Heiress Bride's Merry Prank Ends in Jail Scene
Two months after marrying wealthy Thomas Hooper’s heir Mrs. Wm. H. Mananton raced an automobile near Beresford to outpace Stanford student Howard Cookson. Both were jailed after arrests and bail set at twenty five dollars. Mananton later fled in another speed run seeking funds to regain the car.
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Att Text Press
Francisco
Alo Alto
Wm. H. Mananton
Thomas Hooper
Sonoma
Beresford
Howard Cookson
Stanford
Cookson
Manaton
Morse says he is dying in Georgia jail
Charles W Morse, denied parole by Taft, reports illness and says he is not a felon. He asks to be told the public that he paid all debts and fears dying in jail.
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Charles W. Morse
Crist
A, Ga
Charles ‘W. Morse
Taft
Morse
Ees
Woman Sues for 30000 Over Orcas Quarry Explosion
Mrs. Katheryn Ward sues for 30000 damages alleging Seattle operator negligent in a dynamite blast at an Orcas Island quarry on April 27. The blast threw her husband 15 feet, over a 90 foot cliff, fatally injuring him two hours later.
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Seattle
Orcas Island
Katheryn Ward
Mob Attacks Persian Governor General Palace
Special dispatches from Tabriz report a mob invading the governor general’s palace beat the deputy governor Prince Manulla. The crowd overran the city causing widespread destruction and tearing down the British consulate flag.
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United Press
Petersburg
Tabriz
Persia
Prince Manulla
Amorous Earth Encounter Remark Cited in Odd Note
A vivid, fragmentary excerpt describes a bizarre event where an unnamed speaker recalls being clasped in affectionate embrace and a muzzle caress before the other party fled. The writer hopes no germs were transmitted.
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Garth
Well-Known Attorney Killed by Automobile
Otto H. Ballou an attorney in the Leary building was killed on Queen Anne avenue between Mercer and Royals last night after being struck by a speeding auto. He was hailing a West Queen Anne car in charge of Motorman J. R. Pierce when the vehicle dragged him 50 feet, then fled with three passengers who did not stop. Patrolman Nutting pursued but the auto escaped down W Alpha street. Ballou resided at 2108 Seventh Avenue West and had attended a Bethany Presbyterian church meeting. his wife is described as an invalid.
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Otto H. Ballou
Leary Building
Queen Anne Av
Mercer
Royals
Ballou
J. R. Pierce
Nutting
W. Alpha St. Potloe
Hallow
Seventh
Ay. W
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Bab Jon
Seattle
Omaha
Neb
Kidnapped Girl Escapes Captors in Oakland Dive
Iida Lefevre, 14, snatched by six men from her Oakland home and held in a Barbary coast barge until she escaped yesterday. She says a car stopped, she was bound with a cloth and knocked out, later waking in a locked room. She climbed a fire escape and fell to a policeman’s arms.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Iida Lefevre
Fire Boys Stop Flames in San Francisco Estate Blaze
A fire at Henry F. Bowie’s home in San Francisco was halted by Hillsboro’s hundred million dollar volunteer department. Firemen Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Richard Tobin, and Geo. Howard aided as Japanese servants flooded the interior to save $200,000 in Oriental antiques. Damage tallied at $5,000.
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San Francisco
Henry F. Bowie
Hillsboro
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Richard Tobin
Geo. Howard
Robber Hits Chinese Restaurant In Chicago Hold Up
A lone Black thief robs a Chinese restaurant in Chicago after striking the owner Quong Fook Lo with a bottle. He takes $12.50 from the register and flees after shedding a coat. The coat later yields $16.57 to the owner when pockets are searched. Police are alerted to the crime.
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Chicago
Quong Fook Lo
Quong
Cardinal Farley Receives Papal Audience in Rome
Cardinal Farley had a private audience with the pope in Rome. He will host a farewell dinner for Catholic dignitaries tomorrow and then proceed to Naples for an automobile tour before sailing to the United States on January 3.
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Rome
Cardinal Farley
Naples
United States
90 Year Old Regent In Critical Condition In Bavaria
Prince Luitpold regent of Bavaria for years since Otto's imprisonment is in critical condition after a fall from his horse. He is 90 years old and recovery is not expected.
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Munich
Luitpold
Bavaria
Otto
Death Ends 50 Year Romance In McKean County
In M'Keersport Miss Kate Maharrie died at 70 after a fifty year romance with Daniel Frantz who died in the Civil War after asking for a lock of hair sent to his betrothed. She wore her wedding dress at burial and her keepsakes were interred with her.
