Woman Freed on Murder Charge Weds Co defendant
Mrs Mar tina Kvalshaug, freed after three trials for the murder of her husband Martin Kvalshang in Tacoma, has remarried Just Peterson, a farmer at Irene Yankton county. The case began with her arrest alongside Chas Newcomb, who was convicted but appealed to the supreme court.
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Vetted Presse
Wire
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Martina Kvalshaug
Haa
Peterson
Irene
Yankton County
Kval Shang
Martin Kvalshang
Chas. Newcomb
Newcomb
Supreme Court
Zion Prophet Voliva Attacks Doctors at Meeting
Zion City leader William M. Voliva denounced medical practitioners at a public gathering accusing doctors of theft, falsehoods, and bloodthirstiness as authorities seek why Zionist patients were not saved by prayer.
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Zion Crry
Prophet” Voliva
Ten more robberies listed in police reports
Police reports show ten additional robberies in the past 24 hours raising total since December 1 to 251. Officers chased a suspected burglar from a tailor shop on Seneca Street, capturing a man who gave the name J. W. Aurand. Various items were stolen from homes and businesses, and a guard fought a highwayman in the city.
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R. W. Arnold
Senecast
Arnold
J. W. Aurand
Aurand A. Johnstone
Dearborn St
Madison Butter Co
Madison St
Mortimer
W. Hathaway
Waldorf
I Didn’t Like Him Says Boy Who Shot Father
Martin Rickert, 14, tells social workers he shot his father after years of abuse toward his mother. He says the father cursed and hit her, and the boy wanted to scare him, not kill. He is being held at a detention home awaiting disposition.
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Los Angeles
Martin Rickert
Leland Norton
Legal Aid Society
Lfe
Mara
Mystery surrounds death of Mrs Jane Smart in San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 21, Mrs Jane Smart aged 35 was found dying from asphyxiation in her apartment. Landlady Mrs Robt Aitner reports renting rooms a week earlier to a man who claimed to be Mrs Smart’s husband. he has not been seen since yesterday.
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Usted Press
San Francisco
Jane Smart
Robt. Aitner
Eustis Chosen Inaugural Boss for Wilson Bid
In New York on December 1, F. M. McCombs announced William Corcoran Eustis as chairman in charge of inauguration arrangements for President Woodrow Wilson on March 4. The Democratic National Committee confirmed Eustis to lead the planning and ceremonies.
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Velie
Jeese
New York
Dee
F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Wm. Corcoran Eustis
Elagt Wood
Yow Wilson
Judge Denies New Trial in Big Six Commission Suit
A Seattle judge denied the Produce Distributing Co. a new trial over a $711.96 judgment tied to a 500 crate berry shipment. Farmers and lawmakers vow action to curb broker prices on Western Ave, urging broker honesty and farmer protection.
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BIG Six’’ Commission Company
Big Six
Palmer H. Davidson
Isteod River
Tallman
Produce Distributing Co
Davidoo
Kiefer
Western Av
Davidson
King County
Thomas Murphine
42Nd
Nichols
The
Star
Commission
Seattle
L. G. Orr
Sumner Valley
Paulhamus
Frater
Westernay
Puzzling Local Dispatches From Coast to Coast
Across multiple cities a set of terse items report odd incidents. A California sewer project pump attempt to dry the Pacific Ocean. a Kansas City detective’s disappearance during a train robbery hunt. a wife seeking divorce after years apart. a Chinese cafe chop suey meal linked to temporary insanity and a check-charging ex policeman. a Portland pullet laying two extraordinary eggs. a Chicago chauffeur identified by a false name when arrested.
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San Francisco
Henning
Boyle
Pacific Ocean
Kansas City
Arthur Tompkins
Los Angeles
W. L. Claiborn
Portland
Jane Doe
Packers to Aid Fishermen in Canadian Court Fight
The Alaska Packers association directs secretary W S Crawford to oppose Peter Carlson in his bid to overturn a Vancouver supreme court ruling that seized his boat Thelma. Carlson contends he was not in British waters when seized. Crawford says the group will not intervene with Canadian law but believes the case has merit.
