parts shown under the Golden Seal No. 1 banner.
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Miss Bush
Stockwell’s Final Quest Probes New Tides Theory
Prof. John P. Stockwell of Case School of Applied Science, aged eighty two, pursues a last work to prove a new theory of tides that overturns the moon based system. He seeks to finish his life’s work before death claims him, aiming to show the real cause of tidal motions.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John P. Stockwell
Case School of Applied Science
Frederick Cook
North Pole
Smithsonian Institute
Arim ‘Eaper
Professor Stockwell
Prof. Stockwell
Pilgrim's Progress Planned for YMCA Men Club Feature
Moving pictures of Pilgrim's Progress will be the feature of the Sunday club entertainment at the YMCA tomorrow afternoon. The showings are this afternoon and this evening in the YMCA auditorium as a benefit for the boys department.
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Pilgrim's Progress
Men in Seeks Cause Get Fined at Hospital Entry
Geo Shirling and Howard New man mistook Seattle General Hospital for Providence and forced entry into a room known as Bo Palace. They kicked a door and woke staff. a nurse alerted police and Judge Gordon fined them ten dollars each.
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Providence Hospital
Bo Palace
Geo. Shirling
Howard Newman
Gordon
Seymore Hopes Pinch Hit Job In Major League
Former National League batting leader Cy Seymour attended the National League ap s sion in New York seeking a pinch hitter role with a major league club. The Boston Transcript notes the public doubts about demand and price dynamics for tripe versus turkey on Thanksgiving.
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New York
Tripe
Boston Transcript
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