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M'Keersport
Kate Maharrie
Daniel Frantz
Frantz
Miss Maharrie
Man Admits Forging Check to Buy Ring for Fiancée
Washington police report Bernard Mahony aged 22 confessed to forging a check to purchase an engagement ring for his fiancée. He said he was broke and would do it again.
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Washington
Bernard Mahony
Teenager Aims to Push Wheelbarrow from Los Angeles to New York
Ernest Dixon an 18 year old from Fort Worth Texas plans to push a wheelbarrow across the United States in eight months starting January 12. He will carry a letter from Fort Worth Mayor to New York Mayor Gaynor.
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Los Angeles
New York
New York City
Ernest Dixon
Fort Worth
Tex
Dixon
Alexander
Gaynor
Appeal of milkman denied in Seattle price case
The United States circuit court of appeals denied A. Z Erickson the milkman’s appeal. He was convicted of conspiring to raise milk prices in Seattle and had already served a 10 day county jail term and paid a $600 fine more than two years ago.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
A. Z Erickson
Seattle
Erickson
Arrests continue after dynamite seizure in Monessen mills
In Monessen Louisiana police say more arrests are expected after Geo Bridges was taken into custody with a suitcase of dynamite. Authorities believe a blow up of non union mills was thwarted and seek to trace the dynamite source. Formal charges are anticipated today.
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Monessen
Geo. Bridges
Bridges
Oregon student drowned while canoeing at Mary's River
Ben H. Williams of Pasadena California, a student at Oregon Agricultural College, disappeared after he and a companion were thrown into the water while trying to reach shore to avoid going over a dam. Searchers continued today for his body near Corvallis Oregon.
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Corvalis, Or
Ben H. Williams
Pasadena
Cal
Oregon Agricultural College
Mary's River
Portland Woman Fends Off Burglar With Chair
Mrs Margaret McCool discovered a burglar in her Portland home on December 27. She turned on the light and struck the intruder with a chair and the library table to drive him away, the thief fleeing the scene.
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Portland
Margaret McCool
Delegates Seek To End Opium Traffic At Hague Conference
The Hague December 27 delegates to the opium conference are nearly unanimous in urging action to stamp out the traffic in morphine and cocaine as well as opium. The British government proposed focusing on morphine and cocaine evils.
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the Hague
Turkish ambassador declines grand vizier post in Turkey
Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish ambassador to Britain, was offered the grand vizierate but declined to avoid entanglement in the clashes between the Young Turks and the old regime. The decision was reported from London on December 27.
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London
Tewfik Pasha
St. James
Tewfik
Turkey
Western Collection Co Pins For Collection Services
Local notice reads Have your pins collected by Western Collection Co located at 433 N Block with main phone 6169. The brief offers immediate collection services for outstanding items.
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Western Collection Co
jMain
New Heart Monitoring Machine Records Beats Like Film
A novel instrument at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore wires the heart’s electrical current to a delicate galvanometer and platinum or silver quartz thread. It records minute irregularities on a moving picture film for permanent study by doctors.
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Johne Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Daring Dance in New York At Edmund Russell Studio
In New York on December 27 a society audience witnessed daring dances by Gaby Ceslys Beatrice Lovera Baroness Irmgarde von Hottenthal and Nance Gwyn. Notables present included Countess de Swireky Bade Bazus Baroness von Groves Count and Countess Fabri and Enrico Caruso among others.
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United Press
New York
Edmund Russell
Oriental Studio
Gaby Ceslys
Beatrice Lovera
Irmgarde von Hottenthal
Nance Gwyn
Countess de Swireky
Bade Bazus
Baroness von Groves
Countess Fabri
Bardh
Free Patterson Declared Hippie By Port Orchard Judge
Malcolm C. Patterson son of former Tennessee governor was declared hippie after lunacy commission findings. Doctors urged confinement in an asylum due to danger. attorneys sought removal to Tennessee asylum with state writ contested by Prosecuting Attorney. If the writ is not granted within two days Patterson may be removed from the state.
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Cromoseltzer
Malcolm C. Patterson
M. R. Patterson
Tennessee
T. F. Seal
Port Orchard
Patterson
Frater
Supreme Court
New York Theatre Lowers Prices for Cheaper Seats
In New York on December 27 a cinema cut prices on the inexpensive balcony seats to attract middle class patrons who otherwise would sit in balcony areas at theatres, reflecting a shift toward affordable entertainment options.
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New York
Tully Proves He Is Alive In Court Battle
James Tully interrupts probate proceedings as his three daughters seek letters of administration on their brother's estate claiming him dead. He asserts they knew he was alive and enters the York, December 27 record.