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Alaska Packers’ Association
W. S. Crawford
Peter Carlson
Vancouver
Irish patriot Thomas Brennan dies in Omaha home
Thomas Brennan, Irish patriot and former secretary of the Irish Land League, who boasted of having seen the interior of every Irish prison yet never been tried, dies at his Omaha residence. He was involved as land league secretary during the Phoenix Park explosion era and the assassination of Lord Cavendish.
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Omaha
Neb
Thomas Brennan
Ireland
Brennan
Irish Land League
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Lord Cavendish
Port Bonds Postponed Again By Port Commission
The port commission again deferred action on selling bonds for one week until next Thursday. Bids were near last month’s levels. George H. Tilden led with $92.50 per $100 for $1,000,000 and an option for the rest.
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Port Commission
George H. Tilden
Christmas Butter Sales Outlook In Dwindling Retail
The piece notes no Christmas butter sales this year with Washington creamery butter at 40 cents a pound, Eastern at 35 and Renowa at 33. It suggests buyers may wait for prices to drop as cows come home.
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Washington Creamery
Eastern
Renowa
Diaz and Solorzano Elected Nicaragua Leaders
Adolfo Diaz and Fernando Solorzano are elected president and vice president of Nicaragua by the national assembly. Their terms begin January 1, according to a formal state department announcement received today.
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Nicaragua
United Press
Washington
Adolfo Diaz
Fernando Solorzano
National Assembly
State Department
Group of Chicago men form stake club over marriage funds
In retaliation to a women's club pledge not to marry men with less than 5000 dollars, Chicago youths form a club whose sole rule is that none of its members will marry a girl whose father cannot stake the couple to five thousand dollars.
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United Press
Chicago
University Plans State Funding for New Buildings
Washington state university will request the legislature to fund 1.89 million dollars with 350 thousand dollars earmarked for new buildings in a report from the board of regents. The plan seeks a women’s building and a new recreation building to provide space for domestic science and women’s physical training.
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Washington State University
Board of Regents
University
Department of Domestic Science
American Girl Marries Marquis in New York Ceremony
Miss Constance Warren niece of the late Mrs. Robt. Goelet wed Comte Guy De Las teyrie of Paris a descendant of the Marquis de Lafayette in a New York wedding reported by United Press.
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United Prese
New York
Constance Warren
Robt. Goelet
Comte Guy de Lasteyrie
Paris
Marquis de Lafayette
Hay denies pardon for Wappenstein amid fraud claims
Governor M E Ay denies clemency to Charles W Wappenstein former Seattle police chief serving a three year term at Walla Walla after eight months in prison. He cites a full record review and notes Wappenstein’s health improved since May 4. Reports from Walla Walla say he’s been in hospital for asthma six weeks. Petitions in Seattle claim fraud in the drive for his release with unnamed backers and a farmers market card scheme.
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Charles W. Wappenstein
Seattle
Walla Walla
Wappensetein
Wappenetein
Gambrinus the Beer Drinking Seattle Horse
Feature on Gambrinus, a veteran horse of Peg-leg Pete in Seattle, famed for drinking beer. At Washington and First, the aged animal quaffs foamy beer from a pan when Pete returns from the saloon, a longstanding oddity in the city noted since Gambrinus was a colt.
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Gambrinus
Leg
Pete
Washington St
Master
Pegleg Pete
Now He Can Buy Mother a Present
Harry Bumhorst, 24, a Los Angeles laundry worker, drank chloroform in a suicide attempt because he had no money for a Christmas gift for his mother. Nurses at the receiving hospital reported that after his life was saved, he said work was found for him and money was advanced to buy the present, and he promised not to attempt suicide again.
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United Presse
Los Angeles
Harry Bumhorst
Bumhorst
City Ordinance on Horse Drawn Vehicles Lights Shoved Aside
Council committee tabled for one week an ordinance by Councilman Goddard requiring every horse drawn vehicle to carry a light at night. An hour of debate followed as the measure drew opposition and support.
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Goddard
Streets and Sewers Committee
Committee approves district teams and funding plan
A committee ordered two teams for the North End district at a cost of $166,542.46 and appropriated $20,000 from the oral fund to aid in the work.
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North End
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