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NEW United Press
York
James Tully
Miller files bankruptcy petition in New York
Jas. E. Miller a bartender living at the Y M C A has filed a petition in bankruptcy in New York on December 27.
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New York
Jas. E. Miller
Woodrow Wilson Club Plans Second King County Meeting
Newly organized Woodrow Wilson club of King county will hold a second gathering at the Commercial club rooms corner First av and Columbia st Thursday evening at 8 oclock. An active campaign for president Wilson will be launched with democrats from across the county expected to attend.
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Wilson Club
Woodrow Wilson Club
King County
Commercial Club
Corner First Av
Columbia St
Woodrow Wilson
Merchants Association Fights Tipping Habit
Milwaukee business group urges firms to have workers refuse tips after January 1, sending letters to all members as part of a campaign against tipping. Local employers see tipping as an “evil” and seek a formal stance from their staffs.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Beard grows inside mouth after chin graft
James Hart, a Memphis farmer treated at Memphis City Hospital, faces a new problem after a chin graft. A flap was turned back and grafted with tissue from his arm, and now an ingrowing beard-like growth causes trouble with the new chin and lip area.
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James Hart
Memphis City Hospital
Hart
Griffiths Proposes Charter Change to Name Counsel
Councilman Griffiths sparked controversy by proposing a charter amendment to let the council name the corporation counsel and abolish the mayor’s office, making the council president the chief official. The move to place attorney selection in the council’s hands drew little support and other plans are not viewed seriously.
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Griffiths
Tacoma Girl Refuses Testimony Against Oom the Omnipotent
Gertrude Leo, a missing witness in the case against Pierce Bernard known as Oom the Omnipotent, says she will not travel to New York to testify. She notes his teachings are sound but disapproves of his actions and denies any payment for her earlier information. The case previously stalled due to insufficient charges. The Tacoma singer linked her information to Mrs. BE Miller of Tacoma. Another note reports Minnie Wyman changing the letter Y to je and marrying Albert Wieman in Washington.
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United Press
Tacoma
Gertrude Leo
Pierce Bernard
New York City
Oom
New York
Hernard
Leo
Leo Suild
Tria
BE. H. Miller
Bernard
Minnie Wyman
Iowa
Albert Wieman
Long Lost Brother Appears in Moving Picture Scene
Mrs. John Doyle of East Boston believed her deceased brother had died when news arrived of his loss. She saw him emerge from a crowd in a naval scene on a cinema screen last night then vanish. The episode prompted efforts to trace the film’s source.
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John Doyle
East Boston
Moving Picture Theatre
Chicago diamond broker shot pool for loot in vaultless risk
Samuel Scott, a Chicago diamond broker, bragged that he kept $25,000 in diamonds on him. During a pool game, with one leg suspended, someone grabbed the diamonds while he played. The incident involves Adam Boniski of Wilkes Barre.
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Samuel Scott
Chicago
Adam Boniski
Wilkes Barre
Girls Blinds Too High at Wellesley College Dorms
United Press reports an editorial in the Free Press of Wellesley College condemning dormitory blinds left raised at night. The piece notes light from windows across the lake and campus draws attention from villagers, reflecting on the college.
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United Press
Wellesley
Mass
Oursel’s
Free Press
Wellesley College News
Mayor orders rapid street sign installation push
Mayor Dilling tells Water Department Superintendent Youngs to speed up street sign work. Signs will be ready in about two months and the $4,000 appropriation will cover only about 40 percent of the streets.
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Dilling
Youngs
Water Department
Burbank Claims Tires From Cactus Fiber
Luther Burbank announces in California that he has found a method to produce automobile tires from spineless cactus fiber. He says the process could also transform whitewash paint and paper manufacturing, signaling a broad industrial revolution.
Findlay Man Recalled Escape While Drunk in Arkansas
Andy McCorell, arrested in Little Rock for intoxication, talked in his sleep last Saturday night and revealed how he escaped Findlay jail in September after beating Sheriff Johns into unconsciousness. Local authorities were notified and McCorrell is now serving his sentence here.
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Findlay
Little Rock
Ark
Andy McCorell
Johns
McCorrell
Captain proposes whale beef to curb living costs
Long Beach California December 27 whaling expert Captain John Loop suggests Americans eat whale beef instead of cow beef to cut living costs and believes whale meat from a 40000 pound whale is as palatable as prime rib from a young cow Seattle Automobile School et al Broadway
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United Press
Long Beach
Cal
John Loop
Loop